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| Drew Moore helped the seniors go out in style with 16 points, 5 assists and 5 steals in a 58-36 win over the Blackhawks. |
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February 13, 2009
New Madison, Ohio
It was “Senior Night” at the Battleground for the Tri-Village Patriots with the focus on members of the basketball team, cheerleading squad and pep band. It was a packed house for the home crowd as they hosted the Mississinawa Valley Blackhawks looking to play the spoiler. It would not happen as the Patriots jumped out to a 19-8 first quarter lead and never looked back on their way to a 58-36 win to celebrate the night in style.
In the opening period the Patriots had 6 different players score; Heath West, Tyler Greer, Matt Miller, Brett Foreman, Drew Moore and Cody Gunckel.
The Patriots scored three consecutive three-pointers in the last 1:30, two of them old-fashioned three’s, the last capped by Drew Moore with no time on the clock and TV held a 19-8 first quarter lead.
Tyler Greer and Cody Gunckel set the pace in the 2nd period both netting 5 points in the period and Tri-Village had a 31-16 halftime advantage.
“I really liked our defensive effort in the first half,” commented Coach Josh Sagester.
In the third quarter Tri-Village would continue to showcase their man-to-man defense frustrating the Blackhawks, at the 2:20 mark a Dave Richards fielder gave TV their largest lead of the night 49-20. The period started with Heath West sinking a trey while drawing a foul and his charity toss capped a rare 4-point play. Drew Moore led the Patriots in the quarter with 7 points.
In the final stanza the Blackhawks showed some signs of life. Going back to the 2:20 mark of the previous period, the Hawks held the Patriots scoreless until Drew Moore sank a free throw at the 4:07 mark. Over the same time frame MV was able to score 10 straight points of their own and trailed 50-30.
Tri-Village was then able to regain their focus to maintain their twenty-point margin the rest of the way with senior Zach Mogle finishing the scoring with 2 free throws and TV earned a 58-36 win.
“This was a good way to send our seniors out, said a happy Coach Sagester. We have six seniors who have been a great group of kids. They have done everything I asked of them, no belly aching, no whining or crying just a hard working group that deserve the success they have achieved so far. “Who would have thought we would be 13-6 after we graduated 6 seniors last year with only one returning starter in Tyler Greer,” said Coach Sagester.
“This is the second year in row we put a thumping on the other team on senior night. Our first shot defense was really good tonight, we struggled a little with our defensive rebounding but overall the kids played a nice game to get a nice win,” concluded Sagester.
Five of the six seniors got in the scoring column tonight. Drew Moore paced the Patriots by scoring 16 points, dished out 5 assists and grabbed 5 steals. Tyler Greer scored 13 points while pulling down 7 caroms and Cody Gunckel added 11 points in the win. The Varsity record is now 13-6 overall and 9-2 in conference play. The regular season will conclude next Friday when the Patriots travel to Franklin Monroe.
The JV team after leading 23-15 at the half turned in a very poor 3rd quarter effort and fell short the Blackhawks. Evan Barger scored 12 points and pulled down 11 rebounds in the cause. The JV record now stands at 10-9 on the season.
Scoring by Quarters:
Tri-Village ...…..19...12...18...09 – 58
Miss Valley.…....08...08...07...13 – 36
Tri-Village (13-6, 9-2 CCC)
Tyler Greer 0-4-5/8 – 13
Drew Moore 1-5-3/5 – 16
Cody Gunckel 3-2-0/0 – 11
Matt Miller 0-3-0/2 – 6
Heath West 1-1-1/1 – 6
Dave Richards 0-1-0/0 – 2
Brett Foreman 0-1-0/0 – 2
Troy Pearson 0-0-0/0 – 0
Zach Mogle 0-0-2/4 – 2
Totals 5-16-11/20 - 58
Mississinawa Valley (8-9, 5-5 CCC)
William Cook 0-0-2/2 – 2
Colton Cox 0-2-3/5 – 7
Trent Heitkamp 1-3-4/4 – 13
Darick Hiatt 0-0-3/5 – 3
Kent Moneysmith 0-1-1/1 – 3
Alex Murphy 0-1-0/0 – 2
Gary Peace 1-0-0/0 – 3
Cody Simons 1-0-0/0 – 3
Totals 3-7-13/17 – 36
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| Senior Zach Mogle battles for a rebound, Mogle has been a very intense hard worker over his career at Tri-Village. |
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| Senior Tyler Greer walks off the floor of the Battleground for the last time. He has been an exciting player to watch for the last 4 years. |
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2008-09 Season Results
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| Date |
Opponent
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Result
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| 12/5 |
Bradford
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W 69-45
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| 12/6 |
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W 73-42
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| 12/12 |
Arcanum |
W 66-44
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| 12/13 |
@ Ft. Recovery |
L 55-69
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| 12/16 |
@ TV South |
W 52-39
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| 12/19 |
Tri-County North |
W 78-64
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| 12/20 |
@ Greenville |
L 52-39
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| 12/23 |
@ National Trail |
W 67-50
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| 12/29 |
Jet Tourney - FM |
W 57-55
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| 12/30 |
Jet Tourney - Versailles |
L 33-46
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| 1/3 |
Ansonia |
W 47-36
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| 1/9 |
Miami East |
L 54-59
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| 1/16 |
@ Covington |
W 54-50
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| 1/17 |
St. Henry |
L 32-43
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| 1/23 |
@ Bethel |
L 41-50
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| 1/24 |
@ Fairlawn |
W 72-52
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| 1/31 |
@ Dixie |
W 71-44
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| 2/6 |
@ Newton |
W 65-39
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| 2/13 |
Mississinawa |
W 58-36
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| 2/20 |
@ Franklin Monroe
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W 73-65
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| 3/1 |
Sectional Tournament: Yellow Springs
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L 49-55
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