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Also More Stories, Religion and Classifieds December 29, 2016
LASH/CHRONICLE JV BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
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Photo by Timothy Ramsey
The 2016 Lash/Chronicle champion Mt. Tabor Spartans pose with Cheryl Lindsay of Hanesbrands (far left).
Mt. Tabor crowned champs of
2016 Lash/Chronicle tournament
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE
The championship game of the 2016 Lash/Chronicle
tournament between the Mt. Tabor Spartans and the
Reagan Raiders had the makings of a great game. Both
teams progressively got better each weekerfd of the tour
nament and have played the most consistent basketball of
all the teams in this year's field.
Starting off, the Raiders were a little tight, missing
shots they normally would make, creating an early 7-0
deficit. Reagan was finally able to get on the board with
a little over three minutes left in the first quarter. Jakob
Moore of Mt. Tabor made his impact felt by crashing the
offensive boards and not letting Reagan get any clear shots
off in the paint. The Spartans led 11-3 after one in a defen
Tournament uses procedure to
choose team and MVP
CHRONICLE SJAFF REPORT
During the 2016 Lash/Chronicle tournament there
was magnificent play from a number of players from
several teams.
The players selected for the All-Tournament Team
and the Most Valuable Player (MVP) were selected by
analyzing the complete data from all of the games of
the tournament.
See MVP on B2
sive battle.
The stellar defense from both sides continued into the
second quarter. Mt. Tabor seemed to take advantage of
any defensive lapse that Reagan made. Jordan Hunter of
Mt. Tabor made some clutch shots toward the end of the
half where the Spartans led 19-9 in a low scoring game to
that point.
In the third quarter, Mt. Tabor turned it up a notch both
offensively and defensively. They kept the Raiders off
balance and to add insult to injury for Reagan, Aaron
Muse hit a three-point shot from half court as time expired
to end the third quarter. That shot gave Mt. Tabor a 33-17
lead heading into the final quarter.
Reagan made a run in the fourth quarter to bring the
score to 35-29. That would be as close as the Raiders
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Semi-final
games bring
unexpected
results
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
IHE CHRONICLE
Thursday's semi-final
games were highly antici
pated following the great
basketball everyone was
able to witness in the con
solation games earlier that
afternoon. Unfortunately
for East Forsyth and
Parkland, they did not
show up with their best
efforts Thursday evening.
As the Number Two
seed coming into the tour
nament, East Forsyth easily
handled West Forsyth in
the quarterfinals and
seemed to have the
momentum in their game
against Mt. Tabor. The
Spartans had tough victo
ries against Walktertown
and Winston-Salem Prep
prior to their game against
the Eagles.
As soon as the game
started, one thing was evi
dently clear: East Forsyth
would have trouble with
the size Mt. Tabor had in
their front court. Early on,
Jakob Moore, Duncan
Smits and Dillon Bullard
were clear mismatches
down on the block for any
Eagle defender. Combine
their size with the matchup
2-3 zone the Spartans
deployed and it was tough
sledding offensively for
East Forsyth in the first
half.
The second half was no
different as the Spartans
continued to pound the ball
down low. To make mat
ters worse for the Eagles,
the Muse brothers, Andrew
and Aaron, started to get
hot from downtown. The
Spartans cruised down the
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Photo by Timothy Ramsey
Kameron Hall of Reagan, No. 14 in black, passes the ball to his teammate.
Last day of consolation games brought highs and lows
Photo by Timothy Ramsey
Nick Adams of
Atkins, No. 5 in
white) attempts to
break the press
applied by the
Carver defender.
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BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE
Friday, Dec. 23, brought about the final
day of the Lash/Chronicle tournament.
The day included the remaining consola
tion games along with the championship
and third place games. For the squads in
the consolation games, some teams
showed up and others seemed to just mail
it in.
After giving up a 20-point lead and los
ing to Glenn less than 24 hours prior to
their game against Thomasville, West
Forsyth had two options: tuck their tails
and run or show up and play to the best of
their abilities. They cnose the latter.
They seemed to have learned their les
son about staying focused as they led 21
11 after one. Thomasvilie was able to stay
within striking distance in the first half by
crashing the offensive boards and getting
second-shot opportunities. The third quar
ter was another story because the Titans
started the half on an 18-0 run that blew
the game wide open. The Bulldogs played
tough throughout but never recovered
from the run and fell 96-58.
"We really needed this and hopefully
we can use this momentum over the break
and come back in January with a strong
rest of the season," said West Forsyth
assistant coach Michael Porter. "I was
very impressed with the second half, and
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