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Enquirer~Democrat Have a sports story? E-mail them to [email protected] SPORTSenquirerdemocrat.com Cavaliers win fifth straight to open girls tournament play Having been off for over a week, the Carlinville girls bas- ketball team returned to the courts Monday at its own holiday tournament. The Cavaliers sported a four- game win streak heading into the game against East Alton-Wood River. Though struggling for a tad in the first quarter, the Cavaliers were able to pull away from the Oilers in a 56-27 decision at the CHS gymnasium. Carlinville (9-4) has won five straight heading into Tuesday’s clash with Greenfield/Northwest- ern (see story from Tuesday on enquirerdemocrat.com). Grace Zachary opened the game by hitting a pair of jumpers in the first minute of the game, but the Cavaliers then struggled shooting from the field the rest of the quarter. Carlinville forced nine first quarter turnovers against the Oil- ers and built a 7-2 lead. East Alton-Wood River got within 7-5 on a free throw by Carly Campbell and a jumper by Abbie Cathey. Rachel Olroyd scored on a put- back and Lydia Albertine’s two Grace Zachary shoots a jumper over the Oilers defense of Sydney point make gave Carlinville an Slayden and Carly Campbell Monday in the opener of the Carlinville 11-5 lead after one quarter. Holiday Tournament. Sydney Bates and Zachary opened the second quarter with in the third quarter for Carlin- way, followed by Lair with 12; shots as Carlinville opened a ville. Zachary added three more Olroyd nine; Cania six; Olivia 15-5 lead. baskets and the Cavies took a 39- Olroyd three; Seal, Welte, Al- Campbell hit a three pointer to 21 lead to the fourth quarter. bertine, Bates and Griffith added try and keep the Oilers around, The Cavies made seven more two points each. down 17-10. field goals in the fourth quarter, Campbell made six of seven Hoops by Emma Griffith, capped by a hoop by Adriann free throws and had five of the Zachary and Sydney Cania Welte and two free throws from team’s eight field goals in the opened the lead to 23-10. An Ol- Kayla Seal. game, finishing with a game- royd three-pointer at the end of Carlinville made 25 of 71 shots high 17 points. the half made it a 29-14 game from the field and four of eight EAWR was eight of 41 from Hannah Lair looks for two points against the defense of East Alton-Wood River’s Carly Campbell on heading to the break. free throws with 14 turnovers. the field and nine of 13 at the Monday night. Hannah Lair added four points Zachary with 16 points led the foul line, with 33 turnovers. Cavaliers pick up first win to start holiday tournament By Eric Becker Tis the season for holiday basket- ball, and the Carlinville Cavaliers boys team stood up to the challenge Monday night. In the opening game of the Carl- inville Holiday Tournament, the Cavies picked up their first win of the year by a 80-68 count over East Alton-Wood River, snapping a seven-game losing streak. Konnor Emmons scored five early points, including a three-pointer, en route to a 27-point game. Adam Walton finished with 24 points, including an early basket for a 7-1 lead. But the Oilers struck back quick- ly behind the three-point ball, tying the game as Jake Roustio and Jamie Roustio both connected from long range. “We won the rebounding war - we lost by three to Pawnee last week - and didn’t shoot enough free throws,” Carlinville coach Alan Cooper. “That’s the other stat I told them we had to win and we made more than they shot, so we won that battle as well.” Garrett Campbell shoots an outside jumper in the fourth quarter Carlinville then scored six unan- against the Oilers Monday night at the Carlinville Holiday Tournament. swered points and took a 13-9 lead to the second quarter. After the Oilers closed within 41- Emmons scored on back-to-back Garrett Campbell and Walton 38, a stickback by Hinzman ignited shots to make it 72-53 before some both drained three pointers early a 13-0 Cavalier spurt. turnovers got the Oilers back in the in the second to extend to a 22-12 Walton and Brady Jamieson both game. lead. drilled three pointers during the A 9-0 run by EAWR ended on a Walton added two more baskets, spurt, which ended on a Hinzman Jake Roustio three-point play with and a hoop from Josh Hinzman three-point play. Carlinville took a 2:05 left. The lead was down to 72- Photos by Eric Becker made it a 30-22 game late in the 56-42 lead to the fourth quarter. 62. Konnor Emmons with a floater in the lane against East Alton-Wood River Monday night, finished with 27 half. It would be a wild fourth quarter The Cavaliers did a good job of points to lead Carlinville to its first win of the season. But the Oilers got back in the as the two teams combined for 50 hitting their free throws down the game with six unanswered points, points. stretch, and Jamieson got Carlin- With Emmons scoring 27 and to do was not to settle for the OK came in the fourth quarter. only to be countered by an Emmons Leading 58-46, Emmons was inville to the 80-point mark with a Walton 24, Hinzman added 10 shots. Find the good shot. Just be- The Oilers got 22 points from hoop and Hinzman free throws, tentionally fouled making a layup layup in the waining seconds. points; Fraser had nine, all in the cause you’re open doesn’t mean it’s Jake Roustio and 17 from Jamie which gave CHS a 34-28 halftime which ignited a 7-0 run. “We didn’t play well down the second half; Jamieson added seven a good shot. We did a better job of Roustio. Zaide Wilson hit three lead. Walton made another three- stretch,” Cooper said. “We kind of and Campbell also had three points. that.” long-range shots for 11 points. The Carlinville had a spirited third pointer and Joe Fraser’s hoop made panicked and threw the ball away. “Konnor has been shooting the Carlinville was 28 of 63 from the Oilers were 25 of 55 from the field quarter with 22 points, making it 67-48 about halfway through the We weren’t use to playing with the ball a lot better as of late,” Cooper field and 18 of 25 at the foul line and 10 of 13 at the foul line with 18 eight field goals. fourth quarter. lead. It’s a learning process for us.” said. “One thing I challenged them with 20 turnovers, eight of which turnovers. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2016 Macoupin County Enquirer~Democrat 7 sports CHT Day 1 boys results: Bunker Hill thrills with big win Day one of the Carlinville Holi- for Hillsboro, which was 31 of 60 Calhoun 51, GFNW 35 day Tournament finished Monday from the field and nine of 13 at the At Greenfield, Cole Arnett had evening with Bunker Hill taking foul line with 10 turnovers. 10 points for the Tigers, but Green- a 73-39 win from Litchfield at the Mt. Olive (2-8) got 14 points field/Northwestern fell at home to CHS gymnasium. from Nick DeVries, 11 from Roger the Warriors 51-35 Thursday night. Bunker Hill (5-4) led 15-9 after Conlee and 10 each from Kosowski GFNW takes a 2-7 record, 0-2 a quarter and 34-23 at half. The and Ethan Swenson. The Wildcats in the conference, into the Waverly Minutemen outscored the Purple were 22 of 57 from the field, five of tournament. Panthers 39-16 in the second half. eight at the foul line with 14 turn- Waverly Tournament Dane Sellars made four three- overs. Tournament time tipped off pointers, finishing with a game- Gillespie 56, Staunton 41 around the area on Tuesday. high 26 points for Bunker Hill. Nick Price scored 28 points, hit- At Waverly, North Mac’s four- Chase Williams added 11. The ting five three-pointers as the Min- game win streak was snapped as Minutemen made a tournament- ers (4-6) defeated the Bulldogs Tri City rallied for a 55-50 victory high 10 three-point baskets. (1-8) in the tournament opener Monday morning. Litchfield got 11 points from Monday. The Panthers (4-4) trailed 17-10 Alex Bishop. Gillespie led 13-8 after a quarter, after a quarter, but had strong mid- Hillsboro 74, Mt. Olive 51 26-17 at the half and 44-25 through dle quarters to lead 29-24 at the half In the second boys game late three quarters. and 43-35 after three quarters. Monday afternoon, the one-two Tate Wargo added 12 points for The Tornadoes closed on a 20-7 punch of Drake Paden and Ste- Gillespie and Brady Kinder had fourth quarter run to stun the Pan- ven Fenske were too much for the 13 with three long-range shots for thers, as No. 13 seed Tri City ad- Wildcats to overcome. Staunton. vanced in the winners bracket over A three-point hit at the first quar- North Mac 45, New Berlin 38 No. 5 North Mac. ter buzzer by Quintin Kosowski At New Berlin, a Thursday night Langeiller had 11 points and tied the game 16-16 after a quarter.

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