Eagles cruise to pair of wins
The Frankton varsity girls basketball teams rolled to a pair of victories last week.
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Jay County dominates 2nd half, beats Elwood
By RICK TEVERBAUGHFor Elwood Call-LeaderELWOOD — Going into this season, expectations were that the first several games were going to be rough for Elwood’s high school boys basketball team, considering the group of players who graduated the year before.That certainly was how Tuesday’s game played out as Jay County came away with a 56-19 victory over the Panthers in the season opener for both teams.“We are inexperienced,” said Elwood coach Ryan Vanskyock.
Frankton dominates second half, beats Eastern 79-51
By MICHELLE GARMON RGarmon@cherryroad.com FRANKTON, Ind. — Coach Brent Brobston switched from a zone press to full-court man-to-man pressure at halftime of Wednesday night’s season-opener… Login to continue reading Login…
Elwood unable to finish games
ELWOOD — The Elwood High School girls basketball team has markedly improved from a year ago, but the Panthers still have a way to go find the success they want.What eluded Elwood in over the last four-day stretch where the Panthers played three games was the ability to finish games.
Eagles bounce back, beat Trojans
NEW CASTLE — Frankton had no trouble bouncing back from Friday night’s disappointing 50-44 loss to arch-rival and No.
Lapel tops Frankton 50-44
LAPEL — A scoreless drought to open the second half that lasted two-and-a-half minutes sent the Frankton Lady Eagles to a 50-44 defeat against No.5-ranked Lapel here on Friday night.The strange thing about the drought was that neither team scored in that period and Lapel maintained a three-point lead, but it was the Bulldogs who pulled away first with a 16-10 burst that put the Eagles in a 44-35 hole going into the final quarter.Even though Frankton was able to slice the advantage to 47-44, the Eagles never caught up.Fouls were a key ingredient all game for the visitors.
Elwood defeats Frankfort
ELWOOD — Very few things are likely to come easy for this young Elwood girls basketball team.
Tipton 7th, 8th boys sweep Elwood
TIPTON — A scheduling conflict resulted in Elwood and Tipton tipping off their seventh- and eighth-grade boys basketball seasons last Tuesday night.
Frankton routs Muncie Central
FRANKTON — Still nursing wounds from a lopsided loss at Hamilton Heights last Tuesday, Frankton completely crushed Muncie Central here Saturday night, 81-25.The Eagles had three players in double figures including a whopping 30 points from Amaya Collins and forced 36 Bearcat turnovers.“When you get a team like ours that has suffered a loss like we did Tuesday, it usually means trouble for the next team,” said Frankton coach Jeff Bates.
Eagles have no answers for Runner, Huskies
ARCADIA — Frankton’s varsity girls basketball team ran into a buzzsaw here last Tuesday.