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Trinity wins sectional
CAMPBELLSBURG — Trinity Lutheran captured first sectional title since 2014 Saturday night with a 57-41 win over host West Washington.
The Cougars (11-13) were coming off an upset of Class A No. 7 Edinburgh in Saturday’s semifinals.
"Especially when you think about typically only playing seven guys, getting emotionally up, they were ready, but physically, we started out a little slow," Trinity coach Ryan Crase said. "But we turned it on in the second half."
Jack Marksberry led the Cougars with 14 points. Tyler Goecker scored 12, Mitchell Hackman had 11 and Hudson Norton added nine.
Trinity advances to play Class A No. 1 Barr-Reeve at 10 a.m. Saturday in the semifinals of the Loogootee Regional. The regional final will be Saturday evening.
SD falls at buzzer
MILAN — Triton Central’s Josh Kemper banked in a 17-footer at the buzzer to give the Tigers a 66-65 win over South Decatur in the Milan Sectional final.
In a game that featured 14 lead changes and seven ties, the Cougars (15-8) led by one in the final minute, but missed the front end of a one-and-one with 8.4 seconds remaining. Triton called timeout near midcourt with 3.3 seconds left, then inbounded to Kemper in the right corner, and he dribbled to the right side of the free-throw line and banked in the game winner.
Lane Lauderbaugh led South Decatur with 24 points and seven rebounds. Hunter Johnson scored 19 points, and Jacob Scruggs added 15.
The Cougars, who had upset 2A No. 5 South Ripley in Friday’s semifinals, were bidding to win back-to-back sectional titles for the first time in school history.
