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Franklin
Monroe junior Travis Feitshans runs into Tri-Village sophomore
Colton Linkous during first half action of the championship game of the
Jet Tournament Saturday. The Patriots won the title game, 41-29, in
what would be a record for the lowest amount of points ever scored in a
tournament game at Franklin Monroe. CNO photos by Dylan Knoop
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Tri-Village
wins Jet Tournament
Two teams set two tournament records
PITSBURG - In 50 years of the Jet Holiday Tournament, a record was
broken Saturday in the championship game between Franklin Monroe and
Tri-Village.
The record was for the least amount of points scored in a game.
With the two high-powered offenses unable to generate point production,
70 points scored would result in a 41-29 Tri-Village victory, breaking
a three year championship run by the Jets.
“It wasn’t pretty but I’ll take it,” said Patriots coach Josh Sagester.
By the end of the first quarter, it was apparent it was going to be a
low scoring affair as Tri-Village held a 6-5 lead.
In that frame, Devin Fourman had all five of the Franklin Monroe points
while Tyler Cook netted four of the Patriots six.
By the break, things had changed little as the Patriots and Jets had
battled to a 16-12 score.
“Our defense was huge for us tonight,” said Sagester. “We couldn’t get
anything going on offense. “
With both teams playing great defense and not able to find the bottom
of the net, it may have been the play of Colton Linkous that turned the
trick for Tri-Village.
Described as a baby with talent the night before by Sagester, Linkous
came off the bench to net seven big points, with the biggest being a
trey in the second quarter to help give the Patriots the four point
lead.
Of his seven points, Linkous scored five in the second frame.
Holding a 20-19 lead after three, the Patriots started to pull away in
the final stanza.
With 6:09 remaining, Tyler Cook hit in the paint then Kyle Pipenger
connected on a triple and the Pats were up 25-19 with 4:31 remaining.
Tri-Village would outscore the Jets 21-10 in the frame to claim its
35th tournament title.
Pipenger led all scorers with 20 points on the night and in the
process, recorded his 1,000th point as did Cook as Pipenger dished out
the assist for his teammate, earning him MVP honors.
Kyle Pipenger led Tri-Village on the night with 20 points and a two
game total of 47 to earn the Jet Holiday Tournament MVP award.
"When the game gets tough and other guys shut down, Kyle steps up to
another level and just makes plays. He is as good as you will find in
those situations. I can't think of a better way for him to achieve this
historic milestone than how he did it tonight,” continued Sagester.
In a low scoring affair, the 29 scored by the Jets was also a record
and FM coach Troy Meyers admitted it was not intended to be a slowed
down game.
“Slowing things down is never our intention,” said Myers. “We want to
come out and run and we win by defending. Tonight, we defended but we
didn’t win. We just couldn’t score the ball when we wanted to. That’s
the bottom line. When you hold a team like Tri-Village to 20 points in
three quarters, you expect to win but, when you send a team to the foul
line 20 times in a quarter, they’re going to get their points. I
shoulder all the responsibility for this.”
One thing is for certain, these two schools know each other like a
well-read book.
Last year, the Patriots won the regular season game but fell in the
tournament to FM, 47-34.
Earlier this season, the Jets pushed the Patriots to the very end
before dropping a 47-44 decision.
“We know each other way too well,” said Myers. “When it comes to these
two schools, it’s knick for knack. We know what they’re doing and they
know what we’re doing. We go back to work Monday and we’ll figure it
all out.”
With the win, the Patriots remain undefeated with a 9-0 mark and will
host Tri-County North Friday while the Jets will travel to Lehman on
Friday and then will host Bradford Saturday.
In the junior varsity tournament, the Patriots topped Mississinawa
Valley, 37-27.
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Tri-Village
senior Kyle Pipenger gets two of his game high 20 points
against the Jets.
Pipenger was named MVP for the tournament.
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The
Jet Tournament all tournament team from LtoR are: Travis Feitshans
and Devon Fourman (FM),
Dane Blumenstock (MV) and Matt Werner, Tyler
Cook and Kyle Pipenger (TV).
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