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Shade
Brubaker drops one of his six triples on the night and a game
high 21 points for
Tri-Village. The Patriots rolled over the visiting
Mississinawa Valley Blackhawks 85-35.
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Patriots win
big in season opener
By Dale Barger
tvpatriots.com
NEW MADISON- It’s been eight months for Tri-Village to live with a
heart-breaking overtime loss to the number one Jackson Center Tigers in
the District finals. With almost the entire team back from last year
they couldn’t wait to hit the hardwood on a mission to take care of
unfinished business.
Visiting Mississinawa Valley was the unfortunate team to have to face
Tri-Village. The Patriots took the first step toward their goal
relieving some pain by overwhelming the Blackhawks in a total team
effort with a convincing win by the score of 85-35.
The Patriots jumped on MV in the opening quarter to gain a 20-11 lead.
Tyler Cook did early damage inside scoring the first six points. Shade
Brubaker connected on two treys and Matt Werner, Andrew Willcox and
Kyle Pipenger all got on the board in the quarter.
Andrew Willcox added excitement by attempting a two-hand dunk off an
alley-oop… but was fouled at the rim.
The Patriots shared the wealth scoring in the second frame as Pipenger
got it rolling early then another trey by Brubaker that was followed by
a few more fielders from Cook and a lay-up from Werner. Then late in
the frame sophomore Colton Linkous got in the act as he finished the
scoring with an old fashioned three-point play and a modern day
three-pointer to close the half with the Patriots doubling the
Blackhawks 44-22.
“I thought we got off to a phenomenal start offensively tonight, said
head coach Josh Sagester. “We were a little soft on defense and we
talked about that at the half.”
The talk must have worked as Tri-Village clamped down holding the
Blackhawks to just 13 second half points.
The extra focus on defense sparked Tri-Village as they continued the
offensive assault by putting up 26 points in the third frame. Shade
Brubaker had the hot-hand outside connecting on 3 more trifecta's for a
total of six for the game.
Colton Linkous added to the outside assault with another trey and a
fielder and Tyler Cook continued to bang away inside.
In the final stanza the Patriots were simply having fun and sharing the
basketball trying to get everyone involved. Kaleb Chowning got on the
board and Tri-Village would close out the contest to earn their first
win of the season 85-35.
“It was fun to watch the group of kids play tonight, beamed Sagester.
These guys have put a lot of work into the game and it showed. They
shared the ball making the extra pass and you can’t teach unselfish
play and it’s neat to see how excited they were for each other,”
concluded Sagester.
Four Patriots scored double figures with Shade Brubaker leading with
21, Tyler Cook 20, Kyle Pipenger 16 and Colton Linkous had 15 points.
In JV action the boys pulled ahead late to beat the Blackhawks. Damion
Cook led them with 19 and Tyler VanWinkle added 15 points.
Score by quarters:
Tri-Village…20…24…26…15 – 85
Miss Valley...11…11…07…06 – 35
Tri-Village (1-0, 1-0)
Matt Werner 3-1/2 – 7
Shade Brubaker 7-1/2 – 21
Kaleb Chowning 1-1/2 – 3
Kyle Pipenger 8-0/0 – 16
Colton Linkous 6-1/1 – 15
Andrew Willcox 1-1/2 – 3
Tyler Cook 9-2/5 - 20
Totals 35-7/14 – 85
Mississinawa Valley (0-1, 0-1)
Carson Stump 1-0/0 – 3
Bryson Pollic 1-0/2 – 2
Ryan Rehmert 0-1/2 – 1
Brandon Byers 3-2/2 – 10
Dane Blumenstock 5-4/4 – 15
Cesar Delgado 1-0/0 – 2
Cale Cox 1-0/3 – 2
Totals 12-7/13 – 35
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