Fort Gay, W. Va. — Tolsia Boys made a furious rally against rival Tug Valley late but the Panthers held on for a 60-52 victory on Tuesday at Rebel Arena.
Eli Blackburn nails three pointer in the fourth quarter against Tug Valley.
Trailing 48-24 heading to the final period the Rebels picked up the defensive pressure and forced numerous Tug Valley turnovers and Parker Watts and Eli Blackburn made them pay with 12 and 10 points respectively but a late technical foul on the Tolsia bench with the Rebels trailing by five points proved costly as the Panthers held on for the victory.
Watts finished with 22 points including 4 three pointers to lead the Rebels, Blackburn tallied 10 points, Ben Clayton hit 2 three pointers for his 6 points, Colton Austin scored 5 points, Anthony Lovins 4 points, Josh Hofmeister 3 points and Dylan Dawson 2 points.
Ben Clayton knocks down a three pointer in the third quarter.
The Rebels hit 8 three pointers and went 4 of 11 from the foul line.
Tug Valley was led by Joey Gollihue with 21 points, Ethan Colegrove 20 points, Brady Brewer 9 points, Ashton Davis 5 points, Buddy Marcum 3 points and Jonathan Wagoner 2 points.
The Panthers hit 7 three pointers and went 12 of 15 from the foul line.
Williamstown 68 Tolsia 32 ( Saturday )
The Rebels hung around for a little while before the defending class AA state champions put the game away in the fourth quarter.
Parker Watts looks to make a move in the first quarter versus Tug Valley at Rebel Arena.
Tolsia was led by Josh Hofmeister and Parker Watts with 9 points each, Dylan Dawson and Ben Clayton scored 3 points each, Colton Austin, Eli Blackburn, David Dingess and David Meddings scored 2 points each.
The Rebels hit 4 three pointers and went 6 of 15 from the foul line.
Williamstown was led by Peyton Bunch with 18 points, Gavin Bosgraf and Alex Irvin 13 points each, Dylan Ashly had 10 points, Gavin Lemley 5 points Jayden Bryant 4 points, Cruz Isaly and Louis Goodnow had 2 points each.
The Yellow Jackets hit 11 three pointers and went 6 of 12 from the charity stripe.
Calvary Baptist 79 Tolsia 36 ( Friday )
Tolsia trailed early and couldn’t recover in the FCA Hoops classic at West Virginia St. University on Friday morning.
Tolsia was led by Colton Austin with 11 points, Parker Watts tallied 8 points, Dylan Dawson and CJ Johnson scored 5 points each, Eli Blackburn scored 4 points.
The Rebels hit 4 three pointers and went 1 of 2 from the foul line.
Calvary was led by Stevie Hick with 18 points, Micah Daniels 16 points, Isaiah Bosley 13 points.
Calvary hit 10 three pointers and went 7 of 10 from the foul line.
Tolsia will return to action after Christmas with a home game on Tuesday December 28th against Van in another section game.
Tolsia Head Coach Brian Stacy
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… If we can bottle that fourth quarter up and play like that the rest of the year we will be fine. I do feel like we are making progress even though we haven’t won yet. I’m not sure anyone has played a tougher schedule anywhere than us. Defending class A champ Man, Triple A Wayne who hasn’t lost, Class 4A Spring Valley, Calvary Baptist who is always a top team in their division, Defending Class 2A state champion Williamstown and semifinalist in the state last year Tug Valley. I told the boys Belfry started the year 0-5 and won the football state championship and their schedule prepared them for that and our schedule will prepare us for postseason as well.”
“… We will get back to work on Wednesday and get ready for two section opponents after Christmas when we host Van and travel to Sherman. I’m really proud of our boys for not quitting tonight and making Tug Valley play to the very end. I probably shouldn’t have gotten the technical but I was standing up for our boys and I will do that every time.”
