The Trenton Bulldogs took a pair of semifinal wins in convincing fashion, taking down the upset minded Braymer Bobcats in back-to-back contests on Thursday night, broadcast live on Hot Country Z 101.7.
In games at Gallatin High School, the Trenton girls used their depth, speed, and passing ability to overwhelm Braymer, winning 61-22. Â Sophomore guard Ainsley Tolson had 17 points, with 15 of those in a whirlwind first half for THS. Â Salem Croy had 15 points, with the majority of her damage done in the third quarter, when she hit a trio of 3-point shots. Â Whitley Richman, after being held scoreless in the first half, scored 11 points in the second half of play. Â The win improves THS to 3-0 on the season. Â
For Braymer, promising freshman forward Jasmine Taylor scored nine points. Â Maggie Phillips added seven. Â Braymer is now 1-2 on the campaign.
The Trenton boys were consistent in beating Braymer on Thursday night, outscoring the Bobcats by either four OR five points in all four quarters, winning by a score of 65-47. Â The Bulldogs had a strong one-two punch from Connor Cotton (23 points) and Spencer Harris (22 points) in winning for the third time in as many outings this season. Â Corbyn Guile had early foul trouble that kept down his minutes in a nine-point night. Â Lathan Croy added eight, including a buzzer-beating “3” at the end of the first half, that gave the Bulldogs a 33-24 lead into the locker room.
Braymer, falling to 2-1 on the season, had 20 points from Jordan Miller and 19 scored by Austin Hall.
In earlier action from Thursday night’s semifinals, the Gallatin Lady Bulldogs defeated the Hardin-Central Lady Bulldogs 48-27, moving Chad Sullenger’s team to a perfect 3-0 on the season, and moving the host of the tournament into a championship game duel (Saturday 3:00 PM) with GRC rival Trenton. Â Gallatin was led by Karley Salmon with 10 points. Â
The Winston boys, in an all-Daviess County semifinal, took down the host Gallatin Bulldogs 57-32. Â The #1 seed Redbirds had 17 points from Jacob Lewis and 14 from Griffen Harris in the victory. Â Craig Lewis had 10 points. Â Gallatin’s Jett Simmons scored 21 of his team’s 32 points.
Saturday’s schedule is now set from Gallatin High School, with Braymer playing Hardin-Central in the girls third place game at noon, followed by Galatin battling Braymer in the boy’s third place game at 1:30. Â Coverage of the championship games on Hot Country Z 101.7 will begin at 2:45, with the Trenton-Gallatin girls title tilt set for a 3 o’clock tip. At 4:30, the Trenton boys take on Winston.
Next week, Trenton places a pair of road challenges, with the Bulldogs headed south to take on Marceline on Tuesday night (December 6th) and Chillicothe (December 9th). Â The Marceline games will be shown on our new video channel, with Tom Johnson providing play-by-play on KGOZ-TV (www.YouTube.com/KTTNRadio). Â The games at Chillicothe will be broadcast on Hot Country Z 101.7.