Brett Hemry and Brinley Vandiver dive to the floor for a loose ball against Mid-Buchanan’s Joe Clark.
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Mid-Buchanan’s Dragons could hardly have started Thursday night’s district championship game better than they did. It would be hard, also, for the Dragons to nitpick any of their performance as they dominated Gallatin, 71-35, for the Class 2, District 15 title.
Layton Shubert defends against a shot by Dragon forward Joe Clark.
Outside shooting and a pressure defense staked the Dragons to a 25-13 early lead as they piled up 6 three-point buckets in the first quarter. Adding 3 more 3-balls, the Dragons took a comfortable 45-23 lead at the break.
The Bulldogs struggled mightily to get into an offensive rhythm but could not put together consistent scoring in the face of a withering press. Gallatin, finishing 20-4 on the season, was held to 34% shooting from the field and could pull down only 11 rebounds across 4 quarters. Brinley Vandiver led the way for the Bulldogs with 11 points.
The Dragons, who combined for 12 three-pointers, got four long balls and 12 points from Javan Noyes, and were led by Caiden Bailey with 24 points.
Player FG FT Pts. A S Rbd.
Johnson 1 0 3 1 1 0
Bird 2 1 5 0 1 2
J. Stout 3 0 7 1 1 1
Vandiver 4 2 11 0 0 1
Feiden 2 0 4 2 0 5
Shubert 1 0 3 0 0 0
D. Stout 0 0 0 0 0 1
Wilson 0 0 0 0 1 0
Hemry 1 0 2 1 1 1
3pters: Johnson, J. Stout, Vandiver, Shubert.