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Leyton's Alec Watchorn and Creek Valley's Mason Timm battle at the tip-off during the MAC Tournament consolation game on Saturday, January 25, 2025.
Creek Valley's Alvin Russell battles through a defender to put up two points during recent action.
Despite the Potter-Dix girls not having as many wins as they'd like, they continue to put in the hard work and the improvement is noticeable.
As the basketball season heads into the final stretch, it was time for the local teams to compete in the MAC Tournament, and there were outstanding performances and a few surprises to report.
The biggest surprise of the tournament was the undefeated Lady Warriors getting handed their first loss of the year in the finals match-up against South Platte, 56-to-47, as detailed in a separate article. For the other local teams, it was consolation rounds with varying degrees of success.
For Potter-Dix, the boys started the tournament with a match-up against Leyton in Dalton, and after a hard-fought game, the Coyotes fell to the Warriors 45-to-36. They then went on to face Banner County at 10 am on Saturday in Bridgeport, and the Coyotes were able to breeze past the Wildcats 64-to-19, limiting the Banner County boys to single-digit scores in each quarter.
The Lady Coyotes of Potter-Dix had their first-round match-up with Garden County on January 20 and fell by a 38-to-24 final score. They then went on to face Minatare in a 9 am matchup in Bridgeport on January 25 and defeated the Lady Indians 41-to-25.
The Creek Valley Lady Storm had a tough match-up with South Platte, and the number two seed cruised to a 66-to-19 victory. The Lady Storm then played Banner County at 9 am Saturday in Bridgeport and fell to Banner County by a final score of 37-to-28.
The Creek Valley Storm came into the tournament as the number 3 seed and hosted number 6 seed Bayard on January 21. Junior Lane Brenneman was dominant for Creek Valley and put up 29 points in the 53-to-46 victory. Creek Valley moved on to face South Platte on January 23, but the Blue Knights outlasted the Storm, overcoming a gutty performance by the Creek Valley boys that took two overtimes to settle by a final of 55-to-44. Creek Valley moved on to the consolation game on Saturday in Bridgeport, but the Leyton Warriors were too strong for the Storm as they fell by a final score of 54-to-45.
The Leyton Warriors had success in the tournament, despite the Lady Warriors Finals loss. The boy's team started against Potter-Dix on January 21 and defeated the Coyotes 45-to-36. Leyton then matched up with Garden County on January 23, but could not get past a tough Eagles squad, falling by a score of 53-to-45. This set up the consolation match-up against Creek Valley on Saturday in Bridgeport, and Leyton was able to get by the Storm 54-to-45 and earn a third-place tournament showing. The Lady Warriors had no trouble in their first-round match-up with Minatare, winning 69-to-11, and then followed up with a big win over Garden County on January 23, 64-to-33. However, the Lady Warriors stumbled in the finals on Saturday against South Platte, falling by a score of 56-to-47 and settling for runner-up honors.
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