The Triopia-Meredosia-Chambersburg-Virginia Lady Trojan basketball squad brought home the Third-Place plaque from the North Greene Tournament last week. In an odd bit of symmetry, the Trojans won their opener 37 to 29 over Greenfield-Northwestern (GNW) then fell in the semifinals by an identical 37 to 29 score to Hardin Calhoun. In the third-place game, Triopia outlasted South County 44 to 40.
Following their opening round win, the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia boys basketball team lost two straight at the Winchester Invitational Tournament to bow out with a 1-2 mark. In round two, the Trojans were swept away by the pressure defense of the Griggsville-Perry Tornadoes. An elimination game against Cass County neighbor PORTA-A-C Central followed with the Trojans falling in a close contest.
The Triopia Junior High basketball teams continued to stack wins onto an already impressive season resume last week. The seventh grade Trojans beat A-C Central badly and lost a heartbreaker to South Fulton to move to 14-7 on the season. The eighth graders rolled to victory over both the Knights and the Rebels to improve to a stellar 17-4 on the year.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia basketball programs picked up some much-needed rest following the Lady Tiger Classic and the Waverly Holiday Tournament as the girls played just one game last week and the boys played two, waiting until Thursday to get back into action. The girls suffered a disappointing loss on the road at Rushville/Industry on Tuesday. The boys squeezed in a WIVC win over Pleasant Hill before an opening round win over Carlinville in the Winchester Invitational Tournament on Saturday.
The Triopia Junior High Basketball teams continued to add to an already impressive resume with five wins out of six games last week. The eighth grade swept all three of their games while the seventh grade lost to Hardin Calhoun but defeated North Mac and Carrollton St. Johns.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Lady Trojans rode their defense to two wins in the Lady Tiger Classic knocking off Pleasant Hill-Western and Beardstown. The defense played well in losses to West Central and Havana but the Trojans could not overcome their offensive struggles against the Cougars and Ducks.
The Triopia Trojan boys’ basketball team picked up a win in the first round of the Waverly Tournament then ran up against two tough WIVC Conference foes to bow out with a 1-2 record. The Trojans used a huge third quarter in the opener to pull away from Tri-City and win 59 to 46. A poor third quarter hurt the Trojans in their 58 to 30 second round loss to West Central. The final quarter was the difference in their tourney ending 44 to 32 loss to Greenfield-Northwestern.
In their only contest last week, the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia boys’ basketball team lost at home to the Pittsfield Saukees. The loss broke a three-game winning streak and dropped the Trojans to 5-6 on the season.
A couple of tough losses on the road at Mendon were quickly put in the rearview mirror by the Triopia Junior High basketball team with two resounding home wins over Havana.
Against Unity in the seventh-grade game, the Colts jumped out of the gate and took a 13 to 0 lead after a quarter. It was 23 to 7 at the half in favor of Mendon. The Colts continued to stretch the lead in the second half and cruised to a 38 to 17 win. Werries scored four, while Howe, Seymour and Lomelino all scored three and Crews added two points in the loss.
Two wins for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia girls basketball team last week over Payson-Seymour and Liberty pushed their record to 7-4 as they prep for this week’s Lady Tiger Classic. The Lady Trojans made a second half push to defeat the Indians 48 to 29 and held on in the fourth to beat the Eagles 40 to 36.