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The 2021 Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament came to a close with the Eureka Hornets claiming their first ever tournament title by cruising to a 55-30 win over the Farmington Farmers. Eureka had won a tournament trophy two other times before: 4th place in 2012 and Runner-Up in 2018. A championship looked unlikely as early as Day […]

Macomb found themselves in the trophy round for first time since the 2014 tournament and just like in that event, they take home the 3rd place hardware. This time the Bombers did it with a win over the Liberty Eagles 54-38. Macomb did it by dominating the glass, securing the basketball (only seven turnovers), and

The Rockridge Rockets turned a one point lead at halftime into an impressive 27 point win over the Lewistown Indians 58-31 to take the 5th place trophy. This game had drastically different halves. Rockridge had a slim one point lead after the first quarter (11-10) and a similar lead at the half (20-19). The first

The Hornets of Brown County defeated the Titans of Monmouth-Roseville by a score of 38-34 to take the Consolation Championship trophy and an impressive 3-1 record in the tournament. The Hornets got a boost off the bench, as non-starters scored 14 points to help lift the team to earn hardware. Monmouth-Roseville was ahead 20-18 at

In the second semifinal game, Eureka’s Hornets buzzed by the Macomb Bombers by a score of 44-31. Eureka started red hot, making their first four shots (including two 3-pointers) and surged to a 12-4 lead and a 17-10 lead at the end of the first. The Hornets would never relinquish the lead in this contest.

A back-and-forth affair that featured five lead changes highlighted the tournament’s first semifinal game, won by the Farmers of Farmington 45-43 over the Liberty Eagles. Liberty jumped out to a 19-10 lead with 3:27 left in the first half, but Farmington went on a 10-0 run to end the half, up 20-19. The Eagles won

The Lewistown Indians defeated the Pittsfield Saukees in the Native American inspired 5th place semifinal by a count of 47-43. John Ross Hess of Lewistown scored a tournament-high 29 points on 11-of-17 shooting to pace his Indians squad. Lewistown started strong, leading 12-4 at the end of the first quarter (and eventually 17-6), but Pittsfield

In Western Hall’s early game on Day 3, the Rockets of Rockridge cruised to a 61-42 victory over the Panthers of Camp Point Central. Rockridge was hungry after their loss to Farmington last night and Camp Point Central was in their crosshairs. The Rockets came out of the gate strong, leading 12-3 after the first

The Titans of Monmouth-Roseville handed a 44-30 loss to Abingdon-Avon to advance to the consolation title game. The Tornadoes tripped out of the starting gate, scoring just five in the first quarter and six in the second quarter. After Monmouth-Roseville had a big 18 point outburst in the third quarter, this game was out of

In the first semifinal game of the consolation bracket, Brown County’s Hornets defeated the Tigers of Illini Bluffs by a score of 60-31. The Hornets shot the lights out in this contest, hitting 24-of-39 (61.5%) from the floor, including 5-for-11 (45.5%) from beyond the arc. Brown County started fast and furious too…blanking the Tigers in