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DEVILS FALL TO HOT WEST LIBERTY SALEM IN TOURNEY



The Brookville Blue Devils saw their season come to an end to a hot shooting, big, strong, and physical West Liberty Salem squad in the Sectional Tournament at Tecumseh last week by the score of 55 to 37.  The loss ended the Devils season with a record of 7-16 and the basketball careers of five seniors for the Blue Devils. Luke Landis, Wes Zellers, Austin Kuck, Cory Weaver, and Josh Childers saw their Blue Devil basketball careers end.
Brookville played very hard and defensively did a really nice job on stopping the inside game of the much taller Tigers. However, West Liberty Salem was red hot shooting the ball, making 18 of 34 shots during the game, most of them challenged but on target. That included an incredible 8 of 14 from behind the three point line. The Tigers were 5 of 8 from the field in the first period alone and hit 6 of their first 8 three point tries in the first half.
The Devils shot 15 of 48 for the game and were 3 of 18 behind the arch.
Brookville never led although did have the game tied twice early at 2 to 2 and 4 to 4. However then Max Bailey drained back to back 3 pointers and the Tigers were never headed.
West Liberty led 13 to 9 after the first period and appeared ready to run away from Brookville in the second frame. It was 21 to 12 when Brookville put together a brief run. Marcus Brisco scored on a drive. Logan Delk made a free throw. Landis scored on a lay in and then with a pair of free throws. That made it 21 to 19 with 3:18 left in the first half. However, Grant Burden scored on a drive 13 seconds later to regain the momentum for the Tigers.
West Liberty slowly pulled away in the second half. Brookville held the Tigers to only 11 points in the third period but could only manage 6 points, three from Derek Day on a trifecta late in the period.
Brookville battled to the end but simply were overmatched because of the Tigers accurate shooting.
In many respects Brookville played West Liberty even or had the better of the play in hustle plays, but shooting was the ultimate difference in the game. When a team shoots 57% it is hard to overcome, especially when you shoot less than 30%.
West Liberty was led in scoring by Grant Burden with 16, Landon Horman with 13 points, and Travis Mayse with 14 markers.
Brookville scoring shows Luke Landis with 16 points to lead Brookville. Derek Day had 3, Logan Delk 4, Wes Zellers 6, and Marcus Brisco 8.
For Brookville it was a season of much improvement and with a few breaks could have won a few more games. However, in all it was a good season and hopefully the underclassmen will do the offseason work needed to take the program a step further.
This reporter would like to extend a huge thank you to Coach Jeff Davidson and his staff for their cooperation during the season. Also, my sincere thank you to Roger Hoover, Brookville scorebook keeper, for providing statistical information throughout the season. Hoover has been keeping the Brookville scorebook since the early 1990’s.

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BROOKVILLE COMEBACK STUNS OAKWOOD AT PIT



It was another in what has become routine at the Pit in Oakwood, a strange basketball game between Brookville and Oakwood. This time Brookville came out on top by scoring the final 8 points of the game, the final 6 in the last 40 seconds to win 55 to 52. The victory ended the regular season with Brookville sporting a record of 7 wins and 15 losses.
With 45 seconds left Oakwood had the ball out of bounds in front of the Brookville bench. The score was 52 to 49 Oakwood, neither team had scored since the 3:40 mark of the final period when Wes Zellers grabbed a lob pass and laid the ball in the hoop. Brookville had never led and had 4 times had the ball down 3 points and twice turned the ball over and twice missed three point shots.
Oakwood passed the ball in bounds and the Lumberjack player, a freshman on the team, turned and dribbled to the Brookville basket and laid the ball in the hoop with 40 seconds left to give Brookville 2 points and make the score 52 to 51. The credit for the points for Brookville goes to the player closest to the basket and that was Senior Wes Zellers, who can now boast his final two points he scored as a senior in the regular season were a gift by an opponent.
After the basket both teams seemed stunned as what to do. Brookville grabbed the ball and then whistles were blown to give Oakwood possession of the ball.
On the inbounds play Brookville’s Luke Landis tipped the ball loose and stole the ball. A quick pass to Marcus Brisco saw the sophomore drive to the hoop where he was fouled while shooting.  Brisco hit the charity tosses with 32.6 seconds left and the Devils had their first lead of the game at 53 to 52.
Oakwood came down court got off a short jump shot that bounced off the rim. Brisco grabbed the rebound and was fouled with 9.6 seconds left. Brisco calmly hit both ends of the one and bonus and it was 55 to 52 Blue Devils.
Oakwood managed to get one final shot off at the buzzer and it bounced off the front of the rim and Brookville won a wild game.
Oakwood led the entire game as they scored the first 8 points of the night. It was 19 to 9 Lumberjacks after the first period. Brookville slowly got back into the game in the second period outscoring Oakwood 12 to 7. That made the score 26 to 21 at the half time break.
Brookville fell behind by 7 with just under 3 minutes left in the third frame. However, Brookville scored the final 5 points of the period on a Brisco trifecta and a Zellers hoop in the lane. The score was 40 to 38 Oakwood heading into the final 8 minutes. Marcus Brisco sparked Brookville in the period with 12 points.
In the final frame Oakwood drained a 3 pointer and then Zellers hit a basket inside. With 7 minutes left Brisco drained his 3rd three pointer of the game, giving him the hat trick, and that tied the contest at 43. The teams then exchanged baskets making it 45 all. Derek Day tied the game with 5:50 left at 47. Here Oakwood got a three pointer from Murphy and a basket by Neff to make it 52 to 47 with 4:26 left in the game.
Zellers then scored with 3:40 remaining to cut the margin to 3 at 52 to 49. Brookville played solid defense and after stops had 4 separate occasions to try and tie the game with a three pointer, but as mentioned before two turnovers and two missed shots occurred. That set the stage for the exciting and stunning final 45 seconds of the game and the Brookville win.
Scoring for Oakwood shows Grant Pepper 13, Bradley Carlson 11, Joey Murphy 12, Markus Neff 8, Ireland 1, Max Banke2, and Sam Banke 3 points. Oakwood made 20 of 41 shots including 7 of 15 three pointers. Oakwood was 5 of 8 from the foul line.
Brookville scoring shows Marcus Brisco with a spectacular game of 27 points, including 21 in the second half. Wes Zellers added 10 points for Brookville; Derek Day 5; Luke Landis 5; Logan Delk 5; and Josh Childers 1 point. Brookville made 20 field goals on 43 shots. The devils were 5 of 15 behind the arch and 10 of 12 from the foul line.
Brookville will play Saturday night at Tecumseh in the Sectional Tournament. The Devils will play West Liberty Salem at 8 PM that night. Get your tickets pre-sale for $6. Tickets at the door are $7. If Brookville can sell 25 pre-sale tickets the school gets to keep 50% of the money.

The JV teams finished a very successful 12 and 10 on the season by beating Oakwood 52 to 46. Brookville scoring has Brad Cox 11; Collin Kindell 11; Devin Pennington 3; Devon Cook 6; Nathan Middlestetter 2; Tyler Horstman 2; and Tyler Cosculluela 17 points.​

 

 

Brookville edges Tri-County North



Brookville  responded by edging Tri-County North on Hall of Fame night 56 to 53. The game featured both teams coming from behind. Brookville trailed 28 to 22 late in the first half but rallied to tie it at the buzzer as Derek Day drained a mid-court three pointer. Brookville parlayed the momentum into a 10 point lead after 3 periods of play 44 to 34.
However, North stormed back in the final frame. Austin Hutchins led the charge scoring 11 of his game high 25 points in the final frame. The game was tied at 49 when an intentional foul was called on North. Luke Landis made a free throw. Then on the possession Landis was fouled and drained 2 more charity shots making it 52 to 49 with 2:05 to go in the game.
Landis scored again and Brookville led by 5. Hutchins and Billy Derringer countered with baskets and it was 54 to 53 Brookville with 45 seconds left.
The Panthers stole the inbounds pass but Brookville blocked a shot by TCN. With 10.8 seconds left Derek Day hit both ends of the bonus to make the final score 56 to 53. North had a good shot to tie but it bounced off the rim.
Panther scoring has Cavendish 4, Derringer 15, Hutchins 25, Hunter Gleadell 3, Garrett Woodyard 2, and Damon Nelson 6.
Brookville scoring shows Derek Day 14, Wes Zellers 12, Luke Landis 7, Logan Delk 7, Austin Kuck 7, Marcus Brisco 7, and Josh Childers 2. 
In JV action Brookville lost Eaton 46 to 40. Brad Cox had 7, Collin Kindall2, Devon Cook 5, Nathan Middlestetter 2, Tyler Horstman 4, Mike Miller 2, Cody Harsman 6, and Tyler Cosculleula 12.
Brookville lost on a last second shot to Tri-Village 44 to 43. Scoring for Brookville were Cox 14, Kindell 6, Middlestetter 3, Horsman 2, Harsman 6, and Cosculleula 12.

The Devils beat North 56 to 33. Scoring has Cox 4, Kindell 7, Devin Pennington 14, Cook 2, Williams 2, Middlestetter 3, Miller 5, Robert Parrish 10, Harsman 2, and Coscullleula 4.

BROOKVILLE STUNS EATON

The Brookville Blue Devils came from 12 points behind to rally and stun the Eaton Eagles 53 to 47 on Senior Night. The win snapped an 8 game losing streak and lifted Brookville to 5 wins and 14 losses on the season.
Eaton jumped out to a 15 to 9 first period lead and increased the advantage to 26 to 14 with 3 minutes left in the first half. Brookville then slowly started to work their way back into the game. Marcus Brisco scored in the lane. Then Brisco drained a 3 pointer. The Eagles scored a basket and free throw before Brisco banked in a trifecta at the buzzer to make it 29 to 22 at the half in favor of Eaton.
The real difference in the game was Brookville’s defensive effort. The Devils forced Eaton to work hard for shots and then Brookville rebounded relentlessly on both ends of the court.
Eaton built the lead to 7 in the third frame at 38 to 31 with 2 minutes left. From this point on Brookville outscored the Eagles 22 to 9. Luke Landis heated up in the third period scoring 9 markers in the frame. Brookville again scored as the clock ran out as Derek Day scored his first basket of the game on a jump shot to make it 41 to 37 Eagles.
In the final frame Brookville simply outplayed the Eagles and won the game. Wes Zellers scored on a lay in off a lob pass from Landis. Then with 6:45 Zellers scored on a lay-up to give Brookville their first lead of the game at 41 to 40. Zellers scored again with 6:11 to go and it was 43 to 40 Brookville. The Devils began to use the clock when they had the ball. The teams exchanged free throws and it was 45 to 42 Brookville when Zellers fed Logan Delk with a sweet pass that resulted in a basket and free throw as Delk was fouled on the play. It made the score 48 to 42 with 1:26 to go in the game.
Eaton hit a basket with 1:12 to go, ending a 7 minute drought between baskets for the Eagles. With 45 seconds left Luke Landis nailed both ends of the one and bonus. Sullender nailed a trifecta for the Eagles with 30 seconds left to make the score 50 to 47. Then Day hit a free throw with 27 seconds left. Zellers made a charity shot with 20 seconds to go and Day hit a free throw with 1.6 seconds left to make the final score 53 to 47 Brookville.
Eaton was led in scoring by Steven Sullender with 16 points, Eric Hoke with 14 points and Todd Titus with 10 points.
Brookville scoring shows Marcus Brisco with 16; Luke Landis 14; Wes Zellers 10; Derek Day 4; Josh Childers 2; Cory Weaver 2; and Logan Delk 3 points.
Brookville was 17 of 35 shooting including 4 of 10 behind the arch. Brookville made 15 of 20 free throws. Eaton was 15 of 47 including 3 of 5 behind the arch. The Eagles made 10 of 15 free throws.

CARLISLE SECOND HALF EXPLOSION DOWNS DEVILS

For 2 and ½ quarters Brookville battled Carlisle tooth and nail Tuesday night. However, sparked by a 12-0 run late in the third frame the Indians rolled to an 82 to 60 victory over the game Blue Devils.
The score was tied at 46 when Carlisle scored 12 straight points, as Andrew Goodpaster sparked the run with steals and baskets, to take control of the game. After that Carlisle rolled to the 22 point win, outscoring Brookville 36 to 14 in the final 11 minutes in the game.
Brookville got a great effort from Marcus Brisco. Brisco scored a career high 26 points on the night for Brookville. Wes Zellers added 13 for the Devils.
Goodpaster is as good as any player in Buckeye Division of the SWBL and he showed why during the game. Gideon Cunningham added 20 points, 9 in the final frame, for the Indians. Jai Martin scored 19 for Carlisle also.
Brookville scoring shows Brisco with 26; Zellers 13; Luke Landis 8; Tyler Cosculluela 4; Josh Childers 2; Logan Delk 5; and Austin Kuck 2.
Brookville is now 4 and 13 on the season and 3-6 in the SWBL Southwestern Division. The Blue Devils are at Valley View Friday night.
Brookville won the JV game 52 to 50. Brad Cox had 17 points, Collin Kindell 4, Devon Cook 1, Nathan Middlestetter 3, Tyler Horstman 10, Cody Harsman 1, and Tyler Cosculuella 16.
 

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EAGLES HALF COURT SHOT DOWNS DEVILS
           
              Brookville lost a pair of SWBL Southwestern Division games this week. Brookville lost on a half-court shot as time ran out to Bellbrook 54 to 52 on Tuesday. Then the Devils ran into a buzz saw at Franklin as the Wildcats crunched Brookville 71 to 48.
             Turnabout is fair play goes the saying. Bellbrook defeated Brookville on a last second midcourt three point heave to defeat the Brookville Blue Devils 54 to 52 last week at Brookville. The loss was a tough pill for Brookville to swallow but it was the same pill Brookville forced Bellbrook to swallow back in December as Brookville won on a last second shot by Marcus Brisco on the Eagles home court.
             The games were amazingly similar throughout. Brookville led 29 to 24 at halftime Tuesday night. It was 34 to 33 Bellbrook after 3 periods of play and then the final of 54 to 52 Eagles.
             The final frame began as Wes Zellers made a basket, was fouled and hit the free throw to put Brookville in the lead at 36 to 34. Derek Day drained a trifecta moments later and it was 39 to 35 Brookville with 6:46 to go. However, Bellbrook got a hoop to make it 39 to 37. With 4:23 to go Brookville was called for a foul and when the Devils player showed his disagreement he was called for a technical foul. The Eagles missed the free throw off the foul. Then Doug Rasch hit one of the technical charity shots. On the possession, Rasch drained a three pointer to give the Eagles the lead at 41 to 39. Rasch scored again and it was 43 to 39.
             Brisco scored inside and made a free throw to cut the deficit to 1. After an Eagle charity shot Derek Day drained a three and the game was tied at 45 with 2:55 left. Hisey scored inside for the Eagles. Luke Landis hit a base line jumper with 2:16 left to the game at 47.
            Rasch stole the ball and made a lay-up to give the Eagles the lead at the 1:15 mark 49 to 47.  With 54 seconds left Day hit his 4th three pointer of the game, and 3rd in the final frame to give Brookville a 50 to 49 lead. With 39 seconds left Rasch, who had 27 points on the night, hit both ends of the one and bonus to give Bellbrook the lead at 51 to 50.
             Brookville worked the clock and got the ball to Wes Zellers on the base line near the hoop. Zellers made a move inside went up and scored with 6 seconds left to give Brookville a 52 to 51 lead.
             The inbounds pass came to Rasch; he dribbled to midcourt and was closely guarded. Just before the center line Rasch jumped up and let launched the ball from his right hip. While the ball was in the air at the rim the buzzer sounded and the ball went through the basket to give Bellbrook the thrilling win 54 to 52.
             A month earlier Bellbrook had taken a 1 point lead with 5 seconds left before a full court inbounds pass found Brisco who drove into the lane and made a basket for Brookville to win at the buzzer.
             Scoring for Bellbrook has Rasch with 27 points. Hisey added 10, Malapit 3, Hall 7, Jabir 3, Rogers 2, and Vine 2 points. The Eagles had 20 field goals with 7 being three pointers, 4 from Rasch. Bellbrook made 7 of 10 free throws and the eagles made 20 of 55 shots, including 7 of 16 from 3 point land.
             Brookville point getters were Day with 16, Landis 8, Zellers 9, Austin Kuck 10 points in the first half, and Brisco with 9. Brookville was 20 of 48 shooting including 4 of 14 behind the arch. Brookville made 8 of 10 foul shots.
             Brookville traveled to Franklin and the Wildcats came out on fire dominating every phase of the game. The Cats scored the first 8 points of the game and parlayed the start to a 26 to 10 first period advantage. Franklin rolled to an eventual 71 to 48 win.
           Franklin owned the boards in the first half as they out rebounded the Devils by a huge margin, especially on the offensive end of the court. The fact that Franklin took 70 shots during the game to the Blue Devils 52 shows how many times the Wildcats got extra shots in the game. Franklin was 28 of 70 for the night, including 22 of 48 for 2 pointers and 6 of 22 from behind the arch. Brookville was 19 of 52 including 2 of 14 in three point attempts. Brookville committed 21 turnovers and Franklin had 16 turnovers.
           Luke Kennard and Travis Lakins each scored 8 points in the first frame. Both these players would end up with 17 points on the night. Jared Crowe added 13 for Franklin. The Cats won the first three quarters of the game by 16, 4, and 7 points respectively.
            Marcus Brisco led Brookville with 11 points. Derek Day added 5 points; Luke Landis 4, Tyler Cosculluela 4, Wes Zellers 2, Cory Weaver 6, Logan Delk 9, and Austin Kuck 5.
           It must be noted that for Cosculluela, Weaver, and Delk the point totals are career highs in varsity play.
           In JV action lost to both Bellbrook and Franklin. The score against Bellbrook was 59 to 50. Brookville scoring has Brad Cox 10, Collin Kindell 18, Devin Pennington 8, Devon Cook 2, Peyton Williams 2, Cody Harsman 1, and Tyler Cosculleula 9.
           The score against Franklin was 51 to 44. Scoring has Cox 5, Kindell 13, Pennington 3, Cook 9, Williams 2, Tyler Horstman 2, Harsman 4, and Cosculluela 4.

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LATE RALLY COMES UP SHORT AGAINST MONROE

The Brookville Blue Devils fell behind the Monroe Hornets by double digits Friday night, then rallied back but simply ran out of time to the taller SWBL Southwestern Division foe. The final score was 55 to 52 and the loss dropped Brookville to 4-8 on the season and 3-4 in the SWBL Southwestern Division.

The battling Blue Devils forced 22 turnovers during the game but could not take advantage of the 10 turnover margin because they shot only 33% from the field making 19 of 58 shots. The Devils made 12 of 20 free throws but in the pivotal fourth quarter could make only 5 of 10 charity tosses. This kept Brookville from taking advantage of the Hornets hitting only 13 of 27 free throws during the game, including 11 of 20 in the final frame.
The Hornets shot 48% from the field making 19 of 40 shots during the game.
Brookville led after the first period of play 15 to 14. Austin Kuck scored 4 points, Josh Childers 3, Derek Day 2, and Marcus Brisco 6 in the frame for Brookville.  Meanwhile Chris Slonaker, the Hornets tall and mobile center, was simply too much inside for Brookville to handle throughout the period and the game. Slonaker scored 19 points to lead his squad in points. Jake Little, a smallish point guard, played big as he scored 14 points, all in the first half, and getting 12 on 4 three pointers. Those were set up as Brookville collapsed their defense when Slonaker got the ball and he dished it back outside to where the ball found Little in the corner and behind the arch wide open.
The Hornets outscored Brookville 16 to 11 to gain control at 30 to 26 at half. Logan Delk made a basket inside and was fouled where he drained the free throw to highlight Brookville offensively in the period. Brisco added 4 points while Luke Landis and Kuck each hit a basket also.
Brookville scored only 7 points in the third period but did a nice job defensively holding Monroe to only 10 markers. The score stood 40 to 33 Hornets after the 3rd quarter. Zellers got a basket and free throw and Brisco scored 2 hoops for Brookville in the frame.
Monroe scored the first 4 points of the final period to make it 44 to33. Brisco got a steal near midcourt and went all the way for a basket. He was fouled on the play and made the free throw to make it 44 to 36. Aside from a pair of free throws from Derek Day Brookville was unable to score until less than 2 minutes remained in the game. By then the Hornets had built up a 50 to 38 lead.
With 1:45 left Brisco hit a free throw. With 1:31 to go Josh Childers grabbed a rebound and scored to make it 50 to 41. After a Hornet free throw, Landis stole the ball and scored on a lay-in to make it 51 to 43 with 1:20 to go. Derek Day ten stole the ball and scored with 1:08 remaining to get Brookville to within 6 points at 51 to 45.
Brookville got the ball again but missed a long shot and then Monroe hit a free throw to make it 52 to 45. With 26 seconds left Day drained a trifecta and it was a 4 point game at 52 to 48. However, Monroe made 3 free throws to 1 for Brookville as the clock whittled down to 11.8 seconds left.
Brookville got off a couple of long shots that missed until finally Briscoe drained a trifecta at the buzzer to make the final score 55 to 52.
Besides Slonaker with 19 and Little with 14, Brandon Howard scored 9 for the Hornets.
Brookville scoring shows Brisco with a game high 21 points. Derek Day added 9 points for Brookville in the game. Other point getters for Brookville were Austin Kuck with 6, Luke Landis 5, Josh Childers 5, Wes Zellers 3, and Logan Delk with 3 points.
In the JV game Monroe won 47 to 33. Brookville scoring has Brad Cox 9, Devin Pennington 3, Devon Cook 4, Peyton Williams 3, Nathan Middlestetter 1, Tyler Horstman 4, Mike Miller 4, and Tyler Cosulluela 5 points.
Brookville will host Bellbrook on Tuesday night.



DEVILS EDGE SPARTANS, LOSE TO EAGLES AND PANTHERS

It was a week of highs and lows for the Brookville Blue Devils last week. Brookville started the week with a thrill packed and exhilarating victory over Valley View on a game winning basket in the waning seconds 51 to 50. Then Brookville traveled to Eaton and lost to the Eagles 50 to 41. Saturday Brookville returned to Preble County and again lost 47 to 43 to Twin Valley South. Brookville is now 4-8 on the season and 3-3 in the SWBL Southwestern Division.
Brookville played a very good game against Valley View at home and for the second time this season the Blue Devils won the game by making a shot just before the buzzer on an out of bounds play. This time it was Wes Zellers grabbing a ball and laying it in with about 3 seconds left to give Brookville the 51 to 50 advantage. A Spartan three quarters court heave was off the mark and Brookville celebrated a huge win for the team.
Brookville played outstanding defense in the game as the Devils held the area’s best scorer, Zach Denny, to only 15 points in the game.  Brookville face guarded Denny during the game as Luke Landis drew the defensive assignment. Denny scored six of his 15 points off fast break lay ups. Denny has had a number of games of over 40 points this season and one game with 51 markers. He is averaging well over 30 points per game so holding this outstanding player to 15 is a very noteworthy accomplishment by Brookville.
Brookville made 6 three pointers during the game. Derek Day made 5 of the long balls as he scored 17 points during the game. Marcus Brisco made the other 3 pointer for Brookville. Brisco scored 13 points during the game. Wes Zellers had his best offensive game of the season as he scored 11 points. Josh Childers scored 7, Austin Kuck 2 and Luke Landis added 1 to round out the Brookville scoring.
Brookville had built up a lead in the game but Valley View rallied to take the advantage in the final minute. Derek Day made a basket to give Brookville a 49 to 48 lead. Then Valley View scored to make it 50 to 49.
Brookville set up the out of bounds play in the fore court. Landis was handed the ball and tossed a lob pass towards the hoop. Zellers cut towards the basket on the opposite side and grabbed the ball while in the air and laid it in for the game winner.
Brookville made 20 of 50 shots during the game, including 6 of 16 behind the arch. The Devils made 5 of 13 foul shots. Valley View was 16 of 46 shooting and 12 of 15 from the foul line.
Brookville traveled to Eaton on Friday and lost 50 to 41. Todd Titus led a trio of Eagles in double figures with 18 points. Erik Hoke added 12 and Steven Sullender tallied 10 for Eaton. Brookville was led by Marcus Brisco with 18 points. Derek Day added 13 for Brookville on the night. Luke Landis scored 6, Josh Childers 2, and Austin Kuck 2.
Brookville was 17 of 47 shooting including 3 of 18 from three point land. Eaton was 16 of 33 shooting including 4 of 9 behind the arch. Brookville was 4 of 4 from the foul line and Eaton was 14 of 23.
Brookville led through the first quarter and a half. Derek Day drained a trifecta to give Brookville a 20 to 16 lead with 5 minutes left in the first half. Then Eaton closed on a run of 8 to 2 to make it 24 to 22 Eagles at the half.
The Eagles scored the first 5 points of the 3rd period and built up a 29 to 22 lead. Brookville’s Brisco made a pair of hoops to keep the deficit at 5 twice in the third period. However, the Eagles never let Brookville get any closer during the second half.  It was 37 to 30 Eaton after 3 periods of play. Eaton’s biggest lead came in the final frame at 45 to 34.
The Eagles then held off a Brookville final period charge and held on for a 50 to 41 win.
Brookville traveled to Twin Valley South and lost 67 to 64. Junior Michael Green, a big 6’ 6” center was the story for the Panthers as he tallied a career high 33 points to lead South to the win. Jesse Wysong added 8, Seth Baker scored 8, and Wes Cole 7 for the Panthers.
Brookville scoring shows Luke Landis with 24 markers for Brookville. Marcus Brisco added 18 points; Wes Zellers scored 14; Austin Kuck 6 and Josh Childers 2.
Brookville will host Monroe on Friday night and Bellbrook next Tuesday.
In JV Action Brookville defeated National Trail 47 to20, beat Valley View 41 to 40, and downed Eaton 47 to 34 to raise the JV record to 7-4.
Scoring against Trail shows Brad Cox 11, Collin Kindell 6, Devin Pennington 2, Peyton Williams 5, Logan Delk 8, Tyler Horstman 3, Mike Miller 2, Robert Parrish 2, and Tyler Cosulluela 8.
Scoring against Valley View shows Cox 12, Kindell 6, Devon Cook 2, Delk 16, Milller 1, and Cosulluela 4.
Scoring against Eaton shows Cox 17, Cosuelluela 14, Kindell 3, Pennington 2, Cook 1, Delk 9, and Cody Harsman 1.

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​WIN OVER TRAIL STOPS LOSING STREAK
A fast start in the first period propelled Brookville to a 49 to 38 victory over National Trail last Saturday. The win gave Brookville a record of 3-6 overall and ended a 3 game losing streak that included loses to Miami East and Anna during the week of Christmas to New Years.
Brookville started off with a 24 to 12 lead just before the end of the first period. It included a 19 to 5 run that turned a 7 to 5 Blazer lead into the 24 to 12 advantage. Trail hit the final bucket of the first frame to make 24 to14 at the break. Brookville led 31 to 23 at the half and 41 to 29 after 3 period before the final of 49 to 38. The Devils never allowed the Blazers closer than 8 points in the second half, which was the halftime advantage.
  The biggest lead was 17 points in the final frame. Brookville led by 8 at the half by scoring the final 4 points of the second quarter.
During the key run by Brookville in the first period, Austin Kuck scored 10 of his team high 14 points, all coming inside.
The Blazers were led in scoring by Devin Mize with a game high 15 points. Travis Williams scored 8, including 2 late 3 pointers in the final quarter.
Brookville scoring shows Kuck with 14. The Devils had good balance as Marcus Brisco had 9, Derek Day 8, Luke Landis 8, Josh Childers 4, Brad Cox 2, Cory Weaver 2, and Wes Zellers 2.
Brookville made 19 of 38 shots for 50%. The Devils were 1 for 9 behind the arch, the only three coming from Derek Day which happened to be the first points of the game. Brookville was 10 of 12 from the foul line and committed 11 turnovers.
Trail was 15 of46 shooting including 4 of 10 behind the arch. The Blazers made 4 of 7 free throws and committed 14 turnovers.
Brookville lost to Anna 66 to 41 in the consultation match of the Versailles tournament. Anna was in control from the start bolting out to a 24 to 12 first period advantage. The Rockets then increased the margin to 38 to 17 and 62 to 36 after the second and third quarters respectively. Anna was 27 of 47 shooting including 6 of 13 from three point land. Brookville was 17 of 50 including 1 of 9 behind the arch.
The Rockets were led by Bensman with 21 and Charles Williams with 23 points. Albers added 10. Brookville scoring shows Derek Day with 12, Luke Landis 8, Josh Childers 4, Austin Kuck 4, Marcus Brisco 11, and Aaron Bronner 2.

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EAST INSIDE GAME TOO MUCH FOR BROOKVILLE
The Miami East Viking remained undefeated after going inside and pounding the boards in the second half to defeat a game Brookville Blue Devil squad 53 to 46 in the opening round of the 2nd annual Versailles Holiday Tournament Friday December 29, 2012. It was a gallant effort by Brookville, but it ended in another frustrating loss for the 2-5 Blue Devils.
Brookville had led at the half by 5 at 29 to 24. The Devils even held a 4 point advantage with 1:33 left in the third quarter. It was at this point East started going inside and the Vikings outscored Brookville 21 to 10 in the final 9 minutes of the game.
A J Hickman had 15 for Miami East and Garrett Mitchell added 14. Luke House and Nick Beard each added 8 for Coach Allen Mack.
Brookville was led by Sophomore Marcus Brisco with a new career high of 24 points, including 5 three pointers 2 off the school record held by three former Devils, Adam Ferriell, Garrett Denlinger, and Cory Caudill.
Sophomore Derek Day added 12 markers for the Blue Devils.
Brookville committed 18 turnovers, 10 in the second half as East turned up the defensive pressure with a ¾ court zone press. Brookville was 18 of 43 shooting, including 7 of 11 from behind the arch. East was 21 of 49 shooting and 4 of 14 from three point land.
Brookville will play Anna in the consolation game at 6:30 at Versailles.
Scoring for Brookville shows Brisco with 24, Day 12, Luke Landis 6, Wes Zellers 2, and Austin Kuck 2.

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BROOKVILLE’S BRISCO STUNS BELLBROOK
It looked like Brookville would again suffer a heartbreaking loss in the final frame at Bellbrook on December 21 in the Greene County City. Doug Rasch of Bellbrook had grabbed a missed shot in the lane and banked it through the hoop to give the Eagles the lead 57 to 56 with 5 seconds left. This occurred after Wes Zellers had made a free throw with 22 seconds left to give the Blue Devils a 56 to 55 lead. Just over 3 seconds were on the clock and Brookville had to go the length of the court.
Zellers lined up to throw the ball in bounds. Brisco stood in the far end of the court, with a pair of Eagle defenders. After a pair of Bellbrook time outs to look at the set up and plan defense the play was set to happen. Zellers, able to run the baseline because of a made basket, faked a throw in then raced to his right. He tossed the ball high and to the far end of the court and to the far corner. Brisco grabbed the ball took a couple of dribbles towards the lane and then from about 12 feet just inside the lane turned and tossed up a shot on the run. The ball floated up and then came down through the hoop as the buzzer sounded and Brookville had stunned the Eagles 58 to 57.
The game was back and forth most of the second half. Brookville had jumped out early in the game on a three pointer by Luke Landis. After a Bellbrook basket Brookville got a 3 from Derek Day and a lay in by Aaron Bronner off a nice pass from Landis and it was 8 to 2. However, Bellbrook scored 9 straight and led 11 to 8 Austin Kuck then scored inside, the Eagles countered with a hoop, and Bronner scored again off another great pass by Landis. The first period ended 13 to 12 Eagles.
Marcus Brisco scored 11 points in the second quarter including hitting 3 trifectas and Brookville led 28 to 24 at the intermission.
The teams traded baskets and the lead several times in the final half of the 3rd period. Brookville led 42 to 39 after 3 periods of play. In the period Kuck scored 5 for Brookville and Cory Weaver, who just returned from injury, scored his first basket of the season.
In the final frame the teams exchanged the lead several times. Rasch scored the first 5 points to give the Eagles the lead at 44 to 42. Brisco answered with a baseline drive and free throw to make it 45 to 44 Brookville. Following Bellbrook points Josh Childers twice gave the lead back to Brookville with strong play inside. The lead switched back and forth until with 1:23 to go Wes Zellers scored on a lay in after a great pass by Luke Landis to give Brookville the lead 53 to 52. The Devils got a stop and then Landis was fouled and hit a pair of free throws with 56 seconds left making it 55 to 52 Brookville.
Jackson Jabir scored on a drive, was fouled and hit the free throw to tie the game with 49 seconds left. With 22 seconds left Zellers was fouled and made a free throw to give Brookville the lead. Then Bellbrook scored on the basket by Rasch with 5 seconds left. Which would set up the winning basket by Brisco as time expired giving Brookville a huge win.
The win gave Brookville its 2nd win of the season and was the first last second win by Brookville in 4 seasons. The 2008/2009 team won three games in the waning seconds, at home against Franklin, at Preble Shawnee, and at Milton Union. Brannon Dunn hit two of them and Braden Kindell the other.
Scoring for Bellbrook shows Rasch with a game high 21 points. Jabir added 11, Hisey 9, Hall 5, Malapit 3, Phillips 3, Rogers 3, and Vine 2. Bellbrook was 19 of 44 shooting, including 4 of 13 behind the arch. The Eagles made 15 of 19 free throws.
Brookville scoring shows Marcus Brisco with a career high 20 points; Luke Landis 9 points and 5 assists; Derek Day 8 points and 3 assists; Austin Kuck 5; Josh Childers 4; Wes Zellers 3; and Cory Weaver 2. Brookville was 19 of 36 shooting including 7 of 14 from three point land. Brookville made 13 of 19 free throws.
Mentally and physically drained from Friday night Brookville came out sluggish on Saturday night at Milton Union and the Bulldogs, who hadn’t played on Friday because of weather, took advantage.  The Bulldogs scored the first 6 points of the game and never looked back building the advantage to 28 to 15 late in the first half.
Trevor Klosterman dominated inside scoring 11 first half points for Milton. In the 2nd half Caleb Poland scored 13 points for the Bulldogs. Both ended up with 19 points for the Bulldogs to share high scoring honors for the game.
Brookville battled back. The Blue Devils managed to get within 2 at 38 to 36 with 1:30 left in the frame. Points came from Day, Kuck, Brisco, Zellers, Childers, and Landis in the frame.  However, the Bulldogs scored the final 4 points of the period to lead 42 to 36 after 3.
Brookville trailed by 10 with 2:37 left 53 to 43. Brookville battled furiously and had several chances but turnovers hurt the Devils. Brisco scored 11 of his team high 18 points in the final 2:08, but it was not enough as Brookville fell 60 to 58.
Milton made 20 of 27 free throws in the game including 8 of 14 in the final period. Brookville struggled at the line making only 11 of 23 charity shots.
Scoring for Milton Union has Klosterman and Poland with 19 points each. Stelzer added 8, Brady 9, Albaugh 2, Dickison 2, and Newman 1. Milton was 20 of 42 shooting all made baskets were 2 pointers.
Brookville points came from Brisco with 18, Luke Landis 12, Derek Day 9, Austin Kuck 7, Josh Childers 6, and Wes Zellers 6. Brookville was 21 of 54 shooting including 5 of 19 from three point land.
Brookville will have play Miami East at the Versailles Tournament Friday at 6 PM. The time and foe of the game Saturday night will be determined by action Friday.
In JV action Brookville lost to Bellbrook 54 to 38. Scoring for Brookville shows Brad Cox 12, Collin Kindell 5, Devin Pennington 5, Devon Cook 1, Logan Delk 5, Tyler Horstman 8, and Cody Harsman 2.
Brookville beat Milton Union 53 to 29. Blue Devil points came from Cox with 8, Pennington 2, Cook 9, Delk 8, Horstman 8, Mike Miller 4, Robert Parish 8, Harsman 2, and Tyler Cosulluela 4.