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 Marion County And Brashear Top Seeds At Brashear Tourney By David SharpFifth ranked Marion County (13-3) and Brashear (12-3) were seeded first in their respective brackets for the 2009 Brashear Tournament. Knox County was the two seed in both brackets.The tournament is scheduled to run February 9-14 with contests beginning at 4:30PM each evening. There…

 Lady Eagles Take Third Conference Win By David Sharp Knox County doubled Milan’s second quarter point total in January 27 Tri-Rivers Conference girls’ play at Milan (5-5, 0-1) and went on to a 64-34 victory. Tessa Ramer led all scorers with 16 points.The Lady Eagles (8-7, 3-1) jumped out to a 19-11first quarter lead. KCHS…

 Eagles Pull Out Last Second Win At Milan By David SharpMilan (6-5, 0-1) 1was able to slow the pace of a January 27, 2009 Tri-Rivers Conference boys’ match and nearly handed Knox County their second loss in TRC play. Mitchel Penn scored with nine seconds to play in the game, saving a 50-48 Eagle victory.The…

 Knox County Boys Power Past Mustangs. New Assist Record Set By David SharpKnox County (12-5) scored the first 16 points of a January 30, 2009 varsity boys’ game with Marion County (0-13) and went on to a 70-19 win.Lucas Hudson dished out 12 Knox County assists, extending his own single game school record by one.The…

 Marion County Edges Lady Eagles By Three By David SharpKnox County (8-9) scored the first nine points of a January 30, non-conference varsity girls’ home game with Marion County. The Lady Eagles took the fifth ranked Lady Mustangs (13-2) to the final gun.Tessa Ramer’s three point try for overtime rang off the back of the…

 Brashear Girls Claim Seventh At N. Shelby By David Sharp Sixth seeded Brashear (4-9) played a solid team game and limited Atlanta second chance points in the second half of the girls’ seventh place game of the 21st Annual North Shelby Tournament.Four Lady Tigers recorded double digit point totals in a 49-36 win. Macy Rogers…

 Schuyler County Takes Boy’s Third At N. Shelby By David SharpBrashear has won several of their 11 contests so far this season with clutch free throws and by making plays in the closing moments of games.The Tigers dropped the 21st Annual North Shelby Tournament third place game largely due to missed free throws, and being…

KC Eagles Power Past Brashear To North Shelby Tournament Title Game By David SharpTwo of Northeast Missouri’s top boys’ basketball teams put on a great show for a packed house in January 21, 2009 North Shelby Tournament championship semi-final action.A rapidly improving Knox County team played their best game of the season to date, overpowering…

Scotland County Turns Tables On Lady EaglesBy David SharpKnox County handed Scotland County a come from behind loss in the final ten seconds of their previous meeting at Knox County. It was the Lady Tigers’ turn to celebrate a last second win in the championship semi-finals of the 2009 North Shelby Tournament.Valerie Oldham scored a…

Lady Eagles Take Third At North Shelby Tourney By David SharpKnox County got out of the gate with a 9-2 run and closed with another 6-2 spurt, claiming the girls’ third place game of the 21st Annual North Shelby Tournament by a final score of 37-31 over top seeded Schuyler County.The Lady Eagles held their…