Crusaders win Logan County Eighth Grade Tournament

[January 20, 2017]    The first round of the 8th grade Logan County tournament was played Wednesday evening at Chester-East Lincoln.

In the night-cap, the Crusaders of Carroll Catholic/New Holland-Middletown/Zion Lutheran Schools came away victorious against the Wolverines of West Lincoln-Braodwell by a score of 48-28.

Leading the way for the Crusaders was Dylan Singleton with 28 points, followed by Andrew Graue with 9, Trent Koehler with 8 and Jared Helton with 4 points.

Scoring for WLB was Patrick McCraith and Lucas Konczyk with 9 a piece, Elijah Pollice with 8 and Brent Saylor with 2.

On Thursday evening, the Crusaders of came away with the county championship in a win against Mount Pulaski by a score of 43-37.

Leading the way for the Crusaders was Dylan Singleton with 23 and Andrew Graue with 17. Also scoring for the Crusaders was Jared Merriman with 2 and Jared Helton with 1.

Mount Pulaski was led by Drew Martin with 11, Lane Murphy with 8 and 6 each from Cooper, Lawson and Schneider.

The Crusaders head into regionals with a record of 17-3.

Earlier in the evening, West Lincoln-Broadwell won the 3rd place game.

[Andy Fitzpatrick]