Loogootee Jr-Sr High School

The boys varsity basketball team traveled North to WRV tonight to take on Pleasantview Christian in the opening round for the Greene County Invitational. The Lions came home with a 50-32 victory and advanced to the semifinals on Friday night where they will take on Shakamak at 6PM. The Lakers were victorious over Dugger Union. The Lions led 13-11 at the end of the first quarter, but the pesky Bulldogs used a late three to tie it before the break at 21 all. The Lions held the Bulldogs to just three points in the third quarter and led 34-24 heading to the 4th. In the 4th quarter, they again kept up solid defense and led by as much as 50-26 before reserves finished it off. "Hats off to those kids," said Coach Thompson of the Pleasantview team. "They play extremely hard, maybe harder than anyone we've played all year. Trenton Graber is a load and could play for a ton of teams in the area," stated Coach Thompson. Graber led the Bulldogs with 13 points and 8 rebounds. Junior Will Lyon led the Lions with 18 points. Senior back-court mate AJ Foster added 17 for the Lions and Senior forward Christian Garcia joined them in double figures with 11. Seth Salmon and Noah Hager rounded out the Lion scoring with two apiece. The Lions moved to 10-3 on the season. The Greene County Invitational continues on Wednesday night with WRV vs. Pike Central and Evansville Day vs. Shoals.