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2010 Elizabethton Boys Club, Carter County Gazette 1st Anunal Tip Off Weekly Coverage Tournament
JV Patriot Basketball Roundup
By Mark Proffitt Patriots JV Best South
December 21, 2010 – The junior varsity Patriots traveled to the Rebel home court just prior to the holiday break, besting the South JV by a score of 60-44. The Patriots orchestrated a solid performance with all players on the roster scoring for the game as Jonathan King led the way with 20. East Junior Varsity Wins 3rd Place in Mickey Forrester Tournament December 22, 2010 – East JV notched a third place finish in the Mickey Forrester Memorial JV tourna-
ment hosted by the East Lady Patriots in Bluff City with a decisive win over Sullivan South Rebels in the tournament consolation game with a score of 74-48. In earlier tournament play, the
Photos By Mark Proffitt Patriots won its first round game against a physical Volunteer Falcons squad 67-38, but fell to eventual tournament champion Unaka in the second round game. In the game with Volunteer, the Patriots registered three players in double figures with Jonathan King putting in 17, Matthew Proffitt scoring 13, and Jordan Jackson adding 11. In the consolation game with South which was a coincidental rematch of a nonconference game the night before, East saw four players reach double figures including Colton Chaffin with 14, Jordan James with 13, Austin Gragg with 12, and Proffitt adding 10.
Patriots Come Up Short in Arby’s Play
By Mark Proffitt December 29, 2010 – Sullivan East completed play in the 2010 Arby’s Classic with losses to both Mill Creek from Georgia and local Kingsport team Dobyns Bennett. The Hawks from Mill Creek topped the Patriots by a score of 54-31, while the Indians won over East by a score of 56-39. . In East’s opening game of the tournament, the Patriots struggled offensively against Mill Creek’s high pressure half court defense, falling behind 2-14 in the first period, and later 11-34 by halftime. E a c h t e a m managed 20 addit i o n a l points in the second half but the damage was done for
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the Patriots. Ian Ollis put in a team high 15 points for East, and Preston Dishner added 9. Against t h e Dobyns Bennett in the e a r l y game on Photos By Mark Proffitt Wednesday, a slower paced game tempo kept the game in reach for the Patriots trailing only by 3 in the first quarter, but a disastrous second period without a score put the Patriots behind 6-22 at the break. East didn’t give up, and played within 1 point of DB in the second half recording the final score of 56 for the Indians and 39 for the Patriots. David Casaday led the Patriots with 15, and Ian Ollis landed 12.