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Written by Jim Dabbelt   
Monday, 09 January 2012 01:26
The schools are closed for winter break, making the athletic schedules lighter than usual.   The Greenon Knights will play at Kenton Ridge tomorrow night with nine days rest.  Coach Tim Lacy gave his players some practice time off after a 61-39 loss last Tuesday to Urbana at home.  The loss followed what the coach termed his team’s best effort of the season -- a 42-39 victory over Graham.  Lacy said, “We’ve being going with seven guys for three weeks.  They’re physically worn out.”  Josh Bannick returned from his ankle sprain but was not in game shape to help much against the Hillclimbers.  Zach Stillings had 28 points, and Karl Singer 16 for Urbana, 4-1, and 3-0 in the Mad River Division.  Greenon, now 3-2 and 2-1, got 12 from Anthony Colletti and 11 from Josh Pilcher.
The Hillclimbers got off to a 7-0 lead.  Pilcher scored Greenon’s first points halfway through, but Singer ran the Urbana offense expertly, and Stillings was too strong underneath for Colletti and Bannick.  It was 17-9 after the first quarter and 28-18 at the half.  Colletti had picked up three fouls against the 6-6 Stillings.
In the third quarter, the Knights played a little better, but the 45-32 advantage was too big to overcome.  Urbana was patient, and the Knights wore down in the fourth.  The Hillclimber seniors finished things off at the free throw line.  There were too many open shots, too much Stillings, and not enough good shooting from the Knights.
In the Friday game, Colletti hit 16 of 17 free throws against Graham to amass 26 points on a night where Pilcher didn’t have his shot.  Graham was led by Floyd Lowry with 10.  The Knights limited the Falcons to 1 of 13, shooting from the three-point line.  Lacy said, “We played a solid game defensively and executed offensively.  It was one of the better efforts I’ve seen out of this group of kids. We just can’t regress out of frustration.” Tomorrow night the team will face a Kenton Ridge squad that has lost four of five with only one returning starter in 6-3 Christian Thompson.
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