?Dogs pull away late to ground Eagles

Eastside?s boys basketball team completed an undefeated run to the Warren County Elementary Basketball Association championship Tuesday night, but the final game of the Bulldogs? perfect season didn?t come without its share of tense moments.

Morrison?s Eagles held their own for three quarters of Tuesday?s championship game, leading after a period and tying the score late in the third before a scoring run helped Eastside nail down the title with an eventual 45-35 victory.

All five of the Bulldogs? starters were named to the all-tournament team for their efforts, including Caleb Northcutt, who led his team to the victory with 12 points, and Brady Powers and Gage Myers, who knocked down 10 each. Gavin Lewis chipped in seven points, while Adam Hollandsworth had six, including a bucket with 21 seconds left in the third which sparked a 13-0 run to help Eastside pull ahead for good.

Morrison was led by a 21-point night from all-tourney performer Hunter Dye, who scored six of his team?s 10 points in the first as they led 10-9. Dye and fellow all-tournament teamer Rob Parsley kept the Eagles in the game with an 8-2 run just prior to halftime, tying the score at 17-all, but a 3-pointer from Powers found its mark with a second to play, sending Eastside into the break with a 20-17 lead.

Opening the fourth quarter with eight unanswered points, Eastside built a 37-24 lead, and Morrison was unable to get any closer than six points down the stretch, before Northcutt scored four more points to put the exclamation point on the Bulldog victory.

Parsley finished with nine to help Morrison?s cause, while Brian Rhoady had three and Cody Baker added two.