Cantrell drills 3-pointer with 5 seconds left to win tourney game
Fort Gay, W. Va. — Crum guard Rob Cantrell hit a corner three pointer with five seconds left to give the Mountaineers a 31-27 Victory over C-K in the first round of the Wayne County Middle School Tournament held at Fort Gay Middle School.
Crum built a 18-11 lead going to halftime that evaporated quickly in the 3rd quarter behind Jake Hutchison of C-K who had 
13 points to lead the Wonders in scoring. Buddy Castle led the Mountaineers with 8 points before fouling out in the 4th quarter.
Blake Sturgill had 7 points including a 27 foot bomb to end the 1st half and two free throws to seal the victory with 3 seconds left. Jessie Muncy came off the bench to chip in with 5 points, Tyler Johnson and Cory Davis both had 4 points and handled the C-K press nicely.
Rob Cantrell had the biggest three points of the night for his only points of the game. Crum hit 2 three pointers and went 9-23 from the foul line.
Crum will move on to Semifinal Action on Thursday at 5:30 vs #1 Seed Vinson
Crum Head Coach Danny Ferguson
“… We wanted to spread them wide on the final shot and drive to the basket of it’s not open kick it out and that’s what we did, found Rob in the corner and be drilled it.” Preach to our kids everyday never give up never quit.” I knew when Rob let it go it was money.” These kids at Crum are capable of anything.”
Crum Guard Rob Cantrell
“… I knew when it left my hand it was going in, so excited for our team.” We played team ball and played so hard.” Give all my teammates the credit, they played great.”
Buffalo 43, Ft. Gay 24
In the second game it was Buffalo taking out Fort Gay by the score of 43-24 after wearing down the Vikings in the 2nd half.
Fort Gay led 17-13 before Buffalo went on a 8-0 run to end the first half and take control of the game.
Austin Salmons and Zane Sturgill had 9 points each to lead the Vikings. Zach Fraley, Carson Stuart, and Chris Perry had 2 each.
Fort Gay hit 1 three pointer and went 3-10 from the foul line.
Buffalo was led by Garrett Hall and Zack Ball with 11 points each. The Bison will move onto the Semifinals and face #2 Seed Wayne at 6:45 on Thursday also at Fort Gay.
Fort Gay Head Coach Kevin Salmons
“… Played really well for 11 minutes the last minute in the first half we didn’t handle the pre very well and Buffalo got some easy buckets.” We played so hard in the second half trying to catch up it wore us out.” So proud of my bunch they played hard all year long.”
