Italy’s Jr High Boys basketball tournament results; IJHS 8th graders win it all
Italy 7th Grader, Cade Brewer(15) plays tenaciously on defense. (Barry Byers)
Italy — Here are the results form the Italy Junior High boys Basketball Tournament hosted in Italy inside the Coliseum on Saturday, January 18. Coaches Wayne Rowe, Jon Cady and Charles Tindol and have their teams playing better and better.
COMBO GAMES:
| Team | Total Points |
| Italy Combo-ators | 12 |
| Blooming Grove Combo | 40 |
| Team | Total Points |
| Italy Combo-ators | 11 |
| Scurry | 39 |
7th GRADE GAMES:
| Team | Total Points |
| Italy 7th Grade Boys | 32 |
| Blooming Grove | 20 |
| Team | Total Points |
| Italy 7th Grade Boys | 13 |
| Scurry | 47 |
Against Scurry, Italy’s Cade Brewer scored 6-points, Ryder Itson put in 4-points, Jonathan Salas scored 2-points and Alex Garcia dropped in 1-out of-2 free-throws.
8th GRADE GAMES:
| Team | Total Points |
| Italy 8th grade boys | 45 |
| Hubbard | 18 |
Against Hubbard, Italy’s Gary Escamilla led the Italy 8th grade boys effort with 10-points. Kyle Tindol scored 9-points and Anthony Lusk, Jr., scored 1-point. Kendrick Norwood scored 8-points and Jaylon Lusk scored 8-points as well. Cade Roberts and Clay Riddle anchored the defense and had assists on offense.
Tournament Championship Game (8th grade):
Box Score:
| Team | 1st | 2nd | Halftime | 3rd | 4th | |
| Italy | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 23 |
| Scurry | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
Kyle Tindol scored 8-points and Kendrick Norwood scored 8-points to lead Italy to a tournament championship win over Scurry. Gary Escamilla pitched in with a 3-pointer, Cade Roberts scored 2-points and Anthony Lusk, Jr. scored 2-points as well.
Italy 8th Grade boys Roster and Scoring vs. Scurry:
| Player | Jersey # | Free-Throws | 3-ptr | Total |
| Escamilla | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Norwood | 5 | 2 | 8 | |
| Janek | 12 | |||
| Roberts | 20 | 2 | ||
| Lusk | 23 | 2 | ||
| Tindol | 25 | 2/4 | 8 | |
| Riddle | 30 |