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Tri-Village senior Damien Cook rolled up 23 points and had 11 rebounds Tuesday to lead the Patriots to a 63-33
spanking of Franklin Monroe in the Hangar. The Patriots remain undefeated with a 4-0 mark. Tri-Village will welcome
Troy Christian, Greenon and Jefferson in Monday for the Patriot Invitational. CNO Photos by Dylan Knoop
 
Patriots defense dominates FM
Jets flame out early
By George Starks

PITSBURG- Usually when a Jet engine flames out, it will be in mid-flight.

In the case of Franklin Monroe, the Jets engines flamed out and never made it to the runway.

Tri-Village, led by senior Damien Cook’s 25 points, put four players in double figures Tuesday as the Patriots rolled into The Hangar and dropped a 63-33 Cross County Conference loss on Franklin Monroe.

It didn’t take long for the Patriots to get the party started as Cook drained a couple of treys early and before the Jets knew what had happened, Cook had tallied eight of the 10 Patriots points early and with 4:50 remaining in the opening frame, it was 10-2 in favor of the visitors.

Cook and the Pats would continue to roll and hold the Jets to a mere four first quarter points and a 19-4 lead with eight minutes in the books.

"He has a great eye and you talk about skill level,” said Pats coach Josh Sagester. “If you're going to win against good teams, you've got to make shots. He hit some big shots right from the onset.”

By the end of the half, the onslaught was on as the Patriots defense shined, holding the Jets to 13 first half points and were on cruise control taking a 29-13 lead to the locker room.

Things never changed once the third frame started.
 
Despite the Jets closing the gap to 10 points early in the stanza, the Patriots never stopped and rolled to a 46-23 lead with eight minutes left to play.
 
“I thought our on ball defense was really good,” admitted Sagester. “I thought we did a really nice job on their ball screens and working ourselves through those. For the most part, I thought our rebounding was good, especially early. They had a quick surge to start the third quarter an we responded well to the way they came out to start the second half. To their credit, they're a good basketball team. We have some kids that will win some games but they all responded well to a little bit of adversity and they made the plays.”
 
The Patriots, 4-0 and atop the CCC, will play host to Greenon, Troy Christian and Jefferson Monday in the Patriots Invitational. On that night, the annual Jet Tournament will be contested as Arcanum, Ansonia and Mississinawa Valley will head to the Hangar to do battle.
Versailles will host its tournament as Miami East, Anna and Brookville will be in town.
 
“We're excited about that,” quipped Sagester. “We're going to do this first class just like they have done it for several years here (FM). So we're excited about kicking this off and hopefully we'll have a very good couple of days.”

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Patriots junior Tyler VanWinkle is forced to fight through FM junior Zach Hyre and senior
Marcus Horner (10) as he goes to the bucket for two of his 13 points on the night.
 

 
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