Franklin Monroe boys take it on the chin in sectional final
Troy Christian overwhelms Jets in third quarter
By George Starks

TROY- Sectional finals has not been kind to Franklin Monroe coach Troy Myers.

It was just a year ago when the Jets went up against Tri-Village for the third time and lost to the Pats for the third time.

On January 11, the Jets fell 64-58 to the Eagles at The Hangar.

Saturday, the Eagles and the Jets hook up for the second time and the outcome was the same as Franklin Monroe fell, 50-41 in yet another sectional final.

Trailing Troy Christian at the break, 19-18, in Saturday’s sectional final, the Eagles held the high flying Jets offense to only four points in the frame and went on to a 50-41 victory.

“We just couldn’t get anything going offensively,” said Troy Myers. “They were pressuring our posts pretty good. Every time we wanted to go in there, we got the ball there but they were pretty physical and they caused trouble for us. We couldn’t score from the outside either. When we don’t score, we’re not very good. We were in the locker room for over an hour talking about a lot of things. Believe me, there was not a dry eye in there.”

In the frame, the Eagles rolled out 15 points on offense, taking a whopping 33-21 lead.

It was a lead the Jets would never overcome.

On the night, the Eagles held Franklin Monroe senior, Trey Mong, to just three points on the night.

“The way the game was going the first half, he wasn’t scoring those bunnies the way he normally does,” said Myers. “He was not able to get comfortable down in the post and they (T/C) was feeding off that. He never got into a rhythm. He’s been scoring about 16 for us the last ten or so games so for them to hold him down to three, it hurt us.”

Losing to the Eagles in mid-January, Troy Christian brought a different kind of an attack to the floor Saturday.

They got after our post more than they did the last time,” Said Myers. “I think they knew the way Trey has been playing. They would double and sometimes triple team him with a heavy helpline in the paint. Whenever we touched it down there, they did a good job collapsing. When we kicked it back out, they recovered. The first time we played, we made the switches and we weren’t able to do that tonight.”

With the loss, goes some excellent senior talent in not only Mong but Travis Feitshans, Henry Bourne, Devin Fourman and Kayle Oswalt.

“It’s going to be hard to replace them,” said Myers. They had my back two years ago when I came onboard and I am grateful to have had them on this team. Those guys laid the foundation for the kids coming up and they will always be welcome at the gym. I am sure some of them will come back and contribute to the program in the future. It was tough tonight. We just didn’t have our best tonight.”

The loss brought down the curtain on the 2014 FM Jets season that brought the Jets a co-conference title with Tri-Village.

In county girls action Saturday, the Versailles Tigers earned the right to move to the regional round with a 63-20 victory over Georgetown, winning yet another District title. The Tigers will battle Miami East for the second time this season. This time, it will be in the regional semi-finals at Springfield in an 8 p.m. start.

Bradford's Cinderella season came to an end Saturday, losing to Ft. Loramie, 82-47. The Lady Railroaders season ended with a record 20 wins and only six losses. The Railroaders also went to their very first district game by winning the schools first ever sectional title. Bradford won its sectional, topping Southeastern, 60-57, in four overtimes.