The recently-completed basketball season for the Jackson County boys teams produced some exciting nights and some games that the teams wanted to put behind them as soon as the final buzzer sounded.
Although none of them brought home a sectional or a conference championship, all of them had things to be proud of, including school records and milestones.
Brownstown Central’s Kagney Fritz reached 1,000 points for his career in the sectional tournament game against Providence Feb. 26. The Braves lost in the semi-finals of the sectional the following game and Fritz finished with 1,015 points to rank 11th on the school career scoring list.
Crothersville’s Josh Couch broke the individual game rebound record when he pulled down 25 against Me-dora in the opening round of the Springs Valley Sectional. The old record was 19 by Kyler Blevins.
Trinity Lutheran set a school record for wins in a season with 12. The Cougars’ 12th win came Feb. 15 against Oldenburg Academy.
Brownstown topped the county boys in wins in posting a record of 13-9. The Braves opened the season with losses to Salem and Seymour, but then had two 3-game winning streaks, and won eight of 10 games through the Corydon game on Jan. 26.
The only time the Braves were able to win back-to-back games during February, was against Crothersville and Paoli.
The Braves were 4-5 in the Mid Southern Conference, and 4-5 in games decided by four points or less. The last two of those close losses came against Eastern, by three points on the Musketeers floor and by two points in the sectional.
Brownstown lost its opening home game of the season, against Salem, then won nine straight on its floor, in-cluding first round of the sectional, before losing to Eastern.
Going into the season, Trinity coach Jon Sprengel had high hopes for his team, and the Cougars opened the season by winning a tournament at Madison Shawe. After a loss to Switzerland County, the Cougars won four of their next five to stand 6-2 at the end of December.
The Cougars won five of six during late January through Feb. 15, but then lost their final three.
Trinity was 5-4 and home and 4-1 in games decided by five points or less.
Seymour was another team that started out with a rough schedule, losing at New Albany and Bloomington South. New Albany has been ranked No. 1 throughout the season, and South was ranked No. 2 for most of the season.
The Owls then played teams that they could compete with, and won five of their next six to stand 5-3 through the first weekend of January.
On Jan. 11 against Martinsville, senior forward Cameron Mousa went down with a knee injury and missed the remainder of the season. The Owls lost four in a row, but followed that with three straight wins to stand 8-7 after beating Madison Feb. 1
Down the stretch the Owls managed to beat Austin by three points and Silver Creek in overtime, then lost to Jennings County in the first round of the sectional to finish 10-11.
Seymour’s biggest win of the season came Jan. 26 at Franklin Central when the Owls trailed by 20 points late in the third period and rallied to win 67-64.
Seymour was 5-4 at home and 5-5 in games decided by five points or less. Seymour won its final two Hoosier Hills Conference games and finished 3-4 in the conference.
Crothersville and Medora were unable to put any kind of runs together.
Crothersville lost its opener to rival Austin, then topped Medora to go 1-1 in November. The Tigers then had a rough December that included games at powerhouses Orleans and Borden, and the result was a five-game losing string before beating Columbus Christian in the Christian Academy holiday tournament.
The Tigers won their homecoming game over Martinsville Tabernacle, but then lost their next four.
Crothersville defeated Columbus Christian and Medora again late in the season, then put together its best performance of the season to defeat Medora 74-39 in the opening game of the Springs Valley Sectional.
Unfortunately, the Tigers couldn’t keep up the pace the following game and lost to the Blackhawks, and fin-ished 6-16.
The Tigers were 3-6 at home, and 1-1 in games decided by four points or less.
Mark Morin took over the coaching duties at Medora this season, and saw his team play some good ball at times. The Hornets lost their opener at Crothersville, but bounced back the next week and whipped Martins-ville Tabernacle.
The Hornets lost their next three before topping Shoals. After losing their next two, the Hornets defeated Holy Cross of Terre Haute, but that turned to be their final win as they lost their last 12 to finish 3-18.
Morin said he was encouraged by the way the Hornets played at Christian Academy and at Union (Dugger) late in the season.
The Hornets were 2-9 at home and 0-2 in games decided by six points or less.

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