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TITLE TOWN: Lyons notches 19th sectional title as Justice Smith too much for Red Jacket

Justice Smith made his presence felt early in the Section V Class C2 final at the Blue Cross Arena on Friday night knocking down his first three shots from behind the arc and finishing with 13 first quarter points as the Lyons Lions jumped out to a 24-16 lead over Red Jacket after the opening 8 minutes. It was a lead Coach Dean Schott II’s squad would never relinquish as the tournament MVP Smith ended with 30 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals as Lyons brought home the school’s 19th sectional championship with a 86-66 victory. It was Lyons’ second straight sectional crown.

The Red Jacket Indians hung tough with the talented Lions, never letting the game get completely out of reach until late in the contest. A trio of juniors led Coach Trevor Gage’s Indians and found a spot on the all-tournament team. They were Chase Rizzo who scored 20 points and pulled down 9 rebounds, Matt Record who finished with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists and Travis Hill how scored 10 points and 6 rebounds.

For Lyons, sophomore Justin “Tuti” Smith had 19 points and found a spot of the all-tournament team along with junior Benji Kemp who had 6 points and 11 rebound. Senior guard Aaron Romero had 8 and fellow senior David Weaver had 9 on three buckets from beyond the arc.

Coach Schott spoke to Paul Gotham of Pickin’ Splinters after capturing his first sectional title as a head coach…

“We talked about how none of the Red Jacket players had been here before. All my guys have at least shot here. They may not have played last year, but they warmed up. They’ve shot here before. It shouldn’t be a problem, and it wasn’t…  Red Jacket played very well. They gave us all we could handle. I’m glad we won, but we didn’t play our best basketball. We got to play better, but it’s a sectional title so I’m happy for the kids.”

Lyons (21-2) will now advance to the first round of the Class C State Play-In tournament where they will face Class C1 Champion C.G. Finney, who defeated Marcus Whitman. That game will be played on Monday night at Newark High School and will be streamed live on FL1 Radio. The winner of Monday’s contest will advance to face Class C3 champions Caledonia-Mumford who defeated York. That game will be played on Wednesday at a site to be determined.

Click here to listen to the radio replay of FL1 Sports’ live coverage of the Class C2 and C1 finals from the Blue Cross Arena.

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