Zeigler-Royalton falls to top seed Woodlawn in the first round of the SVHT

By Steve Dunford 

SESSER –  The Woodlawn Cardinals jumped out to a 28-11 first quarter lead and never looked back as they defeated the Zeigler-Royalton Tornadoes 73-37, in a first round game of the Sesser-Valier Holiday tournament.

Z-R’s Cole Sanders 35 and Gannon Dollins 52 getting ready to post up in last night’s game for the Tornadoes.

The Cardinals were led by a game high 31 points from Blake McKay, 11 from Race Rynski and 10 points from Jackson Bennett.

The Tornadoes were led by Gannon Dollins with 10, Dalton Humphrey with nine, and Cole Sanders with eight

Woodlawn advances to 7-3 on the season.  They will face Johnston City at 5 p.m. this afternoon in the quarterfinals.

Zeigler-Royalton falls to 0-7 and they face the Odin Eagles at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon in a quarterfinal game.  The Eagles are coached by former Z-R standout, Tyler Mitchell.

Box Score

WOODLAWN (73)  McKay 8 4 3-3 31,  Rynski 4 3-4 11, Bennett 3 2 0-0 10, He. England 2 0 1-1 5,  Maharrey 1 1 0-0 5,  Hollenkamp 2 0 0-0 4,  Fowkes 1 0 1-2 3, Ha England 1 0 0-0 2,  Kiesowski 0 0 0-0 0, Wenzel 0 0  0-0 0 Tiemanm 0 0 0-0 0

ZEIGLER-ROYALTON (37)  Dollins 4 0 2-6 10, Humphrey 3 0 3-4 9, Sanders 3 0 2-2 8, Mills 0 2 0-0 6, Cross 1 0 0-1 2, Bate 0 0 0-0 0, Chekevdia 0 0 0-0 0, Eldridge 0 0 0-0 0 Rebolledo 0 0 0-0 0, Imhoff 0 0 0-0 0, Leeper 0 0 0-0 0,  Schablowski 0 0 0-0 0

Score by Quarters

WOODLAWN (7-3)      28 – 17 – 19 – 9  –  73

ZEIGLER-ROYALTON (0-7)    11 – 8 – 12 – 6  –  37