Saturday, March 11, 2017

FHS gets by St John's in OT to take 1st D1 Central title


"For the past three seasons, the Franklin Panthers have had their season come to an end at the hands of St. John’s Shrewsbury. 
Not this year. 
The Panthers clawed back from an early deficit, took their first lead in the fourth quarter and came up with a big defensive stop in overtime to get the 67-64 win to claim the program’s first ever D1 Central Sectional title. 
“It feels great,” said Franklin head coach CJ Neely. “A lot of people were saying we can’t beat St. John’s, we hear it everywhere. I down play it as much as possible, we didn’t want to focus on one team too much. We waited until we had them on the schedule then we focused on them. I think every year it’s been a pretty good battle, I don’t think we were ever dominated but it’s nice to be on the right side of things for once.” 
Franklin will play Springfield Central (West sectional champion) on Tuesday, March 14th at the DCU Center at 7:30."

Continue reading the game recap online
https://hockomocksports.com/franklin-boys-basketball-claims-first-sectional-title-in-overtime/

For the HockomockSports.com photo gallery from the game
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/20162017/Winter-201617/Franklin-St-Johns-Shrewsbury-Boys-Basketball-03-10-17




DIVISION 1 CENTRAL SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!! #Pantherpride #LETSGO pic.twitter.com/FqdgRyma8k
DIVISION 1 CENTRAL SECTIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!!! #Pantherpride #LETSGO pic.twitter.com/FqdgRyma8k








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