Bluffton boys win McDonald's Holiday tourney title
The Bluffton High School boys varsity basketball team rolled past Arlington 67-35 to win the annual McDonald's Holiday Tournament Thursday night, December 30.
Bluffton outscored the Red Devils 40-16 in the second half and 27-9 in the final stanza to win the tournament final.
Trenton Donley fired in 21 points to earn tournament MVP honors. He scored 38 points in the two wins.
Bluffton improved to 7-1 with their sixth straight victory. Arlington fell to 6-4 with the lopsided loss.
Pirate Trey Boblitt contributed 13 markers while Marek Donaldson added 11 on three triples. Kyler Kinn chipped in with nine points.
Rylar Essinger led Arlington with 10 points.
Bluffton drained 28 baskets, connecting on 22 two-pointers to go with six treys. They converted five of 11 free throw attempts (45 percent).
The Devils connected on 14 baskets, hitting 10 two-pointers and four triples. The visitors converted three of their eight charity stripe attempts (38 percent).
Both teams committed 11 turnovers.
Bluffton McDonald's Holiday All-Tournament Team:
MVP: Trenton Donley - Bluffton
Trey Boblitt - Bluffton
Kyler Kinn - Bluffton
Brady Kinn - Arlington
Rylar Essinger - Arlington
Mike Bixler - Cory-Rawson
Rhenn Armey - Continental
Arlington 35 (6-4)
Russell 2 0-0 4, Kin 3 1-3 9, Agapiou 1 1-2 4, B. Griggs 0 1-2 1, Jase Vermillion 1 0-0 3, Essinger 5 0-1 10, J. Griggs 1 0-0 2, Berry 1 0-0 2.
Totals: 10-4/3-8/35. 3-pointers: Kin 2, Vermillion 1, Agapiou 1.
Bluffton 67 (7-1)
Donley 10 1-2 21, Soper 1 0-0 2, Kinn 4 0-2 9, Boblitt 5 1-2 13, Schaadt 1 0-0 2, Ackerman 0, Donaldson 4 0-0 11, Ginther 1 0-1 2, Lovell 1 0-0 2, Lora 1 3-4 5. .
Totals: 22-6/5-11/67. 3-pointers: Donaldson 3, Boblitt 2, Kinn 1.
1 2 3 4 F
Arl 8 11 7 9 35
Blu 15 12 13 27 67
Continental edged Cory-Rawson 44-41 in the third-place game Thursday evening.
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