Both West Hancock high school basketball teams reached the championship of the respective tournaments in which they competed.
The Titan girls team, seeded 10th in the 24-team tournament, edged Carrollton by one point in overtime, winning 48-47 and advancing to the championship game of the 42nd Beardstown Lady Tiger Classic on Monday. They play top seed Pittsfield.
The Titan boys, the No. 1 seed in the Macomb-Western Holiday Tournament, outrebounded Macomb 55-37 behind Cooper Knowles on defense and Nolan Goodings on offense.
Knowles had 15 rebounds, 14 points and blocked seven shots.
Gooding scored 21 points on 9 of 18 shooting, grabbed four rebounds, dished out three assists and had two steals.
Jordan Crowley scored seven points with six rebounds. Lewis Siegfried had five points, five rebounds and two assists. Hunter Froman scored eight points with three assists.
West Hancock's strong defense held the Bombers to 23 percent shooting from the field. Macomb had an 8-6 lead before the Titans scored 15 straight points early in the second quarter to make it 21-8.
Macomb (10-3) was led by Drew Watson with 19 points on 6 of 11 shooting.
West Hancock (11-3) advanced to the title game, where it lost to defending champion Rockridge 66-59. It is the Rockets' sixth title in the last 11 years.
Froman had 30 points before the foul and the rest of the Titans combined had 29.
The Titans made 8 of 14 shots (seven 2s and one 3) and scored 19 points in the first quarter. Rockridge made 6 of 11 3-point attempts en route to 26 points in the first frame. The Rockets scored the last eight points of the quarter and were able to pull away from a 15-15 tie.
The second quarter didn't go well for the Titans, although Knowles got a dunk to make the score 28-21. Siegfried scored a basket and a free throw in the second quarter for a total of five points for the Titans.
At halftime it was 39:24.
The 15-point halftime deficit was 20 points and was 50-33 at 17 after the third quarter.
Froman had a personal 8-0 run in the fourth quarter, scoring 13 of his total points as the Titans got within eight points and then started fouling. The Rockets made 7 of 10 free throws in the fourth quarter. Crowley hit a triple to make it a seven-point deficit in the finale, the Titans' closest since Knowles' dunk early in the second quarter.
Froman and Knowles were named to the all-tournament team. Both were asked what this honor meant to them. They both said, “Nothing.” They would trade it for a team win.
The Titans play Sherrard in the Carl Sandburg Shootout in Galesburg on Saturday.