Bryce Dupre Garners MVP For Tournament; Dupre, Akin, Geer and Smith Selected to All-Tournament
Sale Creek, TN 12/20/23
Rhea County High School went unbeaten to win the "Battle of the Creek" Christmas Tournament held at Sale Creek and Rhea County High Schools. On their final day, the Eagles won the semifinal game 78-63 over Signal Mountain in game played at Rhea County High School. Sale Creek took down Hixson 68-47 to earn the championship game. The first quarter was Bryce Dupre dominating the scoring with 16 points as Eagles took 26-9 lead. Dupre hit 4 three-point baskets in the quarter. Eagles also dominated the second quarter with 21-5 advantage to take 47-14 halftime advantage and Sale Creek made a run in the third quarter, but Eagles responded and finished strong for the 78-34 win. Tournament MVP Bryce Dupre led all scorers with 28 points. Kyler Akin and Braylon Geer also made double figures with 14 and 10 points. Bennett Wilson and Dallas Billingsley led Sale Creek with 10 and 9 points respectively.
Eagles hit for 11 3-point baskets in the game and committed very few turnovers in the game. The win pushes the Rhea County record to 16-2 and drops Sale Creek to 10-5. Three Eagles made the All-Tournament team and Bryce Dupre was selected Most Valuable Player for the tournament. On Championship day, Dupre had 31 and 28 points and had a 38 point game earlier in the tournament. Making All-Tournament team were Kyler Akin, Braylon Geer and KeShawn Smith. Making All-Tournament for Sale Creek were Bennett Wilson, Jackson Moore and Dallas Billingsley. Against Signal Mountain in semi-final game Kyler Akin and Braylon Geer supported Dupre with 21 and 17 points.
Boys All Tournament Team:
Hixson- Kyrion King
Hixson- Keonte Steward
Signal Mountain- Chris Kennedy
Signal Mountain- Andrew Matukewicz
Sale Creek- Bennett Wilson
Sale Creek- Jackson Moore
Sale Creek- Dallas Billingsley
Rhea County- Keyshawn Smith
Rhea County- Braylon Geer
Rhea County- Kyle Akin
MVP Rhea County- Bryce Dupre
Rhea 78 Signal Mountain 63
| PLAYER | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | FINAL | 3PT | FTM | FTA | FGA | FGM | REB | ST |
| KYLER AKIN | 2333 | 32 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 1 | |
| BRYCE DUPRE | 333 | 211 | 23113 | 322 | 31 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 2 |
| BRAYLON GEER | 32 | 3 | 00321111 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | |
| CALEB CARR | 2 | 220 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||
| DESHAWN SMITH | 1 | 00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |||
| COOPER BRACKETT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| HANK LOGSDON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| SIGNAL | 16 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 63 | 5 | 11 | 15 | ||||
| RHEA | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 78 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 57 | 34 | 7 |
Rhea 78 Sale Creek 34
| PLAYER | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | TOTAL | 3pt | FTM | FTA | M | A | REB | ST | AS |
| BRYCE DUPRE | 333232 | 22 | 32 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| KYLER AKIN | 210 | 10201111 | 20 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| BRYSON GEER | 3 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| CHAD CARR | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| KESHAWN SMITH | 11 | 2012 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||
| COOPER BRACKETT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| HANK LOGSDON | 3 | 33 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| ETHAN DAVIS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| GARRISON | 01 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| SALE CREEK | 9 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 34 | 3 | |||||||
| RHEA COUNTY | 26 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 78 | 11 |