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FRANKTON 61, MADISON-GRANT 38: Recap + Postgame Reaction with Brent Brobston (2.145.2) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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  [SPEAKER_00]: Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Whenever you've chosen, listen to the Central Indiana Sports Report, we are eternally grateful.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I am your host, Greg Mengell.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: coming up on our recap of Franklin 61 to 38 CIC victory over Madison Grant Friday night on the road.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Then we'll get Franklin head coach Brent Braxton's thoughts on the win and Brent made a huge mistake tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After I talked to him, he left me alone to interview five of his players.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was a lot of fun.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was insane.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: the things that they were saying you wouldn't believe.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Fortunately for Coach Braxton and all of them, I made a rare mistake in recording and do not have that for you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I am so sorry for wasting the time of Ethan Stan's very Eli Burch, Blake Nickham, Tray Bennett and Ashden Braxton.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was a lot of fun getting to know them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I do make mistakes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I am very sorry.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I lost the audio.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The good news is there's plenty of time left in the season to get to know all of them and now I know I'm a little better, I'll be able to improve my interviews going forward.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll hear from Ethan Eli Blake Tre and Ashton throughout the season, I think we have a special guest lined up for this week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Before we get to the recap and my conversation with Coach Braveston,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Last thing, the Frinkton Eagles report returns Wednesday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Frankton Eagles bounced back from their heartbreaking loss to rival Lapell last Saturday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And got their first central Indian a conference win of the season, 61 to 38 at Madison Grant on Friday night.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Frankton is now eight and four on the year, and one and two in the CIC, after a game that saw them get stronger every period.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Madison Grant led 13 to 12 after the first quarter, thanks to a couple of early three pointers from writer Frank, hey, I know that guy.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Eagles then took control in the second quarter by outscoring the R-Giles 16-5.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Frankton scored the first five points of the second quarter on a Blake-Nicom baseline drive and an E-Liberge III.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: After Cooper Rudy cut the Eagles lead to 17-15, Frankton scored seven straight points.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The quarter turned on three straight steels from Frankton, two of them by Birch, who finished the game with three thefts, and one by Braxton.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The steels led to a three from Ethan Stansbury who picked up two early fouls but finished with 15 points, and Nick and Bucket off a loose ball, and tray Bennett's third-view goal of the contest.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Brock Barnhart, who finished with 11 points, got an offense of rebound, then got the ball to Zawan Johnson for a bench shot in the lane, to end the Franklin run, a Bennett scored on an assist from Jackson Spalding, and stands very turned to steal into a basket, and Frank did lead 28 to 18 at the half.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: A probston to Nickham and Bound pass started the scoring in the second half, and sparked a 21.3rd quarter.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The one time scoring three consecutive Franklin baskets, capping it with a three pointer with a minute, 24 to go, and the Eagles were up 43 to 24.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Stay as very added a three pointer or 17 seconds left.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Frank did lead 49 to 28 after three quarters.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The lead continued to grow throughout the fourth quarter.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The final margin 23 points was the largest of the contest in a game that was more competitive than the final score looks.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So Juan Johnson, one of the best kids you'll ever meet, finished with 13 points to lead Madison Grant, writer Frank, one of my favorite students, hit four or three pointers and finished with 12 points.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I honestly didn't know he could stroke it like that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: By the way, I can attest that Madison Grant team is filled with great kids and is really easy to cheer for.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Alright, for Frankton, Bennett finished with 17 points he was six for nine from the field.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He finished with 12 rebounds and three block shots.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Three of his rebounds came on the offensive end.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: According to Max Preps, Franklin had 22 assists on 23 baskets which is amazing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm not sure I've ever seen an assist to a field goal percentage quite that high.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I know I marked an assist on almost every single basket.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Berkscore 2 points and finished with team highs of 8 assists and 3 steals.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He made a huge difference in this one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Nickham continued his hotplate with 10 points, he was 4 for 6 from the field.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Frank and shot 59% from the field in the contest.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The one negative was the 10 turnovers, 5 of those came in the first quarter.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Gray, Klein, and Cal Osborne each had a field goal, and Jackson Spalding finished with 3 rebounds and an assist.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Eagles have a week off before going to Blackford next Friday for a big CIC clash.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The Bruins are 12 and O, ranked 6th in class 2A, and recently won the inaugural central Indian Holiday Classic.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Their head coach Aaron Daniels is one of my absolute favorites.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Look forward to hearing from him this week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: As most of you know, Blackford has a future star and sophomore Mari leg it, and some other really good players, but we'll talk about that on Wednesday.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Once again, sorry to Ethan, Eli, Blake, Tray, and Ashton, if I'm able to figure out the audio problem, I will run it on Wednesday's Frington Eagle's report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Please stay tuned for Brent Broppston.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: here with head coach Brad Braxton of the Franks and Eagles after a 61-38 win over the Madison round R. Giles actually in my classroom here at Madison Grant with a fellow classmate of mine at Frank and so this is kind of interesting.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Coach, you came into this game and you said it was a, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: a Madison Grant team that concerns you in some ways, and the first quarter really showed why, but eventually, it seemed like you guys played a little better every quarter.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I thought we got better throughout the quarter and coming off the tough, obviously tough game last game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We put that behind us trying to get better.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I think tonight, we were able to do that.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We extended lead the second quarter, but then we extended it again the third and this time we held onto it and obviously finished it off.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Madison grants got a good team, good coach, good program.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I know they've struggled, you know, record-wise, but he's done a good job and they have gotten better every week.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So there are no indication where they're at.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: There are a team that can be anybody on any given night as you can see in the Blackford Eastport games, those games are close.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And I was proud of our guys, and I was a good roadwin.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I got distracted by all these superstars, walking into the classroom all of a sudden.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Coach, first CIC win, rivalry win.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This one's as you go through the season, one that you kind of point toward, good to get one of those this year, right?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Absolutely.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Any wins a good win and coming on the road in the CIC, we're getting better every game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So our guys are headed in the right direction, our teams headed to the right direction, and I think by the end of the season we'll be playing our best basketball and be really difficult to be.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So I'm very proud of our kids and how they've bought in, so we had to have some kids step up tonight with the absence of Noah and Noah brings a lot of energy and defense and rebounding to our team.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I thought that Isaac Fair came in and gave us good minutes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Greer Klein did the same.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Isaac Fair, or sorry, Kalozborn, and Jackson Spolding.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Those guys responded and came in when we needed them and gave us good minutes to help some of our guys who are in foul trouble.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Coach, you came into the second quarter down a point.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You got started with a couple of field goals.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought the game really changed with your defense.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought I think get three possessions, three steals in a row.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You turn them all into baskets and pretty much dominate
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I don't think I had the right plan early defensively.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We were switching ball screens earlier, probably what the right thing to do.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We had watched the block for a game and they had done that and done a pretty good job with it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And so we started getting over the top of ball screens and keeping tray and Blake with who they were gardened.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And once we did that, I think that defensively stifled them.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We talked a little bit about Blake the last few games and the contribution he's been given you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here's play on that baseline.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: How important is that running your offense?
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, he had to play a different position than I in zone offense and he did a good job with it.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He attacked the rim early.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He made a shot early from down there.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He made some nice skit passes, so he Blake's been great all season.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He just keeps getting better and better every game.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He's fun to watch.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He does everything the right way.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: He plays his butt off and we can't say enough about how he's playing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Really a dominant performance in the middle tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I thought that Tre was really aggressive.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He missed some easy shots but was really aggressive tonight.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, he's been really good inside in the interior season, and he's a man.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So when you come to play, he brings it every night.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, he's physically strong, he's tough.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: People key on him and what's happening is his stance, Barry, Ashden, Birch, Nick.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Those guys are making threes.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: And that's become a little bit of a problem for other teams.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Those they clinch down on tray.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Those guys are making shots and so, you know, we feel like we've got guys that can shoot it and now we're telling them shoot the basketball and they're doing it, they're doing with confidence.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: So, trays opened up the game for other guys because everybody was kind of singing on him out early.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And next game is that Blackford, of course, on the Frank D'Angles report this week, we'll talk more about Blackford and how good they are, but clearly one of the biggest tests of the season for you coming up.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, our schedule's been really difficult.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we've played a lot of good teams.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: This will be another one that's undefeated tonight if they win, they're 11 or no.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: Good challenge for us.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: We're looking forward to going up there and playing.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: I mean, we like these type of games.
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  [SPEAKER_01]: These type of atmospheres and playing a big game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks so much once again to Coach Brockston and all he has done to help the central Indian sports report.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thanks also to Ethan Eli Blake, Tray and Ashton for their time and thank you for listening.
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