Special Olympics Holiday Classic basketball tournament held Saturday

Marshall County Special Olympics basketball teams 1 and 2 during introduction at Meet the Marshals.

Marshall County Special Olympic basketball teams hosted the 5th Annual Holiday Classic Tournament Saturday with games starting at 8:00 a.m. and continuing throughout the day until champions were crowned among the 20 teams in attendance.

Hopkins County won the B Bracket championship 32-16 over runner-up Christian County, third place went to the Murray Rockets Green who beat Marshall I 18-16. The 1A Bracket champions were Owensboro Catholic 33-9 over runner-up Christian County.

Holiday Classic scores:
B BRACKET
Game 1 – Murray Rockets White 34, McCracken Stallions 4
Game 2 – Marshall I 12, McCracken Stars 20
Game 3 – Trigg County 14, Christian County Colonels 12
Game 4 – Russellville Ravens 20, Murray Rockets Grey 6
Game 5 – Murray Rockets Green 9, Russellville Riot 32
Game 6 – Murray Rockets White 20, Hopkins County 25
Game 7 – McCracken Starts 21, Trigg County 25
Game 8 – Russellville Ravens 28, Caldwell County 20
Game 9 – Christian County Tigers 28, Russellville Riot 26
Semi Final 1 – Hopkins County 38, Trigg County 18
Semi Final 2 – Christian County Tigers by forfeit
Championship – Hopkins County 32, Christian County 16

Consolation 1 – Marshall I 22, McCracken Stallions 10
Consolation 2 – Christian County Colonels 22, Murray Rockets Grey 2
Consolation 3 – Marshall I 16, Christian County Colonels 11
Third Place – Murray Rockets Green 18, Marshall I 16

1A BRACKET
Game 1 – Christian County 24, Murray Rockets Blue 15
Game 2 – McCracken County Hawks 18, Progress Port Smashers (Carterville, IL) 17
Game 3 – Owensboro Bulls 22, Russellville Rage 15
Game 4 – Christian County 24, Marshall II 20
Game 5 – Owensboro Bulls 21, McCracken County Hawks 15
Championship – Owensboro Bulls 33, Christian County 9