We can close the book on another 12 Games of Christmas Tournament. Afterwards, Cadiz Record sports editor Michael Stanley and myself compared notes and came up with a hypothetical All-Tournament Team. There are no individual awards given, but if there were, here are the 12 players that would have made the all-tourney team.
Stacey McClure - Murray; Sharika Smith - Fulton County; Cinnamon Ashby - McLean County; Brittany Roark - Logan County; Jasmine Coleman - UHA; Janada Acree - Trigg County; Laquisha Boyd - Trigg County; Brandy Lee - Metcalfe County; Ellie Goodman - Fulton County; Natalie Bunch - Metcalfe County; Daria Kingsley - Heath; and Meagan Stephens - Metcalfe County.
Here are the individual statistical leaders
Here are the final standings and game superlatives
Other observations from the 12 Games of Christmas...
- No team has repeated as back-to-back champions as Metcalfe County failed in their repeat bid this year.
- Every champion has won the tournament in their initial appearance. Fulton County kept the streak alive this year.
- Of the six teams that were making repeat performances, only University Heights (fourth place) recorded a best-ever finish.
- Logan County was 2-1 in the tournament and finished fifth. Because of the setup of an eight-team double-elimination tournament, UHA was 1-2 in the tournament and finished fourth, one spot ahead of Logan County.
- Fulton County's one-point win was only the third one-point margin in the tournament's six-year history and the closest in the championship game.
- Heath's 29-point win over UHA in the third place game was the first one to be decided by more than eight points.
- No fifth place game has been decided by fewer than 13 points. Logan County won by 25 points over Murray.
- Trigg County falls to 9-8 in the history of the 12 Games of Christmas. Fulton County is 3-0, Metcalfe County is 5-1, Heath is 4-1, Logan County is 2-1, Murray is 6-3, McLean County is 6-5, and UHA is 2-7.
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