ADAMS TOWNSHIP — Waynesville defeated East Clinton Friday night in the opening round of the third annual Jeff Craycraft Memorial Tipoff Classic at Brian P. Mudd Court.

The Astros (0-1) will meet Cincinnati Woodward 6 p.m. Saturday in the consolation game of the tournament. The Bulldogs lost to host Clinton-Massie 69-47 Friday night.

Clinton-Massie and Waynesville will meet 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the tournament championship game.

Craycraft was a long-time basketball coach, who coached at both East Clinton and Clinton-Massie. He also coached at Wilmington High School. He passed away unexpectedly prior to the 2020-21 season when he was head coach at ECHS.

East Clinton defeated Waynesville 44-36 in last season’s championship game. Waynesville defeated Fayetteville-Perry 52-41 to win the inaugural Craycraft Classic in 2021.

The Astros have an inexperienced team this season after losing their top eight players from last season.

“Waynesville is a very good team,” East Clinton head coach Bill Bean said. “First varsity appearance for our team except for Lauren Runyon.”

East Clinton played three freshmen “valuable minutes” during the game. They are Sahara Tate, Kenzi Terrell and Kaylee Terrell.

Runyon grabbed six rebounds while Chloe Scott had four rebounds. Megan Hadley handed out two assists.

SUMMARY

Nov 24, 2023

3rd Craycraft Tipoff Classic

@Brian P. Mudd Court

Waynesville 61, East Clinton 13

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(61) WAYNESVILLE (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Berry 4-1-0-9 Whitaker 3-1-1-8 Greeley 3-0-2-8 See 1-0-2-4 Stephenson 3-1-0-7 Malcolm 0-0-0-0 Frankenburg 2-2-0-6 Koleaczkowski 2-1-1-6 Bradley 1-0-0-2 Stapp 2-0-1-5 Cordery 2-0-2-6 TOTALS 23-6-9-61

(13) EAST CLINTON (fg-3fg-ft-tp) Schiff 0-0-0-0 Hadley 1-1-1-4 Runyon 2-0-04 Reed 0-0-0-0 Scott 2-0-0-4 Ka Terrell 0-0-0-0 Arnold 0-0-0-0 Ke Terrell 0-1-1-1 Tate 0-0-0-0 TOTALS 5-1-2-13