ABILENE - For the past 17 years, Wally Dawkins has made a ritual of taking his team west, to play in the Abilene Wylie Lions Club Basketball Tournament. The past tourneys were all with his old Whitehouse Wildcats, and this year he took his Brook Hill Guard.

In the 17 year stint at Whitehouse, the Wildcats won the tournament 14 times against some of the top Class 4A and 3A teams in the state.

After dropping the opening game to state-ranked Seminole, Brook Hill came back to take a win over Jim Ned (39-30), and finished the tourney with loses to Lubbock Trinity Christian (42-53), and Lubbock Cooper (47-45).

"It was a great tournament and every team we played was a state ranked team in their respective classifications, so it was some great experience," said Dawkins. "Although we went 1-3 overall, we played against some great teams with some outstanding athletes from schools much bigger than Brook Hill.

"Two of the three losses we could have won but still the experience of being in that type of game can do nothing but make us better in the long run."

FIRST ROUND

Seminole 69, Brook Hill 55

The Brook Hill Guard had their work cut-out for them in the first round of the Abilene Wylie Lions Club Basketball Tournament, facing the Class 3A, 17th-ranked Seminole to open up the weekend.

Brook Hill's, Jeremey Chappelle scored 24 points, and grabbed 12 rebounds for a double-double, but it would not be enough as Seminole took a 69-55 win.

Mason Spradlin added 13 points for The Guard for the two Brook Hill players in double digits in the loss.

Seminole 69, Brook Hill 55

BROOK HILL - Mason Spradlin, 13; Andre Huang, 3; Heath Dickey, 3; Jeremey Chappelle, 24; Collin Hanks, 5; Courtney Thomas, 7.

SEMINOLE - Navalko, 4; Garza, 2; Reed, 15; Masuda, 11; Lavender, 4; Dixon, 16; Jones, 7; Marshall, 4; Flores, 6.

THREE-POINT GOALS - BH: Spradlin, Huang, Hanks. S: Reed (4), Masuda (3).

RECORDS - Brook Hill 7-5. Seminole 9-1.

SECOND ROUND

Brook Hill 39, Jim Ned 30

Playing one of the state's top Class 2A teams, The Guard got key buckets from Mason Spradlin and Jeremey Chappelle for a slow-paced, 39-30 win on Friday night.

Spradlin nailed two, 3- pointers for 12 points and Chappelle had another doubledouble with 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Brook Hill trailed 23-16 at the half, but stormed back after key halftime adjustments by head coach, Dawkins. Heath Dickey stepped up with some crucial rebounds and two blocks as The Guard held Jim Ned to seven points the entire second half.

Brook Hill 39, Jim Ned 30

BROOK HILL - Mason Spradlin, 12; Heath Dickey, 2; Collin Hanks, 8; Jeremey Chappelle, 11; Courtney Thomas, 7.

JIM NED - Lloyd, 3; Holson, 6; Morgan, 4; Allen, 4; Bryant, 7; Avery, 6.

THREE-POINT GOALS - BH: Spradlin (2), Hanks. JN: Lloyd, Bryant.

RECORDS - Brook Hill 8-5. Jim Ned 6-3.

THIRD ROUND Lubbock Trinity Christian 53,

Brook Hill 42

Trailing 43-30, going into the final period, The Guard made a run at Trinity Christian but it was too little too late as the Lubbock top-ten TAPPS squad handed The Guard their second loss of the tourney.

Mason Spradlin led Brook Hill with 16 points, and Jeremey Chappelle added 10 in the setback.

Lubbock Trinity Christian 53,

Brook Hill 42

TRINITY CHRISTIAN - Wertz, 7; Stephenson, 2; Hurt, 6; Pearson, 6; Beck, 5; Wheeler, 2; Hill, 1; Morris, 18; Stutz, 6.

BROOK HILL - Spradlin, 16; Huang, 2; Dickey, 2; Chappelle, 10; Hanks, 4; Thomas, 3; Langemeier, 5.

THREE-POINT GOALS - TC: Morris, (4), Wertz, Beck. BH: Spradlin.

CONSOLATION GAME Lubbock Cooper 47, Brook Hill

45 It took an extra period to come up with a consolation winner, as Lubbock Cooper squeaked by The Guard in overtime, 47-45.

Tied at 41-41, Cooper got all six points in overtime from Sammy Hager, scoring six of his 10 points in the game to seal the win.

Jeremey Chappelle led all scorers in the game with 22 points.

Lubbock Cooper 47,

Brook Hill 45

BROOK HILL - Spradlin, 5; Langemeier,2; Hanks, 8; Chappelle, 22; Thomas, 8.

COOPER - Johnson, 13; Rebber, 4; Welch, 6; Jones, 6; Hager, 10; Jackson, 6.

THREE-POINT GOALS - BH: Hanks. C: Welch (2), Johnson (2).

RECORDS - Brook Hill 8-7.

NEXT UP - Wells at Brook Hill, Friday, 6 p.m.