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Central Tournament Trivia:

The Panthers returned to the M-WHT last year after a five-year hiatus netted them the 5th place trophy.

In their last three years of competition in the tournament prior to last year's return (2002-04), Central was only 1-6. However, their average losing margin in those six loses was only six points.

This is the Central's fifth stint in the tournament field since the M-WHT expanded to 16 teams in 1969. Central has participated 1969-73, 1975-85, 1989-94, 1999-2004, and 2010 to present.

Among current tournament partcipants, only Macomb (150), Pittsfield (131), Canton (119) and Abingdon (83) have played more tournament contests than Central (76).

In those 76 games, the Panthers are 27-49 (.355) including a 1-12 stretch from 1999-2004.

Jeff Nielsen shares the tournament record of 24 rebounds in a game. (vs. Winchester 1975). That record is also held by Metamora's R.J. Romani. Nielson finished the 1975 tournament with a total of 78 rebounds which is also a tournament record.

 

Last year in the tourney:

Abingdon W 44-30
Illini West L 45-39
Monmouth-Roseville W 70-56
Metamora W 59-41
 

Central Tournament Titles:

none

 

Prior to the tournament:

Nov. 21 West Hancock* L 51-49
23 @ Southeastern* W 42-22
25 Unity* L 58-41
26 Kirksville, MO+ W 59-53
29 West Prairie W 52-31
Dec. 2 @ Pittsfield W 35-28
9 @ Quincy Notre Dame L 55-37
13 Western W 46-21
16 Clark Co., MO W 64-44
17 @ Liberty W 45-42
20 Keokuk, IA^ W 45-42
*denotes Suns Classic @ Augusta
+denotes Suns Classic/QND crossover
^denotes John Wood CC Rumble on the River
 
 

Sponsor:

Central Panthers
 
Front row (l to r): Emery Gronewold, Douglas Weese, Austin Kramberg, Cole Phillips, Austin Dormire, Kurt Schuster.
Back row (l to r): Marcus Landes, Taylor Heimann, Caden Miller, Adam DeRousse, Alex Walter, Nathan Knuffman.

NO. PLAYER HGT. WGT. POS. YR.
3 Cole Phillips 5-5     SO
4 Davey Carver 5-11     SR
5 Austin Kramberg 5-5     SO
10 Kurt Schuster 5-11     JR
11 Emery Gronewold 5-11     JR
12 Adam DeRousse 6-2     SR
21 Douglas Weese 5-9     JR
23 Alex Walter 6-1     SR
24 Austin Dormire 5-11     SR
32 Taylor Heimann 5-11     FR
33 Nathan Knuffman 6-0     SR
34 Marcus Landes 6-1     JR
42 Caden Miller 6-2     SR
HEAD COACH... Todd Plattner NICKNAME... Panthers
ASST. COACH... Brad Dixon and Alex Ebbing
HONORARY COACH... Brodie Dakin SCHOOL COLORS... Black & Gold
SPONSOR... 1st Bankers Trust CONFERENCE... West Central (South)
CITIES IN DISTRICT: Camp Point, Clayton, Coatsburg, Golden, LaPrairie, Kellerville, Columbus, Paloma

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