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Cole Jones, a 6-4 senior Gallipolis forward/center and two year veteran, suffered a broken right leg iwith 7:19 left in the second period, and will be lost for the rest of the 2007-08 campaign.

Jones, who entered the game late in the first period, sparked the Gallians to a 9-8 first period lead over the defending Southeastern Ohio League champion Chillicothe Cavs after one period with two rebounds and two charity tosses with 1.6 left in the period.

After Jones injury, the game was held up nearly 20 minutes before Jones was taken off the floor on a stretcher.

The Cavs employed a full court press in the second period and blanked the Blue Devils 16-0 to take a 24-9 halftime advantage.

thats sad to here. hopefully he can recover and play again toward the end of the year

thats terrible, the injurys still coming at Galia..what a year it has been .

best of luck to this youing man.

Sorry to hear hope the kid makes a full recovery.

... jottings - hate to hear that news from the river ... the Purple send our best for a full recovery for Cole ... the injury parade continues for Gallia Academy ...

Chillicothe downs Gallipolis; Jones breaks leg

Cole Jones, a 6-4 senior Gallipolis forward/center and two year veteran, suffered a broken right leg iwith 7:19 left in the second period, and will be lost for the rest of the 2007-08 campaign.

Jones, who entered the game late in the first period, sparked the Gallians to a 9-8 first period lead over the defending Southeastern Ohio League champion Chillicothe Cavs after one period with two rebounds and two charity tosses with 1.6 left in the period.

After Jones injury, the game was held up nearly 20 minutes before Jones was taken off the floor on a stretcher.

The Cavs employed a full court press in the second period and blanked the Blue Devils 16-0 to take a 24-9 halftime advantage.

Chillicothe continued its full court press in the third stanza to take a 41-19 lead going into the final period. The Cavs outscored GAHS 10-7 in the final period as both coaches cleared their benches.

Chillicothe placed two players in double figures, led by Anthony Hitchens 18 markers. Big Ray Chambers added 10 points and had for blocked shots and picked off eight rebounds for the winners.

Chillicothe sank 19 of 39 field goal attempts for 48.7 percent. CHS was two of 11 behind the arc. CHS sank 11 of 18 free throws for 61.1 percent and had 15 personals. The Cavs picked off 27 rebounds, led by Chambers’ eight snags. Chillicothe had 16 steals, six by Seth Dawes, 10 assists, six by Caleb Knights and committed 13 turnovers.

Gallipolis connected on nine of 33 field goal attempts for 36.6 percent. GAHS was seven of 11 at the foul line for 63.6 percent. Gallipolis picked off 29 rebounds, eight by Rumley, had 15 personal fouls, and committed 35 turnovers, 21 in the second period after Jones left the game.

Gallipolis dropped to 2-1 on the year and 1-1 in SEOAL play. CHS improved to 1-1 overall and 1-0 in league play. Saturday, the Cavs traveled to Wheelersburg for a non-league contest. Gallipolis’ next game is Tuesday, at home against Chesapeake in a non-league bout.

InFriday’s preliminary game, Gallipolis almost blew a 15-point lead in the second half before downing the Little Cavs, 49-46.

Gallipolis led 19-11, 34-19 and 41-29 at the quartermarks. CHS outscored GAHS 17-8 in the final stanza, and at one point, pulled within two points, 48-46, with 19.5 seconds left. Chuck Cavert's free throw with 17.4 left clinched the win for the Blue Imps, who improved to 3-0 overall and 2-0 inside the SEOAL. It was Chillicothe’s season opener.

Cavert led Gallipolis’ attack with 13 points. Nick Mitchell added nine and Jordan Cornwell seven. Eric Young tallied 18 for Chillicothe.

Varsity box:

CHILLICOTHE (51) –Stuart Beverly, 1-1-2-3; Greg Volkinburg, 0-0-2-0; Mike Hamilton, 0-0-0-0; Caleb Knights, 2-(1)-1-2-8; Mike Turner, 2-0-0-4; James Van Vorhes, 0-0-0-0; Jordan Benson, 0-0-0-0; Anthony Hitchens, 6(1)-3-3-18; Seth Dawes, 2-4-4-8; Ray Chambers, 4-2-5-10; Mike Newman, 0-0-0-0; Nate Woodward, 0-0-0-0. Totals 17-(2)-11-18-51.

GALLIPOLIS (26) – Nick Wilson, 0-0-0-0; Ethan Moore, 0-2-2-2; Cole Jones, 0-2-2-2; Chris Armstrong, 0-0-0-0; Quinton Nibert, 0-0-1-0; Chris McCoy, 3-0-0-6; Kyle Mitchell, 1-0-0-2; Zack Brown, 0-0-1-0; John Troster, 1-0-1-2; David Rumley, 3-(1)-3-4-12. Totals 8-(1)-7-11-26.
Score by quarters:
Chillicothe……8 16 17 10 -- 51
Gallipolis……..9 0 10 7 -- 26
Reserve score—Gallipolis 49 Chillicothe 46

Sorry to hear the news about the young man breaking his leg. Hopefully, he will make a full recovery.

what a year for injuries. I've heard he broke both bones in his leg. But even with him in this game,it was over before it started. Way to much quicknest and speed for us to handle. Way to much dribbling by us trying to break the press.

the game wasnt over before it started..we were in it until jones got hurt....and yes there was to much dribbling..the underclassmen just froze at the pressure

Dprry 7462...GAHS was very competitive the first 10 minutes of play until Jones went down. That seemed to take the life out of GAHS.

Last year, GAHS was down something like 29-4 after one period at Chillicothe.

Yes i was shocked my self they were up by 1 at the end of the first quarter. Yes the Jones(leg)hurt,but the outcome of the game would have remained the same. Way to much speed and quicknest for us to handle.

I can say that I've never seen an team play in the GAHS gym with that much speed/quicknest. I found myself just waiting for a monster JAM from Chilly.

On to next week!!!!!!!

Work on breaking the press with very little dribble.

Any word on Cole??????

Thoughts and prayers go up for Cole Jones......... from the Focused household..

I sure hope that the kid can make a full recovery.....Gallia Academy has been hit as hard by injuries as any school.....Golden in football, and now Jones in basketball.....in both cases, they were season ending injuries to kids who were a vital part of each program. In fact, Golden would have been the starting point guard in basketball, so his injury has affected 2 sports.

gee whiz

Cole did break two bones in his leg, nasty break for him and team...Ozzy will have kids to continue working and looks like Trouster will get more playing time.

i was very sad to see the young man from gallia go down. hope he makes a full recovery. GAHS did a good job of controlling the tempo in the first quarter. Chilli was very sloppy and out of sync offensively. they missed far too many easy shots.

Cole went into surgery at 10 today. Both bones are broke and they put a plate or rod(can't remember which) in. It was a nasty jagged break a friend of the family told me.

Best wishes to the family and a fine athlete.

Prayers to the Jones family from the Pantherpaw home!!

Wish Jones the Best. Thats terrible!!!