ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt honors Trotwood-Madison basketball team

Rams finished season 24-2 but title dreams were derailed by COVID-19 crisis
Trotwood-Madison High School junior Carl Blanton drives to the hoop against Columbus South’s Samuel Barton during the Division II state championship game on Saturday afternoon at Ohio State University’s Jerome Schottenstein Center. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY MICHAEL COOPER

Trotwood-Madison High School junior Carl Blanton drives to the hoop against Columbus South’s Samuel Barton during the Division II state championship game on Saturday afternoon at Ohio State University’s Jerome Schottenstein Center. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY MICHAEL COOPER
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April 13, 2020
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ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt included the Trotwood-Madison boys basketball team in a tribute to seniors who had their seasons cut short by the coronavirus pandemic.

Van Pelt has honored 92 players or teams in 14 different sports in 33 states in recent weeks.

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“In Ohio, the Trotwood-Madison Rams made back-to-back trips to the final four in 2017 and ‘18, where they fell,” Van Pelt said, “but then they broke through and won the title a year ago. They got 37 points from a couple guys who were seniors this year. Of that duo, coach Rocky Rockhold said, ‘It was really hard for me to talk to Carl Blanton Jr. and Sammy Anderson.’ Coach said those two, as well as senior Keon’te Huguely, who were the team’s leading scorers this season, were taking the cancellation of this season just short of another title particularly hard. I think we all get it.”

The Rams won the Division II championship last season with a 77-73 victory against Columbus South in the final. The Rams finished 24-2 this season and won a district championship.

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