Civic Memorial Boys Battle Back but Fall to Triad in Final Period

TROY — Triad pulled away in the fourth quarter to shut out Civic Memorial 16-0 and secure a 52-36 victory Friday night, Dec. 12, 2025, in a Mississippi Valley Conference game at Rich Mason Gym.

The game was closely contested through the first three quarters. Triad led 15-14 after the first quarter and 30-24 at halftime. Civic Memorial rallied to tie the game at 36-36 by the end of the third quarter. However, Triad dominated the final period, scoring all 16 points to pull away.

“We were tied 36-36 going into the fourth quarter. They are a really good team, basically top of our conference the last three to four years,” Civic Memorial coach Lee Green said. “Going in, we believed we could win. We were tied at one point and felt really good about it. We turned it over a couple of times in a row in the fourth quarter, and it became a four-point game and snowballed with a 14-0 run by them in the fourth quarter. We didn’t score, we ran out of gas in the fourth quarter, but our kids played so hard.”

Civic Memorial jumped out to an early 5-0 lead on a basket by junior Charlie Kirkpatrick and a three-pointer by Grady Ferrell. Ferrell added another three to extend the Eagles’ lead to 8-2. Triad responded with scores from Lucas Thompson and Nolan Keller to tie the game at 8-8. The lead exchanged hands multiple times in the first quarter before Triad closed with a three-pointer by Lucas Thompson to lead 15-14 after the period.

In the second quarter, Triad extended its lead to as many as 10 points, reaching 30-20 before Ferrell and Lukas Zangori helped Civic Memorial cut the deficit to 30-24 at halftime.

The Eagles chipped away further in the third quarter, with baskets from Zangori and free throws by Riley Lamb narrowing Triad’s lead to 31-27. A three-pointer by Zangori cut the lead to 33-30, but free throws by Tyler Thompson kept Triad ahead 35-30. Ferrell’s three-pointer and Tanner Hokamp’s basket brought the Eagles within one point at 36-35 before a free throw by Lamb tied the game at 36-36 heading into the final quarter.

Triad’s Lucas Thompson opened the fourth quarter with a basket to give the Knights a 38-36 lead. Keller and Tyler Thompson contributed to extending the advantage, with Lucas Thompson scoring again to make it 46-36. Thompson’s final basket sealed the 52-36 victory.

Grady Ferrell led Civic Memorial with 15 points, while Kirkpatrick added 10. For Triad, Lucas Thompson, Tyler Thompson and Nolan Keller all scored in double figures.

Triad improves to 4-3 overall and 2-0 in the Mississippi Valley Conference’s final season. The Knights travel to Highland next Friday at 7:30 p.m., then play at Teutopolis Dec. 20 at 6 p.m., before hosting Mascoutah Dec. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Civic Memorial falls to 3-4 and begins a three-game home stand Tuesday against Jacksonville, followed by a game against Waterloo Friday, both at 7:30 p.m., and concludes the home stand Dec. 22 against Highland at 6 p.m. Coach Green said he looks forward to the second matchup against Triad later in January and believes his team will continue to improve.

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