Vandals Host Tournament

The DQ Van Invitational Tournament featured two teams ranked in the top 20 meeting in the finals, while the Vandals advanced to the semifinals.

Kennedale (#16) and Crandall (#12) each met in the title game with Kennedale winning, 50-45.

Pleasant Grove, ranked No. 5, was also at the tournament, but with 11 varsity players still playing football, the team was 0-2.

Van opened play with a 59-45 win over Winnsboro, and advanced with wins over Carrolton Christian and Athens before meeting Crandall in the semifinals.

Playing Winnsboro on Thursday afternoon, Van had to overcome a slow start, and trailed 23-22 at the half. The Vandals used a 20-8 advantage in the third to take control of the game, and led 42-31 going into the fourth.

Jordan Schmid (17) Zack Ghormley (16) and Colby Rucker (14) combined for 47 of the Vandals points. Michael Roberts added six, Shane Hilton had four and Travis Hand, two.

The Vandals met Carrollton Christian in a Round 1A game, winning by a 66-32 margin. Carrollton received a bye previous to that.

The win moved the Vandals to the second round where they picked up a 45-37 win over Athens. That earned the Vandals the right to play the highly ranked Crandall Pirates, and Van suffered its first loss, 40-32.

In the third-place game, Van fell to Bullard, 74-55.

Complete tournament results from the winner’s bracket were as follows:

Kennedale 56, Paris North Lamar 30

Brownsboro 68, Prosper 67

Liberty-Eylau 58, Canton 40

Bullard 60, Life Oak Cliff 40

Glen Rose 72, Pleasant Grove 46

Crandall 51, Dallas Roosevelt 41

Athens 51, Princeton 34

Van 59, Winnsboro 45

Kennedale 52, Brownsboro 48

Bullard 76, Liberty-Eylau 61

Crandall 62, Glen Rose 52

Van 66, Carrollton Christian 32

Van 45, Athens 37

Kennedale 64, Bullard 59

Crandall 40, Van 32

Finals

Kennedale 50, Crandall 45

The Vandals are in Brownsboro for the East Texas Shootout this weekend, and will host the Martins Mill Mustangs on Monday December 14.