Six wrestlers topped the podium, as Brookfield's power was on full display at the Chillicothe Girls Wrestling Tournament. The Lady Dogs scored 178.5 points, easily outdistancing the second-place host school (102) in the 21-school field.
Raylee King: 105 (decision, technical fall, pin - 18 points), Jayden Keller: 110 (5 pins - 26 points), Kaecen Brown: 130 (5 pins - 26 points), Riley Howell: 135 (3 pins, medical forfeit - 18 points), Mya Sackrey: 155 (3 pins, medical forfeit - 28 points), and Aubrey Wilson: 235 (2 pins, decision - 22.5 points) each captured gold, while Hadlye Sackrey: 125 (pin, decision - 18.5 points) and Lilly Lindsay: 140 (2 pins - 18 points) won silver for the Lady Dogs.
Payslie Alexander: 115 (decision - 3.5 points) was 6th, and Makenna Munsterman: 190 was 5th.

-- Dennis Hughes

Four wrestlers topped the podium, and Brookfield finished an impressive fourth as a team despite just fielding nine participants at the Sam Martin Invitational.
Jace Keller: 126 (5 pins - 36 points), Ryder Techau: 132 (3 pins, decision - 34 points), Peyton Parn: 138 (3 pins, 2 technical falls - 35 points), and Devan Parn: 3 pins, 2 technical falls - 35 points) each captured gold for the Bulldogs, who finished with 206.5 points in the 21-school field.
Jaden Kyle: 165 (pin, decision - 17 points) and Ryder Cochenour: 113 (2 pins, decision - 17 points) both were 4th, and John Foster: 120 (2 pins - 11 points) and Weston Linscott: 150 (pin, technical fall - 14.5 points) were both 6th.
Blayde Lindsay: 144 (major decision, medical forfeit - 7 points) finished 10th.

-- Dennis Hughes

Putnam County outlasted Brookfield, 45-42, in the consolation semifinals of the Milan Invitational.
Emree Littrell (8 rebounds, 3 steals, assist) and Emma Meyer (rebound, steal) each scored 10 points, and Greenlee Mccollum (5 rebounds) added six points to lead the Lady Dogs.
Sam Sharp (2 assists), who recorded game highs in rebounds (12) and steals (6), and Jerzi Fields (2 rebounds, steal) scored four points apiece, while Breckin Thudium (7 rebounds) and Maggie Bennett (2 rebounds) each had three points, and Emma Sensenich (rebound) chipped in two points. Haven Stufflebean collected six rebounds and a steal for the Lady Dogs (5-9), who play Novinger in Saturday's 7th-place game.

​-- Dennis Hughes

Green City scored early and often, cruising to a 70-37 win against Brookfield in the second round of the Milan Invitational.
Hayden DeJong (2 rebounds, 2 assists) led the Bulldogs with 14 points, while Brayden Shoop (6 rebounds, assist) scored nine points, and Kendrell Carter (5 rebounds) added six points.
Phoenix Jordan (2 rebounds) scored four points, and Riley Hinckle (6 rebounds) and Bryson Shoop (2 rebounds) each had two points. Ross Ehrich pulled down five rebounds for the Bulldogs (3-11), who will play in Saturday's third-place game.

-- Dennis Hughes

Brock McLaury pumped in 14 points, including four threes, and Coldon Parrent added 13 points in Brookfield's 45-42 loss to Putnam County.
Wyatt Garber scored seven points, Hunter Gray had six points, and Alex Bennett chipped in two points for the Bulldogs, whose fourth-quarter rally fell just short.
Matthew Taylor, Jaxon Sibley, and Bennett each scored five points in the Freshmen game, which Putnam won, 42-19. Dayton Bloss had four points for the Bulldogs.

-- Dennis Hughes

Brookfield dropped a 36-24 decision to Marceline in the opening round of the Milan Invitational Tournament. The Lady Dogs managed to pull within three points, 19-16, midway through the third quarter, but the Lady Tigers gradually pulled away thereafter.
Greenlee Mccollum collected seven points and nine rebounds to pace the Lady Dogs, while Breckin Thudium (5 rebounds) scored five points, and Jerzi Fields (rebound, block) added four points.
Emma Meyer scored three points, and Maggie Bennett (2 rebounds, assist) and Haven Stufflebean (6 rebounds, steal) had two points apiece. Sam Sharp recorded eight rebounds, two assists, two steals and a free throw, and Emree Littrell had three rebounds, three assists and two steals, for the Lady Dogs (5-8), who next play Putnam County in Thursday's consolation round.

-- Dennis Hughes

Hayden DeJong drilled a three to force a second overtime, then scored six points in the second OT, as Brookfield held off Trenton, 72-69, in the opening round of the Milan Invitational Tournament.
Overtime seemed unlikely early on, as Brookfield led by 19 points midway through the second quarter. However, ignited by a 19-3 run, Trenton pulled to within three points, 37-34, at the half. Brookfield built a nine-point margin, 52-43, late in the third period, but Trenton chipped away, finally grabbing the lead late in the final 90 seconds. The teams swapped the lead until Phoenix Jordan's free throw tied the game, 59-59, in regulation.
Trenton appeared to be on its way to a win, until DeJong's three with .04 remaining in the first OT. Trenton went ahead 69-66 in the second OT, but a turnover and foul sent DeJong to the line where he made the first free throw. He missed the second, but Trenton again turned the ball over, and DeJong capitalized with a trey. He added a free throw with .29 left, and Trenton's two final shots were off the mark.
Riley Hinckle (3 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals) pumped in a game-high and career high 28 points, including seven threes, and Jordan (2 threes, 2 assists, steal, block) recorded a double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds for Brookfield, which shot 11-of-26 from beyond the arc.
DeJong (5 rebounds, 2 steals), who was 1-of-14 from the floor before his late-game heroics, finished with 12 points and a game-high nine assists. Brayden Shoop (4 rebounds, 3 assists, steal) added six points, and Kendrell Carter (6 rebounds, 4 steals, 3 assists) chipped in a free throw for Brookfield (3-10), which faces the tournament's number one seed, Green City on Wednesday.

-- Dennis Hughes

Brock McLaury scored a game-high 14 points, including 10 points in the fourth quarter, as Brookfield rallied past Penney, 34-33. McLaury, who drilled two threes during the comeback, fueled a 12-1 Bulldogs' fourth-quarter run.
Alex Bennett scored five points, while Hunter Gray and Coldon Parrent each added four points. Colton Pfeiffer had three points, and Jaxon Sibley and Wyatt Garber scored two points apiece.

Hunter Gray scored three points, and Rylan McFie and Wyatt Garber each scored two points in a 21-9 loss to Gallatin.
Brock McLaury and Gage Hall-Wells added a point apiece for the Bulldogs.

​-- Dennis Hughes