Keyser Flattens Frankfort, 74-29

KEYSER, W.Va.--Matt Wilmer was honored before tonight's Keyser-Frankfort game as the News Tribune Offensive Player of the Year for the 2007 football season.
The way things went the rest of the night, he could be adding the basketball award to his trophy case come springtime.
Wilmer had 17 points, 14 in the first half, as the Golden Tornado cruised to a 74-29 win over the Falcons in high school boys' basketball action at Tornado Alley Tuesday night.
Brian Bills led Frankfort with seven points.
Keyser controlled from wire to wire; Wilmer canned a three-pointer from the right corner 25 seconds in, then Maverick Nelson picked up the first two of his 12 points on a layup at the 5:39 mark.
Darian Martz got Frankfort on the board with a jumper, making the score 5-2 with 5:13 left in the first quarter.
Preston Hartman, who also had 12 points, tallied the next five for Keyser, bookended a Travis Myers layup for Frankfort. The Hartman three at 2:29 started a 16-0 Keyser run that stretched over nearly six minutes.
Wes Washington scored on a layup at 1:03, then turned provider to Wilmer with a slick pass for an easy two thirty seconds later.
Keyser led 14-4 after the first quarter.
The Golden Tornado scored the first nine points of the second frame, highlighted by threes from Wesley Stullenbarger and Wilmer, before James Jones ended the Falcon drought with a drive and finish with 4:40 left in the half, bringing the score to 23-6.
Frankfort got no closer the rest of the way.
Hartman canned another shot from behind the arc, then Jeremy Green opened his scoring ledger with a layup at the 2:58 mark. Keyser led 28-6. Green finished the night with nine points.
Frankfort found some equilibrium the rest of the half, playing Keyser even the final four minutes. Each team scored 11 points.
Keyser led 39-17 going into the locker room.
Wilmer opened the second half with another salvo from beyond the arc, pushing the lead to 42-17.
Myers answered with a layup before the Golden Tornado scored nine straight: a Nelson layup, a Hartman three, a Green baseline jumper, then Nelson again with a stick-back.
Myers and Benjamin Leedom got back-to-back buckets for Frankfort to trim the lead to 51-23 with 3:10 remaining in the third quarter, but it was too little, too late.
The Golden Tornado finished the game on a 23-6 run, including the final ten points of the game. Five of those ten came from Peyton Hartman.