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Published 4:17 am Friday, February 1, 2013

Junior Flyers advance

to tournament finals

The St. Joseph Junior Flyers beat the Huntington St. Joseph Fighting Irish 50-43 on Thursday in the semifinals of the annual Middle School Catholic Tournament.

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The tournament is part of Catholic Schools’ Week.

Chase Walters led the Junior Flyers with 20 points and Joey Bush scored 12 points. Payton Adkins scored 9 points, Trey Neal 6 and Clay Willis had 2 points.

John Morrison scored 21 and Chad Dye 14 for the Irish.

The Flyers will play in the finals at 2:30 p.m. Saturday against the winner of Our Lady of Fatima and Holy Family.