{"id":28288,"date":"2026-01-21T10:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=28288"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:43:08","slug":"90th-annual-ntc-tournament-preview-7-st-elmo-brownstown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/28288-90th-annual-ntc-tournament-preview-7-st-elmo-brownstown\/","title":{"rendered":"90th Annual NTC Tournament Preview \u2013 #7 St. Elmo\/Brownstown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><strong>#7 ST. ELMO\/BROWNSTOWN EAGLES<br \/>\nCoach: Greg Feezel<br \/>\nRecord at Seeding: 9-9, 1-4 NTC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by DUSTIN WHITE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who knows how much St. Elmo\/Brownstown boys basketball coach Greg Feezel appreciates anybody pointing it out, but in his 20th year on the job the Eagles\u2019 coach is easily the \u201cDean of NTC Coaches\u201d with Altamont\u2019s John Niebrugge and St. Anthony\u2019s Cody Rincker running six and seven years behind him, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Feezel\u2019s SEB squad went into seeding with a .500 mark overall and just one victory in five conference games, garnering the No. 7 seed in the 90th Annual National Trail Conference Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, we are a very competitive team that plays hard,\u201d said Feezel. \u201cWe have played some really good teams so far this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Junior Graidon Wilhour paces SEB\u2019s scoring with 14.8 points per game, while senior Jayden Hughett and junior Benji Lowe are both right around 10 a game and do some of the best rebounding work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJack Wilhour is our defense guy and Dodge Willms runs the show for us as a point guard,\u201d added Feezel. Both are juniors. \u201cOur strengths are quickness and defense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both Wilhours were varsity contributors a year ago along with since-graduated Lowell Wilhour, while a new Wilhour, Nolan, is dressing for this year\u2019s varsity team. In case you were wondering, there are several more Wilhours in the junior high program.<\/p>\n<p>(In case you\u2019re even nosier \u2013 like the author of this piece \u2013 you might even randomly ask the SEB junior high bookkeeper \u201cwhat\u2019s the story with all the Wilhours?\u201d and find out there are five Wilhour brothers who all have kids making their way through school right now. Lots of brothers and cousins will play, have played or are playing ball in Eagles uniforms.)<\/p>\n<p>The No. 7 seed means Feezel\u2019s Eagles must begin the tournament in the play-in round against 10th-seeded South Central in an effort to buck the last four years\u2019 trend of finishing exactly where they were seeded &#8211; eighth in 2022, sixth in 2023, fourth in 2024, and seventh last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#7 ST. 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