Ratchet up the intensity: Brown County takes control by wearing down Central with defense

Brown County's Michael Kassing, right, looks to pass over the top of the Camp Point Central defense during Monday's boys basketball game in Mt. Sterling, Ill. | Shane Hulsey photo

MT. STERLING, Ill. — Brown County boys basketball coach Jeff Bottorff feared a championship hangover. The Hornets entered Monday’s game against Camp Point Central fresh off of a Beardstown Tournament championship in which they defeated Winchester West Central — the reigning Class 1A state champion — in Saturday’s title game and won four games in…

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