Playing in the consolation round of the 16th annual Green-n-Gold Holiday Tournament following matching first-round losses, the Perryville and Havre de Grace boys met up on Wednesday night, and it was the Cecil County representatives that walked away winners, beating the Warriors, 58-40.

The Panthers, who were up 33-16 at halftime, were led by Gabe Sherrod's 29-point performance. Josh Ingram netted nine points in the victory, while fellow Panther Brian Matthews had eight points.

One day earlier, the Panthers fought hard against an opponent that beat them by nearly 60 points the last time they met, but it proved not enough, as they were downed 59-46 by the Elkton Golden Elks in the Gold Bracket's first-round game.

Perryville held a 10-point lead early in the second quarter, but the Elks closed out the frame with an 18-2 run to take their own double-digit advantage into the locker room at halftime. Down five points at the end of the third quarter, Perryville knotted things at 40 points apiece early in the fourth quarter, but could not gain the lead.

Sherrod led the Panthers, scoring 16 points and racking up a team-best five blocks.

Sterling Cruz scored a team-best 15 points for Elkton

With the loss, Perryville moved on to play Havre de Grace at 3 p.m. on Wednesday in the tournament's consolation round.

Havre de Grace dropped in double overtime

The Warriors were knocked off, 65-61, in double overtime by the North East Indians on Tuesday in an opening-round, Gold Bracket matchup.

Havre de Grace lost despite holding a 23-19 lead at half-time.

Maurice Dickey led the winning squad with a 21-point performance.

Perryville over Bo Manor

On Wednesday, Dec. 21, the Panthers topped the visiting Bo Manor Eagles, 50-45.

Gabe Sherrod was Perryville's top performer, scoring 21 points and reeling in 10 rebounds.

Joe Peaker had five points and eight rebounds in the victory, while Tyrelle Hollingsworth posted seven points along with seven rebounds.

The game was tied 22-22 after two quarters of play.