Fairview's Austin Fletcher (42) towers over an Arab ball handler late in Friday's fifth-place game at the Holly Pond Thanksgiving Tournament.

HOLLY POND — Austin Smith did his best not to overdo it at the dinner table on Thanksgiving Day. But by the following night, the big man just couldn’t hold back anymore, feasting on a fine assortment of rebounds and points in the paint to deliver the Broncos the 58th annual Holly Pond Thanksgiving Tournament championship on a silver platter.

Cody Jones (13 points), Matt Cahoon (11) and Bailey Smith (10) all provided their fair share of the fixins, but it was Austin Smith who clearly took the turkey with 32 points and 11 rebounds in the Green and White’s 72-57 triumph over Vinemont Friday evening.

“They didn’t have an answer for him inside,” Holly Pond coach Mitch Morris said. “He kept getting in position to do something, we kept feeding him the ball — and he ate.”

The Thanksgiving title was the Broncos’ 11th overall and first since 2011, meaning Smith, a third-year varsity starter, had never won it before. The senior was overjoyed to change that fact in his final chance at Felton Easterwood Gymnasium.

“I’ve won regional tournaments, which is much more important,” Smith said. “But I don’t know if it’s more special. It feels great.”

All Vinemont coach Todd Johnson could ultimately do was watch Smith carve up his defense. The Eagles closed the deficit to just six shortly after halftime, but Smith responded with half of the points in the Broncos’ subsequent 8-0 run to help the hosts pull away. The 6-foot-4 forward then rounded out his latest double-double with 10 points and six rebounds in the fourth quarter.

“Austin Smith. That’s the difference,” Johnson said. “He killed us on the boards. He killed us on the post. He played like a man. He’s just a really good ball player, and he’s got some good guards around him that know how to feed him.”

Drew Jones scored four points, and Landen Walker added two for a Holly Pond squad that improved to 5-2. The Green and White finished the tourney 3-0 and the week 3-1, their lone blemish a one-point loss on the road at Cold Springs.

It wasn’t always pretty throughout the three-day event, but Morris couldn’t argue with the end result.

“We’ve had moments in every game,” he said. “And then we’ve had moments when we were very ugly. But we did what we needed to tonight. I’m proud of our guys.”

Friday’s trio of games were decided by an average of just more than 15 points, a stark contrast to an exciting Thursday slate that featured a buzzer-beater, overtime and a near comeback. Looking back on the holiday bash as a whole, Morris felt the fans definitely got their money’s worth this week.

“I thought this year was one of the better tournaments as far as parity,” he said. “All there games were really good, really competitive, and that’s what we like to see.”

Lance Stanley and Tyler Tucker paced Vinemont’s championship effort with 21 and 14 points, respectively. Both totals were boosted by four 3-pointers. Zack Drake dropped in seven of his nine points in the fourth quarter, Trey Tucker tossed in five points, and Trey Waldrep and Garrett Boland each had four.

Despite the defeat, Johnson had no reason to be down on his boys. The Eagles (4-3) punched their ticket to the title tilt with consecutive overtime victories against Locust Fork and Hartselle.

“Maybe we grew up,” Johnson said. “They know the things it takes to win. We’ve just got to do it consistently.

“That was our fifth game in five days. It was our seventh game in eight days, I believe. And we played hard. Never gave up. Never do. I coach them to play through, and they respond to that. They’re just a good bunch of kids.”

Will Wrenn capped off a spectacular two-day shooting spree with four 3’s — he had six Thursday — and 23 points to lift West Point to a 60-46 win over Hartselle. The Warriors’ second taming of the Tigers this week handed them third for the tourney.

West Point trailed 11-3 early but closed the first quarter on a 16-0 run and never looked back.

Tanner Rusk joined Wrenn in double digits with 14 points, and Ryder Jones came close with eight. Other Maroon and White contributors were Brandon Farley, five points; Kobe Smith, four; and Blake Yearwood and Riley Voce, three apiece.

Kylar Topps and Isaac Taylor each had eight points for Hartselle.

Fairview snagged sixth following a 55-38 loss to Arab.

Tyler Yearwood, Thursday’s hero for the Aggies, furnished a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Austin Fletcher capped off a 10-point performance with seven points in the fourth. Jackson Smith scored eight points, and Caleb Chambers had two.

Ridge Watson topped Arab with 21 points. Taylor Parker and Nathaniel Law both had 12.