WCMS boys clip Wildcats, 27-21
Tuesday night the Warren County Middle School boy’s sixth-grade basketball team slipped past Dibrell, winning 27-21 at the WCMS gym.
The Pioneers jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter, as they out-scored Dibrell 10-4. Dibrell struggled from the floor in the first period as the middle school defense set the tempo, but the Wildcats turned the tables on the Pioneers in the second quarter as their defense held WCMS to just four points in the period and the Wildcats offense put 10 points on the board, including six from Cody Bond, to tie the game at the half 14-14.
In the second half Pioneer Coty Keel pushed the ball up the floor as he hit for six of his eight points. WCMS put in seven points in the third quarter while holding Dibrell to three points in the period. By the end of three periods of play WCMS held a four-point lead, 21-17.
In the fourth quarter both teams got after it on defense. Pioneer Paul Lawson Prater created several turnovers from Dibrell with pressure defense in the back court, as WCMS held on to its four-point lead. Dibrell tried to make a last-minute run at the Pioneers, scoring a pair of late buckets, but WCMS held on for the win.
Leading the way for WCMS, Alex Lanier had 11 points, Keel and Cameron Smith had eight points each. For the Wildcats, Bond had seven points followed by Lou Christian with five and Taylor Barrett had four. Derek Mikkola and James Mitchell had two points each and Dylan Blair added one.