Pioneer sixth-graders roll over Irving College
Warren County Middle School’s sixth-grade squads dominated Irving College’s fifth- and sixth-grade teams Thursday night, with the Lady Pioneers taking a 57-8 victory and the WCMS boys winning 58-3 to begin a four-game night of action at WCMS.
In the girls’ game, the Lady Pioneers shut out the visiting Lady Tigers in both the first and fourth quarters, rolling to a 20-0 lead by the end of the first period of play behind six points from Tiffany Long and four each from Alex Adams, Macy Broom and Tessla Key.
Irving College finally got on the board with 3:32 left in the first half, scoring on a Brittani Layne basket, but 15 second-quarter points by WCMS sent the Lady Pioneers into the halftime locker room with a more-than-comfortable 35-6 lead.
A bucket from Kerrie Green late in the third proved to be the only points Irving College managed in the second half, as WCMS carried a 49-8 lead out of the third and cruised to the lopsided win.
Long finished with 14 points, while Adams had 13 and Tessla Key scored 12 points.
In boys action, the Tigers found themselves just as out-matched as their Lady Tiger counterparts, as Warren County jumped out to a 17-2 lead by the end of the first quarter and shut out their guests in the second to take a 35-2 advantage by halftime.
With full-court pressure forcing turnovers early, the Pioneers seized momentum before dropping back into a zone for much of the rest of the game and working the ball inside to provide their offensive attack.
Thirteen different players scored for WCMS, led by Kevin Johnson, who posted all 10 of his points in the second quarter. Cameron Smith and Jon Southard had eight apiece, while Alex Lanier had seven and Coty Keel scored six. Ridge Nunley and Camron Bond had four apiece, Paul Lawson Prater, Matthew Black, Jensen Bonner, Dylan Keith and Carlzell Robinson had two each, and Daniel Savage rounded out the scoring with one.
Grant Hoover had all three of Irving College’s points, scoring a basket midway through the first quarter and a free-throw late in the fourth.