Pioneers are routed at Riverdale
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Riverdale’s Warriors scored early, scored often and scored at will against the visiting Pioneers, eventually handing Warren County its eighth District 7-AAA loss with a 73-42 blowout.
With the defeat, WCHS dropped to 6-14 overall, and 0-8 in league play. Riverdale upped its record to 11-8 on the year and got back to .500 in the district at 4-4.
Four Warriors scored in double figures in the win, including Ryan Denney, who nailed three 3-pointers and finished with 15 points. Kit Hartsfield had a dozen, while Tee Burnett and Scott Thomas scored 10 each.
Six straight points from Denney during the first quarter helped Riverdale take an early 11-2 lead, but the Pioneers responded with a 6-0 run, closing the gap to three.
The Warriors answered with another big run, however, posting nine points to the Pioneers’ one during the final two minutes of the quarter to take a 20-9 lead.
Hartsfield stepped up in the second, hitting for seven of his team’s 15 points in the period as they went into intermission leading 35-16. The Warrior lead swelled to 61-25 as Warren County substituted liberally through the third, and Riverdale cruised from there, leading by as many as 40 points (71-31) on their way to the lopsided victory.
Warren Swann led the Pioneers’ offensive efforts with eight points, while Crisp had six and Brandon Adcock scored five. Todd Gilley, Terrin Martin and Ben Dunn had four each, while Justin Fults chipped in a 3-pointer. Ethan Womack also had three, with Bobby Simpson and Jonathan Morris scoring two each and Andy Harrell adding one.
The Pioneers played host to Tullahoma Saturday night, and will face White County at home Tuesday.