Dibrell boys ousted by Coffee County Middle

The Dibrell Wildcats and Coffee County Middle School matched up against each other in the Warren Lodge Christmas Tournament Thursday night with the Raiders coming out on top with a 42-35 victory.

Tyler Bell and Dylan Blair connected with one 3-pointer each as Dibrell put seven points on the board in the first. Wesley Trail and Brett Harris kept the Warriors in the game combining for six in the opening period as the Wildcats held a one point lead.

In the second period Cody Bond went to work for Dibrell as he netted four in the period and with the help of Bell’s 3-pointer at the 3:56 mark the Wildcats posted nine points in the period. But Coffee answered with solid rebounding and the work of Bryson Davis who posted nine points put the Red Raiders on top 21-16 at the half.

Bond and Bell hit back-to-back to open the third period, but Coffee County ran of nine unanswered points over a three minute period. Hunter Daniels closed out the third with a 3-pointer as the Wildcats trailed by seven.

In the final period Davis and Harris took over for the Red Raiders combining for 10 of Coffee’s 12 points in the period. Dibrell made a late run with 3-pointers from Alex Welcome and Garrison Holmes but Coffee survived to play another night.

For Dibrell, Bell hit for 11 points, while Bond added 10. Daniels, Holmes, Blair and Welcome had three points each. Tyler Adcock added two points.

Davis’ game-high 18 points for Coffee County. Harris added 12, Tyler Calyborne had five, Trail had four, Steven Rust hit for two and Jacob Land had one point.