Strong start lifts Eagles to win

At Dibrell last week in boys fifth- and sixth-grade action, Morrison defeated Dibrell 35-13.

Morrison jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. The Eagles struck for 13 points in the opening period with baskets from Lance Kelley, Chase Hullett, Chris Frazier, Kyle Rutledge and Zack York. Morrison?s defense held the Wildcats to just one basket coming from Bradley Stewart. In the second period, Stewart once again scored Dibrell?s only basket in the period. Morrison added five points to the score board and held a 18-4 lead at the half.

Dibrell got its offense going in the third period and out-scored Morrison 8-8. Trevor Vaughn hit for four points, while Hunter Bess and Stewart added one basket each. Lance Kelley scored four points in the period for Morrison with Frazier adding one basket and York hit one of two from the free-throw line. But by the end of the quarter Morrison still held a 25-12 advantage.

In the final period Morrison added to its lead with 10 points, while holding Dibrell to just one point to secure the win.

For the Eagles, Kelley and Hullett had 10 points each. Rutledge hit for six, York added five and Frazier had four points. For the Wildcats Stewart led with six points. Vaughn added four, Bess had two and Hayden Hildreth had one point.

Morrison and Dibrell will both take this week off before returning to action on Nov. 6 and Nov. 9, respectively.