Dibrell hoops squads take on Eastside, C?town

Thursday night at Dibrell in seventh- and eighth-grade action Dibrell and Eastside spit the twin bill as the Lady Wildcats defeated the Lady Bulldogs of Eastside 47-21, while the Bulldogs slipped past the Wildcats 50-42.

In the girls game Dibrell jumped pout to an early lead as Lauren Wilkenson hit for eight of the Lady Wildcats? 17 points in the period. Mary Roller added five, Emily Crawford and Destiny Young added one basket each. Eastside was held to just one points in the period.

Second-quarter action saw Eastside put five points on the board as Peyton Hall and Amanda Mayfield had one bucket each, while Sarah Collins hit the front end of a one-and-one. The Lady Wildcats continued to run the floor in the second period, with Peyton Wanamaker netting four points as Dibrell added 10 points to the board for a 27-6 halftime lead.

In the second half Dibrell continued to dominate the floor. Roller pitched in eight points in the third period and Crawford added one basket. The Lady Bulldogs got two baskets from Sera Reyes and one from Collins, but Eastside trailed 35-12 at the end of the period.

In the final period, Roller provided six more points for the Lady Wildcats. Wilkenson, Ashley Ashburn and Tiffany Minton had one basket each. Eastside added nine more points to its total, but it was too late as Dibrell picked up the 26 point victory.

Roller had 17 points followed by Wilkenson with 12, Crawford had five, Ashburn and Wanamaker had four points each, Young had three and Minton added two points for the Lady Wildcats.

For Eastside, Reyes had 10 points. Collins had seven, Hall and Mayfield added two points each.

In the boys game, Gage Myers led the Bulldogs in the opening period hitting for seven of their 14 points, including a 3-pointer. Landy Curtis and Kris Chandler hit for three points each for the Wildcats, as Dibrell trailed 14-6 after the first period.

Curtis added three more points in the second period and Timathy Conley had three for all six of Dibrell?s points in the period. Eastside hit for another 14 points, with the help of Caleb Northcutt, Gavin Lewis and Myers as the Bulldogs held a 28-12 lead at the break.

In the second half, Dibrell outscored Eastside 11-10. Adrian Pena pitched in eight points and Alex Welome nailed a 3-pointer. Eastside?s Brady Powers hit for six points as the Bulldog?s held a 38-23 advantage.

In the final period, Eastside?s offense produced 12 points, with two baskets from Adam Hollandsworth and one basket each from Northcutt, Lewis, Myers and Powers. Landy Curtis led the charge for Dibrell hitting for 14 of the Wildcats 19 points in the period, but it wasn?t enough as Eastside held on for the victory.

For the Bulldogs, Myers led with 15 points. Northcutt had 12, Hollandsowth and Powers had eight points each and Lewis added seven points.

For the Wildcats, Curtis led all scores with 20 points. Pena added 10, Conley had six, Callender and Welcome had three points each.

? Last Tuesday Dibrell swept Centertwon at home with the Lady Wildcats downing the Lady Warriors 48-7 and in the boys game Dibrell defeated Centertown 36-14.

In the girls game Wilkenson led all scorers with 31 points, Roller had 10, Crawford four, Tanisha Ramirez two and Ashburn added one point for Dibrell. For Centertown, Lacie Varner had three, Katelyn Vickers and Keri King had two points each.

In the boys game, Dibrell?s Pena had nine points followed by Curtis with eight, Callender had six, Conley and Jordan Gribble had four points each, Alex Welcome added three, Tyler Stone had two points.

For Centertown, Ryan Fults had five points followed by Gabriel Walkup and Ethan Wilson added four points each and Dustin Prater had one point.

Tuesday night at Centertown, the Bulldogs slipped past the Warriors 52-40.

Eastside?s offense produced 26 points in the opening period, with Caleb Northcutt hitting for 14. Adam Hollingsworth, Gavin Lewis and Gage Myers had four points each. Centertown had just four points in the period as Ethan Wilson and Gabriel Walkup had one basket each.

In the second period Centertown out scored Eastside 16-3 as the hlaf ended with the Bulldogs holding a 29-20 lead.

In the third period Eastside was off and running once again as Northcutt and Myers hit for six points each as the Bulldogs posted 18 points. Walkup accounted for all 10 of Centertown?s points in the period.

In the final period the Warriors struck for 10 points, but the Bulldogs added five to the scoreboard to secure the victory.

For the Bulldogs, Northcutt had 20 points. Hollandsworth had 11, Myers hit for 10, Lewis had eight, Jon Reed had five, Brady Powers and Luke Hillis added two points each.

Walkup had 21 points to lead Centertown, Ethan Wilson added six, Ryan Fults had four, Drew Tanner and Nathan Bombard had three points each. Jacob Weddington had two and Dustin Prater added one point.