Freshman girls crush Cavs

Thursday night in the Charlie Dalton gym the Warren County High School girls freshman team improved to 3-5 on the season after rolling past the Lady Cavaliers of Cookeville 38-21 as seven players put points on the board for the Lady Pioneers.

Warren County took the ball on its opening possession and Lea Montgomery hit a bucket for two points. Cookeville scored just one point during the first seven minutes of play when Amanda Randolph hit the front end of two from the charity stripe. The Lady Pioneers put nine points on the board, while working the ball into the paint, with Taylor Douglas leading the way with seven points. The Lady Cavaliers added a basket just before the period end as the Lady Pioneers held a 11-3 lead.

Kassidy Kominos hit back-to-back baskets to start the second period for Warren County. Cookeville then went on a six point run taking the ball in the paint to Paige Dikkerson and Randolph. Jasmine Wood worked the boards for Warren County coming up with a offensive rebound basket at the 2:31 mark. Chancerie Martin added a basket and with three ticks left on the clock Kominos hit two-of-two from the line to give the Lady Pioneers a 21-11 lead at the break.

Warren County?s defense helped to break the game open in the third period allowing just one basket by the Lady Cavaliers, a 3-pointer coming at the 6:23 mark. Montgomery and Lauren Lytle hit for one basket each, before Wood was sent to the line over the final two minutes of the period. Wood connected on four-of-six attempts as Warren County extended its lead to 29-14.

Alivia Sparks hit a 3-point bucket during the opening minutes of the final period for Cookeville. But the Lady Pioneers answered with baskets from Lytle, Montgomery and Shelbie Tubbs. Cookeville added a pair of baskets late in the period to end its offensive attack. Douglas closed out the game with a pair of baskets to secure the Lady Pioneers? victory.

Douglas had 11 points followed by Tubbs with eight, Kominos had six, Lytle hit for four, Montgomery added three, Tubbs and Martin had two points each for the Lady Pioneers.

For Cookeville, Stephanie Spivey had seven points. Sparks added five, Dikkerson had four, Randolph had three and Sunday Armstrong had two points.

The Lady Pioneers will travel to Riverdale on Monday, and play host to White County on Thursday night.