Lady Bulldogs clip Centertown by single basket
The seventh- and eighth- grade Warren County Elementary tournament kicked off Monday night in the Charlie Dalton gym with three gamed on the schedule.
In the first game of the night the Lady Warriors of Centertown fell to the Lady Bulldogs of Eastside 28-26. Eastside will take on take on the No.1 seed Lady Wildcats of Dibrell on Thursday.
Peyton Hall got the Lady Bulldogs off to a running start in the first period hitting two layups and coming away with one steal. But Centertown settled things down and connected for eight points with the help of Annie Jones, Katie Sain and Lacie Varner. Daphne Vernon hit from the paint for Eastside just before the buzzer as the Lady Bulldogs trailed 8-6 at the end of the period.
Eastside came out aggressive on the offensive glass in the second period with Sarah Collins and Hall hitting for one bucket each. But Centertown turned things around midway through the period, going to Sain who hit a pair of baskets and Varner who hit at the 2:43 mark to take a 14-9 lead. But Collins answered for the Lady Bulldogs with a 3-pointer, before Katelyn Vickers scored on the other end of the floor for Centertown. Just before the half ended Sera Reyes hit from under the basket for Eastside, but at the break Centertown held a 16-13 lead.
Centertown struggled on offense in the third period with just four points due to the Lady Bulldogs aggressive defense to open the third period. Collins and Reyes hit for four points each and Hall added a basket just before the period ended as Eastside took a 23-20 lead heading into the final period.
Centertown came out and scored back-to-back baskets from Sain and Madison Walkup. Reyes added a basket for the Lady Bulldogs at the 4:02 mark. During the final two minutes of play Centertown struggled from the floor, hitting just one basket. The Lady Bulldogs got a big basket from Collins at the 1:49 mark to put Eastside out and front by one and Collins hit 1-of-2 from the charity stripe in the final minute to secure the victory for the Lady Bulldogs.
For Eastside, Collins had 10, Hall and Reyes added eight points each and Vernon added two points.
Centertown was led by Sain with 10, Vickers had six, Jones added four, Varner, Layla Jacobs and Walkup had two points each.