Girls win in ‘Boro, boys fall

The Lady Pioneer basketball team picked up its second District 7-AAA victory of the year on Tuesday, scoring a road win over Murfreesboro Oakland, 57-48.

With the win Warren County upped its overall record to 7-10, while the Lady Pioneers’ district record improved to 2-5. Oakland dropped to 5-11 on the year, and remained winless in league play at 0-8.

While Brooke Bowman was the Lady Pioneers’ top scorer with a 20-point night, it was Miki Rogers who got her team’s production started, nailing three 3-pointers in the opening quarter as the team came back from an early 6-0 deficit and trimmed the gap to 11-9 by the first period’s end.

Brittany Frazier, who finished with 16 points, hit a pair of treys in the second quarter, and Bowman added seven points as the Lady Pioneers took the lead for good, going into halftime with a slim 24-22 advantage.

Frazier had two more 3-pointers in the third, and Bowman tossed in nine points, including a 5-for-5 performance at the free-throw line. Taylor Nunley and Tessa King added a bucket each, and the WCHS lead swelled to 45-37 entering the game’s final eight minutes.

Although scoring slowed for the Lady Pioneers in the fourth quarter, with just 12 points, the Lady Patriots were limited to just 11. Jasmine Hall scored all six of her total for WCHS in the final period, and Bowman added four more, completing a perfect 9-of-9 night at the charity stripe. Hall’s four freebies in the period kept the Lady Pioneers at 100 percent from the line, as they finished 13-for-13.

Rogers finished with 11 points on the night, giving the Lady Pioneers a trio of double-digit scores, while Nunley and King had two each.

Shanrika Ward led the way for the Lady Patriots with 15 points, while Sara King scored 13.

‘ In the nightcap, the challenge of facing Class AAA’s fourth-ranked team and the emotion of a special ceremony for Oakland’s head coach proved a tough combination to overcome, as the Pioneers fell to the Patriots 60-45.

Prior to the game, Oakland dedicated its gymnasium to longtime head coach Randy King, who has won more than 500 games during his tenure with the Patriots. And shortly after tip-off, the Pats took command, with three different players knocking down 3-pointers on the way to a 19-8 first-quarter lead.

The Pioneers held their own in the second, scoring 15 points while allowing 17 to their hosts, and a 5-0 run to start the second half trimmed Warren County’s deficit to 36-28, before a Kendall Harding 3-pointer sparked an Oakland scoring run which helped them to a 47-37 lead by the end of the quarter.

Points were hard to come by for the Pioneers in the fourth, as they managed just eight, including four Chris Weitzel free throws. Oakland countered with 13, including five by Demario King, as they improved to 16-1 on the year and 6-1 in District 7-AAA play with the 15-point win.

Harding finished with 13 points on the night, while King added a dozen. DeAndre Maupins and D’Juan Epps chipped in 13 each.

For the Pioneers, who fell to 3-15 on the year and 0-7 in the league standings, Donta Weir had 15 points while Weitzel added 10 and Aaron Powell scored six.

WCHS returns to Murfreesboro tonight, taking on Blackman.