Eastside girls, Dibrell boys take third
Monday night in the Charlie Dalton gym, the Dibrell Wildcats rolled to a 39-17 win over Irving College in the consolation game of the Warren County Elementary tournament.
Dibrell was off and running in the first period, with five straight points coming from Kris Callender and Timothy Conley. The Tigers? only basket of the period came at the 3:08 mark from Robert Harris, who drove the paint for two points. Irving College had problems holding on to the ball as the Tigers turned the ball over four times in the final two minutes of the first period. Dibrell turned the Tigers? mistakes into nine unanswered points with baskets from Adrian Pena, Landy Curtis, Conley and Callender for a 14-2 lead by the end of the period.
Dibrell came out and hit its first two buckets of the second period. Callender and Alex Welcome hit from the paint. The Tigers answered with three points from Lee Wade. Irving College went to the free-throw line and hit five-of-seven. But the Wildcats continued to work the ball down low getting baskets from Curtis and Pena as Dibrell took a 27-9 lead at the break.
Third-quarter action saw the Wildcats slow things down with seven points on the board. Pena, Welcome and Conley connected for the Wildcats. On the other side of the court, the Tigers got one basket from Harris as Justin Woodlee and Burton had one point each from the charity stripe. By the end of the third period Dibrell had built a 34-13 advantage.
Callender hit for the Wildcats at the 4:46 mark in the final period. The Tigers ran Harris hit back-to-back buckets, which would be all Irving College would score in the period. Tyler Stone finished out the scoring for Dibrell with a 3-pointer as the Wildcats moved on to the title game.
For the Wildcats, Callender hit for 12 points. Curtis had 10, Pena added seven, Welcome scored four, Stoner and Conley had three points each.
Harris led the Tigers with eight points. Wade and Burton had three points apiece. Rubley added two and Woodlee had one point.
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In the consolation round of the girls? division of the Warren County Elementary tournament Monday night, the Lady Bulldogs of Eastside slipped past the Lady Eagles of Morrison 31-29 to claim third place.
Eastside put the first three points on the board in the opening period after Sarah Collins hit the back end of two from the free-throw line and Amanda Mayfield added a basket. Taylor Grissom then hit back-to-back baskets for Morrison. Mayfield hit from the paint with 2:15 left in the period, which would be the last points Eastside would score in the period. Erin Dunn went to the charity stripe for the Lady Eagles in the final 1:28, hitting three of six to give Morrison a 7-5 advantage.
Eastside scored the first six points of the second period. Mayfield and Collins hit one point each from the charity stripe as Peyton Hall and Mayfield added a basket. Morrison?s offense struggled, but with three minutes left in the half Hanna Nunley broke the ice for Morrison. Mayfield added two baskets for Eastside, but in the final minute of play Sarah Rains, Grissom and Nunley hit to give the Lady Eagles a 15-13 lead at the break.
Grissom took things over for the Lady Eagles in the third period, hitting for 10 of Morrison?s 12 points. Eastside ran off six unanswered points with just under two minutes left in the period with baskets from Collins and Hall for a 24-23 lead. But with two ticks left on the clock Dunn hit from the paint to give Morrison back the lead at 25-24 heading into the final period.
Baskets were hard to come by for the Lady Eagles in the final period with Grissom and Dunn hitting for one each. Eastside connected for seven points as Reyes pitched in four points, Hall added one basket and Mayfield sealed the victory from the free-throw line hitting one-of-two.
For the Lady Bulldogs, Mayfield hit for 12 points. Collins had seven, Hall and Reyes added six points each.
Grissom scored 18 for the Lady Eagles. Dunn hit for seven, Nunley and Rains had two points each.