WCMS scores sweep against Red Raiders
Monday night the WCMS varsity basketball teams traveled to Coffee County for a conference matchup with Coffee Middle.
Warren County picked up the sweep over Coffee with the Lady Pioneers winning 21-15, while the Pioneers rolled past the Red Raiders 35-19.
The Lady Pioneers improved to 7-2 in conference play, while the boys are still perfect with a 9-0 record.
The Lady Red Raiders jumped out to an early lead over the Lady Pioneers. Warren County got one basket each from Taylor Johnson and Caroline McKinley. Coffee County hit for 11 points to take a 11-4 lead. Warren County’s defense held Coffee to two points in the second period. The Lady Pioneers put four points on the board, with the help of Morgan Frye and one point each from Allison Conner and Johnson. By the end of the first half Coffee County held a 13-8 advantage.
Warren County stepped things up on both ends of the floor in the second half. The Lady Pioneers’ defense held the Lady Red Raiders to one point in the third and one in the fourth.
Warren County got four points from Kelsie Douglas and one basket from McKinley in the third to tie the game at 14-14 by the end of the period.
In the final period Bree Smith netted four points for Warren County as the Lady Pioneers posted seven points to take the victory.
Johnson and McKinley had five points each. Smith and Douglas had four points each. Frye added two and Conner had one point.
Taylor Tori and Ginny Clayborne had four points each to lead the Lady Red Raiders.
‘ The Pioneers never trailed in their game against the Red Raiders. Baskets from Hunter Daniel, Jacob Reagan and Casey Locke gave the Pioneers a 6-4 lead by the end of the period.
The Pioneers held Coffee County to one basket in the second period. Daniel and Hunter Adams had four points each and Jacob Reagan added a basket as Warren County took a 16-6 lead into the half.
Each team put four points on the board in the third period, but the Pioneers still held a 10 point advantage heading into the final period.
Jarrett Ziegler struck for four points and Kyle Kinsley added five points for Coffee County. But the Pioneers continued to pour on the points. Mitchell McCorkle netted six points to help Warren County to a 16 point victory.
For the Pioneers, McCorkle had nine, Reagan and Daniel had six points each. Casey Locke and Hunter Adams added four points each. Justin Ware, Andy McElroy and Micah McColloch added two points each.