WCHS cagers headed to Gallatin for Classic – Action begins Thursday vs. Greenbrier

Warren County?s high school basketball squads will make their annual pre-Christmas trip to Gallatin this week, with one team hoping to end a losing skid, while the other will be looking to build upon its first victory of the year.

The Sumner Sports Medicine Classic begins Thursday afternoon at Gallatin High, and the first game on tap for the two-day event features the Lady Pioneers taking on the Greenbrier for a 4 p.m. tip-off. The Pioneers face Greenbrier?s boys at 5:30.

For the Lady Pioneers, who dropped to 2-5 with Friday?s loss to Coffee County, Thursday?s game against the Lady Bobcats presents the opportunity to end a five-game losing streak. But to do so, they?ll have to hand Greenbrier its third straight loss. The Lady Bobcats enter the classic with a 3-4 record, with home losses to Harpeth and Pope John Paul II in their last two contests.

After seeing how they fare against the Bobcats, the Lady Pioneers should have a good idea of how they?ll do against Friday?s opponent, as they?ll face PJPII to open the second day of the Classic.

The Lady Knights come in with a 6-1 record, including last week?s 69-57 win over Greenbrier. In that game, Nina Dever had 20 points for the Lady Bobcats, while PJPII was led by Chelsea Leavell?s 21 and Patsy Mahoney?s 18-point night.

On the boys? side, the Pioneers, who downed Coffee County Friday night, will enter the Classic with a 1-6 record, and will face a Greenbrier team on Thursday which has lost its last three, including a 43-41 sqeaker against PJPII. In that game, Ty Lynch led the Bobcats with 16 points, while Kurt Caton had 10. The Knights were led by Chris Wayne?s 11, with Tyler Allen tossing in nine points.

WCHS will have the opening two games on Friday, beginning with the girls facing the Lady Knights at 4 p.m