Irving College girls, Centertown boys take third
In the consolation games of the Warren Lodge Elementary Tournament Saturday night, the Warren County Middle School girls eighth-grade team fell to the Lady Tigers of Irving College 33-25. In the boys game Centertown stopped Coffee County Middle School, 45-31.
In the first half of the girls’ game the Lady Pioneers put seven points on the board in the first period and added six points in the second to take a 20-17 halftime lead. In the second half Irving College answered the call on defense as it held WCMS to six points in the third while hitting for 11 points in the period to take a 23-19 lead by the end of the period. The Lady Tigers turned up the heat in the fourth as they put 10 more points on the board and aggressive defense held WCMS to six points to take the win.
For Irving College, Elizabeth Lavoie hit for 12 points followed by Megan Hobbs with 11, Tanisa Butzback had seven points and Catherine Hill added three points.
For the Lady Pioneers, Kasey Owens had 15 points, Brittany Matthews had five, LeAnne Smith added three and Kristin Fann had two points.
In the boys game Centertown’s Levi Bain and Jonathan Morris had all of the Warriors’ first half points as they combined for 23. Coffee County relied on Evan Magouirk and Ben Aaron to hit for 20 as the Raiders trailed at the half 23-20.
The second half was all Centertown, as the Warriors put 10 points on the board in the third and added 12 points in the final period. The Warrior defense held Coffee to just 11 second-half points as Centertown picked up the 14-point win.
For the Warriors, Bain had 26 points followed by Morris with 17 and Jonathan Green added two points.
For Coffee County, Magouirk had 12 points, Aaron hit for 11 points and Jeff Riddle put in three. Josh Hull and Robert George had two points each with Zach Poteet adding one point.