Freshmen fall short at Riverdale
Monday night the Warren County High School freshmen fell on the road to Riverdale in a heart-stopping game. Riverdale scored in the final two seconds of the game to pick up the 51-48 victory.
Riverdale jumped out to an early lead at the hands of E.J. Wilcox who had a pair of threes in the first period. Riverdale ripped the net for 17 points in the opening period as the Pioneers managed just eight. The Pioneers defense pulled things together in the second quarter holding tWhat a he Warriors to 12 points. Warren County’s offense got things going as Tyler Blair and Ethan Womack scored four points each as the Pioneer closed within 10 at the half.
Warren County turned things around in the third period. Aggressive defense by the Pioneers created several turnovers by the Warriors, which left Riverdale with only five points in the period. Warren County took advantage of the poor play by Riverdale and hit for 17 points in the quarter. Jonathan Morris and Blair led the charge as they combined for 11 of the Pioneers 17 points in the period and gave Warren County the lead 36-34 going into the final period. The teams exchanged baskets through out the fourth period. With the game tied, Riverdale’s Wilcox was fouled as he made the basket with two seconds showing on the clock. He stepped to the line and made the free-throw to give Riverdale the narrow victory.
For the Pioneers, Blair led all scores with 19 points. Womack had 1, Derrin Rogers and Morris added five points each. Chase Basham had four with Cody Nabors and Josh Gibbs hitting for two points each. For Riverdale, Wilcox had 14 points, Tanner Gore 13, Tyler Lusk seven, Ben Atakp six, LaDoctor Minter and Leo Davenport had four points each and Andre Smithson added three points.