Wildcats sweep WCMS
There’s no place like home, and Thursday night at Dibrell the Wildcats swept Warren County Middle School.
In the first game, the Lady Wildcats slipped past the Lady Pioneers 27-22 and in the second game Dibrell downed the Pioneers 37-25 in seventh- and eight-grade action.
The Lady Wildcats defense shutdown Warren County’s offense in the opening period. Lea Montgomery had all three of the Lady Pioneers’ points in quarter. Virginia Prater led the charge for Dibrell, scoring eight of the Lady Wildcats’ 12 points in the period.
Warren County tried to cut into the lead in the second period with a little tough defense of the its own, holding Dibrell to four points. All of Warren County’s offense came from Montgomery as she hit for six points, but Dibrell still held a 16-9 lead by the half.
In the third period Sarah Roller and Ashley Welcome hit one basket each for Dibrell, but Prater once again led the charge hitting a 3-pointer and adding two more baskets before the period ended. Warren County scored four points in the period but trailed by 14 by the end of the period 27-13.
Dibrell didn’t hit a basket in the fourth quarter and Warren County worked hard for its nine points but it was all in vain as the Lady Wildcats held on for the win.
For Dibrell, Prater led with 17 points. Roller and Welcome had four points each and Chelsea Bunn added two points.
For WCMS, Montgomery hit for 13 points, Taylor Douglas had four, Kassidy Kominos scored three points and Lauren Lytle added two points.
• Cody Bond and Dylan Blair combined for 10 points in the first period for Dibrell’s boys, but a pair of 3-pointers by Lake Kirby and Brett Patterson pulled the Pioneers within four by the end of the period at 10-6.
In the second period Bond kept things going for the Wildcats hitting for four points as Dibrell scored six in the period. Patterson hit another three and Austin Fairchild added a basket but Warren County still trailed 16-11 at the half.
Dibrell took over the game in the third period with a very aggressive defense and lighting up the net for 14 points. Bond, Blair, Lou Christian and Tyler Adcock gave Dibrell a 30-19 lead by the in of the third. Ben Davis worked the paint for four of Warren County’s eight points.
Mark Harvey worked the paint for Warren County in the final period hitting for four points. Patterson added a pair of free-throws to give Warren County six points in the period. Christian sank a 3-pointer for the Wildcats and added a basket before time ran out for to secure the win.
For the Wildcats, Bond led all scores with 14 points. Blair added 10, Christian had seven, Justin Yott scored four and Adcock added two points.
For the Pioneers, Patterson scored 10 points followed by Mark Harvey with six, Davis had four, Kirby three and Fairchild added two points.