WCHS wins two at Nashville

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard

Brooks Majors, shown during a Pioneer game earlier this year, scored a season-high 25 points to help Warren County take a win over Hume-Fogg Tuesday at the Overton Christmas Tournament. (Rob Nunley photo)

Warren County’s high school basketball teams turned things around on Tuesday, bouncing back from a tough first day with a pair of victories at the Overton Christmas Tournament.

The Lady Pioneers needed an overtime period to defeat Father Ryan, 50-45, while the Pioneer boys snapped their eight-game losing skid by rallying to top Hume-Fogg, 83-72.

Brooks Majors was a man possessed in the boys’ tilt, scoring a season-high 25 points, including four 3-pointers, to help propel his team to the come-from-behind win.

Down by a 40-26 margin at halftime, and by over 20 points at several points in the game, Warren County blasted its way back from a 60-49 third-quarter deficit, out-scoring Hume-Fogg 34-12 in the game’s closing stanza. The comeback in the fourth included a stellar performance from the charity stripe by Majors, who hit 11-of-12 attempts.

Brandon Adcock added 16 big points to the winning effort, while Todd Gilley finished with 14 and Andy Harrell had 13.

Warren Swann just missed a double-digit scoring performance, finishing with nine points, while Adam Wood, Ethan Womack and Jonathan Morris chipped in two points each.

Hume-Fogg, which dropped to 1-9, was led by Trey Hobson, who scored 24 of his 32-point total in the first half. Kirtiss Brown chipped in 20 for the losing squad, while Sam Douglas had eight points.

WCHS, which improved to 4-9, was set to close its tournament run Wednesday with a matchup against East Literature.

The Lady Pioneers, who were clipped by a five-point margin in their Monday matchup, bounced back with an equally narrow win on Tuesday, as they slipped past Father Ryan 50-45 in overtime.

Nikki Griffith, who finished with 13 points in the contest, came up big in the extra period, scoring four of her team’s eight overtime points after the squads finished regulation play tied at 42.

Leah Cunningham led the Lady Pioneers with 14, while Brittany Brewer tossed in seven and Vanessa Cornelius added six. Amanda Locke and McKenna Rhea scored four each, while Heather Frazier added two.

With the win, WCHS improved to 5-6 overall, heading into Wednesday’s game against Maplewood.

Father Ryan, which was led by a 20-point performance from Kristen Lytle, dropped to 5-6 on the season.

The Pioneers and Lady Pioneers return home to the Charlie Dalton Gym on Tuesday, Jan. 4, when they’ll take on Coffee County.