Girls roundup
- Updated: February 2, 2021
Monday’s girls scores
Alexandria 51, St. Clair County 33
Faith Christian 45, Westbrook Christian 40
Ohatchee 81, Weaver 51
Piedmont 54, Glencoe 49
Spring Garden 82, Cleburne County 57
By East Alabama Sports Today
WEAVER – The Ohatchee girls basketball team completed a sweep of its area schedule Monday and may be finding some additional scoring threats for its postseason run.
The Lady Indians ran past Weaver 81-51 to complete their 3A Area 11 season 6-0. They got 23 points from Tori Vice and 11 from Jorda Crook, who got caught in some early foul trouble. But they also got another good game from Millie Rainwater (12 points) and Gracyn Snow had eight.
Ohatchee will be the No. 1 seed in the girls area tournament opens next week – against either Pleasant Valley or Weaver.
“I’m very thankful,” Vice said. “This is a good team and I think we have potential to go very far this year. This is the best we’ve been since I’ve been here.”
Crook scored the game’s first four points, then Snow got the Lady Indians’ next seven. When Crook picked up her second foul with just over two minutes left in the first quarter and sat the rest of the half, Vice, Rainwater and Gracie George picked up the slack. Vice had 12, Rainwater seven and George four as Ohatchee opened a 48-20 lead.
The additional threats are a plus when opponents going forward will be focusing their defensive effort on containing Vice and Crook.
“Most people have been doing that to us here lately,” Ohatchee coach Bryant Ginn said. “And Millie has made them pay. She had 21 the other night. And then they start rethinking.”
“It’s a little tough to try and stop two people, but three people makes it even harder,” Vice said. “When all five us are together it really hurts them.”
Haley Homesley led Weaver with 28 points. She hit four 3-pointers and was 4-for-4 from the free throw line.
Ohatchee 81, Weaver 51
OHATCHEE – Gracyn Snow 3 1-2 8, Lyda Elders 0 0-0 0, Rachel Dunaway 2 2-3 7, Tori Vice 9 3-3 23, Whitney McFry 1 0-0 3, Morgan Foushee 0 1-2 1, Mia Waters 1 3-4 5, Gracie George 3 1-2 7, Millie Rainwater 5 0-0 12, Jorda Crook 4 3-5 11, Laci Teem 0 0-0 0, Alyssa Davis 2 0-0 4. Totals 30 14-21 81.
WEAVER – Madison Atchley 2 0-2 4, Kinley Marvesty 0 0-0 0, Jazmyne Gregory 0 0-0 0, Taylor Lawrence 2 0-0 5, D.J. Gibbs 5 1-2 11, Tiana Lawrence 1 1-2 4, Haley Homesley 10 4-4 28. Totals 20 4-8 51.
Ohatchee 29 19 22 11 – 81
Weaver 11 14 17 9 – 51
3-point goals: Ohatchee 7 (Snow, Dunaway, Vice 2, McFry, Rainwater 2); Weaver 5 (Homesley 4, Ta. Lawrence). Fouled out: Ti. Lawrence, Homesley. Total fouls: Ohatchee 12, Weaver 13. Officials: Lackey, Taylor, Wilson.
FAITH CHRISTIAN 45, WESTBROOK CHRISTIAN 40: Ariana Arevalo got the Lady Lions going early and Babatunmise Aremu helped them close it out late.
Arevalo scored eight points of her 13 points in the first quarter and Aremu scored eight of her 15 in the fourth. Alligrace Emerson kept them in it in the middle two quarters with six of her nine.
Arevalo also ruled the glass with 23 rebounds and three blocked shots. Emerson had six assists and eight steals. Aremu had nine rebounds and five steals.
Faith Christian 45, Westbrook Christian 40
WESTBROOK CHRISTIAN – Ellison Stewart 1 0-0 2, Kylee Wyatt 2 0-1 4, Raylee Neal 1 0-0 3, Ruby Palmer 0 0-0 0, Shah 1 0-0 3, Gracie Hyfield 2 3-6 9, Landri Lipscomb 0 1-6 6, Ella Keene 0 1-2 1, MaKayla Bean 7 3-8 15, Keyara Jones 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 8-23 40.
FAITH CHRISTIAN – Ona Marple 0 0-0 0, Ariana Arevalo 6 1-6 13, Anna Strautman 1 1-4 3, Serenity Pate 0 1-2 1, Alligrace Emerson 4 1-5 9, Joelle Tillery 1 0-0 3, Erin McVeigh 0 1-2 1, Megan Ford 0 0-0 0, Babatunmise Aremu 7 1-2 15. Totals 19 6-21 45.
Westbrook 11 7 10 12 – 40
Faith 13 10 4 18 – 45
3-point goals: Westbrook 4 (Neal, Shah, Hyfield 2); Faith 1 (Tillery). Total fouls: Westbrook 17, Faith 15. Officials: Askew, Wan, McClendon.
PIEDMONT 54, GLENCOE 49: Ava Pope led three Piedmont scorers in double figures with 19 points as the Lady Bulldogs moved a little closer to the .500 mark. The win raised their season record to 10-11.
LeLe Ridley scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds and Jaycee Glover added 11 for Piedmont. Pope and Glover each hit three 3-pointers and the Lady Bulldogs’ top three scorers were a combined 13-of-19 from the free throw line.
Kinslee Gray led Glencoe with 19 points. Kayla Traylor had 16.
Piedmont 54, Glencoe 49
GLENCOE –Madelyn Amerson 0 0-0 0, Adley Massenberg 0 0-0 0, Katie Giles 0 0-0 0, Kinslee Gray 8 0-1 19, Kayla Traylor 7 2-4 16, Bri Beyerle 1 0-0 2, Hailey Hanners 2 2-2 6, Jaxson Sizemore 0 6-6 6, Mahaiya Cherry 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 10-13 49.
PIEDMONT –Ava Pope 5 6-7 19, Jaycee Glover 4 3-6 14, LeLe Ridley 4 4-6 12, Cayla Brothers 0 0-0 0, Armoni Perry 1 0-0 2, Z’hayla Walker 1 0-0 2, Emily Farmer 2 1-1 5. Totals 17 14-20 54.
Glencoe 7 13 14 15 – 49
Piedmont 11 12 15 16 – 54
3-point goals: Glencoe 3 (Gray 3); Piedmont 6 (Pope 3, Glover 3). Fouled out: Sizemore. Total fouls: Glencoe 18, Piedmont 12. Officials: Mallicoat, Pratt, Batey.
SPRING GARDEN 82, CLEBURNE COUNTY 57: Spring Garden basketball coach Ricky Austin was blunt with Lexy Adkison at halftime, and the senior center responded.
Adkison scored 21 of her game-high 29 points in the second half. She also added nine rebounds, two assists, two steals and a blocked shot.
“All I really told her at halftime was you’re not playing good enough,” Austin said. “It’s the time of year where seniors have to step up. You’re not playing hard enough. You’re not playing well enough on the offensive end.You’ve got to flip that switch … t seemed like when Lexy scored, her defensive game and rebounding game went up. I thought she stepped it up real nice.”
Adkison wasn’t the only Lady Panther who stepped things up. Eighth grade point guard Ace Austin contributed 25 points, including three 3-pointers; she also had five boards, four steals and a pair of blocked shots. Filling in for injured Neely Welsh (hamstring), eighth grade forward Maggie Jarrett posted a double-double, with 13 points and 10 boards, and four steals.
Brooklyn McDaniel led Cleburne County with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Haley Price hit five 3-pointers and had 20 points and seven rebounds. Faith Brown finished with 12 points.– Shannon Fagan, WEIS Radio
Spring Garden 82, Cleburne County 57
CLEBURNE COUNTY –Brooklyn McDaniel 9-15 2-3 21, Hailey Price 7-17 1-2 20, Faith Crown 5-13 0-0 12, Haven Freeman 1-4 0-0 3, Olivia McDaniel 1-1 0-0 2, Libby Altman 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 23-52 3-5 57.
SPRING GARDEN –Ace Austin 9 4-4 25, Abbie Woods 0 0-0 0, Sarah Kate McKay 4 0-0 12, Lexy Adkison 13 2-2 29, Abbey Steward 2 0-0 6, Maggie Jarrett 3 4-4 10. Totals 31 10-10 82.
Cleburne County 11 19 15 12 – 57
Spring Garden 14 18 27 23 – 82
3-point goals: Cleburne County 8-21 (B. McDaniel 1-4, Price 5-8, Brown 2-6, Freeman 0-1, Altman 0-2); Spring Garden 10 Maggie Jarrett 3 4-4 10, (Austin 3, McKay 4, Adkison, Steward 2). Total fouls: Cleburne County 11, Spring Garden 10.
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