Lady Indians win 3-for-all
- Updated: December 7, 2021
Girls roundup: Ohatchee beats Piedmont’s plan for containing Crook, hits 10 3-pointers in area win; Anniston, PV, Faith pick up area wins, Ragland’s Day-Jones joins 1,000-point club and more
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Anniston 56, White Plains 41
Cherokee County 52, Jacksonville 38
Faith Christian 39, Coosa Christian 18
Glencoe 47, Southside 45
Moody 58, Alexandria 48
Ohatchee 54, Piedmont 31
Pleasant Valley 55, Weaver 27
Ragland 55, Victory Christian 30
Ranburne 73, Donoho 17
By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today
PIEDMONT – Having a player like Jorda Crook in the lineup gives a team a chance to win on any night, but the key to having sustained success is finding a way to get something done when opponents try their darnedest to scheme that player out of the game.
Piedmont schemed to make life difficult for Crook and her Ohatchee teammates Tuesday night, but the Lady Indians beat the strategy. They hit 10 3-pointers over the Piedmont zone designed to smother Crook down low and rode it to a 54-31 area victory.
Crook battled for her usual 20 points (and 11 rebounds), but a lot of it came after her team built a comfortable lead behind its long-range gunners. The Lady Indians (3-3) were so sharp from the outside — and defensively — they had more points off 3-pointers than Piedmont had points in the game at the end of each of the first three quarters.
“I get on to them all the time,” Ohatchee coach Bryant Ginn said. “They think Jorda’s Superwoman and she can be, but she can’t be that every single play to go make every play and they just throw some crazy passes.
“We say you’re going to have to step up. They’re going to double Jorda, we’re going to make them stop. I thought we did that tonight. I feel like one game last year we may have caught lightning in a bottle like that. Ten 3s in an area game, that’s good.”
Five players combined for the 10. Morgan Foushee, who couldn’t seem to miss in warmups, got the 3-for-all started by burying three in a row in the first quarter to give her team the lead for good. In fact, nine of the Tribe’s first 13 field goals stretching into the third quarter were 3-pointers.
Whitney McFry, Millie Rainwater and Crook each had two and Lindsey Zurchin had one. The Lady Indians, who hit 14 3s in their first five games and never more than four in any one of them, hit eight in the first half and had a 13-point lead.
“It was a good vibe tonight,” Foushee said. “We were just all working together. It was just a good night, period.”
Class 3A Area 11
Ohatchee 54, Piedmont 31
OHATCHEE (3-3) –Whitney McFry 2 0-0 6, Tabitha Davidson 0 0-0 0, Morgan Foushee 3 1-2 10, Mia Waters 0 0-0 0, Gracie George 3 1-2 7, Millie Rainwater 3 0-0 8, Kiana Garber 0 0-0 0, Jorda Crook 7 4-6 20, Lindsey Zurchin 1 0-0 3. Totals 19 6-10 54.
PIEDMONT (1-1) –Ava Pope 3 3-4 10, Josie Young 0 0-0 0, Rylie Ann Holbrooks 0 0-2 0, Jaycee Glover 0 1-2 1, Lele Ridley 3 2-2 10, Carson Young 0 0-0 0, Gracie Naugher 0 0-2 0, Z’Hayla Walker 2 0-0 4, Hannaah Kate Baraber 0 0-0 0, Emily Farmer 2 0-0 6. Totals 10 6-12 31.
Ohatchee 14 17 14 9 – 54
Piedmont 10 8 10 3 – 31
3-point goals: Ohatchee 10 (McFry 2, Foushee 3, Rainwater 2, Crook 2, Zurchin); Piedmont 5 (Pope, Ridley 2, Farmer 2). Total fouls: Ohatchee 10, Piedmont 11. Officials: McGraw, Merritt, Lebello.
Pleasant Valley 55, Weaver 27
PLEASANT VALLEY –Lily Henry 5 2-4 14, Rylee Haynes 8 2-5 19, Rebekah Gannaway 0 1-2 1, Marlie Wright 0 2-2 2, Kianna Hester 1 0-0 3, Gracie Hood 3 0-0 6, Macey Roper 4 2-7 10, Anna Worthy 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 9-20 55.
WEAVER –Madison Atchley 2 0-0 5, Erionna Richmond 2 0-2 4, D.J. Gibbs 2 3-8 7, Taylor Lawrence 2 0-1 5, Naveah Hawkins 1 0-0 3, Tiana Lawrence 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 3-10 27.
Pleasant Valley 19 15 12 9 – 55
Weaver 7 0 10 10 – 27
3-point goals: Pleasant Valley 4 (Henry 2, Haynes, Hester).; Weaver 4 (Atchley, Gibbs, Ta. Lawrence, Hawkins). Total fouls: Pleasant Valley 13, Weaver 14.
Class 4A Area 9
Anniston 56, White Plains 41
ANNISTON – Tasia West 1 0-0 2, Serena Hardy 6 10-16 24, Nina Farrow 2 4-7 10, Shiwaanna Jackson 1 0-0 2, Matasia Truss 0 0-0 0, Tiaawna Thomas 2 1-2 5, Akayla Perry 3 0-0 9, Tykeria Smith 1 2-9 4. Totals 16 17-34 56.
WHITE PLAINS – Callyn Martin 4 0-1 11, Cooper Martin 0 0-0 0, Hallie Williams 0 0-0 0, Halie Smith 0 0-0 0, Camden Wilson 3 1-1 7, Adriana Sotelo 3 0-0 9, Angel Bozarth 3 3-5 11, Cassidy Arnold 1 0-0 3. Totals 14 4-7 41.
Anniston 13 16 17 10 – 56
White Plains 18 9 6 8 – 41
3-point goals: Anniston 7 (Hardy 2, Farrow 2, Perry 3); White Plains 9 (Cl. Martin 3, Sotelo 3, Bozarth 2, Arnold). Fouled out: Sotelo. Total fouls: Anniston 16, White Plains 20. Officials: Kelley, Jarrett, Batey.
Class 4A Area 10
CHEROKEE COUNTY 52, JACKSONVILLE 38: The Golden Eagles got off to a slow start and never recovered. They played Cherokee County even in the second half, but were behind 26-12 at halftime.
The game was fairly even in the major statistical categories, but the difference was Jacksonville’s 24 turnovers, which the Lady Warriors turned into 15 points.
Mary Hayes Johnson led Cherokee County with 13 points and four steals. Ella Gramany had 10 points and Audrey Green had nine points and five steals. Jacksonville’s Amarie Curry led all scorers with 19 points. Ashley Grant had 11 points and DeAsia Prothro grabbed 10 rebounds.
Cherokee County 52, Jacksonville 38
CHEROKEE COUNTY – Mary Hayes Johnson 5-14 1-2 13, Ella Garmany 4-5 2-4 10, Audrey Green 3-13 2-3 9, Grayson Tucker 3-6 1-2 7, Emily Allen 2-4 0-0 5, Carson Coley 1-2 2-2 4, Audrey Haygood 1-3 2-2 4. Totals 19-47 10-15 52.
JACKSONVILLE – Amarie Curry 5-13 7-11 19, Ashley Grant 4-7 1-1 11, Alexis Phillips 2-3 0-0 4, DeAsia Prothro 1-2 0-1 2, Kiara LaCount 1-2 0-0 2, Mya Swain 0-5 0-0 0, MiArah Hardy 0-0 0-0 0, Haalaina Lozano 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-32 8-13 38.
Cherokee County 11 15 19 7 – 52
Jacksonville 4 8 19 7 – 38
3-point goals: Cherokee County 4-21 (Johnson 2-9, Garmany 0-1, Green 1-7, Allen 1-2, Coley 0-1, Haygood 0-1); Jacksonville 4-12 (Curry 2-3, Grant 2-4, Phillips 0-1, Swain 0-4). Rebounds: Cherokee County 24 (Garmany 4, Tucker 4, Allen 4); Jacksonville 29 (Prothro 10, Curry 5). Total fouls: Cherokee County 11, Jacksonville 13.
Class 1A Area 10
FAITH CHRISTIAN 39, COOSA CHRISTIAN 18: Anna Strautman led all scorers with 10 points as the Lady Lions improved to 3-1 in area play. Arianna Arevalo dominated the boards with 11 rebounds. Joelle Tillery had nine points, Megan Ford had eight points, five rebounds and three blocked shots.
RAGLAND 55, VICTORY CHRISTIAN 30: Sammie Day-Jones became the newest member of Ragland’s 1,000-point club when she surpassed the milestone midway through the first quarter of the non-area game.
The senior needed three coming into the game and hit the mark on a 3-pointer and became coach Sawyer Merritt’s first 1,000-point scorer.
“What Sammie accomplished tonight is incredible and rare,” Merritt said. “The fact she reached 1,000 points despite sitting out her junior year (last season) with a torn ACL is a testament to her talent and work ethic.
“Sammie means so much to this team and this community and her legacy will certainly live on.”
Day-Jones finished with 17 points to lead three Ragland scorers in double figures and now has 1,014 for her career. Cadence Buchanan had 15 and Campbell Adams had 14.
Ragland 55, Victory Christian 30
VICTORY CHRISTIAN – Katie Shadix 2 1-2 5, Amelia Haney 1 0-0 3, Grace Haney 2 1-2 5, Kyra Keller 0 1-2 1, Haley Hendrix 6 1-6 13, Leah Klinner 0 0-2 0, Madelyn Etheridge 1 0-0 2, Brooke Wydemon 0 1-2 1, Jemma Hazelwood 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 5-16 30.
RAGLAND (6-1) – Sammie Day-Jones 8 0-2 17, Rylee Mickler 2 0-0 4, Cadence Buchanan 6 3-6 15, Campbell Adams 6 2-4 14, Aubrey Ball 0 2-6 2, Jamie Rains 0 1-2 1, Heather Bird 0 0-0 0, Nya Brewster 1 0-1 2. Totals 23 8-21 55.
Victory 6 2 15 7 – 30
Ragland 15 16 16 8 – 55
3-point goals: Victory 1 (A. Haney); Ragland 1 (Day-Jones). Fouled out: Brewster. Total fouls: Victory 17, Ragland 17. Officials: Mallicoat, Dyar, Pratt.
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