Chelsea, lately
- Updated: November 22, 2016
Tuesday girls roundup: Cleburne County wins Champions Girls Classic, Chelsea Parker named MVP after going for 24 in 46-44 title win over Pleasant Valley
By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today
ALEXANDRIA (Nov. 22) — Chelsea Parker was a presence in the post, breaking out for 24 points and nine rebounds, to win MVP honors as Cleburne County held off Pleasant Valley 46-44 to win the Champions Girls Thanksgiving Classic Tuesday night.
Parker scored only four points in each of the Lady Tigers’ first two tournament games in the sparkling Champions Sports Academy gym. But she was a force down low in the finals, regularly putting herself in the right place at the right time for the many easy put-backs the winners converted.
“I went back and watched film of the first two games,” Cleburne County coach Todd Gable said. “She was doing great posting up, she just wasn’t finishing. So we went back, even today when we had her in athletics, and she worked real hard posting up and doing her stuff and it showed tonight. We knew she’d eventually break out.”
The game was back-and-forth throughout until Parker scored six straight points late in the fourth quarter to give the Lady Tigers (3-0) a 46-41 lead with a minute to play. She started the flurry with a layup that gave her team the lead for good, scored on a put-back after a turnover and finished off the run with another inside basket.
She had 14 of her points in the second half.
“I just had to practice more and just keep at it,” she said. “I know I was going to get there, but I didn’t know how soon it would be so I had to keep working. This is one the greatest moment. I’ve never gotten an MVP for basketball so this is really awesome.”
Pleasant Valley, looking to avenge one of its three losses from last season, rallied to make it a two-point game in the closing seconds and had a chance to tie in with less than a second to play in regulation. Leading scorer Atleigh Brannon went to the line for two free throws with three-tenths of a second left, but missed the first shot and never attempted the second.
Brannon finished with 24 points for the Lady Raiders.
Alexandria 45, Ohatchee 18
The Lady Cubs came to the gym a little earlier than normal Tuesday to erase the disappointment of missing so many short shots in the semifinals the night before and won the consolation game convincingly.
Bre Bradford worked on her extension to the basket and it helped her outscore the Lady Indians by herself, going for 24.
“She converted better tonight, she made the easy ones,” Alexandria coach Craig Tucker said. “She’s to kind of a point where she can be as good as she wants to be. We want her to be real good but we push real hard every day.”
White Plains 46, Weaver 31
Grey Young hit three of her four 3-pointers in the first quarter and the Lady Wildcats were off and running. Young finished with 14 points. Shelby Wood added 10. Caleigh Cortez led Weaver with 11 points.
Faith Christian 47, Westbrook Christian 38
Kristin Covington and Sydnee Johnson scored 13 points apiece and the offense drained eight 3-point shots Lady Lions drained eight 3-point shots to finally get a win in the tournament. Johnson also grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds.
Tuesday’s Results
Champions Sports Academy Thanksgiving Classic
Faith Christian 47, Westbrook Christian 38
White Plains 46, Weaver 31
Alexandria 45, Ohatchee 18
Cleburne County 46, Pleasant Valley 44
Wednesday’s Games
Snead State Thanksgiving Classic
Jacksonville vs. Boaz, 3:30 p.m.
J.B. Pennington vs. Gadsden City, 5 p.m.
DAR vs. Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.
Madison County vs. Douglas, 8 p.m.
CHAMPIONS SPORTS ACADEMY GIRLS THANKSGIVING CLASSIC
Championship Game
Cleburne County 46, Pleasant Valley 44
PLEASANT VALLEY (3-1) – Kara Perry 1 0-0 2, Lindsey Pritchett 2 0-0 4, Mac Parris 4 0-0 8, Atleigh Brannon 8 7-9 24, Katie Lawler 0 0-0 0, Emma Hood 0 0-0 0, Mikala Simpson 0 2-4 2, Courtney Upton 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 9-13 44.
CLEBURNE COUTNY (3-0) – Shawntavia Boyd 3 0-2 6,Erykah Ware 3 0-0 6, Chelsea Parker 12 0-3 24, Lauren Brown 0 0-0 0, Kiara Akles 2 0-0 4, Alex Casey 2 0-0 4, Tatiana Ervin 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 0-5 46.
Pleasant Valley 12 9 15 8 — 44
Cleburne County 12 8 18 8 — 46
3-point goals: PV 1 (Brannon). Fouled out: Brown. Total fouls: PV 12, Cleburne County 17. Officials: Lemon, Montgomery, Smith.
Third-place Game
Alexandria 45, Ohatchee 18
OHATCHEE (1-3) – Jasmine Adams 0 0-0 0, Tori Vice 0 1-2 1, Ally McCoy 2 0-0 5, Kourtney Shuler 2 0-0 4, Marli Hanks 0 0-0 0, Maggie Phillips 1 0-0 2, Reagan Snow 1 0-0 2, Kacie Cooper 1 0-0 2, Mandy Jennings 1 0-0 2. Totals 8 1-2 18.
ALEXANDRIA – Kameron Simpson 0 1-2 1, Sarah Kilgore 0 0-0 0, Bre Bradford 11 2-6 24, Kaitlyn Harvey 3 0-2 6, Molly Parker 0 2-2 2, Lauren McLaughlin 0 0-0 0, Kayleigh Steen 1 0-0 2, Allison Bonds 1 0-0 2, Shelby Lowery 0 1-4 1, Destiny Heathcock 2 1-2 5, Aleira Bradford 1 0-1 2. Totals 19 7-18 45.
Ohatchee 7 5 2 4 — 18
Alexandria 17 15 11 2 — 45
3-point goals: Ohatchee 1 (McCoy). Total fouls: Ohatchee 13, Alexandria 5.
Fifth-place Game
White Plains 46, Weaver 31
WEAVER – Caleigh Cortez 4 3-5 11, Tayanna Perry 1 0-0 2, Rayne Beck 0 6-8 6, Emily Reed 2 0-0 5, Anna Howell 0 0-0 0, Amira Carter 1 1-2 3, Mariah Thompson 2 0-2 4, Abby Gaines 0 0-0 0. Totals 10 10-17 31.
WHITE PLAINS – Rian Chandler 0 2-4 2, Hanna Dyar 0 0-0 0, Hannah Barno 1 1-2 4, Jordan Sabree 0 0-0 0, Landry Bussey 2 0-5 4, Chasity Nelson 0 0-0 0, Ary Rosario 1 1-1 3, Greg Young 5 0-0 14, Shelby Wood 3 4-8 10, Jocelyn Harris 4 1-2 9. Totals 16 9-22 46.
Weaver 5 8 6 12 — 31
White Plains 13 10 7 16 — 46
3-point goals: Weaver 1 (Reed); White Plains 5 (Barno, Young 4). Fouled out: Thompson, Perry. Total fouls: Weaver 22, White Plains 14. Officials: Eric Stringer, Warren Askew, Mannon Banks.
Seventh-place Game
Faith Christian 47, Westbrook Christian 38
FAITH CHRISTIAN – Emily Sills 1 3-6 6, Shelby Phillips 2 0-0 5, Kassidy Nix 0 0-0 0
Zana Christjohn 0 0-0 0, Sarah Jessica Christjohn 0 0-0 0, Kristin Covington 4 3-5 13, Sydnee Johnson 4 4-6 13, C.J. Setters 1 0-0 2, Sarah Kate McVeigh 0 0-0 0, Logan Boyd 3 0-4 6. Totals 15 10-21 47.
WESTBROOK CHRISTIAN – Macie Beecham 4 2-4 10, McKenzie Saunders 2 0-2 5, Tochi Osuji 2 1-8 5, King 0 1-2 1, Madelyn Loyd 5 4-5 14, Autumn Ingle 1 0-0 3. Totals 14 8-21 38.
Faith Christian 11 11 16 9 — 47
Westbrook Christian 9 12 4 13 — 38
3-point goals: Faith 7 (Sills, Phillips, Convington 2, Johnson, Boyd 2); Westbrook 2 (Saunders, Ingle). Total fouls: Westbrook 15, Faith 17
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