Carr arrives in time

By EASportsToday.com
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Updated: December 10, 2016

Roundup: Carr’s two big steals in the final minute save White Plains from losing a big lead in area opener; results from county games and full box scores

Michael McGuirk (15) drives to the basket against Cherokee County’s Colin Edwards. On the cover, Macy Carr gets aggressive on defense. (Photos by B.J. Franklin/GungHo Photos)

Friday’s Boys Scores
Alexandria 65, Cleburne County 38
Saks 49, Jacksonville 39
Smiths Station 66, Anniston 55
Spring Garden 60, Donoho 35
White Plains 56, Cherokee County 52
Pleasant Valley at Piedmont
Sylacauga at Talladega
Weaver at Lincoln

Friday’s Girls Scores
Anniston 58, Smiths Station 41
Cherokee County 38, White Plains 30 (OT)
Cleburne County 54, Alexandria 42
Lincoln 57, Weaver 53
Pleasant Valley 50, Piedmont 37
Saks 50, Jacksonville 48
Spring Garden 66, Donoho 26
Sylacauga at Talladega

Saturday’s Games
Pleasant Valley at Sand Rock

TV24 Holiday Showcase, Pete Mathews Coliseum, Jacksonville
Ohatchee vs. Asbury, 9 a.m.
Jacksonville vs. Geraldine, 10:30 a.m.
Alexandria vs. Oxford, noon
Anniston vs. Cherokee County, 1:30 p.m.
Guntersville vs. Plainview, 3 p.m.
White Plains vs. Talladega, 4:30 p.m.
Spain Park vs. Gadsden City, 6 p.m.
Sacred Heart vs. Mountain Brook, 7:30 p.m.

By East Alabama Sports Today

ANNISTON – Macy Carr made two big steals in the final minute of a game that all of sudden had gotten tight and turned them both into points lifting White Plains to a 56-52 area win over Cherokee County in a battle of top 10 Class 4A teams.

The No. 8 Wildcats (6-2) had a 17-point lead at one point in the game, but the No. 7 Warriors (2-1) cut it to one and had the ball after a White Plains turnover with 40 seconds to play.

Carr made one steal and hit two free throws after being fouled to give the Wildcats a little breathing room, then stole the next play and hit a basket to push the lead to five.

“We were on the ropes,” White Plains coach Chris Randall said. “They hadn’t led since early in the game. To be up 17 and then have the lead cut all the way to one and they got the ball and all the momentum, that’s a great time to lose. Then Macy makes two fabulous defensive plays.”

Carr finished with 18 points. White Plains’ Michael McGuirk led all scorers with 26; he had 18 in the first half as the Wildcats opened a 32-23 lead.

Kyle Burgess led Cherokee County with 14 points and played a big role in helping bring the Warriors back. He scored eight straight points at one point in the third quarter – a 2 and two 3s – to bring them back inside single digits.

Burgess hit four 3-pointers in the game, but didn’t play in the fourth quarter after getting hit in the face. The Warriors had 11 field goals through the first three quarters and five of them were 3-pointers.

“He was the only guy who made field goals for them (in the third quarter),” Randall said. “He hit a 2 and two 3s and just like that it was a fight.”

Colin Edwards had seven points and Chris Roden had six in the Warriors’ fourth-quarter surge. Roden finished with 13 points.

“It was really a defensive battle in the second half,” Randall said. “Every bucket felt like a touchdown, like we were against six or seven kids. We were able to find enough guys out of some double teams to get some buckets late.”

And their Carr arrived just in time to get them out of there.

Chris Roden pops a jumper against White Plains’ Brett Beaver (33). (Photo by B.J. Franklin/GungHo Photos)

Saks 49, Jacksonville 39: Tray Huguley filled the box score with 16 points, 17 rebounds and two blocked shots. Rivan Hill led Jacksonville with 20 points and Alex Davis grabbed 11 rebounds.

Alexandria 65, Cleburne County 38: Dalton Dodd led three Valley Cubs in double figures with 16 points. Austin Taylor had 14 and Josh Tucker added 11. The ninth-ranked Cubs (6-0) broke it open with an 18-4 second quarter that gave them a 37-14 halftime lead.

GIRLS GAMES
Saks 50, Jacksonville 48 – Miracle Dennard scored 12 points, grabbed six rebounds and had seven steals as the Lady Wildcats rallied from an early deficit and then held on to win.

The Lady Wildcats fell behind 11-3 in the first quarter, but caught fire in the middle two periods.

Saks’ TeeTee Jenkins came off the bench to lead all scorers with 21 points; she also grabbed 10 rebounds. Aniyah Robinson led Jacksonville with 19 points and nine rebounds. Kayla Broom had 10 points and 15 boards for the Lady Golden Eagles.

Pleasant Valley 50, Piedmont 37: Mikala Simpson scored 16 points, while Atleigh Brannon and Kara Perry each scored 12 to lead PV. The ninth-ranked Lady Raiders (5-2) are about to embark on a three-game gauntlet against ranked opponents starting Saturday at 2A No. 10 Sand Rock.

Cleburne County 54, Alexandria 42: Shawtavia Boyd scored 25 points, hitting 11 of 14 free throws, and grabbed 10 rebounds as the undefeated Lady Tigers (7-0) celebrated their first game as a ranked team (No. 10 5A). The game featured 54 fouls and 74 free throws.

The Lady Tigers opened a 12-point halftime lead while holding Alexandria’s top scorer Connieya Bradford scoreless. Destiny Heathcock led the Lady Cubs with 12 points.

Cherokee County 38, White Plains 30 (OT): Kendal Perry hit one of her three 3-pointers and the fifth-ranked Lady Warriors (6-0) hit seven of eight free throws all in overtime to survive the upset bid.

White Plains led 14-5 after the first quarter behind seven points from Shelby Wood and 24-22 entering the fourth.
Cherokee County was 18-of-25 from the line for the game. Perry finished with 14 points. Wood led White Plains with 12.

White Plains’ Shelby Wood (22) moves the pieces against Cherokee County’s Kendal Perry. Both players were their respective teams’ high scorers in the overtime game. (Photo by B.J. Franklin/GungHo Photos)

FRIDAY’S GIRLS BOX SCORES
Saks 50, Jacksonville 48
SAKS – TeeTee Jenkins 9-15 3-9 21, Miracle Dennard 4-11 2-2 12, Maiya Northard 5-14 1-3 12, Aniya Carlise 2-4 0-0 4, Takeidra Borden 0-2 1-3 1, Amari Nealy 0-0 0-2 0, Summer Baxter 0-1 0-0 0, Alexis Petty 0-1 0-0 0, Izzy Shaver 0-1 0-0 0, Madison Tate 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-49 7-19 50.

JACKSONVILLE – Aniyah Robinson 8-15 2-6 19, Kayla Broom 5-12 0-2 10, Aniya Jefferson 3-6 1-1 7, Essence Hutchinson 2-7 0-1 6, Tatiyana Thomas 1-10 1-2 4, Maddie Hall 1-4 0-2 2, Idea Gray 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 20-55 4-14 48.

Saks 3 17 18 12 — 50
Jacksonville 11 11 5 21 — 48

3-point goals: Saks 3-7 (Dennard 2-4, Northard 1-3); Jacksonville 4-17 (Robinson 1-3, Broom 0-2, Hutchinson 2-7, Thomas 1-5). Rebounds: Saks 32 (Jenkins 10, Dennard 6); Jacksonville 48 (Broom 15, Robinson 9). Fouled out: Jefferson. Total fouls: Saks 19, Jacksonville 18.

Cleburne County 54, Alexandria 42
CLEBURNE COUNTY (7-0) – Shawntavia Boyd 7 11-14 25, Olivia McDaniel 0 0-0 0, Erykah Ware 1 3-6 5, Chelsea Parker 3 1-3 7, Lauren Brown 0 0-2 0, Kiara Akles 3 0-2 7, Haven Freeman 0 0-0 0, Alex Casey 2 2-4 6, Tatiana Ervin 0 2-4 2, Totals 16 19-35 52.

ALEXANDRIA – Destiny Heathcock 3 5-7 12, KayLeigh Steen 0 1-2 1, Kameron Simpson 2 1-4 5, Sarah Kilgore 1 2-4 5, Connieya Bradford 2 3-8 7, Kaitlin Harvey 0 2-6 2, Molly Parker 1 0-0 3, Allsion Bonds 0 0-0 0, Shelby Lowery 0 7-8 7. Totals 9 21-39 42.

Cleburne County 12 15 13 12 — 52
Alexandria 8 7 15 12 — 42

3-point goals: Cleburne County 1 (Akles); Alexandria 3 (Heathcock, Kilgore, Parker). Fouled out: Akles, Ervin, Heathcock, Parker. Total fouls: Cleburne County 30, Alexandria 24. Officials: Strong, Morris, Lemans.

Cherokee County 38, White Plains 30 (OT)
CHEROKEE COUNTY (6-0) – Coley Battles 1 2-4 4, Emily Williams 0 4-4 4, Laney Johnson 1 3-4 5, Kendal Perry 4 3-5 14, Crimson Mahannah 0 6-7 6, Jensen Alexander 2 0-1 5. Totals 8 18-25 38.

WHITE PLAINS — Rian Chandler 1 0-0 3, Hanna Dyar 1 0-1 2, Hannah Barno 0 0-0 0, Jordan Sabree 0 0-0 0, Landry Bussey 0 1-2 1, Chasity Nelson 0 0-0 0, Ary Rosario 1 0-0 2, Grey Young 2 1-4 6, Shelby Wood 5 2-4 12, Jocelyn Harris 2 0-2 4. Totals 12 4-13 30.

Cherokee Co. 5 10 7 6 10 — 38
White Plains 14 2 8 4 2 — 30

3-point goals: Cherokee County 4 (Perry 3, Alexander); White Plains 2 (Chandler, Young). Total fouls: Cherokee Co. 13, White Plains 19. Officials: Phillips, Batey, Worthams.

FRIDAY’S BOYS BOX SCORES
White Plains 56, Cherokee County 52
CHEROKEE COUNTY (2-1) – Zac Wright 0 0-0 0, Jacob Graves 1 0-0 2, Chris Roden 5 3-5 13, Josh Dobbs 1 0-0 3, Kyle Burgess 5 0-0 14, Colin Edwards 2 4-4 9, Marcus Barrington 1 0-0 3, Jy Lockridge 0 0-0 0, Will Hawkins 0 0-0 0, Quartez Henderson 2 4-7 8, Riley Russell 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 11-26 52.

WHITE PLAINS (6-2) – Jaylen Jackson 0 0-0 0, Peyton Morgan 0 0-0 0, Dylan McCareeth 1 0-0 2, Austin Bussey 0 0-0 0, Andrew McCarter 0 0-1 0, Michael McGuirk 9 6-10 26, Drake Preston 0 0-0 0, Macey Carr 8 2-5 18, Gavin Burrage 1 0-1 2, Brett Beaver 2 4-6 8. Totals 21 12-23 56.

Cherokee County 14 9 10 19 — 52
White Plains 18 14 12 12 — 56

3-point goals: Cherokee County 7 (Burgess 4, Edwards, Dobbs, Barrington); White Plains 2 (McGuirk 2). Fouled out: Henderson. Total fouls: Cherokee County 21, White Plains 13. Officials: Hughes, Wortham, Chambers.

Alexandria 65, Cleburne County 38
CLEBURNE COUNTY – Brock Swafford 1 0-0 2, Isavia Brown 0 0-0 0, Stashun Henson 4 7-8 15, Landon Embry 1 1-4 3, John Robinson 2 3-4 7, Caleb Brown 1 0-0 2, Josh Brown 2 0-0 5, AJ Brown 1 0-0 2, Parker Freeman 1 0-0 2, Avery Gentry 0 0-0 0, Noah Holloway 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 11-16 38.

ALEXANDRIA (6-0) – Devan Grant 0 2-2 2, Chase Smitherman 2 2-4 6, Austin Taylor 4 3-4 14, Jake Weathington 1 0-0 3, Dru Davis 0 0-2 0, Dalton Dodd 7 2-3 16, Romeo Dye 1 4-6 7, Jamal Tucker 1 4-5 6, Josh Tucker 4 3-3 11. Totals 20 20-29 65.

Cleburne County 10 4 14 10 — 38
Alexandria 19 18 15 13 — 65

3-point goals: Cleburne County 1 (J. Brown); Alexandria 5 (Taylor 3, Weathington, Dye). Total fouls: Cleburne County 22, Alexandria 16. Officials: Morris, Strong, McCombs.

Saks 49, Jacksonville 39
SAKS (4-2) – Tray Huguley 7-10 2-3 16, Alfonza Ward 4-9 1-3 10, Devaughn Beason 2-11 5-7 10, Laderrick Bell 3-7 0-1 9, Jamal Stone 1-4 0-0 2, Darien Briskey 1-4 0-2 2, Jalen Borders 0-1 0-0 0, Brent Clark 0-0 0-0 0, Jaylen Young 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-46 8-16 49.

JACKSONVILLE – Rivan Hill 7-13 4-6 20, Alex Davis 2-4 1-2 5, Jay Davis 2-8 0-2 5, Josh Glass 1-1 1-2 4, DeAndre McCain 1-9 0-0 3, Hunter Vinson 1-3 0-0 2, Alex Gilbert 0-6 0-0 0, Tahj Kirkland 0-2 0-0 0, Jesse Wilson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 14-46 6-12 39

Saks 13 14 9 13 — 49
Jacksonville 8 10 8 13 — 39

3-point goals: Saks 5-17 (Ward 1-3, Beason 1-5, Bell 3-7, Stone 0-2); Jacksonville 5-22 (Hill 2-6, Davis 1-4, Glass 1-1, McCain 1-7, Gilbert 0-3, Kirkland 0-1). Rebounds: Saks 41 (Huguley 17, Ward 6); Jacksonville 30 (Davis 11). Total fouls: Saks 11, Jacksonville 13.