Tri-County Tournament
- Updated: January 20, 2017
Both Cleburne County teams, Clay Central boys win to reach tournament finals
By East Alabama Sports Today
LINEVILLE – Cleburne County erupted for 23 points in the fourth quarter and held game-high scorer Tyus Ford scoreless to pull out a 69-55 victory over Horseshoe Bend in the Tri-County Tournament at Central of Clay County.
Stashun Henson scored nine of his team-high 27 in the Tigers’ 23-4 fourth quarter.
Horseshoe Bend’s Tyus Ford led all scorers with 30 points, but the Tigers held him scoreless in the fourth quarter.
Clay Central 71, Ranburne 54
The Volunteers hit all five of their 3-pointers in the first half to open a big lead and maintained it by hitting 16 of 19 free throws in the game to reach the championship game.
Camerun Peoples led three Volunteers in double figures with 16 points Joe Bullock scored all 13 of his points and Davyn Flenord scored 13 of his 15 in the first half.
Devon Chambers and Jake Burson led Ranburne with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Burson scored all his points in the fourth quarter.
GIRLS GAME
Cleburne County 55, Clay Central 21
Shawntavia Boyd scored 23 points and Erykah Ware played a strong all-around game as the Lady Tigers (15-4) advanced to play Ranburne tonight for the championship.
Ware scored 10 points, grabbed five rebounds, had six steals and seven assists. Boyd scored 16 of her points in the second half. Kiara Ackles scored four points and grabbed 11 rebounds.
TRI-COUNTY TOURNAMENT
BOYS BOX SCORES
Cleburne County Horseshoe Bend 55
HORSESHOE BEND – Nalijah Heard 4 7-11 17, Braxton Walls 1 2-2 4, Tyus Ford 11 2-2 30, Chandler Lewis 0 0-0 0, Colby Cheanny 0 2-2 2, Trace Meadows 1 1-2 4, Brandon Heard 0 0-0 0, Cade Worthy 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 14-19 55.
CLEBURNE COUNTY – Brock Swafford 1 3-4 6, Stashun Henson 9 4-4 27, Avery Gentry 3 5-9 11, Chad Brown 2 3-4 7, John Robinson 3 0-2 6, Caleb Brown 1 0-0 2, Bobby Brown 0 1-2 1, Josh Brown 3 1-6 7, Will Morrow 1 0-0 2, Reese Morrison 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 17-31 69.
Horseshoe Bend 15 17 19 4 — 55
Cleburne County 18 11 17 23 — 69
3-point goals: Horseshoe Bend 9 (Meadows, N. Heard 2, Ford 6); Cleburne Co. 6 (Swafford, Henson 5). Fouled out: B. Heard. Total fouls: Horseshoe Bend 18, Cleburne County 15.
Clay Central 71, Ranburne 54
RANBURNE – Devon Chambers 5 0-0 12, Jake Burson 4 2-3 11 (all his pts in 4th)
Asa Fordham 1 0-0 3, Jordan English 1 0-0 2, Joshua Rolston 3 1-3 7, Samuel Green 1 0-0 2, Wilson Rainey 2 2-2 6, Riley Smith 2 0-0 4, Zach Benefield 1 0-0 3, Ireland Morgan 0 0-0 0, Brock Young 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 5-8 54.
CLAY CENTRAL – Davyn Flenord 5 3-3 15, Cole Burns 0 0-0 0, Ben Street 3 2-3 8, Jamal Williamson 2 0-0 4, Camerun Peoples 5 6-6 16, Shamari Simmons 2 4-4 8, Quan McKinney 2 0-0 4, LaShawn Simmons 1 0-0 2, Joe Bullock 5 0-0 13, Tae Franks 0 1-2 1, Garrett Yates 0 0-1 0. Totals 25 16-19 71.
Ranburne 12 12 14 16 — 54
Clay Central 23 23 18 7 — 71
3-point goals: Clay Central 5 (Flenord 2, Bullock 3); Ranburne 5 (Chambers 2, Burson, Fordham, Benefield). Total fouls: Clay Central 9, Ranburne 12. Officials: Paige, Teel, McDonald.
GIRLS BOX SCORE
Cleburne County 55, Clay Central 21
CLEBURNE COUNTY (15-4) – Shawntavia Boyd 8 4-4 23, Olivia McDaniel 2 0-0 4, Erykah Ware 4 2-4 10, Lauren Brown 6 0-1 12, Kiara Ackles 1 2-6 4, Haven Freeman 1 0-0 2, Alex Casey 0 0-2 0, Tatiana Ervin 0 0-0 0, Kendall Houston 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 8-17 55.
CLAY CENTRAL – Ashley McNeil 0 0-0 0, Alicia McNeil 2 0-2 2, Claire Daugherty 0 0-0 0, Alnyah Denny 0 1-4 1, Cidney Daugherty 2 1-4 6, Rilee Blair 0 0-0 0, Abby Caldwell 0 0-0 0, Essence Cunningam 1 4-6 7, Cassie Ragland 2 1-4 5, Anyel Jennings 0 0-0 0. Totals 7 7-20 21.
Cleburne County 18 6 14 17 — 50
Clay Central 7 5 2 7 — 21
3-point goals: Cleburne County 3 (Boyd 3); Clay Central 2 (Ci. Daugherty, Cunningham). Fouled out: Daugherty. Total fouls: Cleburne County 18, Clay Central 12.
Officials: Paige, Steep, McDonald.
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