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Friday girls roundup

Sacred Heart earns a spot in Etowah finals after taking down Plainview again, Glencoe reaches its final for third straight year, and more

Weaver’s Abby Gaines had an open 3-pointer like this in the closing seconds that could have sent the Lady Bearcats’ semifinal in Heflin into overtime. (Photo by B.J. Franklin)

Friday’s girls games
Regular season
Jacksonville girls 43, Lincoln 27

Cleburne County Holiday Hoops Classic
Oxford 56, Piedmont 45
Ranburne 41, Randolph County 8
Pelham 39, Weaver 36
Cleburne County def. Winterboro

Etowah Girls Holiday Tournament
Sacred Heart 56, Plainview 45
Sand Rock 57, West Point 46
John Carroll vs. Ider
Handley 61, Etowah 42

Glencoe Holiday Shootout
Cherokee County 58, Ohatchee 32
Cedar Bluff 52, Holly Pond 37
Fort Payne 65, Pell City 41
Glencoe 62, Oneonta 59

Sandestin Hilton Beach Blowout
Cookeville (Tenn.) 61, White Plains 17

USMC Ball’n Holiday Invitational
Anniston 57, Carrollton (Ga.) 53
McAdory 59, Anniston 57 (OT)

By East Alabama Sports Today

ATTALLA – Sacred Heart earned a place in the Etowah Girls Holiday Tournament championship game by beating Plainview for the second time this month 56-45.

The Lady Cardinals will play second-ranked Sand Rock in the title game Saturday at 4:15 p.m. Sand Rock beat West Point 57-46.

Sacred Heart beat the Lady Bears two weeks ago by 22 points in what coach Marcus Harrell called “the biggest” win of his tenure at the time.

The Lady Cardinals didn’t jump out to as quick a start this time, falling behind 13-9 in the first quarter, but proved the first game was no upset by outscoring Plainview 23-8 over the next two quarters to take control.

Myiah Harris sparked the run to halftime with seven of her 13 points in the second quarter. Ayanna Foster had six of her 14 in the third quarter (and 11 in the second half) and Joelle Tillery had three of her four 3-pointers and 12 of her 15 points in the fourth quarter

Sacred Heart 56, Plainview 45
SACRED HEART – Alisia Person 1 0-0 3, Myiah Harris 5 0-0 13. Ayanna Foster 6 2-4 14, Joelle Tillery 5 1-1 15, Jordan Sabree 1 0-0 2, Serna Hardy 1 2-2 5, Alyssa Bell 0 0-0 0, Taysia West 1 1-2 4. Totals 20 6-9 56.
PLAINVIEW – Kenzi Traylor 1 0-0 3, Peyton Blevins 9 2-7 24, Reagan Williams 0 0-0 0, Ava Smith 1 3-4 7, Avery Price 0 1-1 1, Tobi Trotter 2 5-9 9, Jenna Mayes 1 0-0 2, Elaine Puckett 0 0-0 0, Morgan Richey 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 11-22 45.
Sacred Heart 9 13 10 24 – 56
Plainview 13 5 3 24 – 45
3-point goals: Sacred Heart 10 (Person, Harris 3, Tillery 4, Hardy, West); Plainview 6 (Traylor, Blevins 4, Smith). Total fouls: Sacred Heart 17, Plainview 13. Officials: Aldridge, Beard, Battles.

Cleburne County Holiday Hoops Classic

Weaver’s Caleigh Cortez goes hard to the basket in the closing seconds against Pelham’s Kaylyn Tomlinson (10) to get the Lady Bearcats within one. (Photo by B.J. Franklin)

HEFLIN – Weaver missed out on a chance to play for the Cleburne County Holiday Hoops Classic title when it ran out of gas late in a tight game and fell to Pelham 39-36.

The Lady Panthers were up by one in the closing seconds when Weaver missed a putback to take the lead and fouled Lauren Watts on the rebound. Watts made both free throws for her only points to put her team up by 3.

The Lady Bearcats got the ball across midcourt and coach Gary Atchley immediately called time to draw up the final play. Abby Gaines had a wide-open 3 at the buzzer to tie but the shot rimmed out.

Weaver’s Caleigh Cortez led all scorers with 20 points. The Lady Bearcats will play Winterboro in a consolation game at noon.

Pelham 39, Weaver 36
PELHAM – Myriah Tate 0 3-6 3, Laci Gogan 1 0-0 3, Kennedi Adamson 0 0-0 0, Lauren Watts 0 2-2 2, Kaylyn Tomlinson 0 0-0 0, Victoria West 7 2-2 16, Maggie Walsh 0 0-0 0, Jasmyne Hill 0 0-0 0, Katlyn Hollingsworth 0 0-0 0, Amari Springer 0 0-0 0, Emma McKenney 7 1-2 15. Totals 15 8-12 39.
WEAVER – Caleigh Cortez 6 8-12 20, Maleah Foster 1 2-2 4, Trinity Pulliam 1 0-1 2, Abby Gaines 2 0-3 4, Amira Carter 0 0-0 0, Haley Homesley 2 2-4 6. Totals 12 12-22 36.
Pelham 9 10 8 12 – 39
Weaver 9 9 7 11 – 36
3-point goals: Pelham 1 (Gogan). Fouled out: Tate. Total fouls: Pelham 22, Weaver 11. Officials: Aaron Kelley, Dylan McCareeth, Eric Ratliff.

OXFORD 56, PIEDMONT 45
The Lady Yellow Jackets carried on from the big fourth quarter they enjoyed the day before and used a big third quarter to pull away from Piedmont. Justyce Smith scored 11 of her 19 points in the third quarter and Ashleigh Jackson added seven of her 12 there as the Lady Jackets pulled away from a 25-25 halftime tie with a 22-11 third quarter. Piedmont’s Sydney Prater led all scorers with 20 points, but she had only one field goal in the second half.

Oxford 56, Piedmont 45
OXFORD – Kiki Woods 0 0-0 0, Kaleah Taylor 0 0-0 0, Emma McCullough 0 1-4 1, Lisa Montgomery 1 0-4 2, Sara Paulson 0 0-0 0, Ashleigh Jackson 5 1-2 12, Akiera Robinson 6 6-17 18, Lauren Ellard 0 0-0 0, Amirea McLeod 2 0-0 4, Justyce Smith 7 5-8 19. Totals 21 13-35 56.
PIEDMONT – Kayley Kirk 3 6-8 13, Lele Ridley 2 0-0 4, Hannah Barbee 0 0-1 0, Armani Perry 0 0-0 0, McKenzie Tolbert 1 0-2 3, Madison Tyree 1 0-0 2, Z’Hayla Walker 0 1-4 1, Sydney Prater 4 12-16 20, Kiara Jackson 0 2-2 2. Totals 11 21-33 45.
Oxford 13 12 22 9 – 56
Piedmont 17 8 11 9 – 45
3-point goals: Oxford 1 (Jackson); Piedmont 2 (Kirk, Tolbert). Fouled out: Kirk. Technical fouls: Piedmont coach Ridley. Total fouls: Oxford 21, Piedmont 20.

Glencoe Holiday Shootout

GLENCOE – Host Glencoe earned its third straight trip to its championship game – to meet Fort Payne for the third year in a row – by slipping past Oneonta 62-59.

The Lady Jackets made it their finals for the first time two years ago and beat Fort Payne for the title. The Lady Wildcats won it last year, so this will be the rubber match, so to speak.

“It’s been a pretty competitive tournament and to play another (final) against Fort Payne, it’s just a great challenge,” Glencoe coach Daniel Cook said.

Anna Beth Giles scored 13 of her 15 points in the first half as Glencoe opened a 37-27 halftime lead on Oneonta. The Lady Jackets maintained the lead throughout the game, but the Lady Redskins had a couple chances to get even in the final minute that failed to connect.

Oneonta hit eight 3-pointers in the game with leading scorer Britney Chavez accounting for six of them.

“I’m really proud of the girls for gutting out a win like that against a team like that,” Cook said.

Glencoe 62, Oneonta 59
ONEONTA – Britney Chavez 8 1-2 23, Jordan Smith 1 1-2 4, Savana Robertson 4 7-9 15
Lillian Phillips 2 2-2 7, Teagan Hartman 2 0-3 4, Laura Pass 3 0-0 6. Totals 20 11-18 59.
GLENCOE – Anna Claire Hipps 5 1-3 11, Anna Grace Goodwin 1 0-0 3, Anna Beth Giles 7 1-2 15, Ashley Morgan 2 0-0 4, Asia Dennis 0 4-4 4, Lauren Cole 3 2-2 9, Crimson Silvey 0 0-0 0, Aubrey Gray 3 4-8 10, Cami Zahorscak 2 1-2 7. Totals 23 13-21 63.
Oneonta 11 16 18 14 – 59
Glencoe 17 20 18 7 – 62
3-point goals: Oneonta 8 (Chavez 6, Smith, Phillips); Glencoe 4 (Goodwin, Cole, Zachorscak 2). Fouled out: Robertson, Hipps, Morgan. Total fouls: Oneonta 20, Glencoe 20. Officials: Morriss, Oden, Smith.

Regular season

JACKSONVILLE – Kayla Broom scored 16 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and had five assists as Jacksonville picked up a regular-season game between teams not playing in a holiday tournament and beat Lincoln 43-27. The Lady Golden Eagles also held the visitors to 1-of-22 shooting from outside the 3-point arc.

Jacksonville 43, Lincoln 27
LINCOLN – Jayla Morris 3-9 3-4 9, Abigail Smith 2-10 2-5 7, Makayla Groce 2-5 0-3 4, Bailey Gowers 1-3 1-2 3, Taylor Conway 1-3 0-1 2, Keishaunna Strown 1-13 0-0 2, Clarke Cunningham 0-0 0-0 0, Jaylah King 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 10-47 6-15 27.
JACKSONVILLE – Kayla Broom 5-11 6-8 16, Brenna Stone 4-7 0-1 8, Malijah Goggins 3-6 0-0 8, Amarie Curry 2-4 1-5 5, TiAsia Williams 1-5 1-4 4, Aly Meagher 1-3 0-0 2, Rebekah Gannaway 0-4 0-0 0, Amia Montgomery 0-1 0-0 0, Ashlynn Farr 0-0 0-0 0, Sarah Quinn 0-0 0-0 0, Khadajah Richardson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-41 8-18 43.
Lincoln 6 2 10 9 – 27
Jacksonville 11 9 9 14 – 43
3-point goals: Lincoln 1-22 (Morris 0-3, Smith 1-6, Gowers 0-1, Strown 0-8, King 0-4); Jacksonville 3-10 (Broom 0-2, Goggins 2-5, Williams 1-2, Gannaway 0-1). Rebounds: Lincoln 31 (Smith 7); Jacksonville 47 (Broom 17, Stone 7). Fouled out: Groce, Conway, Broom. Total fouls: Lincoln 18, Jacksonville 18.

Weaver coach Gary Atchley gestures to his team what he wants done during a timeout late in their game with Pelham. (Photo by B.J. Franklin)

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