Garden party
- Updated: February 14, 2019
Spring Garden girls, boys put away tough opponents to reach Class 1A Northeast Regional finals
NORTHEAST REGIONAL
(at Jacksonville State)
Thursday’s games
BOYS
Class 7A
Hoover 69, Sparkman 54
Huntsville 57, Thompson 47
Class 1A
Spring Garden 91, Lindsay Lane 65
Skyline 47, Winterboro 44
GIRLS
Class 7A
Hoover 84, Grissom 46
Sparkman 59, Tuscaloosa County 35
Class 1A
Spring Garden 49, R.A. Hubbard 38
Skyline 59, Talladega Co. Central 47
Friday’s games
BOYS
Class 6A
Oxford vs. Huffman, 10:30 a.m.
Pinson Valley vs. Lee-Huntsville, 1:30 p.m.
Class 2A
Sacred Heart vs. Fyffe, 4:30 p.m.
LaFayette vs. North Sand Mountain, 7:30 p.m.
GIRLS
Class 6A
Shades Valley vs. Hazel Green, 9 a.m.
Huffman vs. Lee-Huntsville, noon
Class 2A
Ranburne vs. Sand Rock, 3 p.m.
Sacred Heart vs. Fyffe, 6 p.m.
By East Alabama Sports Today
JACKSONVILLE – Alexandria Orr made the key shot when R.A. Hubbard beat Spring Garden with virtually no time on the clock in the 2017 state title game at the BJCC. She made no shots Thursday.
The Lady Panthers held Orr scoreless in the Class 1A Northeast Regionals and beat R.A. Hubbard 49-38 to gain a spot in the regional finals. They will play Skyline, a 59-47 winner over Talladega County Central.
Spring Garden took control of the game by holding Hubbard scoreless in a 14-0 third quarter, part of a drought that lasted nearly 10 and a half minutes in total. Hubbard was 0-for-7 from the floor and committed seven turnovers in the third quarter.
Macy Reedy led the Lady Panthers with 18 points. A.J. Broome had 11. Payton McGinnis had six points and eight rebounds. Neely Welsh had seven points and seven boards. Madison Jennings came off the bench to hit all three of her field goal attempts and score seven points.
In the Class 1A boys semifinals, Lindsay Lane’s Tommy Murr, the nation’s leading scorer, went for 52 points, but Spring Garden got big games from Weston Kirk and Isaiah Sanchez and prevailed 91-65. The Panthers will play Skyline, a 47-44 winner over Winterboro.
Sanchez scored 31 points, shooting 13-of-19 from the field. Kirk scored 25 points, shooting 10-of-17, and grabbed 12 rebounds. Luke Welsh had 13 points and eight rebounds.
Murr, who came into the game averaging 44.8 ppg, put on a prolific show. He went 19-of-40 from the floor, 8-of-15 from 3-point range. The rest of the team was 4-of-26, 2-of-21 from 3-point range.
THURSDAY BOX SCORES
CLASS 1A BOYS
Spring Garden 91, Lindsay Lane 65
LINDSAY LANE (19-14) – Marvin Fuque 2-5 0-0 5, James Caleb Johnson 0-0 0-1 0, Tommy Murr 19-40 6-8 52, Charles Morrison 2-15 3-3 8, Richard Smith 0-0 0-0 0, Max Morrison 0-4 0-0 0, Garrett Boner 0-0 0-0 0, Joseph Graves 0-0 0-0 0, Jacob McFarland 0-0 0-0 0, Owen Roberts 0-2 0-0 0, Roger Kitchen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-66 9-12 65.
SPRING GARDEN (24-6) – Weston Kirk 10-17 5-10 25, Cooper Austin 1-2 4-4 6, Ryley Kirk 3-5 0-0 9, Luke Welsh 5-7 3-4 13, Chaz Pope 0-0 2-2 2, Dalton Rogers 1-2 0-0 2, Isaiah Sanchez 13-19 3-4 31, Andrew Bates 0-0 0-0 0, Lucas Byers 0-0 1-2 1, Dylan Gowens 0-0 0-0 0, Andrew Floyd 0-1 0-0 0, Cameron Welsh 0-0 2-4 2, D’Angelo Wright 0-0 0-2 0, Denver Jarrett 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-54 20-32 91.
Lindsay Lane 18 5 27 15 – 65
Spring Garden 21 17 31 22 – 91
3-point goals: Lindsay Lane 10-36 (Fuque 1-3, Murr 8-15, C. Morrison 1-12, M. Morrison 0-4, Roberts 0-2); Spring Garden 5-14 (W. Kirk 0-1, R. Kirk 3-5, Sanchez 2-7, Floyd 0-1). Rebounds: Lindsay Lane 25 (Murr 6); Spring Garden 48 (W. Kirk 12, L. Welsh 8, Austin 7, Sanchez 7). Fouled out: C. Morrison. Total fouls: Lindsay Lane 27, Spring Garden 13. Officials: Cedric Hawkins, Chris Little, Rip Nabors.
CLASS 1A GIRLS
Spring Garden 49, R.A. Hubbard 38
R.A. HUBBARD (21-7) – Heaven Patton 2-8 1-2 6, Alexandria Orr 0-9 0-0 0, Gibrella King 3-7 0-0 8, A’Nautica King 12-20 0-0 24, Kee-Undria Bolden 0-4 0-0 0, Honesty Lee 0-0 0-0 0, Ja’Trica Crittidon 0-0 0-0 0, Bobi Rose 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-48 1-2 38.
SPRING GARDEN (24-7) – A.J. Broome 3-5 5-8 11, Macy Reedy 6-15 2=2 18, Neely Welsh 2-8 2-3 7, Payton McGinnis 0-2 6-9 6, Chloe Jarrett 0-0 0-0 0, Katie Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Kristin Tierce 0-1 0-0 0, Alexis Adkison 0-0 0-0 0, Abbey Steward 0-0 0-0 0, Madison Jennings 3-3 0-1 7.
R.A. Hubbard 9 14 0 7 – 38
Spring Garden 15 7 14 13 – 49
3-point goals: R.A. Hubbard 3-13 (Patton 1-1, Orr 0-5, King 2-6, Bolden 0-1); Spring Garden 6-21 (Broome 0-2, Reedy 4-11, Welsh 1-5, McGinnis 0-2, Jennings 1-1). Rebounds: R.A. Hubbard 22 (Bibbs 8); Spring Garden 32 (McGinnis 8, Welsh 7). Fouled out: Patton. Total fouls: R.A. Hubbard 18, Spring Garden 6. Officials: Eddie Loggins, Kelvin Ingram, Billy Paul Williams.
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