Broom’s birthday bonanza
- Updated: December 18, 2019
Girls roundup: Jacksonville’s Broom celebrates her birthday with a big game, area victory; Donoho’s Beavers scores first win as head coach, and more
Tuesday’s girls scores
Cherokee County 44, Hokes Bluff 33
Donoho 67, Jacksonville Christian 59
Glencoe 56, Gaston 21
Jacksonville 40, White Plains 25
Munford at Lincoln
Ohatchee 56, Ragland 37
Pleasant Valley 63, Wellborn 9
Ranburne 50, Wadley 19
Saks 41, Piedmont 32
Spring Garden 71, Coosa Christian 47
Talladega 56, Cleburne County 40
Talladega County Central 63, ASD 22
Winterboro 58, Victory Christian 26
By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today
There wasn’t any kind of party waiting for Kayla Broom when she got back to the locker room, but her Jacksonville teammates made sure she had a happy birthday out on the court.
Broom celebrated her 17thbirthday Tuesday night with a double-double, going for 20 points and 11 rebounds and her teammates made sure it was the happiest of birthdays by following through on a pregame promise with a 40-25 victory over White Plains.
“We told her we were going to get the win for her birthday,” Jacksonville coach Tres Buzan said. “We said let’s get this win for Kayla’s birthday. She played well.”
Broom had never played a game on her birthday before, but she celebrated by hitting eight of 21 shots from the floor. She was active right out of the gate, scoring the Lady Golden Eagles’ first nine points and blocking or altering five shots and drawing a charge in the first six minutes of the game. She also was credited with two assists and six steals in the game.
“My teammates pumped me up and since it’s my birthday they said, ‘Kayla, we’re going to win this for your birthday,’” Broom said. “When it’s your birthday usually your teammates are all going to pump you up, keep you high and always be by your side.”
Behind Broom’s fast start, the Lady Golden Eagles jumped out to a 9-2 lead that turned into a 10-6 lead at quarter’s end. The Lady Wildcats went ahead 11-10 on Lily Ponder’s short pull-up jumper, but Patience Carr’s bucket in the closing seconds of the quarter gave them a 14-13 halftime lead. Carr finished with 14 points and nine rebounds.
Broom started fast again coming out of the break, hitting a 3-pointer on her first shot of the second half. She also made a neat layup under the basket to start a 6-0 run that carried them to a 28-21 lead entering the fourth.
“We were going cold in the second, but she was playing aggressive ball for four quarters,” Buzan said. “When she’s playing like that we’re a different kind of team. It was good to see her be able to play four quarters full speed. I’d say that’s one of her first games she’s been able to do that.”
Jacksonville 40, White Plains 25
JACKSONVILLE – Kayla Broom 8-21 2-6 20, Patience Carr 4-13 5-6 14, Shay Goggins 1-1 0-0 3, Rebekah Gannaway 0-1 1-2 1, Maggie Anderson 0-4 1-2 1, Malijah Goggins 0-6 1-2 1, Amarie Curry 0-4 0-0 0, Brenna Stone 0-0 0-0 0, Amia Montgomery 0-0 0-0 0, Carmen Prater 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 13-51 10-18 40.
WHITE PLAINS – Angel Bozarth 3-7 0-0 6, Kaylee Johnson 1-4 4-6 6, Lily Ponder 3-11 0-0 6, Callyn Martin 2-9 0-3 4, Adriana Sotelo 1-2 0-0 2, Hallie Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Camden Wilson 0-2 0-0 0, Shaniya Calloway 0-0 0-0 0, Destiny Cochran 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 10-37 4-9 25.
Jacksonville 10 4 14 12 – 40
White Plains 6 7 8 4 – 25
3-point goals: Jacksonville 4-21 (Broom 2-4, Carr 1-7, S. Goggins 1-1, Anderson 0-2, M. Goggins 0-4, Curry 0-2, Prater 0-1); White Plains 1-11 (Bozarth 0-2, Ponder 0-2, Martin 0-3, Sotelo 1-2, Williams 0-1, Cochran 0-1). Rebounds: Jacksonville 41 (Broom 11, Carr 9, Curry 7); White Plains 24 (Bozarth 10, Johnson 9). Total fouls: Jacksonville 12, White Plains 15. Officials: Kelley, Wortham, Stroud.
Donoho 67, JCA 59
Korielle Beavers won’t soon forget his first win as a head coach.
Victoria O’Neill scored 27 points, Julie Cleckler had 19 and the Lady Falcons overcame three players fouling out in the fourth quarter to rally for a big area victory. According to available AHSAA records, the 67 points are the most they have scored in a game since an 85-80 loss to Sacred Heart in January 2017.
“We finally put four quarters together by playing together,” Beavers said. “We limited our turnovers and rebounded the ball to put ourselves in a situation to win the game. Credit to these ladies because JCA came back and they played well not to let this one get away.”
Beavers came over to Donoho from Faith Christian to coach the girls team, but soon was handed the reins of the boys team as well. The boys have yet to scratch into the win column.
The Lady Falcons (1-6) used a 20-point second quarter to take a 31-28 halftime lead, but trailed entering the fourth quarter 44-43. O’Neil and Cleckler combined for 21 points in the quarter. O’Neill had 11, including 5-for-5 from the free throw line. She had 18 in the second half.
“With having three starters foul out in the fourth you wonder what the bench would do as a coach, but they answered the call,” Beavers said. “I’ve got to credit my bench and assistant coach Desha for that. She made sure they were ready.”
JCA – Rebekah Carter 3 5-10 11, Kylie Cupp 2 2-8 6, Kara Grace 0 0-0 0, Kirsten Walker 0 0-0 0, Mia Morales 6 3-6 17, Karli Barnwell 1 4-6 6, Elizabeth Goss 3 0-7 6, Abbigail Stovall 1 1-2 3, Hannah Clayton 1 0-0 2, Krymson Clay 3 1-2 7. Totals 20 16-41 59.
DONOHO – Anastasia O’Neill 4 0-0 10, Campbell Hagan 4 1-3 9, Victoria O’Neill 9 5-5 27, Amelia Baker 1 0-0 2, Julie Cleckler 9 1-5 19, Virginia Jones 0 0-0 0, Janie Sills 0 0-0 0, Anna Grace Jones 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 7-13 67.
JCA 15 13 16 15 – 59
Donoho 11 20 12 24 – 67
3-point goals: JCA 3 (Cupp, Morales 2); Donoho 6 (A. O’Neill 2, V. O’Neill 4). Fouled out: Carter, Hagan, Baker, Cleckler. Total fouls: JCA 16, Donoho 30.
Pleasant Valley 63, Wellborn 9
All five starters scored in double figures as the Lady Raiders rolled over Wellborn to complete a sweep of the first half of their area schedule. Emma Hood and Macey Roper each scored 12 points and Rylee Haynes, Gracie Hood and Karmyn Sparks had 10 apiece.
PLEASANT VALLEY – Rylee Haynes 2 5-6 10, Marlie Wright 1 0-0 3, Gracie Hood 3 3-8 10, Emma Hood 6 0-1 12, Macey Roper 5 2-4 12, Anna Worthy 2 0-0 4, Erin Rose 1 0-0 2 Karmyn Sparks 5 0-0 10. Totals 25 10-19 63.
WELLBORN – Brooklyn Singleton 0 1-2 1, Blakely Cupp 1 0-0 2, Nicole Burrell 0 0-0 0, Cloie Adkison 1 0-0 2, Ella Minor 0 0-0 0, TaNiya Traylor 0 0-0 0, Jayla Lowe 0 0-0 0, Dejah Traylor 1 0-0 3, Kinlee Pritchett 0 0-0 0, Kylie Hardy 0 1-2 1. Totals 3 2-4 9.
Pleasant Valley 17 26 15 5 – 63
Wellborn 4 2 3 0 – 9
3-point goals: PV 3 (Haynes, Wright, G. Hood); Wellborn 1 (D. Traylor). Total fouls: PV 7, Wellborn 14. Officials: Pratt, Lackey, Watson.
Saks 41, Piedmont 32
PIEDMONT – Destini Elston scored 11 points and Teana Edwards had 10 to lead the Lady Wildcats. Keilynn Williams scored all seven of her points in the second quarter as Saks extended its lead to 19-6 at halftime. Jamiracle Bass had eight of her nine in the fourth quarter. Piedmont’s Ava Pope led all scorers with 23 points. She was 8-of-19 from the floor, including 5-of-13 from 3-point range. Lele Ridley grabbed 13 rebounds for Piedmont.
SAKS – Keilynn Williams 3 0-0 7, Deavian Stewart 2 0-0 4, Takierra Hudson 0 0-0 0, Deja Almon 0 0-0 0, Teana Edwards 5 0-1 10, Alyssia Gooden 0 0-0 0, Jamiracle Bass 4 1-6 9, Destini Elston 5 1-4 11. Totals 19 2-11
PIEDMONT – Ava Pope 8 2-2 23, Whitney McFry 0 0-0 0 Jaycee Glover 0 0-0 0, LeLe Ridley 3 0-0 6, Hannah Barbee 0 1-2 1, Armoni Perry 0 0-0 0, Jenna Calvert 0 0-0 0, Gracie Naugher 0 0-0 0, Z’Hayla Walker 1 0-2 2. Totals 12 3-6 32.
Saks 6 13 8 14 – 41
Piedmont 2 4 11 15 – 32
3-point goals: Saks 1 (Williams); Piedmont 5 (Pope 5). Total fouls: Saks 6, Piedmont 13. Officials: Howell, Hollingsworth, Taylor.
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