Champions final set
- Updated: November 23, 2021
Girls roundup: Oxford, Spring Garden will play for Championships Girls Classic title; Cleburne County wins its opener, PV keeps rolling
CHAMPIONS GIRLS THANKSGIVING CLASSIC
MONDAY’S SCORES
Ohatchee 41, Hokes Bluff 37
Collinsville 43, Jacksonville 26
Oxford 67, Alexandria 30
Spring Garden 56, White Plains 14
TUESDAY’S SCHEDULE
Hokes Bluff vs. Jacksonville, 3 p.m.
Ohatchee vs. Collinsville, 4:30 p.m.
Alexandria vs. White Plains, 6 p.m.
Oxford vs. Spring Garden, 7:30 p.m.
By East Alabama Sports Today
Oxford and Spring Garden produced one of the tightest games in last year’s Champions Girls Classic opening round. This year they’ll be playing for the tournament championship Tuesday night.
The Lady Jackets and Lady Panthers earned spots in the 7:30 p.m. title game with convincing victories Monday.
Oxford ran past Alexandria 67-30, while Spring Garden took out White Plains 56-14.
Oxford jumped out 40-17 halftime lead on Alexandria and never gave the Lady Cubs a chance to mount aa comeback similar to the one they used to beat Hokes Bluff on Saturday.
Xai Whitfield led the Lady Jackets’ early charge with 15 of her team-high 19 points in the first half. Justice Woods had 11 points in the game and Lauren Ellard had nine of three 3-pointers. Nine different players scored for Oxford (5-0).
Ace Austin led Spring Garden’s offense with 22 points. Abby Stewart and Libby Brown each had nine. The Lady Panthers’ defense has held their opponent to single digits in seven of their eight tournament quarters.
OHATCHEE 41, HOKES BLUFF 37: Jorda Crook scored eight of her 17 points in the second half and the Lady Indians went 11 for 17 from the free throw line in the final two quarters to rally from a seven-point halftime deficit. It was the second tournament game in a row Hokes Bluff lost a halftime lead. Ohatchee outscored the Lady Eagles 13-2 in the third quarter to get back in the game.
COLLINSVILLE 43, JACKSONVILLE 26: Tyla Tatum scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Collinsville pulled away with a 19-5 second quarter. Ashley Grant led Jacksonville with 14 points.
Oxford 67, Alexandria 30
OXFORD (5-0) – Justice Woods 4 3-3 11, Xai Whitfield 8 2-4 19, Lauren Ellard 3 0-0 9, LaMya McGrue 2 1-2 5, Kaleah Taylor 4 0-1 8, JaMea Gaston 0 0-0 0, Keziah Mickler 2 1-1 6, Shaniya Calloway 1 0-0 2, Kaylen Kenney 1 1-4 3, Mikiya Wilson 0 0-0 0, Jaslyn Montgomery 2 0-0 4. Totals 27 8-15 67.
ALEXANDRIA (1-1) – Ashley Phillips 4 2-5 10, Jordyn Walker 2 0-1 4, Kirsten Heathcock 0 0-0 0, Jill Cockrell 0 1-2 1, Charlee Parris 2 0-0 4, Kailey Dickerson 2 0-0 4, Sumira Duncan 2 1-4 5, Pressley Slaton 1 0-0 2, Chloe Gattis 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 4-12 30.
Oxford 20 20 12 15 – 67
Alexandria 9 8 6 7 – 30
3-point goals: Oxford 5 (Whitfield, Ellard 3, Mickler). Total fouls: Oxford 17, Alexandria 15. Officials: Guyton, Douthitt, Tillery.
Spring Garden 56, White Plains 14
SPRING GARDEN – Ace Austin 10 2-4 22, Abbie Woods 0 0-0 0, Bri Boles 0 0-0 0, Kaylee Kirk 3 0-0 8, Sarah Mate McKay 2 0-2 4, Libby Brown 2 4-6 9, Neely Welsh 1 1-2 3, Olivia Law 0 1-2 1, Abby Steward 3 0-0 9, Montana Highfield 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 8-16 56.
WHITE PLAINS – Callyn Martin 0 0-3 0, Isabella Pinto 1 1-2 3, Cooper Martin 0 0-0 0, Hallie Williams 0 1-2 1, Camden Wilson 1 0-0 2, Addison Bradley 0 0-0 0, Adriana Sotelo 1 0-0 3, Angel Bozarth 1 3-6 5. Totals 4 5-13 14.
Spring Garden 12 14 14 16 – 56
White Plains 3 6 2 3 – 14
3-point goals: Spring Garden 6 (Kirk 2, Brown, Ab. Steward 3); White Plains 1 (Sotelo). Total fouls: Spring Garden 14, White Plains 15. Officials: McCombs, Tillery, Guyton.
Ohatchee 41, Hokes Buff 37
OHATCHEE (1-1) – Whitney McFry 1 0-0 3, Morgan Foushee 1 2-2 5, Gracie George 2 5-8 9, Millie Rainwater 1 0-2 3, Kiana Garber 1 0-0 2, Jorda Crook 5 7-8 17, Alyssa Davis 0 2-10 2. Totals 11 16-30 41.
HOKES BLUFF (2-2) – Charly Robinson 2 1-2 5, Alyssa Stone 0 0-0 0, Kayla Traylor 3 1-2 8, H.K. Wellington 0 0-0 0, Chloe Rule 1 2-4 4, Halle Davenport 2 2-4 8, Ava Dodd 0 0-0 0, Kileigh Blackwell 2 6-6 12, Presslee Blackwell 0 0-0 0, Chloe Dodd 0 0-0 0, Doss 0 0-2 0. Totals 10 12-20 37.
Ohatchee 5 11 13 12 – 41
Hokes Bluff 11 12 2 12 – 37
3-point goals: Ohatchee 3 (McFry, Foushee, Rainwater); Hokes Bluff 5 (Traylor, Davenport 2, K. Blackwell 2). Fouled out: McFry, Robinson, Rule). Total fouls: Ohatchee 20, Hokes Bluff 27. Officials: E. Stringer, Askew, K. Stringer.
Collinsville 43, Jacksonville 26
JACKSONVILLE – Ashley Grant 5-18 1-2 14, Amarie Curry 3-12 1-2 7, Halaina Lozano 2-4 0-0 5, DeAsia Prothro 0-1 0-0 0, MiArah Hardy 0-1 0-0 0, Kiara LaCount 0-0 0-0 0, Alexis Phillips 0-2 0-0 0, Mya Swain 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 10-39 2-4 26.
COLLINSVILLE – Tyla Tatum 10-15 2-4 25, Kayla Beene 5-15 0-0 13, Gracie Griggs 1-3 0-0 2, Nayeli Mata 1-3 0-0 2, Sophia Wills 0-2 1-2 1, Tylee Tillery 0-4 0-0 0, Destiny Cothran 0-0 0-0 0, Aaniyah Stewart 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 17-40 3-6 43.
Jacksonville 4 8 5 9 – 26
Collinsville 6 19 8 10 – 43
3-point goals: Jacksonville 4-15 (Grant 3-8, Curry 0-3, Lozano 1-2, Phillips 0-1, Swain 0-1); Collinsville 6-18 (Tatum 3-4, Beene 3-8, Mata 0-2, Wills 0-1, Tillery 0-3). Rebounds: Jacksonville 23 (Curry 6, Prothro 6); Collinsville 33 (Tatum 10, Wills 9). Total fouls: Jacksonville 11, Collinsville 7.
Glencoe Thanksgiving Classic
GLENCOE – Less than a week after public celebrating her place as Cleburne County’s first female Division I scholarship signee, Brooklyn McDaniel opened her season with another double-double to lead the Lady Tigers to a 44-38 victory over Glencoe.
With 24 points and 17 rebounds, the 6-foot Jax State-bound McDaniel pushed her career numbers to 1,251 points and 1,234 rebounds. She was 7-of-16 from the field.
Hailey Price inched closer to the 1,000-point plateau with nine points. Faith Brown had five points, six rebounds and four steals.
Cleburne County 44, Glencoe 38
CLEBURNE COUNTY (1-0) – Brooklyn McDaniel 7-16 9-16 24, Hailey Price 3-9 2-4 9, Faith Brown 2-11 1-2 5, Libby Altman 1-3 0-0 3, Karley Boyd 0-6 2-2 2, Kaydence Wright 0-0 1-2 1, Hannah Turley 0-0 0-0 0, Kynsi Hazzard 0-0 0-0 0, Jacy Littleton 0-3 0-0 0, Makenzie Frames 0-0 0-0 0, Allyssa Hunt 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 13-48 15-26 44.
GLENCOE – Madalyn Amberson 2 0-0 5, Bri Beyerle 0 0-2 0, Jaxson Sizemore 5 0-1 10, Kinslee Gray 5 0-1 14, Alli Amos 1 2-2 4, Hailey Hanners 2 0-0 5. Totals 15 2-6 38.
Cleburne Co. 12 7 12 13 – 44
Glencoe 7 5 18 8 – 38
3-point goals: Cleburne Co. 3-19 (McDaniel 1-6, Price 1-2, Brown 0-4, Altman 1-3, Boyd 0-2, Littleton 0-2); Glencoe 6 (Amberson, Gray 4, Hanners). Technical fouls: Amberson. Fouled out: Beyerle. Total fouls: Cleburne Co. 14, Glencoe 21.
Regular season
GADSDEN – Rylee Haynes led a balanced scoring attack with 10 points and the defense held the home team scoreless in the second quarter en route to a 44-13 victory at Coosa Christian. The Lady Raiders haven’t given up more than 23 points in a game so far this season.
Pleasant Valley 44, Coosa Christian 13
PLEASANT VALLEY –Lily Henri 2 0-0 5, Rylee Haynes 4 2-4 10, Rebekah Gannaway 4 1-4 9, Marlie Wright 2 0-2 6, Kianna Hester 0 1-2 1, Gracie Hood 3 0-0 7, Macey Roper 2 1-2 5, Anna Worthy 0 1-2 1. Totals 17 6-15 44.
COOSA CHRISTIAN –Catie O’Bryant 0 2-3 2, Caitlyn Cates 3 1-2 8, Erin Snow 0 0-0 0, Katherine England 0 0-0 0, RaNaiah Dupree 1 0-0 3, A.J. Holman 0 0-0 0. Totals 4 3-4 13.
Pleasant Valley 16 13 11 4 – 44
Coosa Christian 8 0 3 3 – 13
3-point goals; PV 4 (Henry, Wright 2, Hood); Coosa 2 (Cates, Dupree). Total fouls: PV 13, Coosa 12. Officials: Allen, Brown, Dupree.
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