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- Updated: January 17, 2025
It’s that time of year, when Pete Mathews Coliseum becomes the backdrop for high school basketball. The 74th Calhoun County Tournament gets underway today. Click link and refresh often for updated scores/pairings.
74th Calhoun County Tournament pairings
BOYS’ PAIRINGS
FRIDAY, Jan. 17
No. 12 Saks 52, No. 13 Faith Christian 48
No. 11 Jacksonville Christian vs. No. 14 Wellborn, 8:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, Jan. 18
No. 6 Weaver vs. JCA/Wellborn, 6:30 p.m.
No. 5 Jacksonville vs. Saks, 9:30 p.m.
MONDAY, Jan. 20
No. 7 White Plains vs. No. 10 Pleasant Valley, 10:30 a.m.
No. 8 Ohatchee vs. No. 9 Donoho, 1:30 p.m.
No. 3 Anniston vs. Weaver/Wellborn/JCA, 4:30 p.m.
No. 4 Piedmont vs. Jacksonville/Faith/Saks, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, Jan. 25
No. 2 Alexandria vs. White Plains/PV, 5:30 p.m.
No. 1 Oxford vs. Ohatchee/Donoho, 8:30 p.m.
MONDAY, Jan. 27
Semifinals, 5:30 p.m. & 8:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, Jan. 28
Championship, 8 p.m.
SAKS 52, FAITH CHRISTIAN 48: Delandas Allen’s putback of Lajuan Curry’s missed free throw put Saks up 49-46 with 1:01 to play, and Christian Hall’s steal and layup made it 51-46 at 34.5 seconds.
The 12th seeded Wildcats (5-8) held on and will play No. 5 Jacksonville on Saturday at 9:30 p.m.
Allen’s putback came after Curry hit the first of two free throws to give Saks a 47-46 lead.
“The game being close like that, I’ve just got to give it my all,” said Allen, who scored four points on the night. “That’s all I can do, is give it my all, so me and my teammates can succeed at the end of the day.”
Christian Hall paced Saks with 18 points, and Tyeshawn Toney added 15,
Parker Robertson and Colton Reese led Faith with 12 points apiece, and Toby Ricard added nine.
Saks got its fifth win in eight games.
“We’ve hit right at 90 to 100 threes in our last nine games,” Saks coach Wes Ginn said. “We’re starting to play good ball.
“We did this last year. We started out slow, because a lot of our kids play multiple sports. They play two, three, even four spots. We’re starting to jell a little bit and getting better.”
GIRLS’ PAIRINGS
FRIDAY, Jan. 17
No. 6 Ohatchee 39, No. 11 Pleasant Valley 29
No. 12 Faith Christian vs. No. 13 Wellborn, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, Jan. 18
No. 5 Alexandria vs. Faith/Wellborn, 8 p.m.
MONDAY, Jan. 19
No. 7 Piedmont vs. No. 10 Jacksonville Christian, 9 a.m.
No. 8 White Plains vs. No. 9 Weaver, noon
No. 3 Anniston vs. Ohatchee, 3 p.m.
No. 4 Saks vs. Alexandria/Wellborn/Faith, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, Jan. 25
No. 2 Jacksonville vs. Piedmont/JCA, 4 p.m.
No. 1 Oxford vs. White Plains/Weaver, 7 p.m.
MONDAY, Jan. 27
Semifinals, 4 & 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, Jan. 28
Championship, 6 p.m.
OHATCHEE 39, PLEASANT VALLEY 29: Emily Riddle solved Pleasant Valley in Friday’s first-round Calhoun County Tournament action.
The Ohatchee junior forward scored three consecutive buckets to open the fourth quarter and reclaim the lead for the sixth-seeded Indians (12-7), and they advanced to Monday’s 3 p.m. game against No. 3 seed Anniston.
Riddle started a 9-0 Ohatchee run after a Lily Robinson 3-pointer gave Pleasant Valley its only lead, 27-26, at the end of the third quarter. Riddle scored seven of the nine points in the run and finished tied with Tabi Davidson with a team-high 13 points.
“It was a really close game, and coach just told us that we need to play our game,” Riddle said. “I think we weren’t playing our game at first, but we finally got back on our game.”
Pleasant Valley crept back into the game after trailing 16-9 in the second quarter and trailed 21-18 at halftime.
Laney Robinson led Pleasant Valley with nine points.
“Pleasant Valley did a really good job against us,” Ohatchee coach Aaron Jackson said. “We found a way to win late.
“We had another game where we kept our composure and played pretty good when it mattered.”
Notes
–Ohatchee’s Payten Walker scores the first basket of the tournament on a runout,
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