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     Despite a slow start, which saw the Lady Bulldogs fall as far behind as eight points during the first frame, the Gleason girls rallied in the second half to take the District 14-A title from the Union City Lady Tornadoes, who were shooting for their first district title since 1949, with a 45-38 victory on Friday night in South Fulton.
     Gleason took an early lead after a Kayla Hudson jumper and a pair of free throws from Tiffany Felts. But, a three-pointer from Union City's Brittany Taylor sparked a 12-0 run that also saw five points from Debrisha Robinson and gave the Lady Tornadoes a 12-4 lead with 2:31 left in the first frame. After a jumper from Meagan Price and a layup from Amber Wiseman cut the Union City lead in half, a three-point play from Labrica Ward put the Lady Tornadoes up by seven with 40 seconds left in the fame. But, Gleason kept the game close as a jumper from Price and a pair of Hudson free throws cut the lead down to 15-12 at the end of the first quarter.
     Though both offenses slowed in the second frame, buckets from Kelsey Arnold and Brandi Alley pushed the Union City lead back to seven points with just under six minutes left in the half. After a trey from Hudson and a jumper from Wiseman trimmed the Lady Tornado lead to two points, Union City got three late tallies from Sharia Williams to make the score 22-17 at the end of the first half.
However, it seemed as though a different Gleason Lady Bulldog team came out of the locker room for the second half. A layup from Meagan Price got the offense rolling and was followed by four points from Hudson to give the lead to the Lady Bulldogs for the first time since the first frame. Felts added a pair of free throws before a Wiseman deuce and a Candace Green trey capped the 13-0 drive to start the third frame and gave Gleason a 30-22 lead with 5:20 left in the third stanza. A brief 6-2 run by the Lady Tornadoes cut the lead back to four, but a free throw from Felts and a Wiseman jumper countered a Annah McEwen jumper to give the Lady Bulldogs a 35-30 lead going into the final eight minutes of play.

(Read the rest of this story in the February 22nd edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)

    Though the Lady Chargers had handily defeated the Lady Pioneers in two previous battles during the regular season slate, the Gibson County girls made sure that the Westview team would not get a third easy win as the game went down to the wire before the Lady Chargers claimed a 71-68 win on Monday night in the finals of the District 13-AA Tournament at Dyersburg High School.
     Led by Kaitlin Dudley Gibson County jumped out to an early four-point lead before a pair of treys from Latoya Bellamy and Laura Crittendon put the Lady Chargers on top at 6-4. A three-point play from Dudley gave the lead back to the Lady Pioneers, but a second three-pointer from Bellamy gave the lead back to Westview. After a pair of layups from Gibson County's Shanna Hurley put the Lady Pioneers back on top, a jumper from Kendra Owens tied the game at 11-11. A Shanice McElrath bucket once again put the lead on the Gibson County side of the scoreboard, but back-to-back three-pointers from Kala Klidies and Dazarae Higgs gave Westview a 17-13 lead with just under two minutes left in the first frame. But, deuces from Hurley and Camille Coleman tied the game at 17-17 at the end of the first quarter.  oints while Bellamy added 18. Dudley led everyone with 34 points while Pate added 14 and Coleman tossed in 10.

(Read the rest of this story in the February 22nd edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)

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