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    The Dresden Middle School boys, after dropping a hard-fought battle the prior Saturday, got back on the right track this past Saturday as they handed the Spring Hill Hornets a 35-22 setback in the Milan/Medina Invitational Tournament at Milan Middle School.
     In girls' action, the Lady Lions dropped a heartbreaker thanks to a strong performance from the Milan Middle School girls 36-32.

DMS Lions 35
SH Hornets 22
     After jumping out to an 8-0 lead after one frame, the Lions held off the Hornets through the remaining frames to take the win.
     After an Alex Robinson jumper put the Lions up by nine points early in the second frame, the Hornets were able to cut into the Dresden lead, getting a 6-2 run to make the score 12-7 with 2:54 left in the first half. But, Dresden responded with a trey from Jack Roberts and a Randall Morris jumper pushed the lead back to 10 points. However, a pair of late tallies by Spring Hill countered a Robinson jumper to make the score 19-11 at the end of the first half.
     A slow third quarter saw the Lion lead shrink by one as DMS countered six Hornets points with three points from DeAndre Larrue and a jumper from Josh Terry to make the score 24-17 after three frames.
     DMS put the game away in the opening moments of the final frame as the Lions got a 9-0 run to open the final six minutes to seal the win for Dresden.

(Read the rest of this story in the January 25th edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)

     The Dresden Lady Lions took back-to-back wins over the weekend as they defeated Humboldt 54-37 on Friday night, then follow that up with a 58-48 win over the Lady Rebels from McKenzie.
     In boys action, the Lions dropped a pair of games, falling to McKenzie on Saturday night after dropping a decision to Humboldt a night earlier.

Dresden Lady Lions 58
McKenzie Lady Rebels 48
     Dresden's Lady Lions used 10 three-pointers (seven in the first half) and 12 of 17 at the line to defeat the McKenzie Lady Rebels. By contrast, McKenzie had two shots from three-point range and was 12 of 18 at the charity stripe.
     The game remained close in the first period as McKenzie led off with the first shot, but the game was quickly tied at two and again at 11 and 13 as the first period ended. The second quarter, the Lady Lions took a fair lead and by intermission had the game in control with a 29-21 advantage.
     The third quarter, although trailing 38-23, McKenzie used an 11-0 run to narrow the margin to 38-34, but baskets from Cassi Patterson and Brittany Bullock at the end of the period gave the Lady Lions a 42-34 advantage and they ultimately won the contest 58-48.
     Anna Trull led McKenzie with 15 points, followed by Brooke Cole with 12 (one three), Courtney Wiggins, Lindsey King and Zana Carter with six each and Jill Taylor with a three-pointer.

(Read the rest of this story in the January 25th edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)

    For the first time in recent history, the Gleason Bulldogs can take the preverbal monkey off their backs as the Bulldogs defeated the Yellowjackets 42-37 Friday night at Gleason High School in a District 14-A matchup.
     In girls action, the Lady Dawgs remained undefeated in district play as they held off a late Greenfield surge to take a 45-42 victory over Greenfield.

Gleason Bulldogs 42
Greenfield Yellowjackets 37
     Despite jumping out to an early lead, the Bulldogs found themselves trailing after the second and third quarters. But, a strong fourth-quarter effort by the Dawgs secured them a victory over Greenfield for the first time in recent history.
     Behind the shooting of Byron Fuqua, the Gleason Bulldogs jumped out to a commanding 10-2 lead as Fuqua hit a pair of treys as well as two jumpers to counter a Jonathan Dethloff jumper to make the score 10-2 in favor of the hometown Dawgs. But, a pair of Reggie McHaney treys cut the lead back to two points with 3:14 left in the first frame. After a third Fuqua three-pointer was followed by a jumper from Jakob Perkins, Jacob Howington added a late free throw to give Gleason a 14-10 lead at the end of one quarter.
     Fuqua's hot shooting continued into the second quarter as he opened the second frame with another three-pointer. But, Dethloff answered with a trey and a jumper to spark a 9-0 Greenfield run that was capped by a Derek Laster jumper to give Greenfield its first lead with 1:28 left in the first half. After a Howington jumper tied the game, a late Laster layup put Greenfield ahead 21-19 at the end of the first half.

(Read the rest of this story in the January 25th edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)

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