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    On a night that had already seen one upset involving a scenario where the higher-seeded team had beaten its opponent three times this season, Greenfield's Lady 'Jackets made it a perfect two-for-two for the Region 7-A semifinal underdogs on Saturday night as the Lady 'Jackets recovered from an improbable three-pointer at the end of regulation to take a 49-46 overtime win over Union City at Peabody High School in Trenton.
     After three points from Sharia Williams countered a Nicole Jones jumper, a three-pointer from Becky Atnip gave the lead back to Greenfield with 6:13 left in the opening quarter. But, buckets from Debrisha Robinson and Brittany Taylor gave the lead back to the Lady Tornadoes briefly. However, a free throw from Pannayiotta Edmontson and a pair of free throws from Atnip caused the quarter's fourth lead change with 1:27 left in the stanza. After a Taylor jumper put Union City back on top, Alyse Page hit a short jumper to make the score 10-9 in Greenfield's favor after one frame.
     Though the offenses slowed in the second quarter, Greenfield was able to make the most of it. After a Labrica Ward jumper put Union City on top, the Lady 'Jackets ended the first half with an 8-2 run capped by treys from Atnip and Page to make the score 18-13 at the break.
Both teams went back and fourth through the opening moments of the second half, but Greenfield managed to extend its lead to seven points with a three-pointer with 3:53 left in the third stanza. But, Union City's offense awoke, getting a 10-0 run with a balanced offensive effort that was capped by a Anna McEwen trey to give Union City the lead and a jumper from Robinson to extend the gap to three points with 41 seconds left. But, a three-pointer from Page as time expired tied the game at 28-28 after three frames.

(Read the rest of this story in the March 1st edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)

    For the second straight year, a Weakley County team heading into the regional tournaments fell in the semifinal round to a team from its own district as Gleason dropped a season-ending 49-46 loss to Lake County on Saturday night at Peabody High School in Trenton.
     Gleason got on the board early in the first frame as jumpers from Amber Wiseman and Kayla Hudson, along with a trey from Meagan Price countered a Lake County free throw to give the Lady Bulldogs a 7-1 lead with 4:28 left in the opening frame. But, Lake County rallied as a free throw from Sarah Wallace and a pair of jumpers from Christian Clay countered a Price jumper to trim the lead to three points. A pair of late Hudson free throws put Gleason's lead at 11-6 after one frame.
     Lake County took command in the second frame as three-pointers from Queenie Jordan and Renita Kinney put the Lady Falcons up 12-11 with 3:24 left in the first half. Price answered with a jumper and Wiseman added a pair of free throws, but a trey from Kinney tied the game at 15-15 with just under two minutes left in the half. A pair of Hudson freebies were answered by two Wallace free throws, but a jumper from Tiffany Felts and a deuce from Price gave Gleason a 21-17 lead going into the half.

(Read the rest of this story in the March 1st edition of the Dresden Enterprise.)

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