Gleason season ends with semifinal loss

    It is said that it is hard to beat a good time four times in a row, but Bradford proved that the Lady Red Devils had what it took to do that, as they ended the Gleason Lady Bulldogs season on Monday night with a 39-31 defeat in the semifinals of the Region 7-A Tournament at Huntingdon High School.
    The Lady Red Devils got off to a strong start, countering a Kim Edenfield three-pointer with a three-pointer from Sarah Combs and a pair of two pointers to take a four-point lead with 2:13 left in the opening frame. A pair of Edenfield free throws cut the Bradford lead to 7-5 at the end of the first quarter.
    Though a pair of Taylor Stout free throws tied the game early in the second frame, the Lady Red Devils seemed ready to put the game out of reach during the second quarter. A Molly Wallsmith three-pointer sparked a 15-2 run that was capped by four points from Jasmine Morgan to extend the Bradford lead back to 13 points with just under a minute left in the first half. A late jumper from Sara Hensley cut the lead down to 22-11 at the half.
    Gleason proved that the Lady Dawgs were not down and out during the third quarter as a jumper from Jenna Frazier led to eight points from Hensley to counter a Morgan tally and cut the Lady Red Devil lead down to three points. Bradford got the final points of the stanza as a layup by Combs put the Bradford lead back to 26-21 at the end of three frames.

Second half troubles lead to Westview region loss

    The Westview Chargers saw their season come to an end on Friday night as the Fayette-Ware Wildcats rallied from being down 14 points during the second quarter to take a 70-64 win over the hosting Chargers on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Region 7-AA Tournament at Westview High School.

    Leading by four points going into the second quarter, the Chargers got give points from Davell Lloyd and a three-pointer from Dillon Garner helped compose a 12-2 run that put the Chargers ahead 31-17 with 3:21 left in the first half.  But, the Wildcats responded with an 11-0 run built on points from Nick Barbee and Orlando Bass to cut the Westview lead to 31-28 at the half.

    The Chargers were able to build their lead back up to nine points in the third frame with a three-pointer from Jacob Lloyd and a jumper from Gardner to make the score 44-35 with 3:11 left in the frame.  But, led by three three-pointers and a jumper from Brandon Bates and nine points from Jebail Lewis to put together a 19-3 run to give the Wildcats a 54-47 at the end of the third stanza.
 

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Gleason rallies to get past McKenzie

    The Gleason Lady Bulldogs may have been the favorite to advance past the McKenzie Lady Rebels on Thursday night at McKenzie High School in the quarterfinals of the Region 7-A Tournament, but the Lady Rebs made sure Gleason would not have a cakewalk into the semifinals as McKenzie gave the Lady Bulldogs all they wanted before Gleason rallied to take a 35-28 win.
    McKenzie got off on the right foot as a jumper from Zana Carter and a three-point play from Alex Gray capped a 7-2 run to open the first frame. Though a three-pointer from Gleason’s Kim Edenfield cut the lead down to a single bucket, the Lady Rebs responded with a layup from Amber Nunnery and a pair of Carter free throws put the McKenzie girls up by six with 1:46 left in the opening frame. Gleason was able to cut into the lead with a jumper from Sara Hensley and a pair of free throws by Ashley Coble to make the score11-9 at the end of the first stanza.
    A Carter jumper and a Gray deuce pushed the McKenzie lead back to six points early in the second frame. The Lady Rebels were able to keep that deficit in place until late in the frame when buckets from Jenna Frazier and Coble cut the lead down to a single bucket before a late Carter tally made the score 21-17 at the half.
 

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