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Lady Colonels best 3rd-ranked Rome; Lady Cats earn second region win


Claire Davis

The Cass girls knocked off 3rd-ranked Rome 51-48 Tuesday night on the Lady Colonels home court in an important Region 7-AAAAA contest. The Lady Colonels started slowly. They trailed 12-4 after one quarter and 22-17 at halftime, but continued to chip away cutting the visiting Lady Wolves advantage to 35-32 by the end of the third period. Cass then outscored Rome 19-13 in the final period to secure their three-point win. Sophomore Claire Davis nailed four, three-pointers and scored 21 of her game-high 25 points in the second half to pace the Lady Colonels. Londaisha Smith followed with 17 points. The Davis-Smith duo accounted for 17 of the Lady Colonels' 19 fourth quarter points in the victory. Taryn Callahan chipped in five points for Cass while Haley Johnson and Justice Bennett added two apiece. Taemmica Nation and Amberly Brown led Rome (15-4, 8-2) with 10 and nine points, respectively. Cass (15-6, 6-6), who has now won three straight and moved into sole possession of fifth place in the region, travels to Carrollton Friday for a 6 p.m. start.

WOODLAND GIRLS 53, PAULDING COUNTY 35

Carli Clymer

The Lady Cats picked up their second Region 7-AAAAA victory of the year Tuesday night over visiting Paulding County, 53-35. Woodland had four players reach double digit scoring as Gracie Styles led the way with 15 points. Carli Clymer contributed 11 points. Morgan Cooper and Jordan Thompson followed with 10 each. Abigail Taylor finished with three points for the Lady Cats while Lauren Morris and Ansley Evans added two apiece. Woodland led 15-10 after the first eight minutes and was up 32-21 by halftime. The Lady Cats extended their lead to 42-27 by the end of the third quarter. Bre’Nae Madiset led the Lady Patriots with 14 points. The loss dropped Paulding County to 1-19 overall and 0-12 in Region 7-AAAAA. “The girls keep improving and making progress,” said Woodland head coach Kyle Morgan. “We have decreased and/or increased final score margins on region opponents the second time through the schedule.” Woodland (4-14, 2-8) hosts unbeaten and 2nd-ranked Kell (19-0) Friday night at 6 p.m. and travels to Hiram Saturday for a 2:30 p.m. tip. SONORAVILLE 67, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 24 The visiting Lady Phoenix raced out of the gates Tuesday night at Adairsville to lead 20-4 after one quarter and 43-8 at halftime on their way to a 67-24 Region 6-AAA win over the Lady Tigers.

Alexa Varner

Alexa Geary led Sonoraville with 20 points. Maliyah Parks and Kierra McAfee followed with 15 and 10 points, respectively. Lexie Childers led Adairsville with six points. Mia Scott scored four. Alexa Varner, Ji’Leyah Mitchell, and Autumn Henderson contributed three each. Alexia Crisp and Haley Stiles finished with two points apiece. Hannah Holligsworth added one point for the Lady Tigers. Sonoraville improved to 12-6 for the season and 7-2 in Region 6-AAA. The Lady Tigers (5-14, 2-9) make the trip to Coahulla Creek Friday night for a 7 p.m. start.

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