Tough night for local girls' basketball teams
It was a tough night Tuesday for the local high school girls' basketball teams. All four teams in action dropped region contests.
CALHOUN 65, CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 56
The Lady Canes narrowed a nine-point first-half deficit to two points by the end of the third quarter, but the visiting Lady Jackets of Calhoun held on to earn a hard-fought region win Tuesday night at the Storm Center, 65-56.
Calhoun led 21-15 after the opening eight minutes and 32-23 at halftime before Cartersville slashed the lead to 45-43 by the end of the third period. The Jackets outscored the Lady Canes 20-13 in the fourth quarter to earn their road win.
Allie Duke led Calhoun (18-4, 9-1) with 16 points. Sarah Dorsey and Lauren Watson followed with 14 each. Britya Curtis chipped in 12 for the Yellow Jackets.
Jakayah Draughn and Taff Bradley both scored 17 points to lead Cartersville. Kaitlyn Arnold finished with eight points. Ansley Griffin contributed six. Nayel Camper scored five and Senai Camper added three points for the Lady Canes.
Cartersville (14-7, 5-4) hosts Hiram Friday night at 6 p.m. in both teams’ final region game. The Lady Canes will wrap up the regular season Saturday afternoon at home against Cedartown.
BREMEN 59, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 55
The Lady Tigers struggled in the third quarter Tuesday night and lost their final Region 6-AAA regular season game to visiting Bremen, 59-55.
Adairsville led 14-12 by the end of the first quarter but trailed 28-26 at halftime. The Blue Devils outscored Adairsville 16-9 in the third period to take a 44-35 lead and then held off the Lady Tigers down the stretch to secure a four-point road win.
Mary House led Bremen (17-7, 10-4) with 26 points.
Adairsville got 16 points from Analee Morris and 13 by Naxyria Roberts. Aliya McBryde, Darby Adams, and Alissa Winters added six each for the Lady Tigers.
Adairsville (12-12, 7-7) finished the regular season region schedule in a fourth-place tie with Ringgold. Tournament seeding for the Region 6-AAA Championship at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe next week will be finalized on Wednesday.
DALTON 62, WOODLAND GIRLS 25
Dalton led 20-0 after one quarter and 38-5 at halftime in an eventual 62-25 region win Tuesday night at Woodland.
Grace Ridley led the Lady Catamounts (18-6, 6-3) with 19 points.
Libby Morgan and Megan Schultz finished with five points each for Woodland.
Woodland (2-21, 0-9) concludes regular season play Friday night at 6 p.m. at Cass.
HIRAM 58, CASS GIRLS 48
The Lady Colonels stumbled out of the blocks Tuesday night, trailing Hiram 20-9 after the opening eight minutes. But the Lady Colonels made a contest of it the rest of the way before falling by ten points, 58-48.
Hiram led 27-22 at halftime and 45-38 through three quarters.
Hadiya Kennerly led the Lady Hornets with 16 points. Taylor Crawford added 14 for Hiram in their road victory.
Kiana McDaniel scored 16 points to pace Cass. Mikaela Jackson followed with 11 and KK Evans added eight points for the Lady Colonels.
Hiram improved to 19-4 on the season and 7-2 in Region 7-5A.
Cass (13-10, 1-8) hosts Woodland Friday night at 6 p.m.
SHILOH HILLS CHRISTIAN 52, EXCEL CHRISTIAN GIRLS 32
The Excel Christian Academy girls lost their GAPPS AA Region 1 tournament game Monday night to Shiloh Hills Christian, 52-32.
The loss ended the season for the Lady Eagles who finished the year with an 0-17 mark.
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