Tuesday night local hoops roundup: Excel boys earn region road win

All nine local high school basketball teams were in action Tuesday night with only one local winner. The Excel Christian Academy boys collected their second region win of the season at Mount Paran Christian to lock up the No. 5-seed in Region 7-A-Private. The Eagles will begin post-season play next Tuesday.

In other action the Adairsville, Cartersville, Cass, and Woodland boys and girls teams all dropped region games.

EXCEL CHRISTIAN ACADEMY BOYS 69, MOUNT PARAN CHRISTIAN 61

The Excel Christian Academy boys wrapped up their regular season Tuesday night with a 69-61 road win at Mount Paran Christian.

The Eagles started the game on a 10-0 run and led 17-9 at the end of the opening period. They held a 36-28 advantage at halftime. Excel then held on in the second half to win by eight.

Jacob Taylor and Comari Nettles scored 22 each for the Eagles. Jakaden Barkley and Elijah Payne contributed 13 and 11, respectively.

The loss drops Mount Paran to 4-18 for the season and 0-9 in Region 7-A-Private. MPC has one more region game Friday at home against North Cobb Christian.

Excel (11-13, 2-8) will open play in the region tournament next Tuesday as the No. 5-seed against No. 4-seed Walker. The site will either be Darlington or North Cobb Christian.

Individual stats were not available at publishing time.

BLESSED TRINITY 55, CASS GIRLS 50

Maura Ryan scored a game-high 25 points to lead the host Lady Titans to a 55-50 win over the Cass girls.

Cass led 25-19 at halftime and clung to a 38-33 at the end of the third period. Blessed Trinity outscored the Lady Colonels 22-12 in the final eight minutes to put themselves in position to secure the top seed in Region 7-5A with a win Friday at Calhoun.

Claire Davis scored 15 points for Cass. Justice Bennett added eight in the loss. Miya Winston posted seven points and Kiana McDaniel finished with six.

Blessed Trinity improved to 13-11 overall and 7-2 in region action.

Cass (20-4, 6-3) hosts Woodland Friday night at 6 p.m.

CALHOUN 63, CARTERSVILLE GIRLS 35

The Calhoun girls improved to 16-8 on the season and 6-3 in Region 7-5A with a 63-35 win Tuesday night at Cartersville.

The Lady Canes (4-12, 2-7) host Hiram Friday night.

No individual stats were made available at the time of publishing.

LAKEVIEW-FT. OGLETHORPE 54, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 47

The Adairsville girls challenged 4th-ranked Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Tuesday night, led at halftime, and were tied at the end of three quarters but the host Lady Warriors escaped with a 54-47 win to remain unbeaten in Region 6-AAA play.

The Lady Tigers led 31-20 at halftime and were tied 39-all heading into the final eight minutes before LFO outscored Adairsville 15-8 in the final quarter.

Angel Simmons led Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe (23-1, 15-0) with 17 points.

Autumn Henderson scored 16 for Adairsville. Haley Stiles followed with 14 points.

Adairsville (10-13, 3-12) closes out the regular season Friday night at home against North Murray.

HIRAM 60, WOODLAND GIRLS 16

Hiram led 21-3 after one quarter and 38-8 at halftime Tuesday night on the Lady Hornets’ way to a 60-16 victory at Woodland.

Taylor Crawford led Hiram (12-9, 6-3) with 21 points.

Abigail Taylor scored eight points for Woodland.

Woodland (2-21, 0-9) plays at Cass Friday night.

CALHOUN 87, CARTERSVILLE BOYS 49

Calhoun started fast Tuesday night and was never really threatened in an 87-49 home win over Cartersville.

The Yellow Jackets led 45-17 by halftime and cruised to a 38-point Region 7-5A decision.

Dylan Faulkner scored 18 and Peyton Law had 14 points for Calhoun.

Luke Gambill led Cartersville with 13 points. Kam Callahan followed with 12 for the Hurricanes.

Calhoun improved to 17-5 overall and 8-1 in region play. The Yellow Jackets remained tied with Hiram at the top of the region standings and will host Blessed Trinity Friday night.

Cartersville (10-11, 3-6) hosts region co-leader Hiram Friday night in the final regular season game for both teams.

The Region 7-5A Tournament begins next Monday night at Calhoun.

LAKEVIEW-FORT OGLETHORPE 75, ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 49

Jamichael Davis scored 23 points and Amari Burnett added 17 as 9th-ranked Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe won at Adairsville Tuesday night 75-49.

The Warriors led 49-19 at halftime and were up 61-37 by the end of the third quarter.

Tre Winters led Adairsville with 17 points. Chris Roper added 10 for the Tigers.

LFO improved to 21-1 overall and 14-1 in Region 6-AAA.

Adairsville (13-10, 9-6) completes regular season play Friday at home against North Murray.

BLESSED TRINITY 61, CASS BOYS 56

Blessed Trinity (13-11, 6-3) locked up the No. 3-seed in next week’s Region 7-5A tournament with a five-point home win Tuesday night over Cass, 61-56.

The Titans will play No. 6-seed Woodland in Monday’s first round.

Cass will also open the tournament Monday in a first round game against Cartersville. Those two teams will be the No. 4 and No. 5-seeds.

The Colonels (8-15, 2-7) wrap up regular season play Friday night at home against Woodland.

An individual game report was not available at the time of publishing.

HIRAM 99, WOODLAND BOYS 57

Five Hornets scored in double figures Tuesday night as Hiram beat visiting Woodland 99-57.

Jayden Clark (17), Chase Tyler (14), Jordan Wilson (12), Isaiah Murray (12), and Elijah Redmond (10) led the Hiram offense.

Hiram improved to 14-9 overall and 8-1 in Region 7-5A. The Hornets, tied with Calhoun for first place in the region, complete the regular season Friday night at Cartersville.

K.J. Rogers led the Wildcats with 16 points. Zyon Heath scored 12. Brelace Williams and Harlin Morris both chipped in with 10 points each for Woodland.

Woodland (5-17, 0-9) plays Friday night at Cass.