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Tuesday's hoops roundup: Lady Tigers collect region win on the road

The Adairsville girls captured a Region 6-AAA road win Tuesday night, defeating Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 46-37. Meanwhile, the Woodland teams were swept at Calhoun and the Excel Christian boys team dropped a region game at home.


ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 46, LAKEVIEW-FORT OGLETHORPE 37


Autumn Henderson, Adairsville High School
Autumn Henderson led Adairsville with 11 points Tuesday night as the Lady Tigers won at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 46-37.

The Lady Tigers earned a Region 6-AAA road win Tuesday night at Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, 46-37.

Adairsville held leads of 16-12 after one quarter; 23-22 at the intermission; and 34-26 at the end of the third period.

Autumn Henderson led the Lady Tigers with 11 points. Lexie Childers followed with 10. Haley Stiles added nine points.

LFO (0-15, 0-12) was led by Madison Stookey with 12 points. Ziara Thompson scored 10 for the Lady Warriors.

Adairsville (6-16, 3-10) travels to North Murray for a 7 p.m. start Friday.

NOTE: The Adairsville/LFO boys game has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 11 at 6 p.m.



CALHOUN 49, WOODLAND GIRLS 13

Calhoun outscored Woodland 33-4 in the second half Tuesday night to pull away in an eventual 49-13 Region 7-AAAAA victory. The Lady Jackets led 16-9 at halftime. Britiya Curtis led Calhoun (12-9, 4-3) with 10 points. Ashlyn Brzozoski followed with eight. Jordan Thompson scored four points for Woodland.

The Lady Cats (2-13, 1-4) play at Blessed Trinity Wednesday at 6 p.m. in a makeup game and travel to Cartersville Friday for a 7 p.m. start.


CALHOUN BOYS 67, WOODLAND 38

The Calhoun boys outscored the Wildcats 39-19 in the second and third quarters Tuesday night on their way to a 29-point, Region 7-AAAAA win.

The Yellow Jackets led 16-10 after one quarter; 37-17 at halftime; and 55-29 heading into the final period. Calhoun improved to 10-9 overall and 4-3 in region action.

Woodland (3-17, 0-6) plays at Cartersville Friday night.


WALKER 65, EXCEL CHRISTIAN BOYS 43

One night after outlasting Walker 68-64 on the road for their first region win, the Excel Christian Academy boys fell at home to the Wolverines, 65-43. “We had a difficult time duplicating the same variables tonight,” said ECA head coach David Archer, Jr. “Walker made great adjustments and we displayed less patience offensively.”

The Wolverines led 18-11 after one quarter and never looked back on Tuesday. Walker led 44-22 at the intermission and held on to a 48-31 advantage heading into the final eight minutes. Walker’s Ricky McKenzie led all scorers with 19 points. Matt Brown followed with 15 for the visitors. Blake Bailey led Excel with 12 points. Jakaden Barkley was next with nine. Trippe Anderson scored seven points. Kalil Holley chipped in six. Rashard Doyal posted five points and Elijah Payne added four for the Eagles.

Walker improved to 11-5 overall and 2-2 in Region 7-A-Private. Excel (8-12, 1-6) travels to Darlington Friday night for a 7 p.m. start and plays at Johnson Ferry Christian Academy Saturday.

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