December 11, 2021
East Alabama Sports Today
Piedmont’s post players pound PV, Handley stuns Anniston, Ohatchee swamps Munford, Grant leads Jacksonville
FRIDAY’S GIRLS SCORES
Handley 56, Anniston 40
Jacksonville 55, Ashville 32
Ohatchee 53, Munford 21
Piedmont 47, Pleasant Valley 41
JACKSONVILLE – When Piedmont’s bigs get involved, the Lady Bulldogs are aa force to be reckoned with.
Lele Ridley and Z’Hayla Walker both had big games Friday as Piedmont stopped Pleasant Valley 47-41 leaving everyone in the area with one loss.
Ridley had 17 points and 14 rebounds, while Walker had 14 points and a half-dozen rebounds.
When they’re on, coach Terrace Ridley said, the results are “awesome.”
“We know if our opponent can’t guard our two big posts then they’re going to be in trouble,” she said. “We knew it was going to be a mismatch today and when they get going and they’re scoring it’s going to be a good game.”
The pace of the game was markedly different from Tuesday’s Ohatchee-Piedmont game. The Lady Bulldogs lost under a barrage of 3-pointers and indifferent play.
The game was tied after the first quarter, but then the Lady Bulldogs exerted themselves and outscored their hosts 23-12 over the next two quarters to take control. They ran the lead to 17 in the fourth quarter before PV started to rally.
Ridley had seven points and eight rebounds as Piedmont pulled away and Walker had eight points.
Coach Ridley said a raised intensity level was the difference between Tuesday’s loss and Friday’s win.
“These girls knew they got down one in the area and they knew they had to get this win to get back up and give ourselves a chance to be in the race again,” Ridley said. “They felt down and sat around about it, but they got after it the last few days of practice. They knew they had to bring up that intensity level and get after them.”
PV’s Rylee Haynes led all scorers with 18 points. [**read more]
HANDLEY 56, ANNISTON 40: The Lady Tigers came out in the second half with some serious defensive intensity and held Anniston to just three points to stretch a three-point halftime lead and grab the early upper hand in the area.
Handley led 26-23 at halftime, but came out of the break inspired. Teanna Watts scored eight of her game-high 22 points in the third quarter. They only points Anniston mustered in the quarter was a three-point play by Taysia West.
Serena Hardy led Anniston with 16 points. West had eight. [**read more]
OHATCHEE 53, MUNFORD 21: Jorda Crook scored 12 of her 22 points in the first quarter to help the Lady Indians off to a good start. She had 18 in the first half as they built a 36-13 halftime lead. Ohatchee wasn’t as proficient from behind the arc as it was the night before at Piedmont, but they it didn’t need to be. The Lady Indians had only one 3-pointer against the Lady Lions. [**read more]
JACKSONVILLE 55, ASHVILLE 32: Ashley Grant scored 26 points, hit six 3-pointers, grabbed four rebounds, had five assists and four steals to lead the Lady Golden Eagles. Jacksonville had 18 steals in the game, six each by Amarie Curry and DeAsia Prothro. Curry also blocked three shots. [**read more]
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