January 28, 2022
East Alabama Sports Today
Here are scores and highlights from Thursday’s high school girls basketball games in and around Calhoun County; will be updated
THURSDAY’S GIRLS GAMES
Anniston 52, Alexandria 42
Cleburne County 56, Ranburne 45
Jacksonville Christian 56, Donoho 19
Ohatchee 65, Glencoe 48
Piedmont 61, White Plains 58 (2 OT)
Plainview 83, Handley 23
Pleasant Valley 55, West End 24
Spring Garden 65, Oxford 57
St. Clair County Tournament
At Springville
Ragland 43, St. Clair County 28
PIEDMONT – There’s something about the White Plains and Piedmont girls not wanting to settle their score in regulation.
All three of the games between the teams this month went to overtime, with Piedmont pulling out the latest Thursday night 61-58 in double OT. It’s the first one of the three the Lady Bulldogs have won.
Piedmont’s Ava Pope led all scorers with 27 points. It was her fourth 3-pointer of the night that sent the game into its second overtime and her front end of a one-and-one with 10 seconds left that brought the final margin.
White Plains rallied from a 20-point halftime deficit to force overtime. The Lady Wildcats did have the ball at the end of the second overtime but couldn’t get off a tying shot.
Angel Bozarth led White Plains with 23 points. She scored 17 in the second half and 10 in the fourth quarter to key the comeback.
Piedmont 61, White Plains 58 (2 OT)
WHITE PLAINS – Callyn Martin 1 2-5 5, Higgins 0 0-1 0. Cooper Martin 0 0-0 0, Hallie Williams 1 3-4 6, Halie Smith 0 0-2 0, Camden Wilson 5 2-3 12, Addison Bradley 0 0-0 0, Adriana Sotelo 4 0-0 11, Braeton Moran 0 0-0 0, Angel Bozarth 8 6-7 23, Cassidy Arnold 0 1-2 1. Totals 19 14-24 58.
PIEDMONT – Ava Pope 9 5-6 27, Jaycee Glover 0 0-0 0, LeLe Ridley 4 4-5 14, Carson Young 1 0-0 2, Gracie Naugher 1 1-2 4, Z’Hayla Walker 3 0-0 6, Emily Farmer 3 0-1 8. Totals 21 10-14 61.
White Plains 7 10 14 16 6 5 – 58
Piedmont 22 15 3 7 6 8 – 61
3-point goals: White Plains 6 (Martin, Williams, Sotelo 3, Bozarth); Piedmont 9 (Pope 4, Ridley 2, Naugher, Farmer 2). Technical fouls: Wilson, Naugher. Fouled out: Ca. Martin, Glover. Total fouls: White Plains 16, Piedmont 19. Officials: Kelley, Jarrett, Batey.
JACKSONVILLE CHRISTIAN 56, DONOHO 19: Hannah Clayton, the team’s lone senior, had a memorable Senior Night with 17 points, 11 rebounds and five steals to lead the Lady Thunder. The victory secured the No. 3 seed for JCA (11-10, 4-4) in next week’s area tournament.
Kara Grace also had a double-double for the Lady Thunder, scoring 14 points and taking 13 rebounds. Seventh-grader Payten Walker had seven points and Addy Lee had six.
SPRING GARDEN 65, OXFORD 57: Neely Welsh scored 29 points, 14 in the second half and was 6-for-6 in a 13-point fourth quarter that lifted the Lady Panthers past Oxford. Ace Austin had 16 and Kayley Kirk had 15.
The Lady Jackets rallied from a 10-point halftime to get within three. They had a potential game-tying and-one waved off for a traveling call, then were forced to foul down the stretch in hopes of getting the ball back and the Spring Garden padded its lead.
Xai Whitfield scored 13 of her 17 points in the second half to spark the Lady Jackets’ comeback. Kaleah Taylor had eight of her 16 in the fourth quarter. Lauren Ellard hit three second-half 3-pointers for nine points.
“We got punched in the mouth early, but fought back,” Oxford coach Melissa Bennett said. “We fought all the way, just couldn’t get over the hump.”
Spring Garden 65, Oxford 57
OXFORD – Justice Woods 3 2-2 9, Xai Whitfield 6 3-3 17, Lauren Ellard 3 0-0 9, LaMya McGrue 1 0-0 2, Kaleah Taylor 6 3-3 16, Jamea Gaston 0 0-0 0, Keziah Mickler 0 0-0 0, Kaylen Kenney 0 0-0 0, Brionna Wilson 2 0-0 4. Totals 21 8-8 57.
SPRING GARDEN – Ace Austin 7 0-0 16, Bri Boles 0 0-0 0, Kayley Kirk 5 2-2 15, S.K. McKay 2 1-2 5, Neely Welsh 9 8-8 29, Abbey Steward 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 11-12 65.
Oxford 9 12 20 16 – 57
Spring Garden 22 9 16 18 – 65
3-point goals: Oxford 7 (Woods, Whitfield 2, Ellard 3, Taylor); Spring Garden 8 (Austin 2, Kirk 3, Welsh 3). Total fouls: Oxford 14, Spring Garden 6. Officials: Hollingsworth, Winn, Hall.
PLEASANT VALLEY 55, WEST END 24: Rylee Haynes scored 21 points and Macey Roper dropped in 18 points for the Lady Raiders.
Pleasant Valley 55, West End 24
WEST END – Addison Mashburn 0 0-2 0, Hannah Wall 1 0-0 2, Hope Jenkins 6 2-2 15, Katie Parker 1 0-0 3, Allie Kidd 1 0-0 2, Anna Mayo 0 0-1 0, Natalee Dumas 1 0-0 2. Totals 10 2-4 24.
PLEASANT VALLEY – Lily Henry 2 0-0 6, Rylee Haynes 8 3-6 21, Marlie Wright 1 0-0 3, Kiana Hester 0 0-0 0, Gracie Hood 1 0-0 2, Macey Roper 8 2-4 18, Anna Worthy 1 0-0 2, Haylie Lee 0 0-0 0, Abby Parris 1 1-1 3. Totals 22 6-11 55
West End 4 6 10 4 – 24
Pleasant Valley 19 15 11 10 – 55
3-point goals: West End 2 (Jenkins, Parker); Pleasant Valley 5 (Henry 2, Haynes 2, Wright). Total fouls: West End 8, Pleasant Valley 10. Officials: Howell, McGraw, Hinkle.
CLEBURNE COUNTY 56, RANBURNE 45: Brooklyn McDaniel scored 31 points and grabbed 13 rebounds and Faith Brown scored 20 points to lead the Lady Tigers.
RAGLAND 43, ST. CLAIR COUNTY 28: The Lady Purple Devils reached the championship game of the St. Clair County Tournament behind three double-figure scorers. Cadence Buchanah led the way with 15 points, while Rylee Mickler and Campbell Adams threw in 10 piece apiece.
Ragland (20-2) will play the winner of Friday’s Springville-Moody game for the championship.
Ragland 43, St. Clair County 28
ST. CLAIR COUNTY – Devin Whitfield 1 0-2 2, Nia Green 0 0-0 0, Ke’aira Hollingsworth 1 2-2 5, Kayden Shephard 0 0-0 0, Thomas 2 0-0 4, Sydne Pope 1 0-1 2, Brooklynn Sertell 1 0-0 3, Jayla Whitsey 4 3-6 12. Totals 10 5-11 28.
RAGLAND – Sammie Day-Jones 1 0-0 2, Rylee Mickler 4 2-5 10, Cadence Buchanan 6 3-3 15, Campbell Adams 5 0-0 10, Aubrey Ball 2 0-2 6. Totals 18 5-10 43.
St. Clair County 9 7 9 3 – 28
Ragland 11 15 6 11 – 43
3-point goals: St. Clair County 3 (Hollingsworth, Sertell, Whitsey); Ragland 5 (Adams 3, Ball 2). Total fouls: St. Clair County 14, Ragland 10. Officials: Boyd, Harris, Shaw.
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