Brashear Competes in 1st Round of Districts

The Lady Tigers face off against Atlanta while the Tigers play Novinger.

The Brashear Lady Tigers drew the number 3 seed and faced number 6 Atlanta Saturday afternoon at Green City. Both teams started slowly, but Brashear finally started to find the bucket while Atlanta was held to a single free throw leaving them down 12-1 at the end of the 1st quarter. Things didn't improve much for Atlanta as Brashear ran their lead to 23-5 at halftime on the way to a 46-13 win. Hailee Kelsey and Jessi Hill were both in double digits for Brashear. They scored all 9 of Brashear's points in a strange 4th quarter that saw Atlanta's center and leading scorer, Joni Ahern, foul out leaving Atlanta with only 4 players to finish the game. Kelsey had 14, Hill had 10, ChaRae Cole and Kimberly Elsea both had 6, Christina Scudder and Ashley Clarkson both had 4, and Chelsey Collop had 2 points. Kelsey had a double-double with 12 rebounds. Atlanta was led by Joni Ahern with 6, Stacie Sagaser with 4, Tiffany Watson with 2, and Katelyn Wiggins with 1 point.

The Brashear boys had drawn the number 6 seed and had to face #3 Novinger. Novinger came out strong and posted a lead of 19-7 after the 1st quarter. Brashear wasn't ready to go away just yet though and they scored 14 points to Novinger's 15 in the 2nd quarter. The 3rd quarter saw Novinger once again extend their lead to 54-32, but in a gutsy performance, the Tigers outscored Novinger 28-18 in the 4th quarter. Novinger advanced to the second round by a score of 72-60. Jacob Shipman and Kale Watson were in double digits with 22 and 21 points. Andrew Linhart had 9, Tyler Killen had 6, and David Anderson had 2 points. Novinger was paced by Grant Daniels with 30, Justin Denton had 19, Evan Sthole had 7, Adam Greathouse had 6, and Dakota Jacques and Josh Denton each had 5 points.