Brashear Tigers and Lady Tigers Both Face Atlanta Wednesday at North Shelby

Tri-County Conference foes Brashear and Atlanta met in 2nd round tournament action at North Shelby. All 4 teams were trying to make it to the Consolation games Friday after 1st round loses.

The Brashear and Atlanta girls had both had bad luck in their first round games in the North Shelby Tournament Monday night landing them in the Consolation side of the bracket. When the game started, it looked like Brashear was determined not to let another game slip away grabbing a quick lead which they maintained going into half-time up 19-15. The Lady Tigers had an even stronger 2nd half, outscoring Atlanta 26 - 9 for a final margin of victory of 45-24. Kimberly Elsea led all scorers putting in 23 for Brashear. ChaRae Cole added 9, Christina Scudder and Hailee Kelsey each scored 4, Ashley Clarkson had 3, and Chelsey Collop scored 2 points. For Atlanta, Beth Voss scored 10 points, Tiffany Watson had 7, Joni Ahern had 3, and Janessa Thurman and Stacie Sagaser each scored 2 points. Brashear will play at 7:00 Friday for Consolation and Atlanta will play at 4:00 Friday for 7th place.

The boy's consolation bracket game was all Atlanta with the Hornets outscoring the Tigers every quarter except the 4th. Atlanta had jumped out to a 43-21 lead at half-time and went on to a 71-42 victory. Kale Watson and Jacob Shipman were both in double figures for the Tigers with 11 and 10 points. Andrew Linhart had 8 points, Shane Miller had 6, Trae Treasure had 5, and Tyler Killen scored 2 points. Atlanta had 3 players in double figures. Josey Garnett led with 21, Cole Thurman had 19, Javaun West had 12, Justin Miller scored 8, Cambre Thrasher had 7, James Vanlue had 2, and Cody Miller and Ryan Bogeart each had 1 point. Atlanta will play for Consolation at 8:30 Friday and Brashear will play for 7th place 5:30 Friday.

In other Wednesday night action, Scotland County girls held off the Schuyler County girls 68-64 to advance to the girls Championship game Saturday. The LaPlata boys upset host North Shelby 51-48 to advance to the boys Championship game Saturday.