Brashear Hosts North Shelby Tuesday

The Tigers and Raiders split a pair of games in non-conference action.

In the evening opener, the North Shelby Lady Raiders got on the board first for a 2-0 lead, but the Lady Tigers quickly answered with a couple of buckets of their own. From that point on, it was a see-saw battle through the entire 1st half of play with the score knotted 21 all at half-time. Brashear came out a little stronger in the second half and established a 32-28 lead after 3 eventually notching the 43-35 win. Kimberly Elsea led all scorers with 16 points for Brashear. Hailee Kelsey added 9, Jessi Hill had 7, Christina Scudder had 6, and ChaRae Cole had 5 points. For North Shelby, Allison Peoples had 10, Randi Willey had 9, Haley Caldwell had 8, and Robin Bichsel and Jillian Yoder had 4 points each.

In the boy's matchup, North Shelby showed why they are the number 1 seed in District 6. They came out strong and had run up a 47-13 lead by halftime. The second half was more of the same with the Raiders cruising to a 74-24 win. Andrew Linhart led the Tigers with 6, Kale Watson had 5, Kale Moore and Jacob Shipman had 4 each, David Anderson had 3, and Shane Miller had 2 points. North Shelby had a trio of players in double digits as Justin Bevill, Christopher Perry, and Brett Craigmyle had 19, 18, and 16 points. Landon Daniel added 9, Michael Stoneburner had 4, Tyler Otto had 3, Brian Trenhaile and Josh McEwen each had 2, and B.R. Parsons had 1 point.