Macon County Basketball at Brashear March 7, 2011
Both Tiger teams end their seasons on winning notes.
Both the Macon County Lady Raiders and the Brashear Lady Tigers came into Monday night's game with identical 6-1 Tri-County Conference records. One of them would emerge with a conference championship. Both teams applied lots of defensive pressure early and Brashear held a slim lead of 6-4 after one quarter. The Lady Tigers broke the game open in the 2nd, outscoring Macon County 11-5 to take a 17-9 halftime lead. The Lady Tigers opened their lead to 31-17 after 3 quarters and clinched the Tri-County Conference title with a 39-24 win. Abby McKim scored 9 points for Brashear, Stephanie Elsea and Meredith Thomas had 8 each, Katie Smith and Sydney Slavin had 4 each, and Shelby Salter, Miranda Creason, and Olivia Thompson scored 2 points each. For Macon County, Hanna Souther scored 12 points, Amanda Lochner had 4, Charity Mitch had 3, Emily Timmerman and Sara Duncan had 2 each, and Shelby Nolte scored 1 point.
In the boys' game, Brashear jumped out to an early lead as misfortune struck Macon County. Starter Alex Porter exited the game less than half-way through the first quarter with an ankle injury, bringing Macon County's only bench player into the game. The Tigers led 25-11 after one quarter and 36-28 at halftime. The Tigers expanded their lead to 53-32 after 3 quarters on their way to a 68-49 win. For Brashear, Joe Clarkson scored 14 points, Adam Songer and Hayden Housman had 12 each, Zach Reeves and Jay Scudder scored 8 each, Taren Treasure had 7, Nick Thomas had 3, and Joseph Woods and Cody Snelling scored 2 points each. Macon County was paced by Aaron Maddox with 28 points, Dylan Liebhart had 12, Grant Gall had 5, and Tommy Moore and Christopher Nolte scored 2 point each.