Gadsden City holds off Grissom
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
After opening full throttle on Tuesday (Dec. 8), Gadsden City High downshifted a bit too much against Grissom.
A 16-point GCHS lead in the third quarter was whittled down to five with three minutes to go, providing the Tigers a chance to hand the Titans their first Class 7A, Area 7 loss.
But Gadsden City (8-2,
Lady Titans grind out area win
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
Gadsden City girls head basketball coach Jeremy Brooks acknowledged that Grissom’s plan of limiting the Lady Titans’ outside game worked to an extent on Tuesday (Nov. 8).
“[Grissom] came out with some junk defenses and ran some triangles and twos, and they got pressure on us on the perimeter,” he said. “So we tried to beat
West End collars Bulldogs in area tilt
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Andre Little scored a game-high 18 points to lead West End
to a 52-40 win over the Gaston Bulldogs in Class 2A, Area 12 boys basketball
action on Tuesday (Dec. 8) in Walnut Grove.
“This is a bunch of resilient kids,” said West End head
coach Clint Brannon. “They play hard
Lady Patriots clip Gaston
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Destiney Butts and Tamia Timmons each scored 17 points to lead West End to a 44-34 Class 2A, Area 12 victory over Gaston in girls high school basketball on Tuesday in Walnut Grove.
The first quarter ended with the score knotted at 8-8 before the Lady Patriots pulled out to a 17-16 lead at the