The Hill – Head Coach Howard Mayo and his staff along with Athletic Director Kevin DeHaven ➕ a host of Parents might be a little tired today after supporting 18 Basketball games from Friday afternoon until Monday night. Credit goes to EVERYONE who helped pull this event off !
The final piece of business was the contest between the Varsity Lady Cavaliers and the Blue Devils of Grayson County. The scoreboard will show that Grayson County defeated Carroll County 66-44 in a contest full of runs 🏃♂️ by both teams.
Grayson County opened the game with a 7-0 spurt, a stretch that included many solid shots from CCHS but not any that would drop. Madison Coleman and CC Mitchell would eventually answer with 3 points each in the Cavaliers 6-2 response..
Run 🏃♂️ #2 for Grayson County was 11-1 and pushed the deficit to 20-7. Once again, the Lady Cavaliers answered back as Laynie-Jo Leonard scored an And One 3-point play, Mitchell added a steal and basket 🧺 ahead of Callie Harris drilling her initial 3-pointer in what would turn into a 13 – 5 run 🏃♂️ that took the game to the half at 25 – 20 in favor of Grayson County.
The third run for the Blue Devils was overwhelming as it was quick as the visitors dropped 12 points in the first 2:00 minutes while Raylee Goins snuck in the lone points for Carroll County.
Trailing now 37 – 22 after facing a blitz to start a quarter, Carroll County showed a great deal of fight in their third answer. The team strung together a 9-3 answer to once again pull within six points at 40 – 34.
Grayson County controlled the final 8:00 minutes from start to finish (22-8) and it turned the contest into a lopsided victory that didn’t reflect the resilience that the Lady Cavaliers showed throughout the contest.
When Aaliyah Hampton scored the games final basket 🧺 from the post, it put six of the eight Lady Cavaliers in the scoring column for the contest.
Grayson County – 11. 14. 19 22 – 66
Carroll County – 6. 14 16 8 – 44
Carroll County (44) – Harris 12, Coleman 9, Goins 8, Mitchell 8, Leonard 5, Hampton 2, Campbell, Young.
Major Props to everyone who helped Coach Mayo and Mr DeHaven make this event possible !!
