Calhoun County (AL) – Close matches dominate Thursday night’s high school football games in and around Calhoun County. Weaver’s Brown surpasses 1,000 career points and there are more
BOYS GAMES
Clay Central 54, Shelby County 38
Donoho, Faith Christian 63
Fort Payne, Anniston, ppd.
Lincoln at Talladega Co. Central, ppd.
Piedmont 61; Cherokee County 58
Pleasant Valley 64, Wellborn42
Talladega at Etowah ppd.
Weaver 49, Ohatchee47
By Al Muskewitz
Tristan Brown tried to forget about the milestone he was so close to reaching, but it was hard with the student section counting down each point.
Senior Weaver became the latest member to the 1,000-point club on Thursday, when he scored three points in the second quarter of Ohatchee’s Bearcats in-school game. He disrupted the game-tying shot later and the Bearcats won with a 49 to 47 victory.
Brown had to score six points in order to reach this milestone. Brown scored 15 points and now has 1,009 points as the Bearcats enter the Calhoun County Tournament.
He said, “I didn’t know I was getting closer until maybe a few months ago.” “I read one of your articles, and it stated that I was getting very close to it. Then I got excited about it. Although I wasn’t sure I would be excited, I’m quite happy.
Officials stopped the game when the milestone point was reached through the hoops and acknowledged the achievement.
Brown scored all of his points in the first period, as the Bearcats led 31-17 at halftime. The Indians came back in the second period. They made four of five 3-pointers in quarter four and Weaver was never comfortable.
Beau Winn, Bearcats coach, said that “they took it to us.” Ohatchee did an outstanding job. It was fantastic to win the contest, but Bryant Ginn and his boys deserve my thanks. They played really hard. We were proud to win that victory and all the ways we did it.
Jesse Baswell made a corner 3-pointer to pull the Indians within one. Armane Burton scored a free throw at his end with four seconds remaining to make it 48-47. Burton finished the game with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Ohatchee’s Jake Roberson missed the last three seconds of the game, which would have put the Indians ahead. The Indians get the rebound, but Brown moves over to defend the shot and disrupts the off-balanced last shot.
Roberson scored 10 out of 15 points in the second period. Kelbe Crook, Roberson’s teammate, scored all eight points in the second half.
OHATCHEE- Jake Roberts 1 0-0 4, Jesse Baswell 3 0-0 4, Alston Carroll 3 1 2 4, Colby Hester 3 0-0 7, Colby Hester 3 0-0 7, Jake Roberson 6 1 1 15, Luke Vinson 3 1 0 6, Kelbe Crook 3 4 8 Totals 19 4-8 47.
WEAVER Tristan Brown 6 1-4 15, Elijah Smith 1 0-0 0, Jeffrey Miles 3-4 13, Dawson Brooks 1 10-0 2, Jackson Williams 2 1-2 4, Zach Garner 1 10-0 2, Armane Burrell 5 1-3 11. Totals 21 5-12 49.
Ohatchee 9 11 19 -47
Weave 13 18 7-9 9 9 – 49
3-point goals: Ohatchee 5, (Baswell. Carroll. Hester. Roberson 2.); Weaver 2, (Brown 2). Miles. Total fouls: Ohatchee 13 Weaver 10. Officials: Railey, Batey, Hollingsworth.
CHEROKEE COUNTY 60, PIEDMONT 64: Alex Odam broke the 58-58 tie by scoring a bucket at 1:35. Ish Bethel scored a free shot with 2.9 seconds remaining to make it three-point play. The Bulldogs waited as Malachi Horton missed his chance to tie the game from beyond the line to win a come-from behind victory.
The Bulldogs were playing their third game in three days. They didn’t lead until Rollie pinto made three free throws midway through fourth quarter. After that, it was back and forth until the end. Over the next two minutes, there were two lead changes, two ties and one before Odam made the Bulldogs win.
Pinto scored 11 out of 21 game-high points in the fourth quarter. Odam scored 19 points, while Bethel scored 16. After trailing 27-20 at the half, the Bulldogs scored 41 point in second half.
With 2:24 remaining in the third, the Warriors appeared to be in control. However, the Bulldogs kept it coming back with consecutive 3s by Jack Amos and Eli Martin. Cherokee County’s Landon Caldwell had 16 points. Amos had 12.
PIEDMONT – Alex Odam 9 1-2 18, Rollie Pinto 7 3-3 21, Ish Bethel 6 1-2 16, Colten Proctor 0 0-2 0, Luke Rhinehart 0 0-0 0, Trevor Pike 0 0-0 0, Chance Murphy 0 1-2 1, Rhett Alford 0 0-0 0, Cole Wilson 2 0-0 4. Totals 24 6-11 61.
CHEROKEE COUNTY- Jack Amos3 4-7 12, Malachi Horton1 0-0 3, Cade Hopper3 0-3 8, jaden Wilkinson4 1-2 9, Landon Caldwell7 2-2 16, Eli Martin4 0-0 9, Jack Neyman0 1-2 1. Totals 22 8-16 58.
Piedmont 7-13 20 21 – 61-6
Cherokee County 10-17 19 12 -58
3-point goals: Piedmont 7, Bethel 3, Pinto 4, Bethel 3; Cherokee County 6, Amos 2, Horton 2, Hopper 2, Martin Total fouls: Piedmont 12, Cherokee County 10. Officials: Childs, Childs, Dupree.
DONOHO 64, FAITH CHRISTIAN 65: Coach Korielle Beavers stated that the Falcons made it more difficult than they had to. However, Sam Johnson scored a free shot with four seconds remaining to make it three-point games. The Falcons held their breath until Conner Richerzhagen’s potentially game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer missed.
The Falcons’ win threw the race in their immediate area into chaos.
Beavers stated, “We absolutely needed it.” “Us, Winterboro, and Faith have lost two games and it’s a fight for the top spot. We can all control our destiny. It has been an exciting year.
Drew Williamson, Donoho’s Drew Williamson, led all scorers by scoring 30 points. Faith was led by Thomas Curlee with 23. Richerzhagen was the last man standing with 17.
FAITH CHRISTIAN- Thomas Curlee 8-18-6-9 23, Conner Richerzhagen 6-9 23, Yoshua Arevalo 3-1-3 17, Carson Harris 2-40-0 4, Tyler Bell 1-2-4 4, Eli Robinson 1-3 2-2-4 4, Parker Robertson 1-2 0-0 0, Will Smith 2 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 16-25 63.
DONOHO- Jordan Cameron 3-3-4 9, Jack Wallace 1 0-0 0, IsiahSmith 1 0-0 3, Rich Goad 3-5 10, Drew Williamson 10-10, Drew Williamson 10-10 30, Sean Keel 1 2 2, Cash Worley 1 0-2 0, Sam Johnson 3-4 11. Totals 22-44 20-28 66.
Faith Christian 15 18 16 -63
Donoho 10 24 21 11 – 66
3-point goals: Faith Christian 7-25 (Curlee 4, Richerzhagen 4-11; Arevalo 2-9 (Harris 0-1, Robinson 0,1, Robertson 1); Donoho 2-7) (Williamson 1, Smith). Rebounds: Faith Christian 25, Arevalo 7, Donoho 28, Foulled out by Bell. Total fouls: Faith Christian 23, Donoho 18
PLEASANT VALEY 64, WELLBORN42: Jayden Veazey and Jesse Gannaway each scored seven points in a quarter with a total of 30 points that saw the Raiders win.
PV led 26-14 at the halftime of the in school game. Eight players then rang the scoring bell for the Raiders in the third quarter. They held a 30-point advantage into the fourth quarter.
PV was led by Jaden Sparks with 14 points Kolby Battles scored 12 points, Gannaway scored 11. Veazey was able to finish with nine thanks in large part to his quarter.
Jackson Long made three 3-pointers during the fourth quarter, and Wellborn finished with 15 points. The Panthers played without Ethan Tidwell (ankle).
Pleasant Valley’s boys won Small School at the County Junior High Tournament. They defeated Saks in the final 60-39. Brody Barnwell was named MVP.
PLEASANT VALEY – Jaden Sparks 7-1-14, Jesse Gannaway 5-2-11, Hunter Sparks 4-2-8 8, Jayden Veazey 4-1-2 9, Bryce Freeman 1-0-0 2, Kolby battles 5-4 12, Braxton Williams 2-0-0 4, Tristan Green 1-0-0 2, Kyle Smith 1-0-0 2. Totals 30 3-9 64.
WELLBORN – Conner Woodard 0 0-2 0. Avery Odom 4 2-4 10. C.J. Hubbard 2 1-1 5 Liam Avery2 0-0 4, Immanual Soloton0 0-2 0, Avery Odom4 2-4 10, C.J. Totals 17 5-9 42.
Pleasant Valley 12-14 30 8-64
Wellborn 8 – 11 17 – 42
3-point goals: Pleasant Valley 1(Gannaway); Wellborn 3. (Long 3). Pleasant Valley 9, Wellborn 11.
Girls games
Clay Central 29, Shelby County 25
Fort Payne, Anniston, ppd.
Lincoln at Talladega Co. Central, ppd.
Ohatchee 63; Weaver 25
Cherokee County 54, Piedmont28
Pleasant Valley 47, Wellborn 28,
Talladega at Etowah ppd.
OHATCHEE 63. WEAVER 25. Jorda Crok scored 39 points to lead the Lady Indians, with 17 points in each quarter and 25 at the half.
OHATCHEE- Tabi Dandy 1 0-0 2. Whitney McFry 1 0-0 0. Mia Waters 1 10-0 2. Greenlee Orman 1 10-0 0. Carly Hall 1 0-0 0 Carly Hall 1 0-0 0 Priesly Davis 1 10-0 2. Kiana Garber 2 2-4 4, Jordacrook 18 3-5 39. Lindsey Zurchin 3 10-0 9. Alyssa Davies 2 1-2 5. Totals 28 4-9 63.
WEAVER Annalynna Conchucaja 0.0-0 0, Erionna Richmond 1.2-4 4, D.J. Gibbs 3 1-1 7, Ellamae Kines 1 0-0 3, Alayia D’Ambrosia 0 0-0 0, Aaliyah Marks 2 0-0 5, Madison Atchley 0 0-0 0, Kimora Miles 3 0-2 6, Sanariah Moore 0 0-2 0. Totals 10 3-9 25.
Ohatchee 25 15 3 – HTML63
Weaver 4 – 10 5 – 25
3-point goals: Ohatchee 3, (Zurchin 3); Weaver 2, (Kines, Marks). Total fouls: Ohatchee 10, Weaver 10.
PLEASANT VALEY 47, WELLBORN 28, Macey ROPER and Rebekah GANNA combined for all 19 Lady Raiders’ quarter-end points to pull them away. Roper had a game-high 24, while Gannaway had 9. Wellborn was led by Anna Odom with 16.
PLEASANT VALEY – Macey ROPER 8 7-11 24, Rebekah Ginaway 3 3-6 9, Kiannahester 1 2-2 4, Laney Robinson 0-2 3, Laney Robinson 0-2 3, Laney Robinson 0-2 3, Laney Robinson 0-2 3, Laney Robinson 0-2 3, Lanei Robinson 0-3 3, Laney Robinson 0-3 3, Laney Robinson 0-3 3, Laney Robinson 0-3 3, Haylie Lee 0-5 2, Ella Kramer 0-1 1, Ashlyn Salster 0 1 0 1 Totals 15 14-32 47.
WELLBORN – Braelyn Bean 0 0-0 0. Taniya Taylor 0 0-0 0. Bentley Bean 0 0-0 0 Destiny Benefield 2 0-4 4. Calla Hayes 0 0-0 0. Libby Smith 0 0-0 2. Brooke Singleton 3 0-2 6. Hannah Grubbs 0 0-0 0. Anna Odom 5 6-12 16. Totals 11 6-18 28.
Pleasant Valley 8 19 10 – 47
Wellborn 6 9 6 – 28
3-point goals: Pleasant Valley 3, (Roper. La. Robinson, Li. Robinson). Fouled out by Hester, Be. Bean, B. Singleton. Total fouls: Pleasant Valley 17, Wellborn 19.
CHEROKEE CoUNTY 54, PIEMONT 28: Raechel Russ hit three 3-pointers while Mary Hayes Johnson scored eight points during a 19-2 quarter that saw the Lady Warriors win.
Russel made four 3-pointers during the game, and was the leader with 14 points. Johnson scored all 12 points in the first quarter, while Audrey Haygood scored 11 of her 13, and Johnson had the other 11. Ava Pope made three 3s, and Piedmont had 11 points.
PIEDMONT – Armoni Perry 0 0-0 0, Ava Pope 4 0-0 11, Josie Young 0 0-0 0, Rylie Anne Holbrooks 0 0-0 0, Jaycee Glover 1 0-0 3, Lele Ridley 4 2-8 10, Cayla Brothers 0 0-0 0, Melanie Studdard 1 0-2 2, Jenna Duke 0 0-0 0, Carson Young 0 0-0 0, Gracie Naugher 1 0-0 2, Morgan Studdard 0 0-0 0, Hannah Kate Barber 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 2-10 28.
CHEROKEE CoUNTY – Raechel Russ 5 0-0 14, Mary Hayes Johnson 6 1-1 12, Audrey Haygood 6 1-1 13; Vivian Connell 1 1 2 3, Raegan Garmany 0 1-2 3 Ava Haygood 1 1 1 Deannia Starr 1 1 1 Deannia Starr 1 1 4 3, Ellisan Givens 0 1-2 3, Nevaeh Gaitris 1 0-0 2. Totals 20 9-19 54
Piedmont 7 – 13 6 – 28
Cherokee County 10 16 9 -54
3-point goals: Piedmont 4, (Pope 3, Glover); Cherokee County 5, (Russell 4, Johnson). Total fouls: Piedmont 13, Cherokee County 10. Officials: Childs, Childs, Dupree.
