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MCKENZIE (February 1) — In district high
school basketball action, the Central Lady
Tigers defeated the McKenzie Lady Rebels
67-47 and the Rebels defeated the Tigers
72-54.
Prior to the game, McKenzie senior
cheerleaders and girls and boys basketball
players and family members were honored.
Senior cheerleaders honored were: one year
member Kendra Hollingsworth, daughter of
Dale and Anjanette Lindsey and four year
member Samantha Wheat, daughter of Sam and
Lisa Wheat and Ginger Davis.
Morgan Limbaugh, lone senior and four-year
member of the Lady Rebels Basketball team,
was honored along with her parents, Kelly
Kelly and Mike Limbaugh.
McKenzie Rebel senior players and their
parents were also recognized. Seniors
included: three-year member Drew Brown, son
of Mike and Lorrie Brown; four-year member
Derek Carr, son of Kenny and Jackie Carr;
four-year member Josh Brown, son of Johnny
and Cindy Brown, two-year manager Tyler
Norris, son of Chuck and Lisa Norris and
four-year member Shabree Payne, escorted by
Ora Dean Sneed.
Lady Tigers 67, Lady Rebels 47.
Intense from the opening tip, both teams
battled for control as Lady Rebel Travatia
Bowden pumped in six points to lead her team
to 12-11 lead at the end of the first
period.
Early in the second period, Lady Rebel Zana
Carter injured her right knee while planting
her foot in preparation to leap for a lay up
attempt and was carried from the floor and
attended to on the bench by SportsWorks
athletic trainer Ty Butler.
Upon resumption of play, Central’s offense,
led by Jessica Willis’ eight-point
performance, ignited to outscore the Lady
rebels 21-7 and take a 32-19 lead at the
half.
Bowden continued to lead the Lady Rebels in
the second half with a strong seven-point
performance but McKenzie was outscored 21-12
to trail Central 53-31 at the end of the
third period before ultimately falling
67-47.
The Lady Rebels were led offensively by
Bowden (17) and Limbaugh (12 points, two
three-pointers). Also contributing scoring
for McKenzie was Amber Nunnery (4), Tenisha
Carey (4), Kelsey Carr (3), Angelique Teague
(2), Hannah Potts (2), Erin Gray (2) and
Evan Hudgins (1).
The Lady Tigers were led offensively by
Willis (18 points, two three-pointers),
Brittany Farley (11) and Amber Kendall (9).
Also contributing scoring for Central were
Haly Haynes (7), Allyson Grooms (6), Olivia
Williams (5), Cynthia Webb (3) and Alyssa
Koza (2).
Rebels 72, Tigers 54.
Spurred by Rebel Derek Carr’s solid 11
point, three three-pointer performance,
McKenzie narrowly led Central 21-19 at the
end of the first frame.
Central tied the contest 21-all at the 7:43
mark as Chandler Jordan converted the first
basket of the second period. McKenzie
battled back to lead 27-21 at the 4:15 mark.
The Tigers clawed back into contention to
trail 31-28 at the 1:25 mark, but aggressive
scoring in the paint by Rebel Tyler Holt
lifted his team to a 35-31 lead at the half.
Holt and company embarked on a 13-5 run in
the third period as McKenzie outscored the
Tigers 15-9 to lead 50-40 at the start of
the fourth quarter.
Rebel Derek Carr nailed two pivotal
three-pointers in the final frame as the
Rebels outscored the Tigers 22-14 to win
72-54.
McKenzie was led offensively by Holt (22),
Payne (20) and Carr (19 points, five three
pointers). Also contributing scoring for the
Rebels were Josh Brown (8) and Hunter Herron
(2).
Central was led offensively by Chandler
Jordan (12), Bubba Matlock (10), Homer
Willis (nine points, three three-pointers)
and Aaron Runion (8). Also contributing
scoring for Central was Matt Lane (4), Nick
Bryant (3), Billy Stevens (3), Haden
Williams (3) and Chad Jordan (2). |
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