THE HARTWELL SUN SPORTS February 13, 2020 3B

GO DOGS! SIC ‘EM AT STATE

Sunshot by
Michael Hall

Hart County’s J.C. Curry, above, looks for

room to drive against Abbeville, S.C., on
Sunshot by Grayson Williams Dec. 14. At left, Nakia Hailey takes the ball
Junior Shone Webb, No. 21, is all smiles on Jan. 21 as he shakes Sunshot by
to the hoop against East Jackson at Hart
hands with Demetrius Glenn, No. 0, as his Bulldog teammates Grayson Williams County High School.
congratulate him on scoring his 1,000th point for Hart County.
Hart County’s
Tahj Johnson,
left, and De-
metrius
Glenn, right,
celebrate
after a big
play against
Jefferson at
Hart County
High School
in January.
Sunshot by
Grayson
Williams

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GIRLS
Sunshot by Michael Hall
Taniya Alexander, center, holds a poster and other items given to her to honor her for Scoring for the Lady Dogs Hart within striking distance Hart County was forced to
scoring 1,000 points for Hart County on Dec. 14. Pictured are coach Joreshica Martin, exploded in the second half as for the fourth quarter. foul and Morgan County
Tanyzia Teasley, head coach Mike Edwards, Demardric Thornton, Alexander, her mother they notched 21 points in both Down by four points with missed their free throw oppor-
Tammy Scott, coach Dannette Bowers-Davis and Shakendra Grove. the third and fourth quarters, less than a minute left in the tunities again. The Lady Dogs
outscoring Jackson County. game, Hart County desper- turned the ball over again on
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BOYS After the tournament, Tani-
ya Alexander and Shakendra
ately needed a basket. The
Lady Dogs moved the ball
the next possession, but re-
gained possession after Mor-
Monroe Area shot sharply also named to the region’s Webb finished with 33 Grove were named to the Re- underneath the basket but gan County committed a
from deep, hitting 48 percent honorable mention list. points as he hit 8-of-14 shots gion 8-AAA First-Team All- were unable to score and double-dribble violation.
of their 3-pointers on the night, On Friday night, the Bull- from the floor and knocked Region list. Sydney Ertzberg- turned the ball over to Morgan McLane drove the lane for
as well as 48 percent of all dogs had an opportunity for down 14-of-16 from the free er, Abbygail McLane and County. Hart County fouled to the Lady Dogs but was unable
shots from the floor. A.J. Bell revenge against the Franklin throw line. He also contribut- Valasha Carter all earned hon- get the ball back and Morgan to complete a pass in the paint
knocked down 7-of-9 from County Lions, who defeated ed five rebounds, four steals orable mention nods. County missed the free and turned the ball over to end
the 3-point line for the Purple Hart twice already this season and three blocks. Alexander, Grove and throws, giving Hart another the game 39-37 in favor of
Hurricanes, while Lakendric and are one of only three J.C. Curry knocked down McLane combined for 53 chance. Morgan County.
Lyles tacked on five more teams that have beaten the two deep 3-pointers in the points against Jackson, nine The Lady Dogs went down Now, the Lady Dogs are
three’s. Bulldogs this season. fourth quarter for the Bulldogs more points than the Panthers court and missed a driving gearing up to face Ringgold in
“We still had a chance to However, Hart County fell and finished with 14 points. scored all game. shot, but Alexander grabbed the first-round of the state
win. We just didn’t quite make short again in a 70-65 loss, de- Now the Bulldogs look to Alexander captured a dou- the rebound and powered a playoffs on Saturday, Feb. 15.
the plays at the end to get it spite a 28-point surge from the bounce back and prepare for ble-double with 19 points and layup to cut Morgan County’s Tipoff is at 5 p.m. at Ringgold
done,” Marsh said. Bulldogs in the fourth quarter. the first-round of the playoffs 21 rebounds. lead to 39-37. High School.
Shone Webb scored a The Bulldogs lead on the by focusing on the fundamen- McLane knocked down
game-high 30 points against scoreboard 13-9 by the end of tals at practice, Marsh said. 7-of-10 shots from the floor en M akin g Fin al
Monroe Area, accompanied the first quarter in a lively “We’re going to go back to route to dropping 17 points,
by 15 points from Tahj John- packed-out gymnasium at some basics and try to do a nine rebounds and six assists. A rran gem en ts to W in !
son, but it still wasn’t enough Emmanuel College. But in the couple things a little better, Grove tallied 17 points, nine O N TO STA TE!
to overcome a last-second,
buzzer-beating layup from
second quarter, Franklin
County ignited hitting 4-for-4
boxing out a little better, play-
ing a little better defense,”
rebounds and four assists.
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named to the first-team all-re- 28 points in the final quarter seed out of Region 6-AAA, but surged in the third quarter
gion team after the tourna- but it wasn’t enough to close Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe with a 17-11 run that cut Mor- Stick w ith the w inners!
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