Ringgold enjoys Senior Night sweep

The Ringgold Lady Tigers, hoping to score some extra momentum going into the Region 6-AAA tournament, got a major shot in the arm with a home victory over Coahulla Creek on Friday night.

Not to be outdone, the Tigers also headed into the region tournament on a high note after a victory over the

Colts in the final game of the night.

Ringgold girls 50, Coahulla Creek 35

The Lady Colts came into David Moss Gymnasium sporting a 20-2 overall record and a lofty No. 4 state ranking and showed why early on as they scored the first 15 points of game and threatened to turn Ringgold’s

Senior Night into a rout.

The Lady Tigers would regroup following a timeout and went into the second quarter trailing 17-8. Then, slowly but surely, Ringgold kept chipping away throughout the second quarter. They pulled to within two in the closing seconds, but Lady Colts’ center Kaitlyn Richards got free for an inside lay-up just before the buzzer

sounded to give the visitors a 23-19 lead at intermission.

Coahulla would score of the first two points of the second half when the Ringgold rally began in earnest. A 10-0 run gave the home team a 29-25 lead with 3:15 left play in the third and a nice give-and-go from Maggie Reed to Baileigh Pitts resulted in an a 3-point play that momentarily boosted Ringgold’s lead to seven.

The Lady Tigers would settle for a 35-29 lead going into the final period, but with the momentum now clearly on their side, they began to pour it on in the fourth.

Pitts scored the first five points of the period on a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws and Riley Nayadley drained a trey from the corner with 4:34 left to play. Two more free throws by Pitts gave Ringgold a 45

31 advantage with just over half of the final quarter remaining.

The Lady Tigers continued to use patience and ball movement on offense, while their defense continued to frustrate the Lady Colts. Nayadley would hit a final dagger from behind the arc with 2:42 left to play and both teams would pull the starters shortly thereafter.

Reed had 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Lady Tigers (15-8, 10-6). Pitts ended the night with 13 points to go with six rebounds, three steals and three assists. Nayadley had eight points and eight rebounds. Caroline Hemphill had eight points and four rebounds. Rachel Lopez scored three, but helped out with four rebounds, two steals and eight assists and Hannah Scott added a late bucket to round out the scoring.

The Lady Tigers’ first game in the 6-AAA tournament at Sonoraville will be Wednesday against either Lafayette or North Murray.