Heritage High hoopsters fall to region foes

It was a tough start to the Region 6-AAAA portion of the schedule for the Heritage Generals and Lady Generals, who both dropped games to Pickens and LaFayette last week. 18-9 after one quarter in Jasper last Tuesday night and never made up the difference as they dropped their region opener.

Caden Snyder connected on three 3-pointers and had a team-high 11 points for the Generals. Cade Kiniry and Nick Hanson each had 10 points apiece in the loss, while Cooper Terry finished with eight.

Ean Goodwin scored 15 for the Dragons.

The night’s earlier game saw the home team open up a 43-34 lead at halftime and hang on for a nine-point win. Sarah Morris had 17 points to pace Pickens.

Sydnee St. John led all scorers with 20 points for the Lady Generals. Riley Kokinda, Lauren Mock and

The Panthers trailed by just two points, 15-13, after one quarter of play. However, the Bruins erupted for 33 points in the second quarter alone and lead 48-27 at intermission before adding to their advantage in the second half.

Blane Greene had 19 points for the Bruins.

Kobe Lewis led all scorers with 20 points for Ridgeland. Kyan Clark added seven points. Chris Turner and King Mason both finished with five points, while Jordan McLin added four.

Back at home on Friday, the Lady Panthers tried to stay with the Dragonettes, but the pace that the visitors from Jasper set was too much for a young Ridgeland team to keep up with as Pickens pulled away in the second half for a 6-AAAA victory.

Mykenzie Weaver had 33 points for the Nettes’, who led 21-13 at the end of the first quarter before stretching it out to 40-25 at halftime.

King led Ridgeland (0-2 in 6-AAAA) with 14 points. Watkins added 11 points, while Hill and Justice Turner finished with six points each.

The final game on Friday saw the Panthers take an early five-point lead before the Dragons would come back to forge a 36-33 lead at halftime. The two teams would play even in the second half as

Pickens held on for the threepoint region victory.

Noah Sutton led three Pickens’ players in double figures as he scored a team-high 20 points.

Lewis had a season and career-high 28 points for Ridgeland (0-2 in 6-AAAA). Turner added 13 points and Ethan Moyer finished with 11.

Ridgeland fell to 1-6 overall after another tough setback at home on Saturday. Lewis made it three straight games with 20 or more points as he led all scorers with 22. Turner went for 12 and Clark chipped in with nine.

Results of the girls’ game had not been provided as of press time.