LFO boys rally past North Murray
The LFO Warriors found themselves in a 43-43 deadlock headed into the fourth quarter at North Murray last Tuesday night.
However, it wouldn’t stay that way for long.
The Red-and-White poured in 25 points in the final period, with nearly half coming from behind the 3-point line, and the Warriors claimed a 69-57 Region 6-AAA road win over the Mountaineers.
Only five players scored for LFO, but all five scored in double figures. Brent Bowman had a team-best 17 points, followed by 15 from Jamichael Davis, 13 apiece from Keenan Walker and Cameron Gregg, and 11 from Dee Calhoun.
LFO made nine treys on the evening and was nearly perfect (12 of 13) at the free throw line. The Warriors made four threes and went 6 of 6 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter.
Sonoraville boys 55, LFO 51
LFO had a chance to be the first team to beat Sonoraville this season, but the stateranked Phoenix managed to survive another stern challenge with a four-point win over the visiting Warriors on Friday night.
Davis had 17 points and Amari Burnett added 14 in the loss for LFO (9-4, 7-3). Calhoun finished with 10 points, while four from Bowman and three apiece by Gregg and Walker capped the night.
North Murray girls 43, LFO 29
In last Tuesday’s opener, the Lady Warriors got 12 points and seven rebounds from Ziara Thompson. Madison Stookey picked up eight points, seven boards and a block. Gracie Cochran added three points and five rebounds, while Presley Piatt scored two points, collected four rebounds and added a steal.
The remainder of the stats included two points and seven rebounds by Kalie Richiez and seven rebounds and three blocks by Zoey Gray-Martin.
Sonoraville girls 69, LFO 16
The state-ranked Lady Phoenix dropped the Lady Warriors to 0-12 overall and 0-9 in Region 6-AAA in Friday’s opener.
Cochran had a solid sevenpoint, eight-rebound performance for LFO. Stookey scored five points and grabbed four rebounds. Gray-Martin had two points, four boards and a pair of steals, while Trinity Heinrich scored two points and pulled down three rebounds.