Heritage girls, CVMS boys begin season with thrilling wins
Macie Collins hit 1-of-2 free throws with 6.7 seconds left to play in overtime and the Heritage Lady Generals opened up the 20192020 basketball season with a nail-biting 41-40 home victory over Baylor last Tuesday night.
The Red Raiders tied the game at 34 in the closing seconds of regulation and took a 40-38 lead with just 47 seconds left in overtime. Heritage would miss a shot on its ensuing possession, but Bree Wilson would step in front of a Baylor pass near midcourt and got the ball to Aaliyah Rodgers, who hit a runner in the lane to tie the game at 40 apiece with 24 seconds to play.
After a miss on the other end, Baylor committed a foul with the time ticking down. Collins would hit the first of two free tosses, but Charisma Graham would grab the offensive rebound for Heritage after a missed second shot before grabbing a second offensive rebound after she missed a putback attempt.
Baylor would knock the ball loose before a second putback could be attempted and a wild scramble for the loose ball ensued. However, time would expire before either team could regain possession.
Collins finished with 17 points for the Lady Generals. Dayonna Perryman picked up eight points and Rodgers finished with five.
Heritage girls 44, Gladden 14
In Chatsworth on Thursday, the Lady Generals improved to 2-0 with a non-league victory. Collins had 13 points for the Navy-and-red, followed by eight by Rodgers, seven from Reese Abercrombie and six from Perryman.
Chattanooga Valley girls 38, Gordon Lee 25
The Lady Eagles (1-0) won their first game of the season in Chickamauga on Thursday behind a balanced scoring effort. Emma Yarbrough had a team-high nine points, followed by Camby Arthur with eight. Mylee Howard and Jamiah Lewis had seven points each in the victory.
Abby Logan had eight points for the Lady Trojans (0-1). Tenslee Wilson finished with seven points and Dallas Wagoner chipped in with four.
Ringgold girls 42, New Hope 28
In Ringgold, Kayla Lopez and Cady Helton had 10 points each as the Lady Tigers moved to 1-0 on the season with a non-league win on Thursday.
Christian Heritage girls 27, Saddle Ridge 25
In Dalton, the Lady Mustangs dropped their seasonopener on Thursday, despite seven points each from Fantasja Barber and Olivia Acuff. Acuff connected on two 3-pointers, while Barber had one. Alivia Hughes added four points for Saddle Ridge (0-1). Vianca Segarra had three points on one 3-pointer, while Avery Jenkins and Raven Yancy scored two points each.
Saddle Ridge JV girls 21, Chattanooga Valley 5
Also on Thursday in Flintstone, the Lady Mustangs led 10-0 at halftime and went on to the victory. Emilee Fountain had one 3-pointer and finished with seven points. Alesia Leaks finished with six. Lanie Hamilton had four, while Maddie Underwood and Tamra Yancy both had two.
Individual scoring for the JV Lady Eagles had not been provided as of press time.
Saddle Ridge JV girls 16, Christian Heritage 5
On Saturday, Macee Casteel has eight points to lead the JV Lady Mustangs to a home win. Fountain finished with four points. Leaks added three, while Yancy added one.
Chattanooga Valley boys 34, Gordon Lee 33
Another thrilling finish in a season-opener happened in Chickamauga on Thursday as the Eagles began the year 1-0 with a one-point win.
The Trojans led 18-14 at halftime, but were shutout in the third quarter as CVMS bolted to a 27-19 early fourthquarter lead. However, Gordon
Lee would come all the way back in the final period as a 3-pointer by Will Mccutcheon with just over one minute to play capped a 12-3 run to put the home team up, 31-30.
Parker Metcalf connected on 1-of-2 free throws for the Eagles to tie the score, but Gordon Lee would untie the score as Luke Sikes hit a runner in the lane to put the Trojans up, 33-31.
But with the clock ticking down, CVMS got the ball in the hands of guard Matthew Ramsey, who rattled in a 3-pointer from the elbow with 10.7 seconds left to give put his team up by one.
After a timeout, Gordon Lee found Mccutcheon on the baseline, but he would draw heavy defensive pressure from the Eagles, who were able to poke the ball away and prevent him from getting a final shot off as time expired.
Ramsey finished with 13 points and six steals on the evening. John Hill had eight points and pulled down seven rebounds. Andrew Johnson scored seven points and grabbed four boards, while Metcalf scored just the one point, but also collected five rebounds.
Mccutcheon had a gamehigh 14 points to go with six rebounds and two blocked shots. Layne Parrish had six points and six rebounds, while Aiden Goodwin finished with six points on a pair of 3-pointers.
New Hope boys 44, Ringgold 42
At home on Thursday, the Tigers rallied in the second half after trailing 17-6 after one quarter, but came up two points short against the visiting Kodiaks of Whitfield County. Braxton Holtkamp had 15 points for Ringgold (0-1), followed by 10 points from Jacob Duarte and seven from John Searcy.
Baylor boys 60, Heritage 33
The visiting Red Raiders quickly jumped out to a 14-4 lead in the first quarter and they would stretch it out to a 35-12 advantage at halftime before coasting to the win last Monday.
Caiden Bauldwin scored eight points to pace the Generals. Kaleb Gallman finished with seven points and Lennon Barrett picked up six points.
Gladden boys 40, Heritage 28
The Generals trailed 15-3 at halftime on Thursday, but closed the gap down to four points at the end of third quarter, 23-19. However, they would get no closer as the home team pulled away in the final seven minutes.
J.C. Armour had nine points and Bauldwin finished with eight as Heritage fell to 0-2 on the season.