The Catoosa County News

LFO boys 42, Coahulla Creek 28

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Both teams struggled offensivel­y in the first half, especially in the first quarter as the Colts led 3-2 after the first eight minutes and 14-12 at halftime.

However, while the home team continued to struggle offensivel­y in the second half, LFO begin to find its range and pulled away over the final two periods to pick up the region victory.

Gregg had 12 points for the Warriors, followed by Bowman with nine and Davis with seven. Gage Seibenhene­r had eight points for the Colts.

LFO boys 70, Murray County 57

The Warriors (6-1 overall, 3-0 in 6-AAA) took an early lead from the onset and were able to slowly extend their advantage throughout the rest of the night to beat the stateranke­d Indians.

Gregg had a monster night for the Red-and-white with 27 points. The junior connected on five 3-pointers and was a perfect 12 of 12 from the free throw line.

A pair of freshmen also had big nights. Bowman hit four 3-pointers and sunk both of his free throw attempts to finish with 16 points, while Davis had two 3-pointers and went 6 of 8 from the stripe to finish with 14 points. As a team, LFO made a dozen 3-pointers and was 20 of 22 at the line.

LFO girls 57, Haralson County 39

The Lady Warriors jumped out to a 34-13 lead at halftime and coasted to a victory over visiting Lady Rebels in their Region 6-AAA opener last Tuesday night.

It was a huge night for freshman Christina Collins, who poured in 30 points, while also grabbing five rebounds. Mililjah

Williams drained three 3-pointers and finished with 17 points.

LFO forced the Lady Rebels into 17 turnovers on the night, while committing just 11 turnovers itself.

LFO girls 54, Coahulla Creek 53

After scoring 30 points in her previous game, Collins upped the bar even more on Friday night as the rookie standout poured in a career-best 33 points, including a 14 of 16 performanc­e at the free throw line, as the

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