Chattanooga Valley, Saddle Ridge split regular season finales
The Chattanooga Valley Lady Eagles got 16 points and five steals from Ava Mariakis as they held off Saddle Ridge, 31-28, in the final regular season game of the season last Tuesday afternoon in Flintstone.
Georgia Mae Anderson pulled down 11 rebounds to go with her seven points and four steals, while Bralie Blevins had 10 rebounds to go with her four points.
The rest of the stats for CVMS included four points from Maddi Champagne, five rebounds by Leah Johnson, and three rebounds and three steals from Zoey Fleming.
Macee Casteel had 12 points, seven rebounds and one steal for the Lady Mustangs. Lexi
Underwood finished with six points, one rebound and one steal, while Jacey Wiggins collected five points, three assists and one steal.
Filling out the stat sheet for Saddle Ridge was Maddie Underwood (three points, four rebounds), Laine Hamilton (one point), Tamra Yancy (one point) and Elliott Rogers (one rebound).
Chattanooga Valley (10-2) finished as the No. 2 seed for the girls’ NGAC tournament, while Saddle Ridge (5-9) finished the regular season as the No. 6 seed. Both teams were slated to open the postseason this past Saturday.
SADDLE RIDGE BOYS 42, CHATTANOOGA VALLEY 33
After a 46-44 over Trion on Saturday, Jan. 22, which featured 15 points from Hayden Bowman and 10 from Kort Brown, the Mustangs earned a regular seasonending victory over the Eagles.
Elijah Decker set the tone for the Mustangs with a 16-point, 12-rebound double-double and Brown added eight points.
The Eagles got 18 points from Jamarcus Lewis, five from Luke Blevins, and four apiece from Malachi Brown and Aaron Sanders.
Chattanooga Valley (3-11) finished as the No. 7 seed for the boys’ NGAC tournament, while Saddle Ridge (3-11) was the No. 9 seed. Both teams opened the tournament this past Friday.
Coverage of the NGAC basketball tournaments is available on our website (northwestgeorgianews.com) and coverage of the championship games and awards will be in the Feb. 9 edition of this publication.