By Clint Cox
Local basketball fans were treated to three games at Cottondale last Friday night as the boy’s varsity and junior varsity teams hit the floor as well as the ladie’s varsity teams. The Hornets took both boy’s contest while Sneads captured a win in the girls game.
The first game featured the ladies as Sneads jumped out to an early 16-5 lead behind the hot shooting of Joni Bonine, Shan Gillette and Meagan Smith. Cottondale got hot in the second quarter, Jakia Grimsley and Khadejah Ward hit 7 points each. The Lady Hornets outscored Sneads 23-9 in the quarter and held a slim 28-27 lead at the half. Sneads came out in the third quarter and got 9 unanswered points to lead 36-28. Cottondale finally scored 2 ½ minutes into the quarter and mounted a comeback. When the third quarter ended it was a one point game again, this time with Sneads leading 43-42. The two squads traded the lead back and forth throughout the fourth quarter. Neither team however could lead by more than two points. With just over a minute to play Gillette gave Sneads a 56-54 lead with a basket and free throw. Grimsley came right back with a bucket for the Lady Hornets to tie the game at 56-56. La’Tilya Baker hit two free throws for the Lady Pirates though in the final seconds to pull off the two point win for Sneads.
Gillette led Sneads with 17 points and Baker followed with 17. Bonine also added 11 points for the Lady Pirates. Cottondale was led by Grimsley, who led all scorers, with 28 points and Ward with 18. The Cottondale ladies host Graceville on Thursday.
The varsity boys hit the floor for the final game of the evening and the Hornets notched a 20 point victory over the Pirates with a 62-42 victory. The first quarter was tightly contested as Cottondale held a slim 12-10 lead going into the second quarter. Marcus Humose heated up for the Hornets and Cody Saye hit back to back buckets to help Cottondale take a 32-19 half time lead. The Hornets continued to put some distance between themselves and the Hornets in the third quarter as they took a 20 point lead on a basket and free throw by Darien Pollock. Sneads shooting problems continued as they went scoreless for the first four minutes of the third quarter. The Pirates had a little surge toward the end of the quarter as Will Holmes hit a 3 pointer and Jeff Bell came up with a steal and layup at the buzzer. Going into the final quarter Sneads had cut the Hornet lead back to 16 points. Humose put the final nail in the Pirate’s coffin though as he heated up again in the fourth quarter and killed any hopes of a Pirate comeback.
Humose led all scorers and was the only player in double figures for either squad. He finished with 25 points. Pollock and Saye each hit 9 for Cottondale. Sneads was led by Terrence Green with 8 points while Holmes and Josh Rogers both chipped in 7 points.
In boy’s junior varsity action the Cottondale Hornets posted a 42-36 win over the Pirates. Brandon Franklin led the Hornets with 13 points and Dillon Spates led Sneads with 13 points.
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