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Page 8 The Tri-City Reporter, Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Sports & Education Pioneers win one, drop two BY LORI CATHEY The Pioneers traveled to Greenfield on Friday night and won 66-32 over the Yellowjackets in a 14A district matchup. Peyton Holt opened the scoring by making a 3-point shot from the top of the key. After leading 5-2, the Pioneers moved the scoreboard to 9-6 on a drive to the basket by Brannion Simpson and a pull-up jump shot from Joe Lee. Greenfield went on 5-0 run to end the first quarter taking an 11 to 9 lead. The Pioneers scored three baskets early in the second quarter; an offensive rebound basket by Zach Eskew, and two 3-pointers by Holt to take a 19-11 lead with 4:07 left in the quarter. Gibson County outscored Greenfield 8 to 2 to take a 27-13 lead into halftime. After getting back-toback steals and scored from Pierce Holt and Eskew, Gibson County extended their lead to 37-18. A Greenfield turnover led to
3-ponter by Pierce Holt and an offensive rebound basket by Simpson put the Pioneers ahead 45-25 to end the quarter. The fourth quarter opened with a nice break ending in an assist by Lee on a Tyler Freeman basket. The Pioneers went on a 14point run to take a 59-27 advantage four minutes into the final quarter. Gibson County reserves played the remainder of the fourth quarter. Pioneers Devante Wilkes on a baseline drive was fouled and made both free throws to make it 6330. Gibson County ended the game on a steal and assist by Josh London which led to a basket by Shakur Harris, giving the Pioneers a 66-32 win over Greenfield. Gibson County shot 20 of 37 from the field, 4 of 15 from 3-point range and was 14 of 23 from the free throw. Leading Gibson County was Peyton Holt with 17 points and 3 steals.
Zach Eskew finished with 11 points and Pierce Holt and Brannion Simpson each had 9 points. Joe Lee added 7 points, Shakur Harris had 5 points and Tyler Freeman added 4 points. Deonte’ Watson and Devante Wilkes scored 2 points apiece. The Pioneers lost to Halls 63 to 41 this past Tuesday night at Gibson County. The Pioneers were down by 5 points (9-4) at the end of the first quarter. Halls outscored Gibson County 17 to 6 in the second quarter to take a 26-10 lead into halftime. Gibson County scored 12 points in the third quarter. Gibson County scored 19 points to Hall’s 18 points in the final quarter but lost to Halls. Pioneers scoring were: Zach Eskew with 10 points, Joe Lee 9 points and Tyner Hughes 6 points. Peyton Holt added 5 points and Deonte’ Watson had 4 points. Jamerius Skinner finished with 3 points and Mack Hicks had 2 points.
In Saturday night’s game Gibson County just ran out of time and fell to Obion County 58 to 52. Obion County lead 16-9 after one quarter. Gibson County trailed 29-20 at the half. After trailing by as much as 17 points in the third quarter, the Pioneers buckled down defensively as they crept back into the game. Gibson County outscored Obion County 16-12 in the final quarter for a 58 to 52 loss. Gibson County coach Justin Lowery said, “We got down by 17 points and we kept fighting back to the very end. We got within 4 point and just ran out of time, but we didn’t give up.” Mac Hicks led Gibson County with 15 points. Joe Lee had 14 points, while Brannion Simpson had 12 points. Pierce Holt added 7 points. Tyler Freeman and Deonte’ Watson both had 2 points and. Gibson County as a team made seven 3ponters for the game.
FOR TWO POINTS - Gibson County’s Joe Lee drives to the basket and pulls up for a jump shot in front of Greenfield #13 Jacob Lewis. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
WILKES FOULED – Gibson County #23 Devante Wilkes goes up for a basket and is fouled by Greenfield defender Brett Capps. (Photo by Lori Cathey) SURROUNDED BY YELLOWJACKETS - Pioneer Max Hicks is surrounded by Greenfield defenders #45 Tyler Hoke and #30 Levi Dees as he looks for an open teammate. Hicks had 15 points in the game against Obion County. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
GIBSON COUNTY CHEERLEADERS SHOWS THEIR TEAM SPIRIT - The Gibson County basketball cheerleaders show off their hard work, spirit and dedication to the girls and boys basketball team during Friday night’s game against Greenfield. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
HOLT DRIVES IN – Greenfield’s Brittany Peoples pushes Lady Pioneer CaraBeth Holt as she drives the baseline for a lay-up. Holt chipped in 11 points and 5 steals. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
LONDON DRIVES AROUND - Pioneer Josh London drives around Greenfield’s Jeremy Chumney to hit an open teammate for two points. (Photo by Lori
Lady Pioneers are three for three BY LORI CATHEY It was a close contest until the final quarter as Gibson County Lady Pioneers defeated Greenfield Lady Yellowjackets 59-45 in a District 14-A matchup Friday night. The game was back and forth throughout the first three quarters with neither team holding more than a five-point lead at any point. The teams traded leads throughout the first quarter with the Lady Yellowjackets opening up the game with a 5-0 run. Gibson County ties the game at 11 all with 1:25 left in the quarter with a 3-pointer by Justyce White and two consecutive drives for baskets by Briana Fields. On an inbound play with two seconds remaining in the quarter Greenfield’s Brittany Peoples hit a layup to give Greenfield a 1311 lead to end the quarter. Lady Pioneer CaraBeth Holt opened up the second quarter with a 3-pointer from the right wing. Greenfield with back-to-back baskets by Peoples took a 21-16 lead at the 5:00 mark. With a steal-two by Erin Lannom and a turnaround jump
shot from Fields the Lady Pioneers were down by a point (21-20). The Lady Pioneers took a 23-21 lead behind an old-fashioned three-point play by Lannom but Greenfield tie the game 23-23 behind a basket by Peoples to end the quarter. Midway through the third quarter Greenfield took a 34-29 lead over Gibson County. The Lady Pioneers tie the game at 35 all behind baskets by Sarah Beth Mullins, White and Lannom. Lady Pioneer Holt with a pull-up jump shot gave Gibson County a 37-35 lead with 2:53 left in the quarter. With 20 seconds left, Lady Pioneer Allie Smithson scored on a drive to give Gibson County a 43 to 41 lead to end the quarter. In the fourth quarter the Lady Pioneer scored ten unanswered points – an offensive rebound by Fields, a post move by Mullins, a steal-two by Holt, a nice drive by White and two free throws by Lannom, to lead 53-43. Gibson County extended their lead for a 59 to 45 victory over Greenfield.
GOING UP FOR A REBOUND - Senior Sarah Beth Mullins goes up for a rebound against Greenfield’s #24 McCall Scates and Kalee Kesterson. Mullins had 8 points and 5 rebounds. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
After the game Gibson County coach Mitch Wilkins said, “Our effort was great. We played hard all night long and overcame some missed shots.” Gibson County for the game was 20-of-40 from the field, 2-of-8 3-pointers and 13-of-20 from the free throw line. The Lady Pioneers had 16 steal with 18 rebounds for the game. Briana Fields had a gamehigh 18 points for Gibson County hitting 9-of-13 from the field. Erin Lannom had 12 points and CaraBeth Holt added 11 points. Sarah Beth Mullins and Justyce White each had 8 points and Allie Smithson finished with 2 points. The Lady Pioneers faced Halls Tuesday night at Gibson County. The Lady Pioneers led 17-12 at the end of the first quarter, 4324 at the half and 62-34 at the three-quarter mark. In the final frame, Gibson County outscored Halls 13-5 and still managed to empty the bench in the final minutes. CaraBeth Holt and Briana
Fields led the Lady Pioneers with 14 points. Erin Lannom and Justyce White each added 12 points. Sarah Beth Mullins chipped in 9 points and Mackenna Upchurch and Allie Smithson finished with 7 points apiece. In Saturday night’s matchup the Lady Pioneers defeated Obion County 54 to 31. The Lady Pioneers had a 12-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter Obion County outscore Gibson County 19 to 14 but the Lady Pioneers still had a 26-22 lead going into halftime. The Lady Pioneers went on a 12-0 run in the third quarter to take a 42-26 lead going into the final quarter. The Lady Pioneers took advantage of a 12-5 run to take their largest lead of the game for a 54-31 win over Obion County. Leading Gibson County were: Briana Fields with 19 points and Sarah Beth Mullins with 12 points. Justyce White finshed with 9 poins and Erin Lannom had 7 points. CaraBeth Holt added 5 points and Serera Roach had 2 points.
LANNOM STRIKES AGAIN - Lady Pioneer Erin Lannom steals the ball from Greenfield’s Kalee Kesterson. Lannom had 12 points with 5 steals (Photo by Lori Cathey)
Sports & Education Pioneers win one, drop two BY LORI CATHEY The Pioneers traveled to Greenfield on Friday night and won 66-32 over the Yellowjackets in a 14A district matchup. Peyton Holt opened the scoring by making a 3-point shot from the top of the key. After leading 5-2, the Pioneers moved the scoreboard to 9-6 on a drive to the basket by Brannion Simpson and a pull-up jump shot from Joe Lee. Greenfield went on 5-0 run to end the first quarter taking an 11 to 9 lead. The Pioneers scored three baskets early in the second quarter; an offensive rebound basket by Zach Eskew, and two 3-pointers by Holt to take a 19-11 lead with 4:07 left in the quarter. Gibson County outscored Greenfield 8 to 2 to take a 27-13 lead into halftime. After getting back-toback steals and scored from Pierce Holt and Eskew, Gibson County extended their lead to 37-18. A Greenfield turnover led to
3-ponter by Pierce Holt and an offensive rebound basket by Simpson put the Pioneers ahead 45-25 to end the quarter. The fourth quarter opened with a nice break ending in an assist by Lee on a Tyler Freeman basket. The Pioneers went on a 14point run to take a 59-27 advantage four minutes into the final quarter. Gibson County reserves played the remainder of the fourth quarter. Pioneers Devante Wilkes on a baseline drive was fouled and made both free throws to make it 6330. Gibson County ended the game on a steal and assist by Josh London which led to a basket by Shakur Harris, giving the Pioneers a 66-32 win over Greenfield. Gibson County shot 20 of 37 from the field, 4 of 15 from 3-point range and was 14 of 23 from the free throw. Leading Gibson County was Peyton Holt with 17 points and 3 steals.
Zach Eskew finished with 11 points and Pierce Holt and Brannion Simpson each had 9 points. Joe Lee added 7 points, Shakur Harris had 5 points and Tyler Freeman added 4 points. Deonte’ Watson and Devante Wilkes scored 2 points apiece. The Pioneers lost to Halls 63 to 41 this past Tuesday night at Gibson County. The Pioneers were down by 5 points (9-4) at the end of the first quarter. Halls outscored Gibson County 17 to 6 in the second quarter to take a 26-10 lead into halftime. Gibson County scored 12 points in the third quarter. Gibson County scored 19 points to Hall’s 18 points in the final quarter but lost to Halls. Pioneers scoring were: Zach Eskew with 10 points, Joe Lee 9 points and Tyner Hughes 6 points. Peyton Holt added 5 points and Deonte’ Watson had 4 points. Jamerius Skinner finished with 3 points and Mack Hicks had 2 points.
In Saturday night’s game Gibson County just ran out of time and fell to Obion County 58 to 52. Obion County lead 16-9 after one quarter. Gibson County trailed 29-20 at the half. After trailing by as much as 17 points in the third quarter, the Pioneers buckled down defensively as they crept back into the game. Gibson County outscored Obion County 16-12 in the final quarter for a 58 to 52 loss. Gibson County coach Justin Lowery said, “We got down by 17 points and we kept fighting back to the very end. We got within 4 point and just ran out of time, but we didn’t give up.” Mac Hicks led Gibson County with 15 points. Joe Lee had 14 points, while Brannion Simpson had 12 points. Pierce Holt added 7 points. Tyler Freeman and Deonte’ Watson both had 2 points and. Gibson County as a team made seven 3ponters for the game.
FOR TWO POINTS - Gibson County’s Joe Lee drives to the basket and pulls up for a jump shot in front of Greenfield #13 Jacob Lewis. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
WILKES FOULED – Gibson County #23 Devante Wilkes goes up for a basket and is fouled by Greenfield defender Brett Capps. (Photo by Lori Cathey) SURROUNDED BY YELLOWJACKETS - Pioneer Max Hicks is surrounded by Greenfield defenders #45 Tyler Hoke and #30 Levi Dees as he looks for an open teammate. Hicks had 15 points in the game against Obion County. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
GIBSON COUNTY CHEERLEADERS SHOWS THEIR TEAM SPIRIT - The Gibson County basketball cheerleaders show off their hard work, spirit and dedication to the girls and boys basketball team during Friday night’s game against Greenfield. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
HOLT DRIVES IN – Greenfield’s Brittany Peoples pushes Lady Pioneer CaraBeth Holt as she drives the baseline for a lay-up. Holt chipped in 11 points and 5 steals. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
LONDON DRIVES AROUND - Pioneer Josh London drives around Greenfield’s Jeremy Chumney to hit an open teammate for two points. (Photo by Lori
Lady Pioneers are three for three BY LORI CATHEY It was a close contest until the final quarter as Gibson County Lady Pioneers defeated Greenfield Lady Yellowjackets 59-45 in a District 14-A matchup Friday night. The game was back and forth throughout the first three quarters with neither team holding more than a five-point lead at any point. The teams traded leads throughout the first quarter with the Lady Yellowjackets opening up the game with a 5-0 run. Gibson County ties the game at 11 all with 1:25 left in the quarter with a 3-pointer by Justyce White and two consecutive drives for baskets by Briana Fields. On an inbound play with two seconds remaining in the quarter Greenfield’s Brittany Peoples hit a layup to give Greenfield a 1311 lead to end the quarter. Lady Pioneer CaraBeth Holt opened up the second quarter with a 3-pointer from the right wing. Greenfield with back-to-back baskets by Peoples took a 21-16 lead at the 5:00 mark. With a steal-two by Erin Lannom and a turnaround jump
shot from Fields the Lady Pioneers were down by a point (21-20). The Lady Pioneers took a 23-21 lead behind an old-fashioned three-point play by Lannom but Greenfield tie the game 23-23 behind a basket by Peoples to end the quarter. Midway through the third quarter Greenfield took a 34-29 lead over Gibson County. The Lady Pioneers tie the game at 35 all behind baskets by Sarah Beth Mullins, White and Lannom. Lady Pioneer Holt with a pull-up jump shot gave Gibson County a 37-35 lead with 2:53 left in the quarter. With 20 seconds left, Lady Pioneer Allie Smithson scored on a drive to give Gibson County a 43 to 41 lead to end the quarter. In the fourth quarter the Lady Pioneer scored ten unanswered points – an offensive rebound by Fields, a post move by Mullins, a steal-two by Holt, a nice drive by White and two free throws by Lannom, to lead 53-43. Gibson County extended their lead for a 59 to 45 victory over Greenfield.
GOING UP FOR A REBOUND - Senior Sarah Beth Mullins goes up for a rebound against Greenfield’s #24 McCall Scates and Kalee Kesterson. Mullins had 8 points and 5 rebounds. (Photo by Lori Cathey)
After the game Gibson County coach Mitch Wilkins said, “Our effort was great. We played hard all night long and overcame some missed shots.” Gibson County for the game was 20-of-40 from the field, 2-of-8 3-pointers and 13-of-20 from the free throw line. The Lady Pioneers had 16 steal with 18 rebounds for the game. Briana Fields had a gamehigh 18 points for Gibson County hitting 9-of-13 from the field. Erin Lannom had 12 points and CaraBeth Holt added 11 points. Sarah Beth Mullins and Justyce White each had 8 points and Allie Smithson finished with 2 points. The Lady Pioneers faced Halls Tuesday night at Gibson County. The Lady Pioneers led 17-12 at the end of the first quarter, 4324 at the half and 62-34 at the three-quarter mark. In the final frame, Gibson County outscored Halls 13-5 and still managed to empty the bench in the final minutes. CaraBeth Holt and Briana
Fields led the Lady Pioneers with 14 points. Erin Lannom and Justyce White each added 12 points. Sarah Beth Mullins chipped in 9 points and Mackenna Upchurch and Allie Smithson finished with 7 points apiece. In Saturday night’s matchup the Lady Pioneers defeated Obion County 54 to 31. The Lady Pioneers had a 12-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter Obion County outscore Gibson County 19 to 14 but the Lady Pioneers still had a 26-22 lead going into halftime. The Lady Pioneers went on a 12-0 run in the third quarter to take a 42-26 lead going into the final quarter. The Lady Pioneers took advantage of a 12-5 run to take their largest lead of the game for a 54-31 win over Obion County. Leading Gibson County were: Briana Fields with 19 points and Sarah Beth Mullins with 12 points. Justyce White finshed with 9 poins and Erin Lannom had 7 points. CaraBeth Holt added 5 points and Serera Roach had 2 points.
LANNOM STRIKES AGAIN - Lady Pioneer Erin Lannom steals the ball from Greenfield’s Kalee Kesterson. Lannom had 12 points with 5 steals (Photo by Lori Cathey)
