Adairsville and Cartersville girls, Woodland boys fall in tourney openers
All three local high school basketball teams that opened tournament play Monday night lost in their respective regions.
The Adairsville girls, Cartersville girls, and Woodland boys were all eliminated Monday night and had their seasons come to an end.
NORTH MURRAY GIRLS 65, ADAIRSVILLE 37
North Murray, the No. 2 seed from Region 6-AAA-North, outscored Adairsville 28-6 in the third quarter to pull away from the Lady Tigers and advance in the Region 6-AAA Tournament Monday night at Sonoraville.
Adairsville, the No. 5 seed from Region 6-AAA-South, trailed 27-18 at halftime and had their season end with a 3-22 record.
Nakiyah Washington led Adairsville with 11 points. Havyn Isaac followed with 10. Josie Summerville added seven points and was selected to the all-region team.
R. Stone led the Lady Mountaineers with 19 points.
North Murray (17-7) will play Coahulla Creek Wednesday in the quarterfinals.
CHAPEL HILL GIRLS 33, CARTERSVILLE 31
Winning for only the second time all year, the visiting Chapel Hill Lady Panthers edged Cartersville Monday night at the Storm Center, 33-31, to knock the Lady Canes out of the Region 5-AAAA tournament.
Cartersville — won the two regular season matchups with Chapel Hill by eleven and nine points — led 10-2 after one quarter, but the Lady Panthers trailed by only two at halftime (19-17) and took a 27-23 lead after three quarters.
Kalli Scheff led Cartersville (8-16) with nine points. Savannah Howard was the leading scorer for Chapel Hill with 12.
Chapel Hill advances to play at 3rd-seeded Troup County Tuesday night.
EAST PAULDING BOYS 82, WOODLAND 66
In the Region 7-AAAAA boys play-in game Monday night at Paulding County High School, the 8th-seeded Woodland boys were eliminated from the post-season in an 82-66 loss to 9th-seeded East Paulding.
The Raiders led 18-15 after one quarter and 39-37 at halftime before outscoring the Wildcats 22-11 in the third quarter to take a 61-48 advantage into the final eight minutes.
Azer Tidor led East Paulding (8-18) with 28 points. Sean Rutledge followed with 23. Silas Johnson scored 13 and B.J. Sutton added 11 for the Raiders.
Jaylen Ballard scored 23 points to lead all Woodland scorers. Connor Gallagher scored 17 and Hunter Johnson added eight.
East Paulding advances to play top-seeded Villa Rica Tuesday night at Villa Rica.
The Wildcats’ season ends with a 7-19 mark.
Tuesday’s tournament schedule for local teams:
Later in the week, the 2nd seeded Cartersville boys will face the LaGrange/Chapel Hill/Central-Carroll survivor Friday at Sandy Creek in the Region 5-AAAA semifinals.
