The Fayette girls’ basketball team won two of its three games for the week. The Lady Tigers defeated Northside on Senior Night by the score of 46-28. Jada Savage led the scoring for Fayette with 22 points, followed by Meredith Collins with 15 points. Jessica Duck added four points, Aerial Coburn scored three points and Abby Porter recorded two points during the game.
The Hubbertville’s girls’ basketball team defeated Holy Spirit in an area game thriller by the score of 44-42. Madison Cribb led the scoring with 12 points, followed by Haylee Pollard with 10, and Laikyn Wright and Kylee Dunn with eight points each. McKenna Fisher scored four points and Kendall Dunavant added two points to round out the scoring for Hubbertville.
The Berry girls’ basketball team continues to win games as they head toward the area tournament next week. On Feb. 1, Berry defeated Meek 58-46. Brooke Hill led the Lady Wildcats with 28 points and seven rebounds. Allie Taylor scored 12 points with nine rebounds, while Katelyn Willcutt added 10 points, five rebounds and three assists. Zoe Mauldin scored eight points with nine rebounds.
The Fayette varsity boys’ basketball team traveled to Vernon on Jan. 26 and defeated the Bulldogs by a score of 65-27. Leading the scoring for Fayette County was Darius Lloyd with 24 points. Lewis Cannon and Steve White each scored 11 points, while Khiry Burris had eight points. Rounding out the scoring for Fayette were Hal Holland, Alex Gilreath and Tucker Sanford with three points each, and Kory Burris with two points.
The Berry boys’ basketball team lost its first two games of the week before finishing the week with two wins. South Lamar defeated Berry 63-52. Colton Abernathy led Berry with 16 points, followed by Deon Mayfield and Colton Cunningham with eight points each. Johnathan Locke scored seven points, followed by Isaiah Kizzire with six points and Josh Ward with two points. Noah Darty had two points and Chrishuan Hennings scored a free throw to round out the scoring for Berry.
The Hubbertville boys defeated Hackleburg at home by the score of 37-35. Gage Key and Gage Alexander led Hubbertville with 11 points each. Brady Porter scored eight points, followed by Carter Hollingsworth with three points, and Cade Fisher and Greyson Key with two points each.
The previous night, Hubbertville lost to Marion County by a score of 51-35.
The Fayette junior varsity basketball team continued its winning season by defeating two-of-three opponents last week. The JV team defeated Carbon Hill 48-31. Leading the scoring for Fayette were Hollis Strawbridge and Landon Lowe with 13 points each. Landon Kimbrell had 12 points and Tucker Whitley scored 10 points for the JV team against the Bulldogs.
The Lady Wildcats defeated South Lamar 55-37 in an area game played last week. Leading the scoring for Berry was Brooke Hill with 22 points. She also had six assists, six rebounds and six steals in the game. Zoe Mauldin had 16 points and 14 rebounds, while Allie Taylor added 11 points and 11 rebounds. Anna Kate VanDee scored five points for the Lady Lions, with Katelyn Willcutt adding a free throw and 10 crucial rebounds.
Hubbertville’s girls’ basketball team won a game against Pickens County on Jan. 20 by forfeit. According to sources, the Pickens County girls’ basketball team had to quarantine due to the on-going coronavirus pandemic. The game will not be rescheduled, and the Lady Lions were credited with a win.
Hubbertville’s Lady Lions won four of its last six basketball games during the past two weeks.
The girls’ team defeated Brilliant 47-28 on Jan. 5. Haylee Pollard and Kylee Dunn led Hubbertville with 15 points each. Madison Cribb scored seven points, Laikyn Wright added five points, McKenna Fisher and Savanna McGraw each scored two points, and Kendall Dunavant made a free throw.
