Berry’s Maggie Mauldin (14) leaps for a basket | Photo by Kelly Bonner
On Monday Dec. 9, the Berry High School Varsity Girls played against Lamar County and lost 38-49. On Thursday, Dec. 12, The Lady Wildcats traveled to face off against Phillips and lost 36-47.
Berry’s Ashton Waltrip (5) goes for a slam dunk. | Photo by Kelly Bonner
On Monday, Dec. 9, the Berry High School varsity boys’ basketball team played against Lamar County and lost 52-56. On Thursday, Dec. 12, the Wildcats faced off against Phillips and were defeated 88-74.
Berry’s Maggie Mauldin (14) makes her way down the court. | Photo by Kelly Bonner
On Dec. 2, the Lady Wildcats opened their season with a 25-13 win over Oak Grove. On Dec. 3, Berry faced a tough match against Pickens Academy and lost, 44-30.
Berry’s Kemari Hollingsworth (5) runs the ball in for a touchdown against the Bulldogs. | Photo by Kelly Bonner
The Berry Wildcats played host to the top-ranked Wadley Bulldogs in the third round of the state playoffs.
The Berry Wildcats traveled to face the third ranked Spring Garden Panthers for the first time in school history. On paper, it should have been a high scoring game as two high octane offenses met with the Wildcats averaging 54 points a game and Spring Garden averaging 44 points a game. As so often happens, what fans got was an entertaining defensive battle that the Wildcats ultimately won 6 - 0 to punch their ticket to round three.
The Berry Wildcats finished the regular season by traveling to Pell City to face the Victory Christian Lions. The game saw the two teams score a combined 125 points and the Wildcats set a new school record for points scored in a game in the 78 - 47 victory.
The Berry Wildcats traveled to Brilliant to face the Tigers in their fourth road game of the year. The Wildcats came away with a victory that closed out region play and solidified Berry as the two-seed in the upcoming playoffs.
The Berry Wildcats continued Region 5 play by hosting the Pickens County Tornadoes. Pickens County won the toss and elected to defer to the second half.
The Berry Wildcats continued region play as they traveled to face the Sumiton Christian Eagles. Sumiton Christian won the toss and elected to receive.
After spending two weeks on the road, the Berry Wildcats returned to the friendly confines of Fred Webster Stadium looking to pick up their third home win of the year and fifth win overall. Standing in their way were the 2A Lamar County Bulldogs.
