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Fayette

On Friday, Jan. 3, the Fayette County varsity boys team won 43-49 against Northside. The Tigers lost their game against Haleyville 54-77 on Jan. 7, and on Jan. 9, Fayette won their game against Winfield 73-71.

On Jan. 7, the Lady Tigers secured a big area win 55-54 over Haleyville.

Berry

On Jan. 6,  the Berry varsity boys team lost 78-45 to Sumiton Christian. The Wildcats lost 63-54 to Phillips on Jan. 9.

On Jan. 6, the Berry varsity girls team lost to Sumiton Christian 38-41. The Lady Wildcats also lost to Phillips 37-54 on Jan. 9.

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.

FCHS Varsity Boys

On Tuesday, Dec. 10, The Fayette Varsity boys played against Hamilton and won 55- 48. On Friday, Dec. 13, The Tigers faced off against Winfield and won 59-50.

FCHS Varsity Girls

On Dec.10 the Varsity Lady Tigers faced the Hamilton Aggies and lost 62-46. On Friday, Dec. 13 Fayette played against Winfield and lost 51-39.

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.

On Friday, Dec. 13, the Hubbertville Varsity Boys Basketball team won their NAC Tournament game against Marion County High School by a score of 72- 61. The team was recently recognized as NAC Tournament Champions.

Front row from left to right: Cole Brand, Trevor Benton, Ceth Hollingsworth, Tracee Cowan, Kane Rushing and Sabaston Harris; back row from left to right: Coach Caleb Hynds, Cameron Pendley, Logan Cox, Atticus Gray, Skylar Benton, Blaize Wakefield, Jack Lakey, Coach Adam Brand, Kade Watkins, Bryce Afshar and Coach Nathan Tidwell.

On Friday, Nov. 22, Fayette County’s varsity boys team lost to Northside, 65-55. The Lady Tigers also lost to Northside on Friday, 51- 39.

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.

On Dec. 2, Berry High School’s varsity boys team faced Oak Grove to open their season, but lost, 58- 46.  The Wildcats bounced back on Dec. 3, defeating Pickens Academy, 50-26.

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.