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Saturday, January 8, 2011

LCHS Topples Tullahoma

Daniel Rodgers Sports

Home never felt sweeter for Lawrence County. Both the Lady Cats and Wildcats returned to Ralph Benson Stadium to kick-off the second half of their seasons friday night. The opponent for the night was the Tullahoma Wildcats.

With Coach Scott missing from the team due to a death in the family, the Lady Cats literally started the game with a bonus two points, courtesy of a Tullahoma technical.

They pushed an early 23-10 lead into the second quarter. The play got sloppy in the second half as LCHS went on auto pilot but still racked up 37 points for the first half.

Coming out of halftime, the Lady Cats looked re-energized and re-focused, allowing Tullahoma only two points in the entire third quarter and with 54% shooting from the field took the game away, posting 68 points while only allowing 30.

The win pushes the current win streak to 7 with a trip to Shelbyville coming up on Tuesday.

The second game of the night promised more fireworks with control of District 8 on the line. Tullahoma and LCHS were tied for first place entering the night and only one would leave in first.

The game was tight throughout but the 12-9 first quarter lead would hold up for LCHS. Lawrence County played a zone all night, clogging the middle while Tullahoma was content to pass the ball around and find a good outside shot.

On offense LCHS looked to push the ball into the paint for easy points. The only problem was the fouls as Garland went into halftime with 3 fouls, Cheatwood and Young with 2 a piece. Only up by three points, Tullahoma outscored LCHS in the third 14-13 to pull within two points. Late in the game, LCHS clung to their lead, 47-45.

After two free throws from both LCHS and Tullahoma, the shot bounced off the back of the rim, giving the Wildcats a 49-47 victory and first place in the district.

On Tuesday night, Shelbyville will try to pull the Wildcats back to the pack.

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