Sports
Indians rap LFO by 36 in first game
The new-look Murray County Indians opened the basketball season in blowout fashion.
After losing 10 seniors from last year’s state playoff team, the Indians took the court with a different lineup led by Seth Davenport’s 15 points to beat host Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, 67-41, on Friday night.
Indians coach Greg Linder said both teams started the first quarter sluggish, shooting poorly and turning the ball over. But when Taylor Patterson came off the bench to score eight points to close out the first quarter, the Indians took off from that point and executed a smothering defense that forced 26 Warriors turnovers.
The Indians led 39-18 at halftime.
“We were able to extend the floor and pressure the ball to create turnovers,” Linder said. “We didn’t play our best basketball at the start of the game but our effort throughout was outstanding. Each kid we put out there worked hard and showed a lot of heart.”
Murray County stretched the lead to 30 in the third quarter, outscoring LFO 13-5 to put the game out of reach.
• LFO girls 67, Murray County 36: Lindsey Watts scored 11 points to lead the Lady Indians, who trailed 22-4 after the first quarter and 40-12 at halftime.
Varsity wrestling
• North Murray beat Ringgold and North Paulding in a tri-match in the Mountaineers’ first-ever varsity meet in school history. Earning two wins for the Mountaineers were Kayla Webb (103 pounds), Zack Penland (119), Seth Stanton (135) and Tas Brown (152).
“I’m real happy considering we went up against varsity teams with ninth and 10th graders,” Mountaineers coach Larry Cornelius said. “We came out with a lot of energy.”
• Southeast beat Dawson, 46-36, but lost to Gilmer, 64-6 in a tri-match. Andy Pichardo (152 pounds) posted two wins, one by a pin in 58 seconds and the other by fall and Cristian Perez (285) won twice with a 6-4, 0-1 decision and a 10-2 major decision.
Other Raiders posting wins were Jeremy White (103, forfeit), Mario Rodriguez (119, fall), Alfredo Apodaca (130, fall), Nick Didonato (140, fall), Edgar Federico (160, fall) and Tanner Phipps (171, fall).
JV basketball
• North Murray boys 74, Northwest 45: Tyler Duckett poured in 21 points, Jeremy Smith added 11 and Brady Swilling 10 as the Mountaineers (1-0) won for the first time in school history in the Southeast tournament.
“The boys did well,” Mountaineers coach Eric Bishop said. “We wanted to see how deep (into the rotation) we could go and we got all the way to the bottom, so now we know we can get there a whole lot sooner.”
Bruins (0-1) coach Josh Robinson said Northwest played its ninth grade team into the contest.
“We’ve been playing in this tournament for seven years and have always played with a freshman team,” he said. “About a week before the tournament started we found out JV teams could play, but we already had our freshman ready to go.”
• North Murray girls 40, Northwest Whitfield 35: Abigail Bradley led the Lady Mountaineers (1-0) with nine points, Meagan Spivey added seven points and five rebounds and Alex Hedges chipped in six points and five rebounds as North Murray went 10 of 13 from the free throw line and won it’s first game in program history.
“Everyone I put in did a good job,” Lady Mountaineers coach Angela Campbell said. “It still feels surreal that we beat Northwest. I’m proud of them. I think the players were all surprised by themselves and how well they played. This is a great way to start the season.”
Though the tournament was open to junior varsity teams, Northwest (0-1) played the Lady Mountaineers with its freshman team.
• Murray County boys 36, LFO 26: Tyler Sampson’s 23 points led the Indians (1-0).
• Murray County girls 50, LFO 19: Kellie Newport’s 22 points led the Lady Indians (1-0).
MS basketball
• Westside boys 44, Christian Heritage 27: Cameron Locke and Blake Frankenburger each scored 12 points to lead Westside (1-0) and the Lions (0-2) were led by Will Fischer’s seven points.
• Westside girls 43, Christian Heritage 14: Halle Ford led all scorers with 15 for Westside (1-0) and the Lions (0-2) were led by Sarah Massengill’s six points.
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A keen work ethic
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This is Kolby Keener’s school year — athletically speaking — at Murray County High School: It’s softball in August, but before that season is barely cold in the books, it’s time for basketball. After the hardwood season concludes, it’s off to travel softball, which ends for her in late May.
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