Wyoming East 56, PikeView 40
NEW RICHMOND – The Warriors checked all the boxes in Ryan Davidson’s debut as the Warriors coach.
A relentless pressure defense led to points in the offensive end and the Warriors got 25 points from Cadee Blackburn and 11 from Maddie Clark in a 56-40 season-opening win against PikeView.
“We want to play with pace, that’s what we are,” Davidson said. “So, it’s one of those things, let’s just be what we are and try to be better at it each time out. But we are always going to try to play with pace and pressure and try to make teams play faster than they want to play.”
It’s long been the receipt for the Warriors and it once again provided a difference on opening night.
Just ask PikeView coach Tracy Raban, whose team was harassed into 26 turnovers. Compounded matters was losing Jocelyn Hall early with an injury. The Warriors lost Abbi Baker on the play, which happened under the Warriors basket and left both girls hitting the floor hard.
“Their defensive pressure was relentless,” Raban said. “We struggled handling the pressure. You can’t do that against a team like Wyoming East. I thought we fought back a little in the fourth quarter. Losing Jocelyn hurt us there with ball-handling, but we didn’t do much to help ourselves out.”
Two separate runs, a 10-0 run between the first quarter and the second and 17-4 over the last four minutes of the first half left. Warriors up 31-15 at the half.
Blackburn had 15 points at the half.
It was a bit of an emotional night for Davidson, who took over for the highly successful Angie Boninsegna who retired after Lady Warriors state championship victory against Summers County last season.
“At one point I started thinking about my dad and my father-in-law (the late Richard Davidson and Shawn Spears),” Davidson said. “And that was… I had to kind of get it together. That was the only thing that kind of got me.”
Hailey Justice had 11 for PikeView.
Wyoming East 56, PikeView 40
PikeView (1-1)
Hannah Harden 2 3-5 7, Brooke Craft 2 3-4 7, Cat Farmer 1 2-2 4, Tylar Burks 1 0-0 2, Haley Justice 4 3-3 11, Jocelyn Hall 0 0-0 0, Jordan Hawks 0 0-0 0, Emma Rye 0 0-0 0, Riley Meadows 2 4-10 9. TOTALS: 12 15-24 40.
Wyoming East (1-0)
Maddie Clark 4 2-2 11, Cadee Blackburn 9 2-4 25, Alivia Monroe 1 0-0 2, Gabby Cameron 1 0-0 2, Abbi Baker 0 0-0 0, Kyndal Lusk 3 0-0 8, Charleigh Price 0 2-4 2, Kenna Price 2 0-0 4, Michaela Brooks 1 0-0 2, Kyleigh Martin 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 21 6-10 56.
PikeView 8 7 10 13 – 40
Wyoming East 15 16 22 3 – 56
Three-point field goals – PV: 1 (Meadows). WE: 8 (Clark 1, Blackburn 5, Lusk 2). Fouled out – none.
George Washington 66, Greenbrier East 46
FAIRLEA – George Washington outscored Greenbrier East 36-15 in the middle quarters and that was the difference in the Patriots victory with Region 3 rival Greenbrier East Monday night.
Three players scored in double figures for the Patriots, led by Finley Lohan’s 22 points. Zaniah Zellous had 17 and Jeriyah Pryon had 16 for George Washington.
Greenbrier East’s Ava Workman led the Spartans with 14 points. Jada Waller added 10.
Greenbrier East (3-1) will be back in action at James Monroe next Monday.
George Washington
Rayana Breckenridge 0 1-2 1, Jeriyah Pryon 7 2-5 16, Finley Lohan 8 2-2 22, Nasiya Smith 3 0-0 8, Zaniah Zellous 4 8-11 17, Nyhanni Watson 0 0-2 0, Peyton Adkins 0 0-0 0, Tylie Barton 1 0-0 2, Mattison Sosebee 0 0-0 0, Meg Smith 0 0-0 0. TOTALS 23 13-19 66.
Greenbrier East
Ava Workman 5 3-3 14, Kennedy Stewart 2 0-0 6, Jada Waller 4 2-2 10, Mackenna McClure 3 2-2 8, Hannah Fuller 2 2-2 6, Kala Waller 0 0-0 0, Regan Rink 0 0-0 0, Sandy Banton 0 0-2 0, Liz Wooding 1 0-0 2. TOTALS: 17 9-11 46.
George Washington 17 19 17 13 – 66
Greenbrier East 18 6 9 13 – 46
Three-point goals – GW: 7 (Lohan 4, N. Smith 2, Zellous 1). GE: Workman 1, Stewart 2). Fouled out – None.
Bluefield 65, Mount View 23
BLUEFIELD – Arionna Dowell had 17 points and Cara Brown added 15 as Bluefield raised its record to 2-1.
Mount View had just three field goals in the game and had 16 points from the free throw line.
Bluefield (2-1) will be at Westside Dec. 14.
Bluefield 65, Mount View 23
Mount View
Kaylee Cook 0 3-4 3, Lakie Martin 0 0-0 0, Tay Wray 0 8-14 8, Ry Hood 0 0-2 0, Zoey Rose 0 0-0 0, Ashanti Bonds 3 2-4 9, Amya Cannady 0 0-0 0, Parton Rotenberry 0 3-4 3, Makayla Williams 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 3 16-28 23.
Bluefield
Tanaya Smith 0 0-0 0, Faye Jackson 1 0-0 2, Queen-Asia Padgett 2 0-0 5, Raylee Simpson 3 0-0 6, Desiray Jackson 4 0-0 8, Cara Brown 6 2-5 15, Jayda Dowell 1 0-0 3, Nyasia Hanley 1 4-4 6, Ava Spangler 0 2-2 2, Laken Harvey 0 0-0 0, Arionna Dowell 6 5-11 17, Alyssa Cline 0 1-2 1. TOTALS: 24 14-24 65.
Mount View 2 3 4 14 – 23
Bluefield 12 19 19 17 – 65
Three-point goals – MV: Bonds 1, Blue: 3 (Padgett 1, Brown 1, J. Dowell 1). Fouled out – None
Sherman 35, Liberty 32
Sherman overcame a 9 of 29 night at the free throw line and outscored Liberty 13-6 in the fourth quarter to pull out the victory.
Liberty also struggled from the line, going 8 of 22 but had a 17-13 lead at the break. Three players fouled out for Liberty, hampering their offense in the fourth quarter.
Rhiley Honaker led the Raiders with nine points.
Summer Harvey had nine for Sherman.
Liberty (0-3) is at Montcalm Tuesday.
Sherman 35, Liberty 32
Sherman
Liberti Hillman 0 0-0 0, Haiden Smith 0 0-2 0, Alexis Lovejoy 0 0-0 0, Makayla Harless 2 0-6 4, Cara Mullins 0 0-0 0, Hope Keith 0 2-2 2, Summer Harvey 4 0-2 9, AnaBeth Keith 2 3-8 7, Dana Farrell 1 1-2 3, Maleigha Mullins 2 2-7 6, Jaiden Graley 2 0-0 4. TOTALS: 13 9-29 35
Liberty
Kaitlyn Cantley 0 0-0 0, Alayna Cline 0 0-0 0, Kirsten Miller 3 1-2 7, Harleigh Meadows 0 1-4 1, Sadi Stone 0 0-2 0, Jaidyn Tolliver 0 0-0 0, Rhiley Honaker 3 3-6 9, Chloe McGhee 2 1-4 7, Kaliyah Brooks 1 1-2 3, Brooke Brown 2 1-2 5, Jessica Anderson 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 11 8-22 32
Sherman 8 5 8 13 – 35
Liberty 14 3 9 6 – 32
Three-point field goals – Sh: 1 (Harvey 1), L: 2 (McGhee 2). Fouled out – Sh: Harvey, L: McGhee, Brown, Miller.