Basketball

BEAR CREEK - The Phil Campbell Lady Bobcats won a narrow victory over the Phillips High School She Bears Monday, Jan. 28, at PHS, in Bear Creek, by a score of 77-75.
The Lady Bobcats had a first half lead at halftime by a score of 36-30. The She Bears erased that lead in the third period, taking a two point advantage, 53-51. It was a battle to the end with the Lady Bobcats winning 77-75.

HALEYVILLE - A basketball pep rally was held Friday, Feb. 1, at Haleyville High School in honor of the varsity girls and boys traveling to Curry for area play on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Both teams  played Fayette.
Senior athletes were introduced, telling  how many years they had participated in basketball or cheerleading.
The athletes, accompanied by their parents or grandparents, presented a rose to their mothers while being introduced on the court. The athletes received various gifts  from teammates.

Recognized were:

HALEYVILLE - The Haleyville Lady Lions put the Lamar County Lady Bulldogs in the pound with a commanding 65-31 win at home Tuesday, Jan. 22.
Alli temple was the leading scorer with 19 points, 10 rebounds, 1 block and 1 steal, followed by Reagan Kutis with 14 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists; Catie Aldridge 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals; McKenzee Reid 8 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal; Molly Gilbert 6 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 blocks; Mae Boyles 4 points, 2 assists, 2 steals, 1 rebound; Ashton McCullar 2 points, 2 rebounds.

LYNN - The Winston County Basketball tournament saw varsity action Thursday, Jan. 24, at Lynn High School. The Winston County Lady Yellow Jackets defeated the Lynn Lady Bears in the first game, 48-30. The Winston County Yellow Jackets then took a 62-45 victory over Addison.
Scoring by quarters with the Lady Jackets leading all four period included, 11-6, 27-13, 34-22 and 48-30.

LYNN - It went down to the wire, but the Meek varsity boys eliminated the Lynn Bears from the Winston County Basketball tournament Friday, Jan. 25, 40-39.
Held at Lynn High School, Meek had a one point lead at the end of the first quarter 11-10. Lynn led at halftime by four, 24-20. Meek narrowed the gap by two at the end of the third period, trailing 25-27 and took the victory 40-39.
Scoring for the Meek Tigers were Caleb Aaron 15 points; Chris Clark 8 points; Stuart Waldrep 6 points; Payton Key 6 points; Kevin Chino 5 points.

LYNN - The Winston County Basketball Tournament began Tuesday, Jan. 22, with junior varsity action at Lynn High School. In junior girls play, Winston County and Meek faced off on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 4 p.m., followed by Addison and Lynn at 6 p.m. The championship game will be played on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 3 p.m. Winston County and Addison will open up the junior varsity boys game at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Lynn and Meek will play at 7 p.m. Their championship game will be play at 4:15 p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 26. Varsity action will start on Thursday, Jan.

ADDISON - The Addison and Lynn basketball game played out as expected Monday, Jan. 14, at the AHS gym. The two competitive teams shot it out until the Lynn Bears won in double overtime 68-62.
The Bulldogs’ Lance Wilkins, who had 17 points and 12 rebounds in the game, suffered an ankle injury in the first overtime and had to leave the action.