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GOOD HOPE — No veteran seniors?
No problem.
The Good Hope High girls basketball team has proven that young players can shine on the big stage, too. The Raiders have done it time and time again this season.
That didn’t change in the Class 3A, Area 12 championship. Good Hope got 29 points from two of the team’s youngest players — Kami Calvert and Kayla Tillman — while running away for a 68-52 win Monday night.
Good Hope advances to host West Limestone in a sub-state matchup Thursday night, with the winner of that game securing a spot in the Northwest Regional at Wallace State.
Vinemont will travel to Madison Academy for its sub-state matchup.
Tillman paced Good Hope with 15 points and Calvert tossed in 14. Ashley Stanley and Nina Mills tossed in 11 points each, while Kayla Elrod scored nine and Elizabeth Hardin tossed in seven.
Good Hope — which doesn’t have a senior on its roster — raced out to a 17-6 lead in the first quarter and carried a 38-16 advantage into halftime.
Christina Franks paced Vinemont with 25 points while Jordan Melton added 13. Sybil Tubbs followed with eight and Sydney Whittle tossed in seven.
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CHAMPS AGAIN
Isaac Yarbrough wanted the ball in the final inning.
And once he got it, he wanted to face the top of Fairview’s lineup.
Yarbrough got both of his wishes. And once he did, Vinemont High got one of its own — its first Cullman County baseball title in three years.
“I was looking forward to it,” said Yarbrough, who struck out the side in the bottom of the seventh Tuesday afternoon to seal Vinemont’s 8-3 win over Fairview in the championship game of the Cullman County tournament at Hanceville High.
“My arm was kind of bothering me, but I got my three strikeouts.” - Meyer pitches Vinemont past Good Hope
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WORTH THE WAIT
Larson Howse didn’t spend much time celebrating, even after his second homer of the day.
With Gregory Smith on the mound, he didn’t have to.
Howse swatted two homers and Smith tossed a complete-game one-hitter as Fairview High defeated West Point 11-1 Monday afternoon in the semifinals of the Cullman County baseball tournament at Hanceville High. -
THE TIMES ALL-AREA PREP BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM: Good Hope triple-double threat Aycock enjoyed breakthrough season
Kyle Aycock watched with pride as his father, Greg, was recognized with the Good Hope High 1988 Cullman County basketball championship team this past season.
For Aycock, it was a moment of realization. The Good Hope point guard understood why his father had been pushing him for years.
“My dad wants me to be able and enjoy the same things he did when he was a player,” said Aycock, who has been selected as The Times Prep Boys Basketball Player of the Year. -
THE TIMES ALL-AREA PREP BASKETBALL TEAM: Myrex ends storied hoops career with 3rd POY award
During her record-breaking prep basketball career at Cold Springs High, Georgia Myrex piled up enough individual awards and records to warrant an extra wing at the Myrex household.
But if the Cold Springs High senior had her way, she’d trade them all in for just one more piece of Alabama-shaped blue hardware in the trophy case at Jesse George Gymnasium.
“I would definitely trade it all in,” said Myrex, who led Cold Springs to within three wins of its third straight Class 2A state title this past season. “I’m very appreciative of all my individual honors, but nothing compares to the feeling of winning a state championship.”
Well, go ahead and make room for one more individual honor. -
Burleson coaches Cold Springs up on way to turnaround
Sitting behind the table in a cramped interview room, a disappointed Tim Burleson broke down the Xs and Os of a heartbreaking Northwest Regional loss.
Descriptive and to the point, Burleson left no question unanswered.
And then the Cold Springs High coach answered one of his own — rattling off the most important stat of all.
“This team right here, 12-17, that’s what they were a year ago,” said Burleson following the Eagles’ 42-41 loss to Mars Hill in the Class 2A Northwest Regional semifinals. “Six of them were on that team, and they worked their tails off in the offseason.” -
BRINGING BACK PRIDE
Scott Adams came to the realization slowly — and at various points of the season.
During summer workouts, the Holly Pond High girls basketball coach noticed his players making plays they wouldn’t have made the year before. And during the opening weeks of fall practice, the sharp passing and shooting continued.
But during a Thanksgiving tournament in Morgan County — that’s when Adams knew. Fully, finally and without a doubt. - PREP SOFTBALL: Raiders win pair at Heritage Park
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