
Owls and Trojans "Split" Wins in
Cumby, Tuesday Night
by: Bobby McDonald
It was a great night of competitive basketball in Cumby, Tuesday night, as the Trojans hosted the neighboring Yantis Owls. The Yantis Owl J.V. Boys took the first game of the night from the Trojan J.V. Team, with an impressive 44-27 victory, on the Trojan's home court.
Next, the Lady Trojans and the Lady Owls took the court, in an evenly matched game, that found the Lady Owls trailing two-points, at the end of the first quarter 11-9, and they could never managed to regain a lead throughout the night, because of some outstanding three-point shots from the Lady Trojans. The Lady Trojans were ahead 27-25 at the halftime intermission and led 40-38, at the end of the third period. Then, during a last quarter effort, the Lady Trojans "poured it on" with some tough defense and managed to outscore the visiting Lady Owls by four additional points. The final score was 50-52, in favor of the hosting Lady Trojans.
Yantis - 9 16 13 15 = 53
Cumby - 11 16 13 19 = 59
Savanah Neal - 19
Brittney Seely - 3
Demi Newsom - 15
Breanna Gay - 3
Ashley Anderson - 3
Laura Oviedo - 11
Courtney Crumpton - 5


When the Yantis Owls took the court, it was evident that they would "over-power" the hosting Cumby Trojans, but the Trojans gave a valiant effort for the night's game. The Owls outscored the Trojans 13-6 in the first period and led by 36 to 14 at the halftime intermission. During the third period, the Owls increased their lead to 52-18 and managed to take a 63-27 victory, on the road, protecting their perfect district record, to date.
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL
YANTIS 13 23 16 11 63
CUMBY 6 8 4 7 25
CUMBY STATS
TIMMY COOK = 4 POINTS , 2 ASSISTS , 9 REBOUNDS , 1 BLOCK , 3 STEALS
ALX OLKER = 5 POINTS , 2 REBOUNDS , 1 BLOCK , 2 STEALS
MICHAEL MORRIS = 8 POINTS , 6 REBOUNDS , 1 BLOCK , 1 STEAL
JORDAN STRICKLAND = 2 POINTS , 3 REBOUNDS , 1 BLOCK , 1 STEAL
COLTON BULLOCK = 4 POINTS , 1 ASSISTS , 4 REBOUNDS , 2 BLOCKS , 1 STEAL
HAYDEN JACOBS = 1 ASSISTS , 4 REBOUNDS , 2 BLOCKS , 1 STEAL
JUSTIN AKERS = 2 ASSISTS
DONNIE RODRIGUEZ = 2 POINTS , 2 REBOUNDS , 1 BLOCKS
1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH FINAL
YANTIS JV 13 4 17 10 44
CUMBY JV 5 7 9 16 27
CUMBY JV STATS
LUKE SARTIN = 1 POINTS ARSENIO UGALDE = 5 POINTS
NATHAN SPILLERS = 2 POINTS BRANDON HEER = 3 POINTS
DAVID HEBERT = 16 POINTS
Injured Yantis Owl Point Guard, Allen Rose, warmed-up with the team but
did not see action, on Tuesday night, as he suffered a severely sprained
ankle in Friday night's homecoming match-up with Savoy.
Both the Yantis Owls and the Cumby Trojans will be have very important games on Friday night, as the Owls host the formidable Martin Mills, who is state ranked, in a game before the home crowd, while the Cumby Trojans travel down the road to neighboring Miller Grove, where they will "take-on" the Hornets.
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