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to Jordan by Ben Carter, When a team finds itself in a position that it hasn’t been in often during the regular season, it can change the players’ mindsets and force them to stray away from their normal gameplan. Suddenly, players can start losing their composure and try to do too
much with hopes of getting their team back That was the story Wednesday night at the Eagles’ Nest, where Coosa
hosted No. 5-ranked The Red Jackets — who advance to the Elite Eight and will play on
Friday in “I felt like we got away from executing as a team, and kind of went
away from the team aspect just a little bit,” said The defeat marked the second straight year that the Eagles have seen
their season end with a loss to “We got a little bit frustrated, and instead of staying together and working as a team, I thought several players in good conscience tried to do too much individually.” “We kept fighting in second half, but I thought that was the difference as well as the rebounding.” The rebounding was indeed the key in this game, as Unofficially, “They hurt us bad on the boards,” said McFather. “We would challenge shots and stop them two or three times, but they seemed to come up with the loose ball.” “They are long, lanky and athletic, and if you box out, you won’t get into that problem — (but) tonight, as a whole, we didn’t box out well.” “When you get this deep into the playoffs you have to be fundamentally sound in all phases of the game,” said McFather. The Eagles started the game with some hot shooting as they drained
three from behind the arc to tie the game at 9-9 early. But The second quarter was when things begin to unravel for the Eagles. Coosa was held to just eight points in the quarter, and The Red Jackets’ momentum continued into the third quarter, and “I just think some players were just trying a little too hard to make a comeback, but the key again it’s got to be together,” said McFather. “And I’m not questioning their intent so much, but you’re down 12 or 13, (and) for us that’s not an insurmountable lead. “We can do that, and we had some chances to cut the lead to single digits, but we just couldn’t quite get over the hump.” The Eagles season now comes to end in the Sweet 16, and they accomplishment much. “Our kids accomplished a lot this year, but unfortunately there can only be one champion,” McFather said. “We’re not the only ones going home tonight, but someone had to go home and unfortunately it was us tonight. “You always want to move on, and we had a great group of seniors and they had an unbelievable year and accomplished a lot. … We wanted more, but we just didn’t do quite enough tonight to get it done.” By David Dawson, Just before he completed his warm-up shots on Saturday night, Slade Shumate erupted for 30 points — scoring 15 in each half —and Bradley finished with 14 for the Eagles, who opened the game on a 15-2 run and stayed in command the rest of the way. They owned a 41-27 advantage at the half, and maintained a comfortable cushion throughout the final two quarters. “We often talk about coming out and setting the tone early
defensively, and we were able to do that tonight,” said The victory sends the No. 1-seeded Eagles (25-4) into the Sweet 16,
where they will host The game will be a rematch of last year’s first-round match-up, when It is likely there will be an overflowing crowd at the Eagles Nest for Wednesday’s contest — just as there was for Saturday’s opening-round game. And the Eagles gave the fans plenty to cheer about by delivering one of the sharpest efforts of the season. “Our crowd was pretty pumped up tonight,” said Bradley, who scored 11 of his 14 points during the Eagles’ explosive first half. “We came out playing hard, and then just rode that into the second half.” McFather also applauded the crowd: “They were really jacked up tonight, and the kids fed off that. Our fans did a great job of being there for us.” Shumate was the catalyst for the Eagles, as he supplied plenty of energy — and plenty of points. He opened the night by coming up with a steal and converting it into a traditional 3-point play just seconds into the game. He soon followed that with a deep 3-pointer and then added another lay-up while scoring eight points in the first 90 seconds. He finished with 15 points in the first half, then broke loose for 11 more in the third quarter. Among the highlights of his performance was a short jumper in the lane, during which he changed his shot in mid-air to avoid a defender and finished with a soft bank off the glass. He also scored on a smooth reverse lay-up that revved up the crowd,
and then swished a 3-pointer from the corner — right in front of the Shumate and Bradley were the lone Christian McFather finished with nine points, and Nick Moore and Isaac Bradley had seven each. “We have five, six, seven kids who can score,” said coach McFather. “We are not a one-man show by any means. And the kids are really trusting each other right now.” For Dillon Bleckley added 14 points. Coosa will now begin preparing for the second-round match-up against Jordan, which was ranked No. 1 in Class AA poll earlier this month,
suffered an upset loss to Manchester in last week’s Region 5-AA tourney and
entered the state tournament as a No. 3 seed. BOYS Coosa 80, Cannon 2, Belckley 14, Plemmons 21, Patterson 10, Scott 4, Oliver 2, McDaniel 1, Gipson 2. Rabun Co. 11 16 11 20 — 58 Eagles Down Rabun:
Advance to Round Two by After winning last week's Region 7-AA tournament, the The three girls teams -- REGION
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“Our kids were ready to play tonight, and they came out and played
with so much intensity,” said McFather. “Last night (against North Murray) we
came out a little sluggish because we hadn’t played in almost a week and had
to fight through it, but tonight we had so much energy.”Coosa (24-4) came out
and jumped on McFather’s son Christian was the third McFather said the championship just adds to the great tradition at Coosa will now head into the Class AA state tournament as the No. 1
seed, and they will host BOX SCORES Coosa 87, Kesler 6, Birchfield 17, Gillette 2, Green 18, Williams 9, Bell 8, Williams 1, Smith 2, Page 1. 3-Pointers — Eagles
Defeat By Ben Carter, DALTON — It’s been almost a week since the Coosa Eagles won the 7-AA
South championship, and the long layoff was almost a disadvantage.The Eagles,
who received a bye in the first round of the 7-AA tournament, faced No.
2-seeded North Murray on Friday night in Dalton.In a close game from tipoff
until the final minutes, the Eagles downed the Mountaineers 59-53 to advance
to the championship game.“It feels awesome and our kids were hungry for it,”
said There was about a 10-minute delay caused by a controversy over the
number of fouls for each team. Once the action resumed, the Eagles took
control.“(The delay) actually gave us a little extra rest,” said McFather.
“We turned it up right after that. “That wasn’t part of the gameplan but it
certaintly helped us.” Coosa went on to force seven Mountaineer turnovers and
outscored Coosa 59, Vess 16, Horn 12, Duckett 8, Malone 2, Swilling 15. Moore 5, 3-Pointers — North Murray 3 (Horn 3), BOYS
BASKETBALL: No. 2 seed Jeremy Stewart, Read more: PrepCentralOnline - Sports News, Events, Scores and Videos Two teams’ progress reports were on display in the boys’ championship game of the 7-AA South subregion basketball tournament Saturday night. It didn’t take long for the Coosa Eagles to show how far they have
come along though as the subregion’s No. 2 But a series of turnovers allowed the momentum to swing back to the
Eagles as they went on an 11-2 run to take a 58-45 advantage. “They answered
quite a few times, but I think we finally wore them down there,” McFather
said. “I’m very proud of the kids’ effort, and I can’t say enough. It showed
how much they really wanted to win this game.” The Jackets scored just four
points in the first half of the fourth period, allowing It might not be the last chance the Eagles get to redeem themselves this season as they head into the region tournament ready to improve on their runner-up finish a year ago. They may already be halfway there. ROCKMART (62) A. Middlebrooks 5, B. Middlebrooks 4, Garrett 17, Twine 6, Phillips 1, Smith 4, J. Thompson 2, Ayers 6, Williams 8, Peek 4, Z. Thompson 5. Moore 1, Rockmart 12 20 16 14 — 62 3-Pointers — Rockmart 4 (A. Middlebrooks 1, Garrett 2, Smith 1); Copyright 2012 PrepCentralOnline - Sports News, Events, Scores and Videos. All rights reserved. Read more: PrepCentralOnline - Sports News, Events, Scores and Videos EAGLES
AVENGE HOME LOSS IN SUB-REGION TOURNAMENT By Ben Carter, Feb. 10th, 2012 The Armuchee boys are the team that upset “He’s a tremendous player who gives you everything he’s got on both ends, and he did a phenomenal job of not letting up just like the rest of our guys.” Tyler Bradley also finished in double digits for the Eagles with 22 points. Armuchee had no players reach double figures as Marcel Hudson led the Indians with eight points. Armuchee’s sharp shooting senior Matt Catanzano was held to four
points. “You need to give your opponent credit. ... “I think our boys will pick up the pieces and play more like we can tomorrow,” added Tucker. “Just because you have bad things happen to you on Friday doesn’t mean you cant do well on Saturday.” TYLER
BRADLEY LEADS EAGLES TO REGION WIN By Ben Carter, The deep and talented “ “Tonight, he dominated on both ends,” McFather added, “and we’re very
happy in the way he’s stepping up because Christian McFather also finished with 19 points, and hit five 3-pointers.Overall, the Eagles had 11 players reach the scoring column. For Pepperell Darrius Fugh posted a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Pepperell was again without point guard Kyle Henderson, who is out for the season with an injury. The “We worked very hard on Wednesday and Thursday and kind of got our
guys refocused on what I think makes us successful, and that’s playing with
great energy.”Coosa has now won six in row, and their only two losses this
season have both come against Model — one in the Rome News-Tribune Holiday
Festival, and the other on Model’s home court.In Friday’s game, “The team had a lot of fun tonight playing together, and that was a subregion win, which is huge,” said McFather. “If you come out relaxed anybody can beat us, and tonight we didn’t let that happen.” In the winning streak, the Eagles have been averaging 73 points, while only allowing just 47 points a game. Pepperell (2-14,1-6) will be off on Tuesday, then host Rockmart on Friday. As of now, the Blue Devils (7-1) sit a half-game ahead of the Eagles
(6-1) in 7-AA South play, with Model currently holding the tiebreaker over
Coosa by beating them in The Eagles are starting to gain momentum and peak at the right time, and coach McFather knows that. “You want to come together (as a team) at the right time, and you want to peak at the right time, and I feel like in the last week we’re starting to make that move,” said McFather. “We’ve been playing a lot of young kids on the varsity, and they have been getting a lot of experience in the last month and half and you can see their getting comfortable. “When you get into tournament play, you’re going to need everybody, (and) especially the way we play, we need ten or eleven kids, and we’re starting to get that every night.” BOX SCORES PEPPERELL (40) Legg 2, Fugh 15, Rickman 4, Merriweather 5, Lee 8, Smith 6. Moore 5, I. Bradley 6, McFather 19, Smith 2, T. Bradley 22, Shumate 8, Grier 5, Marshall 6, Ca. Carter 3, Fleming 4, Bell 2 Pepperell 9 13 15 3 — 40 3-Pointers — Pepperell 2 (Fugh 2); Eagles Continue By Christina Saul, The These days, the Eagles aren’t just winning games — they’re winning big. By rolling past Adairsville, 74-35, in a Region 7-AA South game on
Friday night, the Eagles extended their winning streak to four games, and
their average margin of victory in those four contests has been 22.5 points. Slade Shumate has been steering the surge, and he scored a game-high 23 points in Friday’s contest, as Coosa moved into a first-place tie with Model in 7-AA South.Tyler Bradley added 15 points for the Eagles (14-2, 5-1). Overall, a total of 11 Coosa players scored in the victory, and coach
John McFather said that having multiple contributors was a big key to the
victory.“You can’t play that hard with six or seven guys,” said McFather.
“You’ve got to have 10, 11 or 12 (players making an impact), and we’re
blessed to have that.” “That’s what we want our team to be about,” said McFather.“Our staple is be defensive first, and we’ve been preaching it all year long. “The guys have bought into our pressure defense, full-court and the team concept,” he said. “(At the first of the season), I don’t know if they quite knew what it was about. But they understand it fully now … I’m very proud of them.” Adairsville was led in scoring by Austin Greenfield with 15 points. He was the lone Tiger in double figures. Coosa hosts ADAIRSVILLE (35) Pajarito 2, Adams 1, Moore 5, Smith 3, Bradley 5, McFather 3, Bradley 15, Schumate 23, Castleman 2, Grie r 2, Marshall 7, Carter 3, Flemming 6. Adairsville 9 11 8 7 — 35 3-Pointers — Adairsville (none); Eagles Finding Their Groove, Win Third Straight Ben Carter— The Hosting River Ridge on Tuesday, the Eagles downed the Knights 80-59 to win their third straight game and notch their 13th win. More importantly, they improved to 4-1 in Region 7-AA South. “I
thought it was an outstanding game tonight by the whole team, and it was a
complete team effort,” said “Friday night is another big game,” said McFather. “Adairsville is capable of playing very well, and we know that and respect them a lot. We know we have to be ready. We have to bring the kind of energy we played with tonight and maybe even more for Fridays game.” “The truth of the matter is any team in this region is capable of beating you if you don’t bring it,” he added, “and when we play with that kind of energy and play that well together, I believe that we are a tough team to beat. This is when you want to start making your move and start playing your best — and tonight was a good step towards that.” RIVER RIDGE (59) Mims 11, Suwalski 3, Masterson 6, Hicks 8, Spears 17, Smith 2, Hamill 6, Karlin 6. Moore 4, River Ridge 17 16 12 14 — 59 3-Pointers — River Ridge 5 (Mims 3, Spears 2); Eagles Take
Down Calhoun Tyler Bradley scored 24 points and Slade Shumate added 13 to help
lead Christian McFather finished with seven points for the Eagles, who host River Ridge on Tuesday night. BOYS
BASKETBALL: Eagles rally for rivalry win by Ben Carter, Basketball is a game of
runs.But sometimes all it takes is one big one. That was proven once again on
Friday night, when Trailing by three points at the half, the Eagles used a 26-1 run in
the second half to down their cross-town rivals, 69-53, in a Region 7-AA
South game at Armuchee.“We made a few adjustments (at the half), and I think
we played more sound on defense there in the second half,” said The three seniors accumulated 49 of the Eagles’ 69 points, with Shumate scoring 18, McFather 16, and Bradley 15. “Our press was working early in the first half and I thought we were getting some good things out of it,” said McFather. “But then we didn’t do a good job of matching up and they got some easy baskets to get back into the game.”Armuchee’s Matt Catanzano led all scorers with 20 points, and Austin Ludwig scored 12 points for the Indians. “I thought we played pretty good, and then they hit us with a twenty-something run and really stepped it up on defense,” said Armuchee coach Ray Tucker. “We had several possessions when we didn’t get a shot, and when we did get a shot it wasn’t really a shot we like to look for.” The first quarter was back on and fourth affair with neither team able to get on run. The Eagles finished the quarter with 20-15 lead, but it did not last long. The Indians used a 13-2 run to start the second quarter to take a
28-22 lead. Armuchee continued the strong defensive effort and held to a
32-29 lead at the half. The Indians then extended the lead to 39-33 early in
the third quarter before The Eagles did not let Armuchee score a basket for almost 10 minutes in the second half. Catzanzano scored on a layup with 4:40 to go in the game to end the run but the damage had been done. The Eagles took their time in the final minutes, and waited for the shot they wanted to seal the 7-AA South subregion victory. “The season is a learning experience, and we’re learning more about our team,” said McFather. “We found out tonight that we’ve got some players that haven’t been playing as much that are going to be big-time producers for this team this year.” “It’s tough to go on the road and get a subregion win, and this was a big deal for us tonight,” said McFather. “We’re aiming to win this subregion, and we’re fighting for position so tonight was big to us to stay in the race.” Armuchee (6-6, 0-4) will host Pepperell on Tuesday night with hopes of getting its first subregion win. “They showed us some things that we are going to have to do better, and maybe our kids will realize there going to have to do better,” said Tucker. “We’ll work on them Monday, and try to win a game on Tuesday. That’s all you can do is try to get better.” BOX SCORES Moore 5, ARMUCHEE (53) Catanzano 20, Payne 7, Hudson 10, Wilson 4, Ludwig 12. Armuchee 15 17 6 15 — 53 3-Pointers — Eagles Fall to Model By Ben Carter, Model’s Shaq Calhoun scored 53
points to fuel the Blue Devils to a 78-76 victory over heated crosstown rival
“I came out ready to play,” said Calhoun. “(There) was a big crowd
tonight, and I like playing in front of big crowds, especially a For the game, “We started off a little slow, but as the game went along, we picked
up the tempo and the intensity,” said Much like when the teams played in the Rome-News Tribune Holiday
Festival last month, the Blue Devils had all the momentum at halftime. But
this time, The Eagles kept chip-ping away at the lead, and, at the end of the third quarter, the Blue Devils’ lead had been cut to 54-49. The Eagles then used a 10-2 run early in the fourth quarter to re-gain the lead, 59-56. The teams battled back and fourth through the final minuets. But with one minute to go, Calhoun took over. He hit a 3-pointer, then grabbed a steal and made a layup to give Model a 75-72 lead with 50 seconds to go. From there, Calhoun went 3-of-4 from the free throw line down the stretch to seal the 7-AA South subregion victory. Model (12-5, 3-1), is be-hind Adairsville for sec-ond place in 7-AA South, with the Devils’ only subregion loss coming to Adairsville. The Blue Devils will host Pepper-ell on Friday to continue subregion play. “I think playing 16 games before the Christ-mas break helped us just
because we’ve been in these types of games and nobody panicked (to-night),”
said Akin. It’s big win, and the rest of our subregion games are going to be
big because that’s the only games we have left. “We feel like we have a good enough team to win the subregion, but it’s going to be very competitive at the top and we know that. We’ve got to keep fighting in certain areas of the game if we want to get where we want to be.” BOX SCORES Model 78, Coosa 76 COOSA (76) Moore 9, McFather 16, Shumate 32, Bradley 13 Marshall 2, Carter 2, Flemming 2. MODEL (78) Calhoun 53, Fisher 10, Turrentine 3, Cotton 8, Saxton 2, Watkins 2. Model 17 21 16 24 — 78 3-Pointers — Records — Coosa edges by Scott Herpst Prep Central Online Sports News – Photo by Daniel Vernado, RN-T- Kaleb Moore's driving lay-up with 6.1 seconds left in double overtime proved to be the game-winning basket as the Coosa Eagles outlasted LaFayette, 63-61, in the finals of the Comcast Christmas Classic on Friday night.
The Ramblers led 24-21 at halftime, and increased the lead to 46-32 early in the fourth quarter, but the Eagles would use a 14-4 run later in the period to tie the game at 52 at the end of regulation. The first overtime would end knotted at 56 and But the Ramblers answered with a Lance Estus free throw and a bucket in the paint by Trea Covington with 1:30 remaining to tie the game once more. A frantic sequence in the next 1:24 saw three steals, two by Coosa
and one by Bradley and Slade Shumate each had 22 points in the win. Bradley was
named to the All-Tournament Team while Shumate took home Tournament MVP
honors. Teems and Estus were All-Tournament selections for the Ramblers.
Teems had 22 points, four steals, and four assists in the title game while
Estus added 15 points and grabbed 19 rebounds. Jarrod Beamon added nine
points, 14 boards, and five steals while Coosa Defeats The Eagles (9-1) owned an 10-point lead at halftime, but allowed the
Catamounts to score 21 points points in the final quarter. The Eagles only
scored 10 points in the quarter, but their lead was enough for the win.
Christian McFather scored 18 points to lead the Eagles. Calean Carter added
11 points for Coosa boys 60, BOX SCORES Moore 3, I. Bradley 6, Christian McFather 18, T. Bradley 4, Slade Shumate 10, Marshall 4, Kalen Carter 11, Bell 2, Fleming 2. Bingham 3, Ennk 4, Harrell 21, Bautista 11, Beck 13, Mears 6. 3-Pointers — Coosa 7 (McFather 4, Shumate 2, Carter 1); 9-1. Coosa Opens The Eagles rallied from an 11-point second-quarter hole to knock off the Panthers, 72-60. Ridgeland led 17-15 after a back-and-forth first quarter, but a 12-4 run in the second quarter boosted their lead to 35-24 with just 1:07 left before intermission. But foul trouble began to mount for the Panthers late in the third quarter, forcing some of their top ball-handlers to the bench and allowing the Eagles to get back in the game. Slade Shumate's trey with 1:44 left in the third quarter knotted the game at 42, and the two teams would enter the final eight minutes tied at 45. But in the fourth, Christian McFather hit back-to-back 3-pointers to key a decisive 16-4 run. Ridgeland briefly trimmed the Eagles' lead to seven with 2:00 remaining, but got to closer. Shumate hit four 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 29 points. Tyler Bradley added 12 while Kyle Fleming chipped in with 11. EAGLES DOMINATE ALL ASPECTS OF GAME, SOAR PAST
CHATTOOGA By Ben Carter, Basketball hasn’t even reached the second month of the season, and already and the Coosa Eagles are showing they are a team to be reckoned with. The Eagles hosted Chattooga on Saturday and showed how deep, and how good they are on defense and offense in their 93-48 victory over the Indians. “We’re fortunate to have a pretty deep team, and tonight we got the entire team involved,” said Coosa coach John McFather. “This is the deepest team I’ve had since I’ve been at Coosa, and utilizing that depth really helps us to keep a fresh lineup out there.” The Eagles showed that depth on Saturday and had a balanced attack on offense leading the way. Coosa had 11 players put points on the board with Slade Shumate having a team-high 18 points. The Eagles had three other players score in double figures with Kaleb Moore scoring 15, Tyler Bradley had 14, and Chamian Perkins scored 13 points. For Chattooga, Ronell Simms scored a team-high 16 points and was the only Indian who scored double figures. Coosa scored 93 points, but it was its full-court pressure defense that forced turnovers and fueled the Eagles’ victory. That defense held Chattooga to only eight points in the first quarter, while the Eagles put up 27 points of their own to have an early 19-point lead. The Indians almost doubled their first quarter output by scoring 15 in the second quarter, but only held Coosa to 19 points and trailed 46-23 at the half. The Eagles came out of the locker room at the half soaring, and ready to put the game away. Coosa continued its impressive defense and used its depth to maintain pressure the Indians could not handle. The Eagles outscored Chattooga 32-13 in the quarter to build a 78-36 after three quarters. Coosa outscored the Indians in the shortened fourth 15-12 to cap the 45-point victory. “I was more disappointed with our turnovers rather than our defense, because our turnovers led to easy buckets for them,” said Chattooga coach Torey McDaniel. “I thought our young guys came in and played well, and that will help with our depth later on in the season.” Chattooga (4-3) will host Gordon Central on Tuesday for a 7-AA North subregion game. Coosa (5-0) will host 7-AA South foe Rockmart on Tuesday before heading into the RN-T Holiday Festival. Coosa will certainly be one of the favorites heading into the Festival, but coach McFather isn’t letting his team look to far down the road in the schedule. “We haven’t really talked a whole lot about it, we’re just focusing on who our next opponent is,” said McFather. “There are certainly some things that I know we need to work on if we want to win the Festival. To win the Festival would be a nice goal but it’s not the important goal of the season, but it would be a nice achievement along the way to what is hopefully a very special season.” BOX SCORE Coosa boys 93, Chattooga 48 CHATTOOGA (48) S. Lawrence 3, Mosteller 5, Floyed 1, B. Lawrence 2, Bankston 2, Farmer 4, Wilson 2, Dickerson 6, Sims 16, Kirby 5, Esmann 2. COOSA (93) Moore 15, Perkins 13, I. Bradley 4, McFather 7, T. Bradley 14, Shumate 18, Castleman 1, Pearson 5, Marshall 2, Carter 5, Fleming 9. Chattooga 8 15 13 12 — 48 Coosa 27 19 32 15 — 93 3-Pointers — Chattooga 3 (S. Lawrence 1, Sims 1, Kirby 1); Coosa 1 (McFather). Free throws — Chattooga 11-29; Coosa 24-41. Records — Chattooga 4-3; Coosa 5-0. Read more: PrepCentralOnline - Sports News, Events, Scores and Videos - BOYS BASKETBALL Eagles dominate all aspects of game soar past Chattooga Bradley scores 20 in win
over Pepperell to help Coosa maintain early-season momentum by staff reports Prep Central
Online Sports Photo: Coosa’s Slade Shumate goes up for a shot against Pepperell. (Lisa Hall / RN-T.com) slideshow With two 7-AA teams on their slate, the Coosa boys knew this weekend would be a good measuring stick. And in the first segment of the test, the Eagles stacked up quite nicely. Visiting Pepperell on Friday night, the Eagles used 20 points from
Tyler Bradley to register a 63-49 victory and improve to 4-0. Today, the
Coosa squad will face another early-season hurdle, when they host Pepperell’s Darrius Feugh and Greg Smith finished with 15 points each for the Dragons (4-3, 1-1), who stayed within striking distance much of the way before Coosa pulled away in the second half. Pepperell hosts LaFayette on Tuesday. BOX SCORE Coosa 63, Pepperell 49 COOSA (63) Moore 2, Chamian Perkins 11, Smith 2, Tyler Bradley 20, Schumate 8, Pearson 6, Bryan Marshall 12, Fleming 2 PEPPRELL (49) Legg 8, Fuegh 15, Rickman 3, Henderson 3, Bragg 4, Greg Smith 15 3-Pointers — Coosa 3 (Perkins 1, Schumate 2); Pepperell 6 (Feugh 3, Rickman 1, Henderson 1, Smith 1). Records — Coosa 4-0, 1-0; Pepperell 4-3, 1-1 TYLER BRADLEY’S BIG GAME HELPS EAGLES TAME
BULLDOGS By Brad Easterwood, Cedartown Standard Sports Editor The Coosa Eagles moved to 3-0 on the season behind a strong offensive outing at home against Cedartown in a non-region game on Tuesday night. Tyler Bradley scored 24 points to lead the Eagles to a 79-68 win and Slade Shumate added 17. Coosa (3-0) scored at least 15 points in every quarter, including 26 in the second period and 21 in the fourth, as the Eagles won in preparation for a Floyd County showdown with Pepperell on Friday at 8:30 p.m. Cedartown was trailing by 10 points when Zach Chubb scored back-to-back baskets to get the Bulldogs (0-4) to within six at 63-57 with 5:28 left. However, Coosa scored the next six points to stretch its advantage to 69-57, and the Eagles soared to the finish line from there. Chubb and Tevin Frazier each scored 18 points for the Bulldogs and Xavier Holmes contributed 15. Cedartown hosts Carrollton this Friday in its first home game of the year. Action will get under way at 7:30 p.m. BOX SCORES Coosa 79, Cedartown 68 COOSA (79) Moore 2, Perkins 6, McFather 9, Tyler Bradley 25, Slade Schumate 15, Castleman 5, Bryan Marshall 11, Flemming 6 CEDARTOWN (68) Tevin Frazier 18, Brown 7, Zach Chubb 18, Thomas 6, Battle 4, Xavier Holmes 15 Cedartown 15 16 22 15 — 68 Coosa 17 26 15 21 — 79 3-Pointers — Coosa 7 (McFather 1, Tyler Bradley 3, Schumate 3); Cedartown 1 (Brown 1). Free throws — Coosa 22-26; Cedartown 11-25. Records — Coosa 3-0; Cedartown 0-4 Eagles Defeat Chatooga Rome News-Tribune Staff Reports…Slade Shumate exploded for 37 points, including knocking down six 3-pointers, to lead the Eagles to a convincing 95-50 road victory in a Region 7-AA crossover contest. Tyler Bradley added 17 points and Robert Pearson had 11 for the Eagles, who improved to 2-0.Coosa jumped out to a 31-10 lead at the end of the first quarter, and carried a 53-22 advantage into the half. The Eagles then rolled up 30 more points in the third quarter while extending their lead to 83-39. Chattooga struggled at the foul line, making just 16 of 36 attempts on the night. Coosa plays Cedartown on Tuesday. BOX SCORE Coosa 95, Chattooga 50 COOSA (95) Moore 2, Perkins 6, I Bradley 2, McFather 9, Smith 4, Tyler Bradley 17, Slade Schumate 37, Robert Pearson 11, Marshall 2, Carter 3, Fleming 2 CHATTOOGA (50) Luke Brantley 11, Lawerence 5, Shaun Mostiller 14, Schuster 2, Floyd 1, Bankston 2, Dickerson 1, Ronell Simms 11, Kirby 1, Esmann 2 Coosa 31 22 30 12 — 95 Chattooga 10 12 17 11 — 50 3-Pointers — Coosa (McFather 3, Schumate 6, Pearson 1, Carter 1); Chattooga (none). Free throws — Coosa 4-9; Chattooga 16-36. Records — Coosa 2-0 Read more: PrepCentralOnline - Sports News, Events, Scores and Videos - BASKETBALL Coosa cruises past Chattooga Eagles Win Season Opener Alex Farrer, Calhoun Times
Sports Editor, Photo by Daniel Varnado / RN-T.com The Coosa boys must have forgotten this was their season opener. The Eagles instead looked to be in midseason form on Tuesday night as
they opened the year with a 76-47 win over Sonoraville at the Eagles Nest. Slade Shumate led the Eagles with 23 points, 14 of which came in the fourth quarter. Tyler Bradley added 15. His big quarter was the first, where he poured in 11. “I was very proud of the effort our guys put forth, especially in the first half,” said Coosa coach John McFather. “We got out and pressured, and that’s what we want to do. We want our defense to be the staple of our team. “We are very deep, and when you’ve got 10 or 12 guys that can play, everyone can play hard because there is always someone to come in to relieve them.” The Eagles brought back everyone from last year’s squad that made a state tournament appearance except for Zac Hale, which creates a very deep bench for McFather. In all, Coosa had 10 players score and all 12 players on the roster saw action. “We’ve got a very seasoned team this year,” said McFather. “They’ve been through all this before, but they’re still not sitting back, being complacent. They’ve continued to work extremely hard to get even better.” Chamian Perkins and Robert Pearson each had eight points for Coosa. For Sonoraville (0-2), Jackson Murray led the way with 11 points, and Tavish Reynolds had eight. The Phoenix are in the opposite situation as Coosa, losing six of their top eight players from last season. The biggest loss was the school’s all-time leading scorer Justin Zachary. Sonoraville coach Brent Mashburn said his team is going through some early-season struggles, but that was expected with how many new faces they have contributing. “First of all, we knew Coosa had a very good team,” said Mashburn. “We haven’t seen pressure like they put on us, but that’s part of learning. “The best way for our guys to grow is to be thrown out their and get used to what it’s like. “Even though the game was pretty out of reach at the half, I was still pleased with how our guys continued to compete, and that’s what I want is a team that goes out and competes ever night.” Chris Baker had eight for the Phoenix, and Jacob Whittemore added six. This was the second straight road game to for Sonoraville, who lost to Armuchee on Friday, 53-49. McFather said that having so many unselfish players on offense is a great luxury to have as a coach. “We’ve got several guys that can score,” said McFather. “When we have so many options to spread the ball out too, it’s going to make it extremely tough on other teams.” The Eagles will be on the road next Tuesday at Chattooga; Sonoraville hosts Armuchee on Tuesday. Coosa 76, Sonoraville 47 SONORAVILLE (47) Bostic 3, Reynolds 8, Baker 7, Nguyen 4, Murray 11, Whittemore 6, Solicito 1, Selman 4, Cheeks 3. COOSA (76) Moore 3, Perkins 8, McFather 6, Smith 3, T. Bradley 15, Shumate 23, Pearson 8, Marshall 4, I. Bradley 2, Fleming 4. Sonoraville 8 10 14 15 — 47 Coosa 20 29 16 11 — 76 3-Pointers — Sonoraville 3 (Whittemore 2, Baker 1); Coosa 8 (Shumate 3, McFather 2, Smith 1, Pearson 1, Bradley 1). Free throws — Sonoraville 14-26; Coosa 8-13. Records — Sonoraville 0-2; Coosa 1-0. |
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stormed out to a 32-8 lead after the first quarter to set the tone for an
impressive 87-65 win over 
“We had some kids under the weather tonight, but I’m just proud how the kids
fought through it.“They didn’t make any excuses and played through it, and
I’m just so proud with how hard we played.”
seed
opened the contest with a 15-2 run and managed to hold off a hot Rockmart
squad for a 75-62 victory at Georgia Highlands College.Coosa will head into
next week’s Region 7-AA tournament in Dalton as the No. 1 seed from the South,
while the Jackets will be the second seed.“This was obviously one of our
major goals his year,” 
In Friday’s game, the Eagles broke the game open in the second quarter after
being tied at 14 apiece after the first.
we’re
going to need everyone to step as we get closer to tournament time.”
Eagles
was the three-headed monster — Slade Shumate, Christian McFather and Tyler
Bradley. 
Chattooga in a 7-AA crossover contest. Bryan Marshall finished with 12 points
for Coosa in Friday’s win, and Chamian Perkins added 11 for the Eagles.
Pepperell’s defense held the Eagles well below their scoring average. Coosa
came into the night having scored more than 75 points in each of their
previous three games.
Coosa
used its up-tempo, pressure style to jump out to a 20-8 lead after the first
quarter and a 49-18 advantage at the half.