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By Dennis Holley ~ Sports Writer
CORNERSVILLE — The Cornersville Bulldogs (3-2) faced the Wayne County High School Wildcats (4-3) in the night cap of a doubleheader Friday night at the Cornersville High School gymnasium.
The Bulldogs capitalized on a stellar game by Kel Ford as the big man scored 17 points and dominated under the basket, allowing Cornersville to walk away with a 56-38 victory over the Wildcats.
The Bulldogs also benefited from the continued sure-handed ball handling and quickness of point guard Gage Lovell as the sophomore scored 13 points for the Wildcat defense.
Saylor Skelton sank a basket off a pass from Cooper Shamer to put the Wildcats on the board first.
Lovell responded as he, after being fouled on a drive, made one of two free throws to make the score 2-1.
Skelton again from the bottom scored a basket then Lovell hit two free throws to make the score 4-3.
Cayman Camfield scored on a putback that cut the Wildcat lead to three points, 6-3.
Lovell sank another free throw and Ford made his first basket of the night to tie the game with 2:17 left in the first quarter, 6-6.
Lovell then hit a three-pointer from behind the arc to push Cornersville into the lead, 9-6.
Camfield for Wayne County sank a short jumper to make the score 9-8 and this score prevailed until the end of the quarter.
The second quarter began with Camfield hitting a three-pointer for Wayne County before Ford hit a short jumper for Cornersville to tie the game at 11-11.
Camfield and Skelton made back-to-back baskets as Wayne County eased to a four-point lead, 15-11 before Carter Neat hit his first three-pointer of the quarter to pull the Bulldogs back within one point, 15 -14.
Neat put the Bulldogs ahead, knocking down two free throws, with 3:20 left on the clock until halftime.
Neat hit another three-pointer, Drew Bevis knocked down two free-throws in between Cornersville’s Blaine Woodard’s deep three-pointers before Neat drilled his third three-pointer of the second quarter when he lifted of the Bulldogs their advantage at 25-17.
Ford scored on a put-back that scored a basket before Wayne County’s Landyn Prater drilled a three-pointer to end the scoring before the second quarter horn sounded with Cornersville leading 27-20.
The third quarter saw Wayne County fight back but Cornersville’s Ben Franklin with two baskets and Ford scored a basket down the low-speed Bulldogs to build a 33-30 lead, when a long three-pointer from Shamer’s corner with 4:50 left in the quarter that tied the game at 33-33.
Cornersville responded when Woodard, on an inbound pass, found Ford under the basket for a layup to put Cornersville back in the lead, 35-33.
Camfield nailed a short jumper late in the quarter to make it 41-38, but Cornersville’s Kale Adcox capped the quarter for Cornersville when he sank a three-pointer to extend the Bulldog lead to six. score, 44-38.
The fourth quarter saw the Bulldog defense shut the door on Wayne County as the Wildcats failed to score in the final eight minutes.
In the final quarter, Lovell scored six points, all on free-throws, Hayden Grover scored four and Ford, with the final two points of his 17-point effort for the night, put the Bulldogs ahead 56-38. success
“I felt like we started off a little slow, but we got a quick lead there at the end of the half. We answered there in the third quarter every time they made a three or a bucket, I tell them every time we leave the locker room that the third quarter determines who wins the game. If you start fast, start fast and that will decide how the rest of the ball game goes. I am super proud of the team and the effort Del Ford put together tonight, ” said Bulldog coach Dakota Brown.
Wayne Co. 8 12 18 0 — 38
Cornersville 9 18 17 12 — 56
Wayne Co.: Cayman Camfield 11, Cooper Shamer 10, Saylor Skelton 8, Landyn Prater 6, Drew Bevis 3.
Cornersville (56): Kel Ford 17, Gage Lovell 13, Carter Neat 11, Ben Franklin 4, Hayden Grover 4, Blaine Woodard 3, Kale Adcox 3.
3-Point Goals: Cornersville (5): Neat 3, Woodard, Adcox; Wayne Co. (5): Prater 2, Shamer 2, Camfield.
Halftime Score: Cornersville 27, Wayne Co. 20.
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