2018 Girls Elementary Champs – Westwood Lady Eagles
The Coffee County Youth Basketball League crowned their season champions on Saturday with a full day of action at the Joe Frank Patch Memorial Gym. The day opened up with a pair of consolation games as New Union defeated East Coffee 21 to 10 in the girls’ consolation. In the boys’ consolation, Westwood rallied from a 4th quarter deficit to drop North Coffee 24 to 20.
In one of the most exciting girls’ finals in the league’s 46 year history, the Westwood Lady Eagles rallied to beat North Coffee’s Lady Chargers 30 to 28. Trailing by 10 points entering the 4th quarter, Westwood scored 15 points in the final period to gain their 3rd league title in the last 5 years. North Coffee got off to an 11 and 0 start in the first quarter and led by 10 entering the halftime intermission. Foul trouble plagued the Chargers in the 2nd half as Westwood chipped away at the lead before taking the lead with 25 seconds left on an Audri Patton basket. Jules Ferrell led Westwood in scoring with 17 points, including 13 in the 4th quarter. Patton added 7 points for the Eagles. Natalie Barnes led North Coffee in scoring with 13 points while Danni Hillis added 11.
2018 Boys Elementary Champs – College Street Cougars
In the boys’ final, the College Street Cougars won their 6th straight league title with a 31 to 15 win over Deerfield. The Cougars got off to a red hot start as they scored 7 points in the final 90 seconds of the first half to take a 13 to 2 lead after 1 quarter. The two teams stayed even in the 2nd quarter before College Street outscored the Bucks 14 to 6 in the 2nd half to gain the win. Blake Cummings led College Street in scoring with 14 points. Kane Dixon added 4 points as 10 different College Street players scored in the game. Landon Abellana led Deerfield in scoring with 10 points while Jase Cashion added 3 points for the Bucks.
Members of the Westwood girls’ and College Street boys’ teams will be guests on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to review their seasons. The Coffee Coaches Show airs at 10 AM each Saturday and is broadcast live from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.
