Holmes County Central wins first ever state basketball title

Holmes County Central wins first ever state basketball title

The Holmes County Central Jaguars boys team secures their first ever state title with a 64-58 win over Lake Cormorant in the 5A final at the Coliseum.

THE QUEST FOR A STATEBASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIOCONTINUED ON FRIDAY NIGHAT THE COLISEUM.

2- A AND 5ATITLES ON THE LINE TODAY.

WE START WITH THE 5A GIRLS.HOLMES COUNTY CENTRALTAKING ON LAUREL FOR THECHAMPIONSHIP.WE FAST FORWARD TO THIRDQUARTER AND DEKYARAMITCHELL WITH A TOUGH LAYUPBRINGS THE JAGS WITHIN 5GOING LATE IN THE QUARTER SOHOLMES COUNTY WITH ACHANCE.THEN IN THE FINAL FINALJARIE BRICE GETTING TO THECUP AND GETS ENOUGH TOUCH ONTHE RIM FOR THE BUCKET.HOLMES COUNTY DOWN BY ONE.KELSI ANDREWS, THE 7THGRADER WITH A CHANCE TO WINTHE TITLE MISSES BOTH FREETHROWS IN THE FINAL SECONDWITH THE JAGS DOWN ONE.LAUNA GREER KNOWS THEY LETONE SLIP AWAY BUT THE 7THGRADER WILL GET MORECHANCES TO WIN BIG GAMES.BUT LAUREL COMES OUT WITHTHE 39-36 WIN AND THEIRFIRST EVER STATE TITLE.AND IN THE BOYS 5-A FINALHOLMES COUNTY TRYING TOBRING A TITLE HOME BUT THEYFACE LAKE CORMORANT.MALIK CRIGLER HITS FROMOUTSIDE TO GIVE THE JAGS ASLIM LEAD BUT THE GATORSANSWER RIGHT BACK AS DRAPERNEWELL BANGS ONE FROM THECORNER AND THIS GAME WASTIED AT HALFTIMEIN THE SECOND HALF THE JAGSGOT SEPARATION-LOUZAVIOUS THOMAS WITH THEFOLLOW UP BUCKET.THE GATORS WOULD CUT ADOUBLE DIGIT DEFICT DOWN TO3 THREE LATE AS KEITHEANBROOKS SCORES.BUT QUASHON ROWE FINISHESAND SO DO THE JAGS.

THEY TAKIT 64 TO 58 AND CLAIM THE 5ASTATE CHAMPIONSHIP.<I THINK IT WAS THE PRESSURELIKE WE COULDN'T MAKE FREETHROWS THAT'S WHY WESTRUGGLED.

THEN WE HAD TOCLOSE OUT THE GAME, WESTRUGGLED BUT WE MADE ITHAPPEN.IT FEELS GOOD.

IT'S BEEN ASTRUGGLE THROUGHOUT THESEASON BECAUSE OF COVID ANDOTHER ISSUES BUT WE STUCKTOGETHER AND WE PUSHEDTHROUGH.

THE GOAL WAS TO WINSTATE, ONE GAME AT TIME ANDWE MADE HISTORY.

WE MADEHISTORY.

FIRST I WANT TOTHANKE HOLMES COUNTY, THSUPPORTS WAS REAL AND THISONE IS FOR HOLMES COUNTY.THE IS THE FIRST STATE TITLEIN SCHOOL HISTORY FOR THEJAGS'EARLIER IN THE DAY IN THE 2-AGIRLS FINAL DEFENDINGCHAMPION CALHOUN CITYFACED NEW SITE.HANNAH STEVENS OF NEW SITEBANKS A DEEP THREE.

SHE HAD AGAME HIGH 19 POINTS AND MVPHONORSBUT QUAY BAILEY AND THEWILDCATS ROAR ALL THE WAYBACK.

CONLEY LANGFORD WITHTHE STEAL AND THE PASS TOBAILEY WHO SCORES AND THEFOUL.SHE WOULD MISS THE FREETHROW AND CALHOUN CITY RUNSOUT OF TIME.NEW SITE WINS THEIR FIRSTTITLE SINCE 2012 WITH A55-50 WIN.AND IN THE BOYS 2A FINAL THENEWTON TIGERS TOOK ON THECOAHOMA COUNTY PANTHERS.IT WAS A GAME OF RUNS IN THEFIRST HALF.

NEWTON MADEPUSH IN THE SECOND QUARTERAS RAYVION NETTLES GETS THEAND-1 INSIDE AND HE WASAMPED.

TIGERS DOWN BY JUSTTWO AT THE BREAKBUT THE PANTHERS HAD THEFINAL SAY.

JERMELL DANIELSDRIVES AND FINDS TYLINMARTIN WHO SCORES.

HE LEDALL PLAYERS WITH 16 POINTS.DERRICK MOORE'S PANTHERSWIN 46-40 AND WIN BACK TOBACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.AND IN THE MAIS GIRLSOVERALL TOURNAMENTHARTFIELD AND CLINTONCHRISTIAN AT MRA.THE WARRIORS WOULD MAKE IT A12 POINT GAME IN THE SECONDHALF.BUT THE HAWKS WOULD HOLDTHEM OFF.

REAGAN TUCKERGETS THE STEAL AND THELAYUP.HARTFIELD ADVANCES TO THESEMIFINALS WITH A 50- 37 WINOVER CLINTON CHRISTIAN AND REMEMBER YOU CAN WATCHALL OF THE STATECHAMPIONSHIPS STARTINGTOMORROW AT 1PM ON METVJACKSON.THE STATE TOURNAMENTS ENDON SATURDAY NIGHT BU