Lady Jackets making a name for themselves

Kemp beats Miller Grove; 54-30

The Lady Jackets from Kemp are starting to raise a few eyebrows around the lake area after winning 14 or their first 16 hoop games.

The Jackets beat Miller Grove, 54-30, Monday night for their 14th victory. They were beaten for only the second time all season, 49-31, by Class 4A Lindale last Saturday night.

The Jackets are being led by Michelle Ritterbach, who is averaging 15 points a game and 6.7 rebounds. She's also coming up with 3.4 steals per game.

Kemp has scored 778 points and given up, 576 points.

The Lady Jackets are off now until a Monday game with McGregor, followed by another game with Burnet the following night.

The Lady Jackets are unbeaten at home, 3-1 on the road, and 6-1, on neutral sites.

A week ago tuesday, Ritterbach sparked a come-from-behind victory over Italy, 56-42. The Lady Jackets trailed by three at halftime of that contest. Ritterbach scored 26 points, including a pair of treys. She was perfect, four-for-four at the foul line.

In addition she had five rebounds and seven steals.

Brittany Simmons continued to show her willingness to take the hit, getting her 12th charge against the opponent, this year, one of the best efforts in the state.

The Lady Jackets had 16 steals overall for that contest.





Dogs beat Fruitvale; fall to Winnsboro, Troup



GRAND SALINE — Led by Addison Scott's 16 points and Gay Hargrove's 14, the Eustace Bulldogs edged Fruitvale, 58-51 in the Grand Saline basketball tournament . Fruitvale jumped on the Dogs early, earning a 14-8 first-period lead, and the Dogs were down, 30-22 at the half.

But an explosive third period turned things around for Eustace, which outscored Fruitvale, 22-9 in third period to take a 44-39 lead.

But the Dogs weren't so fortunate against a good Winnsboro team in the second round, falling 87-53 behind a 38-point scoring barrage from King. John Bradburn had 11 points and Braden Strickland 10 for the Dogs in t his game.



SECOND ROUND:

Eustace :   8- 14- 22-14 — 58

Fruitvale:  14 -16- 9-12 —  51

 

EUSTACE (58): Addison Scott 16, Guy Hargrove 14, Braden Strickland 10, John Bradburn 10, Trevan Johnson 6, Jacob McCarter 2;

FRUITVALE: (51): Yates 16, Mejia 12, McCann 11, Westbrook 5, Davis 3, McGlotchan 2, Houser 2.

 

 

THIRD ROUND:

WIinnsboro: 17-23-32-15 — 87

 Eustace:        8 - 14 - 11- 20  — 53

 

WINNSBORO (87):  King 38, Bosold 19, Tebbetts 9, Hargett 8, Garrett 4, Keith 2, Shaw 2, Walters 2, Spivery 2, Parton 1;

EUSTACE (53): John Bradburn 11, Braden Strickland 10, Marcus Emmons 8, Guy Hargrove 7, Trevan Johnson 5, Chris Lima-Po 5, Dillon Yates 3, Addison Scott 2, Jacob McCarter 2.





FIRST ROUND GAME:

Troup:  19 - 4- 12- 20 — 55

Eustace: 4-5-14- 13  —  36

 

 

TROUP (55): Patrick Alonso 18, Carson Clark 18, James Jile 10, Dalvin Franklin 5, Bradley Stewart 2, Jeremy Richardson 2'

EUSTACE: Addison Scott 11, Blake Hammonds 8, Trevan Johnson 6, Braden Strickland 5, Dillon Yates 4, Guy Hargrove 2



TUESDAY, DEC. 15 GAME:



Dogs avenge earlier loss; topple Grand Saline:

EUSTACE — Grand Saline opened a 33-26 halftime lead over the Dogs, but couldn't hold it as Eustace came roaring back with an 18-point third- period to take a 44-41 lead after three, and held on in the fourth for a 53-51 victory.

The win avenges the Bulldogs season opening loss to the Indians.

Grand Saline (51):  12-21- 8- 10 — 51

Eustace (53):  16- 10-18-  9 —  53



Kaufman Holiday Tournament



The Mabank girls basketball team will be taking part in the Kaufman Holiday Tournament on Monday, Dec. 28 with a game against Paris, set for 10:30 p.m. in the junior high gymnasium.

The Lady Panthers will play Paris in the opening around. An earlier game takes place between Athens and Poteet at 9 a.m. in the same gym.

The loser end of the bracket, not to be confused with the normal consolation bracket, features North Mesquite against Greenville in a noon game at the junior high gym.

Then at 1:30 p.m., Kaufman is scheduled to meet North Garland, also in the junior high gym.

That takes care of all eight teams first round games, but the day's action will still be far from over. This tournament is designed to give every team four games, whether they win or lose.

Two loser's bracket games are set for 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Monday. The Athens Poteet loser and the Mabank-Paris loser will meet at 6 p.m. in the junior high gym.

That wil be followed by a 7:30 p.m. contest between the Kaufman-North Garland loser.

From there, all sorts of options are possible, but bottom line, four games right before the start of district, should help all of if teams.

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