AHSAA 2A Area 11 basketball championship:
Falkville 13 9 8 19 - 49 (19 & 12)
Cold Springs 15 12 13 20 - 60 (27 & 4)
CS: Lindan Hill 16, Ayden Black 15, Cash Dickerson 8, Breydon Hallman 10, Ethan Day 3, Wyatt Barker 3, Tyson Kilgo 3.
Falkville: Zakese Jackson 16
GDW Analysis:
Cold Springs experienced a hotly contested championship bout Tuesday evening with rival Falkville.
It looked like the Eagles were in control of this encounter when a 3 point play by Hill with 3:45 to play in the game gave them a 51 to 36 advantage.
The hotly contested antics followed with Falkville visiting the FT line 14 times in the final period.
Three visits were due to technical fouls on two Cold Springs' players and one against the Eagles' bench.
A 10 to 0 run for the Blue Devils had them in striking distance at 51 to 46 with 1:50 remaining.
Cold Springs then shut down the comeback try with Hill again converting a 3 point play at 1:25 and then putting the victory in secure mode with a dunk at 0:55 that made it 58 to 49.
Black was the catalyst for Drew Adams in the opening half on the offensive side. The PG had 13 by the break with 4 FGs in the 2nd including one as time expired with the Eagles having a 27 to 22 advantage.
Hallman, on the bench early after getting a pair of personal fouls, made amends with 4 FGs in the paint in the 2nd half.
Hill's scoring contribution was 10 in the final period to earn 16 in the championship round with the Eagles now winners of 27 out of 31 games in their first season with Adams.
Up next for the Eagles:
Vs. Area 10 runner up Lamar County Saturday 6:00 p.m. from Cold Springs Gymnasium in the 2A sub regional.
Photo of Cold Springs PG Ayden Black in the Cullman County semifinals January 21 vs. Holly Pond at Wallace State. On Tuesday, Black scored 15 points to help the Eagles beat Falkville 60 to 49 and win the 2A Area 11 championship.
Photo courtesy of Martha Needham.
