Holly Pond Broncos show team basketball in county tournament:
HP outperforms GH, WP junior varsity romps, GH gets and upset:

Cullman County quarterfinal at Wallace State:
4 Holly Pond 16 21 12 11 - 60 (8 & 10)
5 Good Hope 6 17 5 14 - 42 (7 & 13)
HP: Asher Thrift 21, Cade Allbright 17, Ty Dunn 17, Fox Westall 0, Cash Huddleston 2,
GH: Ayden Young 10, Owen Armstrong 8, Tucker Screws 8, Christian Sims 7, Tucker Keef 1, Kayden Adamson 5.
GDW player of the game - Asher Thrift of Holly Pond, 21 points, 6 FGs, 2 treys, 7 FTs, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.
Holly Pond grabbed a double digit lead on Good Hope 8:00 into the game and never lead up.
The Broncos were able to get scoring by Thrift and Dunn from the perimeter in combining for 7 treys.
Allbright powered his way inside with 13 points in the final half and soared on the boards with 17 rebounds.
The Broncos are back in the Final Four from being a middle seed.
Cullman County JV semifinal at Wallace State:
1 West Point 20 16 29 14 - 79
5 Cold Springs 0 12 6 11 - 29
WP: Colton Kimbrill 14, Tyce Thompson 12, Levi Steadman 12, Rush Lamar 8, Tripp Dingler 8, Jaxon Reid 11, Skyler Echols 8, Olan Freeman 3.
CS: Jaxson Smith 12, Conner May 6, Brandon Chasteen 4, Brooks Black 3.
GDW player of the game - Levi Steadman of West Point, 12 points, 6 FGs, 13 rebounds, 1 assist.
West Point enjoyed a good first half with 36 points and a comfortable advantage on upset minded Cold Springs Monday afternoon.
The Warriors tore down the Eagles with 43 points in the last half, 29 during the 3rd as they made 7 shots from downtown in the final 14:00.
Cullman County JV semifinal at Wallace State:
3 Good Hope 12 14 13 10 - 49
2 Fairview 8 17 6 7 - 38
GH: Web Buchanan 22, Caleb Boles 2, Jaxson Richter 3, Eli Drake 4, Chase Boles 7, Mason Wright 2, Sean Jones 5, Kamden Collins 2.
FV: Markos Varquez 12, Rowan Ibrahim 9, Ayden Batz 8, Jackson Skaggs 6, Fisher Gaines 2.
GDW player of the game - Web Buchanan of Good Hope 22 points, 7 FGs, 3 treys, 5 FTs, 4 rebounds.
Buchanan carried the Raiders to a semifinal upset with 14 of his 22 points during the 2nd half.
Buchanan tallied 3 shots from long range and was 3 of 5 from the line in the final half.
The Raiders yielded only 13 points in the last half to the 2nd seed Aggies with Fairview only able to scored 7 in the last period.
Photo of Holly Pond center Cade Allbright in a game at Vinemont January 13. Allbright on Monday had 17 points and 17 rebounds in the Broncos' 60 to 42 county tournament victory against Good Hope.
Photo courtesy of Cathy McSwain,






