Monday madness from West Point Christmas Classic:
West Point unable to win, Corner & Springville finish 3 & 0 in the classic:
West Point Christmas Classic Monday:
Game 1:
Gulf Shores 17 8 19 17 - 61 (9 & 6)
West Point 20 7 14 10 - 51 (11 & 6):
GS: Sam Vincent 22, Levi Howard 17
WP: Maddox Chapman 22, Jaxson Shelton 13, Nolan Franklin 9, Asa Sutter 4, Khale Byram 3.
Game 2:
Corner 25 14 24 6 - 69 (15 & 3)
Good Hope 9 10 14 15 - 50 (5 & 9)
Corner: Talon Laird 18, Cox 13
GH: Christian Sims 13, Tyler Byrd 7, Memphis Johnson 7, Ayden Young 7
Game 3:
Springville 16 28 9 19 - 72 (15 & 1)
Decatur Hert 20 9 22 8 - 59 (11 & 3)
Spgville: Cole Dixon 23, Hudson Smith 16
DH: Jordan Davis 26, Jayden Cooper 14
GDW Analysis:
West Point was taken down Monday afternoon by Gulf Shores with the Dolphins outscoring the Warriors 36 to 24 in the 2nd half to erase a 27 to 25 deficit at the break.
Gulf Shores' tandem of Vincent in the post and Howard from outside combined for 41 points, 25 in the 2nd half to send the Dolphins back to Baldwin County with a victory in three games.
Chapman continued his solid play for West Point with 16 of his 22 in the final half. He tallied 52 points in 2 Classic games for the Warriors.
Corner would control Good Hope in the first period hitting 5 treys and sprinting to a 25 to 9 lead enroute to its 3rd win in 3 games in this year's classic.
Laird had 4 treys through the opening period. Corner would land 10 on the day with the Yellow Jackets ahead 39 to 19 at halftime.
Sims provided Good Hope a good spark off the bench scoring 11 of his 13 in the 4th.
The hotly contested matchup with once beaten Springville and No. 2 (2A) Decatur Heritage was a tale of many storylines.
Springville went on a 28 to 9 surge in the 2nd, moving on top of Decatur Heritage at the half 44 to 29.
Springville would build the lead to 20 points early in the 3rd only to see DH rally behind the scoring of Davis who netted 19 in the 2nd half for the Eagles.
The game was tied with 6:00 left on FTs by Davis to make it 54 to 54.
Dixon took over the scoring for Springville getting 10 in the final frame, 4 of 4 from the line. The Tigers went on an 18 to 5 run as a close game became a double digit triumph for the visitor from St. Clair County.
GDW All Performance team:
Most outstanding player:
Cole Dixon of Springville - 59 points in 3 games (19.0 avg), scored 28 in win over Good Hope. Scored 23 Monday in victory against Decatur Heritage.
Sam Vincent of Gulf Shores - 88 points in 3 games. Scored 34 vs. Decatur Heritage, 30 vs. Springville, 24 vs. West Point
Jordan Davis of Decatur Heritage - Scored 73 points in 3 games, 26 vs. Corner and Springville.
Maddox Chapman of West Point - Scored 52 points in 2 classic games (26.0 avg)
Hudson Smith of Springville
Talon Laird of Corner
Ty Bailey of Danville
GDW photo by Johnny Thornton
