Vinemont upsets Fairview, West Point outscores Hanceville:

No. 6 Vinemont now to take on No. 2 West Point in the county semis:

Tuesday at the Cullman County BK Tournament:

Quarterfinal Game # 1:
6 Vinemont  12  13  14  18  -  57 (15 & 8)
3 Fairview     13   9   5  18  -  45 (7 & 16)
VM: Sam Marsh 22, Gavin Parr 6, Cheston Wilhite 2, Colton Gillis 2, Bryson Bush 9, Will Conquest 5, EJ Sharpe 7, Tucker Mauter 3.
FV: Ty Babb 15, Calin Collins 14, Kolt Redding 4, Konnor Dunkin 2, Zayden Cruce 7, Eli StDenney 3.
GDW player of the game - Sam Marsh of Vinemont 22 points, 8 FGs, 5 treys, 1 FT, 7 rebounds.
Vinemont's 14 to 5 tally during the 3rd would be the difference for the No. 6 Eagles to send the No. 3 Aggies out of the county tournament.
The Eagles were led by Marsh who scored 14 in the 2nd half. Sharpe was a 2nd half factor too as he had 7 in coming off the bench.
Wilhite managed 2 points from the line, but stood out with 11 rebounds and 4 assists.
Babb and Collins delivered 7 treys between them with Collins hitting 4 and 3 coming from Babb.
Collins was the only Aggie to score in the 3rd, tossing in a 3 and 2 FTs. No else scored in that period.
The Eagles sweep the Aggies. Vinemont defeated Fairview 60 to 47 on November 18 at home and follow it from Tom Drake Coliseum with a 57 to 45 conquest.

Quarterfinal Game 2 Tuesday:
2 West Point  23  16  16  13  -  68  (17 & 7)
7 Hanceville  14  10  12   11  -  47   (6 & 16)
WP: Nolan Franklin 20, Jaxson Shelton 19, Graph Byram 14, Kade Vincent 6, Maddox Chapman 7.
HV: Kade Schulz 12, Sam Abney 8, Drake Bentley 6, Hunter Black 6, AJ Carnathan 2, Shawn Pilman 4, Janus Leusby 2,
GDW player of the game - Nolan Franklin of West Point 20 points, 9 FGs, 2 FTs, 6 rebounds, 2 assists.
No. 2 seed West Point was ready to come to Wallace State and put on an astounding three point attack in the opening half.

 The Warriors tallied 8 long range FGs with Byram getting 4 in the first 16:00 of the contest.
A 23 to 14 lead became a 39 to 24 lead at the half. West Point would take the lead to at least 23 in the 3rd prior to Hanceville making a run and closing to 44 to 30.
The Warriors would be carried in the last half by Franklin with 15 points, 7 FGs in the process.
West Point displayed good play with 18 assists on the night, 6 by Vincent the PG and 6 from Shelton at the top of the key.
A solid effort from Schulz in the last half was witnessed with Schulz connecting on 4 treys, 3 in a row.

 The game was very entertaining despite the fact West Point was 21 points better. Playing with intensity to start the game served as a huge purpose for the No. 2 seed in this year's county tournament.

Wednesday schedule:
SF 1 : 1 Cold Springs vs. 4 Holly Pond 7:00
SF 2: 2 West Point vs. 6 Vinemont 8:30

 Both games to be carried live on WKUL FM (92.1).

Photo of the Vinemont Eagles in a celebration after a 51 to 48 OT victory January 13 against the Holly Pond Broncos at Vinemont Gymnasium.
Photo courtesy of Cathy McSwain.