“Cats” Picked Pickens Pockets to Pick Up Wins

Clear Creek Middle Schools’ seventh and eight grade basketball teams swept both the seventh and eight grade Dragons from Pickens Middle School. The seventh grade “Cats” won 52-14 while the eighth graders won 40-34.The seventh grade team used an aggressive press defense to repeatedly pick Pickens’ pockets, with a plethora of steals. The “Cat” burglars never trailed jumping out to a 19-4 lead going into the second quarter, and a 29-7 half time lead. Despite calling off the “Cats” and dropping the press in the second half, Clear Creek still won by 38 points.

The Eight grade game was a different story, as the older “Cats” began a back and forth battle in the first quarter, which saw an 8-7 Pickens lead going into the second quarter.

The Dragons drug the lead out to 13-7 with a 5-0 run over the minute of the second quarter; however a 17-4 Bobcats’ bombardment saw Clear Creek lead 24-17 at the half.

The Dragons were not able to recover the lead, despite Pickens cutting the lead to four, 30-26, at the end of the third quarter.

The Bobcats held on for a six point 40-34 win.