Gilmer Clean Sweeps Heritage At Home

Gilmer High School basketball brought more excitement to the Cage on Tuesday as the Heritage Generals came to town for a big region match-up.

The Lady Cats took the court first and as expected the game came down to the final minutes.  The Lady Generals took game one earlier in the season and wanted to get another win and pretty much end the region hopes for the Lady Cats.  Knowing a battle was about to ensue, Gilmer stepped up to the challenge and came away with a close victory.  Emma Callihan had a dominating 1st period with 11 points to almost outscore the opponent by herself.  As the 1st came to an end the Lady Cats found themselves with a narrow 19-14 lead over Heritage.  The points continued to fall for the home team led by Emma Deyton in the 2nd to stretch the lead from 5 at the beginning to 13 heading into intermission 37-24.

The second half started with the Lady Generals fighting back with 20 points in the third and close the gap on the scoreboard.  With the score now 49-44 heading into the final period, Gilmer played consistent adding 12 points.   As the clock wound down, Heritage narrowed the margin once again at 60-58 in favor of the Lady Cats.  A big free throw from Mallory Kiser gave Gilmer a 3 point lead with under a minute left in the game.  Last ditch efforts from the Lady Generals fell short to give Gilmer the big win.  The Lady Cats travel to Ridgeland for a huge region game.  Emma Callihan led the scoring with 20 points on the afternoon.

Taking the court in game two of the night, the varsity Bobcats hit the floor and left no doubts on who was the better team.  Playing a Heritage team that has the capabilities to both put up a lot of points and shut down their opponents,  could not get either gong on Tuesday.  In the dominating victory for the Gilmer Bobcats, the 2nd and 4th periods were telling moments in the game.  The 2nd saw the Cats outscore the Generals 20-7 while the 4th had 21-6 run to nail down the large margin win.  Having a good game in scoring for Gilmer was Tripp Pierce with 11 points and Braden Jenkins scoring 12 on the night.  I what seems to has become a part of the normal, Kell Weaver led all scoring with 18 for the Bobcats.  Weaver scored from just about everywhere on the floor.  He also had several blocks and rebounds to aid in keeping their opponent’s points to a minimum.  The huge 68-38 win for the Bobcats brings them to 15-5 overall and 5-3 in region play.  The Cats will play at Ridgeland on Friday night and try to keep 2nd place in the region with LaFayette sitting atop with a 7-1 record.