Lady Cats Take 3rd With Win Over Pickens

As if these two teams do not play enough throughout the preseason tournament and the regular season, fate would have to see this match up one more time in the 2018-2019 season.

The Gilmer Lady Cats came into the consolation game of the 6-4A region tournament with a 3-0 record over the Nettes of Pickens High School but as in any rivalry, the records can be thrown out the door.  The Lady Cats came out of the locker room with nothing but winning on their minds and that they did. At the completion of the first period of play, Emma Deyton(7 points), MaryLee Callihan(7 points), and Mallory Kiser(5 points) led the scoring for Gilmer and pushed out a 21-8 lead over the Nettes.  The scoring was evenly split across both teams in the second as the Nettes put up seven that was matched by the Lady Cats who had eight to keep the lead at 29-15 heading into the halftime intermission.

The Nettes came out for the third period with a renewed spirit to close the gap in the score on the board.  With 18 Nettes points, McKenzie Weaver discovered a rhythm to score 11 contributing in a huge way to bring her team back.  The Lady Cats added 11 points off the hands of Mallory Kiser, Beth Burnette, and Emma Callihan to stay in front of the “never say die: Nettes of Pickens.   The fourth and determining period went the way of the Lady Cats who put up 12 points and held on for a 9 point victory over the Pickens Nettes to earn 3rd place in Region.

Next up for the Lady Cats will be on Friday the 15th as they travel to Atlanta for a first-round matchup with the Marist Lady War Eagles.  Game time is 6:00 PM.