Tellico's Jesse Lambert moves the ball under pressure Saturday night in the District 4A championship game at Sale Creek.
photo by Greg Davick
The Tellico Plains boys and girls basketball teams swept the District 4 Class A championships Saturday night at Sale Creek. The Tellico girls beat Lookout Valley 53-24 and the boys won a nail bitter 48-47.
Tournament MVP Samantha Russell finished with 21 points for Tellico Plains as they ran away with the district title. Russell hit five three pointers in the first half to give Tellico a big 33-11 lead at the half. Chloe Yearwood had 17 for Tellico.
Lookout Valley was led by Rainey Barber with nine points.
In the boys game, Tellico jumped out to a 41-32 lead early in the fourth quarter after playing a very close first three quarters. CSAS went on a 7-0 run to close the gap to 41-39 with 4:50 left in the game.
Tellico would maintain the lead in the final four minutes of play but the Patriots would close the lead to just one with one minute left.
A Cahlib Edwards three pointer with three seconds left cut the lead to one once again but the Patriots missed on the final shot.
Tellico's Jesse Lambert hit five of his six free throws late in the game.
Cahlib Edwards finished with 18 points for CSAS. Tellico was led by Dale Rinehart with 19 points.
Tournament MVP Jesse Lambert of Tellico finished with nine points.
All four teams from the district finals and consolations will advance to region quarterfinals next week.
Boys Championship Summary:
Tellico Plains 9 11 19 9 - 48
CSAS 8 11 13 15 - 47
Tellico (48) Dale Rinehart 19, Piper Carter 9, Jesse Lambert 9, Walker 8, Walker 5
CSAS (47) Cahlib Edwards 18, Troy Pride 14, Drake 6, H. Edwards 5, Morris 4
Three pointers: Tellico 5 (Rinehart 2, Carter 1, Walker 1, Harris 1); CSAS 5 (C. Edwards 2, Drake 2, H. Edwards 1)
Girls Championship Summary:
Tellico Plains 20 13 7 13 - 53
Lookout Valley 2 9 8 4 - 24
Tellico Plains (53) Samantha Russell 21, Chloe Yearwood 17, Pearson 4, Hollinghead 4, Hamilton 4, Hooper 3
Lookout Valley (24) Rainey Barber 9, P. Simmons 5, Sanders 3, Spence 3, Morton 2, A Simmons 2
Three pointers: Lookout Valley 2 (Sanders 1, Spence 1); Tellico 8 (Russell 5, Yearwood 1, Hollinghead 1, Hamilton 1)
Girls Consolation Summary:
CSAS 16 10 7 16 - 49
Sale Creek 21 17 19 18 - 75
Sale Creek (75) Sam Derlak 22, Kayla Phillips 18, Define 8, H. Holland 7, Morgan 6, Jones 6, Coulter 6, Defoe 2
CSAS (49) Deyonna Langsden 15, Niya McGhee 15, Meyners 11, Houston 5, Mayes 1, Been 2
Three pointers: CSAS 2 (Meyners 2); Sale Creek 6 (Coulter 2, Jones 2, Holland 1, Derlak 1)
Girls All-Tournament Team: Niyah McGhee (CSAS), Sam Derlak (Sale Creek), Hannah Holland (Sale Creek), Rainey Barner (Lookout Valley) Jalisa Sanders (Lookout Valley), Princess Simmons (Lookout Valley), Alayna Hensley (Tellico Plains), Tess Pearson (Tellico Plains) Chloe Yearwood (Tellico Plains), MVP: Samantha Russell (Tellico Plains)
Boys All-Tournament Team: Bryson Kimsey (Copper Basin), Jacob Dixson (Lookout Valley), Chris Dixson (Lookout Valley), Hollis Edwards (CSAS), Jordon Morris (CSAS), Kaleb Edwards (CSAS), Piper Carter (Tellico Plains), Dale Rhineheart (Tellico Plains), Evan Harris (Tellico Plains), MVP: Jesse Lambert (CSAS)