The South Shelby boys and South Shelby girls both beat Scotland County Thursday in the semifinals of the North Shelby Tournament, with the Cardinals winning 73-49, and the Lady Raiders winning 59-37. The Cardinals led the Tigers 30-24 at the half, then Waylen Owens opened the game up.
J.B. Connoley with the call on nemopressbox.com. Noah Wilt finished with a game-high 16 and Pryce Eagan added 14. Scotland County’s Marcus Smith led all scorers with 24, and was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Player of the Game. The Cardinals are 9-8, and have won four straight. The Tigers are 8-6.
North Shelby’s and Scotland County’s girls were in a tight game in the first half, when North Shelby took the lead for good at the horn.
Parsons finished with 15. Mallory Griffin had 17, and was named the Player of the Game. The Lady Tigers, led by Charlee Holland and Ailea Hayes with nine each, were held to 12 total points in the second half. North Shelby is now 9-5. Scotland County is 6-8.
Find the games on our archive page, and our postgame interviews below.
South Shelby boys coach Kent O’Laughlin:
Scotland County boys coach Jeremy Austin:
North Shelby girls coach Chris Parsons:
