Cougars, Eagles claim middle school girls’ titles

Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Members of the 7th-grade county champion North Putnam girls' basketball team (from left, front) were Kyla Willis, Camryn Wolf, Lydia Reed, Sophia Lotzow and Ashley Weir; (back) coach Brad Szczerbik, varsity coach Jarrod Duff, Marin Davies, Haley Stevenson, Brie Miller, Hannah Judd, Annabelle Gross, varsity assistant coach Kyle Black and varsity assistant coach Katy Copsey.
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ROACHDALE — North Putnam won the 7th-grade title and South Putnam claimed the 8th-grade crown last week in the Putnam County middle school girls’ basketball tournament.

In the 7th-grade game, North Putnam led 18-1 after one period, 22-6 at halftime and 28-14 after three periods before emerging with a 39-14 win. Brie Miller led the Cougars with 13 points, while Marin Davies added 10, Kyla Willis had seven, Camryn Wolf and Haley Stevenson had four each and Annabelle Gross had one.

South Putnam was led by Clampitt and Astelli with four points each.

The Cougars earlier had won the Eel River Tournament at Eminence.

South Putnam defeated Cloverdale in the first round of the 8th-grade tourney 49–7 and was led by Chloe Custis with eight points.

Bree Mahoney-Sutherland, Alex Steffy, Brionna Egold, Drew Steffy and Ava McHugh each had six points. Grace Burdge had five points, Macie Bumgardner scored four and Sadee Proctor had two.

In the championship game, the Eagles got out to a 8-2 lead in the first quarter and were up 16-2 at half. They were able to control the game the rest of the way to win 38–15. Proctor led the Eagles with 10 points, while Custis added seven points, Egold added six points, Bumgardner, Alex Steffy and Burdge each added four points, McHugh scored two points and Drew Steffy added one point.

South Putnam’s 8th-graders finished 16-2 on the season, winning the Eel River Tournament and the 8th-grade Middle School State Small Schools championship in addition to their county title.

South Putnam 8th-grade county champion girls' basketball team members are (from left, front) Macie Bumgardner, Alex Steffy, Drew Steffy, Chloe Custis and Grace Burdge; (back) manager Ally Menke, Ava McHugh, Bree Mahoney-Sutherlin, coach Brice Hill, Brionna Egold and Sadee Proctor.
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  • Good job SP 8th grade girls! Sorry I missed it.

    -- Posted by lduggan69 on Wed, Mar 22, 2017, at 6:59 AM
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