Hampton girls, boys open Class A Area 1 tournament with wins
Published 11:15 pm Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Hampton's Tyler Blevins tries to get a shot off before the hard-charging Jackson Deyton of Unaka gets close to block his line of sight.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Hampton's Noah Nichols has Rangers draped all over him as he tries to put the basketball through the net for the Jr. 'Dogs.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Unaka's Sully Perkins pushes the ball between a gap of Hampton defenders.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Unaka's Austin Lambert attempts to get a shot off as Hampton's Noah Nichols applies the hand in the face.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Unaka's Jackson Deyton sends the basketball toward the goal over Hampton's Noah Nichols.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Little Milligan's Katlyn Campbell sends a shot toward the rim.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders A Little Milligan player gets ready to push the basketball toward the basket as a posse of Hampton defenders surround her.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders A Little Milligan defender leans on Hampton's Taylor Geisler to keep her away from the basket.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Hampton's Faye Carrico is surrounded by a host of Lady Buffaloes as she looks to go up with a shot.
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BY IVAN SANDERS
STAR SPORTS EDITOR
ivan.sanders@elizabethton.com
HAMPTON – The Class A Area 1 basketball tournament is in full swing with two games played at Hampton Elementary School on Tuesday evening involving both the Hampton girls and boys teams.
Girls
Hampton………48
Little Milligan…22
The first game of the evening saw the Hampton Jr. Lady Bulldogs fire out of the gate to take a 14-0 lead after the first quarter and never look back in defeating the Little Milligan Lady Buffaloes.
Hampton’s Brea Hicks and Hannah Smith led their team in scoring with eight points apiece in the contest but had plenty of help in this one. Piper Helle scored seven while Ella Eastep, Faye Carrico, and Abbie Lunsford all chipped in with six points in the victory.
Taylor Geisler’s four points and Chloe Trivett’s two closed out the scoring for the Lady Jr. ‘Dogs.
Little Milligan was paced in the loss by Kenzi McClain with 10 points. Katlyn Campbell added eight points while Trinity Cornett finished with 4.
Boys
Hampton……40
Unaka………..25
In the nightcap, a very physical contest saw the home-standing Hampton Jr. ‘Dogs fight off a determined and pesky Unaka Jr. Ranger team by a 40-25 score.
Dominque Burleson was racing up and down the floor on both ends as he led the Jr. ‘Dogs in scoring with 10 points in the contest. AJ Green added eight points in the win including a pair of treys while Hampton also got six points from Noah Nichols who was pounding underneath the basket.
Connor McKinney and Tyler Blevins chipped in with five points in the victory. Evan Porter used his height underneath to pull down several rebounds and forcing the Unaka bigs to kick the ball back to the outside. Porter finished with two points.
Austin Lambert had a big night for Unaka scoring 17 of his team’s 25 points in the contest from both inside and out.
Collin Deyton added a deep trey while Jackson Deyton also totaled three points. Sully Perkins finished with two points.
“At the first of the game we weren’t really playing too hard,” said Porter after the contest. “I think that we went into the game already thinking that we were going to win so we didn’t play hard but in the end, we finally pulled out the win. It was really physical out there.
“We will have to play harder in our next game.”
