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The Elizabethton Cyclones were sitting pretty comfortable heading into the fourth quarter of action after being tied at the half with West Ridge in Blountville on Tuesday night.

The fourth quarter left Coach Lucas Honeycutt and his Cyclones with a migraine headache as the home-standing Wolves turned a nine-point deficit into a two-point victory, 55-53, with a 21-10 burst in the final period.

Led by Hudson Smith, the Cyclones managed to battle to a 24-24 halftime contest as neither team really managed to get a footing offensively.

Smith had eight at the half, while teammates Hudson Pate and Zack Wallin each contributed with six points apiece.

Wallin helped to push the Cyclones out front in the third quarter by netting six points. Nathan Bailey also helped to build a 43-34 lead by the third-quarter horn.

However, the fourth quarter brought a polar freeze on the Cyclones offensively as the Wolves managed to find the bottom of the basket often to come howling back to take the win in defending their home floor.

Wallin finished the game as the Cyclones’ leading scorer with 13, while Bailey and Smith finished the game with 10 points each.

Pate and Justius Wallin registered nine points apiece for Elizabethton, while Andrew Barnett had two in closing out the Cyclone scoring.

Horne and Bright paced the winners with 17 and 13, respectively.

Girls
West Ridge ….. 49
Elizabethton …. 44
The Elizabethton Lady Cyclones played toe-to-toe with the West Ridge Lady Wolves throughout their non-region clash on Tuesday night.

However, in the end, there was not enough time left on the clock as the Lady Wolves managed to fend off their visitors to take a 49-44 win.

Jamira Smalls was the only Lady Cyclone to reach double figures in scoring with a game-high 17 points. Peyton McGee finished the night with eight points, with Adrian Heading and Rylee May collecting five each.

Kayleyn Nave (4), Jasy Shell (3), and Reagan May (2) closed out the scoring for Coach Lucas Andrews’ Lady Cyclone squad.

Carter Jones led the Lady Wolves with 13 points, while teammate Allie Reilly finished with 11.