GRAYSON —
East Carter and West Carter steered clear of any surprises in the 62nd District Tournament opening round on Wednesday night.
The top-seeded Lady Raiders and Lady Comets will meet with the title on the line on Friday night at 7 at Harold Holbrook Athletic Complex East.
Both teams shot out to huge leads against their first-round foes. East Carter smashed Elliott County, 73-42, and West Carter cruised past Morgan County, 50-34.
Haley Hall came off the bench to lead the Lady Raiders (23-7) with 15 points. Kristen Mayo and Megan Stickler added 10 apiece as 12 total players scored for East Carter.
Elliott County (8-20) got 18 points from Ashley Holbrook and 14 from Samantha Worthington.
Brooke Callihan rolled up 25 points for West Carter (12-16).
Cheyenna Ferguson notched a team-high 11 points for Morgan County (7-21).
East Carter beat West Carter in both regular-season meetings, 53-27 and 60-21.
ELLIOTT 9 3 14 16 — 42
EAST 21 20 17 15 — 73
Elliott County (42) — Smith 3, B. Worthington 2, S. Worthington 14, Holbrook 18, Porter 5, Blair, Rose. 3-Pt. FG: 1 (Smith). FT: 7-13. PF: 12.
East Carter (73) — Mayo 10, Greenhill 9, Stumbo 8, Stickler 10, Gee 2, Steele 2, Hall 15, Pennington 6, Damron 2, Bayes 2, Thornbury 2, Brainard 3, Langstaff, Greer. 3-Pt. FG: 5 (Stickler 2, Greenhill, Hall, Brainard). FT: 10-13. PF: 16.
MORGAN 6 8 12 8 — 34
WEST 18 7 8 17 — 50
Morgan County (34) — Elam 5, Ferguson 11, Gross 6, Cole 6, Spencer 2, Ross 4, Hillman. 3-Pt. FG: None. FT: 12-20. PF: 16.
West Carter (50) — Adkins 9, Zeigler 4, Callihan 25, Berry 6, Centers 6, Buckler, B. Easterling, S. Easterling. 3-Pt. FG: 3 (Adkins, Callihan, Berry). FT: 9-14. PF: 16.
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