Lady Packers defeat Houston County
The loss was just the second for the Trojans, dropping them to 14-2 overall and 3-2 in region play.
Northside had opened the region portion of its schedule with a 66-28 loss to Tift County on Tuesday, but were able to overcome a 29-point effort by the Trojans’ Trevis Simpson to get the victory.
Michael Faulk also had a big night in a losing effort for the Trojans, scoring 20.
Greg Fields led the Eagles with 23 points, while Kenya Ward added 18.
The Northside boys played host to 14-0 Valdosta on Saturday.
The Wildcats remained unbeaten on Friday with an 85-65 victory over Warner Robins.
Jay Rome led Valdosta witg 23 points. Thoullit Hunter had 21 and Cameron Veunus had 15 for the Wildcats.
Kenny Fluellen had 20, Jared Fluellen had 15 and Trevlyne Williams had 13 for the Warner Robins boys, now 2-9 overall and 0-4 in the region.
The Valdosta boys will travel to Douglas for a rematch with Coffee on Tuesday.
Warner Robins will play host to Tift County on Tuesday. Tift will be playing just its second region date.
Houston County’s boys ran their overall record to 10-2 and went to 2-1 in the region with their 75-61 home victory over Lowndes on Friday.
The Bears turned the game around in the third quarter, scoring 22 points. Houston County senior Roger Stanton had a pair of 3-pointers in the quarter.
Buddy Bivins had 14 points and Brandon Davey added 11 for Houston County
The Coffee girls ran their region record to 3-2 Friday night when they outlasted Northside 57-54 in overtime.
Northside’s Tai Brown sent the game into the 4-minute extra period by hitting two free throws with 1.4 seconds remaining.