HANCEVILLE, Ala. – For the third consecutive season, the Good Hope Lady Raiders are Cullman County Champions. Good Hope built a 34-22 lead in the first half and pulled away in the final two periods to earn a 60-39 win over West Point and a third straight county title. After the game, Raider standouts Bailey Tetro and Ava McSwain, along with head coach Justin Aby, shared their thoughts on the latest county title.
“It feels great. I love this team very much and I’m just proud of us,” Tetro said. “I think it just shows that all the hard work we’re putting in is paying off and I’m excited for the rest of this season to see what we can do.”
“It means a lot,” McSwain said. “It was a great win and we’ve been preparing really hard for this but this is not our end goal.”
“Like the girls said, this means a lot to us and I’m extremely proud of them,” Aby said. “This is the third one in a row that we’ve won and it’s really a reflection of how much work and time these girls put in. It’s a great group of girls who love the game of basketball.”
The Lady Raiders got off to a great start. Baskets by Ivey Maddox and Ava McSwain put Good Hope in front 4-0 and Maddox added back to back three-pointers to make it a 10-0 game. Bailey Tetro laid one in and split a pair of free throws to give the Lady Raiders a 13-0 lead, but Laklin Shadix scored the next five points on the other end to get West Point on the board and cut the lead to 13-5. However, Good Hope capped the opening period with a 9-0 scoring run and went into the second leading 22-5.
Camryn Faulker drilled a three-pointer and Kylee Quinn scored in the paint to bring the lead down to 22-10 early in the second but baskets by Heather Tetro and Jolee McHan helped keep the Lady Raiders in front 26-11. Quinn sank a pair of free throws and Liberty Shadix laid one in to make it a 26-15 game with three minutes remaining in the half. Baskets by Maddox and McSwain gave Good Hope a 30-17 lead with less than two minutes two on the clock and Charly Johnson scored a pair of buckets in the final minute of the period to put the Lady Raiders ahead 34-22 at the halftime break.
A basket from Liberty Shadix and a free throw from Laklin Shadix made it a 34-25 game early in the third but baskets by Johnson and Maddox on the other end kept Good Hope in front 38-25. A Kealie Harbison bucket helped trim the lead to 40-27 midway through the third quarter but three-pointers by Maddox and McSwain helped build the Raider lead back up to 48-29 later in the period. Harbison exchanged scores with McHan in the final two minutes of the third to make it a 50-31 game with just eight minutes to play.
Maddox laid one in to give Good Hope a 52-31 advantage early in the fourth quarter and later in the period, Heather Tetro buried a three-pointer to make it a 56-35 game. Maddox knocked down another three to give the Lady Raiders a commanding, 60-37 lead with a minute to play and Good Hope went on to claim its third straight county crown with a 60-39 win over the Lady Warriors.
Maddox led the way for the Lady Raiders with 22 points in the win, followed by McSwain with 13. Quinn and Laklin Shadix each posted 10 points for West Point in the loss.
Varsity Girls All-County Tournament Team
Ivey Maddox, Good Hope
Ava McSwain, Good Hope
Heather Tetro, Good Hope
Liberty Shadix, West Point
Laklin Shadix, West Point
Hallie Wheeler, West Point
Malaya Taylor, Cold Springs
Maci Brown, Cold Springs
Whitney Quick, Vinemont
Maggie Burks, Vinemont
Varsity Girls All-County Basketball Team
Bailey Tetro, Good Hope
Heather Tetro, Good Hope
Ivey Maddox, Good Hope
Ava McSwain, Good Hope
Liberty Shadix, West Point
Hallie Wheeler, West Point
Jaelyn Faulkner, West Point
Ella Bruer, Cold Springs
Maci Brown, Cold Springs
Ella Dickerson, Cold Springs
Ava Thomas, Holly Pond
Madison Butts, Holly Pond
Reagan Robinson, Vinemont
Whitney Quick, Vinemont
Kate Sterling, Hanceville
2024 Charlotte Cummings Memorial Scholarship Winner
Kamryn Tankersley, Holly Pond
2024 Bill Shelton Award Winner
Ivey Maddox & Bailey Tetro, Good Hope
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