WCHS Faces Stiff Competition at State

After finishing third in the region tournament that was held at Warren County High School, both WCHS teams faced one of the toughest draws they could have gotten. Many across the state considered the first round match-up of region five and region seven as one that pitted the two toughest regions in the state against each other.

The boys got the weekend started for the Screaming Devils on Friday night with their game against Whitefield Acadamy of Cobb County. Whitefield is considered one of the premier basketball programs in all the state. They are a regular threat to win the state championship in any given year.

The Screaming Devils started off strong and held the score close throughout the first quarter. The end of the first period found the Devils down only three. The second period was all Whitefield, however, and that proved to be the difference in the game. Whitefield held a fifteen point advantage going into the half. The Devils knew there was plenty of basketball left to play, however, and their talented core of seniors was not about to go down without a fight. Warren County narrowed Whitefield's lead to six at one point in the second half and never trailed by more than the half time lead of fifteen at any point in the second half. Whitefield managed to close the door on the Screaming Devils in the fourth quarter by a score of 89-74.

The Lady Devils were looking to cap off a year that saw much improvement on the court with a win in the state tournament. Like the boys, the Lady Devils found themselves up against some still competition in South West Atlanta Christian Academy. The Lady Devils scored first in the contest and kept the score close for much of the first quarter before South West pulled away at the end of the first. The Warriors defeated the Lady Devils by a score of 60-42. Leading the way for Warren County was sophomore sensation Candace Warthen with 22 points.