Warren County basketball coaches got the first look at their teams in action last Saturday night at Glenn Hills High School in Augusta. Both varsity teams competed in Georgia-lina Preseason Classic. Over 20 girl's teams and 20 boy's teams used the opportunity to get in one of their first games of the season.The WCHS Lady Devils drew one of the toughest games of the event and were matched up with the Orangeburg-Wilkinson Bears. The Bears were the South Carolina AAAAA state runner-ups in 2009.
The Lady Devils got off to a fast start and jumped out to an early lead due to a great job of rebounding. Warren County capitalized on 24 rebounds in the first half by converting for easy scores in transition. The Lady Devils held a 12-6 lead after the first quarter. The Lady Devils maintained their lead throughout the second quarter and went to the locker room up by the score of 24-17.The Bears depth proved too much for the Lady Devils in the second half. Orangeburg-Wilkinson substituted five players at a time and were able to keep a fresh team on the court for all of the final two periods. The third quarter ended with the Bears leading 38-32. Warren County kept themselves in a position to win the game, but wound up losing by 4, 50-46.
Candice Warthen led the scoring for Warren County with 34 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 steals. Takeisa Harris contributed with 6 points and 7 steals. Sondrea Hardin had 4 points and 4 steals and Virginia King also had 2 points.
The Warren County boys took the floor next to take on the Spartans from Glenn Hills. The Screaming Devils played well considering the limited number of players that took the court for 
Warren County. Most all of the players that Coach Stephens expects to form the nucleus of his varsity team played in the state playoff football game the night before. They were not expected to join the basketball team until the following week.
Warren County. Most all of the players that Coach Stephens expects to form the nucleus of his varsity team played in the state playoff football game the night before. They were not expected to join the basketball team until the following week. The Screaming Devils kept the game competitive despite their limited squad and lost by only 50-38. Cameron Bolton led the scoring for the Devils with 17 points.
Next up for the Devils will be the Thanksgiving Classic at Washington County High School. The Lady Devils will take on AAAAA Walton County while the boys will be in action against Kell High School.
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