Warren County Middle School Drops Home Opener

Both Warren County Middle School basketball teams were in action against the Tigers of Washington-Wilkes Saturday for their second game of the season and their first at home.  Both games provided fans with close contests until the fourth quarter when the size and depth of Washington-Wilkes began to take it's toll on the Screaming Devils.

The girl's game proved to be a defensive one in the early going.  The Lady Tigers jumped out to the early lead against the Lady Devils in what would amount to a low scoring contest for both teams.  Warren County had trouble getting their shots to fall from the outside and trailed 6-0 at the end of the first period.  Washington-Wilkes scored first in the second period to extend their lead to 8 before Warren County finally got on the board.  The Lady Devils would narrow the lead to 4 at the half and went to the locker room down by the score of 8-4.

The third quarter was a defensive one as neither team was able to make a move.  Both teams were only able to manage 2 points and the period ended with the score 10-6.

The Lady Tigers' size and depth advantage began to show in the fourth quarter as they began to pull away from what appeared to be a tiring Lady Devil team.  The shots began to fall for Washington-Wilkes and the Lady Devils were unable to match with offensive points of their own and fell by the score of 24-6.

Warren County looked as if they might fare a bit better in the early going of the boy's game.  The Screaming Devils scored first in the contest and jumped out to an early 12-5 lead by hitting several shots from the outside against the zone defense of the Tigers.  Washington-Wilkes quickly switched to a man-to-man defense and managed to narrow the lead.  The first period ended with Warren County on top by the score of 13-11.

The Tigers pulled ahead in a closely fought second period to take a 2 point lead to the locker room by the score of 19-17.

The third quarter was all Washington-Wilkes.  The Tigers outscored the Devils by 7.  Warren County was only able to manage to score on a free throw and found themselves trailing by the score of 27-18 at the end of the period.

The Devils made a run in the beginning of the 4th quarter as they narrowed with back-to-back 3 point shots.  Washington-Wilkes would hold on however to win by the score of 33-26.

Both Warren County Middle School teams will be in action at home again Monday afternoon starting at 4:00 against Louisville.