Devils Drop Final Region Contest

The Screaming Devils travelled to Washington-Wilkes Tuesday night looking for a little momentum to take into the region tournament next week.  The girl's had already cemented a 2nd place standing in the subregion but were looking to avenge an earlier loss to the Tigers.  A win for the boys would improve their standings in the region and avoid a first round match-up against Hancock Central, the number two seed from the other side of the region.

The rematch between the Lady Devils and the Lady Tigers was probably the most anticipated game of the night for both schools.  The game pitted two of the top teams in the region against each other.  Warren County's girls have seen steady improvement as the year has progressed and their only sub-region loss came at the hands of Washington-Wilkes 3 weeks earlier.

The game was back-and-forth through much of the first half.  The Lady Devils found themselves trailing by 3 at the end of the first quarter and went to the locker room at the half down by the score of 24-22. 

Warren County started the second half strong and quickly erased the slim 2 point half-time scoreboard deficient.  The Devils scored 8 unanswered points to take a 6 point lead.  The Lady Tigers quickly regained momentum however and retook the lead for good as Warren County seemed to tire in the closing quarter.  The Lady Devils fell to the Lady Tigers for the second time this season by the score of 62-48.

The boys game proved to be a total reversal of the first meeting between the two teams.  Warren County came out on top in that contest played in Warrenton by the score of 62-46.  It quickly became apparent that Washington-Wilkes would not fall quietly to the Devils at home.  Warren County was never able to build a sizable lead over the Tigers throughout the entire game.

Down by 1 late in the game, momentum seemed to shift towards the Warren County side of the court when Richard Wilburn stole the ball for Warren County and appeared to give the Devils the lead.  Wilburn was called for travelling however and the basket was waved off.  The Tigers went on to a 67-64 victory over the Devils.