The Hubbertville boys basketball team won its first game of the season by defeating Brilliant by the score of 55-44. Kane Rushing led the Lions in scoring with 18 points, including four three-point baskets.
The Fayette County High School boys’ basketball team defeated Northside last week before losing the following night to Corner. Fayette defeated the Northside Rams by the score of 74-72, with Landon Kimbrell hitting the game winning basket for the Tigers at the buzzer.
Fayette County schools played several games prior to taking a break for the Thanksgiving holidays. The Berry High School boys opened its basketball season against Vina, winning by the score of 54-40.
The Hubbertville Lions opened its 2022-23 basketball season by hosting Class 3A Phil Campbell.
The girls’ team was defeated by Phil Campbell by the score of 53-24. Leading the scoring for the Hubbertville girls was Nevaeh Hoobler with nine points.
All area high school teams closed out their 2021-22 basketball seasons last week following losses in the area tournaments. Hubbertville’s girls traveled to South Lamar to face Holy Spirit in a first round game and was defeated by the score of 51-32.
Fayette celebrated “Senior Night” in basketball by hosting the Berry Wildcats on Monday, Jan. 31. Honored in a pre-game ceremony prior to the girls’ basketball game were the senior girl players, the senior cheerleaders, and their families. Senior girls’ basketball players for Fayette County High School are Alexis Wilson, Meredith Collins and Julie Beavers. Senior cheerleaders at FCHS are Grace Tucker, Kayla Mansfield, Jacie Junkin and Carly Black.
The local basketball teams are playing hard as the area tournaments quickly approach.
Fayette traveled to Hamilton on Jan. 22 and the boy’s team lost by the score of 54-42.
Landon Kimbrell led the scoring for the Tigers with 19 points, followed by Tucker Whitley with 13 points. Lucas Boyd scored four points, while Charles Grant and Landon Lowe each contributed three points for Fayette.
Berry, Hubbertville and Fayette resumed playing high school basketball last week after missing a couple of games due to COVID and classes being taught virtually. Hubbertville hosted Pickens County on Jan. 20 and the boys were defeated by a score of 56-19. Brady Porter and Greyson Key led the Lions in scoring with six points each.
The on-going COVID pandemic again disrupted school and extracurricular activities last week.
Local schools started attending virtual-only classes at midweek, which also forced the postponement of several key area matchups between teams. The area matchups will have to be rescheduled and played if at all possible due to playoff implications.
The Hubbertville Lady Lions accomplished something on Jan. 7 that they had not done in more than 10 years – beat the Berry Lady Wildcats in a basketball game. Hubbertville defeated Berry 53-33 to snap a 27-game losing streak against the Lady Wildcats.
