West Henderson Boys, Girls Defeat HHS

West Henderson boys, girls defeat HHS

By David Phillips
Times-News Correspondent


Published: Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 4:30 a.m.

Ater a slow start, the West Henderson Falcons defeated Hendersonville on the hardcourt Tuesday 83-69 at West.

The Hendersonville girls fell to the Lady Falcons 47-32.

The Falcons got double-figure scoring from Kenan Young with 19, Adam Troutman with 17 and Kevin

Thomas, who led all scorers with 20.

“Kenan Young has only been in our program for a month,” said West coach Ron Bliss. “We’re pleased with his progress. He has really been a help to us in the early season.”

Coach Robert Strong’s Bearcats opened the first period like they would make a rout of the contest. After the first 3:15, the visiting Hendersonville team was up 9-2.

After the first quarter, the Bearcats held a 20-10 advantage.

West began solving the Hendersonville press in the second quarter, creating layups for the big three Falcon scoring leaders. At the half, West was up by seven at 37-30.

In the third period, West continued to beat the Bearcat press down the court and led 65-58 at the end of three quarters.

Four Hendersonville starters have only had two practices since the end of the football season which ended last Friday. Their inexperience began to show in the final stanza.

West opened the final quarter with a 65-58 lead, and was able to maintain their advantage thanks to some timely free throw shooting down the stretch. Thomas converted four straigt charity tosses in the last minute of play.

Hendersonville’s Tori Sitton and Darren Perry had 11 points each, and Desmond Whiteside had 10 to lead the Bearcat offense. All three are fresh off a state 1-A semifinal run in football.

West improves to 3-2 on the young season with a date against a strong Enka squad on Friday on their home court.

“Enka is big up front and will present quite a challenge for us,” said Coach Bliss.

For the Lady Falcons, Erica Cantrell led the scoring with 16 points and Summer Kremer had 12. Cantrell also had 10 rebounds for the game, recording a double-double.

For the Lady Bearcats, Brookes Walz was the scoring leader with a dozen points.

The win was the first of the season for the Lady Falcons, against four losses.

“We’re beginning to come together as a team,” said Falcon coach Stephanie Scott-Gaddy. “It was good to come out and get a win.

“I think we could have been more intense,” Scott-Gaddy continued. “Hopefully this win will inspire our girls for the future.”

West held a 10-6 lead until the final seconds of the first quarter, until Walz nailed a three-pointer to cut the deficit to one.

West outscored Hendersonville 13-6 in the second quarter for a 23-15 halftime lead.

In the third quarter the Bearcat press gave West some trouble initially. However, by the end of the period, West clung to a 10-point advantage at 33-23.

Hendersonville only scored nine points in the fourth quarter, while West added 14 to its total.

“We have only been able to get in three games so far this season because to the extended football season,” said Hendersonville coach Mike Norman. “I saw some improvement out there tonight.”

The Lady Bearcats host Madison on Friday. They go into the contest with a 2-1 record.

Summaries

BOYS

HENDERSONVLLE (69) — Rogers 4, Young 9, Kirkland 3, C. Rogers 8, Tori Sitton 11, Darren Perry 11, Desmond Whitesde 10, Cauley 9.

WEST HENDERSON (83) — Theren 9, Keenan Young 19, Roberts 6, Willaims 6, Reeves 2, Adam Troutman 17, Kevin Thomas 20, Hyatt 3, VanWingerden 1.

GIRLS

HENDERSONVILLE (32) — Stoney 5, Lilly 4, Ward 1, Brookes Walz 12, westmorland 7, Hubert 2, Reames 1.

WEST HENDERSON (47 ) — SummerKremer 12, Erica Cantrell 16, Bishop 2, Stewart 7 Rogers 8, Dinardo 2.