By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director CENTRE – Of late, the close basketball games haven’t gone in favor of the Cherokee County Warriors. They lost a three-point game at defending Class 4A state champion Jacksonville on Jan. 10, then dropped a three-point decision at home against Piedmont two days later. The Warriors also fell in
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SAND ROCK – John Blackwell is preparing the Sand Rock Wildcats for the stretch run of the basketball season. He knows opponents are going to try and take away sharpshooting senior point guard Jacob StClair, so he’s trying to find other options in which to produce offense. Blackwell seems
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SPRING GARDEN – In the early stages of the third quarter of their basketball game at Spring Garden on Friday night, the Sand Rock Wildcats looked as if they might pull away from the Panthers. Already with a six-point halftime advantage, the Wildcats connected on four 3-pointers in the
Compiled by WEIS Sports Director Shannon Fagan Cherokee County 74, Sand Rock 56 CEDAR BLUFF – Jaden Wilson led four Cherokee Warriors in double figures with 20 points, including two 3-pointers, in a 74-56 victory over Sand Rock in the Alabama ONE Cherokee Invitational on Monday. Jack Amos and Eli Martin both netted 13 points
By Shannon Fagan, WEIS Sports Director SAND ROCK – Spring Garden sophomore post player John Welsh said Sand Rock “big-boyed us” in their meetings on the basketball court in the past. He wanted to do something about that on Tuesday. Welsh turned in his own “big-boy” performance. He scored 31 points – including a perfect