Lady Red Raiders, Pirates claim county championship
GUIN — The Marion County High School Lady Red Raiders and the Winfield City High School Pirates are the 2025 Marion County Basketball Tournament champions!
Basketball
Recap of basketball scores last week
Brilliant
The Brilliant Lady Tigers traveled to Hackleburg on Tuesday, Jan. 14, to play the Lady Panthers.
The Lady Panthers won that game 58-44.
Next, on Friday night, the Lady Tigers traveled to Guin to play the Marion County High School Lady Red Raiders.
The Lady Tigers lost that game 55-50.
Brilliant’s boys lost their game against the Panthers 79-35 on Tuesday, and their game against the Red Raiders on Friday ended with a 73-32 loss to Marion County.
Pirates defeat Greenwave, Bulldogs
Winfield’s Kennah Beth Lacy jumps for the opening tip-off at Gordo. Photo by Fallon Boman.
WINFIELD — The Winfield Pirates won games against the Gordo Greenwave and the Vernon (Lamar County) Bulldogs last week.
Marion County splits wins with Hackleburg
GUIN — The Marion County Red Raiders shared a win and a loss with the Hackleburg Panthers on Thursday night, Jan. 17.
Lady Tigers crush Lady Red Devils 70-31
Brilliant’s Hadlee Sanderson was recognized by the AHSAA for 15 season double-doubles.
VINA — The Brilliant Tigers varsity boys’ and girls’ basketball teams traveled to Vina on Thursday night, Jan. 10, to play the Red Devils before the winter weather arrived the next day.
The Lady Tigers hit the ground running, scoring 25 points in the first quarter and another 20 in the second quarter. At the end of the game, they’d held the Lady Red Devils to 31 points while scoring 70 of their own.
Lady Pirates are WAC runners-up
VERNON — The Winfield Lady Pirates lost the WAC tournament final to the Sulligent Lady Blue Devils 35-33 on Monday night, Dec. 23.
Lady Aggies take on Priceville in Hanceville
Jordan Parker guards a Priceville player during the regional tournament.
The Hamilton Lady Aggies traveled to Wallace State Community College in Hanceville on Monday, Feb. 19, to play against the Priceville Lady Bulldogs in the semi-final round of the AHSAA 4A Girls’ Regional Tournament.
It was a close game, but in the end, the Lady Aggies’ season came to an end after they lost to the Lady Bulldogs 47-42. Priceville would go on to lose to eventual 4A girls’ state champion Good Hope 62-44 in the regional final.
The Lady Aggies ended their season with a record of 25-6.
Marion County High girls state runner-up
From left to right: Cooper Williams, Lexie Dishner, head coach Scott Veal, Hoyt Miles, Ava Butler, Zella Williams, Alecia Shack-Donaldson, Addisyn Randolph, Jasmine Wilson, Adrian Randolph, Jolie Kate Cox, Krissa Comer, Bekah Junkin, Lily Robinson, Erin Culp and Dustin Silas.
BIRMINGHAM — The Marion County High School Lady Red Raiders are the 1A girls state runners-up after losing the state final to Spring Garden 63-31 on Thursday, Feb. 29.
The appearance in the state final marked the fourth in a row for the Lady Raiders, which included one state championship title.
Lady Raiders play state final tomorrow: Marion County’s girls make their fourth consecutive appearance in 1A state championship
Marion County’s Alecia Shack-Donaldson (#12) goes up for a layup against the Keith Bears on Monday during the state semi-finals. Donaldson scored 14 points total.
BIRMINGHAM – For the fourth season in a row, the Marion County High School Lady Red Raiders will be playing in the final round of the 1A girls’ state basketball playoffs tomorrow night.
Hamilton girls county champs
The Hamilton Lady Aggies won the Marion County Basketball Tournament. Front row from left: Ella Kelley, Meg Wiginton, Aubrey Sorrells and Danidi Weghorst. Back row: Assistant Coach Paisley Sorrells, Ella Cantrell, Kayla King, Jordan Parker, Emily Jones, Brilyn Gilstrap, Jessica Shotts, head coach Candace Shipp and Della Houston.