WAC tournament

Winfield wins WAC with comeback

Winfield Boys Basketball

The Winfield Pirates varsity boys’ basketball team are the WAC tournament champions! Left to right, top row: Coach Billy Stovall, Coach Derek Trimm, Head Coach Zac Wakefield, Casen Sadsberry, Haiden Channell, Jacob Chism, Keylan Hughes, Slate Gilbert, Sean Wyers, Preston Nelson, Jaret Hosch, Miles Miles, Jacob Barnes, Coach Zach Evans, Kruz Box, Aaron Rao and Coach Thackary Box. Bottom row: Becket Carothers and Memphis Boman.

FAYETTE — The Winfield Pirates varsity basketball team won the 2023 WAC tournament at Fayette County High School on Monday, Dec. 18.
The Pirates played their first game of the tournament in the second round.
The first round saw the Fayette Tigers and Lamar County Bulldogs square off on Friday night, December 15. The Tigers won that game 61-39, knocking out the Bulldogs.

Winfield hosts WAC tournament

Jayci Griffin

Winfield’s Jayci Griffin keeps ahead of Fayette Lady Tigers during the West Alabama Conference.

By Luke Brantley
Staff writer
WINFIELD — Winfield City High School is the host of this year’s West Alabama Conference tournament, which began Friday, Dec. 16, and concluded Monday, Dec. 19.
The Winfield Lady Pirates played against the Fayette County High School Lady Tigers in the first round of the tournament on Friday night.
The Lady Pirates and Lady Tigers fought tooth and nail throughout the entire game. The first quarter ended in a 7-7 tie, and at the end of the second quarter, the Lady Pirates led by one point 16-15.

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