Arab
Lady Knights
Make It Five In A Row
The hands say it all. The
Arab Lady Knights clinched their 5th straight Marshall
County Championship Saturday night against the Boaz Lady
Pirates
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Photo by Dwight Hayes
January 28, 2007 - Dwight Hayes
Five in a row! The
Arab Lady Knights set a new tournament record Saturday night
as they clinched the Marshall County girls basketball
championship for an unprecedented fifth consecutive year.
The Lady Knights, currently ranked #3 in the state 5A girls
basketball classification, continued their dominance of the
county tournament by defeating the Boaz Lady Pirates by a
score of 54-28. The Knights won over the the Asbury
Lady Rams (87-19) and the Douglas Lady Eagles ( 56-42) in tournament play on
Tuesday and Thursday to advance to the Saturday night
finals. For the Lady Pirates it was their first time
in five years to advance to the championship game.
The Lady Pirates upset DAR, the #3 ranked
team in Class 4A, with a 37-35 victory in Thursday night’s
tournament semifinals to move to the finals.
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Members of the
All County tournament team
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photo to enlarge Photo by
Dwight Hayes
In addition to
the championship title, the Knights placed
four players on the All County tournament
team. Named to the team were Kathryn
Whitlock, Kate Hadkova, Courtney Gibson and
Alli Smalley. Smalley was named the
tournament Most Valuable Player for the
third consecutive year. Coach Steve
Flack received the "Coach of the Year"
award.
Steve Flack
receives the Marshall County Girls Coach of
the Year
from Marshall County School Superintendent
Tim Nabors
Photo by
Dwight Hayes
Arab led by a
score of 18-12 at the end of first quarter
play and went into the dressing room at half
time leading 31-19. The Knights began
to pull away even more in the second half
posting a 41-23 third quarter score and the
final 54-28.
The Knights
connected on 19 of 52 field goal attempts
for an overall 36.5% shooting percentage
while Boaz only hit 9 of 47 field goal shots
with an overall 19.1% shot percentage.
Outside the three point circle Arab hit 3 of
7 attempts for a 42.9% percentage while Boaz
was only able to sink 1 three pointer out of
11 attempts shooting a disappointing 9%.
Boaz was red hot from the free throw line
making 9 of their 10 opportunities while
Arab connected on 13 of 30 opportunities for
a 43.3% free throw shooting percentage.
The Lady Knights
dominated the boards by pulling in fifty
total rebounds to the Lady Pirates thirty.
Arab posted a 62.5% rebounding percentage
compared to a 37.5% rebound percentage for
Boaz.
Kate Hadkova and
Courtney Gibson led the Arab scoring with 12
points each. Hadkova hit 5/12 field
goal attempts and was 2/7 from the free
throw line, had 2 assists and pulled in 5
rebounds. Gibson made 3/6 field goal
attempts, 4/8 free throw shots and 2/2 three
point tosses with 2 assists and 4 rebounds.
Alli Smalley contributed 11 points, 4
assists and 10 rebounds. Smalley
connected on 4/15 field goal shots and 3/4
free throw shots. Lindsey Guess tossed
in 7 points and captured 5 rebounds.
Guess hit 2/7 field goal shots and 3/6 free
throws. Angela Henderson contributed 5
points and 2 rebounds while Kathryn Whitlock
scored 4 points, hauled in 7 rebounds and
had one assist. Anna Huckaby rounded out the
scoring with 3 points , 1 rebound and 2
assists.
The Knights
secured home court advantage in the opening
round of regional play by defeating Fort
Payne on January 19th. Regional play
is scheduled to begin February 5th.
Courtney Gibson
receives All Tournament team award.
Kate Hadkova
congratulated on All Tournament team
selection
by Marshall County School Superintendent Tim
Nabors
Kathryn Whitlock
tapped for All Tournament team
Alli Smalley
named tournament MVP for third straight year
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