The Morrison Lady Eagle fans in attendance Saturday night could breathe a collective sigh of relief as Morrison’s 7-8 grade girls hung onto a 2-point lead to win the Morrison Ruritan Championship, 42-40, defeating Dibrell’s Lady Wildcats.Lady Eagle Alexis Whipple, an all-tournament team award winner, led the scoring drive for Morrison with a game-high 16 points.Leading, 32-23, after three quarters, Morrison left Dibrell hanging around a little too long. Dibrell powered back in the fourth quarter, tightening up the game to four points and then two, 40-38, as Kylie Young, Rhealee Johnson, both all-tournament team selections, and JuJu Pyburn took advantage of some Lady Eagle turnovers. Dibrell outscored Morrison 17-8 in fourth-quarter play.Timeouts were called, strategies discussed, but it was anybody’s ballgame with a 1:15 left.Then, with seconds remaining, Morrison’s Lia Wright, who was awarded tournament MVP, made a fast-break layup giving the Lady Eagles the fine edge it took to win as a last-ditch drive for Dibrell was unsuccessful at the buzzer.“It was a very exciting, hard-fought game,” said Morrison head coach Kyle Cannon “We still have a lot to work on.
Lady Eagles hang on to win championship