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Pioneer freshmen win title
WCHS beats Stone Memorial for tournament championship
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Pioneer freshmen Sloan Seymour and Austin Newby celebrate as they leave the court after a win versus Stone Memorial in the freshman district championship game Saturday at WCHS.
There’s a championship basketball team in Warren County.The Pioneer freshman team battled back from a halftime deficit to defeat Stone Memorial in the 6AAA Tournament finals Saturday at Charlie Dalton Gym.Tournament MVP Sloan Seymour played big down the stretch and helped Warren County to a 49-46 victory.Pioneer Ethan Smith finished as the game-high scorer with 18 points, while Seymour added 13. They both made the all-tournament team along with teammates Jamison Holt and Joel Garcia.Stone Memorial was up 28-20 at the half, but Warren County battled back to trail by just one point, 37-36, entering the final quarter. It would be a slugfest to the final buzzer.Seymour would shoulder the scoring burden in the final minutes.