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Pioneers tame Lions, push win streak to 4
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Coach Malcolm Montgomery is pushing all the right buttons as the Pioneer basketball team has taken off in the last month.Warren County High School basketball ran its winning streak to four games, and seven of its last eight overall, by defeating the Cannon County Lions 61-44 on Tuesday night.After starting a sluggish 4-4, coach Montgomery and his staff implemented a new system in practice to put an added emphasis on doing the little things to make the team better. The added competition for starting positions in practice has started to spill over on the court as the Pioneers’ hustle has been much more noticeable during the recent winning streak.Coach Montgomery thinks his team is doing fine at the moment thanks to three key things.“We want to play good defense, rebound and take good shots,” said Montgomery. “As long as we do those three things, we’ll be OK. “On Tuesday, I thought we made the extra pass and got good looks.