For the second time this season, the Cannon County Lionettes scored 90 or more points against their opponent. For the first time in recent history. the Lionettes scored over 90 points against a District 8-AA opponent. Friday night the team in Smithville got off to a comfortable lead by as many as 19 but before the 1st half ended, Dekalb stayed in range coming back only down by 7. The Lady Tigers would hang around until in the fourth quarter Cannon would score 32 points in the quarter to win 98-68. Abbey Sissom nailed a season high 37 points while teammate Madison Walkup also scored a season high 29. Macy Clements finished with her season high best too with 15. Lionettes are 10-1 on the year and head into the Christmas break with a 3-1 district record, tied with Central Magnet for second place 1 game behind Smith County for first place.Last season the Cannon County Lions dropped all three meetings between themselves and the Dekalb County Tigers including one in the post-season. If Friday night was any indication, as long as Cannon plays as aggressive as they did in Smithville, the Lions should have no problems reversing their fortunes against their next door neighbor rivals. The Lions converted turnovers into transition points and hit outside threes to pull away from Dekalb as early as the first quarter. Cannon would build a lead by as much as 28 in the game and grabbed a solid 73-49 win over the Dekalb County Tigers. Cory Henley scored 18 to lead the team but once again Josh Ruehlan getting his third start of the season responded with 13 points and Tanner Larson added 10. Lions are now 10-1 on the year and have a perfect 4-0 in District play heading into the Christmas break.
The Cannon teams will now play Coffee County in a non district matchup Saturday starting at 4:00 in the afternoon in Manchester
