There’s no better place than home when a Lady Hurricane hits as Saturday night the Cannon County Lionettes hosted the East Hamilton Lady Hurricanes at home in Woodbury for a sectional contest. The visiting team from Chattanooga hung around for a quarter before the pressure defense from the Lionettes wore the Lady Hurricanes out and Cannon County coasted to a 73-41 win. Taylor King scored 16 points while Chelsea Payne added 15 in the win. The win moved the Cannon County Lionettes to their first state tournament appearance since 1992.Sunday afternoon at the Embassy Suites in Murfreesboro, the pairings were announced for the upcoming State Tournament. Cannon County will go from playing Hurricanes to opening the State Tournament against the Lady Cyclones of Elizabethton, Thursday morning at 11:30. Elizabethton enters the tournament sporting a 33-1 overall record winning both the District and Region 1-AA postseason tournaments.
The Cannon County Lions boys basketball team gets their opportunity to earn an invitation to the Boys State Basketball Tournament. The Lions travel to Chattanooga to battle against Chattanooga Howard School. The 22-6 Hustlin’ Tigers are coming off a four game winning streak. The Lions finished second in the regional tournament.
Tickets will not be presold for the game tonight and will be available at the door. Tipoff is at 6:00 CST. WBRY will have the live broadcast starting at 5:40pm.
