After spending the first two games on the road, the Cannon County Lions and Lionettes basketball teams played in front of the home crowd at Robert
A. Harris gymnasium hosting the Coffee County Raiders teams from
Manchester. In the girls game, the Lionettes built a lead of 15 points
before the Lady Red Raiders staged a comeback. The Lionettes would not
allow the Manchester team to get any closer than 6 points before notching
the win 60-52. Abbey Sissom scored more than 20 points for the third
consecutive game as she finished with 26 points to help the Lionettes stay
undefeated 3-0. The Lions kept up with the Coffee County Boys team but
the Red Raiders pulled away in the fourth quarter to win 46-37 Jarrett
Melton was the lone Lion ball player that scored double figures with 10
points. Cannon County’s next games will be at Robert A Harris Gym when
they host Gwinnett Christian a home school out of Georgia. The games will
conclude the first day of the Mitch Wilson Classic Friday night starting
at 6:30
