Lionettes Win In Livingston

It was everything a basketball fan could hope for when the two top girls basketball programs of the very tough District 8-AA get together.  Friday night the Cannon County Lionettes traveled to Livingston to meet the Lady Cats in the first of two regular season meetings.  After Cannon scored the first basket, Livingston went on a run and lead by as many as 11 points in the first quarter, but as the game would prove several times, no lead was safe as Cannon stormed back from a 18-10 end of first quarter deficit to lead by 6 going into halftime 33-27.  Cannon would keep the lead by as many as 14 in the second half but the resurgent Lady Cats didn’t quit as they took advantage of several 4th quarter turnovers to fight back and close the lead by as many as one point.  Madison Walkup would hit two free throws with seconds left on the clock to ice the game for Cannon and give them a rare road win in Livingston 64-62.  Abbey Sissom was the leading scorer with 23 points while Abby Jakes overcame a slow first half to finish with 13 points including a clutch three that stopped the Livingston momentum during their comeback.  The win puts Cannon County’s record at 17-1 with a 5-0 mark in the district.  Livingston is still much alive in the district race as their record falls to 3-1 in the district  and 15-4 overall The Livingston Wildcats boys basketball team continued their winning streak at 8 games now to the expense of the Cannon County Lions.  After the Lions hung with the Wildcats 13-13 at the end of the first quarter.  Livingston connected on several three point shots to distance themselves from the Lions en route to a 65-45 win.  Jacob Nave led the Lions in the loss with 7 points all scored in the fourth quarter.  The Lions and Lionettes travel to nearby Manchester to play Coffee County Monday night at 6:00