Round 1 of the two regular season girls battle between the Cannon County Lionettes and the Smith County Lady Owls is in the books. And if Tuesday night’s game is any indication there could be more classic games between the two in the postseason. Tuesday night at Robert A Harris Gym neither team could distance themselves from the other by more than five points in the entire game. The game featured a matchup of Abbey Sissom and Callie Hackett as both led their teams in scoring. Cannon missed several open shots throughout the game and it would come to haunt them in a 3 point loss to the Lady Owls 52-49. Cannon had two players in double figures as Erin McReynolds stepped up and scored 10 points while Sissom only went 5 of 27 from the field and scored 16 points on the night. Callie Hackett had 26 for Smith County. Cannon’s record is now 9-1 and 2-1 in district play. Smith runs their record to 7-0 and 2-0 in district play. The Cannon County Lions continued to dominate district opponents. After a close first half, the Lions shut down Smith County’s big man Jamal Carter all night only allowing him to score 3 points and kept him in foul trouble most of the night. Tanner Hackett would score 17 but that’s all the offense Smith County could draw up. Cory Henley led all scorers with 20 while Tanner Larson added 15 and Garrett Mc Reynolds contributed 10. The Lions scorched the Owls 72-39 to grab their 9th win of the year and remain undefeated in district 8-AA with a 3-0 record. Friday night the Lions and Lionettes get ready for an intense rivalry as they travel to nearby Smithville for games against Dekalb County. Game time will start at 6:00
