A 3 point shooting clinic demonstrated by Smith County combined with yet another poor shooting night ended the Cannon County Lions season in the opening quarterfinal round at the District 8-AA basketball tournament in Sparta TN at White County High School Smith County’s Jordan and Kevin Craighead nailed the only 6 3 point shots made in the entire game, all in the first quarter as the Owls opened the game up early and coasted to the win 63-44. Smith County posted four players in double figures while Cannon County who shot 18 of 48 from the field had one in Jarrett Melton who scored 18. Smith County was 25-46 on the night and will go on to meet the number one seeded Livingston Wildcats in the last game of the District 8-AA basketball tournament semifinals tonight. The semifinal rounds starts off with the Cannon County Lionettes attempting to knock off the number 2 seed in the Upperman Lady Bees. A win today will enable the winning team to play for the district tournament championship as well as host a first round regional tournament game at home on Friday February 24th. After the Cannon County Upperman game the Dekalb County Boys will face the Upperman Boys. The third game of the evening tonight will have the Smith County Girls facing the Livingston Lady Cats. Smith County earned the right to advance as a result of a 51-37 win over York Thursday evening. WBRY-AM 1540/FM96.7 will have the live broadcast of the Cannon County Lionette semifinal this afternoon at 3:45 for pregame. Tipoff at 4. The game can also be heard on the internet on our website at wbry.com
