Stories from Sunday, January 8, 2006

With 2:13 left in the third quarter, Cascade point guard Tiffany Gibbs rebounded a miss and put it up and in to put her team in front of visiting Van Buren County 24-23. But, Cascade never led again as Eaglette post Porsche McDonald laid in a basket at the buzzer for a 26-24 advantage entering the final eight minutes...

Cascade took a "huge" step forward in their hunt for a District 9-A crown with a 55-53 win over Van Buren County in Wartrace on Friday night. "When you're building a program and you're trying to reach another level sometimes you look back at games like this and say, 'Hey, this might just be the game where we turn the corner,'" Cascade coach Charlie Pope said...

Community treated a large homecoming crowd to a 64-49 victory over Webb on Friday night in Unionville. The game began on a fast pace, with the teams combining for nine points within the first minute. Webb's Callie Vaughn hit a long 3-pointer before the crowd could get settled in good, and it was answered just as quickly by Viqueen point guard Carly Daffern from the top of the key...

When Community and Webb faced off on Nov. 21, the game went down to the wire with Jordan Burchett leading a Webb comeback ultimately turned back on timely free throw shooting by the Vikings. The song remained the same Friday night as Community won its homecoming game 66-52...