Webb's Will Murphy comes away with a loose ball as Cascade's Matt Henderson and Nick Batts look on. (T-G Photo by Danny Parker) [Click to enlarge]

Webb overcame 16 years of disappointment that stretched over 29 losses and finally took down neighboring Cascade 60-47 in Wartrace on Monday night.

Feet coach Jeff Mitchell and his staff had very little time to prepare as it was their third game in three days, but they gave the players a thrown-together game plan not long before tip-off and it went off without a hitch.

"We executed what we wanted to do to them defensively and then offensively we made shots," Mitchell said.

The mood out of the home team's locker room was one of despair and disappointment, to say the least.

"Webb just exposed everything that was there to expose," distraught Cascade coach Charlie Pope explained. "We didn't play very smart tonight, but you have to give Webb credit. They took us out of things we wanted to do. Webb played extremely hard. They rebound extremely well. They're extremely well-coached."

Early on the teams traded baskets under the cheers reminiscent of a district championship. The lead changed hands for the fifth and final time when Hunter Foutch threw up a 26-footer from the hip that found nothing but the bottom of the net as the horn sounded signaling the end of the first quarter and putting the Feet up 13-11.

"I don't know if we've ever done something like that in the 2 years I've been here," Mitchell said. "The kids were probably like, 'Well, the ball's bouncing our way tonight.'"

Webb (13-2) kept the pedal to the metal in the second frame by hitting all six free throws attempted and holding the Champions (5-11) to a mere three field goals en route to a 30-21 upper hand at the break.

Foutch didn't fade away following his momentum-swinging 3-pointer. Instead the sophomore racked up five baskets in the third quarter alone, including a pair in the last 33 seconds, and they advanced to the final quarter up 44-32.

A dazed Cascade saw their deficit go to 55-41 with 2:25 left in the game after Foutch completed a three-point play.

"What's deflating is when you get beat on the boards again and don't execute the things you're asked to execute," Pope said. "Deflating is settling for perimeter jumpshot after perimeter jumpshot after perimeter jumpshot and refusing to throw the ball inside."

A quick spurt of six unanswered points in 47 seconds by Cascade got the crowd restless. However, they quickly went cold thereafter and didn't score a point in the last 1:38.

"Every time they made a run, if we had the lead, our kids came right back and did something positive," Mitchell said.

"I don't know if we have played a team as quick as them or as strong as they are. We don't play people like that every night that are just that solid. Their athleticism concerned me.

"Our kids competed and that's all you can ask."

Webb's Luke Baum grabs a rebound over Cascade's Christian Edmondson. (T-G Photo by Danny Parker) [Click to enlarge]

Foutch's star performance left him with 25 points to lead all scorers. He also grabbed eight rebounds. Will Murphy played arguably the finest game of his career and chipped in with 15 points. Jordan Burchett contributed 16 rebounds and three steals.

Carkuff was held to 14 points thanks in part to a gritty defensive effort by Logan Burchett and Murphy.

"Logan (Burchett) really sold out on the defensive end because (Jacob) Carkuff is a heck of a player," Mitchell said. "(Carkuff) can go up over you inside. He can go over you and shoot outside. We tried to limit his touches."

At the free-throw line, Webb made 16-of-24, while Cascade was 7-for-11.

"We made more than they shot and that's always nice when you don't foul enough to put them in a lot of situations where they're at the line shooting with the clock stopped," Mitchell said.

"We didn't shoot that poorly from the line. We just didn't get there enough," Pope said.

The Feet hope to build off this win when they battle Franklin Classical in Bell Buckle tonight.

Cascade heads back into district play versus visiting Eagleville this evening at approximately 7:30.

"Hopefully, we can come out and try to play with some intensity and some level of effort mentally," Pope said. "Physically, this group has never failed to give effort."