SHEPHERDSTOWN – When the last remnants of a basket’s net were removed after Jefferson’s 47-34 victory over Spring Mills, the raucous scene continued on the ground as Cougar’s undefeated women held an elegant AAAA, Region 2 co-championship.
Shortly the next, plans were made for the new vacation on the menu in Charleston for the Best School tournament.
Further afield, the day after this season’s victory over the Cardinals dressed in red, were the 8 who qualified for the 2021 national tournament.
Jefferson ranked No. 7 and placed next to No. 2 Cabell Midland (with a 12-3 record) in a rank. With the last victory over Spring Mills, the Cougars will be 12-0 in Charleston.
Previously, the Cougars had patiently waited for duo winner Musselman vs. Washington in one of the Section 2 tournaments that included those three teams. Muselman domesticated the Patriots, but then ran into Jefferson’s team, which had already won two of them.
Jefferson arrested the Applemen, 51-36, to earn a place in a component of the Region 2 tournament. Spring Mills had lost in the past to Martinsburg in the other segment that was a component of Region 2.
While Jefferson was taming Spring Mills, Martinsburg defeated Musselman to participate in the Charleston-based state tournament.
The AAAA State Girls Tournament rankings the Huntington Highlanders as No. 1, Cabell Midland is No. 2 and George Washington of Charleston takes the No. 3 with a 13-3 record.
The fourth seed is Morgantown (11-2 overall) and the fifth is Wheeling Park at 15-3. Then came Beckley’s Woodrow Wilson, sixth seed (13-4 overall), with Martinsburg taking no. 8 with an 8-4 record.
The Cougars were scheduled to face Cabell Midland at 1 p. m. If the Cougars had beaten the Knights, they would play survivor George Washington against Woodrow Wilson today.
Head coach Damon Smith and General Guard Jordan Carr will take Jefferson’s banner to the 12,000-seat Charleston Arena, whose left-handed suspended shot and quick commandos to the basket have marked Jefferson in the season. Heaven Murray, Caitlyn Brown, Catrina Myers, Lindsey Carpenter and Macie Chrisman proved to be the core of this team that persisted during the pandemic, as well as a murky start to the season where “matches” opposed to Virginia schools turned out to be nothing more than “mixed. “When it was discovered that these schools deserve to have stopped playing days earlier.
Freshmans Jazmyn Taylor and Alaysia Fernandez, as well as Maia Batt-Bickey and Breanna Carpenter will provide more intensity to Coach Smith.
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