The Clear Creek Bobcats picked up another basketball victory versus league opponents.
The CCMS Bobcats were on the road at Union County last Monday, and the Panthers notched respective wins of 49-37 and 71-45 in the seventh- and eighth-grade games.
The Cats hosted the White County Warriors Thursday. Clear Creek’s seventh graders won 46-37 ahead of the eighth grade’s 37-35 loss.
Versus Union, the seventh-grade Cats’ six-point second quarter allowed the Panthers to break the first-quarter tie to lead 25-20. Bobcat Noah Rice scored seven of his team-leading 17 points in the third to keep CCMS in the game.
CCMS entered the fourth down by eight, and the Panthers pushed their lead to 12 by game’s end.
The eighth-grade Cats had a strong opening quarter where Preston McVey scored six points in the post and Mason West made a pair of threes. However, the Cats’ five-point edge vanished in the second as UCMS outscored the CCMS, 19-5.
Union doubled Clear Creek’s points in the third to open a 42-33 lead, which the Panthers extended in the fourth.
Against White, the seventh-grade Bobcats went into the halftime locker room with a 32-22 advantage after the game was tied at 12-all in the first quarter.
WCMS struggled offensively in the second half and only scored six points. While CCMS only tallied four points in the third, its 10-point fourth allowed the Cats to secure the win.
The eighth-grade matchup was nip and tuck all the way through. WCMS led by three after a quarter and 21-17 at the half. CCMS trimmed the deficit to one point with seven minutes to play.
The Warriors did just enough in the fourth to come away with a one-point victory.
Seventh-grade Bobcats
1 2 3 4 F
CC 14 6 10 7 37
UC 14 11 13 11 49
CCMS scoring: Noah Rice (17). Silas West (eight). Andrew Chastain (five). Jasper Barr (four). A.J. Callihan (three).
1 2 3 4 F
CC 12 20 4 10 46
WC 12 10 2 4 37
CCMS scoring: Callihan (15). Kevin Olea (nine). West, Rice (eight). Slade Smith (four). Chastain (two).
Eighth-grade Bobcats
1 2 3 4 F
CC 18 5 10 13 46
UC 13 19 20 19 71
CCMS scoring: Mason West (13). Preston McVey (10). Douglas Callihan (eight). Peyton Chancey, N. Rice (four). A.J. Callihan (three). Chaz Curtis, Jase McCollum (one).
1 2 3 4 F
CC 9 8 8 10 35
WC 12 9 5 11 37
CCMS scoring: McVey (16). Chancey (eight). M. West (five). A.J. Callihan (three). D. Callihan (two). S. Smith (one).