Clear Creek Middle School met Pickens and White County for league basketball games last week.
The seventh-grade Bobcats traveled to Pickens Monday and defeated the Dragons 50-26 and the eighth-grade Cats lost, 49-29.
At home three days later, the seventh grade kept up their winning ways and put away White County in the second half for a 58-34 win. The eighth-grade Bobcats fell to the Warriors, 51-43.
The seventh graders jumped on Pickens quickly as J.D. Taylor hit a pair of threes in the opening quarter and Haden West made another. Jackson McVey went to work for four points in the post, and CCMS led, 15-6.
Taylor added four more points in the second quarter, as did Boston Teague. Pickens was able to pick up its offense but still trailed 25-16 at halftime.
PCMS only managed two points in the third, and Taylor kept scoring for CCMS. The Bobcats made 5/7 free-throw attempts in the quarter as their lead swelled to 23 points entering the fourth.
Clear Creek maintained its scoring edge to come away with a 24-point win.
Taylor led the way with 15 points. McVey added 12, Teague scored eight and Talyn Curtis finished with six.
Against White, seventh graders Curtis and McVey gave CCMS an edge on the offensive glass and they secured rebounds for easy baskets. The Cats went on a 10-0 run to begin the game before White scored eight unanswered.
CCMS led 11-8 entering the second quarter where the Warriors were able to improve their offense, but they still trailed CCMS 18-17 at the half.
WCMS only made two shots from the field in the third, which was not nearly enough to keep pace with the Bobcats. West made two three pointers and Cooper Farmer added another. McVey and Curtis continued to score inside and CCMS opened a 41-25 lead with a quarter to play.
White continued to struggle in the fourth. Curtis scored eight of his team high 17 points, and CCMS cruised to a decisive win.
McVey scored 12 points, West added 10 and both Farmer and Boston Teague finished the game with seven.
For the eighth graders, Ryder Wofford scored six points in the first quarter against Pickens, and Kohan Davis added a pair of three pointers to give CCMS a 12-8 lead. However, the Cats did not score in the second quarter and fell behind 34-12 at halftime.
PCMS pushed its lead to 34-19 entering the fourth quarter where the Dragons outscored CCMS 15-10 to secure their victory.
Davis scored 11 for CCMS and Ian Berry had seven. Wofford posted six points and Ethan McCollum added four.
A slow start against White put the Bobcats in a 17-4 hole after a quarter. Jacob Becerra tallied seven of his team high 15 points in the second quarter to breath some life into CCMS, and White enjoyed a 30-15 lead at the half.
The Bobcats scored six quick points to begin the second half and cut the deficit to 32-21. CCMS added five more points over the final four minutes of the quarter to draw within 13 points at the end of the third.
Both teams continued to fly up and down the court in the fourth and mounting fouls led to 11 CCMS free throws. The Cats converted nine and were able to cut White’s lead to seven points, but the Bobcats were unable to get any closer.
Aside from Becerra, Davis scored nine points, Wofford had six, McCollum and John Ponders tallied five apiece and Berry finished with four.
The Clear Creek Lady Cats’ game information versus Pickens and White County was not received by Tuesday’s press deadline.