Yellow Jackets Win on Senior Night

Hayesville Basketball, TeamFYNSports February 6, 2021 , by Caleb Tallman

The Hayesville Yellow Jackets hosted their rival Murphy Bulldogs on senior night. This game was a tough physical battle from start to finish. Hayesville went blow for blow with Murphy all game and never lost their head. Credit to not only their physical toughness but their mental toughness. Especially with the trash talk being constant from the Bulldogs players and bench all night. Thanks to a great fourth quarter the Yellow Jackets pulled away winning 60-46.

In the first quarter Hayesville got out to an early lead thanks to a 7-0 run. The Yellow Jackets went cold late in the quarter unable to extend their lead further. Yet due to some great defense and rebounding Hayesville was able to hold Murphy to just four points in the quarter. This gave the Yellow Jackets a 9-4 lead heading into the second quarter.

At the start of the second quarter Murphy started to fight back and appeared ready to give Hayesville a tough game. It was back and forth for much of the quarter with Bulldogs outsourcing the Yellow Jackets in the quarter. Murphy had the chance to narrow the lead further as Abram Abling stole the ball and got a good look at the basket to end the quarter but just missed. Hayesville went into halftime leading 20-17 but the Bulldogs had gained some important momentum.

In the third quarter the Bulldogs chipped away at the lead even further getting it down to just one point. Yet Hayesville never shied away from the challenge coming back strong late in the quarter with some big plays by Kolbe Ashe. He made two threes in the quarter, got fouled on another three pointer making all three and had an old-fashioned and one three point play in the quarter. Simply put Murphy had no answer for him. This resulted with Hayesville ending the quarter with a 39-32 point lead looking to close it out.

Hayesville responded with a big fourth quarter scoring wise leaving Murphy no chance at a comeback. Hayesville scored 21 in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach and vaulted them to a double digit win 60-46. This game not only put Hayesville one step closer to a conference championship but also kept them undefeated on the season. Hayesville now stands just three wins away from at least a share of the conference championship.

Hayesville leading scorers:

Kolbe Ashe: 26 points

Kyle Lunsford: 10 points

Blake McClure: 10 points

Brady Shook: 9 points

To see post game interview with star guard Kolbe Ashe click below:

https://fb.watch/3tSSm5XTMx/