Friday Around UC Sports Nation: Cookeville Lady Cavs Still Perfect at 23-0

Another game, another win for the Cookeville Lady Cavaliers, Friday night at Green Hill. KK Graves scored 13, while Cassie Gallagher and Chay Cunningham added 12 apiece, as Cookeville improved to 23-0 with a 57-25 victory. Now 5-0 in District 9-4A, #2 Cookeville can clinch the regular season District Championship with a win at #9 Lebanon on Tuesday.

The Livingston Academy Lady Wildcats won their 20th game of the season on Friday, with a 68-55 win over DeKalb County. Leah Kate Clark led the way with 17, while Ellie Butler added 14. The Wildcats won for the fifth time in six games, with 46-43 win over the Tigers in the nightcap. Hayden Ledbetter paced the Wildcats with 15.

Grant Strong scored 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the Clay County Bulldogs’ 61-42 win over Gordonsville, which clinched at least a share of the District 7-1A regular season championship. Abby Heard tallied a career-high 26 points in the Lady Bulldogs’ 62-41 win in Friday’s opener.

Here’s the full Friday night scoreboard from UC Sports Nation:

Girls
Clay Co. 62
Gordonsville 41
(CCHS: Abby Head career-high 26)

Cookeville 57
Green Hill 25
(CHS: KK Graves 13, Cassie Gallagher 12, Chay Cunningham 12)

Livingston Academy 68
DeKalb Co. 55
(LA: Leah Kate Clark 17, Ellie Butler 14)

Upperman 60
Macon Co. 17
(UHS: Brooklyn Crouch 26)

Warren Co. 57
Franklin Co. 44
(WCHS: Shelby Smartt 22)

Boys
Clay Co. 61
Gordonsville 42
(CCHS: Grant Strong 31 pts, 10 rebs; Jeff Spivey 14 pts, 7 rebs)

Green Hill 63
Cookeville 43
(CHS: Josh Heard 19, Jalen Heard 11)

Livingston Academy 46
DeKalb Co. 43
(LA: Hayden Ledbetter 15, Wyatt Hargis 14)

Upperman 55
Macon Co. 26
(UHS: Rex Davis 16, AJ Nash 15)

Franklin Co. 55
Warren Co. 47