Junior Jays win Perkins Tournament

The Guthrie Junior High basketball teams participated in their first tournament of the season in the Perkins/Cushing Tournament. The games were played on Monday, Thursday, Saturday.

Day Three Girls Bracket

The 7th grade girls basketball team saw their toughest challenge of the three-day Perkins Tournament in the finals. With that said, the Lady Jays still won by 17 points to claim the title.

The Lady Jays pulled out a 42-25 win over Cushing to claim the championship.

Micayla Haynes scored 15 points in the final and finished with 51 total points (17 average) in the three-day event. Jillian Chappell also finished in double figures with 13 points and averaged nine points a game.

Aaliyah Allison scored seven, Brooke Black finished with six points, and Trista LeGrande added three in the win over Cushing.

“They got off to a rough start with a lot of foul trouble,” first year head coach Stephanie Smith said. “I am really proud of the way that they handled themselves and stuck with it for a great win. This team played extremely hard and left it all on the floor.”

The 8th grade Lady Jays team lost in the consolation finals against Perry 19 to 25 and were 1-2 in the tournament.

Leading the scoring charge was Au’Destiny Hardison and Kamber Smedley each with seven points and Shelby Cremeens with five.

“It was great to get our first win for 8th grade in this tournament. These girls have gotten so much better since the beginning of the year, and have really been playing hard,” Smith said.

Day Three Boys Bracket

The 7th grade boys team won the three-day Perkins Tournament. More to come as it becomes available.

Days Two Boys Bracket

Simply put – Championship Saturday.

Both the 7^th grade and 8^th grade boys team will play for the championship game in the Perkins/Cushing Basketball Tournament.

After day one blow-outs, both squads won by double digits on Thursday evening with the 7^th graders winning 35-27 over Perkins and the 8^th graders winning 48-26 over Cushing.

The 7^th grade team will play Saturday at 3:15 in Perkins. The 8^th grade team will also play Saturday, in Perkins, at 4:15.

Day Two Girls Bracket

The 7th grade girls will join the 8th grade boys team and play a championship game on Saturday. The Lady Jays punched their ticket with a convincing 39-14 blow-out win over host Perkins. The 8th grade Lady Jays got their first win of the tournament with a 31-27 win over Chandler.

Leading the scoring charge for the 7th grade team was Micayla Haynes with 18, Aaliyah Allison added eight, and Jillian Chappell finished with six.

Kamber Smedley scored a season high 19 points in the 8th grade win. Shelby Cremeens and Au’Destiny Hardison each had four.

Day One Girls Bracket

The 7th grade girls continue to roll this season with a 38-4 win over Cushing (Orange). Micayla Haynes scored a game high 18 points while Jillian Chappell chipped in with 8.

Up next for the 7th grade will be a 6:30 start, on Thursday, at Perkins/Tryon Junior High gym against either Perkins (White) or Chandler. With a win, the Lady Jays will play for the championship.

The 8th grade Lady Jays team were defeated 43 – 21 against Stroud. Leading the scoring way were Kamber Smedley with 9 and Shelby Cremeens with 6. The 8th grade team plays Thursday, 4:30, at Cushing High School.

Day One Boys Bracket

It was an easy day at the office for both Guthrie squads with lopsided wins.

The 7th grade Jays team won 56-12 while the 8th grade team won 37-7 to collect their first win of the year.

The 7th grade team will play Thursday, at 7:30, in Perkins and the 8th grade team will play at Cushing starting at 7:30.

So far this season the 7th grade Jays team is off to a 3-1 start and the 8th grader’s are 1-3.

“The 8th grade team has been very competitive this year, but have just has come up short in a few games,” Coach Jason Rice said about losses to Deer Creek by three and Piedmont by two.