WAVERLY, Tenn. — The Huntingdon Fillies and Mustang basketball teams traveled to Waverly last week for the district 12-AA tournament. The Fillies earned the district championship. Meanwhile, the Mustangs, after finishing second in the regular season, finished fourth in the tournament.
The Fillies, behind freshman sensation Wylie Kee, coasted to the district tournament title and after finishing the season on a 12-game winning streak added two more and will host Harpeth Friday in the first round of the region at Huntingdon. The winner of that game will advance to the semifinals of the region that Waverly will host.
The Mustangs will have to travel after their fourth-place finish for the first round of the region tournament and will face the champions of district 11-AA Cheatham County on Saturday night in Ashland City.
The Fillies, now 24-3 for the season, got 53 points in two games from Kee, who also won MVP honors for both the district tournament and the regular season. Kee led the Fillies in their win over Waverly with 26, followed by Knox Bennett 17, Krystin Moore 11, Ellie Wilson 8, Kaylen Cary 5, Emalynn Maness 3, Millie Luther 2, Grier Bartholomew 2, Ali Harris 2, and Tatum Rich 2. Harper Rhodes scored 13 for the Lady Tigers and Lacee Cotham added six.
In the Fillies’ title game match with Camden, Kee led the way with 27, Bennett 14, Moore 6, Harris 6, Bartholomew 5, Wilson 3, Luther 2, and Rich 2. Carson Douglas led Camden with 7.
In the Mustangs’ loss to Milan, the Mustangs erased a 15-point second-half lead for the Bulldogs and tied the score at 52-52 with 7.5 seconds left in the game. Jeremiah Conely then made one of two foul shots to give Milan a one-point lead, and the Mustangs failed to get off a final shot when the horn sounded. Bryson Whiteside led the Mustangs with 15 points, Kenton Smith 12, Garvin Kee 8, Caleb Ezell 7, Kelton Johnson 7, and Jayden Williams 3. District MVP Izaia Clark led Milan with 11 and Zak Summers added 11.
In the Mustangs’ third-place battle with Waverly, they again overcame a double-digit deficit, trailing 39-19 at one point but getting within five late in the third quarter, only to fall short for the second game in a row and finish fourth. Kee led the Mustangs with 14, Ezell 14, Johnson 6, Whiteside 6, Lucas Smith 5, Williams 3, K’Shun Carter 3, and William Boals 2.
