Legacy Defeats Eagletown on the Road; Girls game ends with scuffle
EAGLETOWN, OK—Lockesburg’s Legacy Warriors and Lady Warriors traveled to Eagletown for a state-line basketball rivalry Thursday night. The Warriors defeated Eagletown in Lockesburg earlier in the season and a tight rematch was expected. With 6’8 Gunner Farley working under the basket Eagletown led 14-10 at the end of the first quarter. The Warriors were especially helped by a three pointer by Eli Mitchell. Legacy outscored the home team 17-10 in the second quarter, including a pair of three pointer by Mitchell and Joshua Tucker. This sent the Warriors to the locker room at half-time leading 27-24. Eagletown had a strong third quarter taking their best lead of the game by outscoring the Warriors 20-13 in the quarter. The fourth quarter started with the Eagles leading 44-40. Both teams entered the last quarter of the night in the bonus, where free throws would make a difference. The Warriors finished strong, outscoring the home team 21-12. This allowed the Sevier County team to secure a 61-56 victory. Ethan Gallagher led scoring for Legacy with an impressive 39 points. He was aided by Joshua Tucker who put 14 points in the board, as well as buckets by other players. Gallagher grabbed 17 rebounds for the Warriors, followed by 8 by Eli Mitchell and 5 a piece by Joshua Tucker and Layne Schroer. Ozzy Tolendano grabbed four while on the court. Brett Talley and Corban Wilson contributed defense under the goal for the visitors. Eli Mitchell secured 3 charges for the Warriors and led the team with 4 assists. Caleb Leonard gave Eagletown 23 points, followed by Farley with 16.
In senior girls action, a tight contest started strong but ended dramatically. The Lady Eagles led the visitors 15-11 at the end of the first quarter. The Lady Warriors answered by outscoring the home team 11-6 in the second quarter. This sent the Lady Eagles to the locker room trailing Legacy’s senior girls 22-21. The home team had an impressive scoring run in the third quarter and started the last quarter of the game ahead of the Warriors by four with a score of 40-36. The game was called with Eagletown in the lead in the last quarter after an Eagletown player assaulted a Legacy player in response to a Legacy foul against her. It was an unfortunate situation. Thankfully no one was seriously injured. Dori Bartek led scoring with an impressive 19 points, followed by Oaklee Lofton with 10, and Grace Tucker with 9. Tucker led rebounds with 10, followed by Trinity Cox with 8, and Dori Bartek with 6. Eagletown’s Price led her team with 17 points, followed by Lane’s 16.
Legacy’s junior and senior boys teams host Horatio Friday night at 6pm at the Warrior gym in Lockesburg.
