ELKMONT SPIRIT AWARD REPRESENTATIVES

Each year a spirit award is given out by the Limestone County School District that recognizes athletic and academic achievement.  Each school has one young man and woman selected to represent the school.  Rhett Bailey and Jensen Pugh  were the Elkmont representatives for the Spirit award.  

Rhett  Bailey was chosen as the 2013 - 2014 Limestone County Men's Top Spirit Award recipient.

 

LIMESTONE COUNTY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS

Middle School Girls Championship Game:

Ardmore 32, Tanner 23
  All County Team:

Clements:  Baylee Jones, Katie Hall

East:          Savannah Tyler

Elkmont:    Raileigh Wallace, Bailey Vining

 




Tanner:      Nautica Noble, Ikia Mitchell, Kennedy Lewter

West:         Faith Legg 

Middle School Boys Championship Game:

Tanner 30, West Limestone 29

All County Team:

Ardmore:  Matthew Eckstein.  Waynemond Perry

Clements: Ryland Kirk, Kaleb Fletcher

East:         Clint Smith. Dominik White

Elkmont:   Hunter Pitman

 






Tanner:     Zakobe Shoulders, CJ Yarbrough, Torey Smith
 West:        Alec Baugher, Alex Casteel, NradenTuten 

JV Girls Championship Game:

Tanner 40, Elkmont 17 

All County Team: 
East:         Elizabeth Thomas  
Elkmont:  Tori Pressnell, Gracen Clinard 

Tanner:    Tyesha Shoulders, Precious Hines
Shakileon Mayberry, Jazmine Peoples

West:       Reilly Hooie, Hope Dildine, Bailey Tucker  

JV Boys Championship Game:

Tanner 45, West 42

All County Team:      
Ardmore: Nathan Emerson, Kenny Stevenson

East:        David Hall, Gary Gilbert, Austin Nichols

Elkmont:  Travis Riggs

 






Tanner:    Javeous Johnson, Javan Fletcher, Frank Harper

West:       Alex Maples, John Bachus, Jake Smith 

 

Varsity Girls Championship Game: East Limestone 58, Tanner 51  All County Team:     Ardmore:  Stratton Hobbs, Sarah Tipton
Clements: Channing Gafford
East:         Jhay Fletcher, Brennan Crabtree
                Jaylyn Johnson, Rachel Diamond
Tanner:    Kelsey Houston, Sydney Houston, Kirsin Brown
West:        Kayla Carter, Olivia Blankenship 

Varsity Boys Championship Game: East Limestone 61, Tanner 58 All County Team:   Ardmore:    Dominic Clemons Clements:  Colton Gafford, Lance Kephart East:          Devin Davis, Nick Walsh, Jordon Gandy Elkmont:    Jared Bailey

 









Tanner:      Jonathan Fletcher, Desmond Love, Blake Whitt
  West:         Hunter Morgan, Grant Baugher

Down Home Portraits - Elkmont's sports photographers covered the tournament.  If you are interested in prints or posters (doesn't matter what school), contact Robby Newport for prices.  He does a great job.  Great shots of the championship games - facebook link

LIMESTONE COUNTY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT - FRIDAY RESULTS

Junior Varsity Girls - Semi Finals

Elkmont 19, West Limestone 13

 Down Home Portraits: Game Photo Link

Junior Varsity Boys - Semi Finals
Tanner 66, East Limestone 32



Varsity Girls - Semi Finals 
East Limestone 66, West Limestone 48


Varsity Boys - Semi Finals
Tanner 55, West Limestone 54 - Overtime

The Tanner Rattlers made it back to the boys championship game of the Limestone County Tournament, but it wasn’t easy. The West Limestone Wildcats pushed the two-time defending champion to the wall with an overtime thriller.

Tanner had led all the way into the fourth quarter. West tied the game at 47 with just 56 seconds left in regulation. The Wildcats had the ball with 32 seconds left and looked to hit a winning shot at the buzzer, but the attempt missed.

In overtime, Tanner scored first and held the lead until 50 seconds were left when Grant Baugher tied it at 52. Fletcher hit a free throw to put Tanner up by one. West Limestone went up 54-53 on Baugher’s two free throws with seven seconds left.  Jonathan Fletcherhit the game-winning shot on a layup following a full-court drive. He scored with 1.4 seconds left in overtime. He was fouled on the play and missed the free throw. West Limestone’s long shot from three-quarters length of the floor missed.

Article Link:  Decatur Daily

Limestone County Basketball Tournament - Thursday Results

Tanner vs East JV Girls @ 4 pm  

Tanner 50, East 26

 Down Home Portraits: Photo Link

 
West JV Boys vs Ardmore @ 5:15 pm 

West 50, Ardmore 33

 photo: Dean Baucom
Down Home Portraits: Photo Link
 
Tanner Varsity Girls vs Ardmore @ 6:30 pm

Tanner 64, Ardmore 27

 photo: Dean Baucom

Down Home Portraits: Game Photo Link

 
Varsity Boys - Clements vs East Limestone @ 8 pm 

East Limestone 68, Clements 49

Down Home Portraits: Game Photo Link

LIMESTONE COUNTY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS - TUESDAY NIGHT

Elkmont JV Boys vs Ardmore @ 5 pm  
Ardmore 47, Elkmont 44

Down Home Portraits: Game Photo Link

Elkmont Varsity Girls vs East @ 6:15 pm  
East Limestone 53, Elkmont 21
Cally Glass led the Lady Devils with 5 points 

 DOWN HOME PORTRAITS: GAME PHOTO LINK

Elkmont Varsity Boys vs West @ 7:45 pm
West Limestone boys 41, Elkmont 38

West Limestone had defeated Elkmont 66-38 in November. The Red Devils have won just three games this season.

It looked like West Limestone was going to have an easy path to the semi-finals Friday after taking a 24-12 halftime lead, but Elkmont put together one of its best second halves of the season. The Red Devils outscored the Wildcats 14-6 in the third quarter to make it 30-26 heading into the final quarter.

Elkmont kept getting closer until it took the lead at 38-37 on a Jared Bailey basket with 1:45 to play. Hunter Morgan’s basket put West Limestone back up by one. His two free throws put his team up by three with 16 seconds to play.

Elkmont had a good look at a 3-point basket, but it was an air ball. One final attempt at a three was blocked.

Morgan led West Limestone with 22 points. Bailey led Elkmont with 12.

Link to article:  Decatur Daily

 Down Home Portraits: Game Photo Link

LIMESTONE COUNTY BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT RESULTS - MONDAY

Haven't gotten a lot of scores reported in yet; will update as they come in.

Elkmont vs Ardmore MS Girls   
Ardmore 29, Elkmont 17

 

Game Photo Link: EHS vs Ardmore
 
Tanner MS Boys vs Ardmore @ 1:15 pm
Tanner won 

Photo Link:  Tanner vs Ardmore
 




Tanner MS Girls vs Clements @ 2:30 pm  
Tanner won

 

Photo Link:  Tanner vs Clements Middle School

 
East MS Boys vs West @ 3:45 pm  
West Limestone won 

 

Photo Link: East vs West Middle School


Ardmore Varsity Girls vs Clements @ 5 pm  
Ardmore 57, Clements 52

 Photo Link: Ardmore vs Clements

Clements Varsity Boys vs Ardmore @ 6:30 pm 
Clements 75, Ardmore 71 

ELKMONT 1 SCORCHED WEST 2

Elkmont 1 (9/10) turned up the heat on Saturday, walloping the West 2 Wildcats by a final score of 30-6.  Blake Brown led all scorers with 10 points.  Jedidiah Sutherland chipped in 8 while Josh Burrows, Hunter Hasting and Colby Murphy scored 4 points each.  The Red Devils' next game is at 3:00 pm on February 1 at Creekside 3.  They finish the regular season against Ardmore 1 on February 8.

LIMESTONE COUNTY BASKETBALL TOUNAMENT RESULT - JANUARY 18

The county tournament traditionally opens with the Middle School Saturday. Down Home Portraits - Elkmont's sports photographers is covering the tournament.  If you are interested in prints or posters (doesn't matter what school), contact Robby Newport for prices.  He does a great job.

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
Elkmont  42, East Limestone 19
Article Link:  Lady Devils
Photo Link: Elkmont vs East Limestone

Clements vs West Limestone Girls: Clements won

Photo Link: Clements vs West

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS

West Limestone 37, Elkmont 20 

Photo Link: EHS vs West

Clements vs Ardmore: 
Ardmore won

Photo Link:  32 photos

LADY DEVILS WIN FIRST GAME

Elkmont High School is hosting the annual Limestone County Basketball Tournament this year with games ranging from middle school to varsity.  The first game of the tourney pitted the 4th seeded Lady Devils against the 5th seeded Lady Indians to determine who would meet the top ranked Ardmore Lady Tigers next Monday, Jan. 20.  The Hill Spirit was out and about and was able to drop by and provide some game coverage.

Elkmont Starters:                             East Limestone Starters:
04  Autumn Davis                            03  Jordan Embry
12  Anna Grace Wales                     04  Allison Haataja
14  Emma McNatt                           14  Lily Moore
20  Raileigh Wallace                       24  Savannah Tyler
24  Bailey Vining                            32  Ameleigh Bippen

East Limestone won the tip and took first possession of the ball.  They came out of the gate fast and scored the first four points as Elkmont struggled to find their stride. The Lady Indians put another basket in and topped it off with two freethrows before the ice cold Lady Devils were able to find the basket on a Bailey Vining shot.  Elkmont went to a full court 1-2-1-1 press late in the first quarter.  It put pressure on East and even though it didn't achieve a lot of steals for easy baskets, it did wear the Indians down through the quarters, frustrating them with each trip down the court. (probably a run on sentence) By the second half, East Limestone was making turnovers as they became more disorganized.

The Lady Devils could have folded at the end of the first quarter.  They threw up lots of good shots but couldn't score.
However, they "stayed frosty" - (I watched Battleship yesterday) and stayed with the game plan.  Hope Hill came into the game and provided a much needed boost with 2 three pointers, capped of with a layup and a three throw.  She had nine out of the sixteen Elkmont second quarter points for a halftime score of eighteen points. The Lady Devils played solid defense and controlled the defensive boards to hold East Limestone to one point in the second quarter for a halftime score of nine. 

The second half was more of the same as Elkmont more than doubled the Lady Indian efforts for the next two quarters for a final score of 42 to 19.  Emma McNatt had seven of those ten 4th quarter points.

Game Scoring:   
                    1st           2nd          3rd         4th        Final
Elkmont       2              16            14          10           42
East              8              01            06          04           19

Elkmont
Player Scoring:      Points       Freethrows      3's       2's   Fouls
Emma McNatt         12                8/12             0         2        3
Hope Hill                 12                1/2               3         1        0
Raileigh Wallace       7                2/5               1         1        2
Bailey Vining            4                 2/6              0          1       2
Natalie Butler            4                2/2               0          1       3
Malena Butler           2                 0/1               0          1       2
Anna Grace Wales    1                1/4                0         0        3
Autumn Davis           0                 0/0              0          0       4     
                                  42              16/32            4         7       19

East Limestone 
Player Scoring:       Points      Freethrows       3's      2's    Fouls
Jordan Embry           5                1/6                 0         2         2
Allison Haataja        2                 2/2                 0        0          4
Catalina Lopez         0                 0/0                 0        0          1
Jenny Renfroe          1                 1/2                 0        0          1
Taylor Jones             0                 0/0                 0        0          1
Savannah Tyler        5                 3/11                0        1         3 
Tessa Crawford        2                 2/2                 0         0         1
Ameleigh Bippen     4                 0/1                 0         2         4 
                                19                9/23               0         5        17

ELKMONT BASKETBALL RESULTS - JAN. 16 & 17

JANUARY 16 - ROGERS
Middle School Girls: Photo Link
Rogers won - score not reported

Middle School Boys: Photo Link

 
JANUARY 17 - WEST MORGAN
JV Boys:  Photo Link

West Morgan 58, Elkmont 50

Varsity Girls:
West Morgan 63, Elkmont 35:

 





Amelia Davis led Elkmont with 10 points.

























 Photo Link:  West Morgan Girls (71 photos)

Varsity Boys:
West Morgan 73, Elkmont 27

 





Photo Link: West Morgan Boys


Special thanks to Down Home Portraits for the great game photos.  If you are interested any ordering prints from any of the game links, please message Robby Newport of Down Home Portraits.  They also make posters as well.

WHERE IS ELKMONT PLAYING THIS WEEK?

JANUARY

14

Elkmont basketball @ Madison Academy  
Junior varsity girls @ 6:30 pm (upper gym)  
Junior varsity boys @ 5 pm (upper gym)  
Varsity girls @ 5:30 pm (lower gym)  
Varsity boys @ 7 pm (lower gym)

Elkmont Middle School vs South Lincoln @ Elkmont  
Middle School Girls @ 6 pm  
Middle School Boys @ 7:30; follows girls game 
 

16 Elkmont Basketball vs Rogers@ home

MG, MB, JVB - MG tipoff is 4:30 pm

17

Elkmont Basketball vs West Morgan @ home 
JVB, VG, VB - JVB tipoff 5:00 pm

18  
Limestone County Basketball Tournament @ Elkmont starts:  Link to tournament article
Middle School Elkmont Boys game: 3:45 pm
Middle School Elkmont Girls game: noon

Elkmont Youth Basketball
7 & 8 Boys 
Elkmont 1  - off date

1 1 & 12 Boys
Elkmont 1 vs Blue Springs @ 6 pm; Elkmont Old Gym

*Don't see your team - send your schedule in:
elkmont1@charter.net or message Hill Spirit on facebook

ELKMONT PICKS UP WINS

The Athens Bible School High School teams rolled into Elkmont, January 9.  Everyone was playing from the middle school to the varsity; games were split between the two gyms.  The middle school and junior varsity girls were in the old gym.  The varsity teams and junior varsity boys were in the new gym.

MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS:  Win

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS: no report

JV GIRLS: no report

JV BOYS:
Elkmont 60,  ABS 40 

Game Photo Link:  JV ABS

VARSITY GIRLS:
The Lady Devils picked up the win, 53 - 45.

Varsity Girls Photo Link:  ABS

VARSITY BOYS:
Athens Bible School 40, Elkmont 43

 Game Photo Link:  ABS

MIDDLE SCHOOL LADY DEVILS BEAT LADY EAGLES

Elkmont vs South Lincoln:

Girls Game:
The Lady Red Devils picked up the win, 32 -21

Girls Game Photo Link:  South Lincoln

Boys Game:
South Lincoln 43, Elkmont 22

Boys Game Photo Link: South Lincoln