Eagles trampled by Roughriders, bitten by Bulldogs
Rusk closes season by traveling to Central, then hosting Hudson.
BY LELAND ACKER STAFF WRITER

Amanda Session (23) takes a shot during a recent game with the Crockett Lady Bulldogs.The Lady Eagles concluded their season against Carthage Tuesday. PHOTO: WOLF WHITAKER, WOLFPHOTOS.NET.

Despite the best efforts by the Rusk Eagles, the Crockett Bulldogs still pulled away with a 94-61 victory in Crockett Friday.

"We played pretty well, but Crockett is a good team," said Head Coach Tracy Kincade. "They jumped on us early and we couldn't recover."

Crockett got off to a 26-14 jump in the 1st quarter, then extended their lead to 24 points in the 2nd quarter. The Eagles managed a 22-point 4th quarter explosion, but by then the Bulldogs had too big of a lead to overcome. Eddie Harris led the way with 16 points followed by J.J. Session who scored 13. The Eagles were 22 of 48 from the field, five for 12 from the free throw line, made seven steals and committed 12 turnovers.

The loss drops the Eagles to a 4-7 record in District 20-AAA play. The Eagles will conclude their season by playing in Central on Friday and hosting Hudson on Tuesday. Sub-varsity games begin at 5 p.m.

Brent Jones looks to get around a defender during an earlier game against Carthage. Jones has proven to be a perimeter shooter this season, making several three pointers, including one against Center on Tuesday. PHOTO: LELAND ACKER

Eagles drop heartbreaker

to Center Roughriders

A 4th quarter rally lifted the Center Roughriders over the Rusk Eagles 63-52 Tuesday at Eagle Gymnasium. The Eagles were outscored 24-14 in the last stanza.

The Eagles had played a solid game in the 1st half, taking a 23-20 halftime lead. However, the Roughriders came out of the locker room ready for business in the 2nd half.

Horrace Lewis led the Eagle offense with 17 points and by making five of eight free throw attempts. Session and Demarcus Skinner also broke double digits with 11 points each.

Lady Eagles fall to Crockett

The Rusk Lady Eagles lost to Crockett by a score of 63- 18. Amanda Session led the scoring with five points and Jasmine Harris added 4. Harris and Rachel Hicks each had six rebounds on the evening. The Lady Eagles shot 24 percent from the floor, and were 16 percent from the free throw line.

Center gets past Lady Eagles

with 2nd half rally

The Lady Eagles had a better night against the Center Lady Riders. Rusk played solidly in the 1st half, leading by a score of 19-15 going into the locker room.

However, the Lady Eagles had gotten into foul trouble with Session, Le'Asha O'Neal and Charnell Franklin each going into halftime with three fouls.

When the 2nd half started, the Lady Riders put together a 13-0 run which led to their domination of the last half. Center beat the Rusk Lady Eagles 46-30.

Cambry Blakemore had a great game with two threepointers and tied for lead scoring honors with Harris. Both scored 10 points on the evening. Franklin scored seven points and O'Neal scored 2.