Rhea County Goes 2-1 For Week With Lady Raider Loss on Frriday

1/21/23

Cleveland, TN -- Rhea County Lady Eagle basketball Gets Wins over Ooltewah and Howard before loss to Cleveland. The Lady Eagles began the week with a convincing win over Howard at home before going on the road for two more games for the week. In the second game of the week, Ooltewah proved a tougher contest, but Rhea County won 45-39. On Friday, the Lady Eagles finished the week against Cleveland and hung tough throughout the game but could not close the gap before losing to Cleveland(20-8). Hayla Patton had 44 points for a 14.8 average for the week to lead the Eagles in scoring. Ava Travis scored 30 points for week for a 10 points average. Lakyn Lockhart was third on the team in scoring with 22 points for the week. Lakyn has improved and looks to provide a third consistent scorer for the Eagles. Lady Eagles will be entering a tough portion of the schedule with games against Walker Valley, Bradley Central and McMinn County. Bradley Central is unbeaten this year at 21-0.

Rhea 64 Howard 36

Hayla Patton 18, Lakyn Lockhart 9, Jenna Burchard 8, Emma Reeves 8, Ava Travis 7, Cammie Ruehling 5, Summer Jenkins 4, Kylie Garrison 5, Hattie Johnston 2.

Rhea 45 Ooltewah 39

The Lady Eagles began well with 13-7 advantage in first quarter, but Lady Owls edged the Lady Eagles 16-14 in second quarter to cut the Rhea County lead to 4 points at the halftime juncture, 27-23. In a low scoring third quarter, Eagles pushed lead to 34-29 on their way to a 45-39 win.

Ava Travis 10, Lakyn Lockhart 10, Hayla Patton 9, Emma Reeves 6, Cammie Ruehling 6, Jenna Burchard 2, Kylie Garrison 1, Hattie Johnston 1.

Cleveland 57 Rhea County 48

At the midpoint for the first quarter, Lady Eagles, Summer Jenkinss hit a basket to keep Lady Eagles close at 8-7 and a Patton 3 counters a Lady Raider 3 to keep Rhea close with about 3 minutes remaining in quarter at 11-9. Over the next three minutes, Cleveland outscored Rhea County 11-2 to take a 22-11 lead after one quarter.

Milah Williams hit a corner 3 early in second-quarter to push the Lady Raider lead to 25-11, and teams traded 3-point baskets and Rhea cut the Cleveland lead to 30-22 with a Patton 3 at the 3:30 mark of the 2nd quarter. Emma Reeves hit a late basket to cut the lead to 7(35-28) at halftime.

Hayla Patton 17, Ava Travis 13, Cammie Ruehling 6, Lakyn Lockhart 3, Summer Jenkins 3, Jenna Burchard 2, Emma Reeves 2, Hattie Johnston 2.

Paige Moody 19, Milah Williams 11, Emma Smith 5, Jaydin Lee 5, Tyria Tanner 5, Callie Brewer 5, Makayah Westfield 4, Kate Drove 2

Rhea County 11 17 7 13 - 48

Cleveland 22 13 13 9 - 57