Fannin County Girls Get First Region Win With 64-32 Rout Over Model

Region 7AA Play started Tuesday in Blue Ridge. The defending Region 7AA Champions and State Runner Up Fannin Lady Rebels hosted the Model Blue Devils out of Rome.

Fannin ran out of the locker room with a record of (4-1) coming off their 1st loss of the season to #1 Ranked and 2 Time Defending North Carolina 1A State Champion Murphy. Murphy defeated Fannin last Saturday 58-48. Fannin is still ranked #3 in AA.

Model, entered the contest (1-3) with a win over Armuchee and have been defeated by Sonoraville, Adairsville and lost to Armuchee the opening game of the season. 2 of their 1st 4 games were played against Armuchee.

1st Quarter

Fannin had 16 1st Quarter Points. Courtney Davis had 7 points in the quarter, Becca Ledford had 6 and Reagan York had 3 points. The Lady Rebels took a 16-8 lead to the 2nd Quarter.

 

2nd Quarter 

Senior Jenna Young, Reigan ONeal, and Courtney Davis each would score 4 points in the 2nd quarter. Ledford, Ellie Cook would score 2 points and Reagan York knocked down 1 Free Throw in the quarter as Fannin took a 33-15 lead to the half.

 

3rd Quarter

Ava Queen and Ellie Cook would each knock down a Free Throw. Davis continued her great night with 6 points in the quarter. Ledford had a layup and Reagan York had 4 points in the Quarter as Fannin had a commanding 47-22 Lead into the 4th quarter.

 

 

4th Quarter 

Fannin finished the game strong with 17 4th quarter points. Reigan ONeal would lead the Rebels in scoring in the quarter with 5 points. Ledford had 4, Davis had 3, Cook had 3, and York had 2 points in the quarter.

Game Recap 

Fannin won the game 64-32 and improved to 5-1, 1-0 in Region 7AA. Sophomore Courtney Davis had a game high 20 points. Becca Ledford finished with 14 and Regan York had 10 all 3 Lady Rebels in double digits on the night for Fannin.

 

 

What’s Next 

#3 Fannin will host Rival #10 Union County Saturday at 3pm. This will be the 4th Top 10 Team Fannin County has faced to start the season. It is Hall Of Fame Night at Fannin and between games Saturday they will introduce all the inductees for the class of 2022 for the Fannin County Sports Hall Of Fame. Notable inductee is Fannin County Assistant Girls Coach Megan Queen Orton.