Teasley, Freedom Middle Schools Win Basketball Championships

Cherokee County School District middle school basketball seasons came to a close on Friday, February 6, with Freedom Middle School and Teasley Middle School emerging as the tournament champions for boys and girls seventh and eighth-grade basketball, the only district-sponsored athletics for middle schools.

Freedom won the tournament for seventh-grade girls and eighth-grade boys, while Teasley won the seventh-grade boys’ and eighth-grade girls’ titles.

All four teams played Creekland Middle School in the finals; Creekland teams were the league leaders in several of the four divisions for the season. Teasley Middle School hosted the final games of the tournament, which was a single-elimination format played over four days with all seven middle schools competing.

Photo 1: Front Row: Landon Ergle, Cameron Stroup, Hank Harper, Dalian Mancuso, Cole Cagle; Back Row: Assistant Coach Brian Puckett, Carson Pickens, McGregor Powell, Zack Vickers, Jon Olivier, Jake Rogers, Carter Hedrick, Head Coach Greg Koch, and Seth Bouldin, Manager

Photo 2: Teasley’s Zack Vickers drives to the basket, as Creekland’s Jake Thacker moves in to defend.

Photo 3: Coach Laura Dunlap (left, in blue) celebrates at the buzzer with members of the Freedom MS 7th grade team, Kylie Dunlap, Luci Black, Jenna Witzigreuter, Chatham Brown, Anniston Krapf, Ashlyn Andrus and Gabee Bage.

Photo 4: Freedom’s Anniston Kapf drives past Creekland defender Savanna Mason.

Photo 5: Front row: Cammi Breitbart, Val Cournoyer, Gabee Bage, Carly Henderson, Luci Black; Back row: Freedom MS Assistant Principal Scott Townsend, Sabrina Boggs, Kylie Dunlap, Assistant Coach Nick Taylor, Nikki Rogers, Anniston Krapf, Chatham Brown, Ashlyn Andrus, Jenna Witzigreuter and Head Coach Laura Dunlap.

Photo 6: Teasley MS students rushed the floor to congratulate the boys’ team on their tournament championship.

Photo 7: The players and cheerleaders celebrate after their tournament win. Members of the Freedom MS eighth-grade boys team include Dean Braxton, Mark Fedoruk, Spencer Keefe, Blake Kenny, Grant Mogelnicki, Will Callahan, Ethan Reinhart, Ryan Martin, Chris Carroll, Justus Grogan and Grant Dubiel. Coaches are Adam Parker and Mark Blades.

Photo 8: Freedom’s Grant Mogelnicki drives past Creekland’s Avery Rocks.

Photo 9: Skyler Rosser dribbles past Aspen Kennedy.

Photo 10: front row: Sierra Blanton, Corianna McDaniel, Skyler Rosser, Shalecia Gearing, Payton Donovan; back row, assistant coach Alice Lamb, Keiandra Rivera, Elisabeth Byess, Shelby Stephenson, Fayola Louis, Hayley Swanger, Lacie McCoy and Head Coach Don Deaton.

Photo credits: Cherokee County School District