Watertown, Friendship fall on 8-A road

GORDONSVILLE — The Tigerettes of Watertown went down 71-43 to Gordonsville Friday.
The loss dropped Watertown to 9-8 on the season and 3-4 in District 8-A.
Gordonsville came out firing and took an early lead in the first quarter, 20-8.
"They got hot in the first half and we couldn't overcome that," Tigerette coach Jeff Luttrell said.
The half closed giving Gordonsville the advantage 40-21 and the gap widened to 52-31 at the end of the third period.
"They hit 11 threes," Luttrell said. "That was a big difference."
Gordonsville's Sylvia Thomas led all scorers with 21 points.
For Watertown, Brittnee Sells and Miaushia Thompson each fired in 16 points, Sarah Reeder tossed in 10 with two 3-pointers and Carly Smith added a free throw.
Also for Gordonsville, Brittany Armistead put in 16 points, Jana Watson 12 and Chelsea Mitchell 11.
The Tigerettes host district rival Merrol Hyde at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Early Lady Commander lead vanishes as Westmoreland pulls ahead late
WESTMORELAND — Westmoreland's girls overcame an early Friendship Christian lead and wore the Lady Commanders out in the fourth quarter Friday to prevail 44-29.
The Lady Commanders jumped to a 15-7 first-quarter lead before the Lady Eagles soared to a 22-21 halftime lead and a 28-27 edge through three as they won the meeting of undefeated District 8-A teams to improve to 6-0 in the league.
Friendship committed 10 fourth-quarter turnovers and scored just two points as the Lady Commanders fell to 7-7 for the season and 4-1 in the district.
"Until then we were ahead in rebounds," Lady Commander coach Deanna Teeter said. "We had less turnovers than them. We played extremely well for three quarters and we just lost it."
Lindsey Jones tossed in 22 points to pace Westmoreland.
Katy Vaughan and Carly Warmath notched nine points apiece for Friendship while Lindsey Farmer finished with four, Sara Hay a three-pointer and Gabbie Lowe and Jessi Couch two each.
Friendship will return to Sumner County tonight for a 6 p.m. tipoff at Station Camp.