Elizabeth Masengil of McMinn Central High SchoolATHENS, Tenn. — If McMinn Central was trying to wear down Sequoyah on Monday in the championship game of the District 5-AA high school basketball tournament at McMinn County, perhaps it worked. But if the Lady Chiefs were trying to wear down the Chargerettes’ Elizabeth Masengil, for certain that didn’t work.
Doing most of her damage from the free-throw line, Masengil scored 27 points and lifted McMinn Central past Sequoyah 66-39.
Meigs County beat Polk County 61-39 in the consolation game.
The district title is the seventh consecutive for the Chargerettes, who last year won the school’s only state championship to date. McMinn Central (21-7) now moves on to the Region 3 tournament, where it will host Chattanooga Central in one of Friday’s quarterfinals.
Sequoyah will play Friday at home against Tyner in another quarterfinal.