And then there was one.
Bledsoe County gained sole possession of the District 7-AA girls’ basketball lead Tuesday night at Signal Mountain by edging the Lady Eagles 49-47.
It was a back-and-forth affair throughout, but the Lady Warriors got the advantage by outscoring Signal Mountain 15-7 in the third quarter. That combined with 2-of-17 free-throw shooting became too much to overcome for the Lady Eagles.
“It is huge for us because now we are in sole first place, because now Signal Mountain has two losses and we only have one,” Bledsoe coach Carlos Davis said. “If we can win the remainder of our ballgames we will win the district outright and get the first seed going into the tournament in February.”
Signal Mountain (17-5, 5-2) held the visitors without a basket for the lastl three minutes of the second quarter and entered the locker room up three points. But the Lady Warriors (13-9, 6-1) beat the press and closed the third quarter with an 8-0 run to take a 38-33 lead and never trailed again.