Staff Photo by Angela Lewis/Chattanooga Times Free Press
Feb 22, 2011–Ooltewah’s Andre Moton is fouled by McMinn County’s Taylor Hicks in the game Tuesday at Rhea County HIgh School.EVENSVILLE, Tenn. — Wesley Richey admitted he “messed up” when given his first opportunity to win the District 5-AAA tournament championship game for Ooltewah.
He wasn’t about to let it happen again.
Richey, the district player of the year, missed two free throws with 0.3 second remaining in the third overtime but scored eight of the Owls’ 13 points in the fourth and final extra frame, and the Owls defeated McMinn County 94-84 in a thriller Tuesday night at Rhea County High School.
The Owls (23-7) will host Coffee County at 7 p.m. Friday in the first round of the Region 3-AAA tournament, while the Cherokees host Warren County.
In the third-place game, Cleveland’s Tevin Rutledge hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to defeat Bradley Central 63-62.