Ooltewah’s Antonio Jackson heads for the goal with LaVergne’s Chucky Sutton in pursuit Monday at Ooltewah High School.OOLTEWAH 69, LAVERGNE 55
LaVergne 10 9 19 17 — 55Ooltewah 13 19 27 10 — 69LaVergne (55) — Sparks 4, Cowart 4, Horner 2, Reyes 6, Sutton 9, A.J. Mason 14, Reese 2, Caymen Dial 13, Hart 1, Steele.Ooltewah (69) — Antonio Jackson 12, Creech 4, Hasenbegovic, Robinson 4, Moton 9, Arnold, Snider 9, Jervon Johnson 31, Ware, Stone, Bass, Presley.3-point goals: LaVergne 5 (Mason 4, Dial); Ooltewah 5 (Johnson 5). Other highlights: Dial 4 s, 2 b (L); Jackson 6 r, 5 a, 3 s; Mikhail Creech 4 b; Andre Moton 5 r, 6 a; Johnson 9 r (O). Records: Ooltewah 27-4; LaVergne 19-14.
Jervon Johnson not scoring well recently may have led to some of the open looks he received Monday in Ooltewah’s Class AAA sectional boys’ basketball game against LaVergne.
When he got those chances, he made the most of them, and the Owls won 69-55.
Johnson had 31 points and nine rebounds, and an 11-0 third-quarter Ooltewah run blew the game wide open. Next week’s state-tournament appearance will be the program’s first since a Class AA berth in 1980.
Point guard Antonio Jackson added 12 points, six rebounds and five assists for Ooltewah (27-4).