GDW reports on Monday night BK playoffs:
A busy week of AHSAA basketball playoffs on Monday that will run through the first full week of February.
Area championships are for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The 2nd segment of postseason play goes to sub regional games. Girls are to play on Friday and varsity will be on the hardwood Saturday.
Eight games will be followed by Gameday Weekly for February 3.
Seven of the assignments will be played at local gymnasiums.
Monday:
Falkville at Cold Springs (G) 5:00 in 2A, 11
Falkville at Cold Springs 6:30 in 2A, 11
Holly Pond at Vinemont (G) 6:00 in 3A, 11
Danville at Good Hope (G) 6:00 in 4A, 13
Russellville at West Point (G) 6:00 in 5A, 15
Addison at St. Bernard (G) 6:00 in 1A, 14
MJ vs. Jasper at Cullman 6:00 in 6A, 13 SF
Fairview at Guntersville 7:30 in 5A, 14 SF
Local records:
Cold Springs (G) 16 & 8, Eagles 8 & 15
Holly Pond (G) 18 & 8
Vinemont (G) 22 & 5
Good Hope (G) 22 & 5
West Point (G) 22 & 5
St. Bernard (G) 12 & 6
Fairview 13 & 17
Just the facts:
A doubleheader at the 1 year old Cold Springs Gymnasium with the Lady Eagles & Eagles facing Falkville teams that upset Winston County over the weekend.
Vinemont Lady Eagles are looking to win an area championship for the first time since 2005.
The Lady Eagles are 2 & 0 vs. Holly Pond this season. Vinemont won at home 56 to 46 on December 20 and at Holly Pond 36 to 34 in January.
Vinemont has an 11 & 0 record on the home court going into Monday evening.
Good Hope is on a 7 game winning streak with Danville seeking an upset of the No. 4 Lady Raiders in the 4A, Area 13 championship.
West Point claimed 9 victories out of 10 games during January. Lady Warriors defeated Russellville 64 to 36 on January 17 to finish undefeated in 5A, Area 15.
St. Bernard Lady Saints will try to take down the Addison Lady Bulldogs for the 3rd time.
The Lady Saints got a 34 to 30 victory against Addison January 16 then went to Allen Stephenson Gymnasium 4 days later and won 41 to 38 to get the No. 1 seed for 1A, Area 14.
All girls teams that are hosting an area final have a winning record. Cold Springs is 2nd in 2A, Vinemont 7th & Holly Pond 8th in 3A, Good Hope 4th in 4A, West Point 5th in 5A.
St. Bernard has done well with a .666 winning percentage in Tim Burleson's 1st season guiding the Lady Saints.
The Holly Pond vs. Vinemont game will be on hollypondbroncos.com
Photo of Holly Pond SG Millie McBee (1) between Fairview defenders Davi Stidham (3) and Lexi Golden (4) in the Cullman County tournament at Wallace State January 20.
Photo courtesy of Martha Needham.
