The Port Arthur News
NEDERLAND —
Lumberton dealt the Port Arthur Memorial girls their first loss of the season to take Nederland’s Bulldog Classic championship 53-51 on Saturday. Memorial beat Jasper 57-25 earlier in the day to advance to the finals.
Memorial senior Ariel Hutchinson was named to the all-tournament team and scored 14 points against Jasper and 15 against Lumberton. Sophomore Joyce Kennerson scored 24 against Lumberton while senior post Loren Evans was also named to the all-tournament team.
Memorial (7-1) will face Beaumont Central at 5 p.m. Monday.
The Nederland girls lost to Lumberton in the semifinals 69-32 before beating Jasper 37-31 to take third place. Dayton claimed the Bronze Bracket championship, beating Hamshire-Fannett 46-26.
Both Memorial’s JV and freshman teams reached their championship games and lost. The Lady Titan JV lost 67-65 to Lumberton while the freshman lost 35-28 to Orangefield.
PA Memorial 57, Jasper 25
PAM 17 17 16 7 — 57
Jasper 4 8 1 12 — 25
Leading scorers: PAM - Ariel Hutchinson 14. JASPER - Land 10.
Lumberton 53, PA Memorial 51
PAM 7 19 8 15 — 51
Lum 19 6 17 10 — 53
Leading scorers: PAM - Joyce Kennerson 24, Hutchinson 15. LUMBERTON - C. Worry 20, G. Harville 16, M. Worry 11.
Record: Memorial (7-1)
Next: Memorial vs. Central, 5 p.m. Monday
Other scores
Lumberton 69, Nederland 32
Nederland 37, Jasper 31
Dayton 72, West Orange-Stark 26
Dayton 46, Hamshire-Fannett 26
