East Bladen Girls 56, Hobbton 11
ELIZABETHTOWN—East Bladen Girls scored the first 52 points of the game Thursday night, routing Hobbton 55-1 at home.
The Eagles jumped out on the Wildcats 35-0 in the first quarter, starting the continuous clock sportsmanship rule. The rule states a 35 point or more advantage at any time in a contest, the clock runs non-stop the remainder of the contest.
The Eagles pushed the advantage to 47-0 at the half. Hobbton scored their first points two minutes into the second half. The Eagles played their bench in cruising to the 55-11 victory.
Julia Flowers led the Eagles with 15 points. Ariel Cromartie pitched in 10 points for East Bladen, now 1-0 in the Carolina Conference and 8-1 on the season.
This was Hobbton’s first game of the season. The Wildcats (0-1, 0-1) will travel to Union (1-1, 5-3) on Dec. 22.
EAST BLADEN (56) Julia Flowers 15, Aaliyah Monroe 3, Ellen Battle 6, Ariel Cromartie 10, TT Richardson 6, Tyliah Freeman 4, Sana’a Singletary 2, Janiya Jones 4, Niyah Wooten 4, Nia McKoy 2
HOBBTON (11) Beth Valone 6, Ona Jamiyah 3, Wedi Zariyana 2
