The Pineville Mountain Lions have by any standard played a competitive schedule to date across the Southeast in hopes that the experience leads to a championship run in Class A and their district and region.
So, it goes without saying that playing at home this past week has been a welcome experience for the squad. Winning their tournament is the icing on the cake.
The Lions ran their record to 8-4 on the season and won the Chain Rock Classic Saturday night with a hard-fought 84-73 victory over 14th Region foe Powell County.
Pineville was led by their high-scoring duo of junior guards Sawyer Thompson and Ashton Moser. Moser poured in 28 points and Thompson added 25 to pace the Lions. Seniors Wyatt Caldwell and Sam Caldwell also came up huge in the winning effort, scoring 17 and 12 points, respectively.
The Pirates’ Brayden Brandenburg led all scorers with 35 points.
Moser, W. Caldwell, Robbins, S. Caldwell, and Garrison were selected to the all-tournament team. Thompson garnered MVP honors.
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Pineville (84) — Sawyer Thompson 25, Ashton Moser 28, Kaiden Robbins 2, Wyatt Caldwell 17, Sam Caldwell 12.
Powell County (73) — B. Brandenburg 35, J. Rose 10, B. Edwards 14, D. Carter 12, D. Williams 2.
PIneville 25 25 13 19 — 84
Powell County 20 14 26 1 — 73
Pineville 85 Somerset Christian 70
The Pineville Mountain Lions improved to 7-4 on the season with an 85-70 victory over Somerset Christian in the semifinals of the Chain Rock Classic.
The Lions exploded for 33 points in the fourth quarter to break open a tightly contested game.
Pineville was led by Sawyer Thompson with 30 points. Ashton Moser collected 21 points. Sam Caldwell added 16 and Zander Garrison had 12.
The Cougars were led by Hensley with 21 points.
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Pineville (85) — Sawyer Thompson 30, Ashton Moser 21, Kaiden Robbins 2, Zander Garrison 12, Preston Zachery 4, Sam Caldwell 16.
Somerset Christian (70) — Brummette 12, Adderly 17, Baker 6, Warren 14, Hensley 21.
Pineville 18 16 18 33 — 85
Somerset Christian 16 15 19 20 — 70
Pineville 81, Trimble County 66
The Pineville Mountain Lions overcame a frigid first half shooting performance and a one point halftime deficit to defeat the Trimble County Raiders 81-66 in the opening round of the Chain Rock Classic.
The Lions trailed the Raiders 31-30 at the half, but came out in the third quarter and outscored Trimble 24-13 to take control of the game.
Sawyer Thompson led the 6-4 Lions with 33 points. Ashton Moser added 19. Sam Caldwell had 12.
Hayden Webster led the Raiders with 22 points.
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Pineville (81) — Sawyer Thompson 33, Ashton Moser 19, Kaiden Robbins 6, Zander Garrison 4, Wyatt Caldwell 6, Preston Zachery 1, Sam Caldwell 12.
Trimble County (66) — Colton Humphreys 15, Brayden Wilson 7, Hayden Webster 22, Ethan Keller 9, Charlie Liter 6, Dylan Penick 5, Briar Rucker 2.
Pineville 14 16 24 27 — 81
Trimble County 11 20 13 22 — 66
