The Black Mountain Tigerettes had the look of a team that could go from worst to first in this year’s fifth- and sixth-grade county basketball league in Tuesday’s opening games.
Black Mountain, 0-13 last season, opened the season at James A. Cawood Elementary School with a 25-17 win over Rosspoint, last year’s county runner-up team.
Rheagan Halcomb scored seven points and Addison Campbell added six to lead Black Mountain.
Kayleigh Templeton paced Rosspoint with seven points.
Abby Elliott scored eight as JACES defeated Evarts 23-5.
Reagan Landa poured in 19 points as Wallins rolled past Cumberland 32-12 in the opening game.
Seventh- and eighth-grade action is set for Thursday with Cumberland playing Wallins at 6 p.m., followed by Evarts taking on James A. Cawood and Black Mountain playing Rosspoint.
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Black Mountain (25) — Addison Campbell 6, Rheagan Halcomb 7, Madalyn Bennett 4, Kirra Snelling 2, Laynee Perkins 2, Julia Vick 2, Madison Wehner 2.
Rosspoint (17) — Kayleigh Templeton 7, Shasta Brackett 6, Reagan Clem 4.
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James A. Cawood (23) — Carmen Thomas 5, Abby Elliott 8, Mallory Miles 4, Holly Wright 2, Brooklyn Farley 4.
Evarts (5) — Riley Napier 5.
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Wallins (32) — Olivia Johnson 4, Kendal Brock 9, Reagan Landa 19.
Cumberland (12) — Alexis Perry 4, Breonna Smith 4, Ashlynn North 2, Lily Scott 2.