Scott Brown Memorial All-stars

The 2009 Scott Brown Memorial Classic girl’s all-star basketball game was a big success this weekend at Fairlea.

Scott Brown Classic

Some of the top talent from across West Virginia participated in the annual event that pitted the Class AAA All-stars against the all-stars from Class AA and A.

The smaller school players won 89-74 with a fourth-quarter surge.

Two worthwhile charities came out ahead as well. The Hinton Ruritan Toys Fund received $1,000 from the AA-A All-stars and the AAA charity, ResCare in Lewisburg received $600.

An additional $100 was added to the Class AAA stars’ donation when Kelli Morgan hit a half-court shot in a pre-game competition.

All-star Skills winners

The winners of awards and competitions included Greenbrier East’s Emily Meadows (cheerleader Spirit Award), Oak Hill’s Leisha Banks (Class AA-A cheerleader tumbling), Greenbrier East’s Katie Meadows (AAA tumbling), Ravenswood’s Ashley Prince (free throw shooting, 18-of-20 in the finals over Ripley’s Tori Eagle, who made 16-20), Princeton’s Akers (three-point shootout, making 12-of-20 and beating Sissonville’s Snyder’s 8-20) and Prince (a basketball obstacle course is 28.5 seconds, beating Reynolds 29.6).

“I just want to thank [Greenbrier East and AAA All-stars coach] Jim Justice and the folks who made this tournament the best we’ve participated in by far,” Summers County and AA-A coach Wayne Ryan said. “It’s always an honor to coach in this game and this year that was especially true.”

Scott Brown Memorial Classic

“We wanted to do a good job on this and honor Scott (Brown, a longtime sports writer in Beckley who died in 1996) and his memory,” Justice said. “That’s the important thing here.”

PikeView’s Trista Thomas and Summers County’s Emily Blevins were named co-MVPs.

Thomas ended the game with 18 points and nine rebounds and Blevins had 16 points and 16 rebounds. All of Blevins’ boards came in the second half.

Class A-AA All-Stars 89, Class AAA All-Stars 74

Class AA-A
Emily Daniel 2-8 3-4 7, Caitlyn Snyder 4-10 0-0 9, Emily Blevins 7-12 2-4 16, Trista Thomas 7-12 3-4 18, Ashley Prince 1-5 0-0 2, Tenika Jackson 2-7 1-2 5, Chelsea Holcomb 1-2 1-2 3, Lauren Estes 3-8 3-4 9, Cayla Rhodes 2-7 1-3 5, Rachel Weatherly 1-2 2-2 4, Chelsea Gum 2-3 2-2 6, Tiffini Huffman 1-3 2-2 5.
TOTALS: 33-79 20-29 89

Class AAA
Kelli Morgan 2-9 2-4 6, Brittini McClung 2-9 3-4 8, Erin Reynolds 4-15 3-5 12, Tesla Akers 5-12 0-0 11, Katie Keaton 0-1 0-0 0, Erica Staples 0-4 1-2 1, Tori Eagle 3-7 0-0 8, Charlene Diggs 3-9 3-4 11, Paige Hall 0-1 1-2 1, Amanda Smith 4-10 5-8 14, Laura Whitt 1-6 0-0 2.
TOTALS: 24-83 18-29 74

Halftime: 43-40 AA-A.
Three pointers — Class AA-A: 3-10 (Daniel 0-1, Snyder 1-2, Blevins 0-2, Thomas 1-1, Prince 0-1, Huffman 1-3). Class AAA: 8-26 (Morgan 0-2, McClung 1-2, Reynolds 1-5, Akers 1-5, Keaton 0-1, Eagle 2-2, Diggs 2-5, Hall 0-1, Smith 1-1, Whitt 0-2).
Rebounds — Class AA-A: 75 (Blevins 16). Class AAA: 41 (Whitt 8).

Assists — Class AA-A: 19 (Snyder 6), Class AAA: 15 (Reynolds 3).

Att: 700.

AAA All-stars

 

AA-A All-stars