Nettes Open Holiday Classic With Win

On Saturday, the Nettes varsity basketball team welcomed teams from different parts of Georgia and different classifications to PHS for the Pickens Holiday Classic. This tournament features teams from A all the way to 6A. The Nettes opening game came against a 5A school, the Riverwood Lady Raiders.The Nettes started off quickly in this ball game and were able to come away with the first quarter lead at 16-9. The offense and defense for Pickens made a statement in the second quarter outscoring Riverwood 20-2 to take a commanding lead into halftime, 36-11 over the Lady Raiders. In the third quarter, the Nettes had the second five in mostly and the Lady Raiders won the quarter, 11-10 with Pickens holding a 46-22 advantage going to the fourth and final quarter. Riverwood outscored Pickens in the fourth quarter as well, 17-15, but it was not enough to overcome a strong performance by the Nettes as they took this one, 61-39.

Pickens is now 6-7 on the season

Leading the way for the Nettes Saturday would be:

Haley Kalson: 13 points, 5 assists, 11 rebounds, and a steal

Kaitlin Redman: 13 points, and 8 rebounds

Mackenzie Hampton: 10 points, 1 assist, and 4 rebounds

Makayla Payne: 8 points, 3 assists, 5 rebounds, and 2 steals

Taylor Wigington: 6 points, 4 assists, and 2 rebounds

Autumn Young scored 4 points and dished 2 assists and Paula Pickett scored 3 points, had 1 assist, and grabbed 9 rebounds

Pickens will now face a 6A school in the Kennesaw Mountain Lady Mustangs later today in the second day of the Pickens Holiday Classic. Tip off is scheduled for 6 pm and will be played in the the new gym.