Dawkins defeated Sims' boys' basketball team 54-21 on Thursday.

Victor Ruth led Sims with nine points. Antonio Tucker had six points, Jordan Spencer added four and Keiston Smith had two.

"I thought we played well in spurts,” said coach Mitchell Moss. “Many will look at the scoreboard and say that's not possible, but we played with heart and passion."

Turnovers and rebounding hurt Sims (1-1).

“I know what we need to work on,” said Moss. “Spencer, Ruth and Tucker all took a charge. I was proud of the way we kept fighting. It's just one lose and we live to play another day."

LADY TIGERS

Dawkins defeated Sims' girls' basketball team 60-8 on Thursday.

Ashton Mills scored eight points. Abby Allen continues to improve as point guard and is showing good leadership. Shanitra Stewart played well off the bench, rebounding well, coach Kelly Jenkins said.

The girls fall to 0-2. Both Sims teams host Woodruff Monday.

LOCKHART

Campobello-Gramling defeated Lockhart's boys' basketball team 35-28 on Thursday. Josh Bishop and Brandon Parker led scoring for the Red Devils (1-0).

Campobello-Gramling also defeated Lockhart's girls' basketball team 24-14 on Thursday. Makaylah Plemmons led scoring and Taylor Ginn also scored for the Lady Red Devils (0-1).

Lockhart teams travel to SCSDB on Tuesday.

WHITMIRE JV

WHITMIRE - The junior varsity Wolverines defeated Bell Street 37-23 on Thursday. Traccey Ruff led Whitmire with 23 points.

Bell Street defeated the girls' team. Both teams are 1-1 and host Mid-Carolina on Monday.

JONESVILLE

JONSVILLE - Blacksburg defeated Jonesville's boys' basketball team 51-30 on Thursday.

Dakota Ivester led the Wildcats with 13 points. Stephon Dunn added seven, while TJ Foster and Josh Steadings each added four. Rene Rowlison rounded out the scoring for the Wildcats with two.

Blacksburg downed the girls' team 28-12.

JMS (1-1) travels to Landrum on Monday.

UCDS EAGLES

Union Christian Day School's boys' basketball team defeated the Hawthorne Hawks 64-16 on Tuesday.

Dustin Medford led the Eagles with 20 points, nine rebounds and eight turnovers. Grant Shetley scored 17 points, had 11 rebounds and nine assists.

Eric Black scored 10 points, had seven rebounds and two turnovers. Brothers Jacob and Luke Manning played together for the first time for the Eagles and had a combined nine rebounds and 15 turnovers.

The Eagles are 2-2 on the season.

Hawthorne defeated the Lady Eagles 41-25. Whitney Shetley scored 12 points, had four rebounds and four turnovers. Mychaela Pettit scored five points, had 15 rebounds and four turnovers.

Coach Billy Medford is quick to point out that though the Lady Eagles are now 0-4, their game has greatly improved. "The girls scored more points in the first quarter than they did in their whole first game,” he said. “That is definite progress.”

UCDS travels to Chester for a rematch with Hawthrone on Dec. 12.