6:40 PM - Heritage wins over Avery going away by the final score of 80-64. The Vikings fall to 14-9 for the season and awaits who they will face in the first round of the state playoffs on the road.
Clarke led the Vikings with unofficially 25 points in the defeat, with 13 from Timmy Stewart and nine from Mark Polsgrove. Alex Villanueva scored six points, with five from Kody Hughes.
Thanks for reading, and good luck to the Avery Lady Vikings varsity in Friday's tournament championship game.
6:25 PM -- With three quarters in the books, Heritage holds a commanding lead of 69-42. A three-point basket at the buzzer by Spencer Bishop pushed the lead over 25 points for the first time in the second half.
Eight more minutes to play in Marshall. Avery will look to finish strong. We also received word that the junior varsity girls were upset in overtime by Mountain Heritage 47-45, so it has not been the best of afternoons for the Big Red thus far. JV boys are currently playing at Madison Middle School. Update on that game if we hear word.
6:00 PM -- Avery cut the deficit to 37-25 with just over two minutes left in the half, but Heritage drained four straight 3-point baskets as part of a 14-0 run to close the half. The Cougars lead 51-25 at halftime.
Dustin Clarke leads AHS with 15 points at intermission, with four points from Alex Villanueva and three points apiece from Kody Hughes and Mark Polsgrove.
Alex Biggerstaff has been on fire with 27 first half points. John Cannon added 12, with five from Eli Buckner, three from Spencer Bishop, and two points apiece from Tyson Tomberlin and Drew Letterman.
We'll try to post second half updates as the conditions persist. We'll also post updates on the Twitter feed section of the website to the upper right of the home page.
Special thanks to Kevin Tutterow for assistance with stats at the games, as well as to Serena Smith for photography in order to provide these updates.
5:40 PM We had a period of technical difficulty as the game began. Heritage went on an 11-0 scoring run to start the game and a 21-5 run over the first five minutes of the game. The Cougars led 25-12 after one quarter, but the Vikings staged a short rally, cutting the lead to eight at 26-18. With five minutes to play in the half, Avery trails 30-19.
