By Corby A. Yarbrough

Sports Editor

GLADEVILLE — Beech is back atop District 9-AAA.

A year after finishing fourth in the league’s postseason tournament and a little over a week after finishing as its third seed, the Buccaneers hoisted the championship trophy after a 53-35 victory over rival Hendersonville Tuesday night at Wilson Central.

Beech, which won the 9-AAA tourney title in 2009 and 2010, turned a 31-27 advantage after three quarters into the 18-point margin it won by.

“We weren’t talking about second, we wanted to win the district title,” Beech coach Darren Joines said. “But we’ve got bigger goals than this.”

By Corby A. Yarbrough

Sports Editor

   GLADEVILLE — The third time was not the charm for the Lady Bison of Station Camp.

For the third straight year, they fell to Mt. Juliet in the District 9-AAA Tournament championship game.  Monday night, it was a 57-32 defeat the Lady Bears handed the Lady Bison.

Station Camp (18-10) had already secured a berth in this week’s Region 5-AAA Tournament with its first-round victory over Portland, and it will play host to District 10-AAA’s Dickson County Friday night. The Lady Cougars were 57-41 winners over Kenwood in the 10-AAA consolation game Monday night, giving Dickson County the No. 3 seed and Kenwood the No. 4 seed. Kenwood will travel to No. 1 seed Mt. Juliet Friday.

Station Camp’s girls will ride into the postseason as District 9-AAA’s second seed on the heels of a six-game winning streak in league play, including Friday night’s 54-38 victory at Hendersonville. The Lady Bison tacked on a 67-45 victory over visiting Columbia on Monday night to close out the regular season.

Station Camp’s 30-20 halftime edge over Hendersonville turned into the 16-point margin by game’s end as senior Cheyenne North paced the Lady Bison with a game-high 26 points.

NASHVILLE — Pope John Paul II grabbed five top-10 finishes in the finals of the 2012 Tennessee Swimming and Diving Championships at Centennial Sportsplex over the weekend.

Paige Scheriger had the top finish amongst Sumner County swimmers. The sophomore finished third in the “A” final of the 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.6), besting her sixth-place seed time of 1:06.56. Scheriger also finished seventh in the “A” final of the 200-yard IM (2:08.81), besting her 12^th-place seed time of 2:11.86.

Scheriger joined Brittany Zobl, Courtney Baldridge and Maddie Kolbe to finish fifth in the “B” final of the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:43.91).

Kolbe, a sophomore, finished fifth in the “A” final of the 100 breaststroke (1:07.17) to give JPII two top-10 finishers. Zobl, a senior, finished fifth in the “B” Final of the 50-yard freestyle (24.94 seconds).

The girls’ team finished 13th with 54 points. Baylor won the meet with 373 points.

Merrol Hyde Magnet senior Bryce Anderson finished third in the “B” final of the 200-yard freestyle (1:46.70) and narrowly missed competing in the finals of the 500-yard freestyle.

from Staff Reports

Girls

Thursday’s Games

All first-round games tip off at 7 p.m. at the home of the higher seed

No. 1 Mt. Juliet vs. No. 8 Gallatin

No. 2 Station Camp vs. No. 7 Portland

No. 3 Wilson Central vs. No. 6 Hendersonville

No. 4 Beech vs. No. 5 Lebanon