Canes Win, Lose During Week

The Jasper County High School Hurricane varsity squads each earned a region win and a loss over the past week, defeating Elbert but falling to Putnam.

The Lady Canes defeated the Elbert County Lady Red Devil’s 54-45 on Tuesday to take their region record to 3-4. Madison Abbott led the scoring with 20 points, Mackenzie Tripp added 15 points, Mackenzie Abbott had 10’ and Jaydin Thomas had five.

However prior to the win, the ladies fell 62-49 to the Putnam County Lady War Eagles on Alumni Night. The squad began with a quick start by outscoring the region rivals by two points in the first half but that momentum took a nose dive in the second half. Putnam outscored the Lady Canes by 13 points in the third quarter from which they did not recover.

The varsity Canes had the same results as their female counterparts. Defeating Elbert 66-43 pushed the squad’s region record to 4-3 following the 48-44 close loss to Putnam Saturday.

With five games remaining in the regular season leading into the region playoffs, the varsity squad will need to finish strong as most of the games are region competitions. Weather permitting, the squads are scheduled to host Banks County tomorrow, Jan. 19 with the junior varsity boys beginning at 4:30 p.m. and varsity at 6 p.m. Banks boys’ squad is ranked first in the 8AA region and is looking to repeat as region champs. On Saturday, Jan. 20, the squads will travel to Oglethorpe County for another region competition. The varsity will begin at 6 p.m.