Bears Whip Spring Hill; Win Kirby Tournament

SPRING HILL - Woodlawn used a strong second quarter as a springboard for an even stronger second half as the Bears overwhelmed the Spring Hill Bears, 66-33, in a non-conference road game last Friday.Woodlawn was up 13-11 at the end of the first quarter when the Bears put together a 14-2 second quarter build a 27-13 halftime lead. The visiting Bears then stretched that to a 49-23 advantage at the end of the third quarter before going up by 30 in the fourth to invoke a running clock.Jude Roberts led a balanced Woodlawn scoring attack with 16 points followed by Jake Allred and Jack Lephiew with eight apiece. Ethan Saeler had six and Spencer Towery had five. Woodlawn Coach Logan Adair said Evan Donnell saw some limited action for the first time since Thanksgiving when he was able to play a few minutes in the fourth quarter, scoring five points. Donnell was averaging about 14 points per game before suffering an injury before the Thanksgiving break.Adair added that Woodlawn had 21 offensive rebounds compared to eight for Spring Hill.It was Woodlawn's fifth straight win, all coming by 17 points or more, as the Bears improved to 12-4 overall.Woodlawn 65, Kirby 48 KIRBY - Jude Roberts scored 27 points and Cash Hargis' 3pointer in the fourth quarter sparked a late Woodlawn run as the Bears pulled away for a 65-48 win over the Kirby Trojans in the finals of the Kirby Tournament on Dec. 30.Woodlawn was up 19-15 after the first quarter and maintained that single-digit lead for most of the game as the Bears went into the final period with a 43-38 cushion. After extending the margin to eight, Hargis the drained his 3, his only points of the night, that pushed it a double-digit lead.Woodlawn Coach Logan Adair said Hargis' shot seemed to drain the Trojans as the Bears began pulling away after that, shooting 16 free throws in the fourth quarter.Kirby, which some polls had ranked among the Top 10 i...