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Gleason Picks Up District Wins

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Gleason celebrated Senior Night with a sweep over visiting South Fulton Tuesday Night, February 8. The Lady Bulldog Seniors include Alayna Anderson, Carrington Lifsey, Grace Stafford, and Daisy Blevins. The Bulldog Seniors include Isaac Denton, Cameron Thompson, Carter Cooper, Kolton Crochet, Carson Tidwell, and Joe Witherspoon. Gracie Long is the lone senior on the cheerleading squad.

Lady Bulldogs 41, Lady Red Devils 38
The Lady ‘Dawgs opened up a 11-4 lead in the first period and were outscored 11-8 in the second period but still held a 19-15 lead at the half. They opened it back up in the third period with a 33-25 score by the end of the third and held on to a close 41-38 win at the end in district competition.

Seniors Alayna Anderson and Carrington Lifsey led the way with 12 and 15 points respectively. Sophie Wilson added six points while Kaylee Tucker had four points. Ava Sawyers and Jaeda Perry chipped in two points each for the Lady Bulldogs.

Sophia Hodges led South Fulton with 12 points while Anna Gore and Maddie Gray added nine points each. Aubrey Gore and Abbi McFarland had four points each for South Fulton.

Bulldogs 61, Red Devils 51
The two boys teams had a close first period with the Bulldogs leading 9-8 but opened it up to a double-digit lead by halftime 24-14. Gleason extended their lead to 16 by the end of the third period 42-26 and held off the Red Devils in the final period to win 61-51.

Kolton Crochet and Kylan Borneman led the way for the Bulldogs with 20 and 16 points respectively while Garrett Pinkston added nine points. Carter Cooper had seven points along with Isaac Denton with six points and Drake Lehmkuhl chipping in three points for the Bulldogs.

South Fulton was led by Brady McFarland with 25 points while Conner Allen and Dane Cirkles added nine points each. Riley Alexander had six points and Jamuel Angelos chipped in two points for South Fulton.