Khloey Sperry was named Homecoming Queen and Camden Griffith was named King Friday at Gilman City’s Homecoming as the Hawk teams swept East Harrison.
Seventh grade candidates were Landon Wyatt and Carsynn Robertson. Eighth grade candidates were Mason Hancock and Stormy Cannon. Freshman candidates were Mason Preston and Abigail Clark. Sophomore candidates were Parker Holcomb and Chloe Burrows. Junior candidates were Maverick Barth and Khloey Sperry. Senior candidates were Avery Gregg and Camden Griffith. Basketball candidates were Hailey McClure and Andrew Young. Crownbearers were Krew Eoff and Kahlesie Carey.
The cheerleaders put on a halftime performance of their own and also had one with the Mini Cheerleaders. Cheerleaders are Kammie Fehring, Chiara Davidson, Ella Terhune, Parker Crabtree, Ellie Smith, Tony Jennings, Isabella Hancock, Jemma Stotts, Hailey McClure, Nova Smith, Emmery Smith, Reagan Crump, Malory Chalfant, Carsynn Robertson, Kainsley McCrary, and Shayleigh Webb.
Mini cheerleaders performing were Kinley Prindle, Sadie Webb, Scarlet Wimer, Kayla VanPatten, Raylee Rosenbaum, Emma Ward, Olivia Ward, Winnie Frazier, Aria Anderson, Kody Hulett, Emma Isernhagen, Ava Isernhagen, Ava Kipp, Ella Wimer, Emerly Johnson, Jaycee Bontrager, Braxton Wimer, Kahlesie Carey, Kehlani Carey, Lakyn Ward, Gracelyn Moore, Cora Marshall, Dixie Marshall, Ida Smith, Kayla Scarborough, Kerrigan Thompson, Sophia Reynolds, Baylor Moulin, Anastasia Clutter, Rachael Steinhurst, Evelyn Waddle, Gracelyn Waddle, Chloe Robertson, and Destiny Fehring.
The girls suffered their first loss Tuesday, February 3rd at the hands of Grundy County. But there was no time for tears, as they had two more games upcoming; Winston had played them tough at Gallatin, and East Harrison, after struggling in the Gilman City Tournament and adjusting to a new coach, suddenly caught fire their next two games, winning both handily.
The girls bounced back well from their loss, doing better against Winston than they did the first time and winning 55-32 Thursday in Winston.
There was an injury scare Friday during the pep rally as one of the activities got too competitive and resulted in a massive collision between Camden Griffith and Avery Gregg; the latter was already under the weather. The collision was accidental; she got a bloody nose as a result. But as time ticked down towards the game, she decided there was no way she was going to sit out her last Homecoming game, Once the tip went up, she was in full game mode, and the rest of the team followed her lead.
Avery Gregg once against saved one of her best games for the Bobcats after getting 28 against them earlier this year; she scored 24 points, grabbed six boards, had six assists, and had seven steals. The rest of the team followed her lead as Khloey Sperry went beast mode and had 18 points while matching career highs in rebounds with 20 and in blocked shots with 8, nearly getting a triple double. Alli Burke quietly built up 16 points and added eight boards. Tenley Griffith battled foul trouble, but still had nine boards for the night. Hailey McClure had a career high with 11 rebounds and added five points. Pyper Taggart came off the bench and grabbed four boards.
The result was a 69-16 win against East Harrison. Avery Gregg had 12 points and Khloey Sperry 8 more in the first quarter as the Hawks, after leading 10-2 at the 3:51 mark, turned on the afterburners in building up a 25-6 lead. The Lady Hawks won every quarter after that; after the 7:45 mark of the third quarter, Gilman City shut out East Harrison the rest of the way and outscored them 27-0.
Meanwhile, the boys have been going strong, winning their fourth straight game and putting away East Harrison 66-37. They handled the hostile road environment at Grundy County and won 62-41, and then came from behind in another difficult place to play and beat Winston 47-41. With the win, they have now won eight out of their last ten and are now over the .500 mark at 11-10.
The East Harrison game stayed close for a while, with the Bobcats twice cutting it to nine in the third quarter after Gilman City had led by 16 in the first half. But a 16-0 Hawk run spanning the last six minutes of the third quarter and the first minute of the fourth decided the game.
Camden Griffith had a career high with 44 points. The only tense point in the second half was whether he would break the all-time scoring record previously held by Brody Langfitt. He did it with four minutes left in the game, hitting a baseline three. The single game record is 55, set twice by Rex Ellis in 1960.
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