Northwest Regional Final
Hazel Green 71
Austin 66
FINAL
NW Regional All-Tournament Team
Austin Dempsey (MVP)
Lewis Sullivan
Parker Cothren
Hazel Green reaches new heights in Hanceville
Click here to read the entire column by Bill Bryant of the Huntsville Times on Hazel Green’s impressive Regional Championship Friday.
Hazel Green wins Northwest Regional, advances to Final Four
courtesy Mike Easterling/Huntsville Times
HANCEVILLE, Alabama – Hazel Green coach Todd Jeffers lauded junior guard Kischonn Lee’s defense.
Never mind the 12 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the field and 2-of-2 on free throws from a player that normally chips in around six to eight on a good day.
Lee’s dozen that all came in the first half, along with 22 points and 21 rebounds from sophomore Lewis Sullivan and 18 points from junior guard Austin Dempsey, propelled the Trojans to a 71-66 victory Friday over Austin in the Class 6A Northwest Regional championship game.
A nearly sellout crowd at 5,000-seat Wallace State-Hanceville — Hazel Green fans nearly doubled Austin, which had a large following — looked on as the Trojans earned their first berth in the state tournament since coach Jerry Dugan’s team won it all in 1967. Read more…
Cothren’s free throws put Trojans in Regional Final
HANCEVILLE, Alabama — Hazel Green and Hillcrest traded blows in the final minute Tuesday, but it was Parker Cothren’s offensive rebound and subsequent free throws with 1.1 left that put the Trojans in the Regional Final. Read more…
Hazel Green advances to Northwest Regional with 42-34 win over Decatur
HAZEL GREEN, Alabama — On the strength of 16 points from senior Willie Spencer and a defensive effort that limited Decatur to just 27 percent shooting, Hazel Green advanced to a regional for the first time in school history with a 42-34 win in front of a raucous capacity crowd Friday night. Read more…
Hazel Green wins Area Championship 58-53 over Sparkman
courtesy of The Huntsville Times
HARVEST, Alabama – Parker Cothren sat at the end of the bench, crutches by his side and his left ankle heavily taped. Austin Dempsey had just joined him, done for the game with five fouls. Lewis Sullivan, still eligible but sporting four of his own, was out, too.
Almost seven minutes remained in Monday night’s Class 6A, Area 16 championship. Three Hazel Green starters were not in the game and it trailed host Sparkman by a point. Read more…
HARVEST, Ala., — Behind a stellar second half defensive effort and 25 points from Austin Dempsey, Hazel Green defeated Huntsville 56-44 Friday night to advance to the Area 16 championship game for the third straight year.
Dempsey, Sullivan pace Trojans in victory
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Dempsey and Lewis Sullivan combined for 45 points Monday to lead Hazel Green to a 69-64 victory over Lincoln County, its fifth win in six games. Read more…
Sparkman stops Hazel Green’s winning streak
HARVEST, Ala, — Despite getting 19 points from Austin Dempsey and another double-double from Lewis Sullivan, Hazel Green had its 4-game winning streak snapped in a 63-56 loss to Sparkman Friday. Read more…
Hazel Green powers past Huntsville, 73-68
HAZEL GREEN, Ala. — Hazel Green shot a season-high 55 percent from the floor and out-rebounded Huntsville 40-19 to earn a 73-68 win Tuesday night in a crucial 6A Area 16 contest.
Four Trojans scored in doubble figures. Sophomore Lewis Sullivan poured in 25 points and 10 rebounds in just 25 minutes of action. Austin Dempsey added 14 points, Willie Spencer had 13 and Kischonn Lee had a season-high 10 points.
A quick spurt at the end of the first half staked Hazel Green (15-9, 3-2)to a 36-28 halftime lead, a lead that doubled during a dominant third quarter. Early in the fourth, consecutive layups by Sullivan pushed Hazel Green’s lead to 18 at 62-44 with 6:20 to play. But Huntsville scratched and clawed to give itself a fighting chance.
William Powell cut the Trojans’ lead to 11 with 3:08 left with an old-fashioned three-point play. Huntsville forced a turnover on the defensive end and Marquis Grays cut the lead to nine on a transition bucket. Huntsville would draw as close as five with1:12 to play on a Zach Jones free throw, but that would be as close as Hazel Green would allow it to get. Sullivan sank four straight free throws in the final minute to ice the game.
The Trojans will now roll into Friday night’s contest with Sparkman with a chance to force a 3-way tie for first place with a win. In that scenario, the top seed and host of the area tournament would be decided by a flip of a coin. Friday’s tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at Sparkman High School.
Defense sparks Hazel Green comeback, Trojans sweep Buckhorn
NEW MARKET, Ala. — Hazel Green trailed for 27 minutes Friday, but limited Buckhorn to just five field goals in the second half as the Trojan defense ignited a 55-45 come-from-behind victory. Read more…
