MAM Christmas Classic Tournament Championship 2009

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Saturday two Shelby County schools, both from Collierville, collided for the MAM Christmas Classic Championship. It was the first trip to the championship round for both Collierville Middle and Schilling Farms Middle. Each team advanced by defeating teams from both the city, Snowden, and county, Shadowlawn, in the Girls 8th Grade tournament division.

Collierville jumped out to an early lead behind the hot three point shooting of Sidney Smith. Schilling didn’t seem to have an answer. The score at the end of one was Collierville Middle 12, Schilling Farms 4.

The second quarter opened with Schilling eighth grader Marissa Knox going to the line and hitting two followed by Elise Holden for two more. The score at the half was Collierville Middle 13, Schilling 10.

The third quarter was a battle with Schilling slowly chipping away at the lead. Schilling evened the score at 20 with 4:24 left in the game. Then Madison McCaster hit a put back to take the lead and then Knox hit the three to push the lead to five. Schilling never looked back hitting their free throws down the stretch to take the championship 29-20.

This was a great game by two great Collierville teams. The future looks bright for Collierville girls’ basketball!

Collierville players on the All Tournament Team:
Amber Braxton
Sidney Smith

Schilling Players on the All Tournament Team:
Elise Holden
Madison McCaster
Marissa Knox - Tournament MVP