HERITAGE VS MITCHELL WHC TITLE GAME

COUGARS BEATS MITCHELL

71-53

THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS TITLE GAME was between two old foes .Mitchell mountaineers and returning champions Mountain Heritage cougars . Its a lot like DUKE and CAROLINA......well maybe APP STATE and WESTERN CAROLINA ! Mitchell got to the game by beating Hendersonville in a thriller. Mountain Heritages hardest thing, was just getting on the bus from burnsville because they blowed out everyone they had played. This game would be the third meeting between these two this year ,Heritage winning the previous two games by double digits. But this game was called tight by the referees with everyone on both sides getting in foul trouble. The cougars John Cannon and Alex Biggerstaff started out slow so Tyson Tomberlin(Mr FOOTBALL) picked up the slack getting hot early getting the cougars out to a fast 7-2 lead and finishing with 9 Pt's . Before getting into foul trouble early himself . Drew Letterman was hot early with his quick passing and 10 Pt's with 2 threes, forced Mitchell to burn a time out early. Drew (THE KID) Hoilman (had 10) had a tough put back making the scoring 19-10. Cory Greene for Mitchell was hot pouring in 23pts to keep Mitchell close. But still trailed 34-24 at the half! Cougars had 15 team fouls in the first half with Alex Biggerstaff getting 3 early but in the second he played smart and effective finishing with 16 Pt's and hitting key foul shots down the stretch . Ben smith for Mitchell played a great hard nosed game for Mitchell getting 14pts but with referees calling everything on both sides fouled out early in the fourth. That allowed John (BOOM BOOM) Cannon a little breathing room to get in more of a groove scoring 15pts but have key rebounds and blocks when the game was close. Slowly the cougars started to pull away mainly because Mitchell could not hit there foul shots and Heritage could down the stretch. Cougars went 21-29 off the line ! Cougars went up 63-48 late with Matt Kardulis having 5pts . Cougars cruised after that out scoring Mitchell 21-15 in the fourth period. Winning the WESTERN HIGHLANDS CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT 71-53! JOHN CANNON WAS NAMED THE Tourney MVP ! DREW LETTERMAN and ALEX BIGGERSTAFF named ALL TOURNAMENT.