Taking leads for the first time in the fourth quarters of both the senior boys and girls games, the Paris Eagles and Lady Eagles traveled to Hackett last week and left with two important road conference wins.
The Paris girls, playing without injured Brailey Forst, began the game with a double-digit deficit in the first quarter. But by the end of the opening quarter, the Lady Eagles had erased the deficit and trailed by just two points.
Paris had outstanding play from junior Anabelle Perry and a host of other underclassmen in the victory. Playing with four fouls in the fourth, Perry was able to finish the game and hit crucial free throws down the line in securing the victory for Paris.
The boys game was similar to the girls with the Eagles fighting an early deficit. Outstanding play by senior Sam Muldrow led the way for the Eagles in the comeback. Paris took its first lead of the game with less than five minutes to play in the game. Senior Jesse Wells hit critical free throws down the stretch to ice the game for the Eagles.
At press tine for this story, Paris was preparing to host Charleston at Paris Gymnasium for a critical conference match-up for the two schools. Looking forward in next week’s conference schedule, Paris begin the return games of the round robin conference schedule when they host the Gators of Two Rivers high school and return to the road to play at Danville.
Paris is now in the critical second half stretch of the conference schedule that will be important in determining seedings in the boys and girls district tournament. Paris will be at home for several conference games during the second half of the season, and Eagles fans will have the opportunity to see both teams play at home in late January to early February.
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