Devils double up Lee

Published 2:43 pm Wednesday, December 14, 2016

TIFTON — The Tift County Blue Devils took another home win Saturday night, defeating the visiting Lee County Trojans, 72-34.

Tift’s leading scorers were Preston Horne with 25 points, Micah Johnson with 15 and Fred Lloyd and Marquavius Johnson had eight points each.

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The Lady Devils, however, suffered their second loss of the year in a 45-44 decision to Lee.

Both Tift teams will be back at home Friday for a showdown with the Valdosta Wildcats at 7 p.m.

Valdosta was swept by Tift County in its own gym Dec. 3. Since then, its squads have each fallen to arch-rival Lowndes. The ‘Cats were scheduled to host Cook Tuesday night.

Saturday, the Devils and Lady Devils will visit Coffee. Varsity action will begin at 6 p.m. Coffee’s boys had a listed record of 3-0 on MaxPreps. The Trojans are scheduled to host Ware County Friday, a school it split with last week. The boys won, 71-49, with the Lady Gators falling 47-41.