In a battle of top ten teams in Class A boys basketball, the Webster County Highlanders started out hot, rattling the host Fayetteville Pirates by a score off 13 to 7 in the early going, and led at the end of one quarter of play 20 to 19.
And that is the end of the good news for the Highlanders.
Over the next three quarters, the Pirates outscored Webster 53 to 33 and in the process snapped the Highlanders six game win streak by a final score of 72 to 53.
Fayetteville's height advantage took over during the last three quarters, both defensively in the form of out rebounding Webster, and in scoring in the paint.
Webster next plays at home against Doddridge County on Thursday.
Coach Eddie Mazzella's JV team remained unbeaten as they topped the Pirates' JV team by 10 points. Webster's big three on the JV team (Cole Taylor, Garrett Hamrick, and Pryce Gadd), led a balanced attack in the win.
A brief live broadcast of the varsity game is archived at this link (hit play after link opens):
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