FAIRVIEW — West Point’s middle school boys held up their index fingers for the cameras before quickly realizing a single digit wasn’t enough.

Six straight county championships. Six fingers.

The Warriors set up the picture-perfect opportunity by surviving overtime of an intense 57-53 title tilt against Hanceville Saturday inside Joe Shults Gymnasium. Will Brown had four of his team-high 22 points — including the go-ahead three-point play — in the extra period, which ended 8-4 in West Point’s favor.

Tyler Thompson and Whitt Laney split the top-seeded Maroon and White’s other four points in overtime. One free throw by Brown and a late pair by Laney iced the game after third-seeded Hanceville had closed the gap to just three points with less than a minute to go.

Brown was relieved by the final result but admitted it’d been a little scary heading into overtime.

“It was, but I knew we were going to pull it out in the end,” he said. “Because we’re those kind of guys and we ain’t going to quit.”

The back-and-forth battle featured 11 lead changes and five in the fourth quarter alone. Neither team led by more than three in the final frame — West Point on an inside shot by Thompson and the Dawgs on consecutive 3’s by J.R. Isbell, who had a game-high 24 points.

Isbell capped off Hanceville’s score in regulation at 49, as did Aubry Cleghorn for the Warriors on a made free throw.

The score stood the remaining minute despite a couple of chances — and plenty of timeouts — by both teams.

Tyler White ripped off three quick 3’s for West Point’s first baskets and had 11 of his 15 points following the opening six minutes. Despite missing all but four games with an injury, Thompson held his own down low with 10 points. Laney tossed in six points, Elvis Arroyo sank a trey and Cleghorn added the all-important free throw.

According to White, the Warriors’ road to six in a row has been paved with “hard work and good coaching.” It took a little something else, too, to escape overtime Saturday evening.

“All the conditioning we did during practice before the season started, it gave us the adrenaline to push it forward and get that championship,” White said.

West Point wrapped up its second season under Blake Thompson 12-6. John Welborn, now the school’s varsity girls coach, had the reins during the first four crowns of the current run.

“It’s a great feeling. All these guys work hard. I give them all the credit. They did it,” Thompson said. “They worked hard in the summer and this fall. This makes all the hard, long practices worth it right here.”

Raiden Morgan joined Isbell as Bulldogs in double figures with 14 points. Cainon Moore worked the paint for seven points, Matthew Cornelius contributed five points and Brodie Malcom drained a 3.

Hanceville finished 10-3.

“It was a really good season. The kids played hard all year,” coach David Miller said. “I’m just proud of them. We set a goal to be here in the championship game and they worked hard and got here.

“They fought hard all game. West Point, they’ve got a great team and they’re coached real well. Just a great game. That’s the way a championship game should be.”

Brown, White, Isbell and Morgan represented the finalists on the coaches All-County Team. Cold Springs’ Logan Rice, Fairview’s Sawyer Daniels and Dow Nichols, Good Hope’s Cole Maddox and Drew Maddox, Holly Pond’s Jordan Allbright, Parkside’s Jack Brown and Vinemont’s Jayden Sullins rounded out the honorary squad.