Vinemont’s varsity girls used a solid fourth quarter to take down St. Bernard 41-33 on Thursday.

The Lady Eagles outpaced the Lady Saints 17-11 in the final stanza to escape with their third win of the season.

Sadie Stanley’s 10 points were tops for Vinemont in the road victory. Kanasta Daniel (nine), Bailey Preiss (seven), Brylie Teichmiller (six), Madysen Hacker (five) and Alexis Helton (four) also contributed.

The Lady Eagles led by as many as 11 points in the fourth, but St. Bernard trimmed its deficit down to four late in the contest.

However, baskets by Stanley and Preiss during the final minute helped Vinemont prevail.

“We were real flat after we had that lead,” coach James Brown said. “That’s something we’ve been trying to work on. There’s been a few times this season where we’ve gotten leads on teams and gotten conservative and played flat and not played with energy. Just old, bad habits we’re trying to break and overcome. Any time you can come away with a win, it’s great for our program. Any time we can play poorly and win, that’s great. But I’d rather us keep that energy level up. When our energy level is good, we’ll fly around and do some things.”

Claire Sanders (14), Emma Tafazoli (nine), Jackelyn Arteaga (four), Emma Powell (three), Claudia Fallin (two) and Macy Whaley (one) netted the points for St. Bernard.

% Holly Pond 52, Good Hope 38: The Lady Broncos took down the Lady Raiders away from home on Thursday, improving to 9-10 this season following the outcome.

Holly Pond outscored Good Hope 36-20 in the second half to pull out the win.

Maddie Heatherly (16), Elizabeth Miller (12) and Maddi Ham (10) provided the top offensive contributions.

The Lady Raiders received a 10-point outing from Savanna Burney in the loss.

Abby Neighbors (eight) and Desire’ Odachowski (six) were next in line offensively.

% Locust Fork 65, Hanceville 36: The Lady Bulldogs fell to the Class 3A No. 10 Lady Hornets on Thursday.

Hanceville (10-7) was paced offensively by Victoria Stanley, who compiled 12 points. Kelly Pickett added eight.

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Varsity Boys

% St. Bernard 41, Vinemont 36: The Saints reeled in a home victory over the Eagles on Thursday.

John Rose led St. Bernard (8-8) with 20 points, while Caleb Guthery delivered 10.

David Kim (six) and Gavin Whaley (five) also contributed.

The Saints went 8 of 13 from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter.

“We made some plays down the stretch,” coach Greg Boatright said. “We made some big free throws, too. We changed defenses late, and I think that helped us finish it.”

Katch Johnson paced Vinemont with 14 points. Jordan Hall added 12.

Connor Handley (six), Collin Teichmiller (three) and Will Rhodes (one) scored as well.

% Hanceville 63, Locust Fork 50: The 3A No. 9 Bulldogs eased to a home triumph on Thursday.

Hanceville (15-4) was led in scoring by Fred Ellis with 17 points.

RJ Evans and Romain Pochon added 15 apiece as well.

% Good Hope 71, Holly Pond 62: The 4A No. 9 Raiders secured a home win over the Broncos on Thursday.

Noah Fendley led all scorers with 24 points, while Drew Maddox (13) and Cole Maddox (12) had strong games.

Good Hope is now 15-4 this season.

Tyler Boatright produced 19 points for Holly Pond (11-9), while Kyler Chaney totaled 14.