HANCEVILLE — Good Hope’s title reign lives to fight another year.

The top-seeded Raiders continued their spotless run through county competition on Saturday, defeating No. 3 West Point 58-51 to take home their fourth consecutive crown.

Good Hope, which hasn’t dropped an in-county clash since 2021, trailed 15-9 after the first quarter but rode a terrific defensive showing over the final 24 minutes to methodically put the clamps down on the Warriors.

West Point trailed by double digits in the final period before cutting its deficit to five points. The Raiders, however, played keep away to drain the clock and made enough free throws down the stretch to prevail.

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Player Speak: “We started off a little slow and they were ready to play. We wanted to win this really badly, though. We knew everybody was against and nobody wanted us to win this game — but we wanted to win it … and we did it as a team. We have a really good defensive team and I’m proud of all of us.” — Good Hope’s Jolee McHan

“We’ve wanted this for weeks. We knew what we had to do and did the job. Coach told us we had to bring the energy and we brought the energy in the second half.” — Good Hope’s Ella Gossett

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Top Scorers

Good Hope: Ava McSwain (14), Jolee McHan (10), Sophie Konrad (10), Lexi Marshall (10), Ella Gossett (8)

West Point: Jaelyn Faulkner (18), Camryn Faulkner (14), Laklin Shadix (11)

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Records

Good Hope: 21-5

West Point: 19-5

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All-Tournament Team

Reagan Robinson, Vinemont

Vayda Yarbrough, Vinemont

Patton Fell, West Point

Camryn Faulkner, West Point

Whitney Quick, Fairview

Darby Nichols, Fairview

Laklin Shadix, West Point

Ava McSwain, Good Hope

Ella Gossett, Good Hope

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All-County Team

Ella Dickerson, Cold Springs

Darby Nichols, Fairview

Whitney Quick, Fairview

Ava Thomas, Holly Pond

Madison Butts, Holly Pond

Maggie Nail, Holly Pond

Reagan Robinson, Vinemont

Caroline Miller, Vinemont

Morgan Flanagan, Vinemont

Jaelyn Faulkner, West Point

Camryn Faulkner, West Point

Laklin Shadix, West Point

Ava McSwain, Good Hope 

Ella Gossett, Good Hope

Jolee McHan, Good Hope

Sophie Konrad, Good Hope

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Bill Shelton Award

Ava McSwain, Good Hope

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Charlotte Cummings Memorial Scholarship

Kenady Graves, Cold Springs