Cloudland was unable to extend the season on Tuesday night.
The ‘Landers were unable to keep pace with a hot offensive attack in a 76-32 decision to North Greene in the Region 1-A Semifinals at Cosby.
With the loss, Cloudland sees their season come to a close, while North Greene advanced to Thursday’s Region 1-A Championship against the winner of University School and Cosby.
The ‘Landers had to battle back from an early deficit.
Lance Carrico and Jason Britton hit early shots to help start the game on a 14-0 run for the Huskies before Eli Morgan drained a 3-pointer midway through the quarter to get CHS on the board. Cooper Smith and Morgan added shots as CHS was able to trim the gap to 23-12 at the end of the first quarter.
After North Greene started the second quarter on an 11-0 run, Cloudland continued to battle as Smith and Kingston Cole added points. The Huskies, however, scored the next 10 points to make the run 22-4.
Smith and Morgan stopped the NG run, but Cloudland was unable to take a big chunk out of the North Greene lead as the Huskies led 50-25 at the break.
Nick Caraway scored four points in the third quarter, but CHS was unable to get anything going despite a hard-fought effort.
Smith and Morgan led Cloudland with 12 points apiece. Caraway added 6 points.
Britton led North Greene with 21 points, while Bennet McClain added 17 points. Sam English scored 12 points.
