Grace beats CCS, Temple beats S. Pitt

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Temple thumped S. Pittsburgh 111-74, and Grace beat CCS 64-39. Details coming soon!

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This article courtesy of Chattanoogan.com:

 

Temple-Grace IV In Region 3-A Championship

 

The Region 3-A championship game will be the fourth meeting between Grace Academy and Tennessee Temple was both the District 5-A teams cruised to semifinal wins Thursday night.

 

Tennessee Temple defeated South Pittsburg 111-75 in the first semifinal game and Grace defeated CCS 64-39.

 

Grace and Temple met four times last year with Grace scoring their only win over Temple in district championship against Temple.

 

Temple defeated Grace by 24 in their first matchup this season and 17 in the their second matchup. In the district 5-A championship game last week, Grace came with in four, losing 70-66.

 

Three Crusaders scored twenty plus points including Caleb Skogen's 33 in their win over the Pirates Thursday. Seth Skogen had 25 points and Zach Mouw had 21 points. Temple led 24-18 at the end of the first quarter but jumped out to a 52-37 lead by the half.

 

 

In the second game, Grace jumped out to a 23-13 lead over the Chargers and never let up, leading 41-20 at the end of the first half.

 

Johnny Parshall had 24 points including four three pointers. Evan Kidwell had 11 and Jeffrey Smith had nine.

 

CCS, playing without starting point guard David Nielson, was led by Mitch Groothuis with 14 points. Brother Kyle had eight points.

 

Grace and Temple will face off in the region championship Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

 

The winner will host a sub-state game on Monday and the loser will travel.

 

Temple and Grace both won their sub-state games last year, advancing to state tournament play. Grace lost in the championship game and Temple fell in the semifinals.

 

 

Scoring Summaries for both games:

Temple....24..52..84..111

S. Pittsburg.18..37..53..75

 

Temple (111) C. Skogen 33, S. Skogen 25, Mouw 21, Wadley 17, Newsome 7, Cudd 3, Shiraef 3, Seth Wadley 2

 

S. Pittsburg (75) Robinson 28, Allison 21, Starkey 12, Summers 7, LeMay 6, Hawkins 1

 

 

Grace..23..41..50..64

CCS....13..29..29..39

 

Grace (64) Parshall 24, Kidwell 11, Smith 9, Eldridge 8, Lowery 4, McMasters 4, Dilts 2, Smith 2

 

CCS (39) M. Groothuis 14, K. Groothuis 8, Herberich 6, Murphy 6, Mercer 2, Long 2, Smartt 1