Girls 6A Area 2 championship: Daphne 48, Spanish Fort 45

• After trading leads all night, Trojans finish strong for Area 2 title

Tony Whitehead, GCM Sports
Posted 2/11/17

DAPHNE, Ala. — Leading 46-45 with 7.2 seconds remaining, free throws by senior Krista Wright and junior Jaylin Yelding extended the lead as Daphne claimed the Class 6A Area 2 crown Friday night. …

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Girls 6A Area 2 championship: Daphne 48, Spanish Fort 45

• After trading leads all night, Trojans finish strong for Area 2 title

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DAPHNE, Ala. — Leading 46-45 with 7.2 seconds remaining, free throws by senior Krysta Wright and junior Jaylin Yelding extended the lead as Daphne claimed the Class 6A Area 2 crown Friday night.

Spanish Fort’s Rose Gul almost sank a half-court shot to tie at the buzzer, but the Trojan girls got the win and Area 2 trophy. They will host Area 1 runner-up Blount Monday in the sub-regional round while the Toros travel to Area 1 winner LeFlore.

Wright led Daphne (25-4) with 17 points, Tia Pickett added 11. Gul finished with 15 and Mya Barnes had nine to lead Spanish Fort.

“All our girls played hard tonight and that’s what we ask every game — to just give us full effort for four quarters with all they’ve got,” said Daphne head coach Mason Dunn. “And that’s what they did. Just so proud. The big free throws there at the end by Krysta Wright, that was huge. We knew it would be a battle and we matched the energy level and kept battling.”

The two teams traded one-point leads all night: 10-9 Toros in the first period, 19-18 Daphne at the half and 28-27 SFHS after the third. They were tied four times in the fourth, the last when Yelding hit a 3-pointer to even it at 40-40 with three minutes, 10 seconds to go in regulation.

DHS also got a late burst from Wright outside the arc with back-to-back three-pointers to help the Trojans close with a 21-16 fourth-quarter run, including 6-of-8 points from the line. The area championship was their 23rd consecutive win.

Daphne will host Blount in the Class 6A Girls sub-regional round on Monday at 7 p.m. The Toros travel to LeFlore. The Rattlers defeated the Leopards 52-34 in the Area 1 final. The South Regional tournament in Dothan begins Feb. 15.