The Clinton County Lady Bulldogs had a very busy week, taking on the number 14 ranked team in the state, then, traveling to Edmonton and coming home to face the Lady Gators of Greenwood at home on Saturday night.

For the week, Clinton County fell to 0-6 on the year with losses at Monroe, 84-29, a loss to Metcalfe County, 44-35, and falling to Greenwood, 59-38.

Clinton County 38

Greenwood 59

Working backwards through the week of games for the Lady Dawgs, Clinton County hosted 4th Region rival Greenwood on Saturday night and took a surprising early lead during the first two minutes of the ball game, 8-1.

Greenwood slowly chipped away at the Lady Dawgs’ lead and put together a 9-1 run to take the lead with 3:16 on the clock, 10-9.

Greenwood continued with their run reaching a first quarter final, 22-9, which put Greenwood’s run at 21-1.

During the second quarter, Greenwood continued to score leading the Lady Dawgs 24-9.

Clinton County’s Bree Boils hit a three pointer with six minutes on the clock to cut the lead to 12 points, but back to back three pointers by Greenwood put the Lady Gators up by 18 points, 30-12 with 4:36 remaining in the half.

Clinton County continued to struggle throughout the remainder of the half. The team was taking good, open shots, but as luck would have it, the ball wasn’t falling through the hoop.

Clinton County scored six points in the final 3:25 of the half to trail by 16, 35-19.

As the second half got underway, Clinton County’s luck wouldn’t change, but then again, Greenwood found it hard to buy a bucket as well, as both teams combined scored only two points for the first three minutes of the second half, those two coming from Greenwood on two free throws.

With 4:56 on the clock, Ansley Stalcup hit a basket to cut the lead to 17, 38-21, but Greenwood made back-to-back buckets to reach a 21 point lead, 42-21.

Langford was fouled at the 3:20 mark and she went to the line and hit two, but a basket by Greenwood pushed the lead back to 21 points, 44-23.

Clinton County continued to struggle during the remainder of the period to finish the third down, 49-29.

With one more quarter of play, Clinton County’s hopes of picking up the first win of the season slowly ticked away with the clock.

As a team, the shots didn’t fall for the Lady Dawgs. Clinton County only scored eight total points for the remainder of the game, with Greenwood scoring 10 for a 59-38 final.

Individual scoring for Clinton County was:

Thurman 13

Stalcup 10

McWhorter 5

Lowhorn 3

B. Boils 3

Elmore 2

Langford 2

Clinton County 44

Metcalfe County 35

The Lady Bulldogs traveled to Edmonton Friday night to kick off the first of six total regular season district matchups. Playing on the road, Clinton County put up a surprising game with good effort and a determination they had been waiting for.

All that hard work didn’t pay off Friday night as Metcalfe County defeated the Lady Dawgs, 44-35, but as the season goes along, that effort will serve the Lady’s well. This 2011-12 campaign has barely begun and the girls aer improving each and every game.

In the first quarter, Clinton County kept it close for the first three minutes as Thurman and Stalcup scored baskets for a 4-2 lead. Metcalfe County would then put together an 8-0 run to finish the quarter with a 10-4 lead.

During the second quarter, Clinton County’s Alex Beard hit two from the foul line to cut the lead to four points with 7:20 on the clock.

Metcalfe County scored back-to-back goals for a 14-4 lead before a three pointer by Thurman cut the lead down to five points, 14-9.

Metcalfe County continued to stay out of reach of the Lady Dawgs, scoring five straight for a 10 point lead with 2:20 on the clock, 19-9.

With 2:09 remaining in the half, Veronica Lowhorn scored a basket to cut the lead to eight, but a personal foul called on Justice Boils sent Metcalfe County to the line with 53 seconds on the clock. Metcalfe County hit one of two for a half time lead of nine points, 20-11.

During the second half, both teams struggled on offense, but it was Clinton County who couldn’t get over the hump.

Stalcup cut the lead to seven points on a field goal made, but Metcalfe County answered with a basket of its own.

A personal foul on Metcalfe County sent Boils to the line where she hit one of two to cut the lead to eight points with 6:12 on the clock.

Metcalfe County scored again to reach a 10 point lead with less than three minutes remaining in the third quarter. Thurman then hit a basket with 1:39 on the clock to cut the lead to eight points, 24-16.

Just before the quarter was over, Metcalfe County put together a 5-0 run to take a 13 point lead. Beard cut that lead to 11 just before the period ended, on two free throws, 29-18.

As the fourth and final quarter got underway, Clinton County continued to fight and the Lady Dawgs would make one last run at the lead.

The Lady Dawgs came out in the fourth period and put together a 10-3 run to cut the lead to four points with 3:35 on the clock, 32-28.

Metcalfe County then scored baskets to push the lead back to 10 over the next two minutes and what would ultimately be the end of the game for the Lady Dawgs.

Down by 10 points with 29 seconds on the clock, Thurman hit a three pointer to cut the lead to seven, 42-35.

Metcalfe County closed the game from the foul line, hitting two of two for a final score of 44-35.

Individual scoring for Clinton County was:

Thurman 15

Stalcup 9

Beard 4

Lowhorn 4

Elmore 2

J. Boils 1

Clinton County 29

Monroe County 84

Last Tuesday, Clinton County traveled to Monroe County to take on this season’s regional powerhouse.

It’s wasn’t pretty from the tip off to the final buzzer. Clinton County only scored four points in the first quarter with those coming at the end of the period, after Monroe County jumped out to at 20-0 lead.

Monroe County finished the period by scoring seven points for a 27-4 first quarter lead.

During the second quarter, Clinton County continued to fall farther and farther behind, but almost doubled it’s first quarter points by scoring seven.

Monroe County scored 23 to grab a 39 point lead at the half, 50-11.

The second half went much like the first half with Clinton County picking up nine points in the third quarter and nine in the fourth quarter.

Monroe County continued to score points, putting up 20 in the third and 14 in the fourth for a 55 point win, 84-29.

Individual scoring for Clinton County was:

Thurman 7

Stalcup 7

M. Campbell 4

Thrasher 3

Beard 3

McWhorter 3

Polston 2

Clinton County was back in action on Tuesday night, too late for press deadline, as the team traveled to Cumberland County.

The Lady Dawgs will also be on the hardwood Friday night as Russell County comes to town for the second district game of the week. Tip off is set for 6 p.m.