The Sandy Creek

Patriots faced Woodward Academy in their first game of the Region 4-AAAA

tournament. According to Coach Rick Francis, "It was a struggle."

The Patriots

led the War Eagles 19-8 after the first quarter but only scored two points

in the second quarter and found themselves down 22-21 at the half. The

Patriots got back into the game after the half, leading 36-32 going into

the fourth and then playing to a 57-46 win. L.T. Lockett led Sandy Creek

in scoring with 21 points, while William Belton added 15 points. Corey

Adams scored nine points and Aaron Honeycutt scored eight points.

"That

second quarter was probably the worst quarter we played all year,"

said Francis. "Woodward stayed composed and executed on both sides

of the ball. Luckily, we pulled ourselves