JEMISON — Thorsby on Dec. 15 ran its record to 8-0 with a 44-26 win over Jemison.
The Rebels have nine regular season games left on their schedule—and none against a team they haven’t already beaten, making an unbeaten regular season a possibility.
Thorsby will participate in the county basketball tournament in January, and their path through the field isn’t known yet.
So far, though, the Rebels have been untouchable, winning games by an average of more than 24 points.
But Jemison (1-7) kept it closer than that. In fact, the hosts trailed only 14-12 at the end of the first quarter.
Thorsby held Jemison to only one point in the second quarter, though, and won comfortably.
Sharonda Cooper scored 15 points for the Rebels, and Amanda Hubbard had 12.
Shelby Griffin led Jemison with nine points, and Shelby Lopez scored eight.

By Stephen Dawkins

Thorsby’s girls basketball team last week took a commanding lead in Class 2A Area 9 with wins over both Fultondale and Shades Mountain Christian.
The Rebels (7-0, 3-0 area) defeated Fultondale, 51-39, and Shades Mountain, 42-32.
The Rebels (6-0) got 16 points from Sharonda Cooper, 11 points from both Amanda Hubbard and Ashlin Hilyer and 7 points from Jonna Doody against Fultondale.
In the Shades Mountain game, Cooper scored 20 points, and Hubbard had 12 points.

Panthers fall to CCHS, IHS
Chilton County’s girls basketball team Dec. 8 defeated Jemison, 35-30.
CCHS (1-3) held a slight lead for almost the entire game and took command with a strong defensive performance in the third period.
The Tigers didn’t allow their hosts to convert a field goal until Kelsey Mims’ 10-footer with 3:41 left in the quarter made it 27-23 CCHS.
Tika Nunn had 13 rebounds for the Panthers.
Jemison last week also lost to Isabella, 37-31.
Kelsey Mims led the Panthers with 13 points.
Nunn pulled down 15 rebounds, and Shelby Lopez contributed eight points and three steals.

By Stephen Dawkins

JEMISON – In only its second game of the season, Friday’s 49-19 win over Jemison, the Thorsby girls basketball team demonstrated its tremendous potential.
The Rebels (2-0) crashed the boards on offense to earn second-chance points, forced the Panthers (1-1) into numerous turnovers with an aggressive full-court press defense and moved the ball crisply on offense.
And Thorsby showed it won’t have to rely on one, or even two scorers. Sharonda Cooper and Amanda Hubbard tied for the team lead with 14 points each, and Ashlin Hilyer was close behind with 12 points.
It all added up to too much for Jemison, who was hoping to defend its home court in what amounted to the championship game of a season beginning, four-team tournament. Though games were played in round robin format, both Jemison and Thorsby won their contests on Thursday.
Jemison’s Shelby Lopez tried to keep her team close, scoring four of the game’s first 10 points, but the Rebels pulled away easily.
Lopez finished with a team-high eight points.
The first day of the tournament saw three coaches, including Thorsby’s Ab Argent, make their debuts.
Argent’s Rebels defeated Billingsley, 60-36.
“We did some things well, and then, I think, we had some very correctable mistakes,” Argent said. “This was definitely something we can build on.”
The Rebels were led by Cooper’s 23 points, 20 of which came in the first half, and Hubbard’s 15 points.
But Argent bemoaned his team’s inability to sink free throws. Thorsby was only 3-for-21 from the charity stripe.
“We did a good job of getting to the free throw line, but then we have to finish,” Argent said.
In the nightcap, Jemison topped Isabella, 38-25.
Both Kelsie Mims and Katika Nunn had 10 points. Mims added six rebounds, and Nunn grabbed nine boards.
Lopez had eight points and nine steals.
“I told my team that the difference between this team and the past couple of years is that we play with guts,” said Jemison coach Leighsa Robinson, the tournament’s veteran. “We weren’t timid. We drove the ball. And we played outstanding defense.”