Friday Basketball: Bessemer City upsets defending 7A boys champs, 1A Sacred Heart routs Spain Park

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Two big upsets Friday night in basketball action:

1) Bessemer City upsets Hoover

Hoover, the 2015 Class 7A state champions.

Shades Valley.

2) 1A champions best 7A Spain Park

Also, Austin Wiley to 16 points as Spain Park lost 77-50.

Wiley also had 15 rebounds and six blocks. For Sacred Heart, Jamal Johnson add 11 points and five rebounds.

In other games reported to AL.com on Friday:

Boys, Jalen Alexander (11 points) also scored in double digits.

Boys, Cornelius Ayers scored a team-high 17 points.

Boys, Michael Freeman (11). Pelham improved to 6-2 and plays Spain Park on Tuesday.

Boys, Elijah King scored 11 points.

Boys, Devin Whitfield added 19 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals for McAdory (7-2).

Boys, Keaun Samuel led Straughn with 13 points.

Boys, Cole Cassady led Indian Springs with 10 points.

Boys, Johnathan Nicholson scored eight points.

Boys, Griffin Newman led W.S. Neal with eight points apiece.

Boys, Jaylen Harris scored a game-high 18 points as Helena placed five players in double-digit scoring.

Boys, Bob Jones.

Boys, Justis Warmley scored 12.

Boys, Garrett Sanderson’s 19 points and eight assists for Montgomery Academy. 

Boys, Ryan Brown scored 18 points in the win.

Boys, Payton Stovall finished with 14 points, four assists and three steals in the win. 

Boys, Omar Jolly scored a game-high 33 points. For New Hope.

Boys, William Tricksey added 14.

Boys, Mitchell Davis added 20.

Boys, Devilyn Keller led Central with eight.

Boys, Foley 29: Josh Warten led the Warriors with 18 points.

Boys, Cameron Phillips (17).

Boys, Malik Jackson led Tarrant with 19 points. 

Boys, Denver Jones’ 10 points.

Boys, Josh Hill (10) scored in double figures for Faith Academy.

Boys, Marquis Rhymes (20 points).

Boys, John Williams lead Jeff Davis with 14 points each. 

Boys, Bradley Belt scored 14 points for the Jets.

Girls, Taylor Wilson led Vestavia with nine points.  

Girls, Molly McKenzie led Briarwood with 10 points apiece. Molly added six rebounds. 

Girls, Willies Hickman finished 11 points and eight rebounds. 

Girls, Sakina Wynn added nine. 

Girls, Faith Reynolds added 18 points.

Girls, Deanna Jordan added 12.

Girls, Jasmine Walker scored a game-high 24 points for Jeff Davis (5-2).

Girls, Tori Garner scored nine points apiece for Johnson.

Girls, Dymond Harris scored 22 for Murphy.

Girls, Deosha Maye scored 21 points as Baldwin County improved to 6-1.

Girls, Kenysha Coulson scored a game-high 17 points for Lee.

Girls, Davia Leak scored 17 points in the victory.

Girls, Jordan Allison (seven points).

Girls, Kathleen Wheeler led all scorers with 25.

Girls, Ryeshia Whetstone (13) helped Central Coosa improve to 6-0.

Girls, Kaylyn Wiley added 19.

Faith Academy hots Harrison-Central on Tuesday.

Roundup updated at 2 p.m. 

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