Gadsden City 64, Clay-Chalkville 59
(3 OT)
Birmingham News, February 12, 2009
9:56 p.m.
Gadsden City and Clay-Chalkville
battled even through the second half
and the first two overtimes before
the host Titans outscored the
Cougars 8-3 in the third overtime to
claim their Class 6A Northeast
subregional win. Cody Paulk had 23
points and 10 rebounds for Gadsden
City (24-4) while Jocelyn Madden
scored 17 points and grabbed 10
rebounds and Ebony Crum had 10
points. Clay-Chalkville, the 2008
Class 6A state runner-up, was led by
Alexa Butler's 18 points, Lauren
Baxter's 13 points and Alex
Strickland's 11 points.
Clay-Chalkville
66, Pinson Valley 44
Birmingham News, February 05, 2009
7:12 p.m.
Alex Strickland scored a game-high
25 points to lead Clay-Chalkville to
a 66-44 win against Pinson Valley on
Thursday in the first round of the
Class 6A, Area 14 tournament.
Clay outscored Huffman 32-11 in the
second and third quarter combined
thanks to some accurate outside
shooting by Mallorie Grissom. She
finished with 12 points and made
three 3-pointers in the third
quarter for Clay (26-6) while Emily
Landers added 11 points. Sisters
Alexa and Lauren Baxter each had
eight points for the Cougars.
Pinson (10-18) trailed 51-24 heading
into the fourth quarter, but the
Indians finally caught fire in the
fourth. They outscored Clay 20-15 in
the last quarter. Kasey McKinney led
Pinson with 18 points while Hope
Woods added 17.
Clay-Chalkville 57, Minor 46
Birmingham News, January 03, 2009
11:39 p.m.
Lauren and Alexa Baxter combined for
30 points as host Clay-Chalkville
advanced to Monday morning's Metro
Jeffco Tournament semifinals. Lauren
Baxter scored 16 points while sister
Alexa had 14 points for the
third-ranked Class 6A Cougars
(18-1).
Clay-Chalkville
62, McAdory 38
Birmingham News, January 02, 2009
7:53 p.m.
Class 6A third-ranked Clay sprinted
to a 12-0 lead, keyed by three
straight baskets from 3-point range
and was never threatened during
first round action at Friday's Metro
Jeffco girls basketball tournament.
The Cougars (17-1) converted 12
baskets from 3-point range in the
game, led by three 3-pointers each
from Chelsea Graham and Savannah
White. Graham led all scorers with
13 points while White added 11 and
Alexa Baxter contributed 10.
Clay-Chalkville 56, Lawrence County
45 Birmingham
News, December 29, 2008 10:28 p.m.
Lauren Baxter and Alex Strickland
each scored 16 points as Clay-Chalkville
(15-0) defeated Lawrence County in
the quarterfinals of the River City
Classic in Decatur. Nakia McDainel
led Lawrence (12-3) with a game-high
25 points.
Clay-Chalkville 79, Ardmore 43
Birmingham News, December 27, 2008 9
p.m.
Clay-Chalkville got off to a fast
start in girls high school action
behind senior Alex Strickland on the
way to recording a state-record 19
baskets from 3-point range in first
round action at Decatur's River City
Classic. Strickland scored 13
of her 19 points in the first
period, including three of Class 6A
third-ranked Clay's six baskets from
3-point range. "Alex
Strickland really sparked us at the
start," said Clay coach Mike Chase.
"Everybody just fed off that."
Clay (14-0) connected on 11
3-pointers in the first half and
added six more in the third quarter.
The Cougars broke Butler's 3-point
record of 17 in the first game of
the season, nailing 18 against
Vestavia Hills, but upped the record
to 19 on Saturday. Lauren
Baxter and Strickland each scored 19
for Clay while Savannah White added
15 and Chelsea Graham scored 11.
Clay-Chalkville 50, Ramsay 39
Birmingham News, December 18, 2008
9:42 p.m.
Class 6A third-ranked Clay earned
the win over Class 4A top-ranked
Ramsay behind balanced socring from
three seniors. Alex Strickland
led the Cougars (13-0) with 15
points while Emily Landers added 13
and Lauren Baxter scored 11.
Lauren Baxter and Alex Strickland each scored 15 points while Emily Landers had 11 points for third-ranked Class 6A Clay-Chalkville (12-0).
Clay-Chalkville
65,
Gadsden
City
54
Birmingham
News,
December
15,
2008
10:38
p.m.
Sophomore
guard
Chelsea
Graham
scored
a
school-record
38
points
in
her
first
varsity
game
as
Clay-Chalkville
remained
perfect
on
the
season
at
11-0
with
a
victory
over
visiting
Gadsden
City
(9-2).
She
hit
seven
3-pointers
in
the
game.
Alex
Strickland
added
10
points
for
the
winners.
Clay-Chalkville
60,
Mountain
Brook
47
Birmingham
News--David
Morrison,
December
13,
2008
7:13
p.m.
Even
though
it
fell
behind
by
as
many
as
10
points
in
the
first
half,
a
constant
barrage
of
3-pointers
helped
Clay-Chalkville
pull
even
and
then
away
from
Mountain
Brook
in a
60-47
girls
high
school
victory
Saturday.
The
Cougars
buried
13
shots
from
behind
the
arc
in
their
road
win
over
the
Spartans.
Alex
Strickland
and
Savannah
White
combined
to
sink
10
of
those
shots.
Strickland
led
Clay
(10-0)
with
22
points
and
nine
rebounds.
White,
playing
in
her
first
varsity
game,
had
12
points.
"We
were
just
getting
the
ball
around
the
horn,"
Strickland
said.
"At
first
we
were
making
some
lazy
passes.
But
during
the
second
half
we
got
a
lot
more
zip
underneath
them,
which
opened
up a
lot
of
shots
for
us."
The
Cougars,
ranked
No.
3 in
Class
6A,
trailed
the
Spartans
(6-2)
by
two
at
the
half,
then
outscored
Mountain
Brook
12-3
in
the
third
quarter
to
take
the
lead.
Mountain
Brook,
ranked
No.
6 in
6A,
managed
only
13
points
in
the
second
half.
"The
first
half,
we
were
playing
lazy,"
Strickland
said.
"After
we
went
into
halftime
and
Coach
(Mike)
Chase
gave
us a
little
(chewing
out),
we
started
getting
in
passing
lanes,
boxing
out
and
being
a
lot
more
physical."
Strickland
also
drew
the
assignment
of
guarding
6-foot
Spartans
post
player
Zan
Morgan
throughout
the
game.
Morgan
finished
with
14
points
and
10
rebounds,
the
only
Mountain
Brook
player
to
crack
double
figures.
She
finished
6-of-15
from
the
field.
"She's
got
four
inches
on
me
and
she's
a
great
athlete,"
Strickland
said.
"I
just
had
to
play
tough
with
her.
She
can
jump
higher
than
I
can,
she's
taller
than
I
am.
So
the
more
physical
I
am,
it's
better
for
me."
Leslie
Boozer
and
Lane
Tucker
each
had
nine
points
for
the
Spartans,
with
Tucker
adding
six
assists.
Tessa
Harmon
pulled
down
a
game-high
12
rebounds
to
go
along
with
her
four
points.
Alexa
Baxter
had
10
points
and
nine
rebounds
for
the
Cougars,
and
Lauren
Baxter
had
nine
points,
five
assists
and
four
steals.
Clay-Chalkville
55,
Pinson
Valley
38
Birmingham
News,
December
12,
2008
10:20
p.m.
Emily
Landers
had
16
points,
Alex
Strickland
scored
15
points
and
Lauren
Baxter
had
13
points
for
third-ranked
Class
6A
Clay-Chalkville
(9-0),
which
led
31-16
at
halftime.
Alganist
Gatson
had
15
points
and
Hope
Woods
had
14
points
for
visiting
Pinson
Valley
(7-4).
Clay-Chalkville
45,
Huffman
38
Birmingham
News,
December
09,
2008
10:27
p.m.
Clay-Chalkville
stayed
perfect
on
the
season
at
8-0
with
a
win
on
the
road
at
Huffman.
Alex
Strickland
led
Clay-Chalkville
with
23
points
and
Lauren
Baxter
added
18.
Huffman
(3-6)
was
led
by
Gerlinda
Jackson
with
13
and
Jessica
Burge
with
12.
Clay-Chalkville
30,
Midfield
25
Birmingham
News,
December
06,
2008
12:10
a.m.
Visiting
Clay-Chalkville
upped
its
record
to
7-0
with
a
victory
over
Midfield
(7-2).
Lauren
Baxter
led
Clay-Chalkville
with
11
points
and
Lakenya
Lowe
led
Midfield
with
11
points
and
10
rebounds.
Brittany
Young
grabbed
13
rebounds
for
Midfield.
Clay-Chalkville
57,
Shades
Valley
55
Birmingham
News,
December
02,
2008
10:39
p.m.
Emily
Landers'
layup
with
18
seconds
left
gave
third-ranked
Clay-Chalkville
its
Class
6A,
Area
13
victory
over
ninth-ranked
Shades
Valley.
Landers'
final
points
in a
24-point
game
broke
a
55-all
deadlock.
Landers'
seven
second-quarter
points
helped
give
the
visiting
Cougars
(6-0,
1-0)
a
30-24
halftime
lead.
Lauren
Baxter
scored
12
points
and
Alex
Strickland
had
10
points
for
Clay-Chalkville.
Morganne
Phillips
had
20
points
and
Shamonte
Lanfair
scored
15
points
for
Shades
Valley
(5-1,
0-1).
Sandra
Sturdivant
grabbed
16
rebounds.
Clay-Chalkville 45, Pelham 37
Birmingham News, November 26, 2008
9:23 p.m.
The Cougars blew a
20-8 halftime lead, but rebounded in
the fourth quarter, outscoring the
tournament host Panthers 20-8, to
claim the Pelham Girls Thanksgiving
Shootout title. Emily Landers led
Clay-Chalkville with 12 points.
Melanie Short and Ally Slaughter
paced Pelham with 10 points each.
Clay-Chalkville 48, Parker 43
Birmingham News, November 25, 2008
11:34 p.m.
Clay-Chalkville rallied in the
fourth quarter to outscore Parker
20-9 and win in the Pelham
Thanksgiving Tournament. Emily
Landers led Clay-Chalkville with 18
points and Lauren Baxter had 11.
Kenesha Watkins led Parker with 32
points. Clay-Chalkville and
Pelham will play at 2:30 p.m. today
in the championship round. In other
games, Walker and Thompson play at
10 a.m.. Hewitt-Trussville and
Vestavia Hills play at 11:30 a.m.
Gardendale and Parker will meet at 1
p.m.
Clay-Chalkville
60, Thompson 31
Birmingham News, November 22, 2008
10:55 p.m.
The Cougars (3-0) sprinted to a 23-8
halftime lead and were never
threatened in the first round of the
Pelham Thanksgiving Tournament.
Lauren Baxter led Clay with 19
points while Natasha Barckley added
10. Ashley Wilson paced
Thompson (1-4) with 10 points.
In other action from the tournament,
Parker downed Vestavia Hills 51-36,
Gardendale beat Walker 60-35 and
host Pelham downed Hewitt-Trussville
66-43.
Clay-Chalkville
56, Hoover 55
Birmingham News, November 20, 2008
10:43 p.m.
Lauren Baxter's free throw with no
time left on the clock was the
difference in the game. Baxter had
driven the lane and missed, but got
her own rebound and was fouled to
set up the game winner for the
Cougars (2-0). Baxter led all
scorers with 25 points, while Alexa
Baxter added 11. Jazmine Martin led
Hoover (2-2) with 20 points, while
Meghan Dunn had 14 points and
Kanesha Burch had 10.
Clay-Chalkville 80, Vestavia Hills 53,
Clay-Chalkville hit a school-record 18 3-pointers as the Cougars downed Vestavia Hills in the season opener for both teams. Emily Landers and Alex Strickland each made four 3-pointers while Lauren and Alexa Baxter each had three. Strickland finished with 20 points while Lauren Baxter had 16 and Alexa Baxter 13. Landers finished with 12 points. Bridget Williams led Vestavia Hills with 17 points and Jennifer Bragg added 12.
