PREP UPDATE: Prattville flag advances to quarterfinals; Trinity, PCA girls earn hoops wins

Prattville Lanieya Page runs through the Lee defense in the Lions’ win in the second round of the Class 6A-7A playoffs in Marbury. (Tim Gayle)

By TIM GAYLE
MARBURY -- Kaytie Chandler threw four touchdown passes to lead Prattville to its 10th consecutive victory in a convincing 32-6 win over Lee in the second round of the 6A-7A playoffs, helping the second-year program advance to the quarterfinals for the second consecutive season.

Prattville (15-2) will travel to Trussville to play Hewitt-Trussville, a 27-0 winner over Bob Jones, in the 6A-7A quarterfinals next week.

“Obviously, being on the road, things are going to be different,” Prattville’s Lanieya Page said, “but we set a bar last year. We have all this talent that God has blessed us with and I think this whole team knows good and well that we’ve been in it once and we can do it again.”

Prattville defeated the Huskies 30-0 on Aug. 24 in a season-opening tournament at Hoover, but Prattville coach Brian Pittman said the Huskies are a much-improved team since that meeting.

“We haven’t shied away from expectations,” Pittman said. “We want to be back in the semifinals with a chance to go to the finals. It’s going to be very tough. It’s going to be us against everybody whether we have to go to Hewitt-Trussville or Bob Jones. We’re going to have to play really well next week, but we’ve been on the road, technically, all year if we’re here at Marbury so I don’t think that’s going to be an issue for us.”   

Prattville dominated from start to finish, allowing a pair of big plays by Lee’s Kariah Irvin and Imani Taylor as both players managed to keep their flags intact on runs through the Prattville defense, but the remainder of the time the Lions held their ground.

“I think we came together very well,” Page said. “(Defensive coordinator) Coach (Jason) Fisher helped us adjust, but we didn’t really make any changes. Honestly, we moved a couple of things in our normal defense, practiced that all week and we came out and executed.”

Prattville scored on its first possession, a short drive capped by an 18-yard pass from Chandler to Page for a 6-0 lead. Chandler was injured early in the second quarter and replaced by Hartley McCay, whose fourth-and-goal pass from the 16 found Maty Cate Lindsey in the end zone for a 13-0 halftime lead.

Chandler returned in the second half and threw touchdown passes to Page and Lindsey for a 26-0 lead before Lee scored on a 32-yard reception and run through the Lions’ defense by Taylor to make it 26-6. Prattville promptly drove the length of the field and Chandler connected with Lindsey in the end zone again with 5:35 left in the game.

“I think in the first half we had a couple of drives inside (Lee territory) that we didn’t execute but then (offensive coordinator) Coach (Mike) Battle did a good job of making adjustments in the second half,” Pittman said. “I thought our blockers picked it up -- they started rushing three a little bit -- and we picked it up and were able to get it out of Kaytie’s hands quick and Lanieya caught a couple and Mady Cate Lindsey caught a few and that helped us put that thing away in the second half.”

Chandler completed 14 of 19 passes for 185 yards and four touchdowns, while McCay was 2 of 4 for 21 yards and a touchdown. Lindsey had six receptions for 58 yards and three touchdowns, while Page had five catches for 79 yards and two touchdowns.

BASKETBALL

GIRLS

Trinity 68, Bullock County 17

Maddie Smith scored 21 points as the Wildcats blasted Bullock County 68-17 in their 2024-25 home opener at Captain Jack Court on Tuesday.

Francie Morris, Mya Moskowitz and Eillie Causey contributed 10 points each.

Trinity (1-2) will play host to Class 7A Enterprise at home on Thursday at 7:15 p.m.

Prattville Christian 82, Brew Tech 23

PRATTVILLE -- Kayden Carr led the Panthers with 23 points, 10 rebounds and five assists as the freshman guard became the fastest player in school history to record 1,000 career points.

Carr, who has started since the seventh grade, needed just three games into her third varsity season to reacah the milestone.

Ally Blankinchip added 21 points, eight assists, four steals and four rebounds, followed by Jenna McClendon with 16 points and nine rebounds. Christiana Franklin scored four points, while Baylee Rogers added three points and four assists. Reagan Houston, Avery Mann and Hanah Royal all scored three points.

PCA (2-1) will travel to Clanton to play Chilton County on Friday.

Hazel Green 48, Trinity 40

HUNTSVILLE -- Trinity dropped its second game of the season on Monday, falling to perennial 6A power Hazel Green 48-40.

Ellie Causey led the Wildcats with 15 points, followed by Francie Morris with 13.

Trinity (0-2) returns home to play host to Bullock County in its home opener on Tuesday.  

BOYS 

Prattville Christian 65, Brew Tech 63

PRATTVILLE -- Easton Miller had nine points and nine rebounds, including the game winning putback at the buzzer, to lead the Panthers to a 65-63 win over Brew Tech in the season opener on Tuesday in the PCA gym.

Eighth grader Carter Fiacco led the Panthers with 23 points and seven rebounds. Justin Chapman added 11 points, 12 rebounds and four steals. Cody Chapman had nine points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals, while Wade Mora had seven points and 11 rebounds. Ethan Girlie added four points and four assists. Sam Wheeler dished out four assists.

PCA (1-0) will travel to Clanton to play Chilton County on Friday.

In the junior varsity game, CJ Robinson had eight points and 12 rebounds in the Panthers’ 42-23 loss to the Rams. Murray Wright added eight points and 11 rebounds. Ethan Kiefer had seven points and seven rebounds. The junior varsity Panthers (0-1) will also play Chilton County on Friday.

Prattville 73, LAMP 70

Prattville used a 26-19 edge in the second quarter to grab a lead, then held off the Golden Tigers down the stretch to win a thrilling 73-70 victory in the season opener for both teams on Friday in the LAMP gym.

The two teams were tied at the end of the first quarter, but the Lions surged ahead 38-31 at the half, then managed to stay ahead the rest of the game as the Golden Tigers continued to try and chip away at the lead.

LAMP’s Zeke Griffen led all scorers with 29 points and seven rebounds. Benedict Akwuba added 16 points and 14 rebounds and sophomore TJ English had 13 points.

Cameron Lewis led Prattville with 14 points, followed by Tyler Smith with 11 points, Jadon Autuneh-El with nine points and seven rebounds, Jaylyn Cromer with eight points and six rebounds and Xavier Dunn with seven points and seven steals. Tanner Ehmen had eight rebounds as well.

Prattville (1-0) returns home to play host to Chilton County on Monday in Powell Gym. LAMP (0-1) visits Montevallo next Tuesday and returns home next Saturday vs. Brew Tech at 1:30 pm.