Hillsboro 14 December 2019

Hillsboro Indians battle tough in loss to Jackson Ironmen

By
Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com

In a game where the Jackson Ironmen visited the Hillsboro Indians in Highland County, the first of this year's two meetings between the teams went in favor of the visitors, with the Indians suffering a 66-61 Frontier Athletic Conference loss on Friday night at HHS.

Hillsboro and Jackson battled tooth-and-nail in the first frame with the Indians trailing by a 16-14 score after eight minutes.

The Indians in the first quarter made four 3-pointers with two of those shots by Lawton Parry, along with one 3-pointer each from Ryan Scott and Jakwon Clark, plus Clark made two free throws in the first quarter, finishing the game with 13 points. 

Hillsboro (1-1, 2-2) finished the game with 10 3-pointers, and after the three treys made in the first frame, the Indians added two more to the total in the second quarter.

As for the second frame — where the Indians outscored the Ironmen 15-13 — they had two 3-pointers from Scott. Also in the second frame, Hunter Price had five points (eight points for the game), and with two points each were Brad Miller and Quintin Captain (two free throws). When halftime arrived, both teams stood even with a score of 29-29.

The Indians also won the third frame 19-18 for a Hillsboro lead of 48-47 after three quarters.

Hillsboro’s third frame included points from five players as Clark was a standout in the third with eight points (two 3-pointers). Scott followed with four points, and scoring two points each were Captain, Price and Miller.

Jackson took over in the fourth, gaining the five-point win by taking the frame at 19-13.

The Indians in the fourth had five points from Scott (one 3-pointer), four points by Caleb Crawford, two points by Miller and one point each from Price and Parry.

For the game, the Indians totaled 11 two-point baskets, 10 3-pointers, and they were 5-of-9 from the free-throw line. The Ironmen collected 18 two-point baskets, five 3-pointers and went 15-of-24 in their free throw shooting.

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Jackson was led on the scoreboard by Caleb Waits with 29 points, while Drew Bragg and Braxton Hammond each totaled 11 points.

Next for the Indians is an away non-conference game at Lynchburg-Clay on Saturday, Dec. 14.

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