GIRLS: East Championship - Nottoway (53) East Rockingham (44) - FINAL

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GROUP 2A EAST TOURNAMENT
First round – Friday, Feb. 17
Bruton 57, Amelia 28
Stuarts Draft 60, Clarke County 33
East Rockingham 67, Strasburg 19
Brunswick 59, Nandua 54
Nottoway 59, Arcadia 37
Wilson Memorial 70, Central (Woodstock) 53
George Mason 58, Robert E. Lee (Staunton) 33
Greensville County 53, Maggie Walker 26
Quarterfinals – Tuesday, Feb. 21
Stuarts Draft 43, Bruton 23
East Rockingham 69, Brunswick 43
Nottoway 61, Wilson Memorial 50
George Mason 51, Greensville County 37
Semifinals – Thursday, Feb. 23
East Rockingham 67, Stuarts Draft 53
Nottoway 43, George Mason 37
Consolation – Saturday, Feb 25 – Hanover HS
George Mason 54 Stuarts Draft 44
Championship– Saturday, Feb 25 – Hanover HS
East Rockingham vs. Nottoway, 2 p.m.

 

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East Rock's in a 9-3 hole early against Nottoway.

Nottoway leads East Rock 11-3 with 3:37 to go in the first. Eagles are down 7-0 on the boards.

Nottoway girls 15, East Rock 12 going to the second quarter.

Meredith Dean picked up three fouls in that first quarter. East Rock will have to rely on its guard depth in her place

Madison Shifflett is keeping East Rock afloat here in the second. She has two 3s in this quarter and ERHS is down 20-18 with 3:21 left.

 

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Thanks to Phil d'Abbraccio for the photo and the tweets

 

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Halftime: Nottoway 25, East Rock 23.

Eagles are pretty lucky to only be down 2 considering foul trouble & 21-12 rebounding hole.

Madison Shifflett has 11 points to lead East Rock. Micaila Coleman has 11 for Nottoway.

 

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East Rock-Nottoway winner will face Ridgeview in the 2A state quarterfinals.

Loser will take on Central.

 

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35-31 Nottoway girls over East Rock with 2:21 to go in the third.

 

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It's 37-31 Nottoway over East Rockingham heading to the fourth quarter in the 2A East Region girls finals.

 

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Madison Shifflett sinks two free throws and East Rock cuts the deficit to 39-35 with 4:20 left to play.

 

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East Rock trails Nottoway 43-37 with 3:32 left. Lexi Dean fouled out about 30 seconds ago

 

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FINAL: Nottoway 53, East Rockingham 44 in the 2A East Region girls championship game.

Eagles will face Central in the 2A quarterfinals

Madison Shifflett led East Rock with 18 points. Natalie Jenkins added 10 and Nottoway's Micaila Coleman had a game-high 24