Red Bay boys basketball team advances in tournament play

The Red Bay Tigers beat the Winston County Yellow Jackets 62-30 to win the opening round of the Class 2A, Area 10 tournament on Saturday. Red Bay plays Sulligent in the finals on Tuesday.

Red Bay ran away with the game early, jumping out to a 21-8 first quarter lead and extending their lead to 29-13 at halftime. Red Bay expanded their lead to 45-24 by the end of the third quarter.

Lawson Glover led Red Bay with 18 points, followed by Ethan McCoy and Holden Inmon, who scored 10 points each. Brayden Tabbs and Cody Carnes scored five points each, Jaxson Vinson added four points, Conner Humphries and Gage Edgmon scored three points each and Kennedy Wilemon and Ty Reynolds added two points each.

The Red Bay girls season came to an end with a loss to Sulligent.