The Tullahoma Wildcats and Lady Cats ended the 2025-26 basketball season with a sweep of district rival Giles County Thursday night in Pulaski. With the win, the Wildcats captured the District 12-3A regular season championship. The Lady Cats are still in contention.
Both Tullahoma squads avoided district tournament play-in games, scheduled for Monday between the fifth and fourth-place teams. Next weekend, the remaining four teams on the girls’ and boys’ sides will gather at Tullahoma High School for the district tournament. The Tullahoma boys will host the Region 6-3A Tournament after winning the regular season.
Lady Cats 58 Giles County 49
Sophomore Lizzy Sharpton ignited Tullahoma’s offense with 7 first-quarter points, helping build an early 20-7 lead with 2:14 left in the first quarter. The Lady Bobcats finished the quarter on an 8-0 run to cut the lead to 20-15. The Lady Cats only scored six points in the second quarter and led by three, 26-23, at intermission.
Giles County’s Caydee Pipkins hit two of her six 3-pointers in the third quarter, giving her team a 34-31 lead with three minutes to play. Tullahoma answered with a 6-0 run, led by Sharpton, to regain the lead 37-36 after three.
Senior McLayne Bobo took over in the fourth, scoring 10 points, as the Lady Cats built an 11-point lead with 2:43 remaining. Pipkins hit two more threes, but six fourth-quarter points from Tullahoma’s Gena Hickerson kept the Lady Bobcats from overcoming the visitors.
Bobo earned the Midtown Nutrition Player of the Game with 16 points, four rebounds, a blocked shot, and two assists. Sharpton scored 15 and added five rebounds, two assists, and a steal.
Hickerson added 14 points and a pair of steals. Kenzie Farrell scored four points with four assists, three rebounds, and two steals. Aubrey North added a three-pointer, and Madison McCarl scored six with three rebounds.
Tullahoma (6-2, 17-9) ends the regular season tied with Franklin County (6-2, 17-10). The Rebelettes ended their season with a 50-32 win over Marshall County. A coin flip will determine the district champion and which school will host the region tournament.
Wildcats 67 Giles County 58
Senior Alex Bobo connected on nine of 11 free throws down the stretch to lead the Wildcats (8-0, 21-4) to a 67-58 victory and the regular-season district championship. Bobo earned the Midtown Nutrition Player of the Game, finishing with 20 points, three rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
The Bobcats (6-2, 14-10) jumped out to an early 7-2 lead, but the Wildcats overtook them 10-9 with 2:20 to play in the first quarter. Tullahoma built a 17-10 lead, but Giles County came back again and took a 21-20 lead with 3:43 remaining in the first half. The Cats fought back, though, ending the half on an 11-5 run to take a 31-26 lead.
Sam Bobo ignited the Wildcats early in the third quarter with a pair of 3-pointers, and Lukas Price hit a 3-pointer in the fourth as Giles County picked the wrong Wildcat to foul, sending Alex Bobo to the line over and over. He converted in the clutch.
Austin Tinnon scored 11 points with nine rebounds and four assists. Alex Miller added nine points and two rebounds, Jayden Thompson and Sam Bobo scored eight each, Jackson Knight added four points and six rebounds, and Price had five points with three rebounds and three assists.
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