VS wins Boone County battle with Harrison
Published 11:27 am Thursday, November 12, 2026
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VALLEY SPRINGS — Two local rivals battled it out on the hardwoods on Friday night in the Valley Springs Invitational.
The Harrison and Valley Springs girls met in the season opener for Harrison and an early game for the Lady Tigers.
When the dust had settled, Valley Springs won the contest, 57-42.
Coming out of the locker room, the Lady Tigers had taken a 29-21 lead after Bryton Tennison had a trey and a layup and Blair Kindall hit a free throw.
Harrison opened the third period with a trey by Aubrey Patton.
Valley Springs answered the shot with an offensive put back to push the home team ahead by seven.
After a Harrison free throw by Hovis, the Lady Tigers moved ahead by double digits for the first time in the second half.
Jada Wray scored for Valley Springs before then hitting Kindall for a bucket down the middle of the lane and a 35-25 advantage.
Ella Hovis and Kylee Villines scored on back-to-back trips for the Lady Goblins to cut it to a six-point contest midway through the third period.
Points were hard to come by the rest of the way.
Wray had a nifty move to the goal for Valley Springs and Abbie Braswell scored inside.
Harrison ended the quarter with two charity tosses from Kenlee and Valley Springs got a score from Olivia Keeter to give the home team a 41-31 lead.
Valley Springs scored a 7-0 run to begin the final frame as Alli Martin hit a bucket and a free throw followed by a Braswell and Keeter score.
Harrison came back with seven points of their own.
Kenna Villines scored inside and then Walker hit a trey that was followed by a Mattie Rodden bucket. The Lady Goblins trailed, 48-38, with 4:31 left in the game.
Landrie Jones hit a big 3-pointer for Valley Springs and then Kindall put Valley Springs ahead, 53-38 with 2:21 left in the game.
Blair led Valley Springs with 15 points. Martin added 12, Tennison eight, Braswell seven, Keeter six, Wray four, Jones three and Kenley Farmer two.
Patton had 15 points for Harrison. Kenlee Villines added 10; Kylee Villines and Rodden six each and Hovis five.
