Rockwall nips Lions, 46-45
January 17, 2009

By STEVE SHWARTS
Herald-Banner Staff

GREENVILLE -- The Greenville Lions jumped out to a 13-1 lead in the first quarter.

But the Rockwall Yellowjackets didn’t panic and battled back to take a 46-45 victory in District 10-4A play in the Lions Den on Friday night.

Rockwall chipped away at the lead, scoring seven unanswered points at the end of the first quarter to close to within 13-8.

Then Rockwall outscored the Lions 7-4 in the second quarter to get within 17-15 at halftime.

The two teams matched points in the third quarter as Greenville clung to a 26-24 lead.

Greenville appeared on the way to a victory after opening the final quarter with nine straight points to build a 35-24 advantage.

But Rockwall rallied with nine-point run to get within 37-33 with 3:31 left and then outscored the Lions 13-8 the rest of the way to claim the victory.

Kyle Sandlin banked in 25 points to lead Rockwall and all scorers.

Jarrel Nelson topped the Lions with 13 points while Devonte Green and N.J. Mason both added nine points.

With the win the Yellowjackets are now 2-3 in district, while Greenville drops to 1-4 in district.

Varsity boys
Rockwall 8 7 9 22 --46
Greenville 13 4 9 19 --45

R: Kyle Sandlin 25, Tim Yeager 4, Jarron White 5, Blake Sandlin 4, Collin Schmucker 4, Hunter Jorgensen 3, Luke Wardell 1.
G: Jarrel Nelson 13, Devonte Green 9, N.J. Mason 9, Cal Crabtree 5, Corey Bosworth 4, Ladarrian Green 4, Dijoun Sheppard 1.

Records: R 9-10, 2-3; G 5-15, 1-4.

Junior varsity boys
Rockwall 18 15 11 21 --65
Greenville 2 6 15 14 --37

R: Gonzales 12, Robinson 10.
G: Dominque Mitchell 14, Shirley Harris 10