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By Erik Harris, sports editor TRUSSVILLE With their season on the line, the No. 3-ranked Hewitt-Trussville girls basketball team delivered on Tuesday night in Bryant Bank Arena. Senior Amiya Payne rattled home the game-winner with seven seconds remaining to finish with 21 points and her Huskies (26-3) beat No. 5 Spain Park 44-42 in the Class 7A, Area 6 tournament semifinals. Trailing 42-41 in the final seconds, Payne rebounded an Avery Masdon free-throw miss, dribbled to the other end and put up a runner in the lane that decided to drop after a brief stay on the rim. The timely shot fell with seven seconds remaining, leaving the Jaguars with one more look, and it was a good one. Masdon quickly pushed the ball up the floor and found Haley Russell in the paint as the clock ran low. Russell was fouled and went to the charity stripe down 1 with 0:02.8 remaining.
Several boys and girls basketball teams were in play on Tuesday night. The Hewitt-Trussville girls claimed their first Class 7A, Area 6 win on Tuesday night in Hoover. The second-ranked Huskies (18-2, 1-1) bounced back after a 6-point first frame with 16 points in the second and eventually pulled away with a 49-39 victory over No. 6-ranked Spain Park. Senior Amiya Payne led the way with 20 points to go with 11 from Audreonia Benson and 10 from Jordan Hunter on the road. Hewitt-Trussville is back in league play on Friday night at Gadsden City. The Hewitt-Trussville boys slid to 0-2 in Class 7A, Area 6 play on Tuesday night thanks to a 70-44 loss at No. 4 Spain Park.
By Erik Harris, sports editor TRUSSVILLE The Hewitt-Trussville girls basketball team exploded for 25 points in the third quarter to polish off a scrappy Park Crossing team 79-68 on Friday night, improving the Huskies to 12-0 on the year. Hewitt fed Middle Tennessee State signee Amiya Payne throughout the devastating third frame. Payne did it from inside and out, leading all scorers with 29 points in the win. Hewitt-Trussville senior Amiya Payne led the Huskies with 29 points in a home win over Park Crossing on Dec. 11, 2020. Photo by Erik Harris Her 15-point outburst in the third broke open what had been a back-and-forth contest. The visitors jumped out to a 9-2 advantage in the opening few minutes and later went to the half locked up at 34-all.