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Effingham County's Keion Wallace (0) stretches to defend a first-quarter shot by South Effingham's Jimmie Myers on Friday. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff
Melanie Zeigler
South Effingham;s Melanie Zeigler prepares to shot in the first quarter of Friday's game against Effingham County. - photo by Mark Lastinger/staff

By Donald Heath

Special to the Effingham Herald

CHS boys, SEHS girls win in county basketball rivalry


GUYTON -- Effingham County's boys added a 27th notch to their basketball winning streak against South Effingham and the Mustang girls breezed to a victory over the Rebels in the girls game on Friday night at the SEHS gym.

ECHS boys built a 17-point lead early in the second quarter and rolled to a 61-35 win. Keion Wallace led the way with 17 points and brother Khiry Wallace had 16.

The Rebels (4-2, 1-1 Region 2-6A) jumped out to a 19-2 advantage and the game was never closer than 12 the rest of the way.

SEHS slipped to 3-4, 0-2 in region play.

In the girls game, the Mustangs held the Rebels without a field goal for nearly 18 minutes during a 70-25 win.

Melanie Zeigler had all of her team-high 11 points in the first half. All 16 SEHS players scored in the game.

SEHS raised its record to 5-3 overall, 1-1 in region play. ECHS dropped to 0-6 overall, 0-2 in the region.