Frank's Shootout: Warriorettes beat Southwind 69-27

White County Warriorettes’ basketball team defeated the Southwind Lady Jaguars in the first round of the Frank’s Christmas Shootout Tournament that was held at Roy Sewell Gymnasium, on Dec. 19, 2025.

The starters for the Warriorettes were Bella Winningham, Ashlyn Selby, Kyra Fox, Gracie Clark, and Lakelyn Grasty.

On the other side, Ashley Guest, Kirsten Hinton, Canija Madison, Carrianna Madison, and Unique Burnett got it started for the Lady Jaguars.

Burnett got the momentum started with the first points of the game for Southwind. She turned around again and scored to extend the lead 4-0.

Grasty followed with the first points for the Warriorettes. She shot two free throws and made one after a collision going up for a layup.

Clark then created back-to-back turnovers, and she gained points off them to give the lead back to the White County.

The Warriorettes never gave back the lead to the Lady Jaguars.

After the first quarter, they were up 23-6. Clark shot 14 points of the 23. Selby helped also with her own eight points.

Head coach Michael Dodgens talked about getting the momentum started offensively.

“I thought offensively we did a really good job, especially when our shots weren’t falling, but we played defense and created some offense off our defense," he said.

For Southwind, Burnett scored the majority of the points in the beginning of the quarter, and Madison having the rest.

White County continued to extend their lead in the second quarter. They finished the second half winning 40-12.

Kylie Norris came alive off the bench and made two three-pointers, and Winningham also racked up nine points.

Robinson made four out of the six of the Lady Jaguars points in the second quarter.

In the beginning of the second half, Clark added four more points to her stat sheet, and Selby dropped five points of her own.

The starters for the Warriorettes were then taken out toward the end of the third quarter, but the bench showed how deep they can run.

Norris continued to rack up seven more points. This is her second game in a row of reaching double digits in points.

Miah Jo Swindell and Sara Winfree both dropped some points. Swindell shot a three, and Winfree put up two.

White County also continued to contain Southwind for the third quarter, only allowing them four points. Madison and Robinson were the only Lady Jaguars to score.

Lady Jaguars outscored the Warriorettes 11-8 in the fourth quarter, for the first time since the beginning of the game.

Zaria Blocker shot five out of the 11 points, and Burnett put up another four points.

For the Warriorettes, Rhaleigh Cloyd made two three-pointers, and Teagan Angell shot the other two points.

White County defeated Southwind 69-27 in the first round of the Frank’s Christmas Shootout.

Clark finished the game with 18 points, and she was awarded the Tri-Star Player of the Game.

Both Norris and Selby added 13 points to the score, and Winningham followed by putting up 11 points of her own.

Burnett had 10 out of 27 of the Lady Jaguars points, and Robinson dropped eight points.

The Frank’s Christmas Shootout is filled with tough team. Dodgen spoke about the potential opponents in the bracket.

"It’s a challenge, and for us to get where we want to, we need to challenge ourselves and compete against the best," he said.

Clark added about the rest of the tournament.

“I’m excited because every team for the most part in this tournament is really good. It’s making a statement, if we win," she said.