Lady Bulldogs open with a win

Cheyenne Goodman poured in 18 of her game- and career-high 21 points in the second half as Union (Dugger) opened the high school girls basketball season with a 41-31 victory over visiting Cloverdale Tuesday night.

The Lady Bulldogs led 14-11 at intermission before Goodman hit for 11 points in the third quarter, helping push the advantage to 31-19.

"We were really sluggish for a time," said Union (Dugger) coach Benji Boyd. "Cheyenne had a big third quarter, which got us going.

"She scored all of her eight field goals, including three 3-pointers, in the second half. She played with a lot of energy."

Other than Goodman, Shayna Nicol had seven points, Morgan Stanifer five and Taylor Woods and Chelsee Goodman each added four points for the Lady Bulldogs, who have a roster of eight players.

"I thought we got tired at the end," said Boyd. "We were fortunate that we had a big lead and it did not cost us. It is difficult for us to get into game shape when we can't go five-on-five in practice. That cost us up there last year.

"I saw a lot of good in all of the girls. But we have a lot of things to work on."

Union (Dugger) will play Tuesday at Eastern Greene in another varsity-only game. Game time unofficially is 6:30 p.m.

CLOVERDALE (31) -- Wrightmyer 2 2-4 6, McCammon 2 1-2 5, Woodworth 1 0-0 2, Wiley 1 0-0 3, Anderson 2 0-0 4, Langdon 0 0-4 0, McCallie 3 2-2 9, Detken 0 2-4 2. Totals 11 7-16 31.

UNION (DUGGER) (41) -- Shayna Nicol 3 1-3 7, Chelsee Goodman 1 2-2 4, Cheyenne Goodman 5 8-12 21, Morgan Stanifer 2 0-1 5, Taylor Woods 2 0-4 4, Tori Martindale 0 0-0 0, Conner Kendall 0 0-1 0, Stephenie Dickison 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 4 11-23 41.

Cloverdale 6 5 8 12 -- 31

Union (Dugger) 7 7 17 10-- 41

3-pointers -- Cloverdale 2 (Wiley, McCallie), Union (Dugger) 4 (Chey. Goodman 3, Stanifer. Fouls -- Cloverdale 20, Union (Dugger) 12. Fouled out -- None.