The Cannon County Lions were bound and determined that they weren’t going to be the reason why the remainder of the boys portion of the Region 4-AA tournament would have to play out at Sequatchie County High School. You can blame that fact now on Macon and Smith Counties who lost their opening round games to their District 7-AA counterparts. Tuesday night, head coach Matt Rigsby warned that he expected the Lions to come out rusty in their opening round game against Signal Mountain, after all they played in a span of over twenty days just three basketball games. But it didn’t take the Lions long to shake off that perceived rust, in fact just the first play and the Lions were off and running and showed why they were the number one seed out of District 8-AA as they upended Signal Mountain 68-39. Rust was not even a factor. Josh Ruehlen went 5 for 6 in the first quarter scoring 13 of his game high 22 points in the opening frame. Garrett McReynolds added 10 in the win. The Lions now take their 13 game winning streak and 26-5 record to Sequatchie County Thursday night to face Notre Dame who is 15-15 overall. Region 4-AA tournament action starts tonight with WBRY’s live coverage of the Cannon County Upperman girls region semifinal game Tipoff is slated at 7:30 . You can catch that game in its entirety on AM-1540/FM96.7 WBRY, streaming online at wbry.com and with your smartphones and tablets through WBRY using the TuneIn Radio app
