East Alabama Sports Today

PIEDMONT – Tournament MVP Alex Odam scored 32 points and Omarion Foster again had a full box score as top-seeded Piedmont took down a surging Weaver team 88-53 to win the Class 3A, Area 11 tournament championship.

It was the Bulldogs’ seventh straight area title and 12th in the last 13 years.

The Bulldogs (16-7) will host the loser of Saturday’s Saks-Childersburg game Tuesday in the Class 3A subregionals. Weaver will travel to the Area 9 champion.

Odam, who became Piedmont’s all-time boys leading scorer earlier this season, was 14-of-19 from the field. He also had three assists and three steals. He scored 25 points in the first half as the Bulldogs raced to a 47-28 halftime lead.

Luke Bussey had 11 of his 14 in the first half as well. He also had six rebounds, five assists and four steals.

Foster heated up in the second half, scoring all 12 of his points in the third quarter as the Bulldogs extended their lead to 74-41. He had four rebounds, two steals and an assist.

Weaver was 3-1 and had won three in a row since coming back from COVID-19 quarantine two weeks ago. Kyle Knight led the Bearcats with 13 points. Brendyn Knight had 12 and Jackson Williams 10.

Odam, Bussey, Jadon Calhoun, Omarion Foster and Jakari Foster all made the all-area team. They were joined by the two Knights from Weaver, Josh Ballew from Pleasant Valley and Ohatchee’s Trey Pesnell.