By Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor
Daphne – Over the holidays, the Moody Blue Devils basketball team traveled south to play in a tournament hosted by Daphne High School and finished 1-2, beating St. Michael Catholic Cardinals while losing to the host Daphne Trojans and the Theodore Bobcats.
In the first contest, Colby Seymour and Carson Dillashaw led the way with 13 points each but that would not be enough as Daphne pulled out the 9-point win, 80-71.
Next up would be the St. Michael Catholic Cardinals and the Blue Devils would use a suffocating defense to hold them to only 24 points. Dillashaw would show up once again, this time with 12 points paired with 12 more from Caden Helms. Moody was now 1-1 in tournament play heading into a showdown with Theodore.
Moody’s final game of the tournament would not end the way they would have liked. A slow start and a 6-point second quarter would spell doom for the Blue Devils. Dillashaw was held in check this game, scoring only 2 points, but Seymour would come up with 14 to go with Davion Dozier’s 9 to lead Moody, but it would not be enough. Theodore was too strong and wound up winning the game 52-40.
“We came down South to play some teams we haven’t seen before,” said Moody Coach Chad Bates. “We played well at times and not so well at times. Hopefully we will learn from this tournament and put it all together down the stretch.”
Moody is now 6-7 heading into the last half of the season, which begins Thursday against Hueytown at Gardendale High School.