With one exception, shots were not falling for Fike shooters in the first half of Thursday night’s showdown of 3-A Quad County Conference varsity girls basketball co-leaders Fike and C. B. Aycock in the Fike gym.
The exception was Golden Demons junior long-distance threat Emory Skinner. Skinner, on five attempts, buried four shots from beyond the 3-point arc in the first half to jump-start undefeated Fike to a 42-33 triumph against the Golden Falcons.
Head coaches Marcus Johnson of Fike and Laura Romo of CBA agreed their respective teams were likely the two best varsity girls basketball squads in the eight-team league. The Golden Demons are the two-time defending regular-season champs, while CBA conquered Fike in the conference tournament title game last February…