The Great Falls Red Devils built a 13-point lead early in the fourth quarter and then withstood a Northwestern rally down the stretch to claim a 55-49 victory over the Trojans in the championship game of the Lindberg Moody Holiday Tournament on Tuesday night.

GREAT FALLS -- Pride was the theme of the night on Friday at Pride Valley as the Great Falls Red Devils pounced all over the Lions of Carolina Pride 46-2 to give coach Ken Schofield his 100th win at the school.

It was more than fitting that the decisive play in a scoreless battle was made by the defense during the second period.

GREAT FALLS -- T-shirts were sold Tuesday night at Great Falls' scrimmage against Indian Land. The solid red shirts had the Red Devils logo on the front. The back of the shirt read: "The Red Devils way or no way."

GREENVILLE -- Christ Church pitcher Stephen Young, his tired right shoulder wrapped in ice after 10 innings of pitching and one inning at shortstop, might have been the happiest of all the Cavaliers.

The "Farewell Tour'' for Great Falls baseball coach Brett Blackmon begins today at home against North High School.

COLUMBIA -- For the fourth consecutive season, Great Falls and Calhoun County matched up in the Class A playoffs.

COLUMBIA -- Great Falls built a 20-point lead in the first half only to see Hunter-Kinard-Tyler rally behind an amazing performance from Shalika Smalls as the Lady Red Devils fell 65-64 in a game that will linger in the minds of the Great Falls community for a long time.

RICHBURG -- Great Falls forced at least a tie for the Region 3-A regular-season title with a 55-43 road win over Lewisville as a capacity crowd watched the neighborhood rivalry.

Ask any high school football player what he'd rather be doing for Thanksgiving.