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Alabama —The Daphne Lady Trojans wrapped up an undefeated area

schedule with a hard-fought win over Fairhope 40-37 Tuesday at

Daphne High. Daphne finished the regular season at 6-0 in Class

6A's Area 3 and will host the girls area tournament beginning

Thursday. Finals will be played at DHS Feb. 11. Times will be

announced. The Lady Pirates finished the first half in second place

and will play third-place Robertsdale in the first round while

Daphne will open with Foley.

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Amber Yelding led the Lady Trojans with 21 points, Cherese

Hunter added eight from the inside for DHS. Fairhope's Megan Dowdy

scored 11 to lead the Lady Pirates. Fairhope center Raven Priolo

fouled out with five minutes to go with eight points and the

Pirates trailing by one 30-29.

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surged ahead in Priolo's absence, but a 3-pointer by Anna

Raley gave Fairhope a one-possession chance to tie with 11-seconds

to go. But attempts to stop the clock with a foul did not get a

whistle in time.

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The regular season continues Friday with DHS hosting Baldwin

County High and Fairhope hosting St. Paul's. Games start at 6

p.m.

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In the boys game, Daphne clinched first-place in the 6A Area

3 regular-season standings Tuesday with a 56-48 win over Fairhope

with help from Robertsdale's victory over Foley.

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will host the Area 3 Tournament beginning next Friday. Finals are

set for Feb. 13 at DHS. Times were not announced.

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Donovan Dale led the Trojans with 19 points. Chris Sain added 18

for DHS. The Pirates were led by Nate Andrew's game-high 21 points

and Rushing Watson's 15.

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regular season continues Friday with Daphne hosting Baldwin

County

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Fairhope hosting St. Paul's. Games start at 7:30 p.m.