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The Pike County Lady Bulldogs began play in the Class 3A Area 4 Tournament on Monday evening in Dothan. The Bulldogs had their season come to a close with a 33-23 loss to Houston Academy.

The Lady Bulldogs came into the contest as the number two seed after losing a coin toss to host Providence Christian. The two teams tied on top of the Area 4 standings at the end of the regular season.

The Lady Bulldogs held Houston Academy scoreless in the second quarter, but a 25-point second half was too much to overcome.

The Lady Bulldogs fell behind early 8-2 after the first quarter, but gained the lead in the second when they scored nine points. They went into the locker room at halftime leading 11-8.

Houston Academy battled back to score 14 third quarter points and raced back into the lead heading into the fourth. Trailing 22-17 heading into the game’s final quarter, the Bulldogs managed to score six points in the fourth, but came up 10 points short of advancing to the championship game.

Freshman Kyah Rouse led the Bulldogs with nine points, while Shaniya Lampley finished with five and Tajh Boyd had three. Angel Terry, TaNiyah Green and Urriya Berry had two.