{"id":191296,"date":"2026-02-24T10:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/191296\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:50:10","slug":"oakland-girls-knock-off-rockvale-65-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/191296\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland girls knock off Rockvale 65-56"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n JEFF NEAL<\/a>
nealjeff061@gmail.com\t\t<\/p>\n

\"\"Rockvale\u2019s Coyrtney Barnard tries to keep her balance after getting the ball away from Oakland\u2019s Makenya Sibert during their District 10-4A tournament finals at Siegel on Feb. 23. JIM DAVIS<\/p>\n

Oakland\u2019s girls captured the 10-4A basketball tournament title 65-56 over regular-season champion Rockvale Monday night at Siegel High School.<\/p>\n

It was his first tournament title for second-year head coach Scott Thomas and Oakland\u2019s first district tournament title since 2022 and third in seven seasons. It was the second straight year Rockvale fell in the district finals.<\/p>\n

Rockvale (16-12) will host (6-18) La Vergne Friday night while Oakland (11-15) will host Smyrna (8-14) in region tournament play at 7 p.m. Eagleville will also host on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Rockvale jumped to an early lead, but Oakland cut the margin to four, 28-24, at halftime.<\/p>\n

The third quarter belonged to Oakland\u2019s KK Richardson. She scored 11 of her 21 points in the period as the Patriots built a 46-37 lead heading to the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had good looks, but they wouldn\u2019t fall and I told them shoot the ball with confidence and our offense would be OK in the second half,\u201d Thomas said. \u201cWhen we get KK, Mullen and Benford going we can be tough to beat.\u201d<\/p>\n

A pair of technical fouls marred things in the second half. Rockvale\u2019s Maziyah Williams was called for a common and technical foul, disqualifying her late in the third period. Oakland\u2019s Makenya Sibert got one for Oakland and three players eventually fouled out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to just get ready for Friday and it will be great to have both teams at home. It\u2019s win or go home now,\u201d Rockvale coach Perry Lyons said.<\/p>\n

BOX SCORE<\/p>\n

Oakland (65): KK Richardson 21, Ryleigh Mullen 16, Zariyah Benford 13, Makenya Sibert 8, Derriona Boney 7.<\/p>\n

Rockvale (56): Amaya Nash 20, Caydence Thomas 15, Zaniiya Tiller 12, Havyn Harris 7, Maziyah Williams 2.<\/p>\n

\"\"The ball bounces out of bounds after neither Oakland\u2019s Makenya Sibert nor Rockvale\u2019s Havyn Harris could control it during their District 10-4A tournament finals at Siegel on Feb. 23. JIM DAVIS<\/p>\n

\"\"Rockvale\u2019s Amaya Nash out battles Oakland\u2019s Derrion Boney for the rebound during their District 10-4A tournament finals at Siegel on Feb. 23. JIM DAVIS<\/p>\n

\"\"Rockvale\u2019s Havyn Harris dives for the loose ball against Oakland as teammate Cayonece Thomas reaches in to help during their District 10-4A tournament finals at Siegel on Feb. 23. JIM DAVIS<\/p>\n

\"\"Rockvale\u2019s Ziniya Tiller scores against Oakland while jumping in the middle of a crowd during their District 10-4A tournament finals at Siegel on Feb. 23. JIM DAVIS<\/p>\n

\"\"Oakland\u2019s KK Richardson goes down while trying to guard Rockvale\u2019s Amaya Nash during their District 10-4A tournament finals at Siegel on Feb. 23. JIM DAVIS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JEFF NEALnealjeff061@gmail.com Rockvale\u2019s Coyrtney Barnard tries to keep her balance after getting the ball away from Oakland\u2019s Makenya…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":{"0":"post-191296","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-oakland","9":"tag-oakland-headlines","10":"tag-oakland-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}