After cancellations due to the icy conditions, Paulding County sports picked back up over the past week.

Saturday the layoff didn’t bother Hiram (13-3) as the Hornets scored early and often in an 87-61 victory over the North Paulding Wolfpack (2-13).

From the tip-off, the Hornets were firing on all cylinders.

Within the first 1:10, the Hornets went on an 8-0 run, including an emphatic dunk by Marcus Brown.

The Wolfpack called a time out to regroup and came back more prepared to handle Hiram’s suffocating defense.

At the end of the first quarter the Hornets led 19-12.

North Paulding continued to hang around against Hiram’s fast-paced attack, keeping the score close, 39-31 at halftime.

Turnovers began catching up to the Wolfpack and Hiram really began to capitalize, scoring 26 points in the third quarter.

Hiram continued to pull away in the fourth quarter.

“We really got back to playing the way we should be. Our defense really picked up the pressure,” said Hiram coach Jermaine Sellers.

With the win, the Hornets moved to 13-3 on the season and to seventh place in the region standings.

The Hornets played one other game during the week, losing 61-57 to the Sprayberry on Friday.

Wolfpack falls

The North Paulding Wolfpack’s record fell to 2-13 after three losses last week.

In addition to losing to Hiram, the Wolfpack fell to Northwest Whitfield 61-49 Jan. 12 and to Woodland 70-63 on Friday.

Spartans go 2-1

The South Paulding Spartans now have the best region record in the county at 4-2.

Last week the Spartans beat the Woodland Wildcats 46-45 on Saturday and the Rome Wildcats in a thrilling 76-73 double overtime game on Jan. 12.

The only loss of the week was to the Cass Colonels 48-47 on Friday.

The Spartans’ overall record is 9-8.

Patriots fall again

After a 66-57 loss to the Woodland Wildcats on Friday, the Paulding County Patriots moved to 1-9 on the season and 0-4 in the region.

In 5-AAAAA action East Paulding is now 4-12 on the season and 0-9 in the region after losing tough games against McEachern and Marietta.

The Raiders lost to McEachern 87-65 on Jan. 12 and to Marietta 68-60 on Friday.

Lady Spartans No. 1

On the girls side of the ball, the Lady Spartans have the best record among county schools in Region 7-AAAA.

After suffering a loss to the Rome Lady Wolves on Jan. 12 and defeating the Cass Lady Colonels 41-35 and Woodland Wildcats 47-33 on Friday and Saturday, the Lady Spartans moved to 3-3 in the region and 10-7 on the season.

Lady Hornets win

The Hiram girls got their first region win on Saturday, beating North Paulding 53-40.

The Lady Hornets are now 1-5 in the region and have an overall record of 7-9.

Lady Pats winless

North Paulding moves to 0-6 in the region and 0-16 overall after the losses to Hiram, to Northwest Whitfield 80-15 Jan. 12 and to Woodland 63-22 on Friday.

The Paulding County girls were in action Tuesday night, losing to Woodland 35-46.

The Patriots are now 3-9 and 0-4 in the region.

Lady Raiders fall

East Paulding girls suffered tough losses last week, losing to McEachern 60-33 Jan. 12, to Marietta 72-30 on Fridayand to Cherokee 55-36 on Saturday.

Schedule

1/21

Sprayberry at North Paulding

1/22

East Paulding at South Cobb

Allatoona at Paulding County

Hiram at Woodland

Osborne at North Paulding

Murray County at South Paulding

1/23

Etowah at East Paulding

Paulding Co. at Hiram

South Paulding at Allatoona