One second, the Horseshoe Bend girls basketball team was scoring at will.

And the other, it was doing everything it could not to squander its lead against Dadeville.

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Samuel Higgs / TPI Horseshoe Bend's Ashtyn Dark dribbles around the defense of Dadeville's Desiree Bailey. Dark finished with a game-high 17 points against the Tigers.