Childersburg pulls away from Benjamin Russell after close first half
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Lizi Arbogast / The Outlook Benjamin Russell's Ja'niya Martin (12) dribbles the ball around Childersburg's Jakiah Roston on Thursday night.

Offense was undoubtedly going to be the biggest problem for Benjamin Russell’s girls basketball coming into the season, and it learned just how tough it might be Thursday night in the season opener against Childersburg.

Although the Wildcats did a lot of things well, especially early on, they just couldn’t find much of any offense and Childersburg earned a 57-44 victory to start the season. Seven of Benjamin Russell’s points came in the final two minutes when the Tigers put in their bench players.

Lizi Arbogast is the sports editor at Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc.