By Heath Hambrick, Fort Payne Times-Journal

COLLINSVILLE – The Collinsville Panthers pulled out a 58-56 basketball victory over Fyffe on Friday, thanks to a late basket from Sam Stewart.

“I’m proud of the guys tonight. We made plays and played really hard to earn this win,” Collinsville head coach Jon Tidmore said.

Collinsville (4-2, 2-1 area) jumped out to an 11-5 lead before the Red Devils (4-5, 1-2) battled back to take a 13-11 lead late in the first quarter. The Panthers tied the game at 13 after the first period.

In the second quarter, Fyffe outscored Collinsville 20-9 to take a 33-22 lead into halftime.

The Panthers started the third quarter with a 4-0 run and then cut the Fyffe lead to three at 36-33 with 4:43 left in the third.

With 3:25 remaining in the third quarter, Collin

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