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Squaws, rom 8A —
Dodge answered with five con
secutive points to trail only by
three at intermission, 22-19.
"The second half they hurt us on
some offensive rebounds," said
Perry High School Lady Panthers
Head Coach James Kinchen.
"They're bigger than we are and
they took advantage that we didn't
block out real well. Then when
they got a lead, we could no longer
pack it back inside. The ref gives
you a warning, the next time he
gives you a technical foul. You got
to come out and play. See if we
come out, we knew what they were
going to do. They were going in
side to the big girls. That's what
they did tonight"
In the second half, Dodge County
scored the first eight points as the
Squaws took a 27-22 lead with 5:25
left in the third period.
Lakeshia Whitest answered with a
basket to pull Perry within three at
27-24 and again pulled within three
at 29-26 on two Williams free
throws with 4:35 left in the period.
But, another Perry drought saw
Dodge answer with five consecutive
points to take a 34-26 lead into the
fourth quarter.
Demetria Ragin opened the fourth
quarter with a basket to cut the lead
to six and when Williams answered
with a basket with 4:03 left in the
game, Perry trailed only 36-32.
Kim Kirlz and Ansonia Burse
went to work helping Dodge
County run off nine unanswered
points to put the game out of reach.
Albertina Davis, who opened the
game with a 3-pointer, closed the
scoring with a 3-pointer for the fi
nal margin.
"We could do what we wanted to
do (in the first half) because we
were ahead," Kinchen said. "We
could sag back because we were
ahead. We could make them shoot
the outside shot. They don't shoot
the ball well outside. We knew
that. The second half, once they got
ahead, we couldn't sag back. We had
to come out and play. Once weget
spread out, we're not going to get
the rebound."
Dodge, from 8A
wise offense to work in the second
half.
With this philosophy, Thomas'
squad built the lead to as many as
13 points in the period.
The Indians had tied the contest at
38 on a Robert Bray basket, but
Perry went on a 10-0 and after a
Sean Wilcox 3-pointer, the Pan
thers ran off another six in a row.
When Edwards connected with
seven seconds left in the period,
Perry led 58-45.
In the fourth period, Sikes took
over. All he did was score at every
opportunity.
He tallied 14 points in the period
including the first nine.
Stokeling's basket with two
minutes left gave Perry their largest
lead at 79-61.
Robert Grace connected on two
free throws to keep the game out of
reach.
"Difference in what happened
down there. Thirty-six turnovers
down there, we didn't approach that.
Champs, from 8A
Collins were named for the Trojans.
Coach Randy Brown's Central
squad is now 10-0 on the year and
ranked fifth in the state in AAAA.
The Chargers next play the Perry
High School Panthers January 2 in
Perry.
Coach Carl Thomas of the Perry
High School Panthers added that
this is one of the best squads in the
state and wants to have a large
crowd in attendance.
"You can't try to run with them.
You have to try to slow it down,"
Ladies, from sa
ing fourth quarter. Tennyson 9 6-9 24, Clark 6 0-4 12, SE (81) Jones 17 5-9 39, Watts
White finished with 27 points Howard 0 2-2 2, Oates 1 0-0 2, 3 0-0 8, Clark 6 3-8 15, Maddox 4
but 20 were in the second half in Davis 1 0-0 2, Odums 0 1-21, 3-411, Grayer 3 1-27, Stanley 0
leading her to team to the comeback Mathis 4 0-0 8 Total 31 11-21 78 1-2 1 Total 33 13-25 81
attempt. (3-point FG - White 5 Fouled out (3-Point FG - Watts 2, Fouled
PC (78) White 10 2-4 27. none) Out - Jones, Walls)
Blumen, from 8A
turvy basketball world.
Coach Tony Thrift has a lot to
ask for as well. I know he would
just like to have a healthy squad.
He has three key people injured
in Mike Jolley, Randy Mizell, and
Domico Dalton.
Good luck to all of the Perry and
Westfield Coach's and I hope Santa
brings you these presents. Have a
ma m MM WTw*
Denise Hickey fights for a rebound in the Perry Lady
Panthers loss Saturday at the expense of the Squaws.
Burse led Dodge County with 20
points while Kirtz, who made the
All-tournament team chipped in 12
points.
Perry was led by their star junior,
Deidre Williams with 13. She also
made the All-tournament team.
"They shut us down the second
half offensively," he added. "We
only scored 13 points the second
half. That was the big difference.
The first half we did a pretty good
job offensively, the second half we
didn’t That was the big difference. I
was fairly pleased. For as many
games as we've played in a row. I
knew we were going to get tired.
We don't have a bench. We got one
game right after New Year's with
Central. We'll try to work out that
Monday when we come back and
get ready for Central, get ready for
We handled their pressure real
well," Thomas said. "We panicked
some, but for the most part, we ad
justed our stuff. We did what we
had to do to beat Dodge County."
Thomas continued, "You saw us
run when it was to our advantage.
We didn't run everytime. We've
seen Dodge County run that score
to 110 last night. We didn't want to
gel into the Kentucky Derby with a
bunch of thoroughbreds. We wanted
to turn it into a muddy track and
when we had an advantage, we'd
spread forward."
Dodge County was led by
Ethridge's 21 points while Craig
Wilcox only tallied nine points.
Julian King, who scored 40 the
night before, was held to 17.
going to the middle and Ken Sikes
in the middle."
Perry played without starting
center Tazari Green for the second
consecutive night, but may return
for a January 2 encounter with
Central Macon.
"We were just very effective,"
he explained. "They arc just a great
team. Little is probably one of the
best guards around."
CM (103) - Little 13 2-2 28.
Kitchens 8 1-2 22, Grant 12 4-6
31, Washington 5 2-2 12,
Billingslea 4 2-2 10 Total 42 11-14
103
(3-Point FG Kitchens 5, Grant 3
Fouled out None)
PC (87) ■ Parker 7 2-2 23, Pe
namon 3 2-2 8, Streeter 3 5-6 11,
Collins 1 0-0 2, McGhee 10-0 3,
very Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
* * *
Now, for some of the people who
would like to know what this media
hound wants for Christmas, I'll tell
you.
First thing I would like is to
have a hospitality room at every
game.
The next thing I want is for an
Atlanta team, any Atlanta team, to
region."
One factor that did not come into
play for the Lady Panthers that has
in die past was free throw shooting.
Perry went 9-15 from the line as
Williams went 7-7 on the after
noon.
Perry will take the rest of the
Christmas break off and return
home for a game against the Cen
tral Macon Lady Chargers January 2
at Perry High School. Game lime
is 7:00 p.m.
Perry is 4-5 on the year while
Central is 0-9.
PHS (35) Williams 13,
Whitest 2, Thornton 8,
Davis 6, Hickey 4, Ragin 2
DC (45) Burse 20, Kirtz
12, L. Williams 6, Parker 3,
Northeutt 2, Brown 2
Thomas concluded. "We went to a
combination defense. We had to
give up some things. Our goal for
the game was limit them to one
shot. We started out packing it in
the zone, but Etheridge lit up three
or four three's of his own. We had
to adjust. We played triangle and
two. They got some shooters on
this team. There's a lot of horses in
that stable. We couldn't let Wilcox
and Etheridge control the game.
And by playing the triangle, we had
enough people around the boards to
limit them to one shot."
Perry will lake the rest of the
holidays off before returning to
battle the Chargers at Perry High
School, winners of the Christmas
Crossroads Invitational tournament.
Perry fell to the Chargers two
weeks ago in Macon by a slim 68-
58 count after trailing by four late
in the contest.
PHS - Hayward 24, Grace
4, Jackson 8, Stokeling 4,
Edwards 10, Sikes 36
Robinson 6 6-7 18, Sanders 5 1-1
11, Slinson 1 4-4 6, Gibson 1 0-0
2, Johnson 11-13 Total 29 21-23
87
(3-Poinl FG Parker 7 Fouled Out
None.)
Halftime Central 47 Peach
County 36.
123 4 T
CM 29 18 26 30 103
PC 15 21 23 28 87
win consistently.
Sure, the Hawks have turned
things around but until they can
beat the Pistons or Bulls or Lakers
or Celtics, they haven’t won any
thing.
Last, but not least, I want for
Perry and Westfield to win a state
championship, in anything. Good
Luck and bring back this present for
your friendly Houston Home Jour
nal Sports Writer.
Demons bedevil Eagles as
Lady Demons get bedeviled
By MARK BLUMEN
Sports Writer
In the battle for filth place in the
girls bracket of the Crossroads
Invitational basketball tournament
Saturday afternoon at Perry High
School, the Warner Robins Lady
Demons were handed one of their
worst defeats by the Northeast
Raiderettcs.
Northeast used scoring from 12
players in posting a 66-38 victory.
Later in the afternoon, the Warner
Robins Demons rallied from nine
points down in die fourth quarter to
lake a 76-72 victory over the
Crawford County Eagles.
Northeast took a slim 9-8 lead
after one period and opened it up to
a narrow five point margin at 19-14
at the intermission.
But. Northeast took control in
the third period as Natasha Wood
ford connected on several baskets.
Northeast led 41-27 heading into
the final period.
The Warner Robins boys trailed
all evening until with 1:04 remain
Ken Sikes, Deidre Williams are
named to All-Tournament team
By MARK BLUMEN
Sports Writer
Ken Sikes and Deidre Williams
were named to the All-Tournament
team for their performances in the
Christmas Crossroads Invitational
at Perry High School this past
week,
Sikes was named for his efforts
against Perry's three opponents,
Crawford County, Northeast Macon
and Dodge County.
He scored 92 points in the three
games and averaged 34 the last two
games.
Williams scored 55 points in her
teams games including a game and
season high 27 against Peach
County.
Other members of the All-tour
nament team included Marcus Lit
tle, also MVP for the tournament,
Marcus Grant and Alvin Kitchens.
All three were from the Champion
Central Macon Chargers.
The rest of the boys field was
Arthur Etheridge, Dodge County;
Dexter Harris, Northeast Macon;
Antonio Wooten, Southeast Ma
con; Thomas Whitlock, Warner
Robins; Stanley Smith, Crawford
County; and Greg Streeter and Kin
Collins, Peach County.
For the girls, the rest of the All
tournament team included Denise
Jones, Tourney MVP as well, and
Dequila Watts from the champion
Southeast Lady Warriors; Natalie
Christmas break helps Hornets
prepare for drills after lay-off
By J.J. COOPER
Special to the HHJ
The road lor the Westfield Hor
nets basketball team has not been a
smooth one.
First, the Hornets were forced to
play in the Tattnall Tip-off Tour
nament without almost the entire
starting line-up because of the
football season.
The result were two quick losses,
as the Hornets back-ups fell to Tat
tnall and First Presbyterian.
The start of the regular season
also brought about the return of the
starting line-up, but the limited
practice time showed as Westfield
suffered two more losses- -to Deer
field-Windsor and Stratford.
And lastly, Hornet coach Cater
Pierce was sidelined last week after
an operation.
So for the Hornets the two week
Christmas lay-off can be looked at
as an opportune break,
"Right now we need the time to
get the football out of us," said
Pierce, noting that seven of his 12
players were members of the Hor
nets football team, which continued
play until the week before the start
of the season.
The limited practice lime has
Hornet basketball stats
Name 3-point % FG % FT% Pts Reb. TO's Assist Blocks Steals
W. Hardy 43 % 18 % 56% 2 6 6 4 7 0
A. Sparrow 0% 28% 61% 28 ,1 5 2 0
J. Lamberth 50% 42% 60% 22 11 8 6 0 3
J. Gamble ■- 47% 43% 22 1 3 4 3 0 5
C. Nunn -- 43% 100% 8 9 3 0 2 3
J. Hawk -- 44% 80% 10 5 1 0 0
J. Watson 0% 0% -- 0 5 11 0 1
A. Kirby 0% 30% -- 6 3 0 5 0 1
L. Moss -0% 50% 11 0 1 J 0
J. Waldorf 33% 0% *- 3 0 2 0 0 0
J. Williams -- 0 1 ° 1 J J
S. Hester 0% 50% 0% 2 1 0 0 0 0
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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1990
ing the Demons lied the game at
70.
The Demons had cut the nine
point lead down to five at 66-61 on
a Thomas Whitlock 3-pointcr with
4:40 remaining but Crawford hit
two more baskets before Warner
Robins could catch them.
Whitlock’s two charily losses
with 25 seconds left gave Warner
Robins a slim two point lead.
Tony Gibson's jumper with 12
seconds left tied the game, but
Stacy Reeves' jumper from the
right baseline gave Warner Robins
a 74-72 lead.
Crawford turned the ball over and
Whitlock hit two more free throws
with one second left.
Warner Robins trailed 19-14 after
one period and 39-28 at intermis
sion.
Warner Robin's Steve Crump
brought the Demons within two at
50-48 with 3:00 minutes left in the
third period but Crawford led 58-52
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Ken Sikes shoots over Arthur Etheridge of Dodge
County. Both were named to the All-tournament team.
White and Lotondra Tennyson, Northeast Macon; Alison Colbert,
Peach County; Jewell Marable, Crawford County; and Kim Kirtz.
Warner Robins: Natash Woodford Dodge County;
taken a 101 l on the Hornets, who arc
still struggling to leant to play to
gether effectively.
To help rectify the problem,
Pierce had the team play five-on
five scrimmages during every prac
tice last week.
"I told them we're going to play
basketball until you're sick of it,"
said Pierce. "This (scrimmages)
gives them a chance to play with
each other. It takes a while to get
used to everybody."
After Christmas, the Hornets are
returning to more drill oriented
practices.
The main problem for the Hor
nets has been there shooting. In
Westfield’s last contest versus
Stratford, the Hornets shot 32%.
"We do drills for shooting, but
we aren't making the shots when
people cover us," said Pierce.
But all is not hopeless for the
Hornets. John Gamble showed
signs of becoming a major force at
the power forward spot with his
game against Stratford.
Gamble scored and rebounded ef
fectively in the first and second
quarters, but tired in the second
half.
with the clock winding down to no
time.
Darrell Lockett's half court shot
hit nothing but net to give the Ea
gles a nine point lead at 61-52
heading into the fourth quarter.
Girts games
NE (66) - Woodford 15, Wilson
11, Morgan 2, Dunlap 12, S. Wil
son 2, Bailey 4, Chester 3. Sams 4,
Person 2, Goolsby 5, Mims 4,
Waller 2
WR (38) - K. Jackson 15, M.
Jackson 2, Spencer 6, T. Jackson 2,
Marablc 6, Copeland 3, Davis 4
Boys games
WR (76) - Whitlock 24, Croxton
2, Stella 6, Allen 5, Reeves 17,
Lane 4, Scars 3, Crump 4, Clayton
11
CC (72) - Lockett 5, Gibson 21,
Smith 16, Dugger 8, Preston 2,
Willis 2, Baltic 10, Maynard 4,
Reeves 2, Lucas 2
Gamble's presence is a key to the
Hornets chances. Along with
Christopher Nunn and a couple of
back-ups, he will have to match up
effectively against bigger people, as
size is not a Hornet advantage.
"I tell my players that they’ve got
to win it inside with quickness and
hustle," said Pierce.
But the majority of the Hornets
scoring responsibility rests with the
guards.
John Lambcrlh, Andy Sparrow,
and Wade Hardy arc expected to
supply the points necessary for a
victory.
With three guards in the starting
line-up, outside shooting becomes a
focus of the attack.
And from the outside the Hornets
have shown flashes of ability.
Wade Hardy has proven to be the
three point ace with five three
pointers and a 42% shooting per
centage from behind the line.
For the Hornets to win, Pierce
also expects others to supply some
long-range shooting.
One thing is definite, Pierce and
the Hornets expect to be an im
proved team when they lake the
floor on January 4, when they face
a rematch with the Stratford Eagles
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