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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2008 BARROW JOURNAL PAGE 3B Lady Dog’s cruise to win Friday EXCITING WIN Brittany Whitt helped the Winder-Barrow Lady Bulldoggs to a victory against an old rival last Friday. Photo by Jessica Brown BY CHRIS BRIDGES t didn’t take the Winder- Barrow High School girls basketball team long to establish dominance in its game against rival Monroe Area Friday. By the time the final buzz er had sounded, the Lady Bulldoggs had recorded a 53-23 win against the Lady Purple Hurricanes and had gotten back on track follow ing a disappointing loss to Salem three days earlier. Mimi Hill scored 12 points and Brittany Whitt added 11 to lead WBHS to the win Friday. The Lady Doggs also improved their record to 5-2. Also in Friday’s home contest, Lauren Hamel, Courtney Miner and Alexis Middlebrooks all scored six points. Last Tuesday the WBHS girls fell to Salem 57-41. The team was hurt by the absence of Malik Stevenson who was out with an injury. Stevenson also missed the Monroe Area game. In addition to being without Stevenson, the Lady Doggs battled foul trouble against Salem as Hill and Whitt had to sit half of the first quarter. Salem led 27-25 at halftime but foul trouble continued to hound WBHS as Hill was whistled for her third foul. The game was close until the final four minutes as the Lady Doggs trailed by six. Salem then made a couple of three-pointers and some easy lays, to pull ahead. “Overall, we played a decent game, except for the fact we were outrebounded,’’ WBHS coach Brenda Hill said. “We gave them too many second chances.” AHS wrestling continued from IB “We are now able to fill all our weight classes and that will make a big difference in future meets and tourna ments,” Stoudenmire said. “There will be some bouncing around until everyone gets to their final weights, but when that is settled I think we will be a very strong team in both traditional and dual tourna ments.” The AHS varsity wrestling team is scheduled to com pete in the West Hall Duals Monday and the Winder- Barrow High School Beef- Brady Tournament Dec. 28-29. WEEKEND SUCCESS Blaze Shaw and the Apalachee High School wrestling team finished second at the Wildcat Open this week end. Photo by Lyn Senupta WBHS Wrestling continued from IB Beal was 5-3 during the Wildcat Open with four pins in what Home said was a “tough weight class.” “Chase earned a lot of points for us,” the coach said. “His pins were worth six points each.” Keinat was 5-1 during the event including three pins. “He was really impressive,” Horne said. “He is showing improvement every match. His only loss was to Commerce. Taylor is an impressive athlete and is also a great student. He takes all advanced classes and is college bound.” Keinat is only a sophomore and should only continue to improve, his coach said. “We expect big things from him in the future,” Horne said. “To do this well against main ly juniors and seniors is really something.” Commerce was the over all winner this past weekend followed by host Apalachee, North Hall, Social Circle, Oconee County, WBHS, Central Gwinnett, Oglethorpe County, Athens Christian and Johnson High School of Gainesville. “When you have two fresh men and two sophomores earn medals, it means good things for the future,” Horne said. 1 Poochie Parlor — Skillful & caring dog groomer giving individual attention. Vet recommended. / Serving Barrow County for over 5 years V Call for appointment itw 770-714-3527 UJ- m 1 i v — WBHS Success continued from FLYING HIGH Winder- Barrow High School’s (3) Shun Thurmond drives through two Monroe Area defenders Friday. The Bulldoggs, coached by Eli Connell defeated their long time rival to record their sixth win of the season. Photo by Jessica Brown IB Connell said a key to his team’s success is to prevent standout Jodd Maxey from being in foul trouble. “As a team we also have to stay out of foul trouble,” the coach said. “We don’t need to let opponents score with the clock stopped. We have been working with Jodd on cutting down on his fouls. Every player can defend the bas ket by taking a charge or blocking attempts. Jodd is going to be a shot blocker. He has the responsibility to do that without picking up fouls.” Assistant coach Sammy Hale has been work ing with Maxey on making blocks without fouling and not swinging his arms. Connell said it is also key to control the rebounds and not knock the basketball into the stands on blocks. “Jodd or any other player picking up fouls can also be contributed to us playing poor defense on the perimeter,” Connell said. The team’s 6-1 record going into this week’s slate of games has been somewhat surprising Connell said because the roster was filled with some question marks. Bo Aldridge was injured most of last year and two contributors — Alonzo Nelson and Trent Demeritte — were on the junior varsity a season ago and Henry Maxey did not play at all. “Four of our top seven players had limited or no experience,” Connell said. “You never know how they are going to react in games. I felt we could be good because Shun (Thurmond), Jodd and D.J. (Butler) were All-Region type players. When you have players of that caliber, then you have a chance for success.” The Bulldoggs are also 3-1 in Region 8-AAAA crossover games with the subregion schedule ahead. “We’ll keep working and keep trying to improve in the areas we need to improve in,” Connell said. “To be 6-1 is a good way to start, but the season is a long way from being over. 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