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INSIDE THIS SECTION
•The Game Plan
— 2B
•8-AAAAA tourney
— 2B
•McFerrin honored
— 2B
•Baseball returns
— 4B
February 10, 2016
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Section B
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High School Basketball Scoreboard:
Gainesville
32
Gainesville
70
WBHS girls
Friday, Feb. 5
43
WBHS boys
Friday, Feb. 5
51
AHS girls
11
AHS boys
64
Flowery Branch
Saturday, Feb. 6
40
Flowery Branch
Saturday, Feb. 6
57
Discovery
59
Discovery
53
AHS girls
18
AHS boys
73
Friday, Jan. 29
Friday, Jan. 29
BCA girls
10
AHS girls
33
LCA
31
Lanier
48
Saturday, Feb. 6
Monday, Feb. 8
Heritage School
41
Heritage School
57
BCA girls
Friday, Feb. 5
38
BCA boys
Friday, Feb. 5
39
Discovery
22
WBHS boys
49
WBHS girls
Monday, Feb. 8
62
Flowery Branch
Monday, Feb. 8
68
Regular Season Completion
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
The Apalachee High School boys basketball team has been paced by seniors Ricky Wonzon, Kamar Baldwin and Jabari Hill who helped lead the Wildcats to
a 19-win regular season. The three players, shown Friday night in a win against Discovery High School, will have a lasting impact on the school’s basketball
program. Photos by Jessica Brown
LOOKING TO THE POSTSEASON
Omar Ahmed and the AHS basketball team began the Region 8-AAAAA tour
nament Tuesday night against Heritage High School.
AHS puts regular season in
book with back-to-back wins
By Chris Bridges
Journal Sports Editor
T he Apalachee High School boys
basketball team put the finishing
touches on another successful regular sea
son last weekend by dispatching of Dis
covery High School and Flowery Branch
High School.
The victories brought the win total
to 19 as coach Kevin Morris has once
again guided the Wildcats to a memorable
regular season. Entering this week, AHS
needed one win in the Region 8-AAAAA
tournament to guarantee itself a spot in
state.
In Friday’s victory, senior Kamar Bald
win did his usual damage with 30 points,
12 rebounds, eight assists and two steals.
Jabari Hill added 17 points while Ricky
Wonzon finished with eight. The senior
trio was praised not only for their per
formances in Friday’s win, but overall
and what each has meant to the Wildcat
program.
“There was a lot of emotion for senior
night,” Morris said. “What a great night it
was for them. We had a great crowd and a
great student section. One of my favorite
things is to be able to take them out of the
game one at a time and get the standing
ovation they deserved. Kamar gets a lot
of attention and credit, and deservably
so, but Jabari and Ricky are also very key
parts of our team.”
Friday’s game was close early on as
Inside Today:
•Region 8-AAAAA tournament begins
for Wildcats Tuesday against Heritage.
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AHS and Discovery were tied at 16 after
the first quarter.
The Wildcats used a strong second
quarter, however, to build a 40-25 half
time lead. The margin stood at 58-42 after
the third quarter.
“We had a good second quarter to give
us some breathing room,” Morris said of
a 21-4 run.
The following afternoon saw Apalachee
defeat Flowery Branch 64-57 to close
out the regular season. The game was
rescheduled from earlier in the season
when games were cancelled due to possi
ble bad weather conditions, which never
materialized.
Baldwin scored 30 points and had eight
rebounds, five assists and a drawn charge.
Hill added 14 points, four rebounds and
a block while Wonzon contributed seven
points, four assists and four boards.
AHS used a 14-4 run to close out the
first half against Flowery Branch. The
Wildcats outscored the Falcons 24-8 in
the second quarter.
The Region 8-AAAAA tournament was
set to begin Tuesday for AHS against
Heritage High School in a game played
at Cedar Shoals in Athens. The semifi
nals and finals are set for this weekend at
Winder-Barrow High School.
High School Swimming: State Meet
Hentenaar paces Swim Doggs at state meet in Atlanta
STATE SWIMMING
Ian Hentenaar led the Winder-Barrow High School
Swim Doggs at state. Photo by Teresa Allen
By Chris Bridges
Journal Sports Editor
Winder-Barrow High School senior
Ian Hentenaar helped lead the Swim
Doggs to an impressive state meet last
weekend in Atlanta.
The Swim Dogg standout took fifth
place in the 100 free at state in 46.77
and finished sixth in the 200 free event
in 1:41.89. Both times were personal
bests as well as school records.
“What a great weekend at Georgia
Tech and the state swim meet,” said
WBHS coach Jennifer Chisholm. “The
finals were filled with energy and con
tinued Bulldogg succcess.”
Winder-Barrow’s 200 free relay
team of Bijon Mansour, Daniel Mcll-
wain, Jack McDaniels and Hentenaar
swam to a 19th place finish in 1:33.28.
Overall, the Swim Doggs tied for
26th place out of 126 schools which
were represented in the A-AAAAA
division.
On the first day of competition
in Atlanta, the WBHS 200 medley
relay team of Jack McDaniels, Bai
ley Brock, Mcllwain and Riley Black
swam slightly more than one second
faster than their projected time and
three of the four swam their fastest
stroke splits, their coach said.
Hentenaar swam to a sixth place pre
lims finish in the 200 free, earning him
a spot in the finals. He swam a 1:42.35,
which resulted in a personal best and
a new school record. Mansour swam
24th place in the 50 free and earned a
personal best.
See Swimming on Page 2B
