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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 The Braselton News Page 3B Basketball Holiday hoops tourney ahead Jackson County set to host annual Jingle Jam featuring handful ofNE Georgia teams In what has become an annual tradition in recent years, the Jackson County basketball pro gram will be home for the holidays. This weekend, JCCHS will play host to three other Northeast Georgia schools in the annual Jingle Jam basket ball tournament. This year’s field includes schools from all but one of the Georgia High School Association’s five classifica tions. Along with Class AAAA host Jackson County, nearby schools Apalachee (Class AAA), Buford (Class AA) and Hebron Christian (Class A) will be taking part in the two-day event, which begins Friday and will wrap up Saturday. JCCHS will open play on Friday against Buford after both squads fell at West Hall in their last games this past Thursday. On the boys side, the Panthers head into the game against the Wolves after having split their Up Next: WHAT: Jefferson vs. Buford WHERE: The Pit at JCCHS When: Friday, 6/7:30 p.m. last four games. Buford, on the other hand, has started the season slow and is 2-4 on the year. On the girls side, Jackson County has played well at times this season and heads into the tourna ment with a 6-4 record on the season. In Buford, the Lady Panthers will be up against one of the better teams in the state in Class AA. The Lady Wolves head into the tournament with a No. 3 ranking. Friday’s other games will feature Apalachee taking on Hebron Christian. JINGLE JAM Jackson County senior Alyssa Esco and the Lady Panthers will take on No. 3 ranked Buford on Friday in the annual Jingle Jam tournament hosted by JCCHS. Play will continue through Saturday for head coach Chad Pittman’s team (left), which will look to improve on its solid 6-4 start to the season. Wrestling Panthers pull out tourney title Travels to Hart County for tournament Jan. 5 BY ALLEN LUTON In its most recent event, the Jackson County wrestling team produced its most impressive result so far this season. The Panthers traveled to South Forsyth this past weekend and came home with a first-place finish at the annual Santa Slam. Jackson County had just enough to earn the event’s championship as its 207.5 points edged out sec ond place North Forsyth’s 206.5. Commerce (188.5) was third, followed by host South Forsyth (184.5). En route to the tournament title, the Panthers saw five grapplers make it to the finals of their respec tive divisions and in all the squad had seven wrestlers place. Among the title winners at the event were 125-pounder Ben Lesniak, 145-pounder Andrew Blackwell, and 285-pounder Jose Carrillo-Garcia. Justin Best (135) and Kevin Spicer (152) also advanced to finals and brought home runner- up points for the Panthers. Third- place finishers Ryan Shekey (103) and Ryan Howe (189) rounded out those placing at the event for JCCHS. After flirting with first-place fin ishes in a number of events this season, first-year Jackson County head coach Jason Powers was glad to see his team come through with the tournament title. “We have placed in all the tour naments we have entered so far this year, but this was our first vic tory,” Powers said. “The team was very excited and it came down to just one point. It’s nice to go into the long Christmas break with a tournament victory.” Jackson County will now rest up for a while, with its next event not scheduled to take place until Jan. 5 when the team travels to Hart County for the Georgia-Carolina Classic. U12TEAM CROWNED CHAMPS The Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department under-12 Wildcats soccer team recently fin ished their season in first place in their division and then went on to win a state championship at Allen Creek Soccer Complex in Gainesville. 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