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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Lady Hornets cruise past Lady Knights By JOE SERSEY Journal Correspondent Led by Hanna Jones’ 20 points, the Westfield Lady Hornets racked up their sec ond highest point total of the season, defeating visit ing Windsor 47-31 to tally its third win of the season. Westfield jumped to a 12-6 lead in the first quarter and expanded it to 28-16 at the half. “We got lay ups against their man-to-man,” said EDGE From page iB that finished Perry in the second half. “These were turnovers that (Houston County) didn’t have to work for,” Bradley said. Taking a six-point lead into the third quarter, the Lady Panthers committed 10 turnovers to the Lady Bears’ four. Perry had extended its lead to 10, 32-22, with the help of a Lady Bear’s short jumper into the Lady Panthers’ basket, but went on to score only seven more points in the third quarter as Houston County put up 15 points in that frame to pull within two, 39-37, by the end of the third quar ter. “They’re quick and have some talented players,” Baxley said. “They did hurt us on defensive rebounds. They got inside.” Perry’s Kim Burgess fin ished the night with 19 rebounds. Perry had other problems to battle. With their third coach in three years, the Lady Panthers were strug gling to adjust to Bradley’s new man-to-man defense. “They’re not used to man-to-man,” Bradley said. “They played only zone last year.” That lack of experi ence began to tell in the fourth quarter. Combined with 13 turnovers and only four field goals in the last eight minutes, Perry saw its lead disappear. Lady Bear Farrah Lewis’s only field goal tied the game at 40, but her shot inspired a Lady Bears 12-2 run that put Houston County up 50- 43 at the midpoint of the fourth quarter. Houston County’s Tonia Williams scored eight of her game high 27 points in the fourth quarter before she fouled out with two min utes and 47 seconds left to play. HORNETS From page iB six inch height advantage.” In the third quarter, Murph added eight more points as the Hornets out scored the Knights 19-10. “That 17-4 run to open the third quarter made the difference,” Walls said. “The defense gave great effort, but they were tired.” Walls substituted con stantly, attempting to keep his players fresh. “We’ve been playing everybody the last three or four games,” Walls said. “We’ve gotten our defense established. Now we can work on the offense. We’ve won three in a row.” The Hornets are 3-2 after an 0-2 start. Windsor fell COMPUTER REPAIR ■ f , c,., ~l| | ['] hnstalimmE upgrades •networkin^^^^Jdevelopment HomeJ* Business www.ThomasComputerßepair.com 396-2614 .. — 41502 Westfield head coach Jeff Eubanks. “We were eating them up while they were in man-to-man.” That ended with the half. The Lady Knights switched defenses to 2-1-2 zone to open the second half and held Westfield to one point and 0-15 from the field. “The saying is that you win with defense,” Eubanks said, “but when the offense doesn’t play well, the defense starts stinking.” |g| go* yll r ENI/Gary Harmon Houston County player Tonia Williams (50) goes for a rebound as Perry senior Racheal Bass (25) looks on in the Houston County gym Saturday night in Warner Robins. “She took control of the game,” Baxley said. “She kept us in the game.” It took almost 30 minutes to play those last 107 sec onds. Both teams matched each other in field goals with two apiece, and they both exercised the same futility at the free throw line. Perry went to the line 12 times but made only three shots, while Houston County hit only two of eight. “We’ve been up and down all season,” Baxley said of his team’s success at the free throw line. “One game we’re 16-21, the next 9- 30.” Baxley credits his team’s From staff reports As well as things went Friday night for Westfield, they went in the opposite direction Saturday. The Hornets and Lady Hornets traveled to Central Fellowship where both squads lost. The girls fell 51- 38, the boys 48-31. Hannah Jones was the leader for the Lady Hornets in terms of scoring. She had 10. Mason Moreland had eight, Haley Way seven, Carly Albritton four, Mallory Eubanks, Daryl Ann Thompson and Sheldon Hiley three. Mandy Spencer had 22 to lead the Lady Lancers. Over on the boys’ side, Nash Murph had 13 to lead the Hornets, who only trailed 19-18 at the half. Cohen Carpenter and Keenan Malone had six each, to 3-5. Westfield’s offense shot 13 for 27 from the field, one for three from three-point range in the second half. At the foul line, the Hornets hit seven of 13 shots. Windsor pulled to within six, 23-29, in the third quar ter and within three, 26-29, in the first period of the fourth quarter. “The turn around in the second half came when I put Hannah Jones in post,” Eubanks said. “She’s a guard and we put her inside at 5-feet-5, but I moved her inside and she scored 10 points in the fourth quar ter.” Jones is only the second hard work for the victory. “At one point or another, everybody who played was on the floor fighting for a lose ball.” Williams was the only Houston County player scoring in double figures. Perry’s Burgess and Ashley West finished with 14 points each and Ashley Roberts added 12. Both teams next play in the Houston County Bear Brawl. Perry meets Campbell, the second ranked team in AAAAA, on Thursday at 7 p.m. and Houston County plays Peach County at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Brannen Purdee led Windsor with 17 points. Tanner Gordon and Matt Barlow added 11 and 13 points respectively. Murph’s 19 was joined by Keenan Malone’s 11 and John Peake’s 14. “i 1 CHRISTMAS FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS} | CjSS WEDDINGS, FUNERAL, BIRTHDAY i I ANNIVERSARY i i ™ Call NOW to place your i order: 478-923-9707 i ask for the “flowerlady” (Peggy) i • Houston Ace Hardware • i mention this ad and receive 20% off your first order I I | Delivery Available f i certain conc *' c '° ns SPORTS player to score in double fig ures for the Lady Hornets this season. “We’re all ninth and tenth graders,” Eubanks said, “no juniors or seniors.” That made the win impor tant. “We last won against Piedmont,” Eubanks said. “Anytime you win and you haven’t won a lot, it builds a lot of confidence.” Everything was working for the Lady Hornets Friday RALLY From page iB Greg Nix. “We were giving up too many points off our press. Once we switched to zone, we slowed (Perry) down.” Houston County opened the second half with an 11-4 run that put the Bears up 38-35 halfway through the third quarter. The Panthers’ Kameron Felder hit his second three pointer of the quarter to tie the game, but the Bears responded with a 6-0 run to take the lead 44-38, and led 46-42 at the end of the quarter. Felder made four treys in the game and led his team with 18 points. “We didn’t give them any second-chance shots,” Nix said. “They rely on getting second-and third-chance shots.” Hardy concurred that his team was having trouble scoring. “They played a lot more zone in the second half,” Hardy said. “They shot well and we didn’t.” Houston County grabbed 13 defensive rebounds in the second half to the Panthers’ llli v " ; v‘->'■?■’'* % • -, J 'J&~ '?:*& % jrfESL ■■>'■■ ' <v ‘ WjgrW: / w»-Qy'’^.' 1 ' <9HHBh - • ? “ JLfjjgmjmß ' - ■Hfli j,£9F J|® jH B " : "*‘ ____ ENI Gary Harmon Houston County sophomore forward Craig Presley (5) attempts to block the shot of Perry junior Antonio Hubbard (23) during the boys basketball game Saturday night at Houston County in Warner Robins. night. They hit 14 of 18 free throws while the Lady Knights made only three out of 14 free throws. “It’s our ninth game of the season and our first home game,” Eubanks said. “We were able to force turnovers on defense in the fourth quarter.” Westfield committed three miscues in final frame to Windsor’s eight, and the Lady Knights totaled 21 turnovers for the game. five, and the Bears hit seven of 12 field goals in the third quarter. The Bears’ Jon Martin scored 18 of his game-high 20 points in the second half, 10 of them in the fourth quarter. “Jon took over the game around the basket,” Nix said. “He had 11 rebounds.” Eight of them in the sec ond half that resulted in eight of his 18 second-half points. Perry tried to come back in the fourth quarter, staying within three the first minute and a half of the final eight minutes, but sparked by Martin’s four points off the offensive boards, Houston County made a six-point mini run that gave Houston County a nine point cushion, 57-48. Perry hit three of three field goals to start the fourth quarter, but it took them three minutes to do it. In the final five minutes of the game, the Panthers were three for 14 from the field. Perry also had problems with turnovers, giving away the ball six times. “That’s something we’ve been working on in prac tice,” Hardy said, “trying to take care of the ball.” H There’s nothin? unite like walking outside ami taking a _ deep breath offresh, clean air after a thunderstorm. i Wouldn’t you like to be able to step back inside and enjoy that same fresh air all the time? We would like to introduce you to Fresh Air by Eco Quest: By duplicating the same processes nature uses to clean the air outside, Fresh Air by Eco Quest™ keeps indoor air fresh and clean-smelling day and night. Collectively known as SynAirG m , these processes work together synergislically to eliminate smoke and odors as well as kill bacteria, mold, and mildew in unoccupied areas. 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Perry missed five of seven free throws in the final half of the fourth quar ter, but Houston County hit all six of its free throws dur ing the last two minutes of the game. “Vick King took care of things for us,” Nix said of his senior point guard, “We started hitting our shots in the second half. Ryan Stallings’ three pointer real ly picked us up.” Both teams are going into the Houston County Bear Brawl with things to figure out. Because Houston County went so deep into the football playoffs, Nix is still working his former football players into the system. Fortunately, he has nine seniors on his 12-man roster to help with the transition. Perry’s Hardy is trying to get his young team some experience. He has only two returning varsity players and only two seniors. Perry plays Hiram at 5:30 p.m. Thursday and Houston County faces Peach County at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday in the boy’s bracket of the Bear Brawl. 3B