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♦ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2006
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RALLIES
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sustained during practice.
“He got elbowed in the
ribs during one of our drills,”
Hardy said. “Give Casey
some credit. He’s in some
pain.”
With Hayward handling
the ball and dishing it to the
open man. Perry started its
comeback.
As in the first two quar
ters, the Panthers started
strong with a 6-2 run for a
32-31 lead. In the first five
minutes of the third quar
ter, the lead changed five
times until Perry’s Kameron
Felder hit a trey to give the
Panthers the lead for good
38-36. Perry’s Roderick
Jones followed immediately
with another 3-pointer to
extend the lead to 41-36.
“Felder made some impor
tant baskets for us,” Hardy
said.
Perry finished the third
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Perry’s Lay Rountree prepares to shoot in the Lady Panthers’ Chick-fit-A Bear Brawl
game against Campbell Thursday at Houston County.
DEMONS
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Willis and Fluellen worked to get
the first five Warner Robins points
ROUTS
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Six of the Lady Bears eight
points came from the free
throw line, but they were
only down by three going
into the second quarter.
North Clayton’s defense
held Houston County score
less in that frame, as the
Lady Bears went zero for
quarter with a 45-38 lead.
“We didn’t keep (Perry)
off the boards in the second
half,” Hood said. “Our phi
losophy is there should be
only one shot, and it should
be contested. Unfortunately,
we were giving them two
and three shots.”
In the second quarter, dur
ing Hiram’s comeback, Perry
managed only two offensive
boards. In the third quarter,
they grabbed five and scored
six points off the put backs.
Hiram pulled to with
in three, 51-48, midway
through the fourth quarter,
but couldn’t make up the
deficit.
“They were doing a great
job of penetrating and kick
ing the ball back,” Hood said.
“We didn't do a good job of
leveling them so that they
couldn’t get open shots.”
Perry was outscored 14-16
in the final frame but when
Hiram was again within
three points, 57-54, with 11
seconds left in the game, the
of the game, including a 3-pointer
by Willis after Fluellen rebounded
a miss and kicked it out to the
sharp-shooting guard.
But Westside followed with an
8-0 run as the Seminoles broke
seven attempts from the
field, 0-2 from the line and
turned the ball over six
times.
“Fatigue,” was Houston
County head coach Sid
Baxley’s response to his
teams shooting woes. “They
just played 18 hours ago. We
didn’t shoot very well.”
North Clayton’s Latia
Williams scored 16 of her
Hornets resorted to fouling
to get the ball back.
Perry made sure the hall
reached the hands of its best
foul shooter, Felder, but in
his first trip to the line, he
missed the front end of a
one-and-one.
Perry's Antonio Hubbard
snared the rebound and got
it back to Felder who was
again fouled with eight sec
onds left. He hit both free
throws to effectively stifle
any of Hiram’s hopes for last
second heroics.
“I told the guys after the
game that was a good bas
ketball team we just beat,”
Hardy said. “They were
tall, fast and athletic and
well-coached. That’s a tough
combination to beat.”
Stewart Clark led Hiram
with a game-high 16 points.
Mario Rolland scored 12 and
Nuckles added 10 points.
For Perry, Felder led with
12 points, Hubbard and
Jared Fluellen scored 11
points each.
a strong press and took an 11-5
lead.
Warner Robins reeled off the
last six of the period as both of
•Jackson’s assists went to Wright.
The game was tied 11-all after the
game-high 26 points in the
first half, including anoth
er trey as the Lady Eagles
extended their lead to 23-8
at the half.
“Our outside shots fell in
today,” Turner said.
Turner’s Lady Eagles
lost to Houston County in
the final of last year’s Bear
Brawl.
“Last time it was a close
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Casey Hayward watches a loose ball.
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Ragin had four points
in the third quarter while
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A Lady Panther battles for a rebound.
game. I came with fresh
men.” he said. “This time
I had the upper hand with
experience because we got a
lot of back door (baskets).”
North Clayton continued
its onslaught in the third
quarter, scoring 16 points to
Houston County’s six.
Sometimes it just isn’t
worth playing the fourth
quarter, but GHSA rules
Burgess converted on a
third-shot opportunity for
two of her 11 points.
But with the score 61-28
Campbell, the fourth quar-
first. But for the Demons, it was a
five-point second quarter with all
of that coming early.
C.J. Jackson hit a 3-pointer that
led to a 16-15 lead.
Westside could only score eight,
require it, and North Clayton
added nine more points to
Houston County’s eight.
“After the game, I tried to
stress to the girls that we
were tired,” Baxley said. “We
played 13 girls tonight and
10 last night. I told them it
wasn’t time to panic, but we
have to play better.”
Tiffany Barton also scored
in double figures for North
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ter lasted just six minutes.
Perry’s Brown scored the
first points of that final peri
od and Burgess had another
stickback at the end.
but it was enough to go up by three
at the break.
For the game, Miller and Willis
each had 10 points. C.J. Jackson
tallied nine while Fluellen and
Wright each scored eight.
Clayton while Tonia Williams
led Houston County with
nine points.
Houston County’s record
is 6-3, and North Clayton
extended its winning streak
to five for a 5-3 record.
Tonight at 7 p.m. in the
Bear Brawl girls’ champion
ship, North Clayton plays the
winner of Friday’s Warner
Robins/Campbell game.