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♦ THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2007
MAINE
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Walker netting a single digit
in the second eight minutes
and only a single basket in
the third and fourth quar
ter.
The Demonettes on the
other hand outscored Tift
County 8-4 in the second
quarter, which based on the
early advantage made it 22-
19 in favor of the Lady Blue
Devils at the half.
The big turnaround,
although Warner Robins did
miss plenty of chances in the
first half, came early in the
second.
Tiandra Billings, who
came from Perry High
School as part of No Child
Left Behind and has worked
her way into the starting
lineup, hit a 3-pointer to
start the Demonettes off in
the third quarter. That in
turn sparked a 9-0 run that
didn’t end until Tift County
hit a free-throw with just
over six minutes left to play
in the period.
Warner Robins connected
on 6-of-11 from the field dur
ing that quarter. The Lady
Blue Devils kept it close
- even took a slim, 34-33
lead into the final quarter
- thanks to a 3-of-6 effort
from the field combined with
going 4-of-6 at the free-throw
line. The Demonettes, on the
other hand, were l-of-6 from
the charity stripe during the
same timeframe.
James put Warner Robins
back on top but it was short
lived. Tift County, with two
quick baskets, went back on
top.
Maine took care of one of
those and Symone Wilkerson
the other. At the 5:15 mark
it was tied at 39.
The Demonettes at that
point then turned up the
pressure. In all they forced
10 Lady Blue Devil turn
overs - eight of them down
the stretch.
As a result Warner Robins
outscored them 9-2, took the
lead on James’ final basket
of the night and didn’t let up
until White scored with 13
seconds left.
“We won that with a lot of
intensity and a lot of heart,”
Mobley said. “It helped that
their two big players got into
foul trouble, but the girls
put a lot of pressure on Tift
County. They would not have
won that if not for a lot of
heart and a lot of intensity. ”
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Warner Robins girls head basketball coach Tom Mobley, center, with one of his assis
tants this year, boys head coach Chip Malone, at right, sets the defense during a time
out.
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Warner Robins defender Kenny Willis guards a Tift County player as he brings the ball
up the court Tuesday night.
OVERTIME
From page iB
Demons connected from
the field in the overtime
period. Pierre Miller and
Willis accounted for Warner
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Demonette Kittery Maine grabs a rebound.
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Warner Robins’ Cherie White connects from the field.
Robins’ other points, the
first going 3-of-4 from the
free-throw line, the second
hitting on l-of-2.
It should also be noted that
Tift County, thanks to Reid’s
basket and a couple of key
turnovers by the Blue Devils
- that along with the fact
once the clock got down to
around two minutes Warner
Robins began to work the
ticker as much as it could
- didn’t have much choice
but to foul.
See OVERTIME, page 118
SPORTS
Lady Panthers roll past Jackson
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
It was as if a completely
different team emerged
from the Perry High Lady
Panther locker room for
the second half.
After putting up only 19
points in the first half of
Tuesday’s north against
south sub-region battle
at Perry High School, the
Lady Panthers dominated
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Perry junior 8.8. Brown (21) takes a shot against Jackson Tuesday night at the
Panthers gym in Perry.
FALL
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with 41 seconds.
Even more important
for Walker was a made
basket in what was a
fourth- or fifth-shot with
1:12 left in regulation.
That field goal tied the
game at 54-54, but the
three-point play shot
- like several other free
throws - didn’t go in.
Walker was one of four
Panthers to finish the
night with eight points.
Kameron Felder, whose
3-pointer late in the
fourth gave Perry a 52-50
lead, scored eight, as did
Eric Askew and Antonio
Hubbard. Hayward had
the team high with' 13
points.
The first quarter was
one of streaks, Perry
starting the game with
a 7-1 run only to see
Jackson come back with
nine in a row. Back-to
back steals by Hubbard
only yielded one point,
and despite a stick-back
from Askew with two
minutes left, the Red
Devils ended the period
up 12-11.
It was in the second
when Jackson’s 6-5 foot
ball prospect, John Keye,
began to produce. He ran
the court the way the
University of Kentucky
hopes he soon will as a
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Perry players battle for a rebound.
Jackson High in the second
half for a 66-49 win.
“I told them we were
going to be embarrassed to
lose this game,” said coach
Katherine Bradley about
her halftime talk when
Jackson had a 27-19 lead.
“They were complaining
earlier how they had been
embarrassed about losing
so bad to Campbell (in the
Bear Brawl). But I wasn’t
embarrassed about that,
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Perry junior Casey Hayward drives to the backet against
Jackson Tuesday night in Perry.
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but this would embarrass
me because we match up
with (Jackson).
“They played like a team
in the second half. You could
tell they were not thinking
like, ‘l’ve got the ball, I’m
going to drive down.’ They
were thinking, ‘She’s close
to the basket. I’m going to
get it to her.’”
Ashley West led the team
with 20 points, and had
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