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Northside’s boys start the 50-yard free style race, during the meet hosted by Northside
Thursday at Fort Walley State University.
Northside swimmers qualify for state
From staff reports
Northside hosted a swim
meet Thursday at Fort Valley
State University.
Individually for the Eagles
and Lady Eagles (see team
scores in box), the girls 200
free relay team of Taylor
Parker, Lindsay Dupree,
Emily Pulliam and Ali Sapp,
Results of the Northside
hosted swim meet held
Thursday at Fort Valley
State University
Boys - team scores
Place/team Pts.
First: Houston County
183
Second: Whitewater 99
Third: Northgate 68
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Taylor
Parker
swims to
victory in
the 100
yard but
terfly.
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Chelsea
Wilson
does the
back
stroke
during
the 200
yard
medley
relay.
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Lindsay
Duprey
on her
way to
victory
in the
200 yard
freestyle.
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Harmon
TOPS
From page 6A
performance on Friday at
Peach County, took a steal
all the way in for a slam.
With another takeaway,
Jared Fluellen and Trey
Smith worked together to
put Perry up 20-17. It was
Jones again taking his own
steal in and drawing a foul
that capped a 9-0 Panther
run.
Northside would recover,
though, and put in the last
two baskets of the half. Perry
was still in the lead, 23-21.
Akeen Felder of Perry
and Mario Armstrong of
qualified for the Georgia
State High School champion
ships. Dupree also qualified
in the 100 Freestyle, while
at the same time winning
the 100 and 200 Free events.
Parker won the 500 Free and
100 Fly. She, according to
coach James Parker missed
the state cut by 2/10ths of a
second.
Fourth: Northside 48
Fifth: Perry 31
Sixth: Tift County 25
Seventh: Fayette County 21
Eighth: Spalding 15
Ninth: Georgia Military 12
College
10th: Baldwin 9
Girls - team scores
Girls-Team Pts.
Northside traded offensive
rebound baskets in the third
quarter. Michael Walker was
also on the offensive glass,
giving Perry a third-chance
score. But it was Fluellen’s
3-pointer after a turnover at
the end of the quarter that
seemed to put the Panthers
in control at 36-29, the
biggest margin either side
would enjoy in the contest.
With five points from Ward
- cashing in a long pass from
Charles McKenzie to get a
three-point play - Northside
wiped out the seven-point
lead through half of the
fourth quarter. Perry finally
scored in the period, and
reclaimed the lead, at the
Also, Sapp finished first in
the 100 Back and second in
the 50 Free.
The boys, Parker said, had
their best meet to date, fin
ishing second behind Lee
County.
Outstanding swims, he
said, were turned in by
Chance Kitchens and Kurt
Thornburg.
First: Houston County 155
Second: Northgate 92
Third: Northside 85
Fourth: Spalding 84
Fifth: Whitewater 44
Sixth: Tift County 24
Seventh: Hardaway 17
Eighth: Baldwin 7
Ninth: Perry 6
10th: Fayette County 3
4:12 mark.
With less than two minutes
in regulation, Ward gave the
Eagles a 41-40 lead. At 1:05,
Walker sank a 3-pointer at
the top of the key for a 45-43
Perry lead. The basketball
went from one end to the
other and had to be saved
from going out of bounds,
but didn’t go through the
nets again until Rodrigues
scored with six seconds on
the clock.
Perry had four seconds for
a game-winning shot, but
could not find the mark.
Jones had 11 points to
lead the Panthers followed
by Walker’s 10, Smith’s nine
and Kameron Felder’s eight.
SPORTS
Lady Hornets withstand late
Central Fellowship rally for win
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Westfield’s girls may still
have problems with their
free-throw percentage, but
the Lady Hornets put down
enough shots from the line
Friday to earn win No. 5 on
the season.
Westfield led by as many
as 15 in the second half
and withstood a hot shoot
ing streak from Central
Fellowship’s Donielle
Marrone to win 54-49 in
a non-region contest in
Perry.
Down 13-8 in the first
1 quarter, the Lady Hornets
- with point guard Mason
Moreland getting most of
the attempts thanks to her
penetration into the lane
- scored seven points in a
row at the charity stripe to
go ahead 15-13. Westfield’s
run wasn’t over yet as Erin
Willie’s stick-back and
Hanna Jones’ 3-pointer
after a Central Fellowship
turnover had the home
team leading 20-13.
The Lady Lancers didn’t
score in the second quarter
until there was 2:47 show-
CRUISE
From page 6A
a three-point play, keeping
the visitors within one, 11-
10, as the second quarter
began.
Behind a newfound long
range threat in Tia Brown,
Northside ran off the first
eight points of the quarter.
She had four points and
earned an assist after a
steal. Perry didn’t get back
on the board until 4:23,
and a Sheek Ragin basket
capped a run of five in a
row to bring Perry within
four at 19-15.
The Lady Eagles took a
21-15 advantage into the
break.
Ragin had five points
and blocked a shot for
Perry in the third quar
ter. West scored on a third
shot opportunity, and Beße
Brown was on the receiving
end of a transition basket.
Leading 24-21, Northside
scored six in a row as
Wilson grabbed a rebound
on one end and didn’t stop
until she laid the ball in
the other end, and Ladarria
Clark scored on the rebound
of a missed foul shot.
Clark would later get
loose off a screen to hit
a baseline jumper, leading
the home team to a 35-26
BEAT
From page 6A
With two 3-pointers in the
third quarter, Malone had
eight points to go with five
assists. Walls also called
Malone the igniter of
Westfield’s defensive effort,
and even Murph said he
was glad to have Malone
feed him the basketball
inside as he did twice in the
fourth period.
John Peake scored six
points and had five steals.
He and Murph worked in
tandem for a pair of Hornet
baskets in the first quarter.
The Hornets also blocked a
pair of Central Fellowship
shots in the first eight min
utes and ahead 10-8 going
into the second period. That
quarter was a problem one
for the home team in terms
of turning the ball over and
allowing second-chance
FIRST
From page rA
Houston led 28-23 at half
time, but Lowndes stormed
back in the third quarter
to lead 39-38. The visiting
Vikings were leading by as
much as five in the fourth,
BUZZER
From page 6A
The “deal” went the dis
tance of the floor and
finished off with Xavier
Jackson passing to Willis
for the win.
ing on the clock. But it was
Westfield having the last
say of the half as Haley
Way penetrated and dished
off to Carly Albritton, for
Albritton, it was her fifth
and sixth points of the half,
and the Lady Hornets went
into the break up 24-16.
Jones opened the second
half nailing a trey out of
the set offense. Moreland
had assists on consecutive
possessions as she first pen
etrated and kicked out to
Daryl Ann Thompson for a
sideline jumper and found
Jones for one more 3-point
basket (34-19).
The lead went to 15, 36-
21, as Thompson ran the
break and found Caroline
Pfhol near the basket.
Westfield’s penetration and
fast breaks took the Central
Fellowship press out of the
game, but the Lady Lancers
would force three straight
turnovers in the closing
time of the period. With
those takeaways, Central
Fellowship scored five in
a row and trail 39-31 with
eight minutes to play.
Westfield coach Jeff
Eubanks said he called for
lead going to the fourth.
Her 3-pointer started the
Lady Eagles on a 9-0 run
that put the game away.
Wilson used a screen up
top to drive to the basket,
and Holder’s steal led to
another basket for Clark
(44-28). Clark finished with
nine points while Brown
had eight. Burgess scored
eight for Perry.
PEACH COUNTY girls 61, PERRY
57; PANTHERS 84, TROJANS 72
Perry High girls bas
ketball coach Katherine
Bradley warned her Lady
Panthers that what they
did to Jackson High on
Tuesday - coming back
from a halftime deficit to
win big - could happen to
them just as easily.
On Friday at Peach
County High, Perry’s girls
went from leading 29-20
at the break to suffering a
61-57 Region 4-AAA south
sub-region loss.
Ashley Roberts had 18
points, Ashley West had 12
and Sheek Ragin had 10.
Perry actually rallied
back from being down 14-2
to tying the game at 14-
14 going into the second
quarter. The telling statis
tic of the second half is that
the Lady Panthers went
from shooting 76 percent
at the foul line to 29 per-
shots to the Lancers. With
2:01 before halftime,
Central Fellowship ran the
floor after a missed shot
to get two of nine straight
points (17-12).
But with Murph, seeming
ly troubled by an offensive
foul called against him in
the previous period, getting
back on track with a three
point play, the Hornets
would only be down by the
one point at the break.
Malone’s first 3-pointer
of the second half tied the
game 19-19. With Murph’s
steal and transition bas
ket, Westfield took the lead
for good 23-21. He would
also put back an offensive
rebound.
The Hornets led 30-24
after three quarters, the low
score due to Walls’ imple
mentation of a four-corner
style stall. He said after
wards that was prompted
by Central Fellowship’s
but the Bears saved them
selves at the free-throw line
behind Ryan Stallings and
Jon Nolton.
With seven seconds to go,
Lowndes made the last 3-
point shot. After a timeout,
the Bears got the ball in,
avoided a foul, and let time
run out.
Willis, on the other hand,
finished the night with 20
points.
That was matched by
teammate Pierre Miller.
Warner Robins, with the
victory, improved to 8-3
overall and 2-0 in Region
1-AAAAA.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2007 ♦
a zone defense in order to
hide Moreland, who picked
up her fourth personal foul
late in the third. But against
the zone, Central Fellowship
and Marrone shot over it to
the tune of two 3-pointers
and a long two. The Lady
Hornets changed defenses,
but the visitors worked the
basketball inside for a bas
ket slicing the lead all the
way down to one, 42-41.
But the home club was
able to hit 10 foul shots in
the final period and received
a big offensive rebound bas
ket from Thompson. The
offensive boards was one
stat, in the game Eubanks
was glad to see go in
Westfield’s favor. The Lady
Lancers didn’t make anoth
er shot from long range,
and Jones blocked an inside
shot from behind.
Westfield, now 5-11,
snuck over 50 percent in
foul shooting going 19-for
-37. Jones was the high
point scorer with 14 while
Moreland had 11. Sheldon
Kiley had seven points.
Marrone of Central
Fellowship led everyone in
the game with 22 points.
cent. Bradley also reported
20 turnovers out of three
starters, several coming in
the last two quarters.
In boys basketball, Perry
High handled Peach County
84-72 Friday. Roderick
Jones had 16 points, 14
coming in the fourth quar
ter. Kameron Felder had
13 points, Casey Hayward
11 and Michael Walker and
Trey Smith each had nine.
NORTHSIDE boys 69, 10NES
COUNTY 68; LADY EAGLES 59.
LADY GREYHOUNDS 48
James Hagin’s put-back
basket with five seconds
left in overtime gave the
Northside boys basket
ball team its second win
in sub-region play Friday.
The Eagles topped Jones
County in Gray 69-68.
Northside shot a high per
centage in the first quarter
to get 23 points to 15 for the
home Greyhounds. But on
turnoves that lead slipped
away, and Jones County
was up 37-33 at halftime.
Hagin had 23 points.
Mario Armstrong scored
10, Jacobi Rodrigues 9 and
Mitchell Bell eight.
The Northside girls scored
a sub-region win against a
strong Jones County club
on Friday, 59-48. Brittany
Holder had 22 while Tia
Brown added 17.
zone defense, so with the
lead he saw it as a chance to
rest his players while time
elapsed.
In the fourth quarter,
there wasn’t much stalling
as Malone put on a move
inside for two and lobbed
the ball to Murph. All that
led to a 10-point margin,
36-26.
Central Fellowship pulled
back within five at 38-33 on
Hornet turnovers under
neath the basket. Westfield
wasn’t doing well at the
line, just 6-for-16 in the
fourth, but Murph found
the ball loose after a miss
and put in his team’s last
field goal.
The Hornet boys are now
7-5. According to Walls, the
game against John Milledge
last week that was called
off early due to the serious
injury suffered by Milledge’s
Cameron Aycock will most
likely not be made up.
Both of Houston’s region
wins so far are by one point.
The win Friday came after
a three-point loss Tuesday
at Coffee County. Houston
is 7-7 overall.
Nolton had 20 points
against the Vikings while
Stallings and Rashad
Turner each scored 12.
As far as the Demonettes,
they had little trouble in dis
posing of the Lady Wildcats
70-47. Cherie White had 22
in the win, Kittery Maine
20 and Symone Wilkerson
12. Nine Warner Robins
girls scored as it improved
to 12-2, 2-0 in the region.
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