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♦ TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2007
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Perry’s Michael Walker and Northeast players watch as a ball gets away Friday in
Perry.
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just going up and getting
our shot blocked. They are
bigger than we are, but we
played right with them (on
the glass).”
Point guard Casey Hayward
had 16 points to lead the
winning effort. He did his
damage off the bench, as
did Trey Smith, who scored
14 points. Senior forward
Eric Askew had a strong
first quarter to finish with
10 points, and after that it
was Antonio Hubbard with
eight, Kameron Felder with
seven and Jared Fluellen
with six.
“We don’t have one go
to guy,” said Hardy. “We
feel like all 12 of them need
to contribute, score some
points at some point and
play defense for us to be suc
cessful.”
None of the Perry starters
scored when Hardy made his
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Friday in
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against the Northeast zone
and draw fouls. Perry shot
5-for-6 at the line in the
quarter. West stole away a
Northeast rebound to tie the
game 14-14. But on one of
the few Perry turnovers, the
visitors took the lead into
the second quarter at 18-14.
The Raiderettes, forc
ing three turnovers with a
three-quarter-court press,
stretched a scoring run to
12 in a row. West used a sec
ond chance to hit a 3-pointer
and bring the margin back
to single figures, 26-18.
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first wholesale substitution
less than two minutes into
the game. In an even start
- 10-10 at one point - Smith
stuck back one of his own
missed shots.
But when Askew, starting
on Senior Night, returned
to the lineup, he had three
field goals - including a
stick-back - for seven of his
points. Perry led 17-14 after
the opening quarter.
The Panthers never trailed
from there. Chris Willis, the
only other Perry senior, hit
a 3-pointer at 5:43 (24-18).
Hayward later scored off of a
steal, and Felder’s 3-pointer
again put the home team up
six (29-23).
Felder had one of the
stranger baskets of the
night with 36 seconds until
the half. Northeast had no
rebounders for its own 1-
and-1, missed the front end,
but despite everyone being
back on defense Felder took
the ball all the way in.
The lead stayed at six for
Perry scored after a block by
Rachael Bass. But Northeast
recovered to lead by nine at
the break, 33-24.
The Lady Panthers gave
up three more baskets off of
turnovers in the third quar
ter, but got a hot hand from
Roberts to keep from fall
ing down big. Roberts’ shot
found a kind roll on the rim
(44-35), and she took passes
in against the press from
Shay Newberry and Sheek
Ragin to end the quarter at
48-41.
Three Perry baskets
in a row on the offensive
glass (the last coming from
Roberts on a fourth-shot
try) had it down to a three
point game in the fourth,
the half, 31-25.
The visiting Raiders got
as close as three in the third
quarter, but Akeen Felder
did some strong work clean
ing things up under the bas
ket in a run of seven straight
points. Smith would feed
Willis cutting to the bas
ket, then would be rewarded
himself with an assist from
Hayward. Hayward also
threw the ‘alley-oop’ pass for
a Fluellen dunk, then scored
the last points of the quarter
(58-41). Northeast used a
turnover to get within 12,
68-56, in the fourth with
2:33 remaining. It wasn’t so
much free-throw shooting
that sealed it, but rebounds
of missed foul shots by
Askew and Smith.
Hardy said, as of Friday,
things were “up in the
air” in the north sub
region in regards to whom
the Panthers will play on
Wednesday. He said the like
ly opponent is either Mary
Persons or Eagle’s Landing.
50-47. Northeast would cash
in one more takeaway and
give Perry problems with
point-guard penetration to
get back ahead by nine, 58-
49, before Burgess’ three
point play.
The home team was 16-
for-22 at the line.
If Perry’s girls can upend
Peach on Monday, they move
on in the 4-AAA tourna
ment, which all takes place
at Spalding High in Griffin.
They won’t get much rest,
though, as the first game for
the girls is at 8:30 tonight
against Mary Persons, the
top seed from the north sub
region. Perry split two regu
lar-season meetings with the
Lady Bulldogs.
SPORTS
HoCo boys fall to Tift County
Lady Bears roll
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Houston County High’s
boys basketball team
dropped to 6-6 in the final
Region 1-AAAAA stand
ings after a 60-43 road
loss to Tift County High
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Perry Takedown Club wrestler Ridge Alday works over an
opponent during his bout Saturday in the USA Wrestling
tournament hosted by the club at Perry Middle School.
Stay tuned for more.
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added in. At that point the
Eagles appeared to have the
game under control. They
did but the Bulldogs were,
of course, not yet ready to
concede.
First they tried pressure.
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creating a couple of turn
overs but didn’t in the fact
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The Bears had the lead at
17-16 at halftime, but the
home Blue Devils had an 8-
0 run late in the third quar
ter. Vic King of Houston
County hit a 3-pointer at
the start of the fourth to
bring his team within four,
but that’s as close as the
Bears could get.
other end.
With a little more than
two minutes remaining and
the score 74-61, Dutchtown
resorted to fouling.
That sent the Eagles to
the line eight times where
they were nine-of-16. The
Bulldogs managed their big
gest point tally during that
quarter - 20, but Northside
also matched what it put up
in the second quarter - 26.
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THE HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
It was an easy night for
the Houston County High
girls basketball team in
Tifton with a 40-25 victo
ry against the Tift County
Lady Devils.
That put the Lady Bears
at 8-4 in the region with
the post-season tournament
beginning today at Valdosta
High School.
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smooth beginning for
his club as Sherwood
Christian used the
momentum of Senior
Night to build an eight
point lead and get
Murph, the Westfield
top scorer at center, in
foul trouble.
Walls said he went
with a sophomore
group in reserve late
in the half, and they
were able to step up
the defensive pressure
and lead Westfield to
a one-point lead at
halftime. Murph came
back in the second half
to get 10 of his points,
and the Hornets con
verted from the foul
line down the stretch.
There was no report
for the Westfield-
Sherwood girls basket
ball game from Friday.
However, both teams
are already matched
up for the first round
today in the region
tournament despite
Friday’s outcome.
DUTCHTOWN 71
NORTHSIDE (85): Marquis Evans 23,
Jacobi Rodriguez 17, James Hagan
16, Kenya Ward 8, Charles McKenzie
6. Mitchell Bell 6, Mario Armstrong 6,
Terry Rogers 3.
Halftime: Northside 38-34. 3-point
ers: Dutchtown (Ruth 2, Shields 2,
Webber); Northside (Rodriguez,
Evans, Ward).
DUTCHTOWN (71): Jamarcus Hurt
17, Brandon Ruth 15, James Shields
10. David Webber 7, Jeremy Brown
4, Jaysaun Hends 4. Brandon Austin
4, Jamel Vega 4, Travis May 3. Brian
Wood 3.
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