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game 28-6 to advance to the
state quarterfinals. This
Rams fan sent in his note
of congratulations to the
Panthers with the hopes
that one day these two
schools will meet again on
the field of play. I certainly
wish to see that - and even
a Perry-Troup rematch on
the baseball field - as well,
hopefully under better cir
cumstances for both sides.
Let us also remember
that the entire Northside
High community all season
has dealt with the loss of
Chris Johnson back in the
summer. Johnson fought a
long and courageous battle
against leukemia and never
was forgotten on the Eagles’
sidelines.
On a lighter note, there is
some good news coming out
of Kansas involving a former
Warner Robins High School
football player. Actually, the
real good news may come
out of Utah. It’s this week
end (Saturday, Dec. 1) that
Butler Community College,
with former Demon corner
back Maurice Gray, plays in
something called the Top of
the Mountain Bowl in Salt
Lake City for the ‘national
championship’ of junior col
lege football.
Butler is ranked No. 2, and
the opposition is of course
No. 1 in the NJCAA. It’s a
school called Snow College.
Snow, Utah, mountains, it’s
too easy.
SWIMMING
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of the high school events,
the 200 yard Medley Relay,
200 yard Free relay and the
400 yard Free Relay.
Top scorers for Warner
Robins were returning state
swimmers, senior captain
Anne Culpepper and Erik
Hanson, each with 16 pts.
They were also joined by
captain Jackson Smith who
also earned 16 pts. These
three joined with Rachel
Sundry to earn 24 pts in the
Co-ed 200 yard Free Relay.
Also, the boys Backstroke
relay of Stephen Persson,
Paul Poorman, Smith and
Hanson placed fifth to add 28
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The important thing,
though, is that Gray, in his
sophomore season, is tied
for Butler’s team lead in
interceptions with four.
He is still in communica
tion with his high school
coach Bryan Way. According
to Way, Gray has some sig
nificant transfer offers with
his choices narrowed down
to Kansas, Oklahoma State
and South Florida.
This is a good time for
another one of those local
college sports updates. Josh
Collier and his Wofford
football teammates stayed
alive in the NCAA Division
I championship playoffs last
weekend by beating previ
ously unbeaten Montana in
Montana 23-22. The former
Houston County High quar
terback threw a fourth-quar
ter touchdown pass in the
game to put Wofford ahead,
but Montana answered with
a scoring drive, which was
again answered by Wofford.
Today (Dec. 1), Collier’s
team gets to play at home
in South Carolina against
Richmond. It was Richmond
that eliminated Eastern
Kentucky and former
Northside lineman Michael
Howard in the first round.
Getting back to Houston
County High, defensive
end Kyle Moore no longer
leads Southern California
in interceptions. Could be a
reason the Trojans are in a
position to play in the cov
eted Rose Bowl. I hear this
BCS game has some interest
in Georgia (that is, should
Ohio State not be available),
points to the team’s score.
And, the girls 200 yard
Backstroke Relay earned 24
points with Sundry, Jamie
Smith, Brittani Wharton
and Culpepper. Sophomore
Paul Poorman also had an
impressive outing, Hawkins
said, with his 500 Freestyle
as he begins the hunt for a
state qualifying time.
The boys 200 yard Free
Relay also shows great
promise, Hawkins added,
with their improvement by
several seconds over last
year’s time. Junior Courtnie
Blakely and sophomore
Andrew Richey both suc
ceeded in dropping more
than 63 seconds in their
events.
“This was an inspiring
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which has another former
Bear in Quintin Banks.
That could justify a road
trip to Pasadena!
With so much important
football news going on right
now, it. can be easy to forget
that basketball at all levels
are getting things cranked
up for a new season. The
college campaign gets going
a few weeks sooner than the
high schools. With that in
mind, there is some signifi
cant news to report from the
hardwood about some local
talent.
Pierre Miller of Warner
Robins High is getting his
playing time in as a fresh
man at Presbyterian College.
As of Wednesday, Nov. 28,
he had two starts in seven
games for the Blue Hose and
led the team in total assists
with 22. Miller is also shoot
ing 36 percent in 3-point
ers. This is Presbyterian’s
first basketball season in
Division I, and some of those
seven games were against
Nebraska, New Mexico and
Clemson.
Kittery Maine, also from
Warner Robins High, is
no longer the tallest tree
in the forest. The 6-4 for
mer Demonette now plays
for Liberty University with
one 6-5 teammate from
Lithuania and a set of 6-3
triplets from Ohio. Maine,
through Nov. 28, had five
games under her belt,
grabbed nine total rebounds
and made both of her field
goal tries. If it were me, I’d
quit while I was at 100 per
cent for my career.
season opener,” she said.
“Every swimmer, and I
do mean every swimmer,
improved his or her times by
swimming season bests at
the meet. Of course it is not
unusual to have a best time
... but for everyone to do this
is an encouraging fact. We
have been concentrating on
strokes and turns as we pre
pare to compete on Saturday
(today) in Albany at the Lee
County Invitational.”
Hawkins added the team
is looking towards several
newcomers to compete in the
events vacated by graduated
seniors Abigail Cunningham
and Shannon Sulik. Both of
these girls were mainstays
in the 100 yard Back and
100 yard Fly, she said.
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lot of people didn’t think we
would get to that area. The
girls stuck with it, and we
had a great season, one of the
best we’ve had.”
That Northside club did
suffer some graduation losses,
one of those losses affecting
the Wilson household. Janay
Wilson (the coach’s daugh
ter) was a college signee at
guard, and her fellow senior
contributor was post player
Brittany Holder. Then again,
last year’s Lady Eagles were
trying to recover from even
more senior losses to the col
lege level, including Lekiesha
Levi.
“Those were huge losses,”
said the coach Wilson. “I
think we are going to have
some kids who will step up in
their spot, just like the year
before. Janay and Brittany
stepped up (last year). So I’m
expecting these younger girls
will also step up.
“The biggest thing is that
you have a system in place.
The system stays the same
even though the kids are new
at it. So it’s just a redoing of
what we’ve been doing all
the time. They’re just getting
better at it.”
Wilson keeps her play
ers busy during the off-sea
son with June being a par
ticularly active month. She
said they must have played
between 20 and 30 games in
the summer.
“That’s giving them an
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"The biggest thing is that you have a
system in place. The system stays the
same even though the kids are new at it.
So it's just a redoing of what we've been
doing all the time. They're just getting
better at it.”
- Northside girls basketball Head Coach Casaundra Wilson
opportunity to learn to play
with each other,” said Wilson.
“There’s also team bonding
and a lot of stuff outside of
basketball that happens, too.
It pays off in a game. There
are some tense moments in
games, and hopefully this
will keep us together.”
As for the new Lady Eagle
team looking to match - if
not exceed - last year’s
accomplishments, Wilson
said it’s a quick group with
some underclassmen who
earned a lot of playing expe
rience last season. Those
key players are Tai Brown,
a 5-11 sophomore; Ladarria
Clark, another sophomore at
guard; Leah Danley, a junior
guard; Arnishka Nelson, a 5-
7 senior; and Josie Toliver, a
5-11 senior.
“We still have a lot of tal
ent,” said Wilson, whose
senior class also includes
Brittnie Henderson, Karrisa
Lewis and Rasheena Porter.
“The biggest obstacle is hav
ing somebody step up to real
ly be a leader, calm things
down when it gets real pan
icky, the crowd is yelling at
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you. That’s what I got out
of Brittany and Janay. If one
of them was on the floor, we
could always get everybody
under control.”
Another key to the previ
ous success was consistent
winning play against the 4-
AAAA sub-region’s top teams
from Westside and Jones
County. The Lady Eagles did
fall short one time in gaining
a goal, and that’s winning
the region championship, but
recovered to make the long
run in the state tournament.
“You have to set (expecta
tions) high for them to play,”
said Wilson. “If you don’t
expect much out of them,
they won’t give you much.
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