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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL Westfield girls, boys sweep Mount de Sales By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Freshman James Wurstff, theleadingscorerfor Westfield basketball Saturday at hone, made the game-winningplay as he fell on a loose bal’ and let time run out on the visit ing Mt. de Sales Cavaliers. The Hornets, despile just scoring 11 points in the sec ond half, held on for a 39-38 win at home in the first boys contest for Westfield of the 2007-2008 season. The Hornets were lead ing by eight, 39-31, with about three minutes left in regulation. The Cavs, which struggled from the foul line all game, made one of two attempts at the line to pull within four with 1:02 remain ing. Westfield, after a fine first-half of foul shooting, missed a one-and-one front end at the 52-second mark and another front end with 10 seconds to play. Mt. de Sales had cut Westfield’s lead to one with 18 seconds to go as a 3-point attempt bounced on the rim and fell through the net. With a chance to win the game in the last 10 ticks, the visitors lost control of the basketball. Wurster kept it from going out of bounds and stayed with it on the floor as time expired. Wurster came off the Hornet bench early when starting junior center Matt Amrit got into immediate foul trouble. Wurster would ' ,l m -I f X r ~ «*£»>.** , r fHI Hr Up-' '* : B#- 'W * I v 1 Westfield’s Mason Moreland battles for a loose ball. GREEN From page jB Irish. But that storied program fell on hard times with the worst winless start in school history. Alas, Northside’s Green doesn’t feel like wear ing a Golden Dome anytime soon. “I guess they’ll have to regroup and try again next year,” he said, offering no solutions for coach Charlie Weis. “I don’t know.” Green is still a high school student, -a kid at heart, and that means a love of fiction al characters. So who is his favorite: Green Arrow, Green Lantern, the Green Hornet, the Jolly Green Giant? Actually, Tijuan picked one recently portrayed on the big screen, Spider-man nemesis the Green Goblin. One cannot forget every child’s favorite Green crea ture, Kermit the Frog. “He’s pretty famous, too,” said Green. Both Kermit and the late Ray Charles recorded a song called, “It’s Not Easy Being Green.” So we have to ask our football player, ‘is it easy being Green?” “It’s just your name,” said Tijuan. “You represent your family. Everybody has a last name, so everybody gets treated equally.” Hold on now. One cannot ignore a few of the negative stereotypes associated with being Green. First of all, if you are one without a lot of experience in your chosen field, you are labeled a ‘green horn.’ “I have experience, so they can’t call me a greenhorn,” said Green about his foot ball standing in high school, though he admits that will change once he goes to col lege. So then you have to wonder if Green is jealous all the time, ‘green with envy as the saying goes.’ It’s the ‘little green monster’ in everyone, not the big Green Monster at go on to score 10 points, six coming in the opening quar ter. He put Westfield ahead for the first time with a post move, and his team ended the period leading 12-9. The Hornets never trailed after the rest of the game. Wurster made another move in the post to score on a pass from guard Casey Young, and an open 3-pointer by Riley Sims from a corner put the home team up eight, 22- 14. Both Young and John Peake scored on offensive rebounds, and Joel Re vis stole an inbounds pass to score towards the end of the half. Westfield, with 9-of-15 shooting at the line, led after the first half 28-20. The Cavaliers missed six free throws in the second quarter alone. The 6-4 Amrit was back on the floor for the sec ond half and blocked about five shots. Wurster added an assist to his game with a pass inside to Peake, and Amrit scored on an inbound play late in the third. The Hornets were ahead by nine going into the fourth 35-26. Westfield’s offense was more focused on ball con trol and running clock in the second half, and there were several hustle plays and pos session saves, but only one made field goal in the fourth period. The Hornets were also just 2-of-6 at the line in the last eight minutes. Peake finished with seven a Boston baseball park. Tijuan denies any such feel ings that gnaw at him every day. After all, he does have the state title and hasn’t dealt with a loss on the football field in these last two years. “I have nothing to be jeal ous about,” he said. And, there is that street that runs in front of the Northside campus. So how did Tijuan feel when this stretch of road was dubbed Green Street? “When I was little, I used to ride on the street all the time,” he said. “I was like ‘that’s my street.’ That’s Green Street. That’s what my mom used to say all the time. ‘That’s our street.’ She used to have me thinking that. But when I grew up it was just another street with our last name.” It wasn’t just a street sign, but a sign of things to come, that on this road Green would develop his talents as a foot ball player. ft (/^INTERIORS 903 Carroll St. (478) 987-4511 Mon,. - Sat. 9:30 - 5:30 WWW.carltorunteriors.com SALE - 25% OFF 40% OFF Come early for best selection. points and Young scored five. WESTFIELD GIRLS 54, MDS43 Hanna Jones had 16 of her 18 points in the second half as the Westfield girls basketball team went on an decisive 11-0 run in the third quarter to take a home win against the Mt. de Sales girls Saturday. The Lady Hornets had lost to the Lady Cavs 11 days before in Macon, but this was not only the first win for Westfield’s girls this season, but also the first win against MDS since the 2002 season. The game had several streaks, including an opening 7-0 run for Westfield high lighted by a comer 3-pointer for Mallory Eubanks. While that run took about three minutes, MDS tied the game 7-7 in less than two minutes with a run sparked by the reserves. Caroline Pfohl got active inside with consecutive baskets to put the home club ahead 14-9 after the quarter. Junior point guard Mason Moreland scored on penetra tion and a steal in the second quarter, Westfield leading 21- 13. But again it was MDS going on a 5-1 run to close out the half and trail 22-18. The Lady Hornets, after giving up four points on turn overs, didn’t score in the third quarter until the 5:15 mark. The Lady Cavs had already taken the lead, though, and with four in a row by reserve There’s another road the Eagles will be traveling soon, a familiar road in more ways than one. It’s Northside Drive, a major highway in Atlanta that runs alongside the Georgia Dome. In that Dome, Green will be looking across the field at Tucker High safety Jamoris Slaughter, who happens to be the top rated safety in the state and is committed to sign with those Notre Dame Irish. “We’re just going to be ready to play Friday,” said Green, not sending any spe cial message to any one player. “On TV in front of everybody. We’re going to be ready to win and hopefully bring another state championship here.” Green is sure to handle the football plenty of times, and he can’t wait to get on that Green turf, see the Green light ahead of him and go forward to cash in all of his opportunities. SPORTS UH 1 , r llSBfBl W BVAi & liwi i ' ENI/Gary Hannon Westfield’s Joel Revis goes up for a jump shot in the team’s game at home Saturday against Mount de Sales. Amber Lynch they led by five, 29-24. 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