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Perry’s Adrian King swims the butterfly during the meet hosted by the Panthers
Thursday at Fort Valley State University. Teams were Cairo, Lee County, Westover and
Spalding. Note: Results were not in as of press time, but should be posted on our web
site by the time you read this.
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Zach Winston swims the 200 yard freestyle.
HORNETS
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at home, and both against
the top-two ranked teams in
GISA AAA) Westfield’s girls
basketball team suffered its
second loss in a row after two
straight wins Tuesday. First
Presbyterian Day won 69-61
in Perry.
SWEEPS
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action. His first basket in the
seven-point outburst came
off a steal, and he hit one
from 3-point land. When he
was done the Eagles were
ahead 78-68.
Ward had four steals in the
quarter, and Northside, now
2-3 overall, hit five foul shots
in the last two minutes.
The next time the Eagle
boys hit the basketball court
is Monday at home against a
traveling team of high-school
age players from Australia.
NS GIRLS WIN 51-33
Cassandra Wilson,
Northside High girls has-
INITIATIVE
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Beginning at their 405 Osigian Blvd.,
Warner Robins address, the 5K and
Fun Run is S2O for the first and sls for
SHOTGUN
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and the opportunity to sign
up with the team.
Georgia Project SAFE,
according to the release,
teaches youth marksman
ship and gun safety skills.
Last year well more than
900 youth qualified in
regional matches to earn
the opportunity to shoot
at the state match held in
Eatonton.
The team is open to any
Houston County youth, pro
vided they have successfully
completed a DNR Hunter
Safety Course and has
access to a safe functioning
20 or 12 gauge shotgun.
There is a fee to partici
pate in the program; howev
er, no youth will be turned
down due to inability to pay.
Contact the Houston County
4-H extension Agent, Stacey
Ellison at 987-2028 if you
have further questions.
Good to be the King
For the Lady Hornets,
Haley Way had 11 points,
Caroline Pfohl and Hanna
Jones each had nine and
Mallory Eubanks scored
eight with eight rebounds.
Westfield trailed by 17 at
halftime after committing 23
turnovers, according to head
coach Jeff Eubanks.
“A lot were unforced turn
overs,” he said. “We had
ketball coach, welcomed
back two previously injured
guards to her rotation
Tuesday. Though she is still
missing frontcourt standouts
Tai Brown and Chan Fann to
injury, Wilson led the Lady
Eagles to a home non-region
win against West Laurens
High. It was only the second
win so far in five games for
the Northside girls.
Ladarria Clark, one of
those returning starters
back for Tuesday’s game,
had 10 points in the game.
Freshman Jasmine Wilson
(not related to the coach)
also scored 10. It was fresh
man Chelsea Waters who led
the Lady Eagle effort with
12 points.
The coach used several
the second, if pre-registered. It’s also
sls for students to compete/participate
in the 5K (also pre-registered). Pre-reg
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program”.
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made four fouls on the first
possession. Several people in
foul trouble, but we cut it to
four in the third quarter.”
It was 51-42 to start the
fourth, and the Lady Hornets
got as close as five before
missing some easy shots
and having to foul. FPD was
10-for-18 in free throws in
the fourth, 25-for-41 for the
game.
sophomores promoted from
last year’s junior varsi
ty team in the frontcourt.
Kanekqua Mitchell and Tyra
Jackson combined for 15
points. What coach Wilson
hopes to gain from using so
many younger players early
in the season is depth for the
upcoming slate of Region 1-
AAAAA games beginning in
January.
“They are learning to
work with the speed of the
varsity game,” said Wilson.
“We’ve got to work on our
free-throw form. We can do
better there. They’re all giv
ing a good effort.”
The first quarter against
West Laurens ended with the
visitors leading 8-6. Wilson
inserted Clark and Leah
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5K is $25. Awards include SSOO for first
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SPORTS
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Allie Hanson for the Lady Panthers swims the breast stroke.
Competitors begin one of the races.
“We outscored them 28-
16 from the field the second
half but they had 13 points
from the charity stripe,” said
coach Eubanks. “We had too
many turnovers and had to
play from behind the whole
game. We must cut down on
our turnovers and take care
of the ball.’ r
In boys action Tuesday,
Westfield’s Hornets remained
Danley, the other returning
guard, for the second period
and they made an immedi
ate impact. Clark had four
points, cashing in both a
Danley assist and Jackson
block, to cap a 9-0 run (15-8
NS).
Jackson later scored on a
pass inside from Waters, and
the Northside lead at the
half was 17-14.
West Laurens didn’t score
a basket in the third period
until the Lady Eagles turned
it over with an 11-point lead.
Jackson’s offensive rebound
score and a high-post jumper
from Clark (fed by Arrianna
Danley from the low block)
helped build that double
digit advantage (27-16).
Waters, with 10 seconds
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undefeated despite the lack
of practice time together as
a varsity group. Jake Walls’
team beat First Presbyterian
70-46 behind 13 points from
Matt Amrit and 12 from
Chris Brown.
“We are still trying to get
in shape,” said Walls.
With the addition of Brown,
a 6-5 transfer to the Hornet
roster, Walls said it’s also
left, made two foul shots
after rebounding a miss from
the line. The Lady Eagles led
by 10 33-23 with one quar
ter left. That fourth period
belonged to the player named
Wilson with three quick bas
kets, including a pretty scoop
shot in transition assisted by
Clark. Wilson added an assist
against the West Laurens
press to A. Danley.
Mitchell added two late
baskets on both the boards
and from Waters’ assist.
As for the potential return
of Brown and Fann, coach
Wilson couldn’t pinpoint a
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been a matter of patience in
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