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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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LEADING SCORER
Olivia Nelson-Ododa led the Winder-Barrow
girls with 19 points in each of the Lady
Bulldoggs’ region wins against Gainesville on
Friday and Habersham Central on Tuesday.
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IN BETWEEN
Winder-Barrow’s Deon Williams gets off a
pass during the Bulldoggs’ game against
Gainesville on Friday night. The Bulldoggs
lost the GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA contest
85-56. Photos by Jessica Brown
WBHS continued from IB
Now it’s on to a short road trip to crosstown and
region rival Apalachee on Friday. The game will
tip off after the girls’ game, which is scheduled to
start at 7 p.m.
Garren said the Bulldoggs will have to do two
primary things in order to reverse the recent trend
of losing to the Wildcats.
"We have to be able to handle their press,” Gar
ren said. “I was real pleased with how we handled
Gainesville’s. Then I was displeased with how
we handled Clarke Central’s. We have to be more
consistent, take care of the basketball and make
good decisions.
"We also have to do a good job of keeping them
off boards and limiting their second opportunities.
That’s always a key for us, being such a small
team.”
Winder-Barrow girls now 3-0 in region
Things haven’t gone as smoothly as Wind
er-Barrow girls coach Brandon Thomas might
have liked, but the Lady Bulldoggs are now 3-0 in
the region after knocking off Habersham Central
58-44 Tuesday night.
Olivia Nelson-Ododa and Chellia Watson paced
the Lady Bulldoggs (11-5 overall) with 19 and 17
points, respectively.
Winder-Barrow was playing without Lexi Mad
dox, who was out with an illness, and a banged
up Lattice Perkins, who injured her ankle Friday
night against Gainesville.
“We got through it,” Thomas said. “Our bench
played some big minutes tonight and we got some
real good contributions there.”
The Lady Bulldoggs had to go to overtime Fri
day night at home before outlasting Gainesville
66-59.
Nelson-Ododa was on fire again, scoring 19
points and grabbing 14 rebounds.
Maddox had 17, Watson had 15 and Perkins
chipped in with 14 before leaving late in the
fourth quarter with her injury.
Sandwiched in between those two region victo
ries, though, was a 68-33 loss to Class A super
power Holy Innocents in a showcase game at
Archer High School on Saturday afternoon.
“We got kicked around in that game,” Thomas
said. “I hope we learned some stuff from it and
about what we can do to get better. But we’re
moving on to focus on doing that.”
Barrow News-Journal correspondent Hal Mill
er contributed to this story.
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Archery
BETHLEHEM ELEMENTARY WINS FIRST EVER REGION CHAMPIONSHIP
The Bethlehem Elementary Shooting Stars archery team won its first ever region championship Saturday
at Loganville High School. The Stars posted a score of 2,934 to finish first. TJ Wilson was first with a
274 and Abigail Rhoades was second with a 266. With the win, Bethlehem earns an automatic berth
to the state tournament, which will be held March 3 in Perry. Bethlehem Elementary had many other
archers that contributed to its championship. Kayla Wilson finished fifth with a 254 and was followed by
Jeff Nguyen (250), Lili Danis (245), Brayden Cato (245), Zoie Daugherty (236), Chase Carter (236), Nicole
Tinoco (234), Mason Peppers (234), Brianna Ashe (233) and Jyrah Hughey (227). Pictured are, from left
to right, front row: Dixie Oakes, Liam King, Bowie Couch, Diego Martinez, Delainey Drum, TJ Wilson,
Abigail Rhoades, Brianna Ashe, Hannah Hollingsworth, Brayden Cato, Anna Claire Kirkpatrick, Aaron
Kimelman, Jeff Nguyen. Back: Mason Peppers, Chase Carter, Lili Danis, Lillian Larkin, Jyrah Hughey,
Kayla Wilson, Nicole Tinoco, Coach Brandi Duke, Lacy Skinner, Zoie Daugherty, Coach Ronney Miller.
Not pictured are Elias Hunt and Lucas Ventura
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