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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
Youth Basketball
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
The Barrow County Premier League sixth-grade basketball team recently won the league championship, going 9-1. Players pictured, from left to right, are
front row: Mekelle Mayweather, Dominique Nuckles, Jordan Cooper, Jayquan Crawford, DeAndre Moore and Boogie Mayweather. Back row: Emorrie Foskey,
Jahvon Wells, Justice Billings, Keontae Evans and Keion Jackson. The coaches are Butch Harris, Derrick Johnson and Steven Crawford. The team was also
recognized at halftime of Friday’s Winder-Barrow High School girls basketball playoff game.
High School Basketball: Bethlehem Christian Academy
KEY SENIOR
Bethlehem Christian Academy’s Bailey Brown is seen in action Thursday
against the Heritage School in the GISA Region 1-AAA tournament. Brown
and the Lady Knights lost to Pinewood 50-22 Tuesday night in the first round
of the state playoffs. See more photos on Page 5B. Photos by Scott Thompson
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PASSING IT OFF
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BCA’s Stella Byrd passes the ball against Heritage on Thursday.
Lady Knights’ season ends with first-round playoff loss
By Scott Thompson
Sports Editor
The Bethlehem Christian
Academy girls basketball team
played its first-ever state play
off game Tuesday night.
But the Lady Knights weren’t
happy with the result as they
fell 50-22 at Pinewood Chris
tian Academy in Bellville in
the first round of the GISA
Class AAA playoffs. Pinewood
advances to the quarterfinals
while BCA’s season ends at
10-15.
The Lady Knights had the
tall task of trying to upset the
Region 2 champion Lady Patri
ots after they finished fourth in
last week’s region tournament
at Loganville Christian.
BCA lost 45-21 to the Heri
tage School in the region semi
finals Thursday and then 52-38
to Holy Spirit Prep in the con
solation game Friday.
Things didn’t get any better
Tuesday.
"They were very disciplined
and moved very well and very
fast,” BCA coach Karen Park
er said of the Lady Patriots.
"We just couldn’t get anything
going. This being our first
time in the playoffs, it was a
moment in history for our girls
and hopefully that will give
them more of a thirst to get
back here next season.”
The Lady Knights will lose
four seniors off this year’s
squad, most notably point
guard Bailey Brown, who Park
er said was "probably my best
defensive player and one of top
offensive scorers.”
But BCA also stands to
return three starters with Oliv
ia Morgan, Catherine Doolittle
and Rebekah Doolittle. Parker
said in addition to those play
ers, she was encouraged by the
strides made by first-year play
er Kaleigh Roseland as well
as Callie Birt and Katherine
Gano.
“We should have a good,
solid nucleus coming back,”
Parker said.
High School Track and Field
AHS teams place second at Dacula; WBHS teams fifth at Parkview
The Apalachee High
School track and field
teams finished second
overall in a three-school
meet at Dacula last week,
behind the Falcons and
ahead of Gainesville.
For the second straight
week, Eli Morris broke the
school record in the 300-
meter hurdles finishing
with a time of 41.01 sec
onds, surpassing the 41.27
mark he set in the first
meet of the season.
Austin Jones was first
in the triple jump, and
the 4x400 relay team of
Mason Giddens, Kevin
Haley. Morris and Francis
co Soto also finished first.
In other events, Soto
was second and Haley
third in the 400-meter
dash. Kevin Ellington sec
ond and Garrett Stafford
third in the 3.200-meter
run, Jones second and
Christian Porterfield third
in the 110-meter hurdles,
Justin Chapman second
and Josh Garland third in
the pole vault, Jadan Clark
third in the shot put and
Kenny Tabiasz second and
Rayne Knowles third in
the discus.
On the girls side. Tahl-
ia Ferguson won the 400-
meter dash and was sec
ond in the 200-meter dash.
Destiny Gibbs was second
and third in those events,
respectively.
Aaliyah Hogan won the
100-meter hurdles while
Sara Abraham was sec
ond in the high jump and
third in the triple jump and
Samira Barnett was third
in the high jump and long
jump.
Aniah Wooten was sec
ond in the triple jump
while Joanna Gross was
second in the long junp
and third in the 300-meter
hurdles.
Molly Silva was third
in both the 800-meter and
1,600-meter runs.
The 4x100-meter relay
team of Samira Barnett.
Sierra Barnett, Gross and
Morrison Riley was third,
and Nakia Hooks was third
in the shot put. Apalachee
returns to action Thursday
in the Parkview All-Com
ers Invitational.
Winder-Barrow teams
take fifth at Parkview
Meanwhile, both Wind
er-Barrow teams finished
fifth overall against some
tough competition at the
Parkview Invitational.
Leading the girls was
Micah Weathers, who won
both the 1,600-meter run
(5:25.84) and 3,200-meter
run (11:49.03), and Bre-
anna McNamara, who was
first on the pole vault (9
feet. 6 inches).
Elsewhere. Rebekah
Freeman was second in
the shot put and fourth in
the discus.
On the boys side, Jacob
Daniel was second and
Tyrik Norman third in
the discus, while Tucker
Allen was fourth in the
pole vault.
Winder-Barrow returns
to action March 4 in the
sixth annual Eagle Invi
tational at East Jackson
High School.
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