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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2020
Basketball
BCA boys, girls fall on the road at Commerce
By Charles Phelps
charles@mainstreetnews.com
The Bethlehem Christian
Academy boys' basketball
team went to Commerce
High School looking to get
closer to .500 on the sea
son.
After a 74-55 loss Tues
day. Jan. 7, the Knights (6-
9) will have to wait a little
longer to get win No. 7 on
the season.
Laine Jean-Francois led
the Knights with 14 points
in the loss to Commerce.
Ray Peevy was the only
other Knight to reach dou
ble figures as he scored
11 points. Andrew Richey
added nine points.
Commerce hit 10
3-pointers vs. BCA, in
cluding seven in the second
quarter, which is where the
Knights saw a one-point
deficit grow to as many
as 13 points. By halftime,
Commerce held a 36-25
lead.
BCA opened the game
with buckets from Ethan
Guthas and Eliel St. Louis
to take an early lead. The
lead changed hands four
times in the first quarter.
By the time the second
quarter began, Commerce
led 11-10 and never relin
quished the lead.
The Tigers outscored
the Knights 25-15 in the
second quarter to take an
11-point (36-25) lead into
the locker room at inter
mission.
In the third quarter, the
Knights cut the lead to as
little as eight points, 44-
36, when Jacob Adams hit
a free throw. But that’s as
close as BCA could get to
Commerce.
The Tigers opened the
11-point lead from halftime
to 16 by the time the third
quarter ended, 55-39. The
Knights were outscored in
the fourth quarter, too. 19-
16. to set the final score at
74-55.
COMMERCE GIRLS
56, BCA 40
The BCA girls came out
ready to play, building a
five-point lead at two dif
ferent times in the first half,
10-5 and 16-11. But up 24-
21 with a few minutes left
before halftime, Commerce
closed the first half on a
9-0 run to take the lead for
good.
From the 2:06 mark of
the second quarter to the
end of the game. Com
merce outscored BCA 33-
16.
The Knights (8-7) had
two players finish in dou
ble figures. Jadyn God
dard finished with a team-
high 15 points. Katherine
Gano added 10 points and
Brooke Peevy scored eight
points.
BCA led 14-11 after
the first quarter, and when
Gano hit a bucket to open
the second quarter, the
lead grew to 16-11. With
every Commerce run, the
Knights answered as God
dard broke a 16-16 tie with
a bucket, and she hit a
3-pointer to break a 21-21
tie. It was the final basket
of the first half for BCA.
After getting to halftime
in a six-point deficit, 30-
24, the Knights got no clos
er than three points in the
second half when Rebekah
Doolittle hit a 3-pointer
and Gano followed with a
bucket to cut the lead to 32-
29 early in the third quarter.
From there, Commerce
ended the third on a 11-2
run. which carried into the
fourth quarter as the Tigers
outscored the Knights 13-9
in the final frame.
Both BCA teams will
host Augusta Prep on Fri
day, Jan. 10. for the start of
GISA Region 4-AAA play.
The girls will tip off at 6
p.m., followed by the boys.
Bethlehem Christian Academy’s Katherine Gano puts
up a shot during the Knights’ loss to Commerce. Gino
scored 10 points.
Photos by Charles Phelps
Bethlehem Christian Academy’s Jacob Adams gets acrobatic in the air as he tries to split two Commerce defend
ers during the Knights’ 74-55 loss.
Baseball
Apalachee working in winter toward new season
By Chris Bridges
Sports Correspondent
Following the program's
first postseason appearance
last season, enthusiasm is
sky high for the Apalachee
High School baseball team.
Wildcat players have been
working since August for
the 2020 season, which is
now just a little more than
a month away. Players and
coaches are excited about
the potential of the upcom
ing campaign.
“It will be here before you
know it,” said Allan Bailey,
now in his fourth season di
recting the Diamond Cats.
“We have had a great offsea
son. When I took the soft-
ball job, one of the things I
didn't want to happen was
for the baseball offseason
program to fall off. Having a
great offseason has us ready
to get going again.”
Players began work in
August and then played
15 games as part of the
Game Time League. Bailey
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- ACS will add another Ph.D.
to our staff this month as we
welcome Dr. Daniel Brink
from Pretoria, South Africa. Dr.
Brink will be teaching our mid
dle school Math department.
Dr. Brink obtained his Ph.D.
in Mathematics Education
from the University of Georgia
in 2007. He then returned to
South Africa where he served
as a teacher and administrator
in two private schools, and also
served as the executive director
of an organization that helped
Afrikaans break the cycle of
poverty in South Africa.
In addition to being a gifted
individual, Dr. Brink is a man
of strong character and faith.
We are blessed to have him here
at ACS. Welcome aboard!
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praised the level of competi
tion in the league and while
the AHS coaches could not
be with the team, he noted
the experience for the play
ers was valuable.
“It helped our players stay
sharp and focused,” Bailey
said.
The AHS coach stressed
the importance of condi
tioning in the weight room
to get mentally and physi
cally tougher and stronger.
A friendly competition even
exists between the different
AHS athletic teams.
Players also recently
completed speed and agility
training often dealing with
less-than-desirable weather
conditions.
“This has been the best
group we’ve had to go
through it.” Bailey said.
“It’s not that they enjoy it
necessarily, but they have
embraced it. Our senior
class has been with me their
entire careers and they know
what we want to get done.”
AHS made the postseason
for the first time in 2019,
and in looking back Bailey
said players and coaches
still believe the Wildcats
should have won their first-
round state playoff series at
Alexander which went to
three games. AHS held the
lead in Game 3 going into
the sixth inning.
“Coaches always say
to trust the process, but at
some point the process has
to produce something,” Bai
ley said. “Our players know
we can get to the postseason
now. They are staying hun
gry. We want to get back
and win in the playoffs.”
The Diamond Cats have
two of their three starting
pitchers back for the new
season.
Building pitching depth
has been a focus going into
the new season.
Bailey said it takes four,
five and even six quality
pitchers to be able to com
pete in the postseason.
“We are working to devel
op more pitching,” he said.
AHS will have a presea
son scrimmage on Wednes
day, Feb. 5, against Alcovy
on the road before opening
the regular season Monday,
Feb. 10, at Jackson County.
The Wildcats will
play each GHSA Region
8-AAAAAA foe three times
for a 15-game slate.
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