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Page 6 — Griffin Daily News Saturday, February 5,1977 Bears’ win streak ends Griffin’s four-game winning streak came to a halt here last night when the Newnan Cougars shot down the Bears, 58-46. C. Tolbert of Newnan was the :>■ " s *££ The Griffin girls snapped their losing streak here last night with a 43-38 overtime victory over Newnan. Lisa Green scooped up a loose ball and scored a layup with 40 seconds remaining to tie the TD Club to honor Bears Monday The Griffin Touchdown and Boosters Club will honor the Griffin Bears, North Georgia football champions, Monday night with a banquet. It will be held at the Spalding Junior High Unit 111 cafeteria with Dr. Ixtren Young of Griffin as guest speaker. Banquet time is 7 p.m. Touchdown and Booster Club members, who have any questions about their membership, are asked to contact John Seay at First National Bank. A membership drive is under way. 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The score was tied 10-10 after one period and 25-25 going into TD Club officials today urged Griffin High supporters to join the club and help honor the Barnesville wins pair Rusty Jackson hit a jumper with 16 seconds remaining last night to give Barnesville Academy a 42-41 victory over West wood in Thomaston. Shortly before the key basket, Ronnie Watson tied the score with a pair of shots. Jackson scored 19 points and had 10 rebounds for Barnesville. Westwood’s Johnny Knight was the game’s high scorer with 20. Penny McCoy sank a driving layup with 20 seconds left to give the Barnesville girls a 32-30 victory. Melanie Harwell, who scored Trojans outshoot Winners The Trojans outshot the Winners 80-75 Friday night and the Midgets beat the Bandagers 72-32. Tommy Willis scored 36 for the Trojans and Roscoe Walton made 13. Grady Rogers scored 30 for the Winners and Brian Stansell made 15. Don Stanfield led the Midgets with 22 points. John Pilkenton made 5. Blake Yates scored 15 for the Bandagers and Jack Tinley had 4. 8 and Tommy Joe Coleman 4. Griffin trailed 10-9 after one quarter, 28-17 at halftime and 43-32 going into the fourth. the fourth. Tammy Parks was Griffin’s high scorer with 17. Mary Lyons made 16, Lisa Green 7, Tami Smith 2 and Michelle McMichael 1. Griffin Bears, who were runners-up in state triple-A last season. 13 points and had 13 rebounds, got a key assist on the winning play with a perfect pass from near mid-court. Belles, Bears win The Belles beat the Babes 10- 8, the Bears whipped the Blackhawks 38-23 and the Wildcats downed the Pistons 53- 13 Friday in the Rick Barry League. Tracy Boggs made 6 points for the Belles and Michelle Shackleford had 4. Melissa Conner made 4 for the Babes and Mary Brown made 2. Ron Schenk paced the Bears with 15 points. John Ogletree scored 11. V. Smith made 19 for the Blackhawks and Jim Mitchell scored 2. Rock Wimbush made 14 for the Wildcats and Wes Treadway had 12. Mitchell Cardell scored 6 for the Pistons and Kevin Oglesby made 5. Grand Prix TOKYO (AP) — The second annual Japan Grand Prix, scheduled for April, has been canceled because of lack of time to fully prepare for the event, a spokesman for the sponsor said today. The spokesman noted that the first Japan Grand Prix was held last October and said many financial contributors were reluctant to put up money for an April race because there was so little time for a campaign advertising the event. Corolla 2-Ooor Sedan "The Answer" LOWEST PRICE - $2788 * ♦ Excludes Freight & Dlr. Prep. HIGHEST MILEAGE - 49 MPG EPA Highway Rated '/ f. Janice Gilstrap (21) gets off shot for Griffin Academy. (Photo by Bill Bussey) Monroe tops Griffin Lions Monroe Academy defeated Griffin Academy Lions twice Friday night. Monroe won the girls’ game 75-28 and captured the boys’ contest 66-48. Janice Gilstrap scored 17 for Griffin 6 B’ rips Newnan The Griffin High “B” team boys ripped Newnan 65-47 here Friday afternoon. Larnell Stokes scored 18 points for Griffin and Marvin Curtis had 12. Tim Ogletree, Henry Miller and Don Blanton made 8, Bubba Andrews 6, Barons nip Colonels The Barons beat the Colonels 43-40 Friday in the Junior Basketball League. Harry Peaden made 13 points for the Barons and Mike Peaden had 12. David English scored 10 for the Colonels and Victor Perdue made 7. Jerry Smith SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jerry Smith, who coached the defen sive line for the Baltimore Colts for three years, now will coach the San Diego Chargers defensive line. Chargers Coach Tommy Prothro said Thursday that Smith will replace Rudy Fel dman, who will become the club’s co-coach of the offensive line. In 1975, Smith’s unit had the most quarterback sacks in the National Football League, 59. Last year, the Colts had 57 sacks. 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Tonight, they will play a key role in the Southeastern Confer ence matchup between Van derbilt and third-ranked Ken tucky. The visiting Commodores have turned to three freshmen as starters and Kentucky could be missing its first year flash, Jay Shidler, because of a bout with food poisoning. Sophomore Truman Claytor will replace Shidler in the start ing lineup if he can’t play. Also missing from the Ken tucky lineup for the 7:30 p.m. EST game at Rupp Arena will be freshman Tim Stephens, who has averaged only 2.5 points in 12 games this season, but appeared recently to be getting his touch back from his high school days at McCreary County, Ky. “We’re not really sure that Stephens will be able to play even Monday night,” Kentucky Comeau picked up the first of two goals for the night by net ting a 25-foot shot from the right faceoff circle. Gary Doak put the Bruins on the scoreboard with 42 seconds remaining in the period, firing the puck off teammate Don Marcotte’s skate and past At lanta goalie Dan Bouchard. The Flames boosted their lead out of reach in a heated second period which saw rener ee Dave Newell hand out 52 minutes in penalties. Atlanta’s Bobby Simpson raised the margin to 3-1 before the Flames got power play goals from Comeau and Rich ard Mulhern while Boston de fenseman Mike Milbury sat out a five-minute penalty for spear ing Larry Romanych. At the end of the second peri- Coach Joe Hall said of the Wildcats’ encounter with Flori da State at I-ouisville’s Free dom Hall. “He injured a knee in practice and just can’t go at full steam. He’s definitely out tonight.” Hall said Shidler suffered food poisoning earlier this week and missed a couple of practice Notice We have several reconditioned engines & crankshaft kits for older model cars at great savings. SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEKEND Reg. Spark Plugs 69c Ea. 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"Even if he does, he’ll defi nitely be limited...we just don’t know and probably won’t until just before game time,” Hall said.
