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ing the second period but
trailed 19-15 heading
into halftime.
The Raiders we.en't
able :;En even with the
Woly s until the 1:48
mark in the third quarter,
when Rapson scored in
the paint to tie the game
25-25.
Bailey added a basket
with 1:10 left in the third
period, allowing North to
take a 27-26 lead into the
final quarter.
The Raiders led by as
much as seven points
midway through the
fourth quarter, but the
Wolverines narrowed the
gap back to a single
point, 44-43, on a
3-pointer by Nick Staiti
(13 points) with 1:28
remaining.
Knost went to the free
throw line for North 13
seconds later and hit both
shots to boost the lead to
46-43. West’s Zach
Evans was called for a
charge on the
Wolverines’ ensuing pos
session, forcing West to
begin fouling to send
North to the free throw
line.
Allen knocked down
“The kids just kept
battling and ... didn't
freak [over the early def
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Early on the
Wolverines, whose four
region wins from 2010-
12 all came against the
Raiders, appeared ready
to continue controlling
the rivalry series.
North was held without
a point for the first five
minutes of the game, as
West (2-8, 0-5) jumped
out to a 9-0 lead.
The Wolverines almost
kept the momentum
going into the second
period after Grant
Anderson came up with a
steal and transition layup
that pushed the lead to
13-3 with five seconds
left. Instead, Allen quick
ly pushed the ball up the
floor for the Raiders and
hit a running 3-pointer at
the buzzer to cut the gap
to seven points.
“Wade played really
good tonight,” Moon said.
“I thought he took care of
the ball like he needs to
as a senior.”
North cut West’s lead
to two points twice dur
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shot during their game on Friday at the Eagles’ Nest. Both players led their
respective teams in scoring.
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North Forsyth guard Lochlain Corliss shoots over
West Forsyth forward Mary Henner on Friday at
West Forsyth High School.
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five consecutive free
throws to extend the
Raiders’ lead to seven
points and secure the
victory.
The Raiders hit 11 of
their 12 free throw
attempts in the fourth
quarter and finished the
period with 26 points
after totaling just 27 in
the first three.
“We were kind of pre
pared that they would
make a run and we just
didn’t respond by missing
shots and turning the ball
over and not rebounding,
doing those types of
things,” West head coach
Jim Cook said.
Jimmy Staiti scored 12
points for West, while
John Conway added nine.
“I think these boys
want to win some games,
so maybe we’ll win a
few more,” Moon said.
“We need to beat
somebody that maybe
people don’t think we
can. 1 think our confi
dence will be there.”
The Raiders return
home to host Centennial
at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
while the Wolverines
travel to Alpharetta.
Jared Putnam Forsyth County News
North Forsyth guard Caleb Knost is fouled by West Forsyth forward Nick
Staiti on Friday at West Forsyth High School. Knost scored nine points for
the Raiders.
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ter and created problems
for South (1-5 Region
68-AAAAAA) on the
defensive end.
“He makes my job a lot
easier,” Chattahoochee
head coach Kacey Martin
said. “He’s very athletic
and very active. He can
get the rebounds and
make tough shots. It’s
definitely nice to have
him.”
Archambeau (19),
Markus Terry (18) and
Desma Slayton (17) com
bined for 54 points and 83
percent of Chattahoochee’s
offense. Jack Armstrong
paced the War Eagles with
17 points, while Douglas
Cotter added 14.
South cut the score to
23-14 with 5:19 in the
second quarter, but
Chattahoochee went on a
13-7 run to take a 36-21
advantage into halftime.
The Cougars kept the
advantage in double fig
ures in the third period
and led 49-37 to start the
fourth.
The War Eagles came
within nine points mid
way through the final
quarter but could not get
any closer.
“South Forsyth played
really hard and challenged
us and made it a ball
game,” Martin said. “To
be down like that and
show some guts like they
did was a testament to
them.”
South was scheduled to
play at Grayson on
Saturday before traveling
to face Johns Creek on
Tuesday.
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Road: North overcomes Staiti’s 19 points
ticularly in the first half.
Staiti scored 12 of her
game-high 19 points
before halftime.
Staiti and teammate
Mary Henner (14 points)
accounted for all but three
of West’s points in the
game.
“Our focus was to try
to limit her touches and
we didn’t do a very good
job of that, so we tried to
do a much better job,
tried to be a little more
physical in the second
half,” Herrick said.
The Lady Raiders
finally found some offen
sive rhythm in the third
quarter, when they
scored 19 points. North
was held to 10 or fewer
in each of the other three
periods.
“I tried to motivate
them a little at halftime,”
Herrick said. “I tried to
let them know that I was
play sparked a stretch in
which the Lady Raiders
turned up the defensive
pressure and forced turn
overs on 10 of 11 West
(5-10, 1-5) possessions.
But North often failed
to convert the turnovers
into points on the other
end and the two teams
went into halftime tied
18-18.
“We turned them over a
lot, I think [West had] 37
turnovers [for the game],
but we just didn’t con
vert,” Herrick said. “We
were eight for 22 from
the free-throw line and I
can’t count how many
layups we missed. When
you turn somebody over
you’ve got to take advan
tage and convert and we
just didn’t tonight.”
Containing Jenna Staiti,
West'’s 6-foot-5 freshman
center, was also an issue
for the Lady Raiders, par
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Freshman Sarah Myers finished with a game-high
24 points that included five 3-pointers, while team
mates Hannan (13) and Ally Welch (12) combined
for 25. Chattahoochee’s Cassidy Starkes tallied 20
points and Erin Morrow scored 16.
“We felt like we had an advantage in the paint,”
South head coach Keith Gravitt said. “Our post
players took advantage when we got them the ball.
“We got to do a better job of controlling the
tempo when we’re in the lead. We didn’t do a good
job of taking care of the basketball and getting into
what we wanted to get into. We were letting them
dictate how the game was played.”
The Lady War Eagles led 16-14 at the end of the
first quarter and held Chattahoochee to only five
points in the second quarter, as they extended their
lead to 32-19 at the half. South shot 61 percent (14-
of-23) from the field, while Chattahoochee connect
ed on 23 percent (6-of-26) of its shots.
The Lady Cougars trailed by 13 with 3:42 left in
the third quarter, but managed to close the gap to
44-36 to start the fourth quarter.
“I think it was a team effort,” Gravitt said. “... We
try to preach to the girls that we need to win on the
defensive end and we think we won more times
than we didn’t, so this was a team win, not any one
person.”
South was scheduled to play at Grayson on
Saturday before traveling to face Johns Creek on
Tuesday.
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South Forsyth’s Sarah Myers, right, protects
the ball from Chattahoochee’s Amari Carter on
Friday at the Eagles’ Nest.
kind of got lazy with
some passes and just
turned it over way too
many times.”
The Lady Raiders
return home to host
Centennial at 6 p.m. on
Tuesday, while West
travels to Alpharetta.
not pleased with where
we were at, with our
effort.”
North spread the ball
around in the third quar
ter — no player had more
than four points — and
headed into the final peri
od with a 37-27 lead, the
first double-digit advan
tage either team had
enjoyed during the night.
West never trimmed
the gap to fewer than
eight points in the fourth
quarter.
“I thought we did a
good job of being pre
pared for [North’s pres
sure] and being ready to
go out and compete with
those guys ... but we just
turned the ball over way
too many times,” West
head coach David May
said.
“Their defensive pres
sure [got] to us, we got a
little tired and we just
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