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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2008
THE JACKSON HERALD
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EJCHS GIRLS BASKETBALL
EJCHS BOYS BASKETBALL
Lady Eagles win over Johnson
Eagles Host Oconee County Friday
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SHOOTING GAME
Mikki McGinnis scored nine points against Johnson in
the Lady Eagles’ victory against them last week.
Photo by Brandon Reed
I
LOOKING FOR OPTIONS
Standrick Stephens moves down the court during
last week’s tournament at EJCHS. Stephens scored
11 points against Pace Academy in tournament play
on Nov. 29. Photo by Brandon Reea
By Brandon Reed
A FEW days after losing
to Grayson to open the Talon
Tip-Off Tournament at home,
the East Jackson Lady Eagles
picked up their first win of the
season over Johnson on Nov.
25, then lost a close game to
North Hall on Nov. 29.
Now the Lady Eagles turn
their attention to regular sea
son play, as they prepare to
host Oconee County on Friday.
The Lady Warriors enter the
contest with a 1-1 record prior
to action on Tuesday, having
scored 74 points overall, but
having allowed 96 points to be
scored against them. In their
last pairing, Oconee County
came away with a 55-45 win
last Dec. 27.
Tip-off is scheduled for 7
p.m.
The Lady Eagles recorded
their first win of the season,
defeating Johnson 40-34 in the
Talon Tip-Off.
The Lady Eagles took con
trol early, leading 11-9 by the
end of the first period. They
extended the lead to 21-15 by
the half, and continued to con
trol the game by the end of the
third quarter, 28-22. Johnson
was able to close the gap to six
points, but East Jackson held
them at bay to take the win.
Autumn Wilbanks and
Mikki McGinnis lead in scor
ing against the Lady Knights,
recording nine points each.
Brake Griffin added eight
points.
McGinnis led in rebounds
with eight, while Caroline
Hicks recorded six.
Shelby Johnson had four
assists and six steals against
Johnson and the team had 15
steals for the game.
Up next was a pairing with
the Lady Trojans of North Hall
in a game that went back and
forth in each quarter.
East Jackson took a one-
point lead, 20-19, by the half.
North Hall came back to take
a five-point lead, 36-31, by the
end of the third period, and had
to work hard to hold off East
Jackson by the end, as the Lady
Trojans won a squeaker 52-50.
Wilbanks again led the Lady
Eagles in scoring with 24
points. Callie Moore recorded
seven on the game. Kaidin Hill,
Moore and Hicks grabbed six
rebounds each, while Terin
Gillespie had three steals.
"The day before the game
we made a lot of changes to
our defensive scheme and I
was extremely impressed with
the girls’ ability to carry it over
to the game,” said coach Amy
Larimer. “I could not have
asked any more of them on the
defensive end of the court. It
was an all-around team effort
to contain an offensive-minded
team such as North Hall.”
Larimer pointed to several
players who contributed to the
Lady Eagles' strong showing.
‘Autumn Wilbanks played a
great game and really sparked
us offensively down the
stretch,” she said. “I saw differ
ent players step up and be real
leaders throughout the game.
‘‘I feel very optimistic about
our improvement.”
East Jackson was scheduled
to travel to Stephens County
on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Results of
that game were unavailable at
press time.
By Brandon Reed
AFTER CLOSING out
last weekend’s Talon Tip-Off
tournament with losses to
Johnson and Pace Academy,
the East Jackson Eagles boys’
basketball team is looking for
improvement this week as it
starts regular season play, and
continues to prepare for region
play.
The Eagles will host Oconee
County Friday. In their one pre
vious meeting, which occurred
in a Christmas tournament last
year, the Warriors defeated
East Jackson 64-55.
As of Tuesday, both teams
were winless on the season.
Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30
p.m.
After an opening loss to
Grayson, the Eagles looked to
turn their fortunes around last
Tuesday in the Talon Tip-Off
when they went up against
Johnson. Unfortunately, the
turn didn’t happen, as the
Knights won 59-48.
Kolby Gilbert scored 23
points to lead the Eagles.
After the Thanksgiving
break, the tournament con
tinued on Saturday, with the
Eagles’ final pairing coming
in a tight game against Pace
Academy.
While the game went
back and forth, with the lead
swapping between four and
six points throughout, Pace
Academy was able to make
some clutch shots late that
East Jackson could not match,
and came away with a 55-53
win.
‘‘We had several chances to
tie the game and go ahead,”
said head coach Brian Turner.
‘‘We just didn’t play very
smart at the time with some
things, but our effort was bet
ter against Pace than in other
games in the tournament. We
changed our lineup around a
little for this game.”
Brandon Garrett led the
Eagles Pace with 12, while
Standrick Stephens scored 11
points on the night.
The Eagles were sched
uled to face Stephens County
Tuesday night on the road.
Results of that game were
unavailable at press time.
Turner said when Friday
comes around, he expects to
see a similar playing style
out of the Warriors, who are
coached this year by Michael
Youngblood.
‘‘He and the coach he came
up under are good friends of
mine, so I’m expecting to
see a lot of the stuff we do.
They’re going to shoot the ball
extremely well.”
Turner said the biggest thing
he’s looking for over the next
few games is improvement. He
said he doesn’t feel his team is
that far away.
‘‘The biggest thing I’m look
ing for is improving execu
tion,” he said. ‘‘We"re not a
very good team right now as
far as execution goes. We’ve
got to get better at execution
when we’re having to run an
offense, and when it comes to
set situations. We need to be
able to execute and not turn the
ball over or take a bad shot.”
Turner said the upcoming
games should give the Eagles
a good opportunity to work on
those issues.
‘‘That’s one reason that we
made the schedule that we did
this year. We wanted to make
sure when we got to region,
that we saw everything that we
could possibly see before we
got to region action.”
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