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Houston Led South Boys Triumph 84-64 kw^m-"-----....^**********,*************** Sandy Hudson Directs 39-35 North Girls Win In SEAIS All-Star Game By Joe Hiett Led by Westfield’s Sandy Hudson and Stratford Academy’s Susan Peake, the North SEAIS All-Star girls snapped a 33-33 deadlock in the final quarter to beat their Southern opponents 39-35 last Friday night in the 2nd Annual All-Star Games held at Westfield. The North boys were not so fortunate, however, losing to the South boys 84-64. In the girls game, both teams were visibly tight and neither scored until Susan Peake’s free throw put the North ahead 1-6 with 5:26 remaining in the first quarter. Fullington’s Gayle Bowen then canned a set shot to put the South girls ahead 2-1. Sandy Hudson gave the North the lead back with a 7 footer with 4:37 remaining to make the score 3-2. Susan Peake scored four more points in the quarter but the South behind Crisp Academy’s Debbie McKinney scored seven markers to hold a 9-7 first quarter lead. Tri-County’s Vickie McGraw bombed one home to start the second quarter and knot the score 9-9. ¥* t^pf s,, t < ■■■Jm i ■PI BBML»JM|riHH« tlPf* 'JSLißlilii? ■■^,/i r f2 v < u~i.if>?4V&s£*\^V^vff* <»'Sk - An IS *it < I £. a3BI i y gifteS B JK;.. f«gf«| ~ . lpp ;: * Sandy Hudson (40) And Wanda Bragg (32) Wait For Rebound | . ’^IBHnHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBHMMIBHBBBBBHHHBHni ■ . : "W" k I * v ’" : •"- m IBhBKKTT^"^ n \, 4 j 111 ( |B|i 'LcH>| i'll i, 1 I 1 11, |i|'|W!u8E^BSf '*• Ws' f :< -'fe* / ’"•fcv's f * _• SB ,/■ •- I^^>.&<£,.■ fc 7': •„ * > ....... fliCTgfMWBHg} .. ■■ 1 k 1 ,«' * S^M«g|y :?:-.---.. fffi y. . | % • ,-m Hn wt- North’s Kenny Cato (23) Pops In A Jumper In Boys Action At Hornets Nest Stapleton’s Connie Williford scored a field goal to give the North an 11-9 lead with 5:37 remaining. Crisp’s Connie Coley and Fullington’s Patricia Cross then tallied two points each to reverse ★****★★***★★★*★ Home Journal S & P f 0 . R X T * S ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★A the trend and put the South ahead 13-11. A rather erratic periodof about two minutes followed, punctuated only by fine defense by Stratford’s Susan King. With only 2:52 left in the first half, the South led 14-12. f Susan Peake took personal charge of the ball game at this point. The talented lassie from Stratford canned a charity toss to make the score 14-13 in favor of the South. Thirteen seconds later Peake hit another free throw to tie the score 14-14. Peake continued her point barrage with 1:55 left before intermission by putting up a missed teammate’s shot to make the lights flash 16-14 in favor of the North. Connie Coley’s two free throws knotted the score at 16-16 before Sandy Hudson drilled in a field goal with 40 seconds left to make the score 18-16. Vickie McGraw then hit a onehander with 3 seconds left to make the halftime score read 20-16 in favor of the North. In the third quarter Sandy Hudson and Susan Peake kept the North ahead and they led 28-25 at the quarter’s k close. Patricia Cross opened the final stanza with a set shot from the right side to narrow the North lead to 1 point 28- 27. Susan Peake’s driving layup upped the lead to three again, 30-27. Cross quickly hit two more outside shots and with 3:21 left to play the score was tied 31-31. The capacity crowd viewing the contest saw Westfield’s Sandy Hudson display courage under fire by personally giving the North girls the lead. Several other North girls let the pressure bother their play but Hudson kept her cool and fired through a one-hander from the left side to give the North a 33-31 lead with 2:44 left to play. Connie Coley’s two charity tosses tied the score at 33-33 with 2:41 left. Nathaniel Greene’s Leslie Glass got her only two points of the night with 2:25 left to put the North ahead again 35- 33. The North got the ball again and Fullington’s Gayle Bow'en desperately fouled Hudson with 1:55 remaining. Sandy canned one free throw to make the score read 36-33 in favor of the North. Stratford’s Susan Peake fouled Kay Lastinger of Brooks Christian but Lastinger missed her free throw with 1:18 left. Peake was called for traveling with 1:10 left but the South could not convert their chance and Sandy Hudson helped ice the game with 1:05 left with a pair of charity tosses to make the lights flash 38-33. With 19 seconds left Crisp’s Debbie McKinney cut the North lead to three points, 38-35, by netting a pair of foul shots. Stratford’s Susan King converted a free throw with 16 seconds remaining to make the score 39-35. That was how the game ended. Susan Peake led North scoring with 16 points followed by Sandy Hudson with 11. Hudson had 5 of her 11 tallies in the last 2:44 of the game. Other North scoring had Vickie McGraw - 6; Connie Williford-3; Leslie Glass- 2; and Susan King -1. Stratford’s Susan King and Westfield’s Wanda Bragg spearheaded the tough North defense. +++++ In the boys game, the contest was in actuality two different ballgames. The first half saw the South Scott yr • m v-s. . 5 % *Y f tik * j I IL V " I j® ' j W */ sSw • mm iff iX *3 01 JSr^ A Capacity Crowd Enjoying The SEAIS All-Star Games At Westfield Houston and the North’s Joey Claxton put on a per sonal scoring duel. In the second half, the South woke up late in the third quarter to blitze their opponents behind John Bowen and Carter Edwards. Going into the foray, the South was listed as a 20 point favorite. But the North evidently failed to realize they were underdogs as they stayed close for three quarters. The main architect of the North’s valiant fight was Stratford’s Joey Claxton who sizzled the nets for 18 first half points. In the final half Claxton tired and the North chances went down the drain. Out dueling Claxton was the South’s big gun, Scott Houston from Southwest Georgia. The lanky center, listed at 6’4” but actually looking about 6’7” was a scoring machine in the first half as he worked the baselines for 25 first half points. The contest started off quickly with John Bowen of Terrell Academy putting the South on the scoreboard just 2-0 with 7:31 left in the first quarter. Claxton’s two free throws tied the score at 2-2 before Scott Houston got his first two points with 7:01 still left. Claxton and Houston continued to swap scores until with 3:37 remaining in the first quarter the score was tied 10- 10. Houston went outside and hit from the top of the circle to make the lights flash 12-10. After a Bubba Redding free throw Houston hit from the left side with 2:25 left to up the count to 15-10. Redding’s jumper from the left side made the South lead by 7,17- 10 before Tony Albritton of Beechwood netted two charity tosses to cut the gap to 5, 17-12 and break a 1:50 scoring drought for the North. With 8 seconds left in the first quarter the gap was still 5 at 17-12 but the fireworks were just starting. Stratford’s Joey Claxton netted 2 free throws then stole the inbounds pass and was fouled. Claxton hit another foul shot and at the end of the first quarter the South led 17-15. Kenny Cato of Nathaniel PAGE 15-A Greene tied the game at 17-17 as the 2nd stanza started. Claxton scored the North’s next four points and they led 21-20 with 6:50 left before intermission. Glenn Floyd of Twiggs Academy hit 2 free throws and the North led 23- 20. Scott Houston of the South again assumed dominance of the game as in the next 6 minutes he bucketed 14 points. His turn around jum per sliced the lead to 23-22 and a jumper a few seconds later tied the score at 24-24 with 5:28 left. Claxton popped one in to put the North back out front 26-24 but Houston tied it at 26-26 with a pair of charity tosses. Stratford’s Freddy Danields put the North ahead 27-26 with a free throw for their last lead of the game. John Bowen from Terrell put up an offensive rebound with 4:00 left before intermission to put the South ahead 28-27. Houston scored 8 more before the quarter ended and the South held a 40-33 half- "* m - -M -■■■ "'■'' '•' f \ , ' ‘ H P* ! J|. , r . : tjrvßHl . ij . .■*., j\ , yj *■***: jkM bffP'lHj^HßHi ' -\ • if „t- ?.. jiV * i . Westfield's Sandy Hudson Cans A Free Throw PERRY, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 1*72 time lead. At half-time Houston had 25 points on 9 fieldgoals and 7 of 8 free throws. Claxton had 18 points on 6 fieldgoals and 6 of 9 free throws. In the 3rd quarter a game effecting controversy oc curred. Scott Houston committed his fifth foul with 1:44 left in the third period and the South leading 54-49. However the South bench had Houston with only 4 personals. South coach Wayne Proffitt later termed the incident an aid to his team. He said,“lt fired us up and we proved we were not a one man team.” Houston left the game with 27 points. John Bowen, Bubba Redding, and Carter Edwards picked up the slack and increased the South lead. By the end of the 3rd quarter the South led 59-51. Behind Bowen and Ed wards the Southerners I quickly upped their margin a to 14,67-53 with 5:49 left to f play. The two teams traded s scores for about three - minutes and the South led 71- 58 with 2:45 left to play. At this point the South blitzed for 9 points to take the lead at 80-62. Edwin Blewith from Raven wood scored 5 points in the last few minutes and as the gun went off the South led 84-64. ij SUIS ALL-STAR 4j/_ GAME SCORING GIRLS SOUTH (35) —LasTlnter I, Bowen t, McKinney 3. Colev 7. Odum 8. Cross 7, Davis, Fore. NORTH 139) —Peeke 15, Glass 7. Cato, Kino I, McCraw 5, Hudson 11, Hamrick, Brand, Williford 3. Score by Quarters South 9 1625 35 North 7 2028 3» BOYS SOUTH 184) Houston 27, Bowen It. Turtsn 2, Harris 3, Redding 11, Wilkins, Edwards 15. Roberts. Blewett 5. Melvin, Price 2, Everson. NORTH (54)—Claxton 24, Cato 7, Wills 2. Bell 12. flovd 7. Daniels I. Albritton 5. Baird 2, Clark 2,' Brooks 2, Rlddlehover. Harrison. Scora by Ouartars South T? 40 59 84 North 15 33 51 44