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....Scraps For Loose Basketball
Westfield Sweeps Pair
From Tattnall Square
By Donnie ’DC’ Cockrel
The Westfield Hor
nettes won a dramatic
contest while the Hornets
had a much easier time
as both teams defeated
Tattnall Square last
Tuesday night in Perry.
Hornettes
Senior Lynn Davidson
hit two crucial free
throws to clinch a 51-48
victory over a tenacious
group of girls of Macon.
Poor shooting hampered
the Hornettes and
allowed the score to be
narrow. They shot only 30
percent from the field
and hit just 15 of their 36
free throw attempts. But
the Hornettes did out
rebound their opponents
33 to 21 and also forced
RIVERBOTTOM
RAMBUNGS
BV WAVNE ALIEN
The only New Years
resolution I plan to make
is to do just what I’ve
been doing, only more
often.
Most of my vices are
merely by products of my
activities, and some
aren’t really vices at all.
I buy and trade guns
with a regularity that
would soon put the milk of
magnesia people out of
business. To the
unknowing, the fact that I
recently lost forty dollars
on a trade in does not
appear to be a ludicrous
move, however the gun I
acquired is bound to
appreciate in the future,
a sure hedge against
inflation. Please don’t
suggest putting the forty
dollars I lost in the bank,
my wife would probably
withdraw it and use it for
something silly like
paying bills.
Maybe I haven’t been
home much lately, but
that’s not really material
for a New Years
resolution, except to
resolve to go more.
Evidently. I haven’t been
gone enough, as the lack
of fresh meat in the
household will bear
witness. My children still
seem to recognize me,
and the one old enough to
talk has even taken to
using the respectful “Sir”
and “Mister” when
addressing me. My wife
even comes to the door
and lets me in now, since,
for some reason my key
no longer works.
Familiarity breeds
contempt, they say.
In the matter of leaving
my clothes wadded up in
the floor, I resent any
them into 29 turnovers.
The first half was hotly
contested as the
Trojanettes overcame an
eight-point lead to close
within two at halftime.
Westfield had good ball
movement, defense and
rebounding but simply
turned ice-cold after a 20-
12 lead midway through
the second quarter.
Center Marion Davidson
picked up her third foul,
and was replaced by
sophomore Pam Jones,
who erupted with three
straight field goals in
cluding the last points of
the half.
The third quarter
became one of fierce
defense, bad shooting and
turnovers as both teams
implications that laziness
is the prevailing cause. In
the first place, its a lot of
trouble to wad them up
precisely so the mud
doesn’t dry and fall on the
floor when I put them on.
Furthermore, in order to
hang them up they would
need to be washed,
probably in some sweet
smelling detergent that
would alarm every
critter within 2 miles.
It’s also nice to know
where my clothes are at 4
a.m. the opposite of
which necessitates
waking up my wife,
causing no minor
disturbance at that early
hour.
I’ve really enjoyed this
past year. Good friends,
good hunting and an
understanding wife have
made for many
memorable moments. I
can honestly say I
wouldn’t have it any
other way. (though they
might). So, Merry
Christmas (late) and
may the upcoming year
be as good to you as I
anticipate it will be for
me.
scored only 15 points
between them. This set
the stage for the
emotional fourth quarter.
The Davidson girls
combined for the first
seven Hornette points as
Westfield opened up a
seven-point lead. The
visitors then used a full
court press to pull
within a point with about
three minutes remaining.
Marion Davidson then
scored off her own of
fensive rebound but the
Trojanettes countered
with a jump shot. As an
excited group of fans
supporting both teams
were busy biting
fingernails, Hornette
Pam Woodard hit a
jumper to give Westfield
a 49-46 lead. It lasted
about 30 seconds as
Tattnall Square closed to
within a point. They then
forced the Hornettes to
commit their 23rd tur
nover which set up a final
chance to win the game.
An apparent foul (or was
it?) of an attempted
blocked shot by Marion
Davidson went uncalled,
and this forced the
referees to endure the
wrath of an unpleasant
verbal tirade against
them. The Hornettes
accepted the non-call,
and also the foul called
which sent Lynn
Davidson to the line for
her clutch foul shots.
Girls Scoring: Lynn
Davidson 16, Terri
Grimes 11, Marion
Davidson 10, Pam Jones
8, Pam Woodard 4, Dana
Hancock 2.
Hornets
After the Hornettes
emotional win, the boys
games was anti-dramatic
at best. But Coach Hardy
deserved a break and
that’s exactly what he
received as his hot
shooting Hornets hit 30 of
54 shots from the field in a
73-62 win that was not as
close as the score in
dicates. The Hornets
never trailed and
eighteen of their 31
rebounds were on the
offensive end which
proved their superiority
ever their outmanned
opponents.
Cater Pierce scored
half of his game high
twenty points in the
second quarter as
Westfield opened up a 41-
31 lead at halftime. This
lead continued as the
Hornets would hever let
the Trojans come within
ten points before pulling
away once again. This
resulted in a comfortable
margin of victory as nine
players scored in the
Hornets equal op
portunity offense.
Boys Scoring: Cater
Pierce 20, Tommy Miller
14, Perry Stanley 11,
Howard McWhorter 9,
Alan Brown 7, Reid
Meyer 6, Dale Thompson
6, Ricky Johnson 6, Matt
Jerles 4.
HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1979
Topple Northside 54-47
Pantherettes Win
Christmas Tourney
By Donnie ‘DC’ Cockrei
The Yuletide season
brought forth good
tidings and joy for one of
-the Perry High
Basketball teams while
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the other had cause for a
blue Christmas last
Friday night in the finals
of the Houston County
Christmas Tournament
in Warner Robins. The
Pantherettes defeated
Northside 54-47 behind
the play of tournament
MVP Vicki Woodard.
This good-looking
sophomore scored 15
points, directed the
Pantherette offense, and
aonlieH frontcourt
pressure on the Eaglette
guards. Jeanese Wallace
had yet another fine
performance with 16
rebounds while Geraldine
Walkins followed with
fourteen.
The key to the Pan
therette fortunes was a
20-point fourth quarter
that commanded crowd
attention until the waning
seconds. There were
some anxious moments
when Perry began giving
away turnovers as gifts
after building a nine
point lead with six
minutes left. Northside
then used two three-point
plays and two other
points to close within
three with 4:48 left. It was
at this juncture the
Pantherette Coach
James Kinchen decided
to have a little chat with
his girls and apparently
they listened. Wallace
then dominated the inside
while reserve Patrica
Holmes scored three
points. Francis Owens,
who scored 14 points,
added to the drama by
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Perry’s Vicki Woodard
....Tournament MVP
scaring everyone with an
apparent knee injury that
was fortunately only a
cramp. She came up
smiling and that’s
exactly what all Perry
patrons were doing after
the hard fought tour
nament victory.
Girls Scoring: Vicki
Woodard 15, Francis
Owens 14, Jeanese
Wallace 8, Celestine King
6, Patrica Holmes 5,
Geraldine Watkins 4,
Angela Whitfield 2.
Coach Melvin Sweat’s
Panthers turned out to be
another step in Nor
thside’s rebuilding
process as they were
ousted 55-49 in a game
that got better as the
evening progressed. It
certainly didn’t start out
in fine fashion for the
Panthers as they quickly
fell behind by ten points
in the first quarter. It
was a deficit they could
never make up. Sweat
was protesting the Eagles
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handchecking tactics
which might have had
something to do with
Perry’s inability to
produce hardly any
points. Mildly described,
the second quarter was
simply atrocious as both
teams scored only 10
points between them
which left the Eagles with
a 21-10 halftime lead.
After the crowd took a
couple of Di-gel, both
teams settled down to
play some decent
basketball. The Panthers
gained some lost poise
and then proceeded to
construct a comeback.
Nick Felder hit a jumper
in the third quarter to
bring Perry to within a
point which proved to be
as close as Northside
would allow.
Boys Scoring: Lonnie
Boone 15, Steve Stokeling
14, Nick Felder 10, Chuck
Langston 5, Darryl
Albritton 2, Frank Lester
2.