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PAGE 5B February 27, 2008 The best coverage for Monroe County sports All done Tigers end championship run for Bulldogs again COMING BACK NEXT YEAR: Unless he desides to turn pro, junior Terrence Shannon will be returning to the Bulldog roster next year. Terrence led the Dogs in scores and rebounds all season. For now, Terrence says he is concentrating on passing the Georgia high school graduation tests, (file photo) Mary Persons’ quest for a 2008 state basketball championship came to an end in round one Saturday night in Columbus. The 2AAA top-ranked Carver High School Tigers were 60-45 winners over the Dogs. Junior Terrance Shannon led the Bulldogs in scoring with 21 points. Others scoring for the Dogs were Boris Dent, with 7, Barrett Harris with 5, Chris Bowden, with 4, Jerandon Bussey, with 3, Tevin Davis and Joquell Johnson, with 2 and senior Danny Davis, who had one point. The Bulldogs ended the season with their most wins ever and a record of 20-8. Carver will host region 1AAA second seed Westover High School this weekend in round two. The only team still in it from region 4 is Central of Macon, which beat Northside Columbus Saturday 64-62 in Columbus. The Chargers beat MP in the consolation game of the region tourna ment to claim third place in the region. They will travel to Washington County to take on the Golden Hawks this week end in round two. Perry was beat by Jordan, 64-60, and Northeast lost to Shaw, 70- 68. THE MARY PERSONS Tip-Off Club is thanking its supporters this season. It says thanks to the par ents who helped and all the businesses that made donations to the annual Farmers Bank Christmas Tournament - Big Chic, Captain D’s, Dairy Queen, Ingles, Pizza Hut, Sonny B’s and Shoney’s. DIE-HARD DOG FANS: Jaden Brown, Montavious Rutland, Tarderius Hardy and Dalon Edge were faith ful front-row MP fans all season and say they are proud to be Bulldogs. (Photo/Gina Herring) Monroe County Rec Basketball i This Week’s Games Saturday, Mar. 1 9 a.m. Bulls vs. Hornets (7-8) 10 a.m. Timberwolves vs. Wildcats (7-8) 11a.m. Starzz vs. Comets(7-8) 12 p.m. Suns vs. Yellow Jackets (9-10) 1 p.m. Hoyas vs. Tarheels (9-10) 2 p.m. Sparks vs. Magic (9-14 girls) 4 p.m. Monroe Co. 13-14 vs. Lamar Co. in Barnesville Monday, Mar. 3 6 p.m. Jayhawks vs.Kings (11-12) 7 p.m: Celtics vs. Blue Devils (11-12) \ *3 ' \ fW' 1 Timberwolves #1 Montavious Rutland zooms down the court. The Timberwolves beat the Hornets 14-8 Saturday. They play theWildcats Saturday. (Photo/Gina Herring) Scoreboard Feb.18 Jayhawks 36, Celtics 13 Kings 22, Blue Devils 21 Feb. 23 Wildcats 22, Bulls 10 Timberwolves 14, Hornets 8 Comets 2, Starzz 2 Suns 37, Tarheels 28 Hoyas 21, Yellow Jackets 2 Jets 30, Sparks 7 One and done for Mustangs Monroe Academy’s first trip to the state playoffs in several years didn’t last long. The Mustangs lost 71-42 to Bulloch Academy on Thursday, Feb. 21. It was the last game at MA for three seniors, in cluding Hamilton Bolton, above. The Mustangs can be proud, though, of winning 11 games in their first season under coach Aaron Kanner, doubling their win total for the previous three seasons. Charge! Lady Dogs blank Central 14-0 Both the girls and boys soccer teams took care of the Central Chargers last week. The Lady Dogs had a 14-0 shut out in first match on Feb. 19. Scoring for the girls were Courtney Archer (2), Campbell Brogdon (1), Rachel Clark (1), Chelsea Danison (1), Hilary Hogg (4), Cori James (2), McCall Trammell (2), and an own goal.The Bulldogs also beat the Chargers by a score of 2-0. Johnny McNeil and Kyle Phelan each scored a goal. The games against Rutland were rained out Feb. 21. They will be played at a later date. The Bulldogs and Lady Dogs play Perry on Tuesday at home. On Friday, the Dogs will have their first region con test as they take on Eagles Landing at home. Girls start at 5:30 p.m. and the boys play at 7:30 p.m. The next Booster Club meeting Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6:30 in the MP cafe teria. Please enter through the front of the school. Registration will be taking place in the Media Center. JV Scores Feb. 18: Junior varsity Bulldogs end in 1-1 with Pike Co. JV girls lose to Pike Freshman Courtney Archer (9) scored two goals in the 14-0 win over Central, (file photo) girls, 2-1. Derek Watkins scored for the boys on a penalty kick. Kasey Smith scored for the girls. Feb. 25: JV girls beat Lamar Co. 2-0. JV boys tie Lamar 0-0. The JV teams play Jones County at home Wednesday. “Walk Georgia’ with UGA cooperative extension By Dana Lynch Are you looking for a way to make exercise fun? The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension has a program that will help increase your physi cal activity level in a fun, community oriented way. The state wide program is called “Walk Georgia” and is for youth and adults. Walk Georgia is a free, eight-week, web-based program that you can log on, record your exercise time which will be con verted into miles. Once this is done the virtual journey will begin through the Counties in the State of Georgia. All types of exercise are applicable to Walk Georgia even yard work is admissible. The participants in Walk Georgia may enroll as a team of four or as an indi vidual. The enrollment period has already begun and will continue until March 10. Participants may begin logging their physical activity on March 2. The program will end on April 30. If participants enroll as a team, the team must choose a team captain. The team captain will enroll everyone on the team and include all team members email addresses. If a team member doesn’t have an email address they can participate through the team cap tain’s email address. Team members don’t have to exercise together, the duty of team members is to encourage and challenge each other. Also, teams can compete against each other. Why participate in Walk Georgia? The goal is help participants to become more fit and to develop the habit of regular physi cal activity. The ultimate goal is to have life style changes and improve par ticipants’ quality of life. Some specific benefits from increased exercise are better weight control, blood pressure control for people with diabetes, blood pressure control for those with high blood pressure, improve immune system, and improve mental health and depression. And last but not least it helps you sleep like a baby! For more information concerning Walk Georgia contact Dana Lynch, County Extension Agent, at the Monroe County Cooperative Extension Office located at 90 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive or call 994-7014.
