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PAGE 4B -- THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2007 Middle School Wrestlers Place 10th In Union Grove Tourney The Commerce Middle School Tigers finished 10th in the Union Grove Invitational Saturday. Its 25-team field makes it the big gest middle school tournament in the state, according to Coach Darryl Ellrott. The tournament featured an “A” or varsity bracket, and a “B” or junior varsity bracket. The Tigers placed 10th in the former, led by Chance McClure’s sec ond place finish at 147 pounds and Kristopher Hart’s fourth place finish at 100 pounds. Team scores were not kept for the “B” bracket. “There have only been a cou ple of times I’ve come away from a tournament as pleased as I was with these results,” said Ellrott. “This is an incred ible accomplishment for our program, considering that 60 The Commerce Middle School Tigers dropped a 32-30 decision to Athens Academy in overtime last Wednesday in their first game of the season. With 15 seconds left in the game and the Tigers down by two, Chase Klugh found Jonathan Leffew open under the basket. Leffew missed the shot, but grabbed the rebound and scored on the put-back to send the game into overtime at 29-29. “This was a very exciting bas ketball game to watch,” com mented Coach Adam Bagwell. The Commerce Middle School Lady Tigers suffered a 28-11 defeat at the hands of Athens Academy in the first game of the season last Wednesday. “I was proud of the girls’ effort,” said Coach Adam Bagwell. “They played hard but were unable to make shots. Lack of practice time hurt us. We will work hard on shooting fundamentals and percent of our roster are first- year wrestlers. “They have improved by leaps and bounds since the beginning of the season. We’ve taught them that Commerce can compete with anybody, and now they are beginning to believe it.” Medaling for the Tigers in the B-team brackets were Cody Nation, first at 115; Taylor Willoughby, second at 137; Garret Wilson, second at 120; Josh Swistak, third at 147; Jonathan Nichols, fourth at 105; Brian Whitfield, fourth at 147; and Jake Vaughn, fourth at 127. The Tigers were due to go to Clarke Central Tuesday night for a tri-match with Clarke United and Morgan County. The next match will be at Gilmer County High School, Ellijay, to compete in the Bobcat Duals. “I was extremely proud of the team’s effort and sportsman ship. This week in practice, we will focus on ball-handling fun damentals and defense.” Klugh led the offense with 17 points. Leffew added nine, Jamir James two and Damian Wood and Jonathan Book one apiece. Commerce led 11-8 after the opening stanza and trailed 15-14 at the half. The lead continued to change hands and the Tigers entered the fourth quarter up 22-21. defensive rotation this week in practice.” Drea Mathis scored seven points for the Tigers, while Kayla Burks and Allie Morgan contrib uted two apiece. The Tigers trailed 17-6 after one period, and 17-6 at the half as nei ther team scored in the second quarter. The score was 24-11 at the end of the third period. Leissner Racks Up Honors From Softball Web Site East Jackson pitcher Hayley Leissner has been named the Softball Showcase 2007 Player of the Year www.softballshow- case.com. This is a national site dedi cated to promoting players to the next level by providing web space for player profiles. It is based out of Orange County, CA, a very competitive area for softball. Leissner recently signed her national letter of intent with Lander University in Greenwood, SC, and will attend on a full athletic scholarship. She has also been named to the GHSA All State 1st Team for class AA. CHS BOYS' BASKETBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 30 Banks County L,48-34 Dec. 4 Social Circle 7:30 Dec. 7 @Athens Academy 8:30 Dec. 8 @Athens Christian 6:30 Dec. 11 @Prince Avenue 7:30 Dec. 14 Hebron Christian 8:30 Dec. 15 @Dawson County 7:30 Dec. 28-29 WJJC Holiday Classic Jan. 4 Prince Avenue 8:30 Jan. 8 @Lakeview 8:30 Jan. 11 Jefferson 8:30 Jan. 15 Tallulah Falls 7:30 Jan. 19 Athens Academy 7:30 Jan. 22 Towns County 7:30 Jan. 25 @Jefferson 8:30 Jan. 26 @Banks County 6:30 Jan. 29 @Tallulah Falls 7:30 Feb. 2 Athens Christian 6:30 Feb. 5 @Towns County 7:30 Feb. 8 Lakeview Academy 8:30 Feb. 11-13 Region @ Prince Avenue Feb. 15-16 Region Finals @ Towns Co. Middle School Basketball CMS Tigers Fall To Athens Academy 32-30 In Overtime Tough Start For CMS Lady Tigers CARHARTT-LARGEST INVENTORY LOWEST PRICES ANYWHERE! One of Georgia’s largest Carhartt dealers. Winter clothes just arrived! 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Megan Lord and Lisa Minish were selected to the All-State honorable men tion team. All three are seniors on Coach Pam Canup’s team. Kaylin Canup batted .456 this season, with an on-base percentage of .527 and 18 sto len bases. For her career, she batted .399 and stole 81 bases. She played second base. Lord batted .321 and had a .396 on-base percentage this Coach Rob Brown’s junior var sity Commerce Tiger Basketball team started the 2007-08 season off on a positive note last Friday. They knocked off the Banks County JV Leopards 57-52. “I thought we played well for a first game,” Brown comment ed. “There are definitely some things we need to improve on, but it was a good win. We were able to get everyone a good amount of playing time and to find out exactly what each play er can do.” The Tigers came out of the chute hot, piling up a 12-3 first- period lead, then basically put the game out of reach with a strong second quarter to take year. For her career, the catch er (and sometimes pitcher) stole 70 bases and had a .412 on-base percentage. Minish, who is due to sign a scholarship today (We dnesday) to play softball for Brenau University, had a 16-5 record this year as a pitcher, struck out 113, walked only nine and had a .028 earned run average. She was just as outstanding at the plate, where she bat ted .481 and had an on-base percentage of .517 this year. For her career, she had a .357 batting average, a .394 on-base percentage and had 86 runs batted in. a 32-9 lead into the half. After three periods, the Tigers held a 44-18 advantage. Ten Tigers put points on the board. Brandon Romans led the scoring with 11 points, fol lowed by Channing Anderson and Anthony Norris with eight apiece. Travaris Glasper scored seven, Demetris Bonds added six, Paul Ford contributed five, Tylor Adams scored four, Tyler Gamble and Joseph Sanders added three apiece and Kentrell Williams scored two. The JV Tigers will try to improve to 2-0 Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Athens Christian School. EJCHS GIRLS BASKETBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 20 ©North Oconee L,53-28 Nov. 27 OPEN Nov. 30 West Forsyth W,50-34 Dec. 1 Jackson County L,60-48 Dec. 4 Oglethorpe County 6:00 Dec. 8 @West Forsyth 3:00 Dec. 14 @Stephens County 7:00 Dec. 15 @Jackson County 4:00 Dec. 20 North Oconee 6:00 Dec. 27-28 Warrior Holiday Classic Jan. 4 Rabun County 7:00 Jan. 5 Stephens County 4:00 Jan. 11 @Dawson County 7:00 Jan. 15 @Banks County 6:00 Jan. 18 Union County 7:00 Jan. 22 @Fannin County 6:00 Jan. 25 @Rabun County 7:00 Jan. 26 Providence Chris. 4:00 Jan. 29 Dawson County 6:00 Feb. 1 Banks County 7:00 Feb. 2 @Oglethorpe Co. 4:00 Feb. 5 @Union County 6:00 Feb. 8 Fannin County 7:00 EJCHS BOYS BASKETBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 20 @North Oconee L,60-54 Nov. 27 @Providence Chr. W,61-45 Nov. 30 West Forsyth W,47-46 Dec. 1 Jackson County L,63-59 Dec. 4 Oglethorpe County 7:30 Dec. 8 @West Forsyth 4:30 Dec. 14 @Stephens County 8:30 Dec. 15 @Jackson County 5:30 Dec. 20 North Oconee 7:30 Dec. 27-28 Warrior Holiday Classic Jan. 4 Rabun County 8:30 Jan. 5 Stephens County 5:30 Jan. 11 @Dawson County 8:30 Jan. 15 @Banks County 7:30 Jan. 18 Union County 8:30 Jan. 22 @Fannin County 7:30 Jan. 25 @Rabun County 8:30 Jan. 26 Providence Chris. 5:30 Jan. 29 Dawson County 7:30 Feb. 1 Banks County 8:30 Feb. 2 @Oglethorpe Co. 5:30 Feb. 5 @Union County 7:30 Feb. 8 Fannin County 8:30 CHS GIRLS' BASKETBALL Date Opponent Time/Result Nov. 30 Banks County L, 50-49 Dec 4 Social Circle 6:00 Dec 7 @Athens Academy 7:00 Dec 8 @Athens Christian 5:00 Dec 11 @Prince Avenue 6:00 Dec 14 Hebron Christian 7:00 Dec 15 @Dawson County 6:00 Dec. 28-29 WJJC Holiday Classic Jan. 4 Prince Avenue 7:00 Jan. 8 @Lakeview 7:00 Jan. 11 Jefferson 7:00 Jan. 15 Tallulah Falls 6:00 Jan. 19 Athens Academy 6:00 Jan. 22 Towns County 6:00 Jan. 25 @Jefferson 7:00 Jan. 26 @Banks County 5:00 Jan. 29 ©Tallulah Falls 6:00 Feb. 2 Athens Christian 5:00 Feb. 5 ©Towns County 6:00 Feb. 8 Lakeview Academy 7:00 Feb. 11- 13 Region @ Prince Avenue Feb. 15-16 Region Finals @ Towns Co. 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