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PAGE 14A - THE COMMERCE (GA) NEWS, WEDNESDAY. TANUARY 8, 2008
Chase Crawford takes a shot against Dawson County.
—Need Some Shots To Fall
Cont. from Page 12A
and I’m sure he was in double
figures in rebounds.”
Social Circle 34, CHS 33
“It was a game we let get away,”
Bridges noted.
The Tigers trailed by two at the
half, but got the lead early in the
third quarter and held it until
about 20 seconds left.
“We just didn’t knock the shots
down,” Bridges said. “We’ve got
to be able to score more than 33
points to win a game. We had
several opportunities where we
missed a shot or had a turnover
and didn’t get a shot. We had
plenty of open looks. We need
to shoot the ball better. I think
we can improve on that.”
Bridges praised the play of
Matt Adams against Social Cir
cle.
“He did another good job and
made the all-tournament team.
He did a good job on the boards.
He didn’t score as many points
as he did against Dawson, but
he played well, particularly on
the defensive end. Drake Cash
also played well against Social
Circle.”
Cash scored nine to pace the
offense.
Haynes Wins All-Region
Honors For Football And
For Academic Performance
Five Commerce High School
players picked up all-region
honors at the Region 8A ban
quet held Sunday, Dec. 16, in
Jefferson.
Quarterback Reuben Haynes
was named offensive player of
the year and was named to the
Academic all-region team.
Jake Flint was named an all-re
gion offensive lineman, Cohen
Cooke an all-region wide receiv
er, Chase Bowen an all-region
defensive lineman and Doug
Maloch was named to the all-re
gion team as a defensive back.
In addition, Haynes received
a $1,000 scholarship and was
declared a 2007 Hall of Fame
Georgia Scholar Athlete, an
award sponsored by the Georgia
High School Association, the
Greater Atlanta chapter of the
National Football Foundation
and the College Hall of Fame.
Haynes also participated in
the North-South All-Star game
in Columbus Saturday.
—Wrestlers Look To Amicalola
Cont. from Page 12A
County,” Love said.
Keen Duals
Only two Tigers won in the
match-up with Jefferson — Phil
lip Edwards at 145 and Nick
Arostegui at 130; Edwards was
the only Tiger to win all of his
matches.
Commerce beat Social Circle
54-24 and Banks County 41-39, a
match Love said was a lot closer
than it should have been.
“Both teams had some guys
out, and we lost a couple we
shouldn’t have,” he said.
That Jefferson would win was
a foregone conclusion. The ques
tion in Class A wrestling as the
state duals approach is who’ll
finish out the top five after the
Dragons.
“We’ve got a couple more
weeks before the state duals. If
we get better in a couple of ar
eas, we have a shot at placing in
the top four,” Love said. “If we
don’t, it could be a long tourna
ment for us. We’re in the mix.
Outside of Jefferson, any num
ber of four or five teams could
be second, third, fourth or fifth.”
Love isn’t sure where the Ti
gers stand with those teams,
since he hasn’t seen any of them
in action.
“As far as the two through five
places (in the state), we don’t
know where we fall yet,” he
said.
None of those teams will be at
the Amicalola Classic.
MCHS Champs To Be Honored
Players on the 1988 Madison County High School state champi
onship girls’ basketball team are asked to contact Madison County
Raider head basketball coach Steve Crouse for alumni night.
If honoring the 1988 championship team with a special ceremony
doesn’t happen this winter, Crouse would at least like to have recog
nized as many on the '88 team as possible during the Jan. 8 alumni
night celebration for all former Madison County basketball players.
Sophomore Jessie Flint shoots a three-pointer against Dawson
County in Friday night’s action.
—Wins Still Elusive For Ladies
Cont. from Page 12A
half minutes left and were able
to fight back and had a chance
to tie the game with 10 seconds
left. That tells me they’re making
a little progress.”
McCurley sees the improve
ment, but he’s not sure his Tigers
will until it results in a couple of
wins.
“Until they see it in the win
column, it’s hard for high school
students to see improvement,”
the coach says. A couple of vic
tories would build confidence,
which McCurley says “gives you
the momentum to carry on to
the next game.”
The goal for the second half of
the season is to beat again the
teams they’ve already beaten,
and to beat some of those they
lost to earlier by close scores.
“We’ve got to position ourselves
for the tournament,” McCurley
said. “We need to win all of the
games we’re capable of winning
against the teams we know we
can play with. You take winning
in small steps.”
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