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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. 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