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—Lady Tigers
Cont. from Page IB
One of them was Terra Han
cock, whose 10 points was high
for Commerce, but her contribu
tion was more than putting the
ball in the hole.
“She had an outstanding re
bounding game," McCurley said.
“She kept us in the game early. I
don’t know how many rebounds
she had, but it had to be well into
double figures."
Kaylin Canup and Felicia Grier
added six points apiece. Lauren
Jones scored five, Sewell, Jasmine
Sanders and Morgan Mather add
ed three each and Brittany Beau
champ scored one.
“We got good looks at the basket
all night, we just didn’t shoot well,"
said McCurley. “But the kids were
relaxed and seemed to know that
if they continued what they were
doing, the shots would eventually
fall, and in the fourth quarter they
did.”
The Tigers were a bit banged up
as they prepared to face the Red
skins. Jessie Flint is out for the sea
son, missing the last three games;
Mather, the leading rebounder, is
playing on a twisted ankle and
was “iffy" for Tuesday; and Logan
Brown, though available, is recov
ering from a weekend automobile
accident.
“We’re really shorthanded now,"
McCurley said. “If we have to go
to the bench, we’ll be playing a
lot of inexperienced sophomores
and freshmen, and our seniors
will be playing a lot more minutes
than they’re used to."
Towns Co. 51-CHS 43
The Tigers traveled to Towns
County last Tuesday, Feb. 5, where
they played the top-seeded Indi
ans well but came up on the short
end of a 51-43 decision.
Sewell led the offense with 11,
Canup added eight, Jones and
Hancock six apiece, Grier five,
Beauchamp four and Mather two.
“We played close to them the
whole way," McCurley noted. “We
got down in the first quarter, cut
the lead to three at the half and
actually took the lead in the third
quarter."
The coach said his girls played
excellent defense, “but just
couldn’t get enough in the basket
to win."
“We’ve played them twice now
and played them very close and
had a chance to win both games. I
think that’s encouraging," McCur
ley said.
Lakeview 36-CHS 26
In their final regular season
game, the Tigers lost 36-26 to
Lakeview Academy.
Sewell’s 12 points was high for
Commerce. Grier added five,
Mather three, and Canup, Jones
and Beauchamp added two each.
“They’d been averaging a little
over 50 points a game, so again,
we did an outstanding job defen
sively and on the boards, but once
again, we couldn’t make a lot of
shots," said the coach.
The game was close until late,
when the Tigers had to foul, and
Lakeview made the most of its 14
shots from the charity stripe to
nail down the win.
— Tiger Wrestlers Set For Area
Cont. from Page IB
followed by 5-A’s North Gwinnett. Love expressed some satisfac
tion that the Tigers finished above teams that are ranked in classes
AA, AAA and AAAA.
Doug Maloch was the tournament champion at 112 pounds. Oth
ers placing included Casey Drinkard, second at 125; Addison Da
vis, third at 103; Phillip Edwards, third at 145; and Thomas Sears,
third at 152.
“We had several others who were one match away from placing.
We won a good many matches."
The Tigers didn’t lose anyone to injury, Love pointed out. Dustin
McClain is out for the year, but Baxter Barnes, who has a foot inju
ry, is going to try to compete at the Area Tournament, Love said.
YOUNG WRESTLERS PLACE IN OCONEE TOURNEY
Members of the Commerce Wrestling Club who competed at the Oconee Winter
Bash 2008 wrestling tournament are, left to right, (front) Heath Millwood, Charlie
Ledford, Eli Stowe, TJ Trudnak, (back) Cole Chancey, Nick Patrick, Dalton Flint,
coach Kelly Slater, Chase Forrester, Jay Stowe and Gavin Oglesby.
Ten members of the
Commerce Wrestling Club won
medals at the Oconee Winter
Bash 2008 tournament Sunday.
More than 200 wrestlers ages
4-14 from all over Georgia
competed.
Those who placed include:
Six and under: Eli Stowe,
silver medal, 60-pound class.
Eight and under: TJ
Trudnak, gold medal, 60-pound
class; Gavin Oglesby, gold, 60-
pound class; Jay Stowe, gold,
65-pound division; Heath
Millwood, silver in the 60-
pound class and bronze in the
70-pound division; Nick
Patrick, silver in the 70-pound
class and gold in the 75-pound
class; Chase Forrester, silver in
the 70-pound division; and
Charlie Ledford, gold in the 90-
pound class.
Ten and under: Dalton Flint,
gold in the 65-pound class and
gold in the 70-pound division;
and Cole Chancey, gold in the
87-pound division and silver in
the 95-pound class.
The Commerce Wrestling
Club is in its second year, with
Kelly Slater, Jason Lord and
Jacob Lord as coaches and
Keith Massey as club director.
The club has about 20
members. It practices Monday
and Thursday nights at the
Commerce Elementary School
(formerly the middle school)
gym.
For information, call Keith
Massey at (706) 335-6772.
Haynes Signs With Lenoir Rhyne
Commerce Tiger quarterback Reuben
Haynes, center front, signed a letter of intent
last Wednesday morning to play football with
Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, NC. Coached
by Fred Goldsmith, Lenoir Rhyne plays in
the South Atlantic Conference. In front are
Haynes, his parents, Mickey Haynes, left,
and Mona Haynes, second from right; and
his grandmother, Nadine Seabolt. In back are
coaches Rex Gregg and Steve Savage and
Haynes’ grandfather, Jerry Seabolt. As quar
terback in 2007, Haynes ran for 1,539 yards
and 27 touchdowns and passed for 1,350
yards and eight touchdowns in leading the
Tigers to a 6-5 record.
—Tigers To Have Hands Full With Redskins
Cont. from Page IB
the question.
“We’ve got to stop them from
getting on the offensive boards.
They do a good job of rebound
ing and a good job of running
down the floor and scoring easy
baskets," said Bridges. “We’ve
got to limit the turnovers. We
can’t just give it to them."
The Tigers, at 5-16 overall, are
the number three seed on this
side of the subregion. The Red
skins are the number two seed
on their side.
Tigers 68-Indians 34
The Tigers got their fifth win
of the season last Tuesday Feb.
5, at Towns County behind the
hot hand of T. Green, who hit
six threes and five twos and
made his only foul shot to score
29 points. And he did it all on a
bum ankle.
“He was hitting from every
where," noted Bridges. “He didn’t
play in the fourth quarter."
The score was tied at 12 after
one period, but the Tigers were
up 32-18 at the half and 52-25 af
ter three, then cruised to a 68-34
doubling of the Indians.
Matt Adams and Jake Flint
scored eight each. Cohen Cooke
and Taylor Gary added five
apiece, Brandon Romans and
Cameron Billings three each,
Torrence Wilcher, Chase Craw
ford and Chase Keller two each
and Anthony Norris one.
Lakeview 73-CHS 51
A poor fourth quarter doomed
the Tigers’ hopes, as Lakeview
hit six threes and the Tigers
turned the ball over repeatedly
to post Lakeview to a 35-6 ad
vantage. The gap was 20, 47-27
at the half, and Lakeview was up
71-40 after three periods.
Gary led the offense with
16 points, Crawford added 11,
Cooke eight, Flint five, Billings
and Drake Cash three each and
Wilcher and Green two apiece.
Softball, Baseball Tryout Schedules Announced
The Commerce Parks and
Recreation Department has an
nounced the schedule for youth
baseball and softball tryouts.
All tryouts are for evaluation
of player skills for the purpose
of placement of players on the
team. The objective is to have
parity amongst teams.
All tryouts will be held at the
American Veterans Memorial
Park on Carson Street, in the
ball field complex behind the
recreation department office.
The schedule follows:
Tuesday Feb. 26, 6:00 to 7:30:
minor baseball (9-10 years) and
freshmen softball (11-12 years).
Thursday Feb. 28, 6:00-7:30:
minor softball (9-10 years)
and freshmen baseball (11-12
years).
Sophomore baseball (13-14
years) will not have a tryout,
due to the fact that there will be
only one team. The coach will
contact the players about the
first practice.
JV Wrestlers Wind
Up Season With
Pair Of Victories
The Commerce High School
Junior Varsity wound up its
season with wins over Towns
County Tuesday Feb. 5, and
Lakeview Academy last Friday.
The Tigers posted a 9-5 mark
for the season.
“The guys made a lot of im
provements from day one until
now," commented coach Rob
Brown. “They learned how to
play as a team and how to play
hard for a complete game. I’m
proud of the effort that the guys
gave this year, and I think they
have an opportunity to be very
successful in the future."
The Tigers knocked off the
Indians 50-43 at Towns County.
They led 16-5 after one period,
25-18 at the half and 43-28 after
three periods.
Demetris Bonds and Antho
ny Norris powered the offense
with 16 and 12 points respec
tively. Travaris Glasper and
Klint Kesler scored five apiece,
Deon Orsborn and Channing
Anderson added four each and
Tyler Gamble and Joseph Sand
ers contributed two each.
“We didn’t play a very good
game. We came out sluggish af
ter the long ride up there and
didn’t really start playing hard
until the third quarter," Brown
said. “We got a nice lead in the
fourth quarter, so everyone got
an opportunity to play which
was good for the team. Dem
etris Bonds had a really good
game."
In their final game, the Tigers
beat Lakeview Academy 58-52,
in a back-and forth contest. The
Tigers led 15-13 after one quar
ter but Lakeview was on top
33-31 at the half. The Tigers re
versed the lead, 45-43 at the end
of the third stanza and pulled
away in the fourth quarter.
“We played a good game
against Lakeview," Brown said.
“Lakeview is a good team, and
they made some runs, but ev
ery time they made a run, we
seemed to answer. The guys
played hard and got after it the
entire game. We also did a re
ally good job playing as a team.
Overall, this may have been the
best game we played all year."
Glasper led the scoring with
12, with Orsborn and Ander
son adding nine apiece. Tyler
Adams scored eight, Gamble
and Sanders five apiece and
Bonds and Kesler four each.
Correction
The photo accompanying the story of the Commerce High School
wrestling team’s win at the Gladiator Duals in last week’s newspaper
was misidentified. The wrestler was Chase Bowen.
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