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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008
THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
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BCHS was scheduled to travel to
Fannin County Tuesday night —
easily the longest road trip of the
season — and will close out the reg
ular season Friday against Dawson
County at home at 6 p.m. Friday will
be senior night at BCHS.
King said his team is playing well
overall in recent subregion outings.
“We are playing better defense
and are scoring transition points,” he
said. “Our intensity level is also up.
The girls are playing well. We just
can’t seem to get over the hump. If
we keep playing like we have been,
hopefully something good will hap
pen when we get in the region tour
nament.”
The Region 8-AA tournament is
scheduled to begin Monday although
it was not known at mid-week where
BCHS would play or against whom.
Final seedings and pairings will not
be official until after this weekend’s
games.
“Everything is still up in the air
right now,” King said Sunday night.
“The fourth quarter is where
things seemed to fall apart,” Shedd
said. “I wish I would have had
someone playing a tighter man
defense against their shooter but
we didn’t and it hurt us.”
Kennedy, a sixth grader for the
Lady Leopards, connected on a
three-pointer with two seconds left
to send the game into overtime.
“The girls fought hard but we just
fell short,” Shedd said. “I asked
them to give 110 percent and leave
it all on the floor and that is exactly
what they did.”
The Lady Leopards finished the
season 11-3 overall and have post
ed a 25-6 record during the past
two seasons.
“They worked hard at camp this
summer and have been dedicated
to basketball since October,” Shedd
said. “Basketball is a long season
and I respect the fact that these girls
have enough discipline to dedicate
themselves to the sport for four
months out of the year. I will really
miss our eighth grade class. They
are extremely talented and my loss
is the high school’s gain.”
Shedd said he expects big things
from his players at the high school
level and hopes to see a region
championship in the future.
As far as his BCMS program
goes, the coach said he will return a
strong nucleus for next season.
“I hope to see some other girls
that did not play this year and
some rising fifth graders step up
to perform in the place of some
of our players who are leaving
us,” the coach said. “I believe we
have worked hard to create a win
ning basketball program here at the
middle school and I look to see that
continue in the future.”
• ••
The Banks County Middle School
boys battled an old nemesis in their
championship game Saturday after
noon.
Coach John Bertrang’s squad
faced Lakview for the third time
this season and despite a strong
second half rally fell 58-52.
The Leopards finished the season
9-4 overall with three of the losses
coming to Lakeview. Jacob Blalock
finished the championship game
with 24 points for BCMS, includ
ing 13 in the fourth quarter.
“The difference was success at
the free throw line,” Bertrang said.
“They made their free throws and
we didn’t.”
Lakeview led 20-12 after the first
quarter and 35-22 at halftime. Some
strong halftime adjustments by
Bertrang, however, allowed BCMS
to outscore Lakeview 30-23 in the
third and fourth quarters.
“We were down by 17 at one
point,” the coach said. “We came
back and gave them a run for their
money.”
While disappointed in not win
ning the tournament final, Bertrang
said it did not take away from what
his team accomplished during the
2007-08 campaign.
“We lost four players during the
season to injury,” he said. “The
boys came together and contin
ued to work hard and still got the
championship game. Many times
it’s almost impossible to overcome
that many injuries at the middle
school level.”
Blake Griffin added eight points
in Saturday’s title game while
Jameson Flynn finished with
seven.
Bertrang noted that he will have
four returning players next season
as compared to just two this year
who had any true playing experi
ence.
“Many of our players will move on
to the high school level,” the coach
said. “As middle school coach I
view it as my job to get them ready
to play for Coach (Mike) Ruth
at the high school. That is very
important.”
STANDOUT PLAYER
Banks County High School's Lauren Kennedy, competing in a game earlier this season, suffered
an ankle injury against East Jackson High School Friday night.
Photo by Randy Crump/Rudeseal Photo
BCHS Girls Basketball... continued from page 1B
BCHS Wrestling... continued from page 1B
The Clarke Central Duals was divided into two pools.
BCHS was placed on what Hanley termed the “tougher
side of the bracket.”
The Mat Leopards were in the same pool as Commerce,
Madison County and Oconee County. BCHS was also
competing with the services of some key wrestlers who
were either injured or out because of illness.
“Some battled even though they had been sick all
week,” Hanley said. “I was impressed with the heart we
showed even trying to compete.”
In the opening match, BCHS fell to Oconee County
40-36. Dempson, Hwell, Travis Betts (heavyweight),
An Pham and Greenway each earned pins while Jordan
Waters (103) won by forfeit.
The Mat Leopards then easily defeated Chatooga, who
had to forfeit several weight classes.
BCHS then ran into old nemesis Commerce High
School in its next match dropping a 43-33 decision.
Hanley said overall his squad “just didn’t wrestle well”
in the match.
Betts, An Pham and Greenway earned pins while Evan
Gossett recorded a win. Gregory and Dempson won by
forfeit.
After falling behind 33-0 to Madison County, the Mat
Leopards stormed back for a 42-39 win in what was
probably their most impressive showing of the day.
Hanley said An Pham, who earned another pin at 130,
continued to be impressive with his performance.
“I can’t say enough about what he has meant to this
team,” Hanley said. “He is the hardest worker we have.
He really leads by example.”
Holloway, Greenway, Newell and Hewell also earned
pins. The pin by Hewell gave BCHS the points needed
to earn the team victory.
One frustrating part of the tournament was how the
brackets fell, Hanley said. Clarke Central, a team BCHS
defeated recently, ended up finishing second overall but
competed on the other side of the tournament pool.
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