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PACE 4B THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 201 3 JV GIRLS' BASKETBALL JV BOYS' BASKETBALL GOES FOR TWO Jaylyn Lack drives the lane for two points. LEADING LADIES Team wins against both West Hall and Oglethorpe BY RANDY CRUMP The Banks County High School JV girls basketball team picked up a pair of victories this weekend. The Lady Leopards downed West Hall 45-10 and Oglethorpe 58-17. In the West Hall game, the Lady Leopards took a nine point lead in the first quar ter of the game and followed it up with nine more by the half. Adding three points in the third quarter and 14 points in the final quarter to seal the contest. Jaylyn Lack led the Lady Leopards with 13 points, Paige Mathis scored nine points, Morgan Rylee eight points, Mallory Parson five points, Abby Parks four points. Bayleigh Marlow and Jody Milford scored three points each. The JV Girls started the four game sweep of Oglethorpe on Saturday night with a strong showing in the first quarter 14-0. The intensity was ramped up in the next quarter as the Lady Leopards scored 19 points and added 17 to the lead. Taking to the locker room with a halftime lead of 33-2 over the Patriots. BCHS continued to domi nate the scoreboard in the third quarter adding 14 points to the lead. The Lady Leopards pulled back a bit in the fourth quarter and the Patriots made up four points in the game. Morgan Rylee and Mallory Parson led the Lady Leopards with 13 points each. Abby Parks and Paige Mathis scored eight points each. Shelby Parson scored six points, Lauren Parr four points. Jaylyn Lack and Bayleigh Marlow added three points each to the board. The Lady Leopards were to be back in action on January 8 at White County and at home on January 11 against Fannin County. Winning combination JV boys take 2 wins in recent match-ups SCORES TWO POINTS Zezmon Steeple takes a lay up in for the two points. Photos by Randy Crump BY RANDY CRUMP The Banks County High School JV boys won two games over the Christmas break. The Leopards won against West Hall 59-41 and kept the sweep alive against Oglethorpe win ning 58-47 on Saturday night. In the West Hall match up, the Leopards took the lead in the first quarter 11-3 and never looked back. Having an eight point advantage going into the second quarter the Leopards would add five more points for a 27-14 lead at the half. The third quarter was the closest battle with a two point difference in the score for the period. But the Leopards would add those two points and three more in the fourth quarter to keep the momentum and the lead for the win. Traice Bagley led the Leopards with 15 points, Zezmon Steeple scored nine points, Trevae Cain scored seven points. Jordan Barnett and Isaiah Smith scored five points each. Will Ledford, Malcolm Mitchell and Will Griffin scored four points each. In the Oglethorpe game, the Leopards opened the game with a 12 point lead against the Patriots, but lost ground during the second quarter scor ing 12-21 to lead by only three points at the half. BCHS started to take back the game in the third quarter scor ing 13-8 over the Patriots and leading the game by nine, 45-37. The Leopards sealed the win scoring 13-10 in the fourth quar ter and won the second game of the Saturday Night sweep. Zezmon Steeple led with 13 points, Malcolm Mitchell was on his heeels with 12 points, Jordan Barnett scored eight points, Mitch Standridge and Trevae Cain scored seven points each. Taylor Nix scored four points, Traice Bagley three points, Alex Lewis and Will Griffin scored two points each. The JV Leopards will be back in action at home on January 11 against Fannin County. AGAINST PATRIOTS Alex Lewis drives the lane for two points against the Patriots PARKS IN ACTION Abby Parks pushes inside the three point line for a chance to score a goal. TWO POINTS Jody Milford takes a lay up to the hoop for two points. MITCHELL IN ACTION Malcolm Mitchell works the lane for a rebound after the free throw shot $5°°OFF Ticket Of $ 2CP Or More. Valid with coupon Mon.-Thurs. only. FIGHT FOR BALL Abby Parks fights a Patriot for the ball. La Hacienda Commerce La Hacienda Braselton 173 Steven B. Tanger Blvd. 5391 Highway 53 706-335-7458 706-654-0070 j^T/ie Original Mexican Restaurant! Not affiliated with any other restaurant. We Buy All Gold & Silver A/ee</ Including: » Class Rings • Wedding Bands ► • Coins • Broken Jewelry • Dental Gold /jaine&oille' 770-532-2592 1020 Jesse Jewell Pkwy. • Gainesville, GA Mon.-Thurs. 10-6:30• Fri.- Sat. 10-7
