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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 201 3 THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS PACE 5B BCMS A TEAM GIRLS BCMS B TEAM BOYS Girls dominate during break Rebels no match BY RANDY CRUMP The Banks County Middle School A Team Girls held a 2-1 record over the Christmas break. Beating Kings Bridge 49-5 and South Habersham 37-9 but taking a loss from Rabun County 29-40. The team cur rently holds a 7-1 record. In the Kings Bridge game, the Lady Leopards took it to the Eagles in the first half scor ing 32 points. Kings Bridge scored five points in the first half. BCMS shut out the Eagles in the second half and scored an additional 17 points to win the game. Top scorers for the Lady Leopards were Taylor Parson with 11 points, Abby Baird 10 points, Allison Smith eight points, Kelyn Parson seven points, Kulia Beasley six points, Lauren Shedd five points and Samantha Hornsby two points. BCMS suffered a loss against Rabun County, the first this sea son. “I am very proud of our pro gram as we were able to win 23 straight games going back to last year,” head coach Steven Shedd said. “We know how difficult it is to go undefeat ed. I have told our team that the true test of a champion is how they respond to the loss. We still have very high goals as we would like to win the remainder of our games and win our league champion ship. We are looking forward to getting another opportunity to play Rabun County at home on January 10th.” The Lady Leopards took a one point lead at the end of the first quarter and held nose to nose with the wildcats in the second quarter. The Wildcats started to stretch out a lead in the third quarter leading the Lady Leopards by one point. RCMS blasted out 15 points in the final period to take the win from the Lady Leopards. Leading scorers for the Lady Leopards were Kelyn Parson and Gabby Kennedy eight points each, Allison Smith seven points, Lauren Shedd, Abby Baird and Taylor Parson with two points each. “This was a difficult loss because the game was much closer than the final score indicated,” Coach Shedd said. “We held a slight lead through out the entire game and just seemed to get a little tired in the fourth quarter. I would like to see us cut down on the turn overs and get more aggressive on offense. We need to get to the free throw line more and we need to make more of our free throws. We only made 6 of 19 from the free throw line.” The Lady Leopards bounced back at home against the South Habersham Rebels. BCMS shut the Rebels down and took a 26-0 lead into the locker room at the half. The whole team saw action in the second half as the Lady Leopards continued to lead the game. BCMS finished the game scoring 11-9 over the Rebels for the win. Leading scorers were Gabby Kennedy with 10 points, Kulia Beasley seven points, Kelyn Parson six points. Allison Smith, Abby Baird, Madison Rogers, Samantha Hornsby and Melinda Garrison scored two points each. “I am proud of the way our team responded in this game after our first loss,” Shedd said. “We were able to gain a lead very quickly with our full court pressure and took a 26-0 lead at halftime. We were able to domi nate this game with our defen sive pressure. Our team runs its offensive plays very well and show a tremendous amount of teamwork. This was a great way to go into the Christmas break with some winning momen tum.” The Lady Leopards will be in action on January 10 against Rabun County at home. Game starts at 4:30 p.m. with the B Team and 5:45 p.m. for the A Team. LEADING SCORER Leading Scorer Gabby Kennedy puts up a lay up shot against the Rebels. Photos by Randy Crump FIGHTS FOR BASKET Kulia Beasley fights for a basket from the lane. MAKES SHOT Lauren Shedd makes a long two point shot from the out side. TO THE HOOP for middle school BY RANDY CRUMP The Banks County Middle School B Team Boys took a win over the South Habersham Rebels 34-24. The Leopards took a three point lead in the first quarter and added six more points to the lead in the second quarter. The Leopards added another point to the lead in the third quarter and fin ished two points behind in the fourth quarter. Darius Bonds led the scoring for the Leopards with eight points, Cale Compton scored six points, Jeffery Evans five points. Gatlin Lunsford, Max Sanders, Austin Green, Austin Livingston, Grant Rylee, Thomas Entrekin and Trevor Thomas scored two points each. The Leopards will be in action on January 10 against Rabun County on the road. Game starts at 4:30 p.m. with the B Team and 5:45 p.m. for the A Team. WRESTLING HONORS Clay Smith (left) and Cam Cooper competed in the Jefferson New Year’s Classic, one of the toughest tourneys in the state other than the state tourney, and walked away champions. Clay won first place in the 8u 501b bracket with four pins and Cam won first place in the 6u 551b bracket with four pins and also won second place in the 6u 601b bracket with three pins. They both wrestle for the Banks County Wrestling Club and attend Banks County Elementary School. Clay is the son of Nate and Martha Smith and Cam is the son of Eli and Ashley Cooper. RECREATION DEPARTMENT Registration ahead for baseball, softball Registration will be held Jan. 7 through Feb. 8 at the Banks County Recreation Department for youth base ball and softball. Age groups include: • 4-year-old t-ball, must be 4 By March 1, 2013. Birth certifi cate required at registration. •5/6 yr. old coach pitch - all players play defense. • 7/8 yr. old coach pitch - Dizzy Dean Rules. •9/10 yr. old baseball and softball - Dizzy Dean Rules. • 11/12 yr. old baseball and softball - Dizzy Dean Rules. • 13/14 yr. old baseball and softball - Dizzy Dean Rules. Fees are $40 for 4-year-old T-ball and 5/6 coach pitch and $75 for 7- years-old and older. The fees include a shirt and cap. Get in shape with evening zumba class A zumba class is offered at the Banks County Recreation Department each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Kelly Lindeman is the instructor. For more information, call 706-677-4407. Allison Smith takes it to the hoop with a short jumper. Visit www.BanksNewsToday.com. MJir/b 1939 FREE Decompression Therapy* For Maximun Relief! 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