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Middle School Football THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 2009 — PAGE 3B Six MCMS wrestlers earn medals. Mustangs set to host Saturday tourney Madison County Middle School wres- der Josh Huff placed second, and five other Mustangs won individual medals at Heritage High School’s East Metro Middle School Wrestling Tournament in Conyers Saturday. Huff, who had placed third at the Oglethorpe County Junior Patriot tourna ment earlier this year, did one better at the East Metro by finishing as the runner-up in the 140-lb. weight class. Other Mustang placers included third- place finishers Vince Hix at 171-lbs. and Judd Stratton at 220-lbs., Dylan Haney at 119-lbs., Caleb Owens at 130-lbs. and Tom Evans at 145-lbs. all earned fourth- place medals. In all, the Mustangs had a school-record 26 entries in the tournament, and all but two advanced as far as the championship or consolation semi-finals. MCMS traveled to Banks County Tuesday and is scheduled to host nine teams in the 2009 Mustang Duals Tournament Saturday at the school near Comer. MCMS hosting first-ever tourney Saturday The Madison County Middle School Mustangs Wrestling Team will host its first-ever tournament at the new school on Saturday, Dec, 12. A field of 10 schools is expected for the tournament, which begins at 9 a.m. in the school gymnasium. The tournament format is dual com petition. Teams will be divided into two pools, with teams wrestling each team in their pool once and a team from the other team once. The two teams with the best record in each pool will meet to determine the cham pion. The teams scheduled to participate are Madison County, Hart County, Athens Christian, Banks County, Commerce, Winder-Barrow, Indian Creek, Elbert County, West Jackson and Clarke County. Boys’ basketball.. • continued from page IB Patrick McCrary is presented a basketball by Red Raider coach Steve Crouse Saturday night against Brookwood in honor of McCrary’s 1,000th career point. Ben Munro/staff ers in the first half. •Madison Co. 62, Brookwood 59 (Dec. 5): McCrary scored his 1,000 th career point Saturday night but Raines sparked Madison County's fifth victory of the year. Raines scored 18 points and grabbed 16 boards as the Red Raiders defeated the Broncos 62-59 in Danielsville. Stan Maxwell also finished with a double-double, scoring 11 points and pulling down 14 boards. McCrary, who was injured in the second quarter and limited the rest of the way, had 11 points and seven rebounds. Madison County started fast — the Red Raiders led by 22 points late in the second quarter — but let the large lead evaporate, “I think we’ve got complacent,” Crouse said. Madison County trailed by five points midway through the fourth quarter before putting the Class AAAAA Broncos away. The Red Raiders’ 29 turnovers allowed Brookwood to stay in the ball game and briefly pull ahead. “That’s 29 possessions that we don’t get a shot up,” Crouse said. McCrary got the milestone out of the way early, passing the 1,000-point plateau with a first- quarter free throw. “The true testimony to that is that he works just hard all the time,” Crouse said of McCrary’s accomplishment. “He works hard all the time. It’s just non-stop. You just start to run out of accolades at some point, because he’s just such a good kid.” •Monroe Area 69, Madison Co. 48 (Dec. 4): Sophomore Monroe Area guard Ken Jackson scored 15 points in the first half Friday night to hand Madison County its first loss of the season. The Red Raiders trailed 35-20 at intermission and never recovered in a 6948 setback on the road. Jackson finished with 21 points. “He was the difference in the ball game,” Crouse said. "He scores 21 and we lose by 21.” Crouse said his team was well aware of Jackson but didn’t get the job done defensively. “Bottom line, we didn’t defend well,” Crouse said. Madison County shot just 31 per cent from the floor and committed 19 turnovers. McCrary, who led the Red Raiders with 14 points, cut the Monroe Area lead to 57-48 with 1:16 left, but the Purple Hurricanes closed the game with a 12-0 run. MCHS 62, Heritage 57 (Dec. 8) HHS 20 14 11 12 — 57 MCHS 19 14 13 16 — 62 Scorers: Raines 21, P. McCrary 14, Parrish 9, Maxwell 7, Burton 5, McGuire 4, Butler 2 MCHS 62, Brookwood 59 (Dec. 5) BHS 12 16 14 17 — 59 MCHS 25 15 7 15 — 62 Scorers: Raines 18, P. McCraiy 11, Maxwell 11, McGuire 7, T. McCraiy 6, Burton 4, Butler 3, Crouse 2 Monroe Area 69, Madison Co. 48 (Dec. 4) MCHS 12 8 14 14 — 48 MAHS 16 19 13 21 — 69 Scorers: McCrary 14, Raines 9, Maxwell 9, McGuire 7, Burton 5, Parrish 3, Butler 1 Wrestling • • • continued from page IB Michael Robertson (2-2 in 189-lb. class). Jefferson won the event behind six first-place finishes. Only one other Region 8-AAAA team, Apalachee, participated in the tournament. The Wildcats finished 14 th with 61 points. Madison County also sent a host of wrestlers to a junior varsity tournament Saturday at Winder- Barrow where Max Nash won the 119-lb. divi sion. Others placing were Tanner Johnson, Andrew McCannon, Dalton Owensby, Trey Cleveland and Josh Cronic. “We sent a lot of young varsity guys to Jv tourna ment to get experience,” coach Richie Houston said. FUL COLOR BUSINESS CARDS One Side ■ Two Sides N MainStreet ewspAper Ins:, Printing Department 33 Lee Street • Jefferson, GA 30549 706-367-2488 We print more than just newspapers...a lot more! Girls’ basketball.. • continued from page IB Madison County allowed just nine first half points en route to an easy victory. The Lady Raiders, who were up by 30 by half time, quit pressing Heritage in the second half with the comfortable lead in hand. "It’s a really hard indicator game,” Lampe said. Kayla Freeman led Madison County with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Shantydra Arnold added 11 for the Lady Raiders, who were coming off a 61-53 loss to Brookwood on Saturday. One encouraging sign from Tuesday’s victory came at the free throw line, Lampe said. Freeman led the effort at the charity stripe, going 10-for-10. •Brookwood 61, Madison Co. 53 (Dec. 5): Madison County squandered a seven-point halftime lead Saturday in its second loss of the year, falling to visiting Brookwood 61-53. Brookwood pulled ahead 38-37 at the end of three quarters and then hit 12 of its last 16 free throws in the fourth quarter to pull away from Madison County. The Lady Raiders played much of the game in foul trouble and with limited personnel. "I felt that the fouls took us out of our style of play,” Lampe said. The loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the Lady Raiders. Kayla Freeman led Madison County with 15 points and Samantha La7x‘ar added 11. •Madison Co. 59, Monroe Area 35: Despite some stagnant first-half moments, Madison County posted an easy 59-35 over Monroe Area Friday, led by 16 points from I^auren Smith. Kayla Freeman added 11 points and Molly Glaze scored 10 as Madison County earned a cross-over win in Region 8-AAAA play. Glaze scored all 10 of her points Friday night in the second quarter as Madison County rallied from a 17-13 deficit. Smith hit a runner just before the half time buzzer to put the Lady Raiders up 29-19 at the break. "It all comes down to defensive intensity,” iAmpe said of his team’s slump in the first half. “We've really only had one good game defensively and that was against Salem.” Elizabeth Whieldon shoots a baseline jumper Friday night in the Lady Raiders 59-35 victory over Monroe Area. Ben Munro, staff Madison County then outscored Monroe Area 16-5 in the first five and a half minutes of the second half to put the Lady Purple Hurricanes away. Madison Co. 60, Heritage 41 (Dec. 8) HHS 2 7 12 20 — 41 MCHS 17 22 8 13 — 60 Leading Scorers: Freeman 16, Arnold 11, Whieldon 8, Smith 8, Brown 4, Glaze 4, Chapell 2, LaZear 2 Brookwood 61, Madison Co. 53 (Dec. 5) BHS 10 12 16 23 — 61 MCHS 15 14 8 16 — 53 Scorers: Freeman 15, LaZear 11, Smith 9, Glaze 5, Whieldon 4, Coberly 3, Arnold 2, Sorrells 2, Fleming 2 Madison Co. 59, Monroe Area 35 (Dec. 4) MCHS 13 16 18 12 — 59 MAHS 11 8 11 5 — 35 Scorers: Smith 16, Freeman 11, Glaze 10, Arnold 9, Fleming 3, Sorrells 2, Moon 2, Brown 2, Whieldon 2, LaZear 2 TA U u Vi Ji wc — account maintenance fee 4 $10.00 nf non-FAB. 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