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Perry Panthers Keep Houston
County Winless With 76-58 Win
By: PHIL CLARK
T-J Sports Writer
It's been a long season for Cliff
Hutto at Houston County as his
young Bears have struggled through
the first half of the season with a 0-
13 record. Perry's 76-58 Saturday
night victory improved the Panthers
to 9-6 overall, 2-2 in region 3AA
South. The Panthers play at Albany
Friday night and at Mays Atlanta
Saturday afternoon, and don't return
to region action until January 31st,
when they travel to WestLaureas.
Perry jumped on Houston
County early and built up a 20-8
first quarter lead behind Derrick
Webb's eight points, including two
treys. Stan Gann also hit a long
one, and Kiwaukee Thomas and
Rod Barnes had two baskets each.
With Bleckley county coach Benjy
Rodgers watching from the stands,
the pace really slowed in the second
quarter; and Houston County crept
back into it outscoring Perry 19-15,
and actually closed to within three
at one time, 28-25 before Perry
increased the lead to six at the half
33-27.
The teams battled through
another sluggish quarter in the
third, scoring; just fourteen points
apiece as Perry held on to the six
point advantage as Carl Thomas
continued to shuttle players in and
out of the game. Garriet Curry,
who scored just two in the first
half, began to take the ball inside
and scored seven in the quarter to
offset six by Chris Brown and five
by Jon Bills for the Bears.
In the fourth, though, with the
scouts gone. Perry turned it up a
notch or two, as Curry and Rod
Barnes led a 29-point barrage to
give the Panthers a relatively easy
76-58 win. Curry added eleven
points in the fourth quarter to take
team honors as four Panthers scored
in double figures and Cory Duncan
had nine. Barnes scored 13,
including seven in the fourth quarter
and Stan Gann had a dozen
including two three-pointers.
Flashy Dominique Robinson,
who sometimes tends to showboat,
sawed 20 for Houston County and
the Bears got a dozen each from
Bills And Brown. Cory Moore added
nine.
The subregion tournament will
be played February 14-18 at the site
of the regular season boys
Lady Panthers
third to give Perry its first lead at
20-19. Perry built the lead to five at
24-19 when Houston County called
a time out with 3:44 left. Houston
County's Erin Hatch got a steal and
a basket to cut it to three, but with
eight seconds left in the third,
Gilbert scored on an inbounds piay
to build the lead back to live after
three quarters.
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Derrick Webb goes for three against Houston County Bears.
The Panthers won 76-58 in Saturday's game. The Panthers
will be in action against Albany High in Albany Friday night.
subregion champions. The Panthers
;have their work cut out if they are
to host, but Dodge County's win
Then the freshman Scott took
over. She hit two free throws to
open the fourth, and before the
quarter was over had scored eight
points to help preserve the 46-39
sub region victory. In all, four Lady
Panthers scored in double figures.
Jada Releford had ten along with
Scott and Amber Fcndley, who hit
a couple o treys. Perry's only two
Friday night at Bleckley was
definitely in Perry's favor. Dodge
will be in Perry February 3rd.
From Page B 6
of the night. David led Perry scorers
with eleven. Erin Hatch had 13 for
Houston County as the Lady Bears
drop to 1-13 overall and 0-3 in 3AA
South. Coach Vickers said "we
have got to minimize our mistakes,
make good passes and take
advantage of easy scoring
opportunities." Perry improves to
8-4, 3-1 in the subregion.
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Juiee Fryer goes up for two
against Deerfield.
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is sponsoring the Camellia Festival
Golf Tournament on Feb. 11.
The tournament will be held at
Fort Valley’s Pine Needles County
Club at 9:30 a.m. This two man
scramble event will be $25 per
person.
Proceeds will benefit Massee
L;ine Cnudens in Fort Valley.
To register or find out more
information, contact the Pine
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Wrestling
From Page B 6
number 9 West Laurens. Dublin,
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The following week, Perry will
participate in the area meet at
Fitzgerald. That’s the start of the
state competition. The top five
teams and individuals in the area
competition advance to state.
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Wednesday, January 25,1995, Houston Twnes -Journal
Lady Hornets Lose To
Top Ranked Deerfield
By PHIL CLARK
T-J Sports Writer
The Deerfield Windsor Lady
Knights came into town Tuesday
with the top ranking in the GISA,
but Gordy Gruhl's team had to fight
and scratch to beat the young
Westfield Lady Hornets, and there
was one prime reason. Call it
Jennifer Smith. Playing perhaps her
best game of the year against the
state's best team, Smith was
unstoppable on the floor as she
weaved her way through the
Deerfield defense for 27 points.
Nobody could stop Smith on ;this
night. Not 6'3" Merideth Fordham.
Not a double team using Tait
Allen, and not even an occasional
triple team. The only thing that
slowed the splendid junior center
was the toot of the officials'
whistles as Smith was charged with
two quick fouls in the first quarter,
the second coming with 3:34 left in
the quarter and Deerfield ahead 7-4.
Billy Sellers took Smith out, but
brought her back two minutes later
and she responded with three free
throws at the end of the quarter as
she was fouled putting up a three
point attempt. Deerfield led 16-11
at the quarter.
Smith drew her third foul in the
second quarter, but still put up
eight more points, finishing the
first half with 17 as Deerfield held
on to a nine point lead at the half
32-23. Smith had all but six of her
team's first half points.
Fain Spurlock scored eight in
the third quarter as Deerfield began
to pull ahead of the Lady Hornets,
leading by 17 after three quarters. In
the fourth, with Westfield trying to
catch up, Julee Fryer, Mary
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Barr all fouled out, but not before
Westfield had cut into the lead.
When Fryer left with 2:22 to go in
the game, Westfield trailed by just
eight 54-46. Barr fouled out forty
eight seconds after Fryer, and
Walker went out with 1:15
remaining.
Deerfield won it 60-48 to
improve to 14-0 for the season, but
it wasn't as easy as they would have
liked. Billy Sellars said "we still
have growing pains. We still make
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