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Westfield tunes up for GISA region tournament
Hornet teams take close wins over Atlanta-area school in final game of regular season
From Staff Reports
The Westfield basketball teams got in their
final tuneups before this week’s region tourna
ment with wins over St. Francis in Atlanta Feb.
15.
Both games went down to the wire, with
Stephanie Barr leading a fourth quarter charge
for the Lady Hornets with six of her game-high
17 points.
The Lady Hornets led by nine points at the
Deerfield takes pair from Westfield at Hornets’ Nest
By PHIL CLARK
Times-Journal Sports
In their final games against
class AAA competition before the
start of this week’s tournaments,
the Westfield teams hosted the
Deerfield-Windsor teams Feb. 11
at the Hornets’ Nest.
Both Deerfield teams are
among the top teams in the state in
the weekly coaches’ poll, but
Westfield extended both teams to
the limit before dropping close
decisions.
Using their patented ball-con-
Junior League
registration continues
through March 1
Special to the Times-Journal
The Perry Junior League at
Ochlahatchee Park has
announced that registration ses
sions for the upcoming youth
baseball and softball season will
be held on Feb. 22 and March 1,
or until the leagues are filled.
Registration sessions will be
held from 9 a.m. until noon at the
Ochlahatchee Clubhouse, located
off Frank Satterfield Drive in
southeastern Perry.
Registration fees will be $55
per child. This includes accident
and liability insurance.
All boys ages 5-12 (as of July
31, 1997) and girls ages 5 and up
(as of May 31, 1997) will be eli
gible to participate in the league.
Leagues will be formed based
on an acceptable level of partici
pation.
Those ladies over age 18 play
ing in the DEBS league are not
eligible for post season Dixie
Youth Tournaments.
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WISE GUYS Students at Morningside Elementary heard health facts from the Organ Wise Guys
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half before pulling out the 37-36 win.
Aside from Barr’s 17, Mary Katherine
Walker had eight, including two three pointers.
Kate Mullencamp scored 13 for St. Francis.
Brian Hartley scored 20 points including a
couple of three-pointers, and Ben Hulbert hit a
two-point basket with two seconds left on the
clock to give the Hornets a 64-63 win.
Westfield led 32-29 at halftime in the close
ball game. Hulbert finished with 12 points.
trol offense, the Lady Hornets kept
the game close, trailing by three at
halftime before dropping a 37-35
decision.
Westfield was able to stop
Deerfield’s outside shooting, par
ticularly Jeri Ann Humphries, but
the Lady Knights used a balanced
scoring attack to squeeze out the
win with Angel Stark, Meridelh
Fordham and Amber Heard each
scoring 7, while Humphries added
6 and Anne Weatherbee 4.
Westfield got 11 from Mary
Katherine Walker, including two
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CAREER DAY Students at Tucker Elementary School came to
class Feb. 7 dressed for career day. Their outfits represented some of
the career paths they were studying at the school.
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three-pointers, and Claire Hart
also had a three-pointer among her
9 points. Jennifer Stewart added 7,
Laura Posey 6 and Stephanie Barr
2 for Westfield.
The Hornets have had trouble
with teams featuring big inside
players, and the Knights have one
in Perry Revell, who help the
Knights wipe out a 33-22 halftime
lead by outscoring the Hornets 53-
36 in the second half.
Revell finished the game with
22 points for the Knights, but Ben
Hulbert’s 23 for Westfield took
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this year. And you can bet they
will be expecting another League
championship at least, with a
World Series championship high
on the list of expectations.
Special Photo
FRITO LAY Employees from
Frito Lay present a check to
United Way of Central Georgia.
Pictured from left to right are
Mary Jane Shepherd, United
Way's Beth Ann Kargel, Joyce
Yawn and Alex Jackson. Frito Lay
employees raised more than
$45,000, which was matched by
the corporation, making Frito
Lay the largest private contribu
tor to United Way in Flouston
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Chip Davis had 11 and Trey Wilder 10 for
Westfield, while game high-scoring honors
went to Andy Schreidin with 22 points for St.
Francis.
The region 1-AAA tournament begins Feb.
19 at Stratford, with the Lady Hornets meeting
Stratford. The Hornets also meet Stratford, on
Feb. 20.
The games will be broadcast on WPGA-AM
980 radio.
game honors.
Braxton Fields scored 17 and
Richard Swann 15 for the Knights,
who improved to 21-3 with the
win. Fields hit four three pointers
and Swann three for the Knights.
Joining Hulbert in double fig
ures for the Hornets were Brian
Hartley with 16, Trey Wilder with
11 and Andy Conrad with 10. Chip
Davis was close with nine.
The Hornets dropped to 9-11
with the loss.
Panthers
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three-pointers in the first half, fin
ished with 13, while Daniel
Harvey had 12 of his 14 in the
first half.
Dante Holmes scored 11 and
Dannorris Harvey and Dontarrius
Thomas 10 each for Perry.
Ahmad Lemmon scored 13 for
the Royals, 11 in the fourth quar
ter when he tried to match three
pointers with Simon.
The Panthers limited the
Royals’ two top guns, Willie
Farrow and Morris Ross to a com
bined 24 points.
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LOOKING FOR A WIN Anetha Childs, a fifth-grade student at
Kings Chapel Elementary, challenged Mrs. Kimberly Pickney to a bas
ketball gmae on Feb. 14. The two played the game in the KCES gym
before an enthusiastic crowd. The final score was 28-12 in favor of
Anthea Childs. A special friendship evolved because of a common
interest in basketball, according to Pickney.
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