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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Peppy falls to Crisp County
By JOE SERSEY
HHJ Sports Writer
The Perry Panthers fell to
Crisp County 58-52 in the
Sweet 16 of
the GHSA
gSMS—AAA state
tournament
at Albany
Civic Center
GHSA AAA Thursday
sta<e night.
tourney “l t was as I
■ Crisp County an fj r inated ”
58, Perry 52 anticipated,
1 said Panthers
head coach
Brett Hardy. “They hurt us
on the glass.”
Key Panthers battled foul
problems all game. Montay
West, who finished with 15
points, had to sit out the final
four minutes of the first half
with three fouls and Perry
trailed 27-24 at the half.
“We made a little run in
the second half and got up
by seven,” Hardy said, “but
Tarvis Billings committed his
fourth foul at the beginning
MYSTERY
From page 1B
when not pitching, or he’ll
return to catching with
either Taylor or Franklin as
his backups.
“We have a couple of eighth
graders who are probably
going to make it,” Sellers
said.
The other is John Thomas
Rust who early is making an
impression.
As the first day nears,
Sellers said he is looking to
see how players will best fit.
At first, senior Daniel
Peake is a lock. So is return
ing starter sophomore Zach
Young at second.
Shortstop is between Lester
and Albritton.
Liipfert’s old position at
center is last season’s start
ing left fielder Rob Tillman.
It’s his position to lose to
Tanner Williams.
At left, Albritton, Hoke
Bryan and John Blount are
all vying for the starting spot
with Bryan holding a slight
lead.
Right field goes to Stan
Cornelius or Franklin.
“We’re ahead of the game
in pitching,” Sellers said.
“(Offensively) we’ll have to
focus more on small ball,
manufacturing runs.”
That will be a challenge.
Last year, the Hornets stole
141 bases, the year before
120.
Hudson's agent still hopeful on extension
With the days ticking away
before a self-imposed dead
line, Tim Hudson’s agent
is hopeful of
working out
a contract
extension with
the Atlanta
Braves.
Hudson,
who was
acquired from
Oakland in
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mid-December, is . entering
the final year of his contract.
The right-handed pitcher
doesn’t want to be distracted
with money talk during the
season, so he set a March 1
deadline - next Tuesday - for
working out an extension.
His agent, Paul Cohen,
said Thursday that Hudson
is sticking to the deadline but
talks are ongoing.
“We had a bunch of differ
ent conversations with the
Braves. They’ve been posi
tive,” Cohen said. “Obviously,
we’re apart financially. We’ll
■ continue to have discussions.
I think there’s a chance it
could get done.”
GRYBOSKI’S SHOULDER: For
Kevin Gryboski, it’s deja vu
all over again.
The Braves reliever is
nursing a sore right shoul
der for the second spring in
a row, hoping to avoid sea
son-ending surgery. Gryboski
took much of the winter off,
and the Braves are keeping a
close eye on him in the early
days of spring training.
“It’s getting better,” he
said. “I’m just taking my
time.”
Gryboski was in the same
of the fourth quarter and I
had to take him out.”
Hardy said he couldn’t
keep Billings out for long.
“We couldn’t afford to
not have him on the floor,”
he said. “He was our only
rebounder. When he had
to leave, that gave (Crisp
County) an advantage.”
Crisp couldn’t hit from the
perimeter and moved to an
inside game. The Cougars
were led by Lewis Clinch and
Jamaal Jackson.
Clinch has signed to play
basketball for Georgia Teach
and Jackson may be going to
Kentucky to play football.
“We held Clinch below
his average, but their inside
game is what hurt us,” Hardy
said.
Clinch scored 54 in a game
earlier this season and aver
ages nearly 25 points a game.
Against Perry he scored 16
and Jackson led with a game
high 17.
“They were the most ath
Westfield baseball 2005
March
1 vs. Windsor (Brannen Bash) 7 p.m.
2 vs. MDS (Brannen Bash) 3 p.m.
vs. FPD (Brannen Bash) 7 p.m.
3 vs. MDS (Brannen Bash) 7 p.m.
8 at Fullington 4 p.m.
9 at First Prebysterian 4 p.m.
10 vs. Tattnall 6:30 p.m.
15 vs. Fullington 6:30 p.m.
17 vs. Mount de Sales 6:30 p.m.
18 'at Southland 4 p.m.
21 vs. Central Fellowship 6 p.m.
22 *vs. Deerfield-Windsor 6:30 p.m.
25 *vs. Sherwood 4 p.m.
April
4 at Mount de Sales 6:30 p.m.
5 *vs. Southland 7 p.m.
7 *at Deerfield-Windsor 6:30 p.m.
11 at Central Fellowship 4 p.m.
12 *at Sherwood 4 p.m.
14 at Trinity Christian 4:30 p.m.
19 vs. Trinity Christian 4:30 p.m.
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“That means we scored
a lot of runs,” Sellers said.
“We have to prove we can do
that.”
Proving it may be tough
in a region that includes
Southland, Deerfield and
Sherwood.
“Everybody from the state
champion Southland returns
except their shortstop,” said
Sellers. “Deerfield-Windsor
picked up three players that
were being home schooled. I
predicament a year ago,
reporting to camp with the
threat of surgery hanging
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letic bunch we’ve run into all
year,” Hardy said.
With the inside attack
came the fouls. Crisp County
attempted 31 free throws,
hitting 18.
Perry went to the line for
24 shots.
“Obviously we attacked the
basket and got to the line,”
Hardy said.
The Panthers made only
nine free throws.
Crisp was 11-15 from the
charity stripe in the fourth
quarter while Perry went 4-
11.
Perry finished the season
26-3. Crisp County is 20-8.
SCOREBOARD
CRISP COUNTY 58, PERRY 52
CC: 15 12 12 19-58
PY: 8 1618 10-52
Halflime: (CC) 27-24. Scorers: (CC) Lewis
Clinch 16, Smith 6, Brinson 2, Tomas
Whitehead 10, Jamaal Jackson 17, Lofton
4. Dean 3; (PY) Montay West 15, #l2
Hayward 1, Courtney Watkins 14, #2l
Hayward 2, Tarvis Billings 15, Clark 5. 3-
pointers: (PY) West 2, Watkins 2, Billings.
Records: (CC) 20-8; (PY) 26-3.
don’t know what influence
they will have.”
Sellers says that Sherwood
is young.
“They’re a lot like we are,”
Sellers said. “We’ll have bet
ter pitching and hopefully
sneak one from Southland
and Deerfield during the sea
son.”
Sherwood is also breaking
in a new coach. Sellers has no
information as to what affect
that will have on them.
over him. But he made it
through the season, appear
ing in 69 games.
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SPORTS
RALLIES-
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“We played hard the whole
night. We missed a few shots
that some nights we make,”
Baxley said. “We did a good
job on the boards.”
Despite battle among the
redwoods, Channell finished
with seven boards and Tonia
Williams also had seven.
Torian ended with five.
Phillips finished the game
with nine blocked shots,
four in the critical fourth
quarter.
With Redan up 38-31 six
minutes into the final frame,
Ray-Donee Jones hit her
second trey of the afternoon,
but the Lady Bears went 0-
for-7 from the field the next
two minutes and were down
42-34 until Williams’ three
point play at 2:10 pulled
Houston County to 42-37.
That was the last field
goal of the game. Williams
hit two more free throws
and Candice Clark added
another pair at 13 seconds
to make the score 46-41, but
the Lady Bears missed five
field goals in the last minute
while denying Redan any
shots from the field.
SCOREBOARD
REDAN 47, HOUSTON COUNTY 41
HC: 9 8 14 10-41
RE: 2 8 24 13-47
Halflime: (HC) 17-10. Scorers: (HC)
Jones 8, Clark 3, Torain 6, Channell
2, Stuart 7, Tonia Williams 15; (RE)
Whitley 7, Porsha Phillips 18, Kinsey 1,
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the period - came two
possessions later. Midway
in the period, Northside,
which was 2-for-10 from
the field in the first quarter
and 4-for-ll in the second,
trailed by 12, 24-12.
It closed to eight twice
but still trailed 31-20 at the
break.
The Eagles used a 14-3
run in the third quarter to
bring their contingent of
fans to life and cut the lead
to three, 40-37, with a little
more than a minute left in
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Houston County's Tonia Williams is fouled by Redan's
Anelia Murray during their GHSA AAAAA state tourna
ment game Thursday in Macon.
Booth 4, Franklin 7, Johnson 7, Murray (RE) Whitley 2. Records: (HC) 15-14;
3. 3-pointers: (HC) Jones 2, Stuart; (RE) 20-8.
the third.
That, however, prompted
Baldwin to call a timeout.
After talking it over, the
Braves then promptly came
back out and hit a 3-pointer.
That enabled them to take
a 43-37 lead into the final
eight minutes of play.
Another basket seconds
into the fourth increased it
to eight. From there, they
led by as many as 17 and as
little as 10 on their way to
the win.
Kenith Ward, who got off
to a slow start - being held
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scoreless in the first - led
Northside with 13 points.
Frank Brown had 12, while
Anthony Williams fouled
out but not before scoring
11.
SCOREBOARD
BALDWIN CO. 70, NORTHSIDE 59
NS (59): Anthony Williams 11 Stewart 5,
Lewis 7 Holden 7 Frank Brown 12, Taylor
2, Grayer 2, Kenith Ward 13.
BC (70): Obi Hurt 12 Harper 1, Kitchen 3,
Darian Napier 22, Adams 6, Nick Kyles
11, Simmons 8. Coleman 4 Bonner 3.
Halftime: (BN) 31-20. 3-pointers: (NS)
Lewis, Brown 2; (BN) Kitchen, Napier 3,
Simmons 2.
Records: (NS) 17-12; (BN) 21-5.
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