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♦ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2005
FINALS —
From page 10A
of us.”
Northside led 16-10 after
the first quarter, the big dif
ference being the points the
Lady Eagles got from the
offensive glass. It wasn’t
just on put-backs, as Holder
would score on a third try.
Northside also re-set the
offense with second tries,
and Davis found Levi in the
post to convert one such
opportunity and Davis, at
5-4, penetrated the baseline
for two on another second
chance.
Peach County scored five
in a row from the outside in
one late stretch of the first
and had a chance for a tying
3-pointer that hit the back
rim. Following a scramble
for a loose basketball, Davis
broke away and put the Lady
Eagles up by six going into
the second quarter.
In this quarter, Northside
tried to counter Peach’s
pressure with some full
court defense on its own.
Though Davis started the
period with a 3-pointer, the
Lady Trojan pressure was
causing some problems,
and with two inside baskets
TROUBLE^—
HHJ Matthew Brown
Some of Northside's starters and the rest of the bench look on during their
matchup in the J.B. Hawkins Basketball Tournament Thursday at Crawford
County.
QUOTES—
From page 10A
“We haven’t taken a
summer off our whole
lives. I’d work every
Saturday, Sunday
and holiday except
Christmas.”
Former Landings Golf Club
owner Alan White, on why he
decided to sell the organiza
tion
“I was very happy and
had not heard any com
plaints from the par
ents, kids or adminis
tration. I just wanted to
spend more time with
my two young kids who
are 3 and 6.”
- Former Westfield boys
head basketball coach
Duane Hunter, on his resig
nation
“I just don’t want them
to think that’s all I’m
about. That all I do is
stand inside that circle.
I want them to know
I’m an athlete.”
- Westfield’s fast-pitch
standout Lana Mackey, on
why she competes in other
sports
SERSEY —
From page 10A
At first I changed to what
ever lanes seemed to be mov
ing fastest. It immediately
stopped.
So for most of the journey,
I stuck to the fast lane.
What a misnomer.
My problem extends to
any line you could care to
name.
If I’m in it, it’s not mov
ing.
I’ve tried to work a sys
tem.
For example, never get
behind people wearing base-
1 feel it within
myself when my
girls are ready
for it. Sometimes
we're just not
ready to press.'
- Northside girls head basketball
coach Casaundra Wilson
Peach was down by one, 21-
20.
With five points from
Levi on a stick-back and an
old-fashioned three-point
play, Northside pulled away
from Peach before halftime.
Janay Wilson, a guard back
in the Lady Eagle lineup
after recovering from inju
ries, ended the first half
with a press-break basket.
That put her team up 30-22
at the break.
Northside had called off
its pressing efforts in the
second quarter and would
not do it again until the
fourth quarter. It’s a call
Wilson said she makes when
she feels the time is right.
“I feel it within myself
“Up until then I had
never missed a day of
work (due to racing),
but when I got back to
work, the postmaster
sent word that if I kept
running and if I got hurt
again, I would be let
go. I sent word to him
to stick it in his (exple
tive) and I resigned.”
- Local National Vintage
Racing Association driver
Bob Moore, on his response
when he was given the ulti
matum to quit racing or lose
his job
“I wasn’t fast enough.
I wasn’t experienced
enough. The motor
didn’t have enough
power... I had too many
wrecks.”
- Local National Vintage
Racing Association driver Al
“Skinner” Smith, on how his
racing career progressed
early
“It just grenaded. We
only had 12 laps to go
and it just kind of flut
tered and shut off. A big
flame shot through the
cockpit. It melted every
thing in it. Every wire.
ball caps indoors.
You can stand in line at
McDonald’s for 15 minutes
behind such individuals but
when they reach the clerk to
order, they have to pause to
make up their minds.
Never stand behind a teen
ager who’s with his friends.
He’s going to let them jump
the line when he gets to the
ordering window at the con
cession stand at McConnell-
Talbert.
Watch for groups who feel
it’s necessary to stop and
when my girls are ready for
it,” she said. “Sometimes
we’re just not ready to
press.”
The Lady Eagles were
ready to attack Peach’s
pressure in the second half.
Brown had two assists to
Davis and Levi while Davis
penetrated inside and threw
out to Levi for a success
ful high-post jumper. The
rebounding edge was still in
Northside’s favor as Holder
put home another second
shot.
Peach County would
force four turnovers out of
Northside late in the third
quarter, but only got one
basket out of it. When Peach
lost the ball, freshman Leah
Danielly took the ball all the
way, and the Lady Eagles
led 44-31 with eight minutes
left.
Northside’s second-half
foul trouble didn’t hurt it
too much as Peach was 7-for
-12 at the line in the fourth
quarter. The Lady Eagles
weren’t much better at 7-
for-14. The Lady Trojans did
pull as close as nine, 47-
38, by breaking Northside’s
press. Without the pressure,
Then it was nothing but
black smoke from the
lines. I slammed on the
brakes and bailed at
that point.”
- Elko native, Westfield
Schools graduate and
current ARCA RE/MAX
driver Walt Brannen after his
engine blew up in Michigan
“I don’t want to say
we were short. We just
weren’t as tall as some
of the teams we play.”
- Houston County head
volleyball coach Tony Jones,
when comparing his 2004
squad with that of 2005
“As we age, we
start to put golf in the
right perspective. I’ve
learned to do that. It’s a
great game, but it’s just
a game.”
- Local golfer Sissi Gann
“They ran with a pas
sion like no other teams
before them.”
- Warner Robins head
cross country coach David
Erpelding, on his girls and
boys squads
“I feel like I work for a
talk to their friends. It seems
that the only place they can
meet to converse is in the
middle of an exit door.
Cheerleaders are good for
that. They’re also good for
ordering for large groups.
Avoid parents with chil
dren. It used to be the father
or mother would just tell the
kid what he’s getting, but
in the kinder and gentler
America, it’s necessary to
ask a child who can’t read
what they want and then
read the menu to them.
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~ HH.J Matthew Brown
Northside freshman Leah Danielly (10) calls for the basketball on the outside during the
Lady Eagles’ clash with Peach County High in the J.B. Hawkins Basketball Tournament
Thursday at Crawford County.
Levi had a clean steal and
put-back field goal with
three minutes left.
Wilson even slipped under
neath the basket and upped
Northside’s lead to the final
17-point margin.
“I gave them the holidays
off,” said Wilson on how well
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was a steal by Charles McKenzie
in the paint, and he scored to
bring Northside within nine at
60-51.
That would be the last field goal
for the Eagles until McKenzie
scored again with 1:27 to play.
In-between, there was a barrage
of missed 3-pointers and long
two-point shots coming up short
from Northside.
Central grabbed a loose bas
ketball underneath the basket
and went back ahead by double
digits with 3:15 showing on the
clock. When McKenzie finally
broke the Eagles’ own dry spell,
the Chargers owned a 66-54
advantage.
Under the category of “too lit
tle, too late,” Northside’s Frank
Brown found his 3-point stroke
with three makes in the final
minute.
Northside’s first lead of the
night came on a second-shot
made by Ainsley Blackmon,
system that still values
prayer.”
- Perry head football
coach Andy Scott
“I wanted to see some
good football ... from
now on, I expect us to
be there.”
- Perry head football
coach Andy Scott, on being
at the Georgia Dome during
the high school semifinals
“I knew when I was
playing that I was born
to be a coach.”
- Northside assistant
coach Jason Respert
“We’ll see what we’re
made of ... The winners
will be there Monday.”
- Warner Robins head
football coach Bryan Way,
after the Demons had lost
to Northside in the City
Championship
“We played very hard.
We made some mis
takes that cost us the
game. But we can’t do
anything about it, so
we have to move on.
Knowing that we could
have won, it hurt a lot.
Just get the little tyke a
corndog and tell him to be
grateful. You could give him
mud and he’d be happy - as
long as a toy came with the
meal.
Maybe my Muffin is right.
The world has conspired
to make my life miserable.
Possibly, but as long as I
don’t talk about bridge, don’t
drive to or from Atlanta, or
go any where, for that mat
ter, they’ll never take me
alive.
I bid four no trump.
Northside came back after
three tough games in last
week’s Houston County Bear
Brawl and the Christmas
weekend. “We came in
(Wednesday) and practiced.
After the Bear Brawl, I gave
them some time away from
it.
who was a machine in scor
ing and rebounding for Smith
in the opening quarter. Jacobi
Rodriguez came off the bench
to score five points and make a
steal as Northside tried to create
an up-tempo pace.
But the foul-shooting prob
lems were particularly bad in
this quarter, and the Eagles had
to settle for a 14-13 lead. It
wasn’t long into the second quar
ter when Northside was staring
at a seven-point deficit, one that
would get even worse resulting
from turnovers.
“We were contesting the shots,
but they have good shooters,”
said Smith about the Chargers’
performance in that quarter.
“When a team shoots the ball
well, all you can do is try to
score. If you’re contesting the
shots, all you can do is try to
score.”
The Eagles stayed as close as
five, but the Central halftime
lead expanded to 11, 40-29.
All of that hard work we
did, we wanted it to pay
off.”
- Northside receiver Mario
Armstrong
“We played our best
football in the first quar
ter, but the wear and
tear of the game just
wore us down.”
- Central Fellowship head
football coach Mike Card,
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“I got one of my guards
back, and it’s taken a little
bit of the pressure off some
of the other players. Janay
Wilson is my point guard. It
makes it easier for my shoot
ers to get open ... they don’t
have to worry about bring
ing the ball down.”
With that patient offense
working for open shots inside
and finding the hot shooters
outside, the Chargers led by as
much as 18 in the third period.
Rodrigues had four more points
to get Northside as close as 12,
and Rasheed Taylor had the last
basket of the quarter.
“We took a big step tonight,”
said Smith about Northside’s
ability to make it a game in the
fourth. “I thought we played
hard. We’ve played 10 games
now, and I thought we finally,
everybody as a unit, played hard
tonight. Our guys are growing
up a little bit. The football guys
are getting their legs up under
them. Things are starting to
look up.”
Brown’s little spurt at the end
gave him a team-high 21 points,
19 in the second half. Blackmon
had 14, none in the second half,
and Rodriguez finished with 13.
Central’s Elton Simmons led
everyone with 26 points.
following a loss
“They have those big
guys, and it’s a little
harder on them in 100-
degree weather. You
would expect to get bet
ter through the course
of the year. Obviously
they have.”
- Northside head foot
ball coach Conrad Nix, on
Baldwin