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GAME SUMMARIES Pepperell
Downs Lady Eagles by David Dawson,
Rome News-Tribune Sports Editor...Photo by Daniel Varnado Two of Pepperell’s seniors helped the Lady Dragons build a lead on Friday night, and a freshman helped them hold it. Not to be outdone, one of Pepperell’s sophomores played a vital role, too. For the night, the four players — seniors Kiara Parks and Brooke McCoy, freshman Erin Wilder and sophomore Caroline Holbrook — combined to score all but three of the Lady Dragons’ points during a 51-37 victory over Coosa at the Eagles’ Nest. The 7-AA South contest featured very little continuity on
either end, but the Lady Dragons (12-7, 5-3) managed to produce just enough
timely baskets to beat the Lady Eagles (5-13, 1-6) for the second time this
season. “I didn’t have a problem with the girls’ effort tonight, but our execution was poor,” said Pepperell coach Judson Cox. “Defensively, we played well, at least.” Parks led all scorers with 17 points, including 13 in the second half. McCoy added 10 points and four rebounds for the Lady Dragons, who have won three of last five subregion games. Holbrook, a sophomore, did her part by posting a double-double, finishing with 12 points and 11 rebounds. And then there was Wilder, who is a freshman, but continues not to play like one. She produced a nine-point, nine-rebound effort that was highlighted by a pair of critical baskets in the fourth quarter. With just over six minutes left in the game and Pepperell clinging to a 37-34 lead, Wilder scored on two consecutive possessions to extend the lead to 41-34, and the Lady Dragons stayed in control from there. “For a freshman, she is playing extremely well,” said Cox. “She doesn’t panic and doesn’t fold … and her level of understanding is much higher than most freshman.” Wilder, who is a starter for the Lady Dragons, said that she hasn’t felt overwhelmed this season despite playing against players who are often two or three years older than her. “I really haven’t felt any extra pressure,” she said. “I play travel ball … and most of the girls I play against are just as good, or even better, than the girls I am playing against (this year on the varsity level).” Friday’s win enabled Pepperell to move into a third place tie (with Armuchee) in the South. Coosa, meanwhile, is in the midst of difficult stretch that has featured six losses in the past seven games. In Friday’s game, Coosa trailed 37-26 early in the fourth quarter before ripping off eight straight points, including 3-pointers by Heather Faust and Alexis Collins, to trim the deficit to 37-34. The comeback bid ended there, however, as Wilder turned the momentum back in Pepperell’s favor with her back-to-back baskets. Collins led Coosa with nine points, and sophomore Josie Perry — who is emerging as a consistent source for the Lady Eagles — added eight. Coosa, which played the game without Brecia Hall, visits Rockmart on Tuesday night. Pepperell doesn’t play again until next Friday, when the Lady Dragons visit Rockmart. BOX SCORES Pepperell 51, Coosa 37 PEPPERELL (51) Holbrook 12, Parks 17, Wilder 9, McCoy 10, Davis 1, Mathis 2. COOSA (37) Moten 4, Collins 9, Perry 8, McLEan 6, Pruitt 2, Lance 3, Faust 5. Pepperell 9 10 16 16 — 51 Coosa 6 7 13 11 — 37 3-Pointers — Pepperell 2 (Holbrook 1, Parks 1); Coosa 3 (Collins 1, McLean 1, Faust 1). Free throws — Pepperell 12-20; Coosa 2-12. Records — Pepperell 12-7; 5-3, Coosa 5-13; 1-6. Lady
Eagles Dealt a Tough Loss by Calhoun Rome
News-Tribune Staff Reports: Macy Walraven led all scorers with 16 points and
Molly Palmer added 14 as Calhoun earned a 70-22 7-AA crossover win on the
road. Calhoun owned a shaky 16-10 lead at the end of the first quarter but
outscored Coosa 41-9 over the next two quarters, including a 21-2 margin in
the third. Brecia Hall led Coosa with nine points. BOX
SCORES Calhoun
70, Coosa 22 CALHOUN
(70) M.
Walraven 16, M. Palmer 14, Roe 2, T. Wright 1, B. Walraven 3, Phillips 2, T.
Palmer 8, Pruitt 3, Wilson 2, Stewart 2, Curtis 7, P. Wright 5, Thompson 4,
McDaniel 2. COOSA
(22) Collins
2, Perry 2, Moten 3, Brecia Hall 9, Jo McLean 3, Pruitt, 1, Lane 2. Calhoun
16 20 21 13 — 70 Coosa
10 7 2 3 — 22 3-Pointers
— Calhoun 5 (M. Walraven 3, B. Walraven 1, P. Wright 1); Coosa 1 (McLean 1).
Free throws — Calhoun 12-18; Coosa 5-19. Records — Calhoun 9-2, Coosa 4-10 ARMUCHEE DEFEATS LADY
EAGLES By David Dawson, RN-T Sportswriter Against Coosa on Friday, the Armuchee Lady Indians put it all together — offense, defense, and especially rebounding. They collected 49 rebounds overall, including a whopping 27 on the offensive glass. They also shot the ball effectively, connecting for six 3-pointers. “We played a complete game tonight,” said Armuchee coach Michelle Arp. “We played with a lot of energy, the girls communicated really well, and they were very encouraging of each other. … I think it was (our best game).”JessAnn Nix finished with 15 points for the Lady Indians, who jumped out to a 19-6 lead at the end of the first quarter and extended the advantage to 41-19 at the half.“Everybody that went into the game tonight played hard,” said Arp. “And that is what we need.”Armuchee’s defense keyed in on Coosa sharpshooter Jo McLean in the first half, and limited her to three points and allowed her only three shots from the floor.McLean scored 11 points in the second half and finished with a team-high 14 for Coosa.“For the most part, we did a good job on her,” said Arp. “We know she is a great shooter, and I told the girls that we needed to know where she was at all times.”Alexis Collins added nine points and Heather Faust had eight for the Lady Eagles.“The girls played hard at times,” said Coosa coach Andie Lee, “but we were outsized, and we gave them a lot of extra opportunities on offense.”Armuchee’s MaryBess Skinner had eight points, including a pair of 3s, and Jordan Burkett finished with seven points for the Lady Indians, who produced their second-highest scoring total of the season.“The girls went out and had fun tonight,” said Arp, “and they played relaxed.” Armuchee visits Pepperell on Tuesday night.Coosa has another tough test today, when the Lady Eagles host Calhoun in a 7-AA crossover contest. Armuchee 66, Coosa 39 BOX SCORES COOSA (39) Hall 6, Lance 2,
Collins 9, Faust 8, McLean 14. ARMUCHEE (6) Shore 22, Nix 15,
Tibbets 2, Skinner 8, Boozer 5, Sutton 2, Burkett 7, Smith 3, Reese 2. Coosa 6 13 11 9 —
39 Armuchee 19 22 14
11 — 66 3-Pointers — Coosa
6 (Collins 1, Faust 2, McLean 3); Armuchee 6 (Nix 3, Skinner 2, Smith 1).
Free throws — Coosa 5-12; Armuchee 8-18. Records — Coosa 4-9; 0-4, Armuchee
5-8; 3-2. Lady
Eagles fall to 5th Ranked Devils By Ben Carter, The No. 5-ranked Model Lady Devils — who won both the Rome News-Tribune Holiday Festival and the LaFayatte High Comcast Classic — reeled off their 11th straight win on Tuesday night by downing cross-town rival Coosa, 80-25. The victory allowed Model to remain unde-feated in 7-AA South subregion play. “Itwas a good game for us,” said Model coach Sally Echols. “The girls did a great job on the de-fensive end of the court, which allowed us to do a lot on offense. We put a lot of focus on defense because I think that’s what drives us.” Fueling the win for the Lady Devils (15-1, 4-0) was Timia Reynolds who had a game-high 20 points. Caroline Long added 11 points, Karlee Akin had 10 and every player on the roster not only saw action, but scored. Jo McLean had seven points for the Lady Eagles (4-8, 0-3). Model started the game with a 20-0 run, and lead 26-3 at the end of the first quarter. Coosa did find some offensive rhythm in the second quarter, and scored 10 points, but the Lady Devils still took a 47-13 lead at the half. Model then exploded for 27 points in the third quarter to take a 72-21 lead. Model is the current leader in 7-AA South, and will host Pepperell — who are right behind them in the standing at 3-0 — on Friday. “We’ve talked many times about not getting so focused on long term goals that we then trip and stumble on something short team,” said Echols. “We put an em-phasis on taking it one game at a time, and we set goals for each game so we can stay focused on the task at hand.” BOX SCORE Model 80, MODEL (80) Lovering 2, Clark 4, Sapp 5, McFry 9, Fowler 3, Kay. Akin 2, Reynolds 20, Kar. Akin 10, Smith 8, Long 11, Clemons 6. 3-Pointers — Coosa 2 (
by staff reports Prep Central Online Sports , Photo, CHS Yearbook Staff Heather Faust hit a
tie-breaking free throw with 2.9 seconds to play to lift Coosa to a dramatic
56-55 comeback win over Coosa trailed 45-36 at the
end of the third quarter but rallied for the win by outscoring the host Lady
Ramblers, 20-10, in the final eight minutes.Jo McLean finished with a
team-high 16 points for the Lady Eagles (4-7).Brecia Hall added 15 points and
Tracie Moten had 14 for Lady Eagles Down Ridgeland by RN-T Staff Reports Jo McLean and Brecia Hall had stellar nights against Ridgeland in a 66-28 win against Ridgeland in the opening round of the LaFayette Christmas Tournament. BOX SCORE RIDGELAND (28)
Collins 8, Faust 7, Hall 21, Jo McLean 17, Pruitt 5, Ja. McLean 2, Wade 2, Lance 4. Ridgeland 8 9 6 5 — 28 3-Pointers — Ridgeland none; 7-AA
South contest. Lady
Eagles Come Up a Little Short against Rockmart Ben Carter, Hosting
Rockmart, the Lady Eagles fell behind 23-5 in the first quarter, and their
comeback bid fell just short in a 63-58 loss in the Region 7-AA South
contest. The defeat dropped “I
was proud of the effort and the way they tried to fight and comeback,” said Leading
the comeback bid for “The
first quarter was big for us, to jump out to a sizable led, and then (our
girls) did what they had to do to hold on,” said Rockmart coach Levi Wigley. “When we show up, and we get after it, we’ve
got a chance every night. We did that tonight and maybe we will realize that
we’re a pretty good ball team when we do those things.” The Lady Jackets
jumped out to a 12-1 lead after the first few minutes, before eventually
building the lead to 23-5 after the first quarter. “Hopefully,
they are learning some team work, working together and seeing what it’s
actually like to fight and comeback and be victorious,” said Lee.” If we had
won that, we would have built some confidence, but at the same time they were
upset about losing so that shows that they care and have heart.” The
Lady Eagles (1-5, 0-2) will now turn their full attention the Rome
News-Tribune Holiday Festival that begins on Friday. Coosa will be in action
on the first day of the tournament, as they will play Cartersville at 7 p.m.
at Rockmart
(3-7, 1-2) will be at the Bowdon Classic on Friday. BOX
SPORTS Rockmart
63, ROCKMART
(63) Jones
23, Willis 18, Echols 4, Farrell 14, Henderson 4. Early
2, Moten 4, Faust 5, Hall 25, McLean 11, Pruitt 3, Mullenax 2, Lance 6. Rockmart
23 15 17 13 — 63 3-Pointers
— Rockmart 4 (Willis); Dragons Down Eagles By David Dawson, After capturing back-to-back subregion titles and posting a total of 43 victories in the past two years, the Pepperell girls were supposedly going to experience a drop off this season.
Kiara Parks erupted for a game-high 26 points, and three of her teammates also finished in double figures. Caroline Holbrook scored 16 points, Erin Wilder had 11 and Brooke McCoy added 10 for the Lady Dragons, who have now won four straight games to silence some of their early-season doubters. Holbrook, a sophomore post player, said the Lady Dragons have every intention of surpassing expectations this season. “We’re definitely trying our hardest … and we really want to prove everybody wrong,” said Holbrook. “We’ve really been working together as a team, like we did tonight.” Pepperell has been bolstered in recent days by the return of point guard Jacey Boyd, who missed the first five games of the season but has quickly returned to form. Boyd, who seems to be close to 100 percent healthy, finished with nine points in Friday’s game. Pepperell earned the win despite a huge performance from Brecia Hall added 13 for the Lady Eagles (1-3, 0-1) before leaving the game with an injury in the second half. McLean connected on three 3-pointers in the second quarter
to help But Pepperell pulled away early in the second half by putting together a 13-4 run to build a 50-33 lead midway through the third quarter. From there, the Lady Dragons never slowed down. Overall, they scored 48 points in the second half to produce their season-high point total. “Execution-wise, that was our best offensive game of the season,” said Pepperell coach Judson Cox. “We have several girls playing multiple positions, and they stepped up tonight.” Parks was the sparkplug for the Lady Dragons on both ends of the floor. In addition to her 26 points, she also grabbed eight rebounds and dished out a stream of assist, including a terrific pass to McCoy that led to a buzzer-beating basket just before the half. “(Parks) is at full speed at all times,” said Cox. “And she really played a solid game tonight.” Pepperell hosts BOX SCORES Pepperell 85, Pruitt 6, Moten 6, Brecia Hall 13, Jo McLean 20, Faust 9, Lance 1, Wade 2 PEPPERELL (85) Boyd 9, Wilder 11, Holbrook 16, Parks 26, McCoy 10, Rickman 7, Davis 2, Cox 2, Dozier 2 Pepperell 16 21 25 23 — 85 3-Pointers — Read more: PrepCentralOnline - Sports News, Events, Scores and Videos - BASKETBALL Lady Dragons showing no signs of drop off Chattooga
Squeaks By Lady Eagles The Lady Indians overcame a six-point deficit at halftime
to rally for a one-point victory at “The thing that I was proud of girls for is that we came down here and just fought hard until the end, and it paid off,” said Chattooga coach Billy Martin. “That really showed me there is no quit in our team.” Chattooga got double-digit performances from four players
to fuel to comeback victory, with Alexus Allgood having a team high of 17.
Maci Price, Tori Willingham and Karlie Jarrett scored 13, 12, and 10 points,
respectively. For The Lady Indians trailed 32-26 at the half, but used a big
third quarter where they outscored the Lady Eagles 20-10 to whip away the
lead and take a 46-42 after three quarters. Chattooga (7-0) will host Gordon Central on Tuesday, while
BOX SCORES Chattooga girls 62, CHATTOOGA (62) Mac. Price 13, Mar. Proce 5, Jarrett 10, Willingham 12, Jones 2, Allgood 17, Bankston 3. Collins 1, Moten 17, Faust 2, Hall 12, McLean 14, Pruitt 6, Wade 7, Lance 2. Chattooga 15 11 20 16 — 62 3-Pointers — Chattooga 3 (Willingham 2, Mac. Price 1); Copyright 2011 PrepCentralOnline - Sports News, Events, Scores and Videos. All rights reserved. Lady
Eagles Defeat Bulldogs By Brad Easterwood,
Cedartown Standard Sports Editor The Lady Eagles found the win column in convincing fashion as they routed the winless Lady Bulldogs, 82-33, in non-region action. “This was a good win, we needed a good win,” Brecia Hall led the Lady Eagles (1-2) with 27 points,
including 11 in the first quarter as “There are still some things we need to work on,” Lee said. “But hopefully this win will give us some confidence and maybe we can beat some teams on down the road that we are not supposed too.” Cedartown (0-4) was led by Allie Gravitt with 10 points. Shakeria Jones added nine and Holley Whatley six. Coosa is back on the court Friday, visiting Pepperell at 7
p.m. Cedartown will play host to Eagles
Fall to Sonoraville For the second time in the span of five days, the
Sonoraville girls spoiled the debut of a new head coach. Led by Carrie
Cheeks’ 17 points, the Lady Phoenix rolled to a 65-33 win over Jennilee Gentry finished with 14 points and Payton Smith had 13 for the Sonoraville (2-0). Heather Faust led “We played hard,” said Lee, “but we missed some box outs on the boards and we had a hard time scoring. It’s hard to win when you give the other team extra opportunities.” Sonoraville opened the game with a 21-4 run and led 35-16 at the half. “I really felt like the girls were prepared, but we’ve got to execute better,” said Lee. BOX
SCORES Sonoraville
65, Coosa 33 SONORAVILLE
(65) Carrie Cheeks 17, Jennilee Gentry 14, Payton Smith 13, Mitchell 2, Kailey Vaughn 6, Kristie Vaughn 4, Horner 4, Cunningham 2, Vowell 3 Heather Faust 13, Pruitt 3, Jo McLean 11, Hall 6 Sonoraville 23 12 15 25 — 65 3-Pointers — Sonoraville (none); Coosa ( Read more: PrepCentralOnline - Sports News, Events, Scores
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2, Hodges 6, Baker 2, Pendergrass 1, Tylor Martinez 15, Wimpy 2.
So
far, however, the Lady Dragons have showed no signs of decline. They improved
5-2 overall — and more importantly, moved to 2-0 in the subregion — with an
explosive 85-57 victory over