4A--The MMakoff News, Thursday, Feb. 12, 1981
THE
The current basketball season comes
to a quiet and uneventful close for the
Tigerettes tonight in Crockett• The
Tigerettes battle the Lady Bulldogs in
the finale' following a 6 p.m. jayvee
contest.
It hardly seems possible that it has
been almost a year to this very day the
Tlgerettes defeated Canton in Tiger
Gymnasium for their second con-
secutive 13AAA championship, The
Tigerettos advanced into hi-district ac-
tion where they were denied another
By Benny Rogers
When the Tigerette boss called upon
his bench for aid, Jay Jay Mullins,
who moved when district play began,
answered the call in fine fashion. After
the departure of Mullins Ticknor was
forced to play jayvee-calibre players.
Brenda Hoyt and Michelle
Kill/ngsworth were elevated to varsity
status. Both players, who have come on
strong as of late, filled in when the
situation presented itself and did so in
an adequate manner. But the two just
did not have enough experience under
Either way it's a feather in the
Tigers' cap, but it's fairly important to
win the round outright. Should the
Tigers do so, they would be in an en-
viable position. A team that wins a
round outright and ties for the other,
wins the overall loop title.
Should different teams capture a
round each then a one-game playoff,
following the last district game would
decide the overall district champion•
The Tigers have little time to rest on
their first round success, however, as
A SHOWDOWN SATURDAY
+ The Henderson County Junior College
Cardinals and Lady Cardinals
showdowns with their nationally-
ranked counterparts from Tyler Junior
College Saturday night in Athens.
The Cardinals, currently in a four-
way tie for second place with Lon
Morris, K/lgore and Jacksonville, own
6-4 TEC marks. Only the top four league
finishers make the conference tour-
nament. The Apaches, ranked third in
the nation, lead the Texas Eastern Con-
ference with a 9-1 ledger.
Coach Gary Ashlock's Lady Cards,
who downed Tyler in an earlier meeting
and snapped TJC's 40-game conference
winning streak, meet the Apache
Ladies in a battle for first place.
Tyler, 21-3 overall and 9-1 in league
play, trails the lady
game. Henderson County
season worksheet and are
play.
Area fans craving
dball action should not
renewal of the ancient
Cardinal-Apache game gets
at 7:30 p.m. following the
game.
• Tiger Season Statistics
Tigerette Season Statistics
trip to the regional tournament, losing their belts to be decisive forces. ' the second round gets underway (After23Games) (After 25 Games)
• ' , , • TotalSeason Field F ree Personal Total ~ason Field Free
to Whitehousemovertime. Before turning the final page and tomorrow mght m Crockett. The T)ger- . : • • " .• Pi e • .
The year before the T/gerettes cap- closing the book on the 1980-81 Tigeret. Bulldog clash follows ninth grade and Pla r .... Points Average(~oals Thro..ws fouls i-=lay~er . . Points Average Goa|s Throws
i t rown after a one ~ Tarver (13) qz8 18 6 lu.5 ,58 23 ~ vavls (25) 341 13 6 156 29
tured the distr c c - tea this corner would like to thank junior varisty action, which beains at 5 .................
. . o R Blair (23) 295 12 0 134 27 71 J Barron (25)... 221 8 8 103 15
game playoff with qu/nlan. The T)cknor and hm cagers for the effort p.m. -" ..... " ....... "- 4"" 4" 11 37 L Woolverton "":-""--- -'- - --
u urwer tz3J w z tza zo:, o
Tigerettes went on to down Brownsboro they put forth this season. Evidently District laAAA Standings "" - n"-"" ...... " "% 3" 11 45 J'Sneed (25) " ,-- ~'- ~9 sn
in bi-district play on a last second shot someone forgot to tell the group they TEAM W L u. oaczso tT,~) ...... ~x ~.a a . . ........ z.,., a.~ ,,,, -~,
to move into regional play• In the were not supposed to be able to compete MALAKOFF(15-8) 4 0 S. Blair(22) .......... 77 3.5 29 19 49 K. JacKson (25) ..... 138 5.5 53 12
regional meet Pittsburg overcame a this year after the loss of six seniors. Fairfield (12-9) ................ 3 1 J. Graves (23) ........ 76 2.4 30 16 34 J. Mullins (19) ....... 23 1.2 10 3
n t e tte 1 d to down the H Driver (23) 53 2 3 22 9 26 M Kdhngsworth (12) 19 1 5 8 3
seve-poin Tig re ea But Davis, Woolverton, Sneed, Westwood(8-14") ................... 2 2 ' "~' ......... B'HoI '
local cagers, 43-40, denying the Tigeret- Jackson, Barron, Mullins, Hoyt and Crockett (5 17) .................. 2 2 C. Ivey (23) .......... 41 1.8 18 5 14 . y (15) .......... 13 0.8 4 5
ri ti ' " .................... S. Wilson (21) ........ 25 1.1 11 3 17 J. Coleman (7) ........ 8 1.1 4 0
tesat ptoAus n. , K)llingsworth refused to buy that Teague (12-12) .................... 1 3 J Jackson (16) 11 0 6 4 3 6 M ashlock (4) 6 1 5 2 2
The reason behind the Tigerettes theory and showed up each and every Rusk (1-16) ......... 0 4 ~,~,~, ~ " .... ~a,~ =,,'a =1= 166 a B 'Tanner (2 ........ - "'- ,, ,,
f nd "' ,vs,~o .~,, o.. ~ ~ ,, o , u u v u v
!ack of success.this.s son can be ou .. game and more times than not battled (Season records'i; 'renih is) .... .7.==:'.'= .... _ ..... •............. KT.. o " ...... /2 .... '_ _
. 11 ' UIP'I["~ "i'UI'AL~ II;B4 ~l 4 qSi Zlqt ~/5~ Iu t~! ;~ IUTb 40 Z 502 161
zn two areas, une, !s me lack Ot overa to the final buzzer• • ..................
experience and the other is the lack of For Woolverton, Sneed, Jackson and TROJANS TAKE TITLE "Gamee played in parenthesis ?PPS. TOTALS.... 1151 44.2 482 187
depth. , Barren the time has come to take off Coach Larry Cumby's Trinidad Games played in parenthesis
While five members of this year s the sneakers for the final time. But Trojans captured the first round - " .........
squad were on one of the two district before you do, girls, take time to reflect District 43A title in Trinidad Fr/_da, y
title clubs, they never really got any on your days as a Malakoff Tigerette. mght with a 37-30 win over Mildred s • 11 3= • • • I
Tigerettes opened with the five straight champs with the Eagles. former year, to the title was the play of 64oot.4 By ClllP SOUZA Teague Lions here Feb. 3. Kerry Jackson and inside
wins. But when tournament play rolled would be true with a win over the post Glenn Boyd. The talented senior, Malakoff News Sports Writer The victory was the Tigers seventh in Conovan to keep the game f:
around the numerous games in a three Eagles and the latter with a loss. The who scored 21 points in the win over TEAGUE--Richard Blair put ona a row and, with Fa/rf/eld's 58-48 win Tiger rout• The duo collectl
day period took its toll on the Tigerettes Eagles (3-i) trail the Tigers (4-0) in Mildred, powers the Trojans reboun- tremendous offensive display as he over Palestine Westwood, took over points respectively, includ
and Ticknor was forced to go to his loop play by one game at the time of ding effort and turns in double-figure scored a career high 38 points in the sole possession of first place in the first bined 19 points in a wild for
limited bench for help. " this writing. , efforts game after game. Malakoff Tigers 81-67 thumping of the half of the district 18AAA title race with in which both squads scored
J .... a 3-0 record, each.
489 0506 489 0527 " " 4 The Tiger~ ~|l~l~,~sharp'sh°°ters had a field The Tiger offensive~,~ mach
• 1.-,,I,i ww The dPaee ~e are saved throu-'h day against the hapless Lion defense, reed-up early and ran like at
1jI 1¢ 1 +BIBBO $ .Y' ~ 9 The Tigers connected on a3 of 52 shots Cadillac. Carey Jackson op
lr /.4 & lllrl _ 'rk,n, ~=n~,csd-n=~.,ffi,,ffi A4P ~lLi,.~,~e,~ ~.,~....=,.J 4~-.... at the magic circle for a sizzling 64 per- scoringatthe7:20markfora
l ,,~,l illM~ ;~PlllJl~$1,flllqLT~ qJ~i 1,11lll ~) II~U~ ~U lql lr9 cent lead. Teague's Jackson zeroe
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flail, .... .$J ..... ~ ,+ !i. ~ .. .++... .,- .,. ,+ .... Teague used the outside bombs of 20 oo er to knot the score at 24
lllt~ I~'M/MMMt~IIIL~M~ q~l ILIlIlii¢$ llq~l, ~L=lle Both squads ran off six po~
"-" for an 8-8 tie at the 4' 14 mork :
• ....... a Tiger free throw'befo a.,
, - ~ ~ ,,~J~( ~ steal and lay-up to give the IA
~. ~ t . ~_~[~\~J first and only lead of the nigll
1 ......... ~..~. !.) ,~ ~[~.~ The Tigers then ran off a t~
...... ' P.Jr N streak that carried them to a l
THE MALAKOFF , ,+u,,.,,.., .... at the end of the first quarter.
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