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Page 10 - STAR- FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2007
Warriors claims bragging
rights over Central
By Rick Sheek
STAR STAFF
rsheek@starhq.com
Happy Valley started hot
and finished hotter.
The Warriors hammered
Central 47-29 on Thursday
night in Carter County middle
school basketball action
on Warrior Hill. Happy Valley
surged to an early 8-0 advantage
and led by 25
through three quarters.
“I thought we attacked the
zone defense a lot better
tonight,” Happy Valley coach
Dan Carder said. “We’ve not
been as successful against the
zone, but we really attacked it
tonight. I thought our guys
really took good shots, and
we moved the ball really
good.
“Our on the press I think
bothered them a little bit. I’m
not saying our defense is
good transition, but defensively
we got them out of the
game right there in the first
half.”
Hunter Nave gunned in 15
points to pace the Warriors (8-
4). Nathan Woods added
eight.
Central (9-3) got seven
apiece from Eli Bradley and
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points which hurt the Buffaloes
effort on the offensive
end.
Paige Dugger led Hampton
in scoring by finishing
with eleven points, while
Dorothy Dugger and Martin
both added seven apiece.
“Brittany Marvel is a big
part of our offense, and I’m
not saying if we would have
had her at the end that we
would have won, but it
would have been close,” said
Little Milligan coach Ginny
White. “We also missed a lot
of free-throws there at the
end, and if we would have
hit them then we could have
still been in the game there at
the end.”
Little Milligan JV Girls- 15
Hampton JV Girls- 30
It was a good start for the
Hampton JV Girls against
Little Milligan, as a first quarter
rout ended up leading to a
30-15 final over the Buffaloes.
Hampton jumped out to a
14-0 lead in the first quarter
with Paige Dugger posting
six points and Megan Lynch
adding four.
Makayla Payne connected
on six out of eight of the
‘Dogs second quarter points
to enjoy a 22-6 lead at the
half.
Little Milligan received a
three-point goal from Kourtney
Tolley during the third
period, while she led the Buffaloes
in scoring with five
points.
Hampton held a 28-11 lead
by the end of the third quarter,
as the Buffaloes were unable
to make up any ground
during the final period.
Little Milligan JV Boys-
29
Hampton JV Boys- 39
The Hampton JV Boys exe-
DAYTON — The Milligan
College men’s basketball
team used a 15-4 run over the
final four minutes to capture
a 66-55 Appalachian Athletic
Conference (AAC) win at
Bryan (Tenn.) College Thursday
night. With the win, the
Buffaloes improve to 10-4 on
the season and remain tied
for second place in the conference
with a 4-1 AAC record
while Bryan falls to 1-4 in the
AAC and 2-12 overall.
Leading the way for Milligan
was sophomore Jeff
Barnes with his 20 points and
eight rebounds. Senior forward
Adrian Harrison added
15 points and grabbed six rebounds
while Serge Babo
blocked two shots to go with
his seven rebounds in the
win.
The next game for Milligan
is Saturday afternoon against
AAC foe Covenant College in
Lookout Mountain, Ga. with
a 4 p.m. scheduled tip off.
Women
Bryan 77
Milligan 65
Donovan Grindstaff.
“We didn’t play with the
intensity that we normally
play with,” Central coach Lamont
Barnett said “I know
that this is a big rivalry for us,
and I think to start with we
came out flat. We got behind.
We tried to change a few
things to help us out, and we
just didn’t execute like we
normally do at either end of
the floor.
“Our defense is usually
our strength, and that fell
apart a little bit. That kind of
had a little effect on our offense.”
Carder said this is the
breakout game Nave has
been on the brink of. Nave
scored nine in the third quarter,
when Happy Valley extended
its cushion from 22-7
to 39-14.
“We’ve been waiting for
that,” Carder said. “He’s a
guy that we count on a lot.
He’s our biggest guy, our center,
and we need that kind of
game out of him. He really attacked
the goal today, beat
them down the floor and got
position.”
It was 10-3 heading in the
second quarter. Woods scored
cuted to mere perfection during
the second-half to pull
away from Little Milligan in a
44-21 final.
The Buffaloes were able to
keep the game close during
the first ten minutes of action,
but the ‘Dogs defense overwhelmed
them late in the
contest.
Hampton held a 10-7 lead
at the end of the first quarter
after a couple of nice passes
from Spencer Nave to Austin
Clawson and Tyler Trusler.
“Spencer Nave did a good
job of passing the ball and so
did Matt Waldrop,” said
Hampton JV boys coach Joe
Street. “Our point-guards did
played well by getting their
heads up and looking ahead
for the pass.”
Clawson led the ‘Dogs in
scoring by finishing with 12
points, while Nave added
eight with six assist.
Little Milligan threaten to
take the lead after a couple of
free-throws by James Hassett
to pull the Buffaloes to within
one-point with four minutes
left in the half.
The ‘Dogs went on an 11-2
run during the last two minutes
f the first-half to take a
25-15 lead by half-time.
The Hampton defense
shut down the Buffaloes on
offense, as they held them to
only six points during the
second-half.
“Little Milligan beat us in
the tournament at the first of
the year, but the boys came
out and played really well,”
said Street. “We played good
defense and broke the press
to get some easy buckets.”
DAYTON, TN— The Milligan
College women’s basketball
team suffered a 77-65 loss
Thursday evening at the
hands of No. 12 Bryan College.
This was the first AAC
contest for Milligan since December
8. With the results,
Milligan now holds a 5-7
overall record and a 2-3 conference
record while Bryan
moves to 5-0 within the conference
and 12-4 overall.
Sophomores Rikki Baughman
and Leah Anderson each
scored a team-high 17 points
for Milligan Thursday night.
Anderson also grabbed a
game-high 11 rebounds while
Kara Monk added 12 points
off the bench in the contest.
The Lady Buffs will return
to action Saturday afternoon
at Covenant College in Lookout
Mountain, Ga. The AAC
match up is scheduled to tip
off at 2 p.m.
Women
ETSU 71
Lipscomb 51
JOHNSON CITY— All 12
ETSU players saw action
four in the second period as
the Warriors went up by 15.
Happy Valley got six
points each from Ethan McKinney
and Taylor Gouge. Logan
Edwards scored four,
while Jacob Davis, C.J. Bowling,
Landon South and Matt
Stanley hit two apiece.
McKinney and Edards
grabbed five rebounds each.
Bowling came up with three
steals, while Edwards and
Gouge made two each. The
Warriors were 3 of 5 on free
throws.
The Comets won the battle
on the boards 35-29. Grindstaff
and Scotty Simerly
hauled in 10 rebounds each.
Simerly scored six, and
Seth Birchfield hit four. Corey
Walker knocked in three. Avery
Gullen scored two.
The Comets were 4 of 14 at
the line
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Junior Varsity
Happy Valley 40, Central 28
Jonathan Holt paced the
Warriors with 10 points.
Bradley Townsend scored
nine and Taylor Gouge hit
two 3-pointers.
The Comets got 11 points
from John Johnson.
From staff reports
T.A. Dugger dropped a
pair of close games to Vance
on Thursday. The eight grade
team was defeated 43-38 in
overtime after losing by
more than 30 points in their
last game.
The Cyclones jumped on
Hunter
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buzzer.
Taylor paced the Tigers
with 12 while Naylor and Peterson
added 11 and 10
points respectively. Nave
and Aldridge accounted for
eight each.
Hardin had a game high
13 for Unaka. Wudarcki
added six and Ryan Blevins
five.
Girls
Hunter 56
Unaka 30
Hunter sprinted out to a
double-digit lead in the first
Photo by Lauren Anderson
Happy Valley’s Landon South #33 is closely guarded by Central’s #30 Gabe Oxendine. The
Warriors won the contest 47-29.
T.A. Dugger boys fall to Vance in overtime
ETSU
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“That’s a shot – I’d much
rather give that up than have a
guy drive the hole with the
whistle being blown,” said
Lipscomb coach Scott Sanderson.
Twilley finished the game
with seven points and five assists.
His fellow classmen,
Smith and Mishler also contributed
on both ends of the
floor.
Smith finished the game
with a team-high 17 points
along with eight key rebounds
and two steals.
“As the season progresses,
I’m trying to play my game
Local college basketball round-up
Thursday night, and 11 of
them found the scoring column,
as the Lady Bucs rolled
past Lipscomb, 71-51, in
Memorial Center. The Lady
Bucs have now won three
straight games, and move to
7-6, 3-0, while the Lady
Bisons dropped their sixth
consecutive game and fall to
3-10, 1-2.
Three ETSU players finished
in double figures, with
junior Michele DeVault leading
the way with 13. The
Georgia connection of Siarre
Evans and Jenny Norman
combined for 23 points.
Evans finished with 12, while
Norman added 11.
Nichelle Akers tied her career
high with 10 rebounds
and forced a season-best
eight steals, which was one
shy of tying the school
record.
The home stand continues
for the Lady Bucs as they host
last year’s regular season
conference champion Belmont
on Saturday. Tip is set
for 2 p.m.
top 13-5 after one and held a
18-14 lead at intermission.
They continued to lead by
one heading into the final
quarter but Vance tied the
game at 30-30 forcing overtime.
Nathaniel Hughes blistered
the nets for 23 points to
half and never looked back
in knocking off Unaka 56-30.
Unaka High School head
coach Kenneth Chambers
was all smiles watching his
future Rangers take to the
floor and the play was fast
and furious throughout.
Jamie Andrews helped
stake the Tigers to a 10-4 first
quarter lead with four with
two baskets while Bethany
Williams and Taylor Byars
added one each.
The Rangers fought hard
to stay close in the second
and get used to my teammates
on the floor,” Smith said.
Mishler got his opportunity
with senior Brad Nuckles
struggling on the floor. The
Illinois-native scored eight
points and had three big rebounds
during pivotal moments
of the contest.
“I haven’t had too much
playing time this year. Coach
called on me today and I
knew it was my chance to
play hard,” Mishler said.
Nuckles saw a season-low
15 minutes of action Thursday
night, going scoreless with
one rebound. Due to the
From Staff Reports
The Elizabethton Cyclones
freshmen basketball
team kept their record undefeated
at 6-0 by knocking off
Unicoi County Thursday
lead TAD while Jake Hubbard
added 12 to the cause.
Lucas Birchfield provided
the final three Cyclone
points.
“It was a great effort by
our kids on defense,” stated
Cyclone head coach James
Jacobs. “Both the eight and
quarter as a bucket from
Kayla Wilson cut the lead at
nine but fur point each by
Katharyne McInturff and
Chelsea Nidiffer put Hunter
on top 20-9 at intermission.
Chesnie Cox tired to keep
Unaka close by scoring six
points in the third but
Hunter was stronger getting
eight from Andrews and four
more by Byars to build 14
point cushion. Sylvia
Whitaker trey was the only
other offense that Unaka
could muster as the Tigers
team’s foul problems, he was
called in late in the overtime
period.
“We’ve got to get Brad going
and we’ve got to get Blake
more minutes,” Bartow said.
“(Brad’s) tired and we’re to
the point that we’ve got to go
with other people.
“I like Brad on a personal
level, he’s a real good defender
and he changes us defensively,
but he’s struggling. He
better produce or he knows
Blake gets minutes.”
Pigram had a quiet 15
points with four steals and six
assists for State. Before fouling
night in Erwin.
Jake Davis led Elizabethton
with 19 points while
Ryan Thomas netted 17 and
Andrew Oliver scored 15.
D.W. Whitson paced the
seventh grade teams did a
fantastic job.”
Vance won the seventh
grade contest 32-31. Justin
Wandell paved the way with
nine while Cory Richardson
contributed six. Zach Treadway
and Zack Peters produced
four each.
led 24-20 after three.
Byars had a huge fourth
quarter scoring eight of her
game high 16 points. Andrews
reached double figures
with 12 while McInturff
and Nidiffer provided eight
each for the Tigers.
Cox led the Rangers with
14 with Wilson and Tayler
Nidiffer scoring six apiece.
Louisa Espinoza had a good
defensive effort for Unaka as
did Chelsea Wood and Keela
Baker for Hunter.
out, Reed continued his hot
streak with 13 points and
eight rebounds.
State trailed by one at the
half and led by as much as six
in the second half before Bison
guard Trey Williams knotted
the score at 64 with a late
three.
Ard finished with a gamehigh
24 points, including four
treys, while Fisk added 18 to
pace Lipscomb (8-7, 2-2 A-
Sun).
The Bucs hit the road for
two league games beginning
Sunday at Gardner-Webb.
Samford outscores Tennessee-
Martin in defensive showdown
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
(AP) — Joe Ross Merritt
scored a game-high 17
points to lead Samford to a
55-41 victory over Tennessee-Martin
Thursday
night.
Samford (8-6, 5-0 Ohio
Valley Conference) turned
in its best defensive performance
so far this season,
limiting Tennessee-Martin
(3-13, 1-5) to its lowest scoring
game this season.
“We won the game, but
we definitely won it ugly,”
Samford head coach Jimmy
Tillette said. “I have to give
a lot of credit to Tennessee-
Martin. We played well defensively,
especially against
them, because they have a
very physical basketball
team.”
The Bulldogs held Tennessee-Martin
to 35.7 percent
shooting from the
field. Samford finished
with 47.7 percent from the
floor.
Travis Peterson and Randall
Gulina both scored 13
points for Samford. Peterson
finished with a team-
high five rebounds, while
senior Jerry Smith added
four assists.
The Bulldogs led 26-18 at
halftime.
Tennessee-Martin’s
Zerek Knight scored to start
the second half and cut the
Bulldogs’ lead to 26-20.
Samford then went on a 17-
9 run and took a commanding
43-29 lead with 8:32 left
in the game.
Cleve Woodfork led the
Skyhawks with 13 points
and Gerald Robinson
added 9.
Cyclones freshman stay unbeaten
Blue Devils with 18 points.
The Cyclones freshmen
team will be back in action
on Monday night when they
travel to Johnson County to
take on the Longhorns.