Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Cottondale Takes Two From Malone


By Clint Cox

COTTONDALE – The Cottondale Lady Hornets avenged one of their only two losses this season on Tuesday night while the Hornets squad won their sixth game in a row. In the girls game the Lady Hornets jumped out ahead of Malone early and never looked back. The Lady Tigers, playing without two of their five starters, fell behind by 10 points at the end of the 1st quarter. By halftime Cottondale’s lead had swelled to 35-13. Kidada Paul’s 3 pointer to end the 3rd quarter made it a 54-24 lead for the Lady Hornets. The final tally was 65-32 in Cottondale’s favor. The Lady Hornets improved to 23-2 on the season and were led by Shaunte Forward with 17 points. Sherisa Forward followed with 16 and Brianna Gray added 13. Malone was led by LeTeisha Sims with 17 points.
In the boy’s game the 1st quarter was tightly contested as the Hornets led by 1 going into the 2nd quarter. Cottondale upped their lead by halftime to 22-17. But Malone rallied in the 3rd quarter by outscoring the Hornets 14-9 to tie the game at 31-31. Cottondale found their stride again in the 4th quarter to outscore Malone 19-13 and post a 50-44 win.

Pringle Headed to Pensacola


By Clint Cox

All the hard work and long practices have paid off for Kail Pringle of Sneads. The senior Lady Pirate will trade her blue and gold pirate colors for the blue and green pirate colors of Pensacola Junior College. Pringle signed a scholarship last Thursday to play volleyball for the Lady Pirates of Pensacola.
Pringle has been a four year starter for the Lady Pirates of Sneads and all four years were under the direction of Head Coach Shelia Roberts. Roberts has had nothing but praise for Pringle over those years for her commitment to the sport and her leadership both on and off the court. Pringle closed out her senior season by helping lead the Lady Pirates to a 19-8 record, a district championship and second round appearance in the FHSAA playoffs. A few of her post season honors include being named the District 5 Volleyball Player of the Year by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association and being selected to the first team All Big Bend squad. In her senior season she racked up 354 kills, which led the Big Bend, as well as 75 services aces. Kail is the daughter of Frank and Sherry Pringle of Sneads.

Friday, January 11, 2008

Bulldogs Rally For Win Over Pirates


By Clint Cox

MARIANNA – The Sneads Pirates gave Marianna all they wanted and then some for three quarters on Tuesday night. But the Bulldogs started their rally in the 3rd quarter and then pulled away in the 4th quarter for a 67-52 win. Sneads led 12-11 after one quarter of play and then held a 27-22 lead at the half. Alex Perry’s 3 pointer put the Pirates up by 10 early in the 2nd half. Midway through the quarter though Marianna began to rally as Tyler Wilson’s 3 pointer pulled the ‘Dogs to within 4 points. Marianna took their first lead of the game with a minute to play in the 3rd quarter on a 3 pointer from Brandon Gibson. Sneads kept battling though and Allen Campbell’s 3 pointer held the Bulldog lead to 45-43 at the end of the quarter. The 4th quarter saw Marianna led for most of the quarter with Sneads trailing by 4 to 6 points. With two minutes to play Dontavious Walker hit a bucket for Sneads to cut the Bulldog lead back to 56-52. The final two minutes however were all Marianna as they ripped off 11 unanswered points. Marianna improved to 19-3 and were led by C.J. Blount with 19 points. Wilson and T.J. Spencer each chipped in 11. Sneads was led by Campbell with 18 and Jarren Johnson with 12.
In JV action the game pitted two of the better squads in the county. Marianna jumped out to a early 23-13 lead but Sneads battled back in the 2nd quarter. They outscored Marianna 21-13 to trail 36-34 at the half. The 3rd quarter went to the Bulldogs as they pushed their lead to 54-45 by the end of the quarter. Marianna got up by 13 in the 4th quarter before Sneads managed to cut it back to a 8 point game with three minutes to play. Marianna went on to prevailed though with a 74-62 victory. Marianna improved to 16-2 and were led by R.J. Bowers with 18 points. Marcus Leonard and Trey Long each hit 11. Sneads fell to 14-4 on the season and placed four players in double figures. Dalton Bennett led with 12, Terrence Green had 11 and Trevin Hall and Darryl Johnson each added 10.

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