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GREENE COUNTY HERALD _________Thursday, November 28, 2013___________ PAGE NINE

Wildcat soccer teams have mixed results heading into break

 From Staff ReportsThe GCHS boys’ soccer team

tweaked their on-field lineup abit last week and the results

have been impressive.

Senior Blaine Gunther’smove from mid-fielder to for-

ward has not only been goodfor his personal stats, it also

helped GCHS post two wins

and outscore their opponents12-1 along the way. In the first

game after the move, the Catswhipped Clarkdale 7-0 on the

JCJC campus in Ellisville.

Thursday night, they showedthe win over Clarkdale wasn’t

a fluke by beating South Jones5-1 in the home opener at

Wildcat Stadium / Johnny

Ainsworth Field.Gunther scored three goals

and added an assist Tuesdaynight at JCJC, while sopho-

more Jackson Turner postedtwo goals and two assists.

Senior Klye Courtney andsophomore Jacob Casey also

scored. On Thursday at homeagainst the Braves, Gunther

once again led the Cats, this

time with two goals and threeassists. Courtney and Casey

also scored a goal apiece,while Courtney and Turner had

assists.The GCHS defensive efforts

were also solid in the two wins.Gregory Cochran, Zack Mathis

and goal keeper Patrick Noblittall shined as GCHS improved

to 3-1 on the season headinginto the Thanksgiving break.

The GCHS girls are 1-1 onthe season after splitting their

games with Clarkdale and

South Jones. Sophomore for-ward Olivia Courtney led the

way for GCHS at JCJC, pro-viding three goals and an

assist. Classmates MellieSnyder and Abbi Henderson

added a goal and an assist,respectively. Defensively, sen-

ior Lindsay Backstrom and junior Whitney Mathis had

eight take-aways to pace theLady Cats. In goal, senior

Charlcey Bradley and fresh-man Mary Grace Turner com-

bined for six saves in one half of work each.

The Lady Cats JV team

dropped a 1-4 decision toClarkdale. Kaitlyn Snyder pro-

vided the scoring for GCHS.The Lady Cats jumped out to

a 1-0 lead over South Jones in

their home opener, but defen-sive letdowns got the best of 

them en route to a 3-7 loss.Individual stats were not avail-

able from that game.

Photo by Russell Turner 

GCHS senior Blaine Gunther scored five goals and had four assists to lead his team to two wins last week. He is shown(#27) in action against Laurel Christian earlier this month.

 Jr. High Hoops Round-up

Bears remain unbeaten,Lady Rams ready for conference tournament From Staff Reports

The LJHS basketball teamsrolled into the Thanksgiving

break undefeated after a sweepof Buckatunna on Thursday in

conference play.The Lady Bears set the tone

in the opener, whipping theLady Bucs 34-7 to improve to

3-0 overall and 2-0 in the con-ference. Beyonce Higgins led

the way for LJHS, putting up

15 points. Ariel Blackston had10 points and four rebounds,

while McKay Lee Bray addedseven points. Karleah Malone

was also solid with two pointsand five rebounds. Keara

Leverette had four assists.“I thought the team played

awesome on both ends of thecourt,” LJHS coach Clara

Burley said. “The defensiveeffort was excellent and

smothered Buckatunna, while

the offense was efficient andshot a high percentage from

the field.”In boys’ action, Burley’s son

Jonas paced the Bears. Burleyhad 14 points and hit the game-

winning shot to propel theBears to a 26-23 win. He also

had two steals.Larue Weaver and Austin

Averette continued their strongplay as well. Weaver had six

points and six rebounds, while

Averette led the team with 12rebounds. Dearik Grice (three

points), Tagg Creech (two

points, five steals) andQuentralis Washam (one

point) all played well for LJHSin the win.

“This was a huge win for us,”LJHS coach Karl Woullard

said. “We had a set play forJonas for a 3-pointer and he

nailed it and gave us the lead.And, we had a solid effort on

defense down the stretch to

close out the game.”LJHS will be back in action

Dec. 2 when the Bucs travel toLeakesville for a rematch. The

Lady Bears are set to get thingsstarted with a 5 p.m. tipoff.

Lady Rams whipRunnelstown

The McLain Lady Rams

improved to 3-2 on their sea-

son last Thursday with a con-vincing 20-9 win over

Runnelstown.Adaisha Griffin had six

points to lead MAC, whileJaymya Moody added four

points.No results were available for

the Lady Rams’ matchup withRichton last Thursday or from

boys’ action at MAC.The Lady Rams return to

action Dec. 2 when the confer-

ence tournament gets under-way in Richton.