Jan. 6, 2 TELEGRAPH, TIMES & MONITOR--C-SECTION Page 5C KH girl win 1 of 3 in tournament Bradford High School graduate DeWhitt Betterson (No. 9 above) rushed for 150 yards and earned Offensive MVP honors in Troy University's loss to Northern Illinois in the Silicon Valley Classic. Photo by Donald Norsworthy, courtesy of Troy University. Betterson earns MVP award in bowl game The BHS graduate, drive. The drive ended with a S23-yard touchdown reception a first-team Sun Belt by running back Jermaine All-Conference pick, Richardson. The team's last touchdown will play in the Hula drive, which occurred in the Bwl Jan. 2. fourth quarter, was helped by Bowl Jan. 22. Betterson's 45-yard run to the Northern Illinois 25. Betterson By CLIFF SMELLEY also added a 14-yard run on Tthird-and-4 from the 19, setting Telegraph Staff Writer LIup first-and-goal from the 5. He Bra rd ig Soo carried the ball on the next play, :Bradford .High School but was held to a gain of I yard graduate DeWhitt Betterson before McDowell eventually a added one more scored from the 4-yard line., accomplishment to his The 45-yard run was collegiate.career, being named Betterson's longest in the game, the offensive MVP of the but he did break loose for an Silicon Valley Football Classic apparent 85-yard touchdown on Dec. 30. run early, in .he third quarter.,, ernn, a .An inadvertent t whistle,ll gridute "and senior run.rr)...h,owever negated' the:, back for Troy Uni.ersit:,. touchdown and left Betterson rushed for 150 yards on 25 with a gain of just 5 yards. carries in his team's 34-21 loss Betterson finished his career to Northern Illinois. Betterson's at Troy with 3,441 yards-a number of carries and yards school record. He rushed for gained each ranked third in the 1,286 yards this season, making bowl game's five-year history. him the first Troy running.back He became the third player in to rush for at least 1,000 yards the bowl's history to rush for in consecutive seasons. iore than 100 yards. Betterson rushed for 1,161 STroy got off to a quick start yards in 2003. ii the game, scoring Nationally, Betterson ranked touchdowns on its first two 22nd in Division I-A with 103.3 possessions. Betterson had four., yards per game. He ranked carries for 25 yards on the second in the Sun Belt Trojans' 78-yard opening drive, Conference with that average including a 14-yard run on a and was a first-team Sun Belt third-and-2 play.' He had a All-Conference selection. chance to score on the drive, but was held to no gain from Betterson, who rushed for the Northern Illinois I-yard more than 100 yards'in seven line. The Tro..larn eventually games this season, will now get scored on a 1-yard run by an opportunity to show NFL quarterback D.T. McDowell. personnel what he can do. He SBetterson rushed for 22 yards was invited to play in the Hula dn three carries on Troy's Bowl all-star game, which will second drive, including a 14- be played in Honolulu on yard run on the first play of the Saturday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. *** Never doubt that a small qroup of !houqhtful, committed citizens can change the world. 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The Indians, who were 8-5 prior to playing Bishop John Snyder Tuesday, will travel to Starke' Friday, Jan. 7, to play district opponent Bradford. Keystone then hosts district opponent Fort White on Tuesday, Jan. 11. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m., following junior varsity games at 5:30 p.m. Keystone is currently 2-1 in district play. Score by Quarter KHHS: 15 15 7 25-62 WSHS: 13 14 19 14-60 Keystone Scoring (62): Cherish Beck 4, Sara Crane 6, Harris 16, McCall 8, Reddish 13, Dani Suit 3, Whitfield 12. 3- pointers: Reddish, Harris 2. Free throws: 11-22. Earlier results: DeLand 54 KH 52 In their first game of the tournament, the Indians lost to Deland, 54-52 on Dec. 28. Reddish and Sara Crane led scorers with 18 and 17 points, respectively. Reddish and Crane also lit up the board with 3- pointers: two for Reddish and one for Crane. Crane also had 14 rebounds and four assists in the losing effort. She and Reddish also had three steals eachh. H.-i.rri s ed. jl; ,ists I U l -' Score by Quarter.. KHHS: 9 12 15 16-52 DHS: 9 13 9 23-54 Keystone Scoring (52): Beck 2, Crane 17, Harris 6, Ashley Knabb 2, McCall 3, Ashley Passwater 2, Reddish 18, Kaylene Rountree 2. 3- pointers: Crane, Reddish 2. Free throws: 9-19. Wright 67 KH 63 Keystone faced a tough matchup,on Dec. 29, but led UMS-Wright (Mobile, Ala.) by eight points after three quarters. David before eventually succumbing 67-63 in overtime on the second day of:play in the Orange Park 'Holiday Classic. UMS-Wright is rated as one C. will be conducting FREE Skin Cancer Screeningsi at his Gainesville office. Call today to schedule a screening! 352-372-1878 Monday thru Friday 8:30 am 12:00 noon and 1:15- 4:30 pm of the best-if not the best-teams in Alabama, Keystone head coach Deborah Feagle said. The team rallied in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Indians 20-12 to foree overtime. Reddish was the high s rer for Keystone with 16 points, followed by McCall with' 14 and Crane with 13. McCall and Crane also had seven rebounds each. Whitfield also reached double figures in scoring %,ith 10 points. Score by Quarter KHHS: 11 22 10 12 8-63 UMSW: 9 18 8 20 12-67 Keystone Scoring (63): Crane 13, Harris 5, McCall 14, Mindi Poupard 5, Reddish _16, Whitfield 10. 3-pointers: Crane, Poupard. Free throws: 11-20. Love is an ocean of emotions entirely surrounded by expenses. t.Lr] Dewar The freedom to create is somehow linked with tacilitu of access ito those obscure regions below the conscious mind. -Loren Liseley FREE ESTIMATES Xicc/esed J4 nwred Senviqg4 Surrouidig Coutiks 24-Hr. Emergency Service RED STARLING BRADFORD RESIDENT 352-485-2197 MOBILE: 352-538-0733 .. ' Jessica Whitfield (right) scored 12 points in Keystone's win over Winter Springs. Board Certified Dermatologist Blumer M.D. Ia - F.WW -W -W NF 'VI W-W, IF- PF- Hurry in while items are still here'. 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