Story ideas? Contact Tim Kirby Sports Editor 754-0421 tkaby@lakeatyreporter com Lake City Reporter SPORTS Sunday, January 17, 2010 www.lakecityreporter.com Section B Mixed results for CHS Soccer falls, Lady Tigers basketball , .beats Middleburg. * ..By BRANDON FINLEY "bfinley@lakecityreporter.com There were too many first- half opportunities for Fleming Island High in the first half of Columbia's 2-0 loss on Friday in a district contest. The Tigers were in a hole early and never bounced back in the game. The loss marked the first for Columbia (13-4-1, 6-1-1) in district Splay. "We didn't have a guy in the $4f.post," coach Trevor Tyler said. "We gave them a corner kick, then fouled, a corner kick and then another foul. If you keep ,,.....'* . giving another team kicks, . .. they're going to make some- BRANDON FINLEY/Lake City Reporter thing happen. We just didn't Columbia High's Da'Brea Hill dribbles toward the basket in a game played earlier execute, and we didn't do well this season. marking on set plays, which we normally do well. We had a bunch of chances in the second half, but we can't expect to win when we play like that in the first half. I'm very proud of the way we came back in the sec- ond half, however, and it gives us something to work on next week in practice." The Tigers finish out the season with home games against Fort White at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Eastside at 7 p.m. on Friday. Lady Tigers basketball Columbia High moved its win, streak to nine games with a win against Middleburg, 52-30, in Lake City on Saturday. Sharmayne Edwards led the Lady Tigers in points with 16 in the contest. Viki Hill had 11 points in a game that coach Horace Jefferson said that Hill shot the ball "very well with some confidence" with a three-of- three night from behind the three-point line. Da'Brea Hill had nine points in the contest. "I told their coach that it had to be a fun bunch to coach, because they tried so hard," Jefferson said. "They weren't the best team we play, because they were so young. It was a game we were suppose to win. With it, we should be the third seed in the district tournament after Fleming Island beat Gainesville." The Lady Tigers (13-4, 5- 3) host Baker County High at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. On the junior varsity level, the Lady Tigers picked up a 52-15 victory over Middleburg. Justice Campbell led the Lady Tigers with 20 points in the con- test and Marnee Gaskins had 11 points. The junior varsity is 10-2 with their only losses to Wols-fan High. Playing with a goal Lady Tigers knock off Lee High in district tourney. By BRANDON FINLEY bfinley@lakecityreporter. com Columbia High earned a third seed in the District 4-5A tournament, however, the Lady Tigers must take the long road to the cham- pionship. Columbia started off the district tournament as the ninth seed after being forced to forfeit 15 of their regular-season victories. The Lady Tigers were. forced to give up their 16-5 regular season mark and dropped to the ninth seed from the third seed due to a home-schooled player being declared ineligible. "It's nothing that any of the players did," said coach Ashley Brown. "We worked hard to come in as the third seed, and it's nothing on their part. It was just some- thing we had to get worked out. They know that we wqn more than two games." Columbia's second offi- cial victory came against Robert E. Lee High in the play-in game on Saturday. The Lady Tigers showed SOCCER continued on 2B JASON MATTHEW WALKER/Lake City Reporter Columbia High School soccer captain Chelsey Waters (left), 17, Shanniece Griffin, 17, and captain Shelby Widergren, 18 practice at Columbia High on Friday: : West team overcomes East, rain for victory BRANDON FINLEY/Lake City Reporter A driving rainstorm plagued most of the Baker Sports/Columbia Youth Football Association/ East-West All-Star game at Memorial Stadium on Saturday. Penalties play large role in All-Star game. By BRANDON FINLEY bfinley@lakecityreporter.com The only thing that fell more than rain at Memorial Stadium during the Baker Sports/Columbia Youth Football Association/East- West All-Star game was penalty flags as the West beat the East, 17-14, in the second annual contest. Rain and penalties kept both of the offenses stag- nant early on in the contest, but the West squad found the scoreboard in the sec- ond quarter. Six penalties helped the West team make their way down the field. The East squad had an apparent stop on third and four as Fort White High's Roy Blake made a tackle in the backfield to cut the drive short, but a horse- collar tackle kept the drive alive. Following a roughing the passer and offside on the defense, the West had first and goal from the nine. Dixie County High's Kameron Keen found Suwannee High's Xavier Perry for the touchdown and early lead. The East didn't take long to answer as Union County High's Chris Alexander found Columbia High's Jabari Thompson on a 54- yard touchdown pass to tie the game. A penalty would again play a crucial role in helping the West score on its next possession as an unsports- manlike penalty gave the West the ball on the East 41. Two plays later, Perry found the end zone for the - second time in the game. This time the Suwannee running back scored from. 34 yards out to take a 14- 7 lead after an extra point from Madison County High's Bladen Gudz. The teams would exchange possessions with- out scores until the West made a mistake early in the fourth quarter. Fort White High's Zach. FOOTBALL continued on 2B c