SPORTS & RECREATION

LEVY COUNTY JOURNAL

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2006

Page 11

 

BY NEAL FISHER
Sports WRITER

With every team in the
Indians’ district pushing a
transition game-and athletic
pressure defenses, Chiefland

could not afford to turn the
ball over and shoot poorly,
but that is exactly what they
did in three games last week.

The Indians turned the ball
over 103 times in thee games.
The result was three losses
and a 1-5 record as the team
tries to find itself.

Improvement is coming,
but against teams with the
speed and athleticism that the
Indians played the amount
was too little to net a victory.

12/5
Taylor County 60
Chiefland 32
Record: 1-3 (overall), 0-2
(district)

Taking to the road, the
Indians turned the ball over
40 times and shot less than 20
percent from the field.

The team played a game
contest, . but using the old
adage of each turnover
leading to at least one point
for the other team, they gave
up at least 40 points.

The decision making of
the ball handlers showed a lot
of room for improvement as
their turnovers led to Taylor
County’s forcing the tempo
and feel of the game with
a fast pace. The team was
behind at halftime 33-11,
before cutting the lead to

BY NEAL FISHER
Sports WRITER
12/5
4 vNewberry 583 po
Williston 53' +>"
Record 5-1 (overall), 2-1
(district)

After falling behind by
as many as 13 points in the
first quarter, the Lady Devils
rallied to end the first quarter
only four points behind. '

As they had throughout
the season their defense and
~ rebounding was their strength
as they fought their way back
in the first quarter.

However, it was also, for
the first time this year, their
defense was erratic and off
and on. While not as weak
as it was in the first quarter,
the Lady Devils fell off after
the first quarter run got them
back into the game.

They were outscored by
five and six points in the
second and third quarters,

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Journal photo by Neal Fisher

DESPITE TIPPING off district play with three consecutive wins against
the likes of Ft. White, the Red Devils found they were no match for P.K.
Yonge’s athleticism and ability to run. Story on page 12

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14 points. However, Taylor
County’s 14-0 ruin crushed
the Indians to end the game.

Chiefland
16---60

Taylor County, 05-06-11-
10---32

13-20-11-

Statistics:
Chiefland:
17,  Donald-7,
Sheffield-2, Durr-2.

Jackson-
Galpin-4,

12/7
Newberry 69
Chiefland 47

Record: 1-4 (overall) 0-3

(district) —

The Indians continued
to turn the ball over as they
returned home for the first
of four consecutive games
in Chiefland. They reduced
their turnovers from 40 to
33 and the improvement put
them only one point behind
Newberry at halftime, 24-23.
They reduced their turnovers
to 18 in the first half, but
Newberry stormed to ‘an
insurmountable lead in the
third as they took advantage
of a dozen miscues by the
Indians. The Indians’ lack
of depth was the primary
cause. Going only seven
deep against Newberry’s use

of their full roster, the Indians -

found themselves physically
tired and without the stamina
of their opponents. The
visitors outscored Chiefland
by 18 points in the quarter.
Newberry 13-11-26-19--

respectively.

‘The result was an 11 point
deficit entering the final
: stanza. They, fought back

to close the gap within two

points in the final 15 seconds,
but missed three opportunities
to score the game winning
basket before suffering their
first defeat of the season.
Head coach Jason Odom
estimated 16-18 points were
scored by Newberry simply

because the Lady Devils

failed to get back on defense
after they had the ball and
the visitors were able to get
one of their players open on
Williston’s side of the court.
The Lady Devils were also
hurt by fouls as two players
committed five offenses.

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Newberry 18-17-06-14--

  
  
    
  
  
 

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Chiefland
-47

17-06-08-16--

Statistics:

Chiefland: Donald-
18, Galpin-9, Jackson-9,
Sheffield-6, _McClendon-3,
Henry-2.

12/8
Dixie County 58 —
_ Chiefland 57
Record: 1-5 (overall), 0-4
(district)
The Indians continued to

‘lower their number and it

showed in the final score.
In reducing their . turnovers
to 30, for the first time since
their opening game win, they
were in the contest throughout
the second half. After falling
behind by a score of 16-5 at
the end of first quarter, the
Indians rallied to make it a
one-point game at halftime.
After a nip-and-tuck third
quarter Dixie County rambled
off nine three pointers in the
final stanza to win the game.
The Indians for the fourth
consecutive game shot less
than 20 percent from the
field.

Dixie County 16-08-20-
14---58

Chiefland 05-18-19-15-
--57

Statistics:

Chiefland: — Sheffield-17,

Jackson-13, Henry-7, Galpin-
6, Donald-6, Jackson-6, Durr-
2.

 

Lady Devils 2-1 for week

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Statistics:

Williston:

Points:; . M.,. .Brown-28,
C. Gordon-13, ‘Floyd-5, P.
Brown-5, J. Gates-2.

Rebounds: P. Brown-14,
M. Brown-12. _

Assists: M. Brown-9.

Steals: J. Smith-3.

12/7

Dixie County 52

Williston 61

Record: 6-1 (overall), 3-1
(district)

The Lady Devils returned
home after their first loss of
the season and their last game
before taking on perennial
district and state powerhouse
P.K. Yonge. They returned to

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