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B2 I DECEMBER 6,2017 BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE Sports The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 Warrior boys still winless Lawrence Academy’s varsity boys basketball team is still without a win. The Warriors (0-8) suffered a pair of losses last week in the Lt. Nick Brantley Tournament. Lawrence fell 57-42 in a first-round tourna ment game to Pungo Christian Academy Thursday at home, and then suffered a 62-34 loss to Northeast Acad emy in the consolation game Friday at Ridge- croft School. In the tourney opener, the Warriors received solid offensive games from sophomores Riley Ratzlaff and Brian Hugh- son but came up short in its second-half rally. The Warriors kept it close in the first half, and trailed by just one (20-19) at the break. Lawrence only led once in the contest, and that was 29-28 on a driv ing basket by Benson Zheng with 3:54 left in the third quarter. Jason Guo - who played much of the game with foul trouble - drew a charg ing foul on Pungo’s next possession, but the Warriors missed two free throws. PCA tied it on a free throw by Cameron How ell and took the lead for good (30-29) on a foul shot by Ryan Bishop. The Raiders finished the quarter on an 8-2 run that saw them re- /J * mr JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance Lawrence Academy’s Brian Hughson drives for a layup - two of his .15 points against Pungo Christian Academy last week. claim the lead, 36-31. A bucket by Ratzlaff sliced the deficit to three (36-33) just 20 seconds into the fourth stanza, but Burke Hud dleston fouled out with six minutes left and the home team down four points. Pungo then pulled away with a 13-2 run - the final three points on a triple by Chandler Cuthrell - to give the vis itors a 49-35 advantage with 3:01 left. Lawrence, which dressed just six play ers, then was reduced to four when Guo fouled out with 39.6 seconds left. Ratzlaff (18 points) and Hughson (15) led Lawrence Academy. In Friday’s game, the Warriors played with out Guo (family commit ments) and struggled again in the first half in the consolation game against Northeast. The Eagles led 34-10 at halftime, and eased to the win despite the War riors holding their own offensively (24 points to Northeast’s 28) in the second half. Ratzlaff paced Law rence with 14 points while Hughson chipped in 12. Zheng and Hud dleston each. pulled down seven rebounds. Carriage & Wagon fRides in Windsor Meet at the Bertie Art’s Council at 124 South King Street - 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on December 5, 12 & 14 - Come enjoy the Christmas lights while being pulled by horses through downtown Windsor. Rides are $10 for adults, Teens $5,12 and under free. We will have seafood chowder and hot chocolate to keep you warm! Santa at the fHeriiage fHouse 1303 South King Street - Stop by and see Santa Wednesday December 6th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM - #Note this is a date change from the 12th to the 6th! Christmas CParack Float applications are available for the Windsor Christmas parade. The parade will on December 7th at 3:30 PM and are available at the Chamber office or call 252 794 4277 or email. The last day to register is Wednesday by Noon. Jack Williford will be the Grand Marshall. Siulander Christmas Parade Saturday December 9th- 2:00 PM Santa at Southern CBan/^ 101 North King Street - Thursday December 14 -4:00 PM to 5:30 PM WINDSOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BERTIE COUNTY 121 GRANVILLE STREET, WINDSOR, NC 27983 (252) 794-4277 www,W)n(igOfbertiechambef.^;»m Lawrence Academy girls suffer losses in Brantley tournament Lawrence Acade my’s girls basketball team fell to 1-7 over all after two losses in the Lt. Nick Brantley Tournament this past week. The Warriors opened the tour nament with a 56- 34 defeat to Pungo Christian Academy at home on Thursday, and then fell 50-43 to Northeast Academy Friday in the conso lation game at Ridge- croft School. In Thursday’s con test against Pungo, the Warriors fell be hind 8-2 at the end of the first quarter, but they rediscovered their offense in the second stanza and trailed by just two (23-21) at halftime. Lawrence took its only lead when a three-pointer by Lau ren Smith made it 24- 23 early in the third quarter. Pungo quickly re gained the advantage on a basket by Rebec ca Hodges, which fu eled a 17-2 flurry over the rest of the quarter that vaulted the Raid ers to a 42-26 lead. Emily Spencer sparked the PCA run with seven points. The only other points for Lawrence came on two free throws by Rebekah Goodwin at 2:48. TH JIM GREEN / Bertie Ledger-Advance Lawrence Academy guard Lauern Baker avoids Pungo’s Emily Spencer on the way to basket last week. The game marked the return of Lawrence junior guard Lauren Baker, who had missed the first six games after recovering from heart surgery in late July. Baker played about 10 minutes and finished with six points - all of them coming in the final 3:21 of the contest. Baker drove to the basket at 3:21, made a free throw at 2:31 and then converted a steal into an old-fashioned three-point play in the waning seconds for the Warriors. Spencer and Hodges led PCA with 11 points each, while Lauren Kel lie Ricks and Riley Cut ler added nine each and Brinson Edmond son and Emma Allen chipped in eight points each. Goodwin led LA with 10 points while Lindsay Smith added seven.lS Against Northeast Academy, Lawrence trailed by just one (15- 14) after one quarter, but the Eagles’ 20-14 edge in the second stan za was enough to keep the Warriors at bay. Lindsay Smith tallied 16 points and seven re bounds for Lawrence, while Baker and Hailey Hope Gardner added eight points each. Good win provided eight re bounds for the Warriors. Fourth From B1 an awesome name, but because you can watch UNC’s former, NC State’s future and FlU’s current head coach Butch Da vis lead the Panthers to the program’s most successful season in his first year at the helm with what should be a win over a sacrificial owl named Temple. 1 suggest you get off from work a little early on Thursday, Dec. 28. You are going to need to head home to watch the Camping World Bowl because it’s Oklahoma State versus Virginia Tech, and then watch the Alamo Bowl with Stanford versus TCU while you occasionally check the score of the Holiday Bowl with Mich igan State and Washing ton State. You are going to need to take Friday, Dec. 29 off. You have to go shopping for essentials and, while there are not a lot of quality football games on that day, there are five of them starting with the Belk Bowl at 1 p.m. and ending with the previously men tioned Cotton Bowl. Saturday is when you realize why you went to the store for essentials. After watching football almost non-stop since Thursday evening, you realize that today fea tures four outstand ing games, tomorrow is week 17 of the NFL season and Monday has two top 25 match ups before the national semi-finals are played. Stock up and enjoy it while you can! David Friedman is a long time sportswriter and columnist. A Bertie High School graduate, he and his family currently reside in Wilmington. David can be reached via e-mail at fourthand- longcolumn@gmail. com. Falcons From B1 the lead for good (10-9). Defense and rebounding helped fuel a 14-2 run over the next three minutes, as Riverside extended its advantage to 23-11. Jasmine Smith’s three-pointer made it 13-9 before a bucket from Clark cut the deficit to two. Bland then added a pair of baskets, while Brown-Williams tallied the next six points (a free throw, a triple and a basket after a steal) to give the Knights a 23-11 advantage. Bertie ended the run - and cut the deficit to nine at halftime - on a three- pointer by Daesha Smith. Without Naesha Barnes, who suf fered a foot injury in the loss two days before to South Central, the Falcons were not able to make up the differ ence, even though King provided a pair of triples in the third quarter. Riverside expanded its lead be hind Brown-Williams (six points) and Bland (eight points) and took a 37-20 lead into the fourth stanza. A driving bucket and free throw by Bland allowed the Knights to double up the Falcons (40-20) just 14 sec onds into the fourth quarter.'^ ABBY PARKER / Bertie Ledger-Advance Lady Falcons’ forward Nyasia Barnes, moving the ball against South Central, will be out several weeks with a foot injury. Though King (six points), Mor gan Mayzck and Armani Wise (three points) tried to bring Bertie back. Riverside never faltered. King paced Bertie with 13 points. Clark and Proctor added six points each. Bertie was coming off a 60-38 loss to South Central on Nov. 29J
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