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JIM GREEN / Enterprise & Weekly Herald
Rebekah Goodwin (left) and Hailey Hope Gardner (right) contributed on both ends of the court to help the Lawrence girls reach the final day of the regular season with a chance to win the title.
Warriors
From B1
didn’t work out in the
fourth quarter,” said
LA head coach Lee
Hoffman, whose squad
emerged 10-12 over
all. “We got rattled and
didn’t make shots and
they made free throws
in the fourth quarter.”
When Lindsay Smith
scored early in the third
stanza, Lawrence held a
24-14 advantage.
However, Smith
picked up her fourth
foul with 5:40 left in the
quarter.
The Warriors were
able to increase their
lead to 28-14 after buck
ets from Gracen Rog
ers and Goodwin, but
Emma Allen and Re
becca Hodges cut the
deficit to 10 (28-18) with
2:40 left.
Goodwin went to the
bench with her fourth
foul at 2:21, and the
Raiders went on a 7-1
run before a Mariah
James free throw had
LA ahead 29-25 entering
the final quarter.
There were five ties
and five lead changes in
the first five minutes of
the finai stanza.
Lawrence’s last lead
came on a Hailey Hope
Gardner bucket off a
pass from Lauren Smith
to make it 36-34 with
3:54 left.
But Goodwin fouled
out at the same time
Coining Lindsay Smith,
who had exited with
5:27 left), and Pungo put
together a 10-3 game-
Gracen Rogers (left) goes for a layup against Pungo on Saturday; Mariah James (right) reacts after the Warriors’
JIM GREEN / Enterprise & Weekly Herald
win Jan. 31.
ending run to seal the
season championship.
Riley Cutler tied it at
36, and Hodges’ bucket
gave the Raiders the
lead for good (38-36)
with 2:56 remaining.
The Warriors missed
five of their next six free
throws, but still only
trailed by three (42-39)
with 16.5 seconds left.
Former LA player
Brinson Edmondson
grabbed a rebound and
put back what proved to
be the winning basket
with 13 seconds left.
Goodwin’s eight
points and Baker’s five
pushed Lawrence out
to a 13-4 lead after one
quarter.
The Warriors main
tained their lead as
Goodwin, Rogers, Lau
ren Smith and Lindsay
Smith each had a bucket
in the second quarter.
Pungo was led by Ed
mondson with 12 points,
while Lauren Kellie Ricks
chipped in nine and
Hodges added eight.
Lawrence was paced
by Goodwin with 12
points and Rogers, Bak
er and Lindsay Smith
with six each.
Lawrence earned a 51-
33 league triumph over
Terra Ceia on Thurs
day at home on Senior
Night.
A 16-4 run in the first
quarter helped the War
riors roll, and the home
team led 31-18 at half
time.
Lindsay Smith
poured in 18 points and
grabbed 20 rebounds
for LA, while Baker had
eight points. Goodwin,
Rogers and Savannah
Stevens provided six
points each.
Goodwin helped the
Warriors on the boards
with 12.
In the first meeting
with Pungo on Wednes
day (Jan. 30) at home,
Lawrence trailed just
once - on a follow shot by
Allen early, as the Raid
ers attached the boards
and earned second- and
third-shot chances. The
Warriors tied it on a
steal and layup by Rog
ers and were off and
running to a 13-5 lead at
the end of the quarter
as Baker added seven
points (two 3-pointers
and a free throw).
Rogers and Lindsay
Smith each provided
a couple of baskets in
the second stanza as
the Warriors built a 24-9
lead at halftime.
When Baker convert
ed a steal into a layup
with 2:06 left in the
third quarter, LA had its
biggest lead (33-11).
Pungo made a solid
run in the fourth quarter
behind Emily Spencer
(10 points) and Ricks
(six), eventually cutting
the deficit to six points
(39-33) with 1:15 left.
Rogers made two
free throws at 1:06 and
Goodwin sealed the win
with an old-fashioned
three-point play with
26.7 remaining.
Spencer led PCA with
14 points.
Lawrence was paced
by Rogers (14 points),
Lindsay Smith (12) and
Baker (11).
Lawrence played Ter
ra Ceia in the first round
of the TIC Tournament
Tuesday. A win means
the Warriors would op
pose Ridgecroft School
in the semifinals Friday
at Ridgecroft.
Jim Green can be
reached at jgreen®
ncweeklies.com.
Ken Word Tours Offers a Spring Inspirational Tour April 23-27,
2018 to the following places:
• The New Bible Museum in • Tour of the Amish Farms
BACA boys split games
Washington, D.C.
Lancaster, Pa. for the new
presentation of Jesus in The Sight
and Sound Theatre
• Gettysburg
• Riverside Dinner Theatre
and much more.v
staff Reports
Bethel Assembly
Christian’s varsity boys
basketball team split
two games last wek.
The Eagles emerged
9-11 overall following
an 81-60 loss to Eastern
Christian Homeschool
on Friday.
Josh Bunch led BACA
with 19 points. Mason
Dunlow added 13 points
and eight rebounds, and
Caleb Simmons provid
ed 10 points.
Three days prior
(Jan. 29), Bethel used
a 52-point first half to
ease past Calvary Bap
tist 69-30 at home.
Simmons poured in 22
points for the Eagles on
10 of 13 shooting from
the field.
Bunch added 10
points, while Dunlow
chipped in nine.
Lady Eagles roll past Calvary
staff Reports
Bethel Assembly
Christian Academy’s
varsity girls basketball
team picked up a win
last week.
The Lady Eagles (12-
6 overall) used a 134
edge in the fourth quar
ter to overcome Calvary
Baptist 28-22 on Jan. 29
at home.
Lindsey Todd led
BACA with nine points,
while Sheree Harrell
added eight points and
grabbed 12 rebounds.
Kayley Minton and
Sarah Conner chipped
in six and five points,
respectively. Lauren
Earless grabbed nine re
bounds.
Bethel will continue
play this week as it at
tempts to earn the high
est possible seed for
the upcoming NCCAC
State Tournament.
For complete itinerary call 706-651-0403.
There will be pick up in Rocky Mount, N.C.
BEAR GRASS RURITAN CLUB
50TH ANNUAL AUCTION SALE!!!
9:00AM, SATURDAY- FEBRUARY 10, 2018
Farmer’s Market on old Highway 64 in Williamston
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Sausage dogs from 8 am til 10 am
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