Aurora Girls Win
Sheba Aldridge saved the day
for the Trojanettes last Tuesday
at Creswell with a last second
basket for the 36-35 Aurora win.
The Lady Tigers took an 11-8
lead at the end of the first quarter.
The Lady Trojans battled in the
second quarter, trading 18-17 at
the half.
Aurora’s offense was sparked in
the third quarter as the Trojanet
tes outscored Creswell 14-7.
, The Lady Trojans had scoring
difficulty in the final quarter, hav
ing scored just 3 points with time
running out. The Lady Tigers
neted 10 points and a 2-point lead.
With 12 seconds remaining,
Aurora’s steady defender, Marva
Brown, stole the ball from
Creswell. Brown chunked the ball
down court and Creswell’s center
tipped the ball into the hand* of
Aurora’s Sheba Aldridge.
Aldridge’s shot feU through the
hoop as time elapsed, for the Lady
Trojan win.
Sheba Aldridge led the Aurora
scoring with 14 points. Lisa Guion
and Penny Lewis tallied 6 points
apiece. CresweH was led by Mjsty
Davenport with 17 points.
“Everybody played as I ex
pected them to,” said Aurora
coach Danny Smith. “I was just
tickled with everything.”
The Lady Trojans are 1-0 in the
Tobacco Belt Conference, 3-0
overall.
Jones Sr. Outdoes
Pamlico Girls
The Pamlico girls were downed
by Jones Senior last week 48-30.
The Lady Hurricanes had scor
ing ailments in the first half-the
Lady Trojans did not. Pamlico
scored 7 points in the first quarter
and none in the second to trail 33-7
at the half.
Some of Pamlico’s problems
disappeared in the second half.
' The Lady Hurricanes outscored
Jones 23-15 but the Lady Trojans
had already taken too much of a
lead.
Elma Smith paced Pamlico’s of
fense with 14 points. Crystal Jor
dan scored 8 points and Karen
Henderson and Tina Metts netted
4 points each.
Jones Senior was paced by Kim
Murrell with 17 points.
The Lady Hurricanes are 0-3 in
the Coastal Plains Conference, 0-5
overall.
Lreswell Dominates
Aurora
The Aurora Trojans were
destroyed by Creswell in the se
cond half last Tuesday night, to
fall 77-45.
Aurora stayed in the ballgame
during the first half, trailing 31-27
> at the close. But in the second half,
things fell apart for the Trojans
and the ball wouldn’t go through
the hoop. The Tigers overpowered
Aurora in the points department,
scoring 46 to the Trojans’ 18.
Aurora was plagued with poor
foul shooting. Creswell on the
ohter hand, hit roughly 75% of
their freethrows.
John Davis with 17 points and
Arthur Harris with 10 points
generated most of Aurora’s of
fense. Also scoring were Dale
Scott with 7 points; Patrick
Barnett 6; Steve Minor and
Robert Minor with 2 points each;
and Lee Stilley with a point.
Danny Moore paced Creswell
with 24 points.
The Trojans are 0-1 in the
Tobacco Belt Conference, 0-3
overall.
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Overpowers Jones
The Pamlico boys varsity
basketball squad picked up their
second win in a row last Tuesday
against Jones Senior, 87-63.
Pamlico led at the half 33-26. In
the second half, the Hurricanes
showed the Trojans some offense,
outscoring JOnes 54-37.
Four Hurricane players scored
in double figures. Rodney Dudley
paced Pamlico with 16 points.
Melvin Dudley chipped in with 14
points. Terral Ollison and George
Marshall netted 13 points each.
Also scoring were Craig O’Neal
and Mike Squires with 6 points
each; Vaughn Jones and Hubert
Monk with 4 points apiece; and
Aurora JVs
Suffer Loss
The junior Trojans were down
ed, 61-57, by the Creswell junior
varsity squad last Tuesday night.
The junior Trojans had to resort to
fouling with 2Vfe minutes remain
ing in the game and the junior
Tigers nailed their freethrows.
Aurora struggled a little in the
first half, with Creswell taking the
nod 29-19. The Trojans dominated
the second half offense 38-32 but
couldn’t catch up.
Scott Austin pitched out a crowd
pleaser at the end of the third
quarter. As time was running out,
Austin, 8 feet from half court,
chunked the ball into the basket.
Jeffrey Hollidia paced the
junior .Trojans with 18 points. Also
pitching in on offense were Bryon
Hill with 13 and Ronnie Powell
with 10 points.
Aurora is 0-1 in the conference,
1-2 overall.
Rescheduled
The Pamlico vs. Richlands
game, originally scheduled for
Friday, December 14 was cancell
ed. The bulk of .the Richlands var
sity squad was ill and unable to.
play.
The contest has been resqhedul- .
ed for Wednesday, January 2 and
will be played at Pamlico.
The contest between Aurora and
Jamesville originally sctleduled
for this past Friday night was also
cancelled. Due to the length of the
Bullets’ football season, their first
two basketball games were
rescheduled.
The game has now been
scheduled for Thursday, January
10 and will be played at
Jamesville.
EAST CARTERET HOLIDAY
TOURNAMENT
Thursday, Dec. 27
3:00 pm-GIRLS-Havelock vs E.
Carteret
5:00 pm-GIRLS-Pamlico vs. W.
Carteret
7:00 pm-BOYS-Pamlico vs. W.
Carteret
9:OOpm-BOYS-Havelock vs. E.
Carteret
Championship games will begin
on Friday, Dec. 28 beginning at
7:00 pm with the winners of the
Thursday girls’ games. The cham
pionship boys’ contest will begin
following the girls game.
George Lupton, Jacque Jones,
Clinton Driggers, and Harold
Davis all with 2 points.
The Trojans were led by Rodney
Davis with 21 points and George
Brimage with 19.
Pamlico is 2-1 in the Coastal
Plains Conference, 4-1 overall.
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