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I.oadcr-Call, I.aurcl. Miss., Sal.. Fob. 4. 1967 9South BravesEdge TigersThe South Jones Braves Friday night a? Northwest Gym edged the Northeast Jones Tigers 70-63 in a sizzling second round game in the Jones County High School Basketball Tournament.But it was a different story in the girls high school division.An earlier game saw the South Jones Girls spin to a 51-25 victory over Northwest Girls.In the junior high school division. Northwest Girls defeated South Jones Girls 24-19. The victory advanced Northwest Girls to the championship finals where they meet Northeast Girls at 5 p.m.At 6 p.m. in the junior high division. Northeast Boys tangle with Northwest Boys for the championship.Debbie Hodge and Kathy Wig-gington each got nine points for Northwest Girls in the Friday game and Judy Rainey scored nine for South Jones Girls.South Jones Girls were never in trouble as they spun to the14. Mary Strickland scored 10 n points for Northwest Girls and ti Jill Shoemaker nine. jf«HAD TO 1II STLEThe South Jones Braves had 0 to hustle all the way to come ilt; up with the victory o\er the Northeast Jones Tigers. |'[Both teams had bucket burn j ers. Jeff Watkins burned the unets w ith 34 points for theeBraves. Kenny Holifield blister- s ed the buckets with 30 points for a the Tigers.Billy Dogget scored 14 points p for the Braves. Donald Doggett c got 11 points for the Tigers. The Braves scored 25 times from the r field, spun in 20 foul shots. The tTigers hit 18 times from t h e jfield, got 27 points from the foul t lines. tAt 1 p m. Saturday. Northwest j Girls went against Northeast t Girls, and at 2 p.m. the North- t west Mustangs faced the North- i east Tigers. cThe championship games are vat 7 p.m. lt;girls» and 8 p m. it
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Laurel Leader Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Sat, Feb 04, 1967
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