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From Start Repors Pryor boys’ basketball coach John Gaskin was very pleased by the teamwork his squad showed in a 65-52 defeat of Lewis Thursday night at the Pryor gym. In other county junior high ac tion, the Rucket Rams trounced Bruner Blue 65-49, while Bruner Orange stopped Richbourg 65-52 In girls play, Ruckel trounced Bruner Blue 317, Pryor edged Lewis 31-29 and Bruner Orange top ped Richbourg 53-35. “I think the biggest reason for our success (the Pirates are 20) is ‘our teamwork,” said Gaskin, ad ding, “We have 100 percent team work, and it's working great. I can stress it enough.” Three of the Pirates’ starters ended up with double-figure scor ing. Ryan Casadaban led Pryor with 18 points and 14 rebounds, followed by DeShawn Brown with 17 points, and Andre McKinnon, who scored 14 Lewis’ Cornell Tinner led all scorers with 20 markers and 14 boards, followed by fellow Falcon Greg Washington with 18 points. Pryor held the Falcons to 15 total points in the first half, while stack ing up 2 themselves “Awesome defense, com mented Gaskin, but he would not divulge the type of defense his Pirates are playing this year. He was also pleased with his team’s offensive game, stating, “Our fast break worked really well for us tonight. We got excellent results from our break throughout the game.” ‘Lewis dropped to 1-1 @RUCKEL got clatch_perfor _mances by two reserve guards, An dy Marello and Jason McPhie, who sent the Rams on a 259 scoring run in the second period to put Ruckel ahead 36-17, which sealed the game for the Rams .After edging Bruner in the initial period 11-8, Marello and McPhie came off the bench, and, in the words of Ruckel coach Bill Breitenbeck, “really sparked our offense.” The two combined for four points and nine assists Other sparks for Ruckel were Kenny Felder, Kevin Downing, and John Wall, who scored 18,12, and 10 points, respectively. Downing also finished with eight rebounds for the Rams. JHL Roundup Breitenbech also lauded Down ing for his inside game off the bench. BRUNER ORANGE outscored Richbourg in every quarter but the final one, which had no effect on the game. After building a 40-22 halftime lead, the Spartans cruised to their first victory against one defeat this season, while sending the Roadrunners to defeat in their opener. Chris Brower scored an astronomical 35 points while snar ing 22 rebounds to lead all players in both departments. Bruwer also received double-figure scoring from Kyle Owen, with 13. Robert Bryant was a defensive demon for Bruner, finishing the game with 10 steals .J.D. Peaden was a bright spot for defending champion Richbourg, with 16 points. The next closest Spartan scorer was Anthony Westbrooks, with eight markers. Bruner coach Ed Coleman prais ed his team, saying, “My guys just came out ready to play ball ichbourg beat us on the tip-off, but we got some of our starters back now, and we're ready to play basketball.” Im girts action ‘@RUCKEL, the defending cham pion in girls’ junior high school basketball, established itself as a favorite to resume that lofty perch, shutting out the Bruner Blue Spar tans in the third quarter en route its victory Jerhyl Little equalled Bruner’s total point output by scoring 17 for Ruckel, now 1-0 in the conference and 1-1 on the season. Little also snagged 11 rebounds for the Rams, who got a double-figure perfor mance from Pam Fleming, who finished with 10 markers .Melissa Dorman led the Spar tans, scoring eight points while hauling down eight rebounds. ‘Angie Allen netted five for Bruner. Ruckel held a slim 8-7 lead after the first quarter, and the game was still close at the half, 1813. Then the Rams scored 12 unanswered punts in the third period to take a 30-13 lead, and they never looked back. ‘© PRYOR got double-figure scor ing from two players to give the Lady Pirates their first victory of the young season against one defeat, while lowering the Falcons to 02. Bella Rintala and Joanne Doucette finished with 12 and 11 points, respectively, for the Pirates, who outscored Lewis 15:2 in the second quarter to take a 19-7 halftime lead after being behind 54+ in the initial stanza. It was all over for Lewis after that. The Falcons started a com eback, but ran out of time in the fourth quarter, after outscoring the Pirates 22-12 in the second half. @BRUNER ORANGE had scored all the points it would need by the third quarter en route to the blowout over the Roadrunners .Kaycee Hardy collected 15 points for the Spartans to lead all scorers, followed by Jennifer Weber with 14 markers. Carolyn Streeter scored 10 points and hauled down 11 re bounds for Bruner Marie Cox scored 11 and snagged 4 boards for Richbourg. Bruner Orange moved to 24, while Richbourg opened its season ato
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Fort Walton Beach Playground Daily News
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, US
Fri, Dec 13, 1985
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