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The Tupelo girls and Roff boys claimed the consolation outscored the Comets 164 in the third period to put the gamecrowns of the Pontotoc Conference Tournament with easyKerr Center Friday night. In the evening's other conunder wraps.Brad Copeland paced the Atoka attack with 20 and Samtest, the Roff girls defeated Stonewall to claim the third-place Darst added 15 as the Wampus Cats substituted freely duringtrophyRamona McCord hit 31 points in leading the Tupelo Tigers to the girls' consolation trophy. McCord downed 13 of 20 attemptsfrom the field and hit a perfect five of five from the line in the50-44 win over Asherthe game.The Atoka girls had a tough time getting their offense in gear as they fell behind Dickson 19-13 at the half.The Cats scored the first six points of the third quarter to tie the game up dt 19-19, but they went scoreless for the rest of theRobin Linker added 18 points to the Tupelo total, while Asher period and fell behind 26-19 heading into the final stanza.i*was paced by Kim WatsonThe Roff boys hit 27 points in the fourth quarter to pull ifrom the Stonewall Longhorns for the boys consolation winBarboa led a balanced Tiger scoring attack with 14 points Sam Tillery donated 13 tallies *Dickson outscored them 18-7 in the fourth quarter to take the 44-26 win.Pam Burkhalter was the only Cat in double figures with 13pointspointslead at halftime, was paced byTurner s Marvin Gaines connected on a pair of free thro ith two seconds left to lift the Falcons to a 64-62 upsetWftFreshman Rhonda Stephens put together a brilliant 31-point effort to lead the Roff girls to the third-place trophy with a 59-52 win over Stonewall.Stephens downed 11 of 16 efforts from the field and hit nine of11 free throws for the Tigers, who had to shrug off a late bid byStonewall to take the verdict.Roff exploded to a 41-24 halftime edge, but Stonewall closedthe gap with an 11-point edge in the fourth quarter.Stephens was backed up by Karen Cope s 14 points, while theLonghorns were led by Norma Morgan’s 20 points.The Atoka Wampus Cats split a pair of games with the Dickson Comets Friday night with the boys racing to a 68-46 win after the girls had fallen by a 44-26 count to a tall Dickson squad.The Wampus Cat boys raced to a 34-25 halftime lead and thenfirstnight. The Konawa girls rolledTurner, which never led in the contest until the final two seconds, hit 19 of 25 attempts from the field in the second half to close a 14-point Tiger halftime edge.Konawa held a 36-22 advantage at intermission, but the Tigers missed seven layups in the last half to allow the Falcons to close the gap.Randy Roland paced the Tigers with 20 points, while threeother players hit in double figures.The Konawa girls' guards held Turner to four points in the third stanza, allowing the Tigers to take a commanding 46-32 lead going into the final seven minutes.Melanie Matthews scored 22 points for the Tigers, and Sandra Surber finished with 15 tallies.The Tishomingo Indians swept a pair of close decisionsthe visiting Davis Wolves Friday night, as the girls pulled outand the boys took a 59-58 decisionThe Indian girls trailed throughout the first three quarters ofto the hosting Weleetka Outlaws, as the girls fell 55-32, and boys were downed on a 53-43 count.jumped to a 10-3 advantagecontest, but an 18-foot set shot bv Angie Andrewsbut Weleetka stormed back with a 3614 margin3635 lead with 3.05 remainingthe last half to take the victory.Pat Stephenson hit a short jumper, then added a pair of free throws for a 42-37 lead with 2:33 left. Davis came back late inSavage popped through 33 pointsboys to a 77-70 win over Wanettefour straight charities by Rhonda Digby to close46457658doubleheader. Wanette wonAndrews hit a Dair of free throws with nine secondsSasakwa boys dropped a 57-56 overtime decisionlead before a short jumper by Davis’ Sandy WhitePleasant Grove in the consolationaccounted for the final 51-49 count with two secondsTournament at Seminoleboys controlledVikings got off to a slow start and trailedinside game, but Davis ralliedquarter.staved off the Wolves, however, and came from behindregulation.period and tiedonestanza for the one-pointdroppedone-pointMustangs dropped a pair of decisions FridayDurant ‘B’ team.6637 defeat by thevreaPONTOTOC TOURNEY AT: KERR CENTERBoysRoff 62, Stonewall 44Roff Scoring: Barboa 14, Tillery 13, T. Byrd 12, Brown 10, Webb 8, Hayes 3, Tollison 2.Stonewall Scoring: Trimmer 17, Saint 9, Ott 7, Nolen 6, Kelley 4, Atkins1Total Team Fouls: Stonewall 15, Roff24.Fouled Out: Noneer/sor ov I A DTCDCAT. KONAWA OtrtaKonawa 69, Tumor S3Konawa Scoring: Matthews 22, Surber 15, Sturgeon 13, Rhodd 11, S. Huddleston 4, W. Porter 2, Kowena 2.Guards: SturgeipSturgeon, Doakes, Morris.Turner Scoring: Ladner 19, Bone 19.L. Hicks 8, C. Hicks 4, Barrick 3.Guards: Hickman, Doles, Howerton.Total Team Fouls: Konawa 32, Turner 31.Fouled Out: Henson, Konawa; Bar-BoysDurant 'B‘ 66, Otney 37Durant Scoring: Reece 23, Ford 9, Spencer 6, Mills 8, Barker 5, Roberts 7, Converse 8.Olney Scoring: Riley 13, K. Cole 4, Roebuck 5, Collins5, M. Cole8, Ayres 1. Total Team Fouls: Olney 20, Durant24.Fouled Out: Spencer, Morgan, Dur-BoysAtoka 68, Dickson 46Atoka Scoring: Copeland 20, Darst 15, Crain 7, Hyatt 6, Armstrong 6, Coleman 4, Clayton 4, Smith 4, Vietta 2.Dickson Scoring: Sampson 15, Cole 10, Conway 8, Barnes8, Jones3, Petty 2. otaI Team Fouls: Atoka 25, Dickson17.ant; Roebuck, Olney.SCORE BY QUARTERSDurant.............11 9 25 2166Fouled Out: Barnes, Dickson. SCORE BY QUARTERSAtoka...............16 18 16 18 - 68Dickson............11 14 4 17 - 46
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