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routsBY DAN CALLAHANSWT Sports Editor■• •HILLSVILLE- Pulaski County-High School’s basketball team ,celebrated Christmas a couple of days early in Hillsville Friday evening, and likely got what’it needed most, a. runaway victory, 97-68 over CarrollCounty.;The wjn upped the Cougars’ record to 2-3 on the season,, anda • r 'dropped the Cavaliers to 2-4.Almost from the very beginning this was a total mismatch as Pulaski County’s pressure defensive tactics harrassed Carroll County into numerous^ mistakes and the, Gougprs 'soared above7 and ran past the Cavaliers at will.■ ■ *Carroll was helpless to contain the Cougars in open court* and four players scored double figures forPCHS in the. rout.# «It was the biggest scoring ouj_ burst of the season, the largest point _tot aLin_years^fbiiJBCHS^andXlarxalL coach. Ron Quesehberry should be thankful because if the Cougars had kept the throttle to the floor, they would ha VO easily scored the. most points in a basketball game in the , 15-year history of PCHS.» *■' •. ) ’ ■-Johnathan Penn led the wayagain scoring 27 points and playedlittle more than half the contest.Greg McNeil hit double digits for thethird consecutive game with 16points, a season' high. Angelo Webbscored 12 and missed but one shot.Pulaski Co. 97Penn 10-147-8 27, McNeil 6-13 2-2 -16rCox-4-8-2-84 QrWebb-6-7- 0-042, Johnson 0-0 0-0 0, Mills. 1-5 2-2 *4, Lawson 1-4 2-2 5, Hoback 0-0 0-0 0, Alexander 1-2 0-12, Dunford 0-4 2-2 2, Jones 3-3 0-0 6, Hendricks 3-3 0-0 6, Racliffe 0-2 2-3 2, Ayers 2-314 5. 37-67,20-29 97.Carroll Co. 68: Jeff Harmon 18, Leonard 2,J3olen 5, Dustin Harmon 11, Quesehberry 9, Robinete 2, Smythers 6, Jamie Harmon 9, Vaughn 7.22-61 20-30 68.3-pt. goals: PC 3-8 (McNeil 2-3, Mills 0-1, Lawson 1-2, Dunford 0-1, Ratcliffe 0-1), CC: 4-16. Rebounding: PCHS 35, CC 26. JV Game: PulaskiCo. 78-50. -■Fred Cox got his first career double figure performance with 10; ’• . .. ' • . . * i •- . • • • . • - ’! • • .' •**.. . • .. • • • * * •The entire 14-player roster saw appreciable playing time for PCHS,and 12 of them hit ,the scoring column, some for4'h^fiTsOlrne'1h their careers. •mon had a team high 18, DustinHarmon scored 11, and Jamie Har-* ■ •mon nine.PCHS head coach Pat Burris felt.itwas the type game his team needed.. * • “We’ve struggled at times, andweVe^tayed“arvery~difficult''scheF'dule. This type of game is good foryour confidence. It was nice to seeeverybody get to play so much, andso many of the kids score.» .....“I really was pleased with McNeiland Webb. Both made some excel-• - \ • * . .lent passes, hit their shots, took the ball to the basket, and just playedexcellent floor games.: . • • ' • •; • • , ■ i ’ . • » i' . • .■ • » . *“It’s just good to have an experi-' * • . . • 4*ence life this because it makes ■■.e.very.bQdy feel good-about—them-. The “ H arm on Gan g”, liot~to be confused with the “James Gang”, led the Way for the Cavaliers. Jeff Har-selves. I liked our effort. We hit a• ». .* . i. * • *.* *few dull spots when we started putting everybody in the game, but I guess some of that should be expected. All in all, it was a good night forthe kids,” said Burns.• ’ • ‘. * . • •Pulaski County led 21-15 after.thefirst quarter and 42-31~at the half,but couldn’t, seem to shake Car roil» • ialthough i t was obvious the gamewas just a spurt or two away from a.blowout.The-blowoutcameearlyinthethird quarter. Penn scored 16 points in the third stanza, and converted four, three-point plays in the game, McNeil added six points, and Webb four. PCHS outscored the Cavaliers 27-14.. i •Early in the fourth the Cougars exploded. McNeil, Webb, and Mark Mills all scored in the first minute and with. 6:45 left to pl^ty Pulaski Codnty had its first 30-point lead,75-45 and Burns began to empty his bench for good. Penn did not score the fourth quarter and played only the first minute. He sat out the finalfive minutes of the second quarter..* . ..; '■ . - ' f' ■'But things got ‘worse as KirkHendricks hit three, straight shots for a 34-point lead before the sharpness began; to wear off the Cougar attack; ~ T~” . r*FortWatel^ iaski Co. went 4:11 of the fourth quarter without a point or it would surely have cracked the 100-point barrier, and almost did .anyway as Pat Lawson hit a three-point shot and two free throws, Don Ratcliffe ai , . . icouple of free throws, and Lee Ayers a hook* off the baseline in the final minute and a half.i ‘ ' *The Cougars hit 37 of 67 shots,55.2% for the game, and it was much higher than that going- into_-the-fourth quarten The PCHS, starting lineup shot 62% f^r the game, and . Hendricksand Doreya Jones were a perfect 6-6.* . i lt;..The Cavaliers were forced into 27 turnovers, while the Cougars were guilty of 14 miscues. Cox led the Cougars in relkunding mth 11, and. Penn had hide caroms.• ' ■ ? ; .. S V . 1 . . ( \ . '• /•:. .. • • •' •••Carroll Co. was a miserable 22-61Staff photos by Bob Hint*I ” . T * . .* I .. .• .'»r. *. •». *. • ' • ,* - I • . . . •Cougar Angelo Webb takes it to the baske t in rout at Carroll Coiinty» • . tfrom the field, 36%, and an even* fcworse 4-16, 25% from three:point range. ; ; 1The Cougar Junior Varsity .also Tjwon in style, 78^50 to also raise its record to 2-3. Richard Myers was the leading scorer with 13.The next action for the Cougars. ,, . *will be Wednesday and Thursday inback-to-back holiday doubleheadersin the PCHS gym..~ ~ W^tresday at 6;-p, mi-Her i tage of Lynchburg will face Anacostia of the District of Coiumbia. In the secondgame of the twinbill PCHS will face Cardoza, also of the District of Columbia. |On Thursday, Heritage and Pula-ski—County: wiU: swap-^ppqnents with the Cougars once again playing the nightcap.
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