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4C Kkiuay. Fi hki'akv 23. 1996 Till' Gku nvii Carolina girls keep on rolling ECersis boosts Eagles By Marc Weiuer Si. uk Wkiti.h TAYl-OKS With it leading scorer on the bench fur nearly eight minutes iif (he second half and its shooting louth seemingly missing as well, the Kastside girls basketball team deeded a hit Thursday iiiht to get While Carolina was slow i its shooting (out the tiil i of the game were win Liberty committed in most of them forced by pressure defense, "I'm sure I he shontine i centage wasn't what it but the hustle, the ilt effort was really gil," said. "I have to credit l.iiVt for the shouting, Ihi.iu weren't getting souie of tk shots that get us going.

Dim prepared well for the g.iine "We've got to make our ilei i 5 control the tempo." 1 Carolina built an early III and had an 18-4 edge atiet il. period. The Trojans kepi tin- -sure on by scoring the fii-t points of the second period en i i to a 35-13 halftime edge. The Trojans made 18 of -i. in the second half, even iho-they made 11 of their lf tin after intermission.

Caiolini, i scoring its opponents by an uu 37 points, topix-d the V'1 1 mark for the ninth mii-i game. "We knew what we mnled but we just weren't able done tonight," said LibetH i Sherry llaithcock. "I came back and played haul in second half. We didn't give up. I'm proud of the kids for that.

Una's just an extremelv team." LIBERTY (13-13): Ti Giifsi 1 Hoicomoe 9. Weiumi 6 H.iUxs 2 CAROLINA (27 0): Ma.wtll 8 1 Neal 16. larika Williams 10. toW I 6. Scott 7.

Tuft 4 Halftime Carolina 35, Lit 1 3 A A Pressure: Carolina's Krystal Scott (left) tries to slap the ball away from Liberty's Tracey Gillespie (11) during the Trojans' 73-45 first-round victory in the state AA playoffs. Greer, Riverside, Mann fall By Rudy Jonet Staff Wkitkr Just how good is Carolina High' girls' basketball team? The Trojans made just 37 percent of their shots in the first half and still had a 22-point lead over Liberty in a Class AA first-round state playoff game. Carolina warmed up to 60-percent shooting in the second half to complete a 73-45 victory, its 27th without a loss this season. The Trojans, state runner-up last season, advance to a second-round home game Monday against Walhalla. While junior Rachel Sloan led the Trojans with 20 points, sophomore post Katrina Neal provided Coach IleUy Moore's club with an offensive spark when the shots weren't falling in the first half.

Neal scored 10 of her 16 points in the first half. She said having other offensive threats such as Sloan and LaChelle Hughes make it easier for her. "If my defensive player isn't playing me, 1 can take advantage of it. "It's not really just the starting five," Neal said. "We all come in and do our best.

Whoever can do it, Coach Moore puts them in and lets them play." "Katrina is instant offense," Moore said. "She wasn't on the floor 10 seconds and had four points. She wants to get in there and battle." PLAYOFF SCOREBOARD AAA iris Camel 69. Woodmont 46 Wren 52. Clinton 44 Belton-Honea Path 43, Greenville 41 Seneca 62, Mann 43 Eastside 46.

Dutch Fork 37 Camden 49. Riverside 48 York 75, Greer 35 Wade Hampton 64. Fort Mill 45 Keenan 58. Marion 49 Flora 54. Myrtle Beach 50 Thurmond at Darlington (Fri.) Dreher 64, Mullms 54 Middleton 51 North Charleston 47 Beaufort 55.

Kingstree 50 Battery Creek 50, Fort Dorchester 25 Manning 51, Hilton Head 49 Second round, Monday Wren at Daniel Belton-Honea Path at Seneca Camden at Eastside Wade Hampton at York Flora at Keenan Thurmond or Darlington vs. Dreher Middleton at Beaufort Manning at Battery Creek AA girl West-Oak 74. Woodruff 34 Chapman 53. Pendleton 48 Carolina 73, Liberty 45 Walhalla 47. Blue Ridge 42 Saluda 55.

Pageland Central 37 Batesburg-Leesville 49, Bishopville 44 Lamar 52. Chapin 46 Ninety Six 58, Andrew Jackson 26 Columbia 80, Jasper County 30 Allendale-Fairfax 65. Furman 46 Hampton 65. Gilbert 41 Swansea 56. Barnwell 40 St.

Stephen 47, Aynor 40 Hemingway 59, Macedonia 53 North Myrtle Beach 63. Bishop England 40 Andrews 45, Hanahan 32 Second round, Monday Chapman at West-Oak Walhalla at Carolina Batesburg-Leesville at Saluda Ninety Six at Lamar Allendale-Fairfax at Columbia Swansea at Hampton Hemingway at St. Stephen Andrews at North Myrtle Beach A girls Ware Shoals 55. Blacksburg 29 Indian Land 73, Calhoun Falls 27 Lewisville 64, McCormick 49 Great Falls 58, Christ Church 53 Mount Pleasant 56, C.E. Murray 49 Mayewood 49, Timmonsville 31 Scott's Branch 53, Bethune 41 Johnsonville at McBee (Fri,) Estill 54, Pelion 26 Wagener-Salley 68, Ruffin 46 Blackville-Hiida 55.

Bowman 47 Ben Lippen at Denmark-Olar (Fri.) Lincoln 57, Britton's Neck 53 Pleasant Hill 53, Harleyville-Ridgeville 37 Terrell's Bay 56, Elloree 19 St. George 45, Green Sea Floyds 39 Second round Indian Land at Ware Shoals Great Falls at Lewisville Mayewood at Mount Pleasant Johnsonville or McBee vs. Scott's Branch Wagener-Salley at Estill Ben Lippen or Denmark-Olar vs. B-Hilda Pleasant Hill at Lincoln St, George at Terrell's Bay Friday's games noys piayons Gaines start at 7 p.m. FIRST ROUND AAA: Newberry at Wren; Seneca at Greenville; Han-na at Mann; Southside at Berea; Lugoff-Elgin at Greer; Eastside at Ridge View; Travelers Rest at Clover; York at Riverside; Cheraw at Eau Claire: Dreher at Myrtle Beach; Keenan at Darlington (81: Mullms at A.

Johnson; Hilton Head at Holly Hill-Roberts; Stall at Middle-ton; Fort Dorchester at James Island; Battery Creek at North Charleston. AA: Carolina at Walhalla; Liberty at Palmetto; McDuffie at Chapman; Chesnee at Pendleton; Lamar at Chapin; Emerald at Andrew Jackson; Batesburg-Leesville at Bishopville; Chesterfield at Saluda: Barnwell at Calhoun County; Swansea at Silver Bluff; Furman at Jasper County; Allendale-Fairfax at Columbia; Latta at Macedonia; Garrett at Hemingway; St. Stephen at Andrews; North Myrtle Beach at Bishop England A boys: Lewisville at Calhoun Falls; Christ Church at Blacksburg; Tamassee-Salem at Great Falls; Indian Land at McCormick: Hannah-Pamplico at McBee (8); North Central at Scott's Branch; Timmonsville at C.E. Murray: Mayewood at Mount Pleasant; Williston-EIko at Bowman; Estill at Wagener-Salley; Branchville at Blackville-Hilda: Hunter-Kmard-Tyler at Denmark-Olar (8); Choppee at Elloree; Harleyville-Ridgeville at Wac-camaw; Lincoln at Britton's Neck; Pleasant Hill at St. George REGULAR SEASON Pickens at Hillcrest: Mauldin at Laurens; Boiling Springs at Chester: Byrnes at Easley; Dorman at Spartanburg; Union at Gaffney; Greenwood at Westside; Rock Hill at Northwestern; Pickens Chr.

at Eastside Chr. (boys) past I hitch Fork in a first-round AAA playoff game. The Katies got it from senior center La Tonya Kerns, who scored eight points in the final 4:45 and F.astside played some tight defense in the final minutes in posting a 46-37 win at Kastside. "When you're not scoring, you've got to play on the other end of the floor and we did." said Eastside coach Cindy Mattos-lVllart, whose team missed 11 of its first 13 shots in the second half. "They hung in there and got through that dry spell and came back and played hard.

I'm just extremely proud of them." Fast side (21-fi) advances to a second round game at home Monday night against Camden, which beat Riverside, 49-48 Thursday night. Camden beat Eastside in the first round last season on a 65-foot shot at the buzzer. Eagles leading scorer Lesley Ik'Mzel scored 10 points in the second quarter to help Eastside build a 30-20 halftime lead. Hentzel (15 points) picked up her fourth foul with 5:06 left in the third quarter and went to the bench. She returned with 5:20 left in the game, but 19 seconds later Dutch Fork (12-10), holed in Irmo, closed the score to 34-33 on a layin from Crystal Pollock.

"We just got lackadaisical there for about four minutes," Mattos-DeHart said. "They changed up their defense (to a box and one) and we had to make some adjustments. The openings were there, we just didn't hit them. I think the intensity came back with our full-court pressure. I'm real proud of the defensive effort." Kerns (16 points) scored twice inside and Lisa McFarlane added a layin to give Eastside a 40-33 lead.

Dutch Fork closed to 40-35, but when NaKisha Johnson fouled out with 2:21 left, Eastside scored an uncontested layup by Kerns while Dutch Fork thought it had more time to make a substitution. "We got within five and we had all the momentum," Dutch Fork coach Anne Long said. "(The refer ee) said we had like 20 more seconds to sub the kid. That was a big call and a big turnaround for us. That hurt us a lot." DUTCH FORK (12-10): Co.

Pollock 3. Nakisha Johnson 13. Shawntay Hugie 13, Porterfield 2, Roof 2, Cr. Pollock 2. Slokes 2.

EASTSIDE (21-6): Clowney 4. LaTonya Kerns 16. Lesley Benttel 15. Mcfarlane 9. Harrison 2.

Halftime: Eastside 30. Dutch Fork 20. Rams whip Byrnes Four players scored in double figures as Hillcrest rolled past Byrnes, 92-60, in boys high school basketball Thursday night. Zach Dowling scored 12 points to pace a balanced Rams attack. BYRNES: Lytle 6, Burgess 2.

Dillard 8. Montey Gaffney 14, Hunter 2, Bruton 9, Michael Williams 11, Robinson 6. Brose 2, HILLCREST (22-2, 13-0): Lamonl Vance 10, Zach Dowling 12, Durham 5, Josh Stolz 10, Hamilton 9, Campbell 4, McDamel 3, Breazeale 2, Busby 7, Griffin 8. Lacy 9, Jock Davis 10. Gray 3.

Halftime: Hillcrest 48, Byrnes 22. Berean Chr. 59, Trinity Chr. 56 Overtime BEREAN CHR. (13-8): Michael Mahaffey 25, Tim Clayton 23, Brown 4, Parker 4, Cisson 3, TRINITY Kevin Parson 14, Tim Looper 10, Heath Powell 10, Tucker 9, Reid 8, McCreskey 3, Brock 2.

Halftime Trinity 24. Berean 16. End of regulation Berean Chr. 53. Trinity 53, Union 64, Dorman 49 DORMAN: T.

Byrd 15. Jackson 8. Miller 4. Cortland McClintock 13, Melton 2. Derrick Boyd 10, Stewart 7.

UNION (7-16, 3-10): Jennings 2, Keith 3. Gary Still 12, Andy Pitt 11, D.J. Humphries 28, DeWalt 4, Thomas 4. Girls Byrnes 53 Hillcrest 42 Nicole Jackson paced Hillcrest with 22 points. BYRNES: Foster 4.

Porsche Bennett 23, Keshia Salters17, Miller 4. Fuller 5. HILLCREST: Nicole Jackson 22, Smith 2, Stephanie Yurich 15. Bolden 4. Halftime Byrnes 24, Hillcrest 19.

OTHER SCORE 48, Union 35 Generals blow past Fort Mil By Abe Hardesty Staff Writer After just a few minutes of game drills, Lynda Levettli VV. knew she'd need some lilow-l for Thursday's game again-1 I i Mill and an unusual defenw. "Ilicv have si in great line, point si i ers. mini saw them make about six in a in shooting drills, I knew we had change our defense," said LevenH Wells, still working on a 'i blow-pop that served as a Iciim' reliever. "We had our guatds i out more, and that pulled our in i people away from the basket." The strategy worked so well Leventis-Wells didn't really urnl tension reliever after the first ter.

Fort Mill scored a three point. er on its first possession, but on next 13 possessions missed ti -t shots and committed eijjlil titin overs, sending the Lady Genet on their way to a 64-45 cotiqiK si John Ross Gym. Wade Hampton, 15-5 and en since some parents and tic players began supplying LevenliV Wells with the Blow-Pops tiiw weeks ago, raced to a 17-5 lead ter a quarter and 32-13 after minutes. i The Lady Generals, mixing tt, sition baskets with three 3 p. ers, hit 13 of their first 20 sh, over a 2-3 Fort Mill zone and th; looked even better when the viv tors tried a man-to-man defense.

"When they went to a man il. fense), they were playing our giam -The girls did a good job of mlti to the basket. They've been plavin together enough to know how c.i other moves," said Levenlis v'i I "And our point guard, Mom.u: 1 i ffU 49 48 Leigh Amnions drained a three-pointer in the final seconds to lift the Bulldogs over Riverside a first-round AAA game. Melissa Malarcher posted a game-high 20 points to lead the Warriors, RIVERSIDE: Melissa Malarcher 20. Alison McPheeley 10.

Casey Kearse 10, Smith 6, Bandholz 1, Matthews 1, CAMDEN: Leigh Ammons 15. Nosia Sanders 15, DiBiase 6. Zeigler 6. Engram 3, Maxwell 2, Foster 2. Halftime-Camden 21, Riverside 20.

Daniel Woodmont 69 46 Daniel's Phyllis Devlin scored 23 points in the AAA game. Woodmont's Tracy Brown scored 20 points. WOODMONT (7-13): Tracey Brown 20, Beth Kendall 1 7, Sanders 2, Freeman 5. McNeal 2. DANIEL (24-3): Tina Kirksey 13.

James 8. Phyllis Devlin 23, Yaksich 4, Biggers 3, Gilyard 2, Anna Ross 10. Odom 6. Halftime Daniel 37, Woodmont 15. Seneca Mann 62 43 Seneca took an early lead in the first half and held on for the win in AAA play.

Laura Robinson and Kenya Young scored 13 points each for Mann. MANN: Carpenter 3, Laura Robinson 13, Kenya Young 13, King 4, Kelly 8, Carson 2. SENECA: Tia Reid 11. Lee 4. Juicy Smith 11, Beth Johnson 16, Pruift 8.

Skeita Kirkland 12. Halftime Seneca 33. Mann 23. Wren 52, Clinton 44 WREN (19-8): Giles 1, Johnson 2, Rosemond 3, Merritt 6, Sloan 8, Heather Crowe 12, Kristin Wooten 20. Camden Riverside UAVIU tKHtN Staff CLINTON (17-6): Martin 2, Walker 2.

McBeth 5. Weaver 7. Davis 8. Pyles 9, Carlie Smith 11. Gass A playoffs Great Falls 58 Christ Church 53 Great Falls rallied from a six-point halftime deficit and went on to record the first-round upset.

Shannon Tully scored 17 points and Julia Jaskwhich added 12 for Christ Church. GREAT FALLS (13-4): Anita Howze 29. Tasha Lockeft 1 1 Nelson 6. Douglas 5. Talford 4, Lynn 3.

CHRIST CHURCH (18-8): Shannon Tully 17, Julia Jaskwhich 12. Holt 6, LeCroy 6. Aston 4. Gailey 3. Scovill 2, SickengeM, Halftime Christ Church 34, Great Falls 28.

Class AA playoffs Walhatla 47 Blue Ridge 42 Haley Wilton scored 17 points and Melanie Stewart added 11 for Blue Ridge, which held an 18-17 halftime lead. BLUE RIDGE (10-11): Burns 4, Cantrell 6. Balson 2, Haley Wilton 17, Melanie Stewart 11, Samuels 2, WALHALLA (17-8): Katie England 10. Amy Thompson 3, Stephanie Oglesby 16, Morrison 2, Henson 4, Anna Thompson 9, Davis 2, Burrell 1. Halftime Blue Ridge 18, Walhalla 17.

West-Oak 74, Woodruff 34 WOODRUFF (8-15): Thompson 3, Nevins 3, Thomas 7. Perry 2. Gist 7, Melissa Patterson 12. WEST OAK (19-4): Kristie Tecson 15, Annie Downam 11, Pomeroy 5, Teren Baker 16, Tiffaney Smith 15, Sheriff 4, Gibson 6. Cleveland 2.

Chapman 53, Pendleton 48 PENDLETON: McDowell 2, N. Webb Greenlee 8, Williams 4, Thomas 2, Simpson 4, S. Webb 2, LaFontaine 4, Rosie Campbell 16. CHAPMAN (11-11): Tiffany Brannon 16, Kristy Green 10. Burgess 9, Holcombe 3, Morrow 4, Parris 9, McMahan 2.

in th game to give the Lady Bears a 41-38 lead and set up a wild finish. Greenville's Shorell Harrison hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 41-41 with 13 seconds remaining, but Wansley responded. The 5-9 senior drove in toward the lane and tossed up a running jumper that hit nothing but net. Greenville, which got a game-high 20 points from Griffin, was left to reminisce on what McKinney called a "flat" night. "We never seemed to get comfortable all night," McKinney said.

"When we got something working, the ball would roll out on us." BELTON-HONEA PATH (15-9): Leona Walfield 12. Andrea Martin 8. Rouse 4, Wansley 13, Jamison 2, Ashley 4. GREENVILLE (15-6): Harris 8. Gloria Griffin 20.

Harnson 8. Lang 2, Atkinson 3 Halftime Belton-Honea Path 29, Grnville 19 By Karl Lyles SpkualToTheNews YORK Greer's season essentially ended about four minutes into a first-round AAA girls basketball playoff game Thursday. York scored 14 straight points early and ended the first period with a 26-point lead en route to a 75-35 victory. York's attacking half-court defense took a heavy toll on Greer, forcing almost 40 turnovers and playing a major role in the Cougars' early 30-4 lead. Greer coach Jennie Lyerly said York was the best team she had seen this year, at least in the first quarter.

"They had everything going for them and just' built momentum. They know how to play well together." Lyerly said she hoped the game would be a learning experience, "We haven't faced a team that has overplayed the passing lanes as well as York did tonight," said Lyerly, whose team ended its season with a 13-11 record. "They are a tough team to match up against. They have good size, especially at the guard position." Emily Lynn scored 12 points to pace Greer. CREER (13-11): Doppelheuer 5.

Little 2, Emily Lynn 12, Brady 2, Brown 4, Howell 6, Summey 2, Gaston 2. YORK (22-2): Lafta 7, Jackson 2, Kizzy Wilks 10, S. Rawhnson 1, Shala Bankhead 23, Johnson 2, Dayna Lawson 10, Shamika Sanders 20. Halftime York 40, Greer 17. Late basket By Scott Keepfer Staff Writer With one fateful shot Thursday night, Belton-Honea Path's LaShun-dra Wansley accomplished a lot.

Her 13-foot jumper with three seconds left lifted BHP to its first playoff victory of the decade in girls basketball, ended top-seeded Greenville's dream season a few games early and sent coach Ben McKinney to the lake. "I'll go fishing now," said McKinney, who guided the Lady Red. Raiders to a 15-6 season and the first region title in school history before the 43-41 loss. "We had a good year accomplished some a bumps Red Raiders iviciniryre, sees everyiiung on th, floor." Mclntryre, a sophomore, 13 points and directed an often that featured 19 points by soph" Chapeka Brantley, and 14 by senirn'5 I things nobody thought we could do." BHP, the fourth seed from the tough Western AAA region, watched a large lead dwindle, then showed its mettle down the stretch to advance to a second-round meeting at league rival Seneca. The Bears held a 15-point lead, 34-19, with 4:34 left in the third period.

But Greenville, behind the inside scoring and rebounding of 6-foot junior Gloria Griffin, closed the period with a 12-0 run to make things interesting. The Red Raiders inched closer in the final stanza, closing to within 2, 40-38, on Griffin's inside basket with 2:29 left to play. BHP's Wansley, who finished with 13 points, hit the front end of one-and-one with 2,7 seconds left Lisa Barbery. The Generals, who will face YoiJ in a road game Monday, sank CTT percent of their first-half shots and 55 percent for the game. Kelly Hawkins scored 18 point' most of them from close range, lead the Yellow Jackets (11-8).

FORT MILL (11-8): Key 5. Hall 10 Cu Kelly Hawkins 1 8, Chase 4. Melton 2 WADE HAMPTON (15-5): Barbeiy IM Wans 0, Brantley 18. Mclntyre 13. Half: Wade Hampton.

32-16 FKw.ls Hampton 15-5, Fort Mill 118..