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Wednesday, March 12, 1997 The Greenville News Carolina wsl defendin By Mike Hembree Staff Writer SIMPSONVILLE The Carolina Lady Trojans were in the zone in more ways than one Tuesday night. Class AA Upstate title game at Hill-crest High. Undefeated Carolina, now 28-0, advances to Saturday's state championship game at Carolina Coliseum. Columbia defeated the Trojans in last year's final. Katrina Neal scored 18 and had key points, in every quarter, and Rachel Sloan added nine for Carolina.

Columbia's Teresa Geter, a 6-foot-2 all-star who often domi- nates games, had 19 points and blocked several shots, but Carolina's zone kept her from running free on offense. "This team has been a baseline-to-baseline, pressing defensive team all year," said Carolina Coach Betty Moore. "They're all over the floor. But we felt like to counter their size we had to play zone. I don't believe our girls were confident going in with that because we've only used it here and there.

"But I really believed if we could stay close, we could pull it out. We haven't had to talk about this game a lot. The team has been incredible getting ready for it." The game was close throughout, but Columbia held its last lead at 20-19 with 55 seconds left in the first half. Carolina broke a 32-32 tie with 0.9 of a second left in the third quarter and led the rest of the way. Free throws were critical for the Trojans in the second half.

They made only one of six attempts in the first two quarters but responded with 12 of 18 in the second half. "At halftime, I didn't mention that we had made only one of six," Moore said. "But I did say when we got to the line that we had to knock them in, that it could be the difference in the game." Eight of Carolina's 12 third-quarter points came at the line, and the Trojans hit four of six in the fourth period. Neal made three of four free throws in the final 15 seconds to seal the win, following a Michella Jackson layup that had given the Trojans a 44-40 lead. Geter missed the first half of the final quarter because of foul trouble 1 and scored only one basket and twq, free throws in the period.

I COLUMBIA (42): Brabham 2, Davis 2, English Teresa Geter 1 9, Jett 8, Murry 6. CAROLINA (47): Maxwell 4, Garnett 2, Katrina Neal 18. Jackson 6, Sloan 9, Scott 8. Half: Carolina 21 -20. The Trojans used an effective zone to counter Columbia's strong inside game and surged late to defeat the Capitals, 47-42, in a 2C girls AA champ BisBiniBiQa SPRING SPORTS RESULTS V- Andrewsl5, Lake City 3 N.

Central 1 1 Andrew Jackson 2 Mauldin girls in AAAA finals I s. 1 'w -s- I "The difference tonight probably' was Shirley. She hit two really big shots," said Mauldin coach Julie Wilson. "She stays calm and never" gets rattled. When we need a shot, -J-she's willing to take it.

"Then (senior point guard) Tracy (Woody) scored a 3-point play rightJ after that (pushing the lead with 4:35 left. That was an- other big play. That's been the sto; ry of the second half our the season. It might be someone differ- ent each time, but somebody comes -J through with a big play when we need it. Tonight, Amanda (Brooks) and Sonya (Woods) didn't score a -lot, but they kept Byrnes from 1 dominating the boards; if they hadn't rebounded like they did, we'd have been in trouble.

Mauldin stayed out of trouble by .7 sinking 11 of 14 free throws in the last .4:03. That earned a long-awaited berth in the title game. "These girls have wanted to go to Columbia the last two years, and have just missed out. Last year we beat Greenwood in the region, but we wound up watching in the title game in Columbia and there was Greenwood, winning it all," said Wilson. "This year, more than any- thing, these girls wanted the chance to play there." i Andrea O'Shaughnessey added 13 points and Woody 10, giving Lady Mavericks 47 points from three perimeter starters.

i Ashleigh Fuller scored 19 points and Porsche Bennett 15 to lead Byrnes. BYRNES (55): Thompson 5, Moore 6, Porsche Bennett 1 5, McClintock 2, Miller 6, Ashleigh Fuller 1 9, By Abe Hardesty Staff Writer MAULDIN Byrnes had the momentum when Natale Thompson sank a short jumper at the outset of the fourth quarter of Tuesday's AAAA girls Upstate championship game. But Shirley Hill had the confidence. wnen we were warming up, I knew I'd be on," Hill said after leading Mauldin to a 65-55 victory over the persistent Lady Rebels. "I had a lot of confidence in my shot tonight.

Those two (3-pointers, early in the fourth quarter), when they left my hand, I knew they were going in." Hill's calm 24-point performance included four 3-pointers, but the most pivotal came early in the fourth quarter. Mauldin, after leading 36-21 early in the third quarter, suffered fading confidence as the lead melted to 40-37. Hill's long 3-pointer stung the Rebels with 7:06 to play, giving Mauldin a 43-37 lead. Another long, high, 3-pointer with 5:49 to play seemed to restore Mauldin's adrenalin while hiking the lead to 48-39. "Those were backbreakers," said Byrnes coach Shirley McAdams, whose team fell to 19-7, with three defeats coming against the Lady Mavericks.

"Our girls were playing hard and playing with confidence, and those shots hurt us. The victory sends Mauldin, 25-4, into Friday's state championship game against Lower Richland. Moving: Greenville's James Griffin shoots against an Eau Claire defender. Griffin scores 24 points as the Red Raiders won, 52-47, to reach Saturday night's state finals of AAA boys high school basketball. McBee denies Christ Church girls again BASEBALL Laurens 9, Easley 6 WP: Edwards (2-0), Gregory (1 Hitters: Suber (L) 2-4, 2 28.

4 RBI; Wiggins (L) 2-4, 2B; Bolden (L) 2 3, 2B, HBI; Hall (E) HR. Records: Laurens 3-0. Abbeville 10, Crescent 3 WP: Jackson (1-0), 12 strikeouts. Hitters: Price (A) 3-4, 2 2B. 3B; Jackson (A) 2-3, 2B: Lee (A) 2-4.

Record: Abbeville 1-0. Byrnes 3, Gaffney 1 WP Thornton (2-0) 6 strikeouts, one hitter. Hitters: Welch (G) 2B; Still (B) 2B; James (B) 2B. Records: Gaffney 3-1, Byrnes 4-2. Carolina 13, Woodmont 9 WP-E.

Williams (1-1)10 strikeouts. Hitters: E. Williams (C) 3-4; Smith (C) 2-2; C. Stewart (C) 2-4; O'Shields (C) 2-4; Ware (C) 3-3; Grogan (W) 3-4; Godfrey (W) 3-4; Lamb (W) 2-3; Smith (W) 2-3; Gils-trap (W) 2-4. Reocrd: Carolina 1-2.

Jonesville 16, Landrum 10 WP Spears (1-0) 7 strikeouts. Hitters: Heatherly (J) 4-5. 2B. 5 RBI; Taylor (J) 3-4, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Pruitt (L) 2-4. Records: Jonesville 2-2, Landrum 2-2.

Daniel 12, Walhalla 3 WP-Grandy (1-0) 17 strikeouts. Hitters: Suttles (W) 1 -3. HR. 2 RBI; Lee (W) 2-3. 2B, RBI; Grandy (0) 1-3.

HR, 3 RBI: Ransdell (D) 1-3. HR. 3 RBI; Aberna-tfiy (D) 2-3, RBI. Record: Daniel 6-0. Ware Shoals 9, Thornwell 4 WP K.

Quarles (1-0) 9 strikeouts. Hitters: Holland (WS) 2-4, 2 runs; McAlister (WS) 2-4, run, RBI; B. Quarles (WS) 2-3, 2 runs, HR, RBI; Sentell (T) 2-4, run, RBI; Postal (T) 1-4, run, 3 RBI, HR. Record: Ware Shoals 3-1. Berea 12, Seneca 11 WP Sizemore.

Hitters: Davis (B) 5-5, 2 HR. 2B, 5 RBI; Swaynghame (B) 2-5. HR, 2B; Drye (B) 2-5, HR; Ferguson (S) Grand Slam HR. Records: Berea 3-1 Seneca 4-2. Chesnee 14, Blue Ridge 3 WP: M.

Ezell (3-0). Hitters: Ross (C) 3- 4, 2 2B, 4 RBI; S. Ezell (C) 3-4, HR, 3 RBI; M. Ezell (C) 3-4, 2B. 2 RBI.

Record: Chesnee 4-3 (1-0). i Greer 12, Eastside 9 Mayfield (1-0), Johnson (1). Hitters: Dobson (G) 5-5. Record: Greer 1-1 (1-0). Riverside 8, Mann 0 i WP; Drury (3-0) 1 7 strikeouts, one hitter.

Hitters: Sfiealy (R) 2-4, Cook (R) 1-3, 2B. Records: Riverside Mann 0-1. Saluda 13, Thurmond 6 i WP: DeLoach (1-0). Hitters: Forrest (S) 3- Yonce (T) 2-4; Traxler (T) 2-4. Record: Saluda 4-1 Christ Church 7, Blacksburg 5 Schwartz (1-0).

Hitters: Nix (CC) 4-5, 3 2B; R. Cunningham (CC) 3-5, 3B; M. Cunningham (CC) 2-4. Record: Christ Church 2-0(1-0). Mauldin 5, Hillcrest 1 Edmonds (3-0), 9 strikeouts.

Hitters: Begley (M) 3-4. Record: Mauldin 6-1 (3-0). SOFTBALL Vyade Hampton 23, Greenville 0 WP-Landis. Hitters: Gough (WH) HR. Records: Greenville 0-1.

Ware Shoals 32, Thornwell 0 Manley (3-1 two-hitter. Hitters: McGaha (WS) 2 3B; Hanley (WS) 2-3, 2 2B. 6 RBI; Boyter (WS) 3-3, 2B: Lfce 2B; Knight (WS) 2B; Gunter (WS) 2B; Watts (WS) 2B; Henderson (WS) 1-2, 5 RBI. Record: Ware Shoals 3'1. Crescent 11, Palmetto 0 WP: Warren (3-0), one-hitter.

Hitters: Bostic (C) 3B; Donald (C) 3B, 2B; Davis (C) 2B. Records: Crescent 30 (1-0), Palmetto 1-2 (0-1). Greer 13, Eastside 5 WP Hanson (1-0) four strikeouts. Hitters: Singleton (G) 4-4. Record: Greer 1-0.

Hillcrest 9, Mauldin 4 WP: Culpepper (3-0). Hitters: Persons (H) 3B: McLelan (H) 2-3. 2B; Simpson (H) 2-4; Evans (M) 3B; Sullivan (M) 3B. Records: Hillcrest 3-0, Mauldin 0-3. Pendleton 5, Daniel 1 i WP Norris (3-1) 11 strikeouts.

Hitters: Callahan (If) 2-3. 3B. RBI; Kierce (P) 3B. Records; Pendleton 4,1, Daniel 1-1. Seneca 5, Berea 1 WP-Johnson (1-0) Hitters: Rochester (S) 3-4, Holder (S) 2-2, Toggweiler (S) 2-4.

Chapman (B) 2-2. Records Seneca 2-0, Berea 4-3. Seneca 5, Hanna 0 I WP-Hawkins (1-0). Hitters: Togsweiler (S) 3-4; Rochester (S) 3-4, 2 RBI. Records: Seneca 1-0, Hanna Oil.

Riverside 17, Mann 0 WP: Matthews (4-0). combined no-hitter with Kearse. Hitters: Matthews (R) 2-2. 2B. HR: Jeffery (R) 3-4.

38; Sjgmon (R) 3- 3. 2B: Olson (R) 2-2; Yanik (R) 2-3. Re-csrds: Riverside 6-0, Mann 0-1 i Chapman 24, Woodruff 0 1 WP: Holcomb (1-0). Hitters: Suttles (C) 5- 5. 2 2B, Hk Barnette (C) 5-5.

HR; Bradley (C) HR. Record: Chapman 4-0. i Other icore TR's Marshall picks Furman Larral Marshall, a running back at Travelers Rest High School, has given a verbal commitment to play football for Furman University, Devildog coach Jack Anderson said Tuesday. Marshall, who rushed for more tlian 1,000 yards as a senior, has lieen told he will be used at wide lleceiver at Furman, Anderson said. Marshall is expected to sign his letter of intent soon.

BOYS SOCCER Daniel 6, Westside 0 Goals: Bell-Ellison 2, Purifoy 2, Arnold, Woelful. Assists: Arnold 4, Helgeson. Shutout: Raedy, 6 saves; McCreary 2 saves. Record: Daniel 2-1. Hanna 9, Laurens 1 Goals: Corrigan (H) 2.

Culler (H) 2, Sitton (H) 2, Prince (H), Hughes (H). West (H), Garret (L). Assists: Vila (H) 3, Sitton (H), Fulp (H). Records: Hanna 5-1 (1-0), Laurens 2-1 (0-1). Woodmont 3, Blue Ridge 1 Green (W), Brown (W) 2, Gunter (BR).

Assists: Holmes (BR). Records: Blue Ridge 1-1. Hanna 9, Laurens 1 Goals: Culler (H) 3, Sitton (H) 3, Maxwell (H), Hughes (H), Corrigan (H), Garrett (L). Assist: Corrigan (H). Records: Hanna 1-0, Laurens 3-1.

Greenwood 3, Pickens 1 Goals: L. Shealey (G), Craven (G) 2. Anthony (P). Assists: B. Shealey (G), Jadlot (G), Martin (G).

Record: Greenwood 1-2. Landrum 5, SCSDB 4 Goals: Frady (L) 2. Hart (L) 2, Brady (L). Vickery (S), Duncan (S). Assists: Brady (L) 2, Hart (L).

Records: Landrum 2-4. Southside 3, Walhalla 2 Goals: Perez (W) 2, Cobb (S) 2, McKnight (S). Assists: Resendiz (W), Johnson (S), Yuko (S), McKnight (S). Record: Southside 6-1. Mauldin 3, Hillcrest 0 Goals: Chambers.

Hampton, Jackson. Assists: Schmidt, Wagner. Shutout: Savage. Record: Mauldin 5-0. Other scores Hanahan 4, Porter Gaud 3 GIRLS SOCCER Riverside 9, Wren 0 Goals: Barker 2, M.

Mathes, Hayes, Ky. Deon, Kr. Deon, Eads, Helford, Snyder. Assists; Archenhold, Ky. Deon, Enders, Kr.

Deon, Helford. Shutout; Savage, King. Records: Riverside 3-1, Wren 2-3. Greenville 3, Daniel 0 Goals: Broome 2, Veazey. Shutout: Counts.

Record: Greenville 3-0. Hillcrest 6, Mauldin 5 Goals: Stewart (H) 2, Moore (H) 2, Donaldson (H), Batson (H), Gillespie (M), Schliesman (M) 2. Baltz (M). Ortmeir (M). Assists: Moore (H), Long (H), Haverland (M).

Record: Hillcrest 3-1. BOYS TRACK Travelers Rest 68, Berea 59 SP-Holmes (TR) 37-4; D-Seawright (B) 111-8; LJ-Proctor (TR) I8-6V2; TJ Marshall (TR) 39-3; HJ-Booker (B) 5-8; 3200m-Kubace (TR) 100h Smith (B) 15.3; 100m-Haywood (B) 11.3; 1600m Cox (TR) 4 100r Berea; 400m Peace (TR) 58.8; 400h-McCord (B) 59.9; 800m-Cox (TR) 2:1 200m-Haywood (B) 23.5; 4 400r Travelers Rest. GIRLS TRACK Travelers Rest 67, Berea 39 SP-Howard (B) 39-914; D-Stroud (TR) 66-0; LJ-Cramer (TR) 13-7; HJ Rail (TR) 4-4; TJ Rail (TR) 30-4; 3200m-Cherry (TR) 100h Hillman (B) 20.31; 100m King (TR) 13.2; 1600m Jeffords (TR) 4 100r Berea; 400m Bolin (TR) 400h Hillman (B) 800m Cramer (TR) 2:51 200m-King (TR) 28.9; 4 400r Travelers Rest. Broome 99, Byrnes 24 100 Smith (Br) 12.7; 200 Smith (Br) 27.4; 400 C. Henderson (Br) 800-Lane (Br) 1600 Lane (Br) 3200 Goodwin (Br) 4x100R Broome 53.1; 4x400R Broome 100H Russell (By) 20.0: 400H Voetker (Br) HJ J.

Henderson (Br) 4-8; LJ C. Wilkins (Br) 14-1; TJ-C. Henderson (Br) 28-1 1 S-Mabry (Br) 30-1 D-Goode (Br) 94-4. BOYS GOLF Emerald 152, Ninety Six 199 at Greenwood CC: 1. Dale Ketola (E) 37, 2.

Darrell Ketola (E) 37, 3. Self (E) 37. Records: Emerald 2-0, NS 0-2. Walhalla 171, Liberty 206 at Pickens CC. Sjostrom (W) 39; Guenthner (W) 42; White (W) 45.

Records: Liberty 1-2. Walhalla 2-0. Travelers Rest 150, Southside 202 at Green Valley CC: 1 Ben Duncan (TR) 34; 2. Birckbechler (TR) 38; 3. Emory (TR) 39, Br.

Duncan (TR) 39 Record: Travelers Rest 2-0. BOYS TENNIS Blue Ridge 5, Southside 2 Baker (BR) d. Rex; Howard (BR) d. Priester Joshi (S) d. Isgett; Stringer (BR) Mueller: O'Shields (BR) d.

Bynum; Baker-Howard (BR)d. Rogers-Maun Gupta-Casteel (S) Sweet-Grubbs. Records: Blue Ridge 2-0. Southside 0-2. Greenville 5, Spartanburg 2 Cassidy (G) Nicol: Morrow (G) Brendle: Smith (S) Grace: Johnson (S) McGee: Medlm GI d.

Ho-gue; Cassidy -Morrow IG) Nicol-Brendle: Latfey-Simpson (G) Gaskms-Gose. Record: Greenville 2 0 Seneca 7, Berea 0 Ballow Skinner; Brock d. Meyer; Van Ooteghem A. Howell: Mann d. Brooks: Seneca wins No.

5 singles by forfeit: Sallow-Van Ooteghem d. Skinner-Meyer; Poston-Stills Gunter-R. Howell. Hanna 4, Mauldin 3 Thompson (H) Moore; Schroder (H) Fouad: Busscher (Hid El-lbiary: Coles (HI d. Chera: Kennmg-ton (Mi Vtvt.

El- ttxary-Chera (Ml Bruce-Crad-dock. Kennedy Brook (Mi Johnson-Tye. By Rick Scoppe Staff Writer IRMO It took overtime, but McBee did it again. The Panthers denied Christ Church a spot in the state class A girls' high school basketball title game for the second time in four years. Nynda lowers scored six wrmwwi 1 'ier 8ame" JJyJyliliLiiU high 21 points in the extra four-minute period to lift McBee to a 55-51 victory over Christ Church on Tuesday in the Upstate championship game.

McBee (25-4), which beat Christ Church in 1994 for the right to go DAVE EKREN Staff to the state finals, will play the winner of the Estill-Terrell's Bay game in Columbia on Saturday for the state title. "This was about the same as what we played all year long, not pretty, but scrappy," Christ Church coach Marshall Stuart said. "It could have been anybody's game. It was a great ballgame. McBee played well.

They did what had to be done, and that was it." Christ Church, which finishes 15-13, was plagued by 26 turnovers. "Too many turnovers," Stuart said, "but that's been a problem for us all year long." Foul problems also hurt. Julia Jaskwhich, the Cavaliers' leading BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS All state finals Carolina Coliseum, Columbia AAAA boys Semifinals, Tuesday Lexington 54. Laurens 52, 2 OT North Charleston 65. Marlboro County 54 State finals, Friday Lexington vs.

North Charleston, 8.30 p.m. AAAA girls Semifinals, Tuesday Mauldin 65, Byrnes 55 Lower Richland 52. Summerville 44 State finals, Friday Mauldin vs. Lower Richland. 7 p.m.

AAA boys Semifinals, Tuesday Greenville 52. Eau Claire 47 Holly Hill-Roberts 59. Myrtle Beach 58 State finals, Saturday Greenville vs. Holly HiW-Roberts. 8.30 m.

AAA girls Semifinals, Monday Daniel 59. Dreher 52 Semifinals, Tuesday Myrtle Beach 47. Holly Hill-Roberts 38 Bulldog free throws in the final minute locked up the win. Will Hellams followed Spear on the Pendleton scorelist with 23. Je- Mitchell 2.

MAULDIN (65): O'Shaughnessey 13, Woods 6, Woody 10, Harrison 6, Amanda Brooks 6, Shirley Hill 24- Half: Mauldin, 29-17. bound but was called for traveling with 3.43 seconds left. Then after Gailey misfired, Burford grabbed the rebound and banked in a short jumper tied it at 42 and sent the game into overtime. After the teams traded the lead i early in OT, McBee went ahead for good on Reddick's jumper withf" 1:31 left and then put it away with back-to-back buckets by Jowers and Kim McCoy. Despite the loss, Stuart said he can look back on a year filled with, success.

"It's a great tribute to the kids," he said. "We started first of the year 1-6. We were having trou- ble getting together. They perse-. vered and did what was necessary to get unified and I couldn't be prouder of them." boys fall Plantin 6, Will Hellams 23, Hagood 2.

EMERALD (57): Jerunca Turner 15, Marshall 3, Bryan Jones 13, Armheld 8, Jonathon Richie 14, Dansby 4. Half: Pendleton 28-20. AAAA BOYS Lexington 54 Laurens 52 IRMO Lamar Davis scored fus six points in overtime including the winning basket with one second left in the second overtime as Lexington nipped Laurens, 54-52, in the Upstate finals of AAAA boys high school basketball. The defending state champion Wildcats advance to Friday's state finals against North Charleston. Marcus Bryson scored 16 points; for Laurens, which was trying fori its fourth straight upset of the( playons.

LAURENS (52): Grant 6. Garrett 9. Rico Miller 10, Wilson 7, Marcus Bryson 1 6. Beeks 2, Woodruff 2 LEXINGTON (54): Jason Harmon 10. Bouknight 9.

Lonnie Johnson 10. Liferidge 4. Lamar Davis 6. Lamont Daws 1 2. Fitzpatrick 3.

Half Lexington 26-24 Reg 42-42. 1st ot 46-46 Records: Lexington 28-2. Laurens 20-10 Pendleton boys win, Laurens scorer, fouled out with 2:08 left in the third period with just five points. Kathryn Gailey, who led Christ Church with 14 points, played the final 4:33 of regulation and the entire overtime with four fouls. Lucie Burford added 12 points for Christ Church.

The Cavaliers led 15-13 at half-time but fell behind early in the second half and spent the rest of the half coming back. Natalie Sco-vel's 15-foot jumper tied it at 40 with 37 seconds left, but McBee countered on Nika Reddick's 16-foot bucket with 14.5 seconds left. After Helen Hughes missed two free throws, Jowers grabbed the re State finals, Saturday Daniel vs. Myrtle Beach, 7 p.m. AA boys Semifinals, Tuesday Pendleton 64.

Emerald 57 Mullins 63. Calhoun County 42 State finals, Saturday Pendleton vs. Mullins, 5 p.m. AA girls Semifinals, Tuesday Carolina 47, Columbia 42 Hampton 82. Lincoln 79 State finals, Saturday Carolina vs.

Hampton, 3:30 p.m. A boys Semifinals, Tuesday Great Falls 50. McCormick 45 Pleasant Hill 60. Blackville-Hilda 55 State finals, Saturday Great Falls vs. Pleasant Hill.

1 30 p.m. A girts Semifinals, Tuesday McBee 55. Chnst Church 51, OT Estill 53. Terrell's Bay 42 State finals, Saturday McBee vs. Estill, Noon runca Turner (15) and Jonathon Richie (14) led Emerald.

Mike Hembree PENDLETON (64): Kevin Spear 28. Wneaton S. SIMPSONVILLE Pendleton took the lead in the second quarter and held off a late charge by Emerald to score a 64-57 win in the Class AA Upstate boys champion-ship game IjlRiJJ Tuesday night wmm--m at Hillcrest HCTM. High. Pendleton, 24-4, advances to Saturday's state championship game against Mullins at Carolina Coliseum.

Emerald finished its season at 22-9. The Vikings held a 16-15 lead after one quarter, but Kevin Spear led a Pendleton charge in the second period. Spear scored nine of his game-high 28 in the quarter as the Bulldogs outscored Emerald 13-4 to take a 28-20 halftime lead. Pendleton built the margin to 43-28 after three quarters and appeared to have the win sealed. But the Vikings charged back with tough defense and 3-pointers in the final minutes to cut the margin to six, 55-49, with 1:03 to play..