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January 29, 2012

from staff reports The Meridian Star The Meridian Star Sun Jan 29, 2012, 06:00 AM CST

MERIDIAN —      Jasmine Bush had 21 points and 19 rebounds as Southeast Lauderdale routed Wayne County at the Newton Classic on Saturday.

   Jordan Jentry added 14 points in the win.

   Southeast, which improves to 20-6 on the season, will travel to Heidelburg on Tuesday night.

— Daniel Rigdon

Newton County   57

Choctaw boys   55

   The Cougars got 13 points from Ken Jones and held on to beat Choctaw Central by two points on Saturday night.

   Brandon Davis scored 10 points in the win.

   Newton County improves to 11-13 on the season and will travel to Northeast Jones on Tuesday night.

— Daniel Rigdon

Clarkdale girls   54

Enterprise   22

   The Bulldogs ripped Division 7-2A rival Enterprise on Saturday night behind 23 points from Charmane Tims.

   Crystal Clay dropped in 14 points to help Clarkdale's winning cause.

   CHS (18-4, 9-2) will travel to Scott Central on Tuesday night.

— Daniel Rigdon

PREP SOCCER

Clarkdale   5

St. Joseph   1

   Kayla Phillips registered a hat trick and the Clarkdale girls soccer team used a big first half to advance to the MHSAA Class 1A/2A/3A North State championship game.

   The Bulldogs led 4-0 at halftime on the way to a 5-1 drubbing of host Greenville-St. Joseph on Saturday to reach the North State title game, which Clarkdale will host Tuesday against the Choctaw Central-McLaurin winner.

   In downing the Fighting Irish, Phillips got started early, making a chip shot off an indirect penalty kick with 27:50 left in the first half. Five minutes later, Haley Hutcherson pushed the advantage to 2-0 and then Phillips struck again.

   Just one minute after Hutcherson's goal, Phillips took a Heather Harwell pass and headed it in to put Clarkdale up 3-0. She added her third goal in the second half to conclude the scoring.

   The Bulldogs' final goal before halftime game with 9:50 left, when Kennedy Castleberry took advantage of the blustery conditions, hitting a long shot that caught the win and landed in the back of the net.

   Armed with that 4-0 lead, the Bulldogs withstood an early goal from St. Joe as the Irish scored on a high corner kick that rode the wind and curved into the corner of the goal just seven minutes into the half.

   Seven minutes later, Phillips completed her hat trick off a Hutcherson pass.

— from staff reports

JUCO BASEBALL

Wallace-Hanceville   9

Meridian   8

   PANAMA CITY, Fla. — The Eagles held an 8-7 lead late in its game against Wallace-Hanceville, but the Lions foundnd a way to escape with a win, scoring lone runs in the ninth and 10th innings to hand the Eagles its second straight loss to open the 2012 season at the First Pitch Classic.

     Jonathan Youngblood, Johnny Tolson, Tyler Dixon, and Sam Peterson each had two hits for MCC, with Youngblood and Dixon each hitting a home run. Former West Lauderdale standout Dustin James added a two-run single.

     Peterson took the loss for Eagles by working the final two innings in relief. Wes Stokes, a West product, started for MCC and worked five innings and allowed two earned runs, collecting two strikeouts.

     Conner McCain drove in four runs to lead Wallace-Hanceville and Jud Sherrill had four base hits to pace the Lions at the plate.

     MCC returns to action today in its final game of the First Pitch Classic against Florida Gulf Coast beginning at 4 p.m.

— from school reports

LATE PREP BASKETBALL

West Lauderdale boys       60

Newton County       46

   K.D. Edmonds had 19 points as the Knights defeated District 5-4A rival Newton County on Friday night.

   Chris Rhoney scored 15 points, while Jalen Terrell added 12 in the win.

   West Lauderdale will host Quitman in a division clash on Tuesday night.

— Daniel Rigdon

West Lauderdale girls       75

Newton County       57

   The Knights kept rolling in division play by blowing out the Cougars on Friday night.

   No other stats from the contest were available.

— Daniel Rigdon

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