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Lady Rabbits fall to strong Paul Pewitt
Journal staff photo by SONNY LONG
Defensive position
By SONNY LONG
Journal Sports Editor
The Paul Pewitt volleyball
program is known as one of the
strongest in East Texas, nevermind
that the Lady Brahmas just made
the move to Class 3A.
They showed their prowess Tues-
day in Atlanta disposing of the
young Lady Rabbits, 15-9, 15-5.
Despite the scores, Atlanta
played competitively with numerous
long points in each game.
"We are competitive," said Head
Coach Kirby McCord. "They are
doing a good job. Despite not win-
ning, they understand they have to
stay mentally tough to win against
teams like Pewitt. They are improv-
ing and playing better each match."
Last weekend in a tournament at
Paul Pewitt, the Lady Rabbs came
in third with a good effort.
The Lady Rabbs opened the tour-
nament with a 15-7, 15-9 win over
Clarksville. They then stumbled to
Commerce, 15-7, 15-9. Atlanta then
won third place with a 15-8, 15-13
victory over Mt. Vernon. Pewitt won
the tournament, and Commerce
was second.
JV tourney here Saturday
The Atlanta Lady Rabbit junior
varsity will host a JV volleyball tour-
nament Saturday, Sept. 29.
Atlanta and Queen City will face
off at 9 a.m. Hooks and New Boston
hit the court at 9:45 followed by
Pleasant Grove and Waskom, then
Paul Pewitt and the Atlanta ninth
grade team.
Action continues at the Atlanta
High School gym with a 3 p.m. con-
solation final, a 3:45 third place
game, and a 4:30 championship.
Atlanta Lady Rabbits Latricia Oliver, Mashika Oliver, Yulanda Sasser and Ruth Howe are in position for a
Paul Pewitt service during district volleyball action on Tuesday.
Rabbit gridiron teams sweep Pittsburg
Journal Staff Report
The Atlanta junior varsity, fresh-
man, and junior high football teams
swept four games from Pittsburg
Thursday. The JV and ninth graders
played at Pittsburg, and the seventh
and eighth grade Rabbs entertained
the Pirates.
JV, 33-6
A quick start by the junior varsity
was too much for the Pirates to
overcome.
The Rabbs recovered a first-
possession Pirate fumble, and Joe
Simmons scored from one-yard out.
David Hooten added the two-point
conversion, and Atlanta led 8-0.
Pittsburg fumbled the following
kickoff, and Atlanta recovered. An-
thony Neal scored from eight yards
out to make the score 14-0. After
the Pirates punted on their next
possession, Atlanta took over at
midfield. The five-play drive was
highlighted by a 25-yard run by Shot
Lee as the Rabbits scored from 10
yards out on a run by Neal. Atlanta
led 20-0 just three minutes into the
first quarter.
"We started playing second
teamers in the first quarter," said JV
Coach Gordon Pynes. "We got off
to a quick start, and a lot of people
got to play."
In the second half, Hooten threw
a 40-yard touchdown pass to James
Epps, and Atlanta led 26-0. Quarter-
back Kevin Carpenter ran in from 34
yards out for the next score. Lee
booted the PAT, and Atlanta led 33-
0. Late in the game, Pittsburg
scored on a 40-yard run.
Pynes was pleased with the per-
formance of Bryan Waid on both
sides of the ball, at center on of-
fense and at defensive end. He had
two turnovers in the game. Pynes
said he also thought that Ryan Mad-
lock ran the ball well, as did
LaShaderick Henderson. Hender-
son had a 70-yard run called back
because of a penalty.
On defense, having good games
were Antonio Odomes, Derick Tal-
ton and Terry Dickerson.
The JV is now 3-1 on the season.
9th grade, 14-8
The Atlanta freshmen beat Pit-
tsburg 14-8 for their first win of the
season. Danny Hale picked up an
Atlanta fumble after a 10-yard run,
and scampered the remaining 30
yards for the initial score of the
game. *
Malcolm Britton added the two-
point conversion.
Atlanta's other score came on a
70-yard kickoff return by Michael
Wallace.
Cited for their defensive play
were Hale, Wallace, Brent Bice and
Mike Dillinger.
On offense, Coach David Walls
said Britton ran the ball well and the
offensive line did a good job run
blocking.
The frosh are 1-2.
8th grade, 26-6
The Atlanta eighth grade squad
ran its record to 2-0 with a 26-6
home win over Pittsburg.
Atlanta opened the scoring with a
40-yard touchdown pass from Brad
McCall to T.J. Womack. The Rabbs
scored next on a 20-yard run by
Micheil Justice. Tommy Thomas
added a 30-yard touchdown run
with Justice making the two-point
conversion. Bashi Noiel completed
the scoring with a 15-yard touch-
down run.
7th grade, 36-6
The seventh grade Rabbits also
opened scoring with a pass play in
their 36-6 romp. Adam O'Kelly hit
Larry Davis from 40 yards out for
the score. Charles White added the
two-point conversion. White then
scored on a 30-yard run, and again
added the two-point run. White
scored his second touchdown of the
game on a 15-yard run. Bernice
Channel ran in for two points. Cory
Garner scored twice in the second
half on runs of five and 15 yards.
Defensively, Channel and Marvin
Oliver played well.
Journal statl photo by SONNY LONG
Mashika Oliver makes a play at the net against Paul Pewitt as Jenny
Watson watches the action.
QC eighth graders
defeat Mt. Vernon
Journal Staff Report
The eighth graders of Morris Up-
church Middle School upended Mt
Vernon Thursday, 8-0.
Kenny Hunt scored from 10 yards
out for the Bulldogs, and Keith Aus-
tin added the two-point conversion.
The eighth graders are now 2-1
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Little makes big leap with 8-2; Jester joins panel as guest picker
on the season.
In seventh grade action on Tues-
day, Queen City fell to Liberty-Eylau
22-14. Scoring for Queen City were
Robert Barber and David Jackson.
The seventh graders are 0-2.
Both junior high teams travel to
Linden on Thursday.
By SONNY LONG
Journal Sports Editor
Steve Little turned in the best
week yet by the Journal's panel of
Pigskin "Guessperts."
Little posted an 8-2 in the 10
games. Only Arkansas' upset at the
hands of Ole Miss, TCU's fourth-
quarter comeback against Ok-
lahoma State blemished his record.
For this 8-2 mark, Little gets pick
of the week for overall excellence.
He also puts himself right into title
contention with an 18-12 season
record.
Yours truly still maintains the lead
with a 21-9 record after a third
straight 7-3 week. Also going 7-3
were Tom Lanier, his second con-
secutive strong week, and Barron
Christensen and Joel Steger who
have improved each week.
Lanier has moved into a second
place tie with Charles Fincher who
went 6-4. Both are 19-11 overall.
Little's 18-12 is next, followed by
Darrell Frost, 17-13 after a 6-4
week, and Barron and Joel at 17-3.
Valerie Eaves had a 5-5 week to
make her overall record 15-15 and
a cellar dwelling position.
Lanier finally missed a high
school pick after two weeks of per-
fections
Contest winners
Although the number of correct
picks weren't as high this week, on-
ly two contestants with at least 20,
the results were the same — three
people are taking home some Cass
Cash.
Among the most entries to date,
Hugh Jester and David Stuckey
both picked 20 winners. Jester
edged Stuckey on the tie breaker by
seven points. He predicted a 28-7
Atlanta win over Queen City, and
Stuckey tried 21-7. The total points
scored were 42.
Speaking of total points scored,
John Marsh was right on the nose,
though the score was slightly dif-
ferent. He picked Atlanta 35-7, 42
points exactly.
Jester joins the Pigskin "Gues-
sperts" panel this week as guest
picker. With his 7-3 mark in the
games the panel picked last week,
the guests total record of 20-10 is
good for second place among panel
members.
According to sources close to
Jester, he is a real student of the
game of football, and should fare
well in his guest appearance.
The panel's first guest, Nancy
Woody, posted a 4 6 mark in panel
games. These games don't count
against the guests. The guests
games are counted the week they
win the contest.
Third place this week goes to
Bubba Kirkland with 19 correct
picks. Jester wins $25 in Cass
Cash, Stuckey $15, and Kirkland
$10. This is spendable like cash at
participating merchants.
There were three major upsets in
college football last weekend; Ole
Miss over #13 Arkansas,
Washington over #5 Southern Cal,
and Vanderbilt over LSU. While
nobody picked the Commodores to
undo the Bayou Bengals, several of
the 66 entrants prognosticated ac-
curately on the other two upsets.
Only three people picked both
Ole Miss and Washington to win.
Kudos to Lisa Cook, James A
Solomon and Tim Buzbee. Three
people picked Ole Miss only to win.
Congrats to Randell Betts, Judy
Ragsdale and Cindy Barron. And
these 15 fearless forecasters
foresaw the Huskies unseating the
Trojans; Jester, Stuckey and
Kirkland, Jessie Wilbanks, Sharon
Young, Bryan Harrell, Margaret
Walker, George R. Rumsey, Todd
Bradford, Ottis Hargett, Jason
McBee, Keith Porterfield, Pat
Buzbee, Shirley Carroway and Nan-
cy Morgan.
Week five picks
Can Atlanta play with Henderson,
one of 4A's top rated schools (third
this week)?
Will Queen City stop the L-K run
and shoot, nobody else has?
When will Hughes Springs win?
Can Dallas beat Tampa Bay? Will
Jerry Glanville's Falcons beat up on
Steve Walsh and the Saints?
Will the Florida State and Miami
war eliminate one of them from the
national title picture?
These and other of life's mys-
teries will be answered the weekend
of Oct. 5-7. Which "Guessperts" will
survive?
Stay tuned.
JOURNAL PIGSKIN
•'GUESSPERTS"
Games of
Oct. 5-7
LAST WEEK
OVERALL
Henderson at Atlanta
Queen City at L-K
Tampa Bay at Dallas
Wlnnsboro at Hughes Springs
New Orleans at Atlanta
San Francisco at Houston
Florida St. at Miami
Texas Tech at Texas A&M
Georgia at Clemson
TCU at Arkansas
SONNY LONG
7-3, .700
21-9, .700
Atlanta
L-K
Dallas
Winnaboro
Atlanta
Houston
Miami
Texas A&M
Clemson
Arkansas
"GUEST"
HUGH JESTER
7-3, .700
20-10, .667
Henderson
L-K
Dallas
Winnsboro
New Orleans
San Francisco
Florida St.
Texas A&M
Georgia
Arkansas
CHARLES
FINCHER
6-4, .600
19-11, .633
Henderson
Queen City
Dallas
Winnaboro
Atlanta
San Francisco
Miami
Texas A&M
Clemson
Arkansas
TOM LANIER
7-3, .700
19-11, .633
Atlanta
L-K
Tampa Bay
Winnsboro
New Orleans
ban Francisco
Florida St.
Texas A&M
Clemson
Arkansas
STEVE LITTLE
8-2, .800
18-12, .600
Atlanta
L-K
Dallas
Winnsboro
New Orleans
San Francisco
Miami
Texas A&M
Clemson
Arkansas
DARRELL
FROST
6-4, .600
17-13, .567
Atlunta
L-K
Dallas
Winnsboro
Atlanta
San Francisco
Florida St.
Texas A&M
Clemson
Arkansas
BARRON
& JOEL
7-3, .700
17-13, .567
Atlanta
L-K
Dallas
Winnsboro
AtUnta
San Francisco
Florida St.
Texas A&M
&
,**
VALERIE
EAVES
5-5, .500
15-15, .500
Henderson
L-K
Dallas
Winnsboro
Atlsnta
San Francisco
Clemson
Miami
Texas A&M
Clemson
Arkansas
Arkansas
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