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Linden High School senior Terris Lewis was
recently awarded a very special honor in the
world of high school football. For his oub
standing 2011 gridiron achievements, Lewis
was named ASWA Class 1-A Lineman of
the Year. Lewis, who was an emotional and
physical leader on defense for the Patriots,
recorded 135 total tackles, 13 stops for loss,
3 sacks, 5 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles,
and a safety during the historic 20ll season,
which saw the Patriots make a first ever visit
to the final game of the State Football •
Championship. Lewis (left) is pictured here
with LHS Head Coach Andro Williams
(center), who is Alabama's 2011 I-A Coach
of the Year, and teammate Anthony
Robinson (right), who was recognized as the
runner up for theASWA 1-A Back of the
Year.
Patriots turn back
stubborn JohnEssex, 50-45
By Jim Dett tinued to give the Pats a strong end of the period.
Linden (12-5) took control of inside presence that resulted in With 6:55 left in the game,
the game in the final 3:00 a, 28-18,1ead withjust over two Agee drained a trey to give
, Friday, Jan. 20, to carve out an minutes to play in the first half. Linden a, 40-38, lead, but sec:
ugly, 50-45, win over county The Hornets regrouped after onds later, Mclntosh rattled in
foe John Essex. a timeout and cut into thee lead another three-pointer to put the
The Patriots came of the of to trail, 31-24, at intermission. Hornets up, 41-40.
the gate quickly, getting a slam- The Jdhn Essex defense held Reese answered for Linden
dunk from Wilvonta Horton for Linden's high-scoring Shauka with a three-pointer for a, 43-41,
a, 2-0, lead. On Linden's ensu- Reese to only three pots in the lead with 5:36 left, and Agee
ing possession, Horton hit a first half. gave the Patriots some breath-
short jumper to put the Pats up, Cooks, Mclntosh and ing room with another three- !
4-0, but John Essex, behind the Michael Moore led the Hornets pointer and, 46-41, lead with
,play of Anthony McIntosh and offense in the second half to 4:18 lel.
Cedric Cooks, went on a 7-0 run mount a comeback: Agee led all scorers wi' 22
for a, 7-4, lead. Cooks hit an acrobatic shot in pouts, including four three-
TheHometsplayedoutstand- the lane for a, 33-33, tie with points. Horton finished with 15
ing defense throughout the 4:40 to play in the third quarter, points, all in the ft half, Reese
game, putting Linden on its and after Linden grabbed a, 35- had 10, and Kenard Craig 3.
heels early on, and took a, 14- 33, lead, Mclntosh nailed a 3- Mclntosh led John Essex
13, lead after one quarter, pointer from the right wing to with 20 points, Cks had 12,
, In the second quarter, Imoras give the Hornets a, 36-35, ichaeI Moore 3, and Denzell
Agee dropped in a pair of key advantage with 2:10 left. Charleston and Josh Moore 2
' ' three-pointers and Horton con- John Essex led, 38-37, at the points apiece.
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MA Lo horns win :
2012 2.n2 Bosketboll Title
Marengo Academy Junior
High Boys Basketball Team
traveled to Lowndes Academy
on January 21, 2012, to com-
pete in the AISA -A
Invitational State Basketball
Championship. The MA)un-
ior Longhorns were invited to
participate in tile tournamen
after turning in a peffed
record of 9-0 prior to the start
of the tournament. Being @e
only team invited to the teur-
nam ent with a 100% win pr-
centage the Longhorns were
given a bye for the first round
of the tournament. They were
scheduled to play the winner
of an earlier game between
Evangel Christian and
Escambia Academy at 2:00
Saturday afternoon.
The game between the
Lions of Evangel and the
Longhorns of Marengo started
with everything going right for
the Lions. Evangel had a great
height advantage over the
Longhorns with their center
being 6 foot 6 inches tall.
Within the first few minutes of
the game the Lion center had
used his height to dunk for two
points over the Longhorn
defenders. Evangel ntinued
to score easily and at the end
of the first quarter the
Longhorns found themselves
down by score of 13 to 6.
With/determirtion and
refusi to be intimated by
Evangl's size the Long'ms
came out strong in the second
quarter outscoring the Lion 17
to 9. When the buzzer sound-
ed for half time MA headed
into the locker room with a
one point lead or Evangel.
The Longhorns continued to
outscore the Lions throughout
the third quarter and most of
the fourth. With just 2:38 left
on the game clock the
Longhorns looked to be in
good shape with aten point
lead' over the Lions. But
Evangel would not lose with-
out a fight. They closed the
gap on the Longhorns and
when the final buzzer sounded
the Longhorns were [he win-
hers over Evangel with a one
point victory 46 to 45.
One of the keys to coming
out on top against the much
taller opponents was the out-
standing rebounding of the
team. Carson Huckabee led
the Longhorns on the boards
with 11 rebounds followed by
Shade Pritchett with 9. Cason
Cook added 5, Randy
Champion had 3 and Hayden
Huckabee had 2. The aggres-
sive defense of the Longhorns
attributed to the win by steal-
ing the ball 16 times from the
Lion's offense.
Leading the hums scoring
in the victory was Shade
Pritchett with 18 points and
Hayden Huckabee with 13
points. Cason Cook con-
tributed 6, Carson Huckabee
had 5 and Randy Champion
finished with scoring with 4
points. Another crucial factor
of this victory was the fan sup-
port.
With the MA Junior High
Cheerleaders leading the
cants they not only beat the
team on the court but they out
cheered the Lion fans in the
stands too. With this win over
the Evangel Lions the
nghoms were advanced to
the.nal round of the touma:
met. Now they had to sit and
wait for their next opponent
who would be the decided in
the game between Lowndes
Academy and Lakeside
School.
The host team the Lowndes
Rebels won over Lakeside.
Both teams had a chance to
rest while the girls' champion
was decided. The Longhorns
started the championship
game with a little more confi-
dence after their defeat of
Evangel. But the junior high
boys from MA still found
themselves behind at the hd
of the first quarter by a score
of 12 to 8. The pace of the
game and the scoring picked
up after the break between
quarters. The Longhorns
outscored the Rebels 14 to 6 in
the second quarter and took a
22 to 18 lead into the half-time
break. After half-time the
Longhorns continued to out-
play and out-score their oppo-
nents. The game ended with
the Longhorns 50 and the
Rebels 35 making the
Marengo Academy Junior
High Boys the 2012 AISA 2-A
Stat Champions and the only
junior high boys team to win a
basketball state rifle.
Once again the Longhom's
defense was able to steal the
ball from their oppont 14
rimes while only turning the
ball over four times.
Rebounding also proved to be
important to the victory as in
the game with Evangel.
Freshmen Carson Huckabee
and Shade Pritchett each had 8
rebounds, Cason Cook added
7, Hayden Huckabee had 3,
Randy Champion had 2, and
Caleb Broadhead, Daniel
Pritchett, Spencer Martin, and
Myles Pritchett each had 1. At
a crucial point in the game the
second team was able to come
in and give their teammates a
' rest holding the Rebels'to only
six points.
Scoring in the champi-
onsllip game was led by
Hayden Huckabee with 22
points, Shade Pritchett with
16, Cason Cook with 6,
Carson Huckabee and Randy
Champion had 2 each. Daniel
Pritchett and Myles Pritchett
each added one on made free
throws.
FoC:their performance dur-
ing the tournament Hayden
Huckabee and Carson
, Huckabee were awarded All-
tournament trophies and
Shade Pritchett wa name
MVP of the 2012 champi-
onship tournament. The
Loiiiorns are coached by
Larry Huckabee. When asked
how the Longhorns were able
to come out victorious in the
tournament Coach Huckabee
said it was great defense by
the whole team, everyone on
the team doing his job, and the
out-standing support from the
Longhorn cheerleaders and
fans.
Members of the 2012 2-A
State Champion team are
Shade Pritchett, Carson
Huckabee, Randy Champion,
Myles Pritchett, Spencer
Martin, Cason Cook, Hayden
Huckabee, Daniel Pritchett,
Caleb Broadhead, and Andrew::.
Martin. Andrew was not able
to participate in the toum
merit due to illness but he was
there to cheer his team on to
victory.
The Junior High Longhorns
still have four games left in the
season. Their only goal for the
year left to fulfill is to remain
undefeated. Congratulations
on the Championship and
Good Luck to the Longhorns
on the rest of the 2012 season.
Marengo's
'Super Six' shocks
Southern Choctaw,
60-59, in overtime
By Jim DeWitt
Marengo dressed only six
players for Saturday's (Jan. 21)
game against Southern
Choctaw.. Those six players
turned in an incredible ironman
performance for Coach John
Agee, stunning the Indians, 60-
59, in overtime and avenging a,
59-29, loss to Southern
Choctaw in Silas on Jan. 10.
The,Panthers dominated the
boards on both ends of the floor
with Quenton Hazewood,
Travis Ford and Jamarcus Agee
showing amazing leaping abili-
ty.
Marengo (4-9) moved to a,
12-9, lead at the end of the first
quarter, but the Indians fought
back to trail, 22-21, at the half.
Ford( with great free throw
shooting, help the Panthers
build a, 44-36, lead after three
quarters, but poor free shooting
down the stretch enabled the
Indians to tie the contest, 52-52,
at the end of regulation and
force the extra period.
Ford had a game-high 22
points to lead Marengo, with
eight points coming from the
charity stripe, and pulled down
11 rebounds.
Hazewood scored 15 points
and Agee had 13, along with 11
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