PIRATE PRESSDoor decorating contest a smash Adams interviewed by W

by Cindy i'Ialkerand

lellra Kepner

l.1rs. B1ack,,re11 and StudentCounci.l announced that they werosponsorin8 a Docr DecoratingContest on Nov. lO. The 3'1696"evaluated the doors on Jec. Band s.rmounced the winnors on )ec.9.

First place went to I.1r. Nagelrfirst hour cI&ss, who received apart:.' es I prizo. The theme oithelr door ',ras rt'rr'innio the PoohChri.stmasrr.

Second place tr6nt to ilissKoruredyl s c1ass, who recelvedc::-ndy. The theme of thoir doorwas rrllone Sttting't.

The thi.rd plece wetrt toI'1r. Fletcl-rer I s cl-ass :rnd theyreceived c.'ndy also. The themeof thelr door was tl 3rewing up aI'{erry Christmas in Sci.encetro

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H.M.S recoglizes it's runners-up

TVv 1ew I,1r .Januaryopl-ni onprop os o d1on.

Adams on ThrusclaStn. Thoy wanted,on Marth Lane Co

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Jnknovrn to r-.:tnv stuCe tsat HMS, I*1r. Adarns i! on the \Kentucky Educational As soc iati)-:rboa-rd of directors. The camen:r_

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Jacksonls EIot!

by Rene 3aylis

Iril c htre l Jac lfl^ron,' who is af amous s oul- s inilor , r.rss in aLos An11o 1e s hospit 1 -"riday})ec&use he wq.s hit by sparksYhi- 16 lilminl e Pepsi.-Co1aconnnercial fe&turi-nn the 'r Bll1ieJoann hit, r^rhich is on therocord croaking trThrillortr album.

Thls incident happen l,-ridayShriners -tuditoriun. I\ianyJacksonr s lan: were devastatedthe inc i-,lent .

One onlocker sald, tt,.Ihen thesparks iron the explosion hitl,iicl:re1s t hair, it seel]1od likehe didnrt know it hec:Iuse hekopt on -1'. r'-c in5;. rl

Dont t panic :n-yono becausel.Iichael rllent home llat.rrday at12: O0 an.l i. s fino .

by Ilenee Pitchfordand

i{anda ?rlddy

Thursday, JAnuary 26 iwo-leath l,iiddl-e School studcnts,Angi6 Klng (eighth ;3r.,.,ier) rnclJason Lecord (soventh grrder )went to ri'ar]6y ElementLry tothe county wide Spellin.; Bee.The gra:Ios tha.t comp.;t,o-l irerefourth throu.gh e ighth;

.\n 1i e Kinii , -.rho wr s w i nne rf or ei iiLth grade for Heath l,liddleSchool was runner up against theother eitnth graCers fron otherschools. r\ngie said, ttI spelledfor ono hour and tr&s very tired,and I mrde a very slIly mistake lrt

Jason Record, who wr-s thewlnner out of the soventh rreders

of Hoatn Middle School w1s alsorunnor up aqRinst th€ other seven-th rlrrCers from tho otner schools.Jason h.,s gone Lo the countythird, fourth, fifth', tnd seventh .qr:lCe s an:} ire lropes to qo to theelghth grade competiticn. JasontolC us that he rllssod the wordtrprivile4e'r B.t the county SpellinqBeo this year.

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Va lentine Word ScrambleStary Club meetingsheH

1. raeht2. ovel3. erCl+. telanvine!. yrarrrbef

5. te',-thnourf/. Cayne3. rades9. pucdi

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Br&d:ialward.s

The last two meotlngs ofStamp Club woro held on )ec. 1land Janu,:ry 10. At the meetin8of th6 thi!'toenth memb€rs expJ.ainochow thoir ccllections .qot started.Then I,1r. F'o1l-er announcod ttreresults of the Christmas StampDosign Contest. They are asfollows: lr .llrce - 3rs.d1ey Ray2nd Ploce - 'lenj anin Curl -lst Pl-aco :)rrd Ke11y. They all-received prizes.

The Stanp Club j.s planninga tour of the I'iain Post Offlceon l"lay 10 . The C 1ub - s a1s oplanning a Stanp Exhirtt Strow onMay 8.

Love is in theAir,

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Seventh has 3 consecutiye

winswith hbnor rollby Joey leyton

The thi,rd six weeks is overand the seventh qraders are still1n the lead over the eichth graderswlth strai5ht rr.q. r str af ftin.

The sevenbh graders that madestral8ht trArsrt are as follows:S r.e pha.nl e R1ue, Chrystal DlIworth,Cratg Dowdy, Don Elrod, Tra.cy Ford,Chrlstln& Jennlngs, Sherry JenningiJudy Johnson, Teri I'{artin, Margar6tTapp.

The ei;hth grader-s are alsoas follows : Shayne Ch..rmb1er,Scott Harrlson, Raquel Lyles, ChadSchultz, Cynthj"a Viod, Amandaula.rf ord , I"iark She Iby .

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was big blastby Sherri Ha1I

andJs.ckl e istes

ItThere r.Iere a Iot ofpeop),e there to dance raith andif you dldntt come you missedout on sonethingrrr saTs ShaynaOh:rrnbler, who 'dent to the Snow-ball on Thursday, December 1!.

The dance 1&st6C from J:10to 10:15. Approxlmately halfol the sctlooL was there. Theyhad fast, slor,r, pop, rock, country,and e1I other kinls of music.There were all kinls ot- food and4rinks .rrlt vras a Lot of f un. Ther6also was a Iot of guys to dB-ncewith. Irm v€ry g1-ad I went.rrs:rid Lisa Hughos.

The theme of tho danc6 we.s'rT rw&s the NiSht bofore Christr,,re.srt.Decoration were six difforentChristmas scenes. Each s cenewas placed in a p&ne of a gigantlc

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Michael Jackson's Thrillertops charts

by iieneo Raylisrr )arkne s s ial-1s across

tho land,Tho mi-dnight hour j-s close

s"t hand ;Croatures scawl in s e r:rc Lrof blood,To terrorlze your nelghbor-

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Asof the 1which stJac ks on

you ilnow thi s i s a. partI minute rtThril]-er.rr,ars 01sr Ray, i.ii cheelnd the grimv thoul sol tho l-ivinr derLd. I':ichaol

Jackson wr.s on such a prospero:rsstreak that he spent a str.ggering1.1 nill-ion dollars for the-isassyrt 1l+ mi-nut6, 3O socondItThriller.tr rrhlch gi"os him ach|Ince to boogie with the livingdead.

Tlmo me8{lzlne says thei,iichaol Jacksont s Thriller albumsol-d mc,re than 2 million copiesr'rhen it I s f irst vldsos ceme outon i.lT\r wirich r1ro : ttBellis Jeanrtand rrBeat lttr, : nd then th6 shortr,.rovi-e trThrilIertt .

I'li chae I Jrcksonr s IThrlllerrrwon 8 rnusic awr rr-1s inoludin: .hoAws.rd of lierit in rrhicll ne wasthe younge s r- . rec:pient.

For instanco, you .ind yourboyfriend are welklng down thestreet, tnd thoulh you fl3ht tostay r.Iive, your body sterts toshiver for no nere mortal ce.nresist ihe evil of the !rThriflerrt !

-Donlt bo choo.sylby Brent Nel-son

Please read my story wlthan open m1nd.

Everybg{y is corrQl.ajlin6all the Lime. They compl.'..In aboutths soap belng too strong rndplanes not being safe at all.Personal1y, I thlnk everybodyconplains too much.

I think you should just takeit and go on. If you donrt likeit, donr t buy it.

You may not like what Ithi.nk, but what can you do. Llfe8oe s cn an)ruIay. I'U:at more c anI say?

Ferrari,4x4,and blackwin poll

by Shannon 'r,Irayand

Sherrl Ha1l

FomB.rl, l+ x [, ,,nd blackare all, by far, t1e f&voribec ars , +.rrrcks end c olors inHeath ],1i dC 1e School- !

T.he i,.orrori won in tho carsec tion uj"th 70 points, r,rhileCorvetLe caro up second aibh50 points. ZZ3 h-.d [1 polntsconing in third and. Mercedesfgnz was fo'rrth in the po1l withIb o.oints. Cornjr.g in 1ast, wast5e t;ustang wlth only 9 points.There were L,r_B assorted irinilsunder rt othorl .

Sane .,s jrerrari in the cardivision, 11 x 11 won in the trucks.4 x 4, i.n total :.ocelved 81 noi n. owhere n s the Jeep cane in '*iii- " '' 'I I-l points. I,lext w1s the Broncowith l0 points. After Ilroncocrme Jord with 2[ points. Last'.ras the To-1ota with only 18 poinr,s.thore were 45 ln tfre noip"rrr-section.

Last in the po1l was thofavorlte automobil-e c olor section.Blsck dovastatod a1l_ othe:. colorswith ,-n .Lnazini I22 points out oi229 \ll together! Red crr,re insecond '*itir on1;; l5 po),nts. Therewere 2) points for blue. Coningin fourth was silver wl-th I[points. TJnder

'r Othertr there were1B points.

Those ar.e the resrlts o-f ther"ut or,rcbi Ie poll !

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Academic Teammemher tells how it is

by Jason Travls

Tiris yoar at Ii.M.S. I havebaen choson to be a rnombor of theAcademlc Tean.

The Academlo Toeri Prac tlc e s

on Mondays and Wednesdays. Pract-1c6 is h&rd but f'rn. Some ol ihequostions Lre f .r.mi1lar, but somoof them are ones I hlve nevorhe&rc of. The matches will b€

conpo',iiive qolng a8ainst the'be s !: strrdent s at Lono Oak 'ndReidland lUiddle Schools.

In mY oPj,nion the AcademicTear.i is a l,'ray to practice andshow LIht!+- you 'Lnow sbout differentthj.nis bosides Iqath ' S')r-oncetlin311sh, enC other basic subiect$

The Academlc Teem is fun,and I am Coinl to trY out ag'i11noxt y?ar. I thank Irir. l{age1f or t akin;; h1 s t irne to help us .

Should there be a lotterY I

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Football the toughest

sportloull ever love

by ]'au1 ;;e lsonrrReady broak Ir tho playors

s&y &s th€y l-e&ve the huddle to1i.ne down in their pos j.tlons.trl{ut 1, hut 2tr , the qu:rrterbacksays as the ball ls snapped. Thequartorback turns a.round andhands the ball off to the runnir{_:-beck "nd he looks for a hole tobe opened up by his linoman. A11of a sudden, rr'',.Ihamrr, the runnlng-back ls mot by s l-lneblcker andstopped dead in his ir.-'cks. Butdonr t r,rorry, becruse ihere 1s onemore p1ay. trHut 1, hut 2rtttheball ls snapped, and quess lrhogets 1t acain, that I s rigil+-, youquessed i t, the rrrnningba.ck. Hoshoots throu3h a hole of day1lght.He ls off to the r&ces, bye byo,it I s goin5 ta be & touchdo',rn.

This is al-} part 01' thothriIl of lootball, r:.nd in nyopinion, it is the b6st sportaround. T r be t- good footbrllpleyor it t,.ices lots of h:rdworl<. Lif t1n,: woi::ots, r,Jnnintsprints, 1nd jr,rst all aroundprrctice r'-ro ver-v lmport.int infootbal.l . If you 1lko n lot ofcont&ct end worki.ng as a team,then footba"ll is a g;ood ;alnefor you.

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by .)cott tlri4hb

Should ;6sr'6 }e e lottery?I ,1onr t think so. h lotterY isa kinci of gambli.n'i, anC 1t is notri.'trt to ganble. Even though alottory '.rouId brin; mol'e lnoneyto the str.to lor thj.n4s l-ikee duc sf, i on, manufacturinS, andro.1C lnprovment, 1t 1s Just notriiht +.o put Your earnod moneYon somettring you hlr.vo no control-over or try to win s.gsinst thoodds .

I thlnk it is a sin to :arnbletherefore I think there shouldrot be a ]ott.ry.

The Plrate Press ls edlted aJId publlshed by the olghth gradec oruiunliETffr TIEE-6'.

Editorlals ,rnd guest features (such as poems, stories, art work,or .q&mos ) will be consldered for publlcation

The I'{cCracken County Board of Educs.tion does not dlscrimata onthe basls of rece, color, national origin, r611gion, sex, and/orhrndicapped^ in^1ts educltional pro 3rp-ms and employment prs.ctices.

The 1963-U4 steff is: Renee B&y1ls, ca.ry Benton, Terry 3uchhol,z,Christlrla tsurkey, Ben Curl, John Davls, 3ecky Dowe11, Bradley Edwards,Jackie lst6s, Voronica Fhtrell , Ronda Gi).1, Jeff Gllsson, Shorri IIa1I,Devid lloopor, George JoLrnson, tsradley Kelley, Deidra. Kepner, 3rennaosk1ey, Joey Peyton, Renee Pitchf ord, La$ra.nda pridJy, Clrldl*fnker,;rranklin ';^/hj.te, Patrick Wood., Shannon Wray, (Advisor) FraFces Cooper,(iypist ) letty owens.

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FEAIURESComputers cause trials

and tribulationsby Brad Kelley

Recently I had the nislortof getting my own rrhook 1t up 1n25 sec ond srr computer. Fortunately,T haC beontArough the ordoal befcire XA- C om?Ut e d DtSk

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Valentine's Day stemsfrom yaried beliefs

by Joey peyton

, - - -Iiany people cefebratc ."henoladalr on Februanw the 1l1th,9."11.q rl/atent1n6'i tayu.' Oithj-s day meny people sond rreetlnccarcs to thelr friends, f ..rn11ymembers, and their sueethearti._ ,,T1".9 are manT seyings about*?w v].I?n!iners ),ry try ,got sta.rtedoone think 1t r s trbout an ,rceientlronln l'e s tlval c.r11ed Lupercs,111./inother belief is ebout one-or nioro saints of the earlyChri s tlB.n church.

And ono nore 1s 1lnked with-l o1d rngllsh belief thnt birrls1l.ke to chooso their na"tes onthe day._ Valentiners )ay nrohrbly c.rmefrorn r11 I sources "- p: us th6belief that soring is a tirne for-LOVerS.

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and soon solved bhe perplexingprobLem oi qetting i:he thing tooperaie c orro ct 1y.

First the P',r shY selesperson.Boy, 0h, boy ! Donrt you remenborhir-. t trThis is the l),rst one IItrs the choapost ! Iiuy it, buy1t, buy itll Aw, come on, wellhow rrbou t thi. s new I XL t mode I ?

Itrs priced right I' And I (beingthe ultim:.te pige6n) took it rightaway !

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c l.1m'i y stetes.L1tt1e :lid I know that writtel

invisib'l e ink were the words:* hTARRAIWY ii*:lxpiros 1-l -Bl+ .ii

Yes ! rnd now we como to thesad peri. I got homo, unpacked!.t, rnd 1o ud bohold ( a beatifuls i ght ) , ny ve ry or.rn I XL I honecomputer !! I want througo ttreusu&I state of avro ':nd wonder-rnent, but aftor about en hour Ifi.n&I1y crino Lo ny senses. Thereon the floor wore ahout 53 bil- ].iondifferont r cnnec t i- ons that hadto be n:lde into vn.r:ous I/O portsand p.:ripha ra1 oxpr,nsion jtcksor n-lmerous pol^rer tr:illsf ormers I Irtltrs llways b6tter to startr.rith the instructionstr, Ey raotherse.i,d.

Sure, but if silo had instruct.ions s,Jch s.s: Connect serialexp&nsion )Iug o1 t to I/O jackrBr. :hen plug coil fCt to R/Fmodulator tDt. Now insert te16-vlsion switch box tEt onto R/Fplutr rFt into seri&I 1/0 port tgt.

" I l.:k you, roaders, couldshe lo11ow tLrese ins tr'lct i ons ?

Have you tried to hook-uP aCot-m,1trix pr'r,nte r 1'rte1y? Donr tbo:h€r I I Or how ',bcut r'. disk-drive ? Don I t evr-'n think abouti,ttt

IIe":1, ".n1n^ray, if You Planon purch&s i-ni: your own Pers onalcomorlter, r:ttl<e s,.rre thet it I snet an t IL t r,loCef* !

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!.1l(d 1isU-w Double piercing comes toHMS

by Karen "",1a1

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Lot s of ilirl-s at HMS aregetting thelr ee.rs plerced twicewhich is calfeC double piercing.I think that this new fad is vorypretty :rnd .llashion.qble.

The only thin; til&t keepssome girls fron 3ottinc theiroars pierced is the pain and whattheir parents think about tire fa:l.

Having your ears loublepierced is not hard, a1t:rough youhave to hsve an rdult wlth you.

I,iost stores that se11 ear-rings, noclclr.ces, and c osnetlc shave 8' plr,ce were you crn getyour 6ars plefced or doublepierced.

The cost for gettin8 youroars piercei is anyi.rhe re frorn lto ! do11ars.

GettinS them done doos nottake very 1onq. Just about 15soconds and yorrr ears a!'€ piorced.

Braces are in stYle!

by Cindy rlalker

For tho past school Yearyourve seen m&ny peoplo wearingbrac6s. Itts not mucfr of e3urprlse because bracos are realIyin style. You probablY thlnkt.-rey cost a bundle but roaLl-Yonly around S150O. Believe methey aro trorth 1t.

Whon you krave braces youhave to put up with the pain andmiseryr....and no chewlng gum !Then comes It ral l road tracksrr,tt t1nse1 teethrt , rrTln Erinrr anal'rmetal mouthrr. These are someof the names your 11 be caIIed.Also, uhj"le you heve braces r youalways have to 6o to the dentistto have them tl3htened. everyfour weeks. This means yourteeth wi.I1 hurt for three of fourdays, and you crnrt eat anythlngexcept soup or ice crean.

Irm not mentloning n&mes,but lt has been nientloned. thattwo III1S students were temporarilyhooked up by thej.r bracos drrrinf:kl s s lng. rJas it you or you oryou ?

February Word Huntby Chris Burl(ey

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SPORTSHounds outrun I arlyPirates Heath makes dog meat of Hounds

by Davld Hoopen

The Heath eicnth grade grilsran up on s. tough Reidland toam onth6 ovenlng of December ! and werebeaten soundly by the Hounds.

Ttre outcone of tho g&me wasepparont when Reldland Jumped. outto an early 1-11 lead after bhefirst quarter. But entering thosecond querter, Heath bogan to turnthe tlde outscorlng the Eounds ?-3and R61d1and, went into the lockerroom wlth only a B -11+ l-ead .

The sec'nd half started wlththe Hounds stret,chins their leedto 11 points b;,' the end of thethird qusrter. The fourth quarterwas b&slcs.] 1y 1lke the previousthr€e quarterg wlth Reidland pu111n1;away and winnlng b:,, r final sconoot 23-!+3. In a losinE eifort, thePlratos were lod in the scoring byA1J.lson Gr:,-y who punped in B polnts.

Reidland stdnps Heathby Jackie Estes

Greyhor:nds bi. t pitrate sbrdly when they played Dec. 5.The jump r^rent to iteidlend.feidland c s.r'no up r.rith 2 points .Heath wont down the court, butReidland snoakod up and stolethe ball 8JId took it ln for abasket. Jcrnle Jones number 11drow a fo,"rl but failed to convertthe free tltrow. At tho end oftho fj.rst qua.rter Reldland lod0-11+.

In the second qu:Lntor Joeyllarshall Lrit 2 foul shots. Taklnglt down Rei-d1and was fouled.Janie Jones 11 shot but missed.I,lumbe r !1 , Shane ;he 1by neboundedand put it back up end tn for2 points. Reidland s ank 2 freethrows. Jamle Jones i"fter a foulscored for one.

The second h&If began withileidland getting the bal1 andhittlng a bucket. l,la.rk Shelbydrew a foul and converted oneshot. After trying hrrd BrentJordon fouled out. Rei-d1and gotthe ball 1nd missed. Reldlandsnoaked by Heo"thrs defense fors.n essy besket to make the scoro11-J3, Reidl 1nd in the Iead.Davo ,^Iq11"ce number 44 got foulednal{ing I point.

The fourth querter il6id1&ndshot rlped j"t in lor 2 polnts.Janlio Jones ms-de a jur,rper. ScottHs,rrlson hit l fou1 shot to makethe f inal sc ore lp-!6 ;leidl..:.nd r sfavor.

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luesday, Decomber b, t:neeeventh 6rade ilrls toot'on iheRe i d 1and Greyh5unJs

-^^-_ 9. the tip_off of the game,reern to.k possesion and Sheila ,u-ooper layed 1t off the glass,Heath 1ed 2-0. Eeattr stJr.e t6e,bail. and_Ge1e Hlpklss scored.- -flcath and Reidland comnlted nanvturnovers end Heath

";;-;; ;ilimany loose bal1s and ""o..d."----. - Denise Johnson scoreC a-basket .srd made a free_throw..Reldland brought tho brlf jown-out lloathrs great defense bookEhe ball away a.nd scored. HeatfrIed 10-1 at iho end of uf., ii."Iquarter.

0n the tlp_off of the secondquartor Heath ti.ed up the baI1r---and Reldl&nd got tha j urnp ball'ano. scorod. Heath now lad 1O-3.. .. Heath brought tire UafI doin. l{trh. Denlse Johnson scoring.Heath stoLe the ball ona O8niseJohnson got fouled ana m"ae

-twJfroo-throws.

Heath capltalized on a turn_over. with Donls6 Jo,rLnson scorlnq.H€ath 1ed at h.:lftine 1i_3:--;;.'the tip-off o.t th6 thfra itanza^Heath x4s fouled ,rra .onu"ri.i-'one oUt of two free throws. Afte:rseveral turnovers, Heath su"L iro-ol' rh€m. Heath led 20_5.- - In the fourth stanla,Reldland took a fast bneak andscored. The ball was tled upand Reidlnnd ag&1n scored on afa.st br6ak. Wtth a swanmLngdefense, Heath scored on a lreelhlgy "!d two baskets, wtthReidland only _sconing once ther'r.nB.L score 25_11 lleath lrinnlng.

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Hounds dominate Piratesby Dei-drs Kapner

Flrst game Jitters losesthe gamo for seventh grade Pirataboys on December 5, on Reldlandtsc ourt .

In the first quarter GregGarrison, [2; John Phl11lps, 50iPaul Nelson, 211; Russ T11ford,12;i and Shawn Rice, l-0; were thesterte s of the geme. I'luch act-lon occured ln the first quarter.'fhe tipoff went to Rsidlanat. JottnPhll1ips was the flrst scorer forthe Heath Pirat€s. At tho ond of

r thts per'lod the score stood [-12,Plrates 1os1ng.

Th6 tipoff went to Reidlandln the second quarter. Thescorers wero Crelg Dowdy &nalShawn Rlco. Reldlantl st111 heldlts 1sad, 6nd.1ng thls cluarter wi tha score of 10-1-1.r.

Greg Gemlson and ScottWrlght scored for tho Plratos lnthe third sta.nze, tnd 1n thefinal- one the tlpo.ff afiain ]rentto Re i.dl-and.

).iatt LaFont said rri'Ie coufdnt tguard them. They were a 1ot,blgger than us .rl

Scott l,Iright added, rrWe wereaL1 nervous and made tons ofmi,stake s . rr

The game concluled with ascore of Pirates 21, Hounds ll.'

Lone Oak winsby slim lead

by Patrick Wood

The basketball game wasgoing real fin6 on Decembsr thetwe 1f th.

But lleath was playing LoneOak, whlch wg.g hazardous to ourho a1th.

lIarshall got B steal arrdtLrrew it to Crabtree. Crabtreewent to shoot, but on the floorlras tr€. For, the center on theopposing team ran into him realhard,

The kind of guy yat wouldnttwanna seo on ihe front of atradini; c ard.

l:arshall goL ).2 points onthe ni;ht of the 3ans, She1byBot onl-y 6 poinr,s, which 1s notre all_-r ,luite the sen6.

They coulLinr t put anythlngtogethor, it was the first tlmethey pl ayecl .

The;r playecl Just as good orbetter, brrt lrankly, the;r real-l-ygot s 1ayed.

,'Ie did okay, another halfto p1ay, 22 to l), l;he score,but in tne end, r+e lost aqein,J16 to ],s.

Flashes slip by Piratesby F\'cnk Whlte

The lleath elghth grade girlsbasketbalL toam .clayed Lone Oak onDocember L2 at Heath.

In the first quarter Lone oaktook a early 1ead, but Heath c&meback wlth Allison Gray sconingL points s-nd Veronica ftrtrell-scoring 2. At the end of thequartbr the score stood 5-J wi-thLon6 Oak in front, but ln thesocond que,rt6r Eeath took the Iea'dand &t the end of the first halfIloath 1ed llr-11.

Lone Oak took tho lead fromH6ath ln the third quartor, butHeath tied it up in the fourth.Lone Oak scored 2 polnts I'rith :!1seconds left to play wlth thescore now st&nding 29-31, but with:02 seconds left Lara DowdY hit along Jump shot to tie it uP at theb\tzzo? taklng the gamo into over-time. Lone Oak scored 2 morepolnts, winning the game. Thef inal- score was -J1-33.

Heath pounces Flashby Terry Buchholz

On December 13, Heath seventhgrade boys plaYeC the F1ash 3"tione Oak. In *-he iirst quartgrLone Oak fowleC Grog Garrison,and he hit one out of two free-thnows to make 1t L-0 Heeth.Llater 1n the 'luarter number 10,Str:iwn R1ce, made two laYuPs, tndGerrison made a short shot fromthd outside. Then Lone 0akrsnumber l2 came in .i'or a layupto make i.t, 7-2 Heath.

In the second quartor licc annmad.o four points on shots fromthe inslde. Lone oak cano b.lckwhen numbe r 1[ made 2 on a l aYuPand 2 on shots from th€ insid€.],.trkren numbe r 11 did the same,Coach IlovekamP Ye11ed his lungsout, spurring 3randon tsuchananto make 2 points. Scott i{ri3htnetted the bal-l for 2 nore. Atha]ftime th.e score stood, 15-BHeath.

Lone oak fe]1 fast in thethird perlod with numbor 111

shinin8 wl,th ! Points. But H€athfans... never fee.r Rice 1s here...hittlng a 1a3nrp and another shotfrom lnside tho freethrow Iine.

0h, yes, Heathl s number 2[dribbled down the count, lumPed,shot, arLd therets two for hlm,followetl by 2 rnore. At tho ondof the thlrd qusrter, the scorestood 2?-l-5, Ueath sti11 leading.

In the fourth iuarter LoneOak had somo fun 3ai-ning 10points for them. Ileath had 6freethrow ettempts lrnd hit onlyl+. Shawn Rice hed 3 Points infroothrows, and 2 others on ashot from the outside. B-r-r-rrthere ls the buzzor, g ar/is overwith Heath victorious by B. Thefinal score ileath J3, Lone Oak 2!. .,

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fonde Gi11

In the Dec. lJ 3arn6 theHeath seventh grr.de ;ir1s to:kon Lone Calt, which enCeC in odofor',t :on the i)ire"tos, 1B-32.

.it the end of bhe firsthnlf, tho i)lrnbes, r^rith thr6este.rters in foul trouble, t)are1Iholding on to their 1ead. Y6t1n '-he second half the Pirsteswer6 outscored 25 lo 5.

The scoring rres as f oll-oxs:lLLil iiipkiss "rj-th 6; inell aCooper r.rith l+; C1r,.io Lletz:ruwith 2 -.ni '.,Iendy Cof ',-i-n chippedin a free throw.

I-,ady Ptrates outlast St.Jdrnsby Gary Bonton

andJohn .Davi s

The Heath elghth 3ra<ieqirls thrashod the te:rl f rora:it. Johnts by a 25-13 victoryon January !.

In :he fj-rst h.Il ilro Ladyl'i:,a.t r s woro 16tting i-nsi,1e,but m: ssed nost of thoir shots.A).though our def ense '.r€i3 good,tho score at h3]f-tine stoodat 3-r1, St. Johnt s out in front.

The thirC qusrter rssumedwith Heat.h mounting e bit ofa cor',reback, but still trailintby iwo poj-nts, l)-15. lhe Pirateswere h-!.ving troubl-e vrith ballcontrol , but vrere Jhooting theball better

In the fourth qu!.rter, theLady Piretos turned the tide,cominl back to talco lhe 1eadwith Jacl<io -Istes rscking up12 points, and berng hi:;h scorerof ihe game. The gane endedwith the Lndir Pi:'etes winninEwi.th :hc scoro of 2'i-l8.

: -guH%ulliiETt?*ar.

by Veronica Fut,rell

Je,nusry !, e j.,lirth ;r.r'rleHeath ?irstes pleyed Sb. Johnr sat Heath. i{e :th Pirales Cld'deieab St. John t s.

i'Iot r"ruc h acti cn f,ook placeln the first period, excopt whanliark iirelby rejecteC a shot bynurabor \1 oi :jt. Jolrns. llsrknsxt p!.ss-eC 1t ofi to )ave,.in1l-:lce .-or :-n ees,? t-ai/-up.

Corlins br.cli irr the secondperiod St. Joirnt s too..: .1 quicktime out. .\f ter Lhe tix].o out,St. Joirnrs :rcot'o j s" irr.st t',ropolnts. fhe .lirst h:;.1-i endedloovin{ tire scc:.e in Fir11-,es I

to.vor 27 =).

The third perlod was fi11ed$rith 'rction. Yet in the fourttrperi-od l,iark Shelby picked off apass and threw it to Jeff Glissonwho maale an Ltt6npt f or a L1y up,but had it knocked out-of- bounds.0n the inbounds play, Shan6 Shelbygot a pass, and laid it off theglass for t}ro polnts. Remarkablyenough thls is ihe flnst qameBrent Jord&n hesnrt fouled orrt.The r3ene linrl11r endecl rvith HeathPlrlrt6s overwhelmed wlth J oy.Tho final score was [5-]0.

Hounds retrieve Pirates

by Ilene layll s

Ilounds e Iimlntte Plratesby a scoro of 110 to 16, Jar.9,in .leidlandI s teritory.

Iio,,rn'ls hurtled out to anearl-y lead by a score of O to 111i)sf ore ilrent Jordan iio. !l pro-peleiI Pirates on th6 scoreboardr.ri- th n forceful freothrow.

ilounds torpedood i-n 23 pointswitlI Ileath bound at e burdonin'll-3 polnts at lial,f tirie.

Hes.th i)u+.chered in 2:sSh8"ne :helby l{o. 51 spindlod in2. Daron Crabtlee fouls out as'the Honnds needleC in.

iaron Crabtree nrido a leap-in; Jurnp-siiot, rn,lki-n3 the score26-)6.

I'low Ileidlrncl made an infur-i-&tin( ); while 3rent rog3neratins-1y rreoounls for' 2. The Piratesre sur"re c t themselves lron thebenches r,akin: an rlstonishing 7points when tho reC blooaledHounis retri6ve lhe Plratos twlnnirrg the 3ame by a acore ofl+o-56.

Heath hounds Reidlandby Chrls SurkeY

Heath seventh ;raie LadYPlretos tot311y :iemoli-shedlel.I1nld. Janu..ry 10, wlth r-

f irral score of l0-8.l{eath took '! grert }ea'l over

the llounii.s with fast breaks, anda lot of :ood shcotlnl. TheHeath defense ',,ras eLso outstand-in1, holdjnq ile idl and scorelessin tfru iirst hrrll with a 20-0 lcad '

At the third qrrarter Heathc ont r rLue C to dor,rln''te, oxtendinqits l-e4.1 b:i B nore Polnts, makinithe sc ole 28 -O.

In --h' l-ast 'r.'rar',er, ileidl -nd:tcr.-c'i c co:neb'..ck wilh tj pointgscoreC. .l'rt it i.Jas too l-1ite toevon cc:r() cl-ose !o tiLre vicr-orlousPir,. j:,es. .{t the I'in11 seconCol ';ho_;'ne tne i'ir.1tcs Pro'ti)Y'rron, JU- ).- Aftu" the iqme Cogch irletcherexol'rinc'1 . !t'.'Ie p1: ve4 ai ressiveirr sket ,.1i ' ire I re hrr I to he4t',rhon 'rg P1i Y our bogt.rr

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Girl Grpyhounds nip Pirates Pirates try to I

By Shennon lIrey

In the 'flrst q larter, Roldlandtnumber [O, scored 2 polnts as d1dthelr number 23. AIso in the firstquarter A111son Grayr33, scored 1polnt for th€ Pirates leaving thescore, in tho first quarter, 1-11 lnRe1dIand I s f avor:.

The :eme llvened up in thesecond. q'rar:t€r with Al-11son Grayscoring another 2 polnts as d1dVeronlca nrtrell, lll+. Jackie Estes,l+J , scored 11 point s in the secondquarter. Also Allson Bennettnumber l! scored ono point.Reldlandrs team got 6lBht polnts1n the second quarter. Four ofth6Ee polnts wore scorod by numbenIlf. Number. l+0 antl 2l each scoredanother two points. At the end ofthe flrst half the score was 10-12ln the Greyhound t s fs.v or .

Durin8 the thlrd querter theGroyhounds scorecl 11 total pointsirhl].e the Pirates only scored [.Alison tsennett, 35, scored 2 polntsas dld Voronlce F\rtre11, 4l+r. tomak6 up tr6 Plretasr polnts. Th€Greyhounds I number [O scored 6 ofReldlands points while number 14gcored 3 rcore and number 23 scoredthe other 2 points. By the end ofthe thlrd quarter the scor^e was 1[-2l ln favor of Reidland.

Heath almost ceught up withReldla.nd 1n ths fourth quartoPby gettlng 111 oolnts. Lara Dowdy,1!, scored 11 polnts 1n th6 fourthquarter. Jackle Estes and AlllsonGray each scorsd 3 polnts in thisquarter. Llsa Hughes, 121 andAllson Benn6tt scored 2 a'piece inthe last quartor. Reidlands t

number [0 scored anothor 2 polntsln the lrrst quarter whlle 31 scoredonly 2. ThE final score was 28-10$rlth Heath on1-y 2 points behind.

Jackie Estes sayt ItWe playeda good game, but they played abettor one . rr

Jackle Estos scored 7 pointsln this game bolng the hlghostscorer Lrlth A11lson Gnay c oming upwlth 6. Reldlandst number l+O Jcord15 total polntr

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by Veronice lutrell

JanuarY 10, seventh SrrCeboYs l-ost to seventh .;ra<1eGreyho:nds a;ain. He&th wantedto irake the oil:: even 5I winnlng,bu! f&lLod to .1o so.

Duri-ng the first hal'f therewas very l-ltt1e '.!ction wilatsoever 'The rea-son soened to be thzt theilrates bec:rme a I1ttle scaredwh6n they s&w sono of the Pl8'-verson tho t6am. Anonymous sa'YStrthat they were ki-nd of efrai'dto drive P:-,st or srpl-ode aroundthonrr. '

Heath f irates mon')ntunstarted to PIck uP ln ttlo second'half , but 1t wasnr t enour',h f orthe ii.rs:es to take conF-rol ofttre nar:e.

Tho score c:r iel uo Greyho)n-Iswinning zta, Lo. )7 ,

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Flashes rallyto beat Hrat6sBy ,ri,.l lJwgrds

The scoro at the end of theflrst quarter l.I.rs [-5 in lavorof Lone oak. 3y the end o_i thef j-rst half , i.ire Lar]y ,",Lash hadincri:aseC,;i:reir Ie a.l by i'it,e,scorinE B poinbs while t,re L6.dyPlrates scored ! r,rakinS the score9-11+, in favor ol the i,a<iy C1ash.

ThirC qurlrt c r actlon endedup t^rith coth teams so oring 11polnts, e.l.1ing tho score up to1l-18. puttJ.nry the Lady t,lrrtescrown by 5.

In the fourth qulrter thePlrates outscored the .rlash 1O-9,lut ft was not :nough to win.Wlth the Pir,,tos the,.J hv I .ndin possossion ol th6 b. 11, :sGail Illpkiss dribblled down thef1oor, nunber 15, Jocy lick ofLone 01k stolc ',lre b" 1I ,.-ndbroulht it up the floor ior aneasy 1..yup 1nd the ioul . Af tercon-,/erting thc free throl"r, theg':rle w-.. o,rt; ol rr^ch jor tho LaCvlir.-:es r n..'r:.-.- ._he i.inal score23-27 .

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F lashes dol'n Plrates

by i.'r o nk i,Ih i- t IThe Lone Oak Flashes squeak-

ed by the Hea.th sevr;nth gradeboys on tho afternoon o! Jan. 2[(by I points) wlth tho :ina1scoro of 27 -3O.

In bhe l'irst quarter bothteams strugllod, shootinq a lowpercentage :.'rom the f ie Id, rran-eglnq only 4 points e:ch. Inthe second q,larier lieath begento t ake the lead, out-scorintLone Oal( 1C-3 .lnd ta..: iir; e llp-12leaC into intcrr:,li.ssion.

The second Lralf resumod withi{eath bc;innlnl: to extend 1tsl-errC. (ettinl several brc rks,llMS began to pu11 a:.ray rnd owneia I polnt 1,--;1 ,;oin3 ir-ito l-.holourth perioC.

In the fin&I iulrtor., theirlt:;hes crr.u tht l'ire rn'f bog&n tomount a corno beclt, scori rrg 12polnts to o,rcrtake lhe i' j-rs,tos.

The 1e r:.J i- n', s:or.cr lorHe:lh Pir:rt€s ..l.s :lh L..m ilice witllr big 111 points.

Ballard bombs Pirates' shipby Rhonda iil1

On the ni r.ht of Janua:'y 10,the Ii.;gth ,-. i thth ,-r,:.:ie boys lostat&1nst 3a1J.ard, !+l-55.

In tho .'irst 2uerter, Ds-veilallace maCe the tipoff, onlyto have 3a11a.rd steal tho b s"1Iancl try f or two, but rrllssed.Shane Shelby w".s lo:1ed lnd madetho :irst tr.ro points ior iloath',',ith hi s r'reo :hrcr,rs . TI:en BrcntJordan was -lso iouled :.nii mrdetwo point s .

In l,he second qurlrte ri,laI1aci, bi-pprr.1 r,.1ain, but lhllardgot it. l!{rrk l.-iho lby stole thebaLl ..nd n.rJe :r l1..yup f or 2 points.i\t the enii o i +.he s ec ;nil querterthe score wc-s 16-21 .

Scott Ilarr i s on 'nl JamieJones took lhe b."11 orrt, snd ],i&rkShelby scored two points, butthey were no good. Tile scorewith 1:l-;2 left on the clock inthe enC ol the sec cnd ,:iuerterwas 20-)9.

Dave .IP-Ilace tippeJ the ballto Shelby -in ihe thirC quarterand he mlde 2 points. Thenllrent JorJan throw the ball tollhr:-r:e Sholby fror;r hrlf co..rrt andm,,de two.

The 1e',..)i n1 scorer 1^rasllhane Shelblr, 'ith 12 :roints.l..erk Shelby r^ras close r)ehi,nd witil11 point s. -lront Jor,ir.,n mnde

B points, Jave ,ir:.lkce :rrrc1 JarrloJones tleJ with I points : ])iece ,enl Sc rtt ll:r.rriscn m,ide 2 poi.nts.

Ballard drops bomhs m Plrates

by Rone€ Pitchford

On January JI, Ballardtsombers were the gu3sts of thePlrates.

Tho stertors for the qamewere Heather Colenan, Gail HipkissShelia Cooper, i^Iencl;7 Colvin, andDenise Joirnson.

At t.,e end of the fi.rstquertsr the s core was 9 to 9.Coach l.-letcher seys that we hada l-ot oI fouL trouble. Deni-seJohnson and Gail Hipkiss bothhad I i'ou1s in the second quarterand h:.rd to sit out.

lhe I'ina"1 sc ore i.r rs 16 to[2, 3a].lards iavor. Debra Collionand lonise Johnson l)oth e.Zreealthat 3s.11qrC put up s .1oo,JCofense.

HMS drops bmtmBonbers

by Decky Dowell

On J:rnuary Jl, the big m4Sso,ronth graJo boys took on theBall&rd Bombars and roughlv defeatedthem.

To start off with 3hawn liceplayed a gooC gan6, scorlns 9 pointsof ',rhj-ch I r^rere freetlrrows. JohnPhll1lps {i1so did woIl scoring '/points, but fouled out. Then cameliovin licCann '.rith l.t" points. CraigDowciy rnd ftuss Tiliorl sooreC 2pointS eac'l:., aJ-though Tilford. hadI perscnal louls and rlmost fouled.out .

The nain scorer of the g:1116 irr&sGroq Garrlson. Garrlson scored 11polnts in &11 lrlth only ono person-aI loul.

The Bor.rbers ts.vo us Plrates alood gane, but 're cnno out B"h6a,i,nnking lhe f i-n1l scoro )l-)2, Heathffav or .

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Tornadoes stunLadg P_iratps by 2 pointsby Cindy Walker

andDeldra Kepnen

1.,Lady Plrates meet tbe Tornadoe

at P.M.S. on F6b. 2. The LadyP1r:stes tackled. with the Tornadoes.But Tornadoes were vldtoriouswlth a score of )7-)9.. The starters 1n the firststanza were es foIlowed. (15)Lara Dowdy, (33) A111son Gr:ay,(!4) Veronrca F\rtre1], (35)Al1son tsennott, and (l+3) JackloEst6s. P.II.S. ts Tornadoes med.etho flrst 11 polnts of the gam6.Lady Plrates flrst and 16aC1ngsconor was Al11aon Gray. A11lsonGray hJ.t a long ehot wlth secondsleft on the clock leevlng thescore 14-11 in the flrst quarto:!.

Second quarter sterters were4111son Gray, Veronice tr\rtro11,Lara Dowdy, Jackj-e Est6s Brrd SusioIloss No. ll. Alllson Gray wasegeln th6 first scorer in thesecond quarter. Among the scorers1n the second quarter wers JackleEstes and , of course, AllisonGrey.

tiro second hal-f started withHeath gettlnB the jump-baLL.Heath appeareil to be having son6-what of a corneback. P.M.S.scor:ed the f irst polnt. Iiuryattempts wene made to score forthe Lady Plrates, but many wereunsuccessful. The Plnates almostwont th6 entir6 querter wj.thoutscoring, but A111son Gray flnallyscored for the Plra.tes. Itre scoreat ths end of thls quarter was19-31.

The fourth staitza startedout wlth lieath scorlng. Thisquarter was the quarter thePlrates h&d th6ir comebackr LlaaHughea r.ras the glrl who msde thePlratos d.ream almost come true.Pirates r.rele down by 5 and LisaHughes hLt 2 foul shots brlngingthe Plrate dor.rn by 11. The PlraiesmLght have lost, but they lostwith prlde I

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fba Bil lard Bdb.r! oozed.by Hoethr! .18hth grade LcdY'?lratos on Jan. 30 bY a decislvoflnal score of 26 to 51.

In the flrst qua::ter BaLlardgot off to a Sooil start. TheYinstohed the Juilpball and gotfouled fon 2 polnts, followed bYa blghly tense fut mlnut€s ofturnoverg and fouls that ftnallyresulted ln e scorc of Haath !,BalLard 18.

Drrlng the s6oonal quarter,r€ sec more of ttre sane th1n8teccopt rnore of lt I

Agsln' Ballard got the JumP-ball- and was fouLed for one Polnt,foflored by a menagcrr.c of scorlngettcrrryts by the Lady Plrate8....as a metter of fact, thla quarterIloath flnlshed 18, Ballard 30.'At tho thlrat quartor, Hoathgot the ball gnd numb€ r [3 wentior 2 polnts on e fest bneak thatrnade the score 20-30, wlth an enq':1ng scor€ of Heeth 22r Ballerd 4U.

And 1n the f1naI quarter'wlth lIeath I s desperate PlaYorsstruggllng to sink a basket, Ball&rdextenaled the lead wlth 3 baskotsand a wlde open shot to numbe r 22for another 2 polnts, who thenhurt her ank16 wlth a brutal falLto the court. Not to seY thatBeith dldnr t seore eny Polntsdurlng thls qdarter, wlth e basketand a 1-ay-up by nurnbe r [], JackleEstas.

As the last few secondstlcked array, a dremetLc turnoverlnEpln€d W;i1da PrLddy, mrmber !,to make a last second attemPt atscoring a polnt. IIer attempt fa1,led,and the Eane was won by Ballerdwlth a score of 26-5)-.

Tornafues dfim Hratesby 'rJande PriddY

February 2 the Piret€E wentPMS to plair the Tornadoes.were tire first team we,PlsYed,

they beat us prett-Y badJ-Y.vrere looking for an easYb,r', it wrsn I tThe s t f.rters were Ma.rk She 1by ,

, BrsntShane She1b-v, David Wall-aceJordan :rrd Jamie Jones.

In the first qusnter thoTornadoes got a prettY blg lead,but the Plretes didnrt 81ve uP.Drvld Hallr'Lce was th€ flrst scorerllftinz our spirlts. D.rring thosocond querter ve 3ot back lntothe Eame wlth Wallace and Jordanmaklng a. score. At half-tlme

thc so ore ',t as l)-26 .Dur ing the thlrd quarter

actlon was held to a minimum, butfourth quarter' was a blast. Thenthlngs rea11y got underway whenDevid 'ria11 'f c e , tfre leading sc or€rand rebounder, c aught an elbortin thq mouth and had to b€ taken

3ut the Pirates -olaYed .

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Pirates bomb St..Iolrnsby Scoop Hoop

. The Hea.th elghth Ara.do boysteam won a close one at St. Joirnson the, evenln5 of F6b. 9 by a scoreof II+-40 for the te&ns second con-quest of tho y68.r.- Perlod I'lumbe r 1 ,&s rather s 1owpacod with both teams encoun:eringshooting <iifliculties 1^rith theoxception of Rrent Jorda-n who h1tfor 6 poi,nts in the first quarier

and- f 2_ on the lene givinc tieattr .rnearly load of 1-6 after t'he lirstquarber.

fn the second quarter both!91y9 bogen to pick up ,Uhe pnce B.l1tt1e bit- ta1lyin1 1-O and b pointsrespecti.vely .,nd at the haIf Heaihowned_,the Ie aJ ny -l sc ore of lB_I[.'r'he second half was noreexciting ,ith ljt. Joh.ns taklng theieaC on 1 occa.ssion but Xeattr"pre_vailed .rith the play of Shane ihelbvwho had ._: qood 1llaround floor ie"me-e"nd severe-1 c l-utch free throwsdown the s tre tch.

The last period. r^,as excitinervilh_the :ame hlnling in tho balanceunDr-t Lrro iinal soconls when JamleJones hit 2 froe throws to seal thevictory.

Bombers down Piratesin cliffhangerby Scoop Hoop

The St. Jolrns bombors oul-1edof f s.n unso t of the :laath L{r,dyPir.'.te s on ireb. I in overtlm€ bya scor6 oi 20-22. Tho :irstqus.rter tvas slow p.,ceC turnovarplugucd lt:-nza r+ilh neither tesrmo.blr to let on the board. Thegoconil cur:rtor wns touch tho s a,rlewith tleath incurring difiicultiess:lootina: the bc1l. t.Ih1Ie St.Johns pickod up the p.Lce a littIeman.Igini Ll point s jlnd l^rent j-nto the hllf with a slim lead ofu-4.

lftor tho intermission th6Plratc s :ot in & qroove 1nd midt^r&.rthroulh the third r-'t.rPller, tireP j.rrt: s ::ot on t'rre board ':'

j th ashort .junpor; S"". Johns had pro-blor:ls wi l;h t lrnovel's rnC Heath,ied cv A11lson Gray .,nd Jacklofstes who eech hsC Z points onlhe ;.Lne, too-. o"er the 1esCentering the fj.nal iuartor B-5.

The -'o.rrth quariter r.r.rs fastp&cod 'nC e xciting with St. .Iohns!,-.1i1(int :r coniebeck gn:l tyln3 thoscore ilt l-3 at th: enll of rc,.u-lat l on.

The overtimo :ias B. 1,tcl<IusterDroi'or"Ilance l.ri.th St. Johns out-scori,ni the i,irate s 2-[ .rnd win-ning the 1a,;te 2C-22.

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