1994

Lady Wildcat ends up as nation's top scorer

By Lee Baker Clarion-ledger Steff Writer

JUNIOR COLLEGE NOTES

Mississippi women ba:-ketball players did quite well in gathering National Junior College Athletic Association glory. Pearl River's Elaine Powell fin– ished atop Divi~ion I scoring with a 27.5 average ru well as sixth in 3- point 6eld-,goa1 percentage at 46.3, making 56 of 121 attempts in 31 game::.. Powell ai... o gained first-team All– ~merica honors. East Central's Rena Reed was second team. East Mississippi's LaToya Weaver was the national rebound– ing leader with a 17.6 average and seventh in scoringat 24.0. Hinds' Latina Edwards was fifth in scoringat 24.3 and lOth rebound– ingat12.5. Other Mississippi national lead– ers were East's Gwen Smith fifth in 2-point field-goal percentage at 64.9 (133 of205) with NorthwestMissis– sippi's Shantell Atkins finished sixth at 63.1 (101 of 160), while Northwes t 's Bridget Goodnight placed ninth in 3-point percentage at43.9 (29 of66). Pearl River hold• tryout•: Pearl River tryouts for women's basketball and softball will be held today at M.R. White Coliseum. The basketball tryouts will be at 1 p.m. with softball to follow at 3:15. PollyKirkland, who coaches both for the LadyWildcats, suggests can– didates arrive at least 15 minutes prior to starting times, bringing their practice clothing and equip– ment. She encourages players to try out for both sports. For information, call Kirkland at 795-1181.

Club. Hinds and Mississippi Gulf Coast are the top choices in the bat– tle for spots in the NJCAA champi– onships June 7-10 at Bryan Park Golf Club in Greensboro, N.C. State/regional tennis follows Fri- 9ay through Sunday at Parham Bridges Center in Jackson. The winners and runners-up will advance to the women's nationals May 14-21 at Plano, Texas. The men's nationals will b e played May 21-28 at Corpus Chris– ti, Texas. The track state/region champi– onships will follow nextWednesday at Hinds' Renfroe Stadium in Ray– mondwith qualifiers advaningon to nationals May 19-21 at Odessa Texas.

Tea..- brea Softball, slow pitch style, begins ~ippi Del~ rank!. 12th ant! . 1~d· with the state tourney n-ext Jan 19th m the JCA..A. Db; eta Wednesday with six teams at New base~ poll . Albany's Sports ;plex. J?elta s l_(e~y.Mc~ahan IS fift~ Region 23 play follows April 30 nanonaUy m h1ttmg wtth a .472 av· with two state survivors and two in· e: age S?d J:3rad~ WuestenhoeffeJ dependents at Meridian's Samm} suth pttchmg wtth a 1.17 earned Davidson Complex. run.average. . .. The nat ionals will be played May • ;\;o state~ ranked,m DlVl· 6-SatLake City Fla 'Jon II, but Nor thwest s Wade '

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