1994

WEEK OF

Clas of the Titans By MARTY STAMPER Democrat sports ed•tor

Four of the state's top s ix public high school girls basketball teams will head to Neshoba Central Sa turday for the fifth– annual Clash of the Titans. Clash V has No. 4 Forest and No. 6 Cleveland Eas t Side opening the night's ac– tivities at 5:30. Neshoba Central hosts Lake at 7 and top-ranked Bogue Chitto squares off with No. 2 Noxubee County at 8: 30. Tickets a re $4 in advance at the Neshoba Central High School office and $5 at the gate. The main event of the evening could be billed as a " Clas h of the Champions" as Class 4A defending state champion Nox– ubee County takes on Class 1A defending sta te champion Bogue Chitto. Noxubee County used last year's Clash IV to knock off No. 1 Bay Springs en route to a 38-Q season. Noxubee County entered the week with a 26-1 mark with the lone setback being a 61·31loss to Shelbyville (Tenn.) in the finals of the Best of the U.S. Invitational at Shelbyville. One of Noxubee's wins last week was a 60-37 pounding of Neshoba Central. "We've got a pretty good record, but we're not as strong as we were last year," Noxubee coach Na rvel Colemon said. "We lost some real quality players." Coleman still has a standout in 5-foot-8 5enior Rosalyn Spann who averages 22 points per game. Other starters are 5-foot-811z senior Clara -\tkinson <9 ppg), 5-foot-u senior Tunda ' mith (8 ppg ), 5-foot-11 senior Penny Joiner (7 ppg), and 5-foot-4 junior Lemeaco Ivy <8 ppg>. Key subs are Tiffany Brown, Joyce Triplett, Lafay Walker, and Ingra 3ankhead 'f'h; 11 , """' - L 1- A-1.. ! - ..1 ~1 ... - \.. --

Neshoba Central

Noxubee County

Bogue Chitto

gym prepares his team for the coming weeks. "A lot of times you have to get ad– justed to the Coliseum ... if we're lucky enough to get there." Bogue Chitto went 38-1 last year and brought a 25-1 mark into this week. Lady Bobcats coach Ronald Gill will give his team a good challenge this week. Bogue Chitto played Brookhaven Tuesday and will travel to South Pike on Friday. "That's a pretty good test," Gill said. His team already has wins over Brookhaven, South Pike, and McComb and unofficially beat Lawrence County in a preseason benefit game. , Bogue Chitto's s tarters are 5-foot-7 1 z senior center Rhonda Lewis 03.8 ppg>, 5-foot-6 junior wing Melody Jones 06 ppg>. · 5-foot-7 junior wing Ma rsha Wallace (12 ppg), 5-foot-7 junior point guard Karen Givens (8 ppg), and 5-foot-6 sophomore center Felicia Ferguson < 6 ppg). Key subs are 5-foot-8 Tonya Barnes (6 ppg) and 5-foot-10 sophomore Na talie Long < 4 ppg). " I know they're much bigger and a lot more experienced than we are," Gill said ,. .. - . • • • t t

figur'e they're going to We have a tendency to We try to use our quil shooting." Bogue Chitto was un: day after a tornado tc area on Thursday. " J live about five or school and it hit abot house," Gill said. '' l w< people weren·t. If it ground, it would have pie." Forest and East Si could be a preview of tournament. Forest came into th record. The only loss Forest won tbc Pt Preseason Tournamen Gina Skelton's sta1 seniors. They are 5-ft:. n8.3 ppgL 5-foot-s Tr ppg >, 6-foot Danyelle 5-foot-6 Lawanda Pin! 5-foot-7 Erica Coleman

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