1994

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Jucos gear up for tournament By Lee Baker Cl•rlon-Ledger Steff Writer

ing means little to Hinds women's coach Lester Owens before his 6-5 South Lady Eagles face 9-2 East Cen– tral, even though a loss could drop his team from third to fourth with 5-6 Co– piah-Lincoln moving up. "We need tt> win to keep morale and motivation going, not seeding, which I could care less about," Ow– ens said. "We've got to win next. week. That's what is important.'' Football clinic set: East Cen– tral's first ECCC Warrior Football Clinic Feb. 18 runs from 2-9 p.m. Registration is from 1-2 p.m. in Room 60 of Newton Hall. Speakers include Louis Cook from South– western Louisiana, F.reeman Hor– ton from Ole Miss and JayBrown of Jacksonville State, also high school coaches Jack French of Forest and Lynn Moore ofLouisville. For infor– mation, call EC coach Reese Bridg; man 635-2111 ext. 244. Players sign: Recent senior col– lege football signees from Hinds Community College include LB JohnnyWalkerofTampa, Fla., with Central Florida; OL Johnny Kelly of Raymond, with Florida A&M; WR Dexter Thomas of Jack~on, with ~orthwestern State: LB An– thony Parks, Lincoln County, Ga., with Pittsburg (Kan.) State; and LB Keith Washington, Montgom– ery, Ala, with Louisiana Tech. • Juco signing list, 2C

JUNIOR COLLEGES from Taylor, is next at 11.3. Geneva Cart.er, a 5-8 forward from Bruce, averages 10.8 and Tracy Wallace, a 5-5guard fromEarle, Ark., gets 10.5. Alisa Zuslra, Northwest's 6-foot center, is right behindwith 9.0, plus is tops in rebounds with 8.5. Zustra, listed as from Senatobia, actually is from Bosnia. Zustra came to the U.S. as an ex– change student several years ago and after graduation from high school in Seattle joined her sister, also an ex– change student, in Senatobia Blake, Joyner lead Rangers: Northwest's Rangers, second in North men at 7-4, are 16-6 overall thanks to a couple ofarea players. Sanchez Blake, a 6-1 sophomore guard from Holly Springs, is averag– ing 24.1 for 20 games to rank among national leaders. TerryJoyner, a 6-5 freshman center from Olive Branch, gets 15.1 ppg plus 9.0 rebounds. The Rangers' attention will be split between Northeast and the game between East, 5-6, at third– place Itawa.mba, 6-5. If Northwest and Itawamba lose ton ight, Northwest will be seeded second in the North tourney, but if Northwest loses and Itawamba wins, the Indians will be No. 2. Hinds not after seeding: Seed-

Mississippi juco basketball will start state playoff action next week. However, a couple of key issues must be settled before coaches meet Friday in Jackson to set up next week's division tournaments - North at Coahoma, South at South– west Northeast visits Northwest to– night with the top seed going to the women's winner. Northeast and Northwest are both 10-1 in the North. The Northeast men, 11-0, have No. 1 in hand, even if they're beaten tonight by current runner– up Northwest, 7-4. In the South, Pearl River's wom– en, 11-0, also are beyond catching. But East Central's 9-2 men must win at Hinds tonight to protect its lead over GulfCoasl8-3. And GC's visit to third-ranked Pearl River, 7- 4, will not be easy. Lady Rangers after revenge: Northwest's Lady Rangers, 21-1 overall, welcome Northeast's Lady Tigers with thoughts of vengeance, plus seeding. Northeast handed the Lady Rangers their only loss 74-71. The Lady Rangers feature bal– anced scoring with four players av– eraging :n double figures. Shantell Atkins, a 5-foot-3 guard from Earle, Ark., leads with 11.5 ppg. Wanda Tyson, a 5-7 forward

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