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season. But this gives us a chance to see how we stack up with them." The Lady Warriors are.the No. 1 seed as they enter the tournament with a 4-1 record. They were to open play on Tuesday against the winner between Morton and Lake. The winner of Tuesday's game advances to the semifi nals against on Friday at 4 p.m. against the winner ·between Newton High School and Newton County High School. The championship game will be at 6 p.m. Saturday. Other teams in the tournament are Laurel, Mendenhall, Northeast Lauderdale and Scott Central. The Lady Warriors played one game last week before breaking for the holi days. .They took a 54-43 win over

Newton High School at the Tigers' gym. Leading 13-10 after the first quarter, the Lady Warriors outscored Newton High 18-14 in the second quarter to go up 31-24 at the half. After an even third quarter, the Lady Warriors outscored the Lady Tigers 12-7 in the final quarter to ice the win. 'Kyarrah Grant scored 15 points to lead the Lady Warriors while Kyannah Grant added 12 points. Sarah Allen scored 10 points. The Choctaw Central boys took a 71 51 win over Newton High School to improve their record to 3-2 on the sea son. See WARRIORS, page 48

By STEVE SWOGETINSKY Sports Editor

The Chocta,w Central Lady Warriors will be the defending champions when they enter the East Central Community College high school basketball tourna ment this week. The Lady Warriors have won the tournament for the past two seasons and are looking to bring home another first place trophy. "This tournament has been around for at least 20 years," Coach Bill Smith said. "We look forward to playing in it each season. We will probably see some of the team~· we play this week later in the

Photo by Mike Robertson Melody Jimmie ·(11) shoots from long-range for the Lady Warriors.

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