Scott County Times from Forest, Mississippi • 12

SCOTT COUNTY TIMES Forest, Wednesday, February 5. 1975 Forest Cagers Split 2 Games -J 'f. '-W 1 4 i 1 0 I fui MV '-A 1 rMi i BY ROBERT WORRELL The Cats and Kittens traveled to Lake last Tuesday night and split the two games. The Bearkittens defeated the Lake girls by a close score of 41 to 37. The Bearcats were beaten by a strong team from Lake, the score was 80 to 73.

The Kittens won the game but not before the Lake girls made it close. The first quarter looked as if the Kittens would walk away with the game. The score was 13 to 5 with Rowana Pope scoring six points. But in the second quarter Lake outscored Forest 12 to 9 as Lake closed to within 5 points FOREST GIRL PLACES MISS BELHAVEN COLLEGE PAGEANT Sue Low fry of Forest was selected fourth runner-up in Belhaven College's official preliminary to the Miss America Scholarship Pageant. The daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Ed Lowery, Miss Lowery is a freshman majoring In biology. She is pictured with Miss Belhaven College Oonna Curtis, center, and Cynthia Smith, third runner-up; Jeane Walley, second runner-up and Jennl Jones, first runner-up. Belhaven College is a four-year coeducational college of liberal arts and sciences located In Jackson. championship to be held February 28 and March 1 at a site yet to be determined.

Clyde Lindsey. Attorney Tommy Lee. ambulance driver, Jimmy Patrick, and deputy. Oliver McCrory are shown following the shooting on Old Highway 80 Wet in Morton Sunday morning. Lee McGriff of Morton wat killed in the Incident J.

D. Cumberland of Morton is being held In the Scott Northeast, defeated the Both teams Warriorettes on the road. The top two teams of this single elimination tourney will advance to the overall state County Jail In connection with the The final score was Lake 80, Forest 73. Scoring for Forest are as follows: Kim Sessums with 19; Alexander Ealy with 14; Phil Harrison with 13; Eddie Pryor with Theodore Ealy with John Fairley with Jackie Longmire with Larry Derrick with 2. Scoring for Lake are as follows: Freeman Horton with 23; Dennis Harris with 22; Billy Waltman with 17; Willie Walker with 16; James Townsend with 2.

THURSDAY NIGHT The Forest teams hosted Bay Springs Thursday night and both girls and boys came out winners. The Kittens won by a score of 38 to 29. The Cats won by a score of 65 to 61. The Kittens defeated a fine girls team from Bay Springs, Thursday. The Tigerettes stayed close in the first two quarters but started to fall behind in the third quarter.

With the Bearkittens ahead by 9 in the fourth quarter, Coach Haywood Reeves substituted many players. The final score was Forest 38, Bay Springs 29. Scoring for Forest are as follows: Shelia Sanders with 12; Charlene Jones with 8, Rowana Pope with Carol Palmer and Betsy Walsh each had Kristy Walsh and Linda Smith each with 2. Scoring for Bay Springs are as follows: Joyce Campbell with Kathryn Quince with Annette Payton with Alice McGlaston and Patricia Hosey each with 4. The Bearcats won, but it was not as easy as many people thought it would be.

The score was 65 to 61 in favor of Forest. Forest led after the first quarter by one point, 13 to 12. But the Tigers put on a great scoring burst in the second quarter and took the lead 29 to 27. In the third quarter Forest started going inside and got results. Theodore and Alexander Ealy each scored 6 points.

The score was tied 45 all after the third quarter. In the fourth quarter experience paid off for Forest. The Cats had been in many of these positions Suspect Is Held In Morton Killing J. D. Cumberland, 54, of McGriff, all of Morton; his Morton, is being held without I parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Barney bond in the Scott county jail for McGriff of Morton; two the murder Sunday of Lee I brothers, Shelton, and James McGriff, according to Sheriff I McGriff, both of Morton and a Cell HarreU. number of nieces and nephews. According to investigating I Pallbearers were Woodie before half time. Shelia Sanders and Charlene Jones were both in foul trouble.

In the third quarter the Kittens put on a strong defensive effort and allowed Lake just 4 points. The Kittens scored 10 points with Carol Palmer and Rowana Pope each scoring 4 points apiece. In the final quarter Lake tried one more time to get close but could not get inside 4 points. Shelia Sanders scored 5 points before fouling out Scoring for Forest are as follows: Rowana Pope with 13; Shelia Sanders with 10; Carol Palmer with Kristy Walsh with Charlene Jones with 4. Scoring for Lake are as follows: Sally Dennis with 14; Connie Judge and Tammy Dennis each with Brenda Wagner and Tillie Harper each with Janice Wolfe with 3.

The Bearcats were not as lucky as the Kittens. The Lake Hornets shot a really fine ball game from the floor. Hitting 31 of their shots. The first quarter showed just how tough Lake was. Dennis Harris scored 10 of his 22 points in the first quarter.

The score in the first quarter was Lake 20, Forest 15. But the Cats never gave up and came back in the second quarter to get within 2 points. Alexander Ealy, Kim Sessums, and Phil Harrison all scored 6 points apiece. In the third quarter Lake blew the game open. Lake hit just about every shot they took.

Lake widened the lead to 13. In the fourth quarter Forest kept trying to close in but Lake kept shooting, the ball with excellent ability, A I i Scott Academy To Participate In Tournament The Scott Academy Patriots basketball teams will participate in the sub-district tournament February 3-8. The tournament will be held at Sylva-Bay Academy at Bay Springs. Scott's girls, which were seeded 5th in the ten-team tournament, will meet Heidelberg girls at 7:00 Tuesday. The boys, seeded 6th, will meet Whynot Academy at 8:15 Tuesday.

The winners of these games will play on Friday at 4:30 and 5:45 respectively. The top four teams will advance to the District Tournament which will be held at House Academy February 13, 14, and 15th. FITZHL'GH REPORTS Marine PFC Dallas R. Fitzhugh, son of Mrs. Leroy FiUhugh of Sebastopol, reported for duty with the 3d Marine Division on Okinawa.

mH0 PGPLG Are Transferring East Central Will Host Tournament For North Teams Warriorette Coach Lucille Wood has revealed that East Central Junior College at Decatur has been selected as the site of the North Division girls' championship tournament The tournament which runs from February 20 through 22nd, is composed of teams from Northeast, Northwest, Holmes, Itawamba, East Mississippi and host East Central. At this date, the brackets have not been set up, but early favorites are Itawamba and stole the ball 3 times and accounted for 6 of the 20 points scored in the final quarter. Scoring for Forest are as follows: Phil Harrison with 19; Theodore Ealy with 16; Eddie Pryor with 14; Alexander Ealy with 12; Kim Sessums and Larry Derrick each with 2. Scoring for Bay Springs are as follows; Michael Hosey with 16; Luke Tubb with 12; Donald Crosby with 11; A. Butler and David Phillips each with Tony Hughes with 6.

And Loan Association Record Of case. Pinter, Jessie Burkes, Davis Reed, Hardy Wilson, James Holley, and James Shoemaker. McCrory Girl Is Injured Lisa McCrory, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver McCrory of Morton, narrowly escaped serious injury as she stepped i into the path of a car walking to her class at Morton Attendance Center Tuesday morning.

The accident was termed unavoidable, and fortunately the car was going slow. Lisa was rushed to Scott County Hospital by James R. Johnson, school principal, where doctors said that she would be sore in her hip for some time but would be alright TEXT PUBLISHED A high school composition text by Dr. Frank O'Hare, associate professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi, has been published by Xerox-Ginn and Co. Entitled "Sentencecraft," the book deals with Dr.

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DeDuties Clyde Lindsey and Oliver McCrory, McGriff was driving a log truck on old Highway 80 west of Morton with his wife, and mother-in-law, Mrs. Melba Cumberland, wife of the suspect They said Cumberland flashed a 12 guage shotgun and stopped the truck. The women ran out and Cumberland fired a blast into McGriff face. He died later at Scott County Hospital Cumberland made no effort to flee and gave himself up to the officers. Officers said the shooting followed an argument The only witness to the shooting, officers said, was Lester Williams, who feeds cattle for Russell Robbins.

County Attorney Tommy Lee said the case will be presented to the circuit court grand jury in March. Funeral services for McGriff were held Monday from the Ott and Lee Funeral Chapel in Morton with Rev. Martis Jenkins officiating. Interment was in the Ueltschey cemetery. McGriff was a native of Leake County and had been a resident of Route 1, Morton for the past six years.

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