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Sports Page 4B Page 4B THETHE TOWNS TOWNS COUNTY COUNTY HERALD HERALD January January 1, 2020 1, 2020 Towns County Sports Towns County’s Leader In Sports ooolgofk[gmflq`]jYd\f]lÛÝÛ<¤eYadÛl[`]jYd\³oaf\klj]Yef]l Indians power past Hiwassee Dam, overwhelmed at Andrews By Jerry Kendall the Wildcats sank a deuce near Towns County Herald the half minute mark for a 46-19 Staff Writer lead at intermission. The Indians held a slight The Indians and their advantage of 7-6 for a 52-26 followers learned that the unde- deficit by the 5:32 mark of the feated Wildcats were every bit third quarter before the Wildcats as capable as had been indicated extended their lead to 63-32 by their winning their first six entering the fourth quarter with games by an average of 36.1 Berrong contributing six points points as they took quick con- and Crowder five for the Indians trol and took an 86-41 victory during the quarter. Four differ- over the Indians. The Wildcats ent Indians entered the scoring improved their record to 7-0 column in the fourth quarter with the victory while the Indi- with senior Ali Momin con- ans fell to 4-3 with both of the tributing a trey and junior Seth previous losses having been Kinsey and freshman Caleb very competitive until the clos- Berrong a deuce each for their ing minutes of the games. first high school varsity points The Indians rebounded as the Wildcats closed out an from the decisive loss at An- 86-41 victory. drews the night prior with Nine of 12 Indians play- perhaps their most consistent ing in the game entered the performance of the season in a scoring column with leaders resounding 69-49 victory over being Aidan Berrong with 14 visiting Hiwassee Dam. The points, Crowder with 9, and Eagles had used an 18-2 finish Kolby Moss and the Indians would bounce back from the loss at Andrews with four straight wins and a BOTS title. Photo/Lowell Nicholson senior Jacob Kinsey and junior in taking a come from behind and two for two free throw with 4, and Oakes with 3 while sion came for the Indians when the remainder of the first half, Kolby Moss with 4 each while 56-49 victory in a foul infested shooting by Crowder. The In- nine Indians provided at least the Andrews Wildcats blistered however, with six straight points leaders in assists were Oakes game in North Carolina last dians’ only scoring lull in the one rebound with leaders being the nets from all angles during a between the 5:29 and 4:36 with 5 and Crowder with 3. month with very productive game followed, however, with Crowder with 8, Hampton with 34-5 opening run in barely more marks and an eventual overall Leaders in rebounds were Jacob junior Aidan Berrong absent. the Eagles finishing the quarter 7, and Moss with 6. Moss took than ten minutes of playing time 14-10 run for a 44-19 Wildcats Kinsey with 8 and Oakes with Indians 69, Hiwassee on a 12-5 run interrupted only the lead in steals and blocked by the 5:58 mark of the second lead by the forty seven seconds 5 while five different Indians Dam 49 – It required just twenty by a free throw by senior Jacob shots with 4 of each and Oakes quarter. It seemed during this mark of the second quarter. contributed one steal each. All seven seconds for the Indians to Kinsey and two deuces by Moss contributed 2 steals. The Eagles scoring run that radar might be The Indians scoring run was 11 Wildcats seeing action in build a 6-0 lead at the 7:33 mark for a 34-24 Towns lead at inter- were led in scoring by Radford attracting the Wildcats shots in highlighted by eight points by the game entered the scoring of the first quarter against Hi- mission. Cheek and Connor Davis with pulling them through the net junior Aidan Berrong and four column with leaders being ju- wassee Dam on a steal and dash The Indians returned to 14 points each as they saw their while rejecting shots by the by sophomore Collin Crowder niors Kabe Elis with 22 points, for the basket by junior Aidan their prior consistency in the record fall to 3-4 with the loss. Indians. with sophomore Kyle Oakes Tucker Holloway with 19, and Berrong, a putback basket by third quarter as they outscored Several mentions have The Indians struck back contributing three assists before Gage Gillespie with 11. sophomore Collin Crowder, and the Eagles 21-15 for a 55-39 been made about the early a second Indians steal and field lead entering the fourth quarter season game at Hiwassee Dam Junior Johnson Is Gone goal by junior Kolby Moss. with Moss including a trey when so much light touch con- By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter The early onslaught con- among nine points and Berrong tact resulted in foul calls with tinued following an Eagles adding six and junior Reace the Eagles receiving thirty Junior Johnson, racing putback basket on a trey by Hampton four. The Indians five free throw attempts and icon and winner of 50 NASCAR Berrong and a coast to coast races passed away last week at closed out the 69-49 victory especially benefiting from foul the age of 88. run and field goal by Crowder with Crowder scoring six points trouble costing Indian play- Robert Glenn Johnson Jr., for an 11-2 Towns lead. A trey in the fourth quarter and the ers lots of playing time. They better known as Junior John- and a deuce by Hiwassee Dam crowd erupting when inexpe- again exceeded the hightest son, was a NASCAR driver of got the Eagles within 11-7 but rienced but very athletic senior number of free throw attempts the 1950s and 1960s. He won the Indians struck again with Ali Momin placed an exclama- of fourteen by opponents in six 50 NASCAR races in his career deuces by sophomore Kyle tion point on the victory when prior games as they were twelve before retiring in 1966. In the Oakes, Crowder, and Moss he sank actually his second trey for nineteen but with this being 1970s and 1980s, he became a and Berrong’s second trey of in two nights during the final misleading as they were five NASCAR racing team owner, the quarter for a 20-7 Indians minute of play. sponsoring NASCAR champi- for eight during the final 2:42 ons Cale Yarborough and Darrell lead which became 20-10 at Scoring leaders for the of the game while both teams Waltrip. He produced a line of quarter’s end. Indians for the game were Moss had less experienced player in fried pork skins and country ham. The Indians resumed the with 22 points, Berrong with 17, the game. He is credited as the first to use early scoring prowess with a Crowder with 16, Oakes with Andrews 86, Indians 41 the drafting technique in stock 9-2 run by the 4:59 mark of the 6, and Hampton with 4. Seven – There are actually quite rare car racing. He was nicknamed second quarter for a 29-12 ad- different Indians contributed occasions when sports teams are “The Last American Hero” and vantage highlighted by a trey by at least one assist with leaders forced to simply tip their hat to his autobiography is of the same Moss and four points on a deuce being Moss with 5, Crowder an opponent and one such occa- name. In May 2007, Johnson teamed with Piedmont Distillers of Madison, North Carolina, to Cale Yarborough and Junior Johnson in 1979 Championship... continued from Page 2B introduce the company’s second onships — three straight by Cale Speedway and Richmond Race- others recalling the previously Berrong and Moss for just a an insurmountable Indians lead moonshine product, called “Mid- Yarborough (1976-1978) and way. However, a late-race penalty night Moon Moonshine”. three by Darrell Waltrip (1981, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway mentioned 20-4 Union finish 50-41 Indians lead. The Indians of 67-61 at twenty one seconds Johnson was 14 when he in Blairsville. An old fashioned opened the fourth quarter with a and the Panthers could not dent 1982 and 1985). Roval eliminated his chances of started hauling liquor for his fa- Johnson was arrested in advancing to the Round of 12. 3-point play by Crowder on a slight 9-8 advantage on a deuce the scoreboard again with the ther’s moonshining operation. 1956. He had gone out to his fa- Newman was one point ahead of baseline drive at the 7:09 mark of by Moss, two deuces by Ber- Indians having the long coveted He was famous for the ‘bootleg ther’s still on foot, unaware that the cutoff on Lap 106, but was as- the second quarter and a pair of rong, and ending with a trey by championship. turn’ or ‘about-face,’ in which, agents had it staked out. The rev- sessed a 30-second penalty after three point plays by Moss at 4:43 junior Luis Quijada at 3:16 for a Moss led the Indians in if the Federal agents had a road- enuers couldn’t catch him in a failing to perform a stop-and-go and 3:54 had the Indians ahead 59-49 Towns lead. scoring with 23 points with other block up for you or were too car, but he could not outrun them for missing the chicane.
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