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sports The Jackson Sun, Jackson, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 1983 Humboldt bursts Maidens7 Utopia Lake Co. derails S. Fulton girls' prep basketball Humboldt's 16th-ranked Lady Vikings brought llth-ranked North Side back to earth Tuesday when they won a 58-55 non-district battle at Humboldt to highlight area girls' prep basketball action. North Side, 12-4, was flying high after victories over perennial powers Chester County and McNairy last week.

But Humboldt, 13-4, refused to be the Maidens' third major victim. "This was a big win for us because we had hit a stretch where we weren't playing well," said Humboldt Coach Tommy Colvin. "We knew North Side had to be good to beat Chester County and McNairy. "Both teams started out with a full-court, man-to-man defense. But we finally had to get out of it or there probably wouldn't have been any players or officials left standing.

I thought both clubs played well, and we're happy to come out on top." Three players produced the bulk of Humboldt's scoring. Brenda Lumpkin netted 20 points, Gladys Shirley had 19 and Tammie Porter added 17. Angelia Godwin's 16 points topped North Side. Michelle McLeary added 15 for the Maidens. Camden's young squad shocked Lexington 60-43 on the road to improve its record to 5-9.

Lexington is 8-4. "We did a lot of little things right that we hadn't been doing, and we finally put four quarters of solid basketball together tonight," declared Camden Coach Frank Wright, who doesn't have a senior on the team. "I'm sure we caught 'em a little flat, especially with Charlotte Hart not being able to play full speed. But it's a big win for us, and I hope our girls will gain some confidence out of it." Delana Collomp and Sonjah Odom sparked Camden's scoring with 18 and 17 points, respectively. Lisa Rhodes had 15 points for Lexington.

Hart, hampered by a foot injury, netted 11 points. Crockett Mills, 16-0, raced past Tennessee Academy 73-41 behind Lisa Butler's 25 points. Angela East added 22 for the Tigerettes. Chester County, 15-1, had an easier time with Milan in its second meeting with the Lady Bulldogs. The Eaglettes won 5346 at home compared to a two-point triumph at Milan.

Shelia Welch canned 20 points and Leanne Peace added 17 for CCHS. Stella McClinton led Milan with 22 points. Savannah, 6-9, was a 72-40 winner over South Side, 4-11. The Tigerettes led 33-16 at intermission. Old Hickory Academy won its second game this season, stopping Jackson Christian 36-30.

Margaret Labry's 12 points led OHA. Westview, 11-6, continued its post- 4 fi 1 Sun photo by lorry Arherton Maury City's Andre Yancy (40) goes high over Alamo's Timmy McCurry (22) for two points during Tuesday's high school basketball battle at Crockett County. Alamo won for the 16th time in 17 games, 50-48, and protected its No. 5 Class A state ranking. Lake County's upset of sixth-ranked South Fulton highlighted area boys' prep basketball action Tuesday, but there were several games that warranted a share of the spotlight.

Fifth-ranked Alamo slipped past Maury City by two points, Dresden upset Greenfield, North Side edged Humboldt in overtime, Milan surprised Chester County, and Covington thumped Brownsville. boys' prep basketball After the first Associated Press prep poll came out Tuesday, Lake County took aim at the Red Devils, who tied Gatlin-burg-Pittman for the sixth spot in Class A ball. Paced by Tony Blake's 15 points, Lake County shocked its visitors 47-45 in overtime. The Falcons, who are also the only team to have beaten fifth-ranked Alamo, led South Fulton 26-20 at intermission. It was 41-all at the end of regulation play.

South Fulton's record dropped to 144. Alamo, 15-1 overall, fought off the upset bug by nipping county rival Maury City 50-48 at home on Johnny Bold's two free throws with three seconds remaining. The Red Devils led 16-8 after the first quarter but saw Maury City pull within four, 24-20, by intermission. It was tight the rest of the way, and MC's Ed Koonce tied it, 48-all, on a jumper from the left corner with nine seconds remaining before Bold hit both ends of a one-and-one. Sam Cole's 14 points topped Alamo.

Koonce paced Maury City with 19. Greenfield, 13-3 overall, ran into a buzz-saw at Dresden, losing the district encounter 63-52. "I guess this is our biggest win of the season so far," said Dresden Coach Chuck West. "Greenfield was the district's top team, but now they're tied with Kenton and South Fulton for the lead with two district losses each. "We played real good down the stretch when the pressure was on us, and that's something we haven't been doing lately." Andre Washington netted 16 points and Tim Wright added 10 to pace the Lions, 8-7 overall.

Jeff Crouse's 21 points led Greenfield. Humboldt rallied against North Side to send the game into overtime before the Tribe claimed a 75-72 victory at Humboldt. Fred Godwin hit a baseline jumper from 10 feet out, and Tim Allen canned three free throws in the overtime period to provide North Side's winning margin. The Indians led 40-25 at intermission, but it was 70-70 at the end of regulation. Rusty Winslow led Indian scorers with 19 points.

Godwin added 14. Jimmy Hunt was Humboldt's top gun with 22 points. North Side is 7-9 overall, while the Vikings dropped to 6-9. Milan evened its worksheet at 7-7 with a surprising 63-50 triumph over Chester County at Henderson. Jerome Bates led the way with 21 points.

Steve Howard and Darrell Evans added 12 each. Chester County, 10-6, was paced by Mike Phelps and Leonard Johnson, both of whom had 22 points. Covington, 13-2, captured a key District 13-AAA victory at home by beating Brownsville 86-69. Perry Adams netted 30 points, while Bob Williams and Ray Matthews added 16 each for the Chargers. Ricky Nelson's 28 points led Browns- Vandy gives TUSCALOOSA, Ala.

(AP) Vander-bilfs 81-79 Southeastern Conference victory over lOth-ranked Alabama may have been a bitter pill for Coach Wimp Sanderson to swallow, but CM. Newton, who took three Alabama teams to SEC championships during a 12-year stint as head coach, had reason to savor the moment. Newton went to Vanderbilt as head coach last season after a year as associate SEC commissioner in Birmingham. From 1969-80, Newton compiled a 211-123 record at Alabama and coached his teams to SEC championships in 1974, 1975 and 1976. "It was awfully good to win, to say the least," Newton said Tuesday night.

"I thought the team played as well as we could play. I've got to compliment Wimp and his team for coming back. A team with less character wouldn't have been able to come back like Alabama did tonight And I thought we did a good job hanging onto the lead." In the only other game involving a ranked team Tuesday night, David Russell scored a game-high 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 3 St. John's beat Connecticut 85-73 to improve its record to 14-0.

The victory tied a 72-year-old school record for consecutive victories at the start of a season. In 1910-11, the Redmen won all 14 games they played. Alabama's Sanderson said overconfi- Christmas surge with a 64-56 triumph over Trenton Peabody, 9-5. Renae Phelps paced the Lady Chargers with 27 points. Kim Webb had 18 and Crystal Evans added 15.

Michelle Bolden was Peabody's top gun with 17 points. Trezevant, 18-1, got a scare from Clarksburg before claiming a 47-44 victory. Barbra Hillsman and Sylvia Hans-bro scored 14 points each to lead Trezevant. Cathy Johnson's 23 points and Kim Williams' 14 triggered the Lady Rockets' upset attempt. Maury City overcame a three-point halftime deficit to upset Alamo 46-45 at Alamo.

Vanessa Brown and Sherry Par-ham sparked the Lady Wildcats with 15 and 12 points, respectively. Kenton, 15-3, held off Dyer County to pick up a 59-52 triumph. Tammy Burress netted 27 points and Beth Smithson added 16 for the Lady Warriors. Martha Carter topped DC scorers with 21. Brownsville, 11-5, had no trouble with Covington while taking a 52-39 win.

Debra Taylor led the Tomkittens with 18 points. Adamsville, 9-4, flew past Sardis 90-20. It was 51-8 at intermission. Janet Ross had 22 points for the Lady Cardinals, i Dresden, 8-6, knocked off Greenfield 50-49 in overtime at home. Julie Mayo's 15 points paced the Lionettes.

Sabrina Thomas had 21 for Greenfield, 7-6 over-: all. Riverside, 7-4, came up with a 54-51 district win at Middleton. Larhonda Scott-led the way with 21 points. Gena Sweat had-18 and Denise Lewis 17 for Middleton. Atwood beat Bruceton 45-35 after lead-; ing 23-9 at intermission.

Friendship won its first game, beating; Bells 45-39 at. home. Cristi Elmore's 16; points paced Friendship scorers. Lake County' polished off South Fultorv 55-42 behind Carol Fisher's 22 Donna Zickefoose had 18 for South Ful-: ton. Dyersburg, 104, tripped Fayette-Ware-behind the 26-point effort of freshman: Sherelle Warren.

Linda Hulbert netted-23 for Fayette-Ware. Gadsden, 7-9, beat Halls 55-45 asC Dorothy Beard scored 27 points and Jack-; ie Brown added 22. Camille Pitts had 21; points for Halls. And Gleason, 12-5, stormed past PaK mersville 56-32. Tammy Doster netted 221 points and Laurie Morris added 19 for: the Lady Bulldogs.

Sun photo by Bill Cox Lambuth's Joe Neely slides between two FHC defenders for a one-hand-: ed jump shot and two points during the Eagles' 80-75 win Tuesday. 1itniiiiiaiiiimiTfiAfeiiii''arir ftf j- Lambuth boosts VSAC record ville, 9-7 overall. Kenton, 8-7, got a 44-point performance from junior Anthony Cannon as it rolled past Dyer County 96-69. The Warriors led 62-25 at intermission. Savannah, 8-7, had four players in double figures as it stopped South Side 68-58.

Tom Irwin's 24 points led the Tigers. South Side, 5-11, was led by Danny Starks' 22 points. Old Hickory Academy, 6-7, ripped Jackson Christian 81-36. Trenton Peabody, 11-6, stormed past winless Westview 84-56. Scottie Pigue's 20 points headed the Golden Tide.

Middleton, 6-6, zapped Riverside 77-58 at home. Wayne Haddix netted 22 points, Wayne Cheairs had 19 and Gary Hall added 14 for the Tigers. Riverside's record slipped to 7-4. Lexington, 7-5, defeated Camden 69-53 behind Kenneth McGill's 22 points. Bruceton, 9-6, zapped Atwood 71-49 as Randall Yarbrough netted 23 points for the Tigers.

Lambuth improved its record to 3-8 but Jackson State's and Lane's dropped to 2-7 in area men's college basketball action Tuesday. Lambuth rallied from a two-point half-time deficit to an 80-75 decision over Freed-Hardeman. Jackson State trailed by 17 at halftime and by 31 (96-65) at the end against Aquinas. And Lane men's and women's teams lost to Rust. Here are highlights: Lambuth 80, FHC 75: Lambuth's overall record is poor but its Volunteer State Athletic Conference record is 2-1 after the comeback win at its own fieldhouse.

Marcus Glass and Sonny Poston led the Eagles, who shot 47 percent from the field and hit 14 of 24 free throws. Glass hit eight of 12 field goals, scored 17 points, had 11 rebounds and several blocked shots. Poston hit 10 of 18 field goals and scored 22. However, it was Jim Green's two free throws, his only points of the game, that gave Lambuth a comfortable 78-73 lead with some 30 seconds left. Freed-Hardeman hit 46 percent of its field goals and 13 of 21 free throws.

Randall Avery led with 22 points, Garrett Grills scored 18 and Tony Woodall had 12 rebounds. Aquinas 96, JSCC 65: Aquinas put the Generals to bed early' and sang taps in the second half. Five of the visitors from Nashville scored double figures, including Mark Watkins, who led with 29. Eddie Foster scored 24 and Mark Fayne 21 for JSCC. Newton sentimental win Trezevant, 8-8, got a strong test from Clarksburg before winning 59-55.

Reggie Joyner's 20 points and Ricky Gray's 18 led the Blue Devils. Dudley Rivers paced the Rockets with 20 points. Friendship, 9-5, rolled past Bells 85-54. Calvin Fields canned 27 points, while James Fields and Robert Cloar added 18 each. Gary Peyton had 19 for Bells.

Crockett Mills picked up its second win of the year by beating winless Tennessee Academy 67-38. CM's Scott Whitby netted 28 points. Adamsville's Clint Majors scored 29 points to lead his team to a 71-59 win over Sardis. Chuck Haynes canned 24 points in McKenzie's 71-50 triumph at Big Sandy. Fayette-Ware, 7-3, nudged Dyersburg 59-53 in a 13-AAA battle at Somerville.

Dyersburg, 11-5, was paced by Don Mann's 22 points. Halls knocked off Gadsden 58-57, and Gleason beat Palmersville 55-49. Newton said Alabama fell behind in the first half for three reasons. "They shot poorly. We rebounded well, and we shot well.

That was the key. Nothing we did defensively really bothered Alabama. They just executed poorly offensively, and they shot the ball poorly." Sanderson said the loss of Davis, who will be out for several weeks, may have contributed to the defeat, but it wasn't a deciding factor. His replacement, Eric Richardson, scored 24 points and helped keep Alabama in the contest during the first half. "I'm not using the loss of Mike Davis as an excuse because we were not obviously ready to play.

And I don't know if we would have won with him," Sanderson said, "but it had to be a factor because of our lack of depth." Alabama jumped to a seven-point lead early in the game, then missed a series of shots. Vanderbilt pounced on the opportunity to close the gap. Cox scored six straight points to put the Commodores ahead for good with 12:38 remaining in the first half. Vandy's biggest lead of the first half was 10 points with 8:01 left. Cox racked up 14 points by halftime to give the Commodores a 41-32 margin.

Vanderbilt kept up the tempo in the second half, amassing a 23-point lead within six minutes. dence and the loss of a starting guard may have contributed to Alabama's defeat, its third at the hands of SEC opponents since Jan. 3. Senior guard Mike Davis was benched with a broken thumb after the Tide's victory over sixth-ranked Kentucky Saturday. Sanderson said that win may have made his players too confident going into the match with unranked Vanderbilt.

"I think we thought after Kentucky, we could show up and win," he said. "The Kentucky game is no bigger game than any other conference game, except in the minds of others. They count as one win and one loss." Sanderson blamed himself for the loss. A Vanderbilt blitz led by Phil Cox sent Alabama reeling in the first half, and the Tide didn't recover until the last 10 minutes of the game. "It's obvious that up until 10 minutes in the game, we weren't prepared to win, and that is my responsibility as coach," Sanderson said, his voice cracking with emotion.

"You can't play 10 minutes in a league and expect to beat anybody in this league." Vanderbilt improved its record to 11-4 overall and 2-2 in conference play. The Tide dropped to 9-3 and 1-3 in the SEC. Cox led Vanderbilt's scoring with 24 points, including two drives that netted 12 unanswered points. Rust women 64, Lane 56: Rust jumped to a 26-18 halftime advantage and never looked back. The victors hit 26 of 41 field goal attempts and 12 of 21 free throws.

Lane made 23 of 45 field goal attempts and 10 of 16 free throws. Carlos Adkisson paced the Lady Dragons, 0-7, with 19 points. Denise Smith had 15. Brenda Christian led Rust with 15 points. Rust men 61, Lane 50: Rust improved its overall record to 11-3 behind Eddie Petty's 20 points..