7th Grade Boys- North Habersham vs. South Habersham (1/21/11 5:15pm)

Today it was another rivalry match in Habersham County as North Habersham and South Habersham's 7th Grade Boys would go face to face once again. Both teams came into this game looking pretty even but at the end of the night the scoreboard would be the determining factor. South took the lead in this game pretty early leaving Head Coach Doug Vermilya's North Habersham boys behind early in the game. In this game, like the rest of North Habersham's game this evening the rim would obtain a major problem for the teams. North was showing an issue with their ability of getting the ball to go through the net, most of the shots were missed, not because of air balls, but because of the ball somehow making its way around the basket. Both offenses were struggling to make anything of their drives. By the end of the first quarter South had a short lead with the Bobcats trailing with a score of 6-0. North's boys could just not seem to get a handle on things with the Rebels never allowing North to take a demanding lead in the game and defeating the win-less Bobcats with a final score of 23-16. Players of the game are: South- Tyler Boone (#34) and North's Cody Patterson (#32.) South's Head Coach Jammie Caine of the Rebels had this to say after her win:

My boys played great. I couldn't ask for harder workers this season. They have come a really long way, and I love my boys

8th Grade Girls- North Habersham vs. South Habersham (1/21/11 6:15pm)

Tonight both North Habersham and South Habersham met again in what some call the clean old fashion hate version Habersham style. North scored the first points but they were continuously over scored through out the 1st half. North struggled with accuracy during the entire course of the 1st quarter and it continued to show. At the end of the 1st quarter, South was leading North with a short 10-6 lead. North slightly improved within the remaining time in the 1st half but it would be the effort put forward in the 2nd half that would decide the ballgame. North scored towards the end of the first half giving the Rebels a close 20-18 lead. North came out in the second half showing much more potential than what they even came close to showing in the opening quarter. North finally regained the lead from the rebels with 4:25 left in the 3rd quarter, and during the quarter North Habersham would only allow South to score 2 points, while fielding 15 and ending the quarter with a score of 33-22 North leading. North dominated (to say the least) the 4th quarter, not allowing South to ever retake the lead in the game with an amazing performance by Stormi Abernathy in which added to the miraculous lead North possessed. North Habersham would go on to beat South Habersham 49-29 and continue their 2 year (8th grade girls) streak against South. Each team was appointed a "Player of the Game" for their outstanding performance on the court. For North Habersham, Stormi Abernathy (#24) for the 2nd game in a row scoring a total of 26 points in which included two three point shots. South Habersham's player of the game was Jalen Davis (#15) who scored 18 points for the Rebels. Mike Ray, head coach of North Habersham's 8th Grade Girls, had this to say after the game:

I take no more pleasure winning againts South than anyone else. we approach South with the same idea that we do with all other teams on the schedule. In fact sometimes I wish we didn't have to play each other, but as far as a win goes Im glad to get another in. I commence South on their effort.

8th Grade Girls- North Habersham vs. Madison County (1/18/11 5:15pm)

North Habersham's 8th Grade Lady Bobcats were in action this evening as they were taking on Madison County for this last home game during their regular season. The bobcats would be missing one player that has had a major scoring effort on their team this year, Schyler Miller (#22), suffering a fractured right wrist in a previous game. The bobcats would show that one player would not have an effect on the team's ability to operate. Opening up the 1st quarter the Bobcats showed that they would also need to put together a new offensive plan as they trailed Madison 14-10 at the end of the 1st quarter. The 2nd quarter was a loud, diverse, and interesting quarter in what some would call the wildest quarter in North Habersham Basketball history. North was in the process of making a tie game while Madison was still trying to find their defense with 2:26 left in the 1st half. Madison scored 7 points and North Habersham scored 5 points in a huge quarter-long battle. Late in the 1st half the Bobcats were scoring back to back points and had scored twice (Including a 3 pointer) within 32 seconds to go when injured player, Schyler Miller made a trip off the bench and over to the Clock Operator to ask how many fouls a certain player had. As soon as she went to sit back down a referee blew his whistle and signaled a technical foul against the Bobcats. Come to find out, Mike Ray and Miller were both standing up and were both considered as "coaches" and a "coaches technical foul" was signaled with 21.1 seconds remaining on the clock. The stands went from loud to deafening when the foul was signaled as the Bobcat fans were in disbelief. So Madison's #12 made a free-throw to make the score 29-23 at the half. North came back out of the locker room with one mission; seek and destroy. The Bobcats scored 16 points in the 3rd quarter and only let Madison gather 5 points. With the Bobcats leading for the first time in the game they would not allow Madison to take the lead back but keeping the score close enough to keep the fans on the edge of their seat. North totaled 13 more points in the 4th quarter and allowed Madison to score 6 points in what was a surprising comeback for the Lady Bobcats, winning the game 52-40. Both teams agreed by the end of the night that the referees were far from the best as both stands wanted an explanation from the referees disputable calling at the end of the night. The player of the game (elected by Players, Coaches and Stat Keepers) was North Habersham's Stormi Abernathy (#24), scoring 24 points. The 8th Grade Lady Bobcat's next game is at South Habersham this Friday at 5:15PM.