Cedar Shoals High School - Mirari Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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Top left-George Watkins goes up for 2. Top middle— Muggsy Kenimer shoots from outside while Zack Richardson gets ready for rebound. Top right-Coach Warlick talks to students at pep rally. Bottom left-Weyman Christopher and Neal Rogers take a breather at time-out. Bottom middle-George Watkins goes up for two more. Bottom right-Neal Rogers gets ready to shoot. WIN REGION TITIF Jags Scalp Indian Five ATLANTA - Cedar Shoals became the second Athens team in as many years to win the Region 8-AAA championship by defeating Cross Keys 67-56 Saturday night at Tucker High School gymnasium. Both the Jaguars and the Indians now advance to the state AAA playoffs which begin March 5 In Atlanta. Cedar will play the loser of last night ' s 6-AAA title game between Newton County and Rockdale County, while Cross Keys will meet the winner of that game- Cedar follows in the footsteps of cross- town rival Clarke Central in taking the 8- AAA crown. The Jaguars, who started fast this season before hitting a midsea- son slump, also won the subregion 8-AAA North title last week, The region title game started slowly with Cedar scratching out a 14-10 lead aft- er one quarter. The Jaguars warmed up in the second period, however, scoring 24 points to grab a 38-29 halftlme lead. Newtoo County lost to Rockdale County to 58-S8 Id the RegloD 6-AAA finals and will play Cedar Shoals in the first round of the state tournament March 5. Newton and Cedar met twice during the regular season, with each team wtoniag on the other ' s home court. Cross Keys whittled the lead to two points at 46-44 near the end of the third quarter, but at that point Indian center Kevin Curl fouled out of the game, The absence of Curl, Cross Keys ' leading scor- er in the Indians ' 71-54 semifinal win over Peachtree. made a big difference in the game as Cedar immediately jumped out to a 50-44 lead and was never seriously threatened after that. The game was marred by an excessive amount of fouls and poor shooting from the field. A total of 44 fouls were called, 21 on Cedar and 23 on Cross Keys, and three players, Cross Keys ' Curl and George Hood and Cedar reserve Willie Cooper, fouled out of the game. Four more play- ers, Neal Rogers, Zack Richardson and James Hunter of Cedar and Sam Martin of Cross Keys, finished the game with four fouls each. Neither team shot well from the floor or from the foul line for that matter. The Jaguars hit 25 of 66 field goals for 37.9 per cent, but the Indians were even worse with 20 of 69 for an icy 29 per cent. Cedar hit 17 of 29 free throws for 58 6 per cent, while Cross Keys was somewhat more accurate with 18 of 26 for 69,2 per cent. Rogers was the Jaguars ' leading scorer with 15 points, followed by Weyman Chris- topher with 13 and Cooper with 11 Zack Richardson, who scored 26 points in Ce- dar ' s 63-47 win over Sequoyah in the semi- finals a night earlier, was held to seven points. The Indians ' Martin poured in 19 points to lead all scorers. Hood was Cross Keys only other played in double figures with 12, The win improved Cedar ' s season re- cord to 20-5. Cross Keys dropped to 19-7 with the loss.