NS girls, Perry boys drop 2nd state contests

The 2012-13 basketball seasons for the Northside High girls

and Perry High boys ended in GHSA second round road losses over the weekend.

On Friday, the Lady Eagles, No. 3 seed from Region 2-AAAAA,

played away from Warner Robins for the second time in the tournament. They

could not keep Forest Park High, located in Clayton County, from advancing to

the quarterfinals for a fourth consecutive season.

Forest Park began the game with an 11-2 run and held on to

win 39-30. Tia Williams of Northside had five points in the first quarter (nine

for the game), which ended at 12-7. Forest Park went 12 minutes without scoring

a field goal, but never relinquished the lead. Two more jumpers paced the home

team to a 29-15 advantage at the half.

Shambria Smith and Williams hit jumpers in an 8-0 Northside

run in the second half that trimmed the margin down to five. The visitors would

not score in the final 2:50 of regulation.

Perry High’s boys, a No. 3 seed from Region 2-AAAA, was

victim of a history-making effort for Eagle’s Landing High Saturday in

McDonough. Eagle’s Landing won 86-50, the most points this program has scored

and its widest margin of victory ever in a playoff game.

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