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Chucky Jenkins was the defensive stand-out for the eighth grade Panthers. “He's really aggressive on defense,” the coach said. “We’d put him on the best offensive player for the opposing team.”
Guard Deryck Moore sparked the Panthers’ outside game with his long jumpers while Craig Williams led the team’s fast break.
Mike Brown, Bobby Huff, Michael Starks and Andrew Ellis all provided encouragement and substitution strength from the bench.
Eighth grade is where youngsters learn what it means to belong on a team. The kids and their parents may find it hard to understand but a coach has to weigh his desire to play everybody against wanting to win (and boost moral).” Connifey said.
He had a few words of encouragement for his nonstarters, recalling that Ken Estes didn’t see much playing time as an eighth grader two years ago but is now starting for the RCHS junior varsity.
"So they need to hang in there,” the coach advised, noting that teenage athletes mature at different rates.
Started With Win
The eighth grade Panthers began their season on December 8 against William Monroe. “It was a really exciting game because we went down by six early. I thought it was going to be a long year but we came back—the same thing happened in all our first three games,” Connifey recalled.
Tommy Jenkins was high scorer with 12 points in the 32-21 victory over Wiliam Monroe after Rappahannock grabbed the lead at the half and stayed in front for the rest of the contest.
Facing Stonewall Jackson on December 3, "things really looked bad” as the Panthers lagged 10-2 at the end of the first quarter, the coach reported. "But Craig Williams brought us back in the second period, driving in for three lay-ups in a row and then Thomas Rector kept us in front during the second half, ending up as high scorer with 11 points,” he said, to give Rappahannock a 35-31 win.
The Panther beasties overwhelmed Page County in their first meeting. 26-19. "But the real surprise came in our second game. We were 5-1 and thought we were in first place in the league but then we found out Page had
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