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The Rappahannock Panthers handed Clarke County a pair of losses before an overflow crowd on Friday. The Rappahannock gym, bursting with fans at the snow-delayed Homecoming game, echoed with cheers all night long as the Panthers easily won both the varsity and junior varsity games.
For the Panthers’ J V, it was particularly exciting, since the Eagles were undefeated in the Bull Run District before Friday’s game. The 54,-40 win put Rappahannock into second place in the standings, and dropped Clarke County into a threeway tie for first place with Page County and Central.
Although Coach Gary Leake said that he felt the Panther varsity did not play up to its ability, he was obviously satisfied with the win, which moved Rappahannock into second place in Bull Run behind Central High School. “We got into foul trouble early, and committed way too many turnovers for this point in the Season.” He added that, so far this year, Clarke County has had a problem with turnovers, “and maybe we played too much on their level.”
“You’ve got to go through the thorns to get to the rose,” he said of the Rappahannock effort, “but Pm not liking it.” > Coach Leake attributed part of the problem to the emotion of the Homecoming game. “I think they got caught up with the crowd and tried a little too hard. It took us out of our game plan.” ; That emotion cost the Panther starters dearly, with the team committing a total of 36 fouls during the .game. Forward Anthony Porter fouled out, and Mike Dearing, Godfrey Freeman, Julian Groves and Eric Dunn ended the game with four fpuls each. I The referees, Coach Leake said, Ivamed both teams before the game that they were going to call a close >^ime, “and they did.” But he said that the constant whistles interrupted the flow of the game, and the players were unable to be as aggressive as they thought they should be. : Inaccurate shooting by the Clarke team may have saved the Panthers, since the Eagles shot only 47 percent of their free throws, sinking just 21 of 45.
“Clarke County had a heck of a good team,” the coach said, with an average of four players in double figures in each game. “We did a good
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