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Winding up the season with • three wins at home and one loss on . the road, Rappahannock’s varsity : basketball team stands firmly in ; third place in the Bull Run District. ; The tournament leading to the dis; trict title began Wednesday, Feb. ; 24, with Stonewall Jackson facing • the Panthers at RCHS. ! If the Panthers win (at presstime ; the game had not been played) they : will face the winner of the Page ; County-Brentsville match at War; ren County High School on Friday. The other semi-final match will pit • the winners of Central-Clarke County and George Mason-Strasburg, also being played Wednesday night.
The two winners of Friday’s semi-final games will face off for the district championship on Saturday night at Warren County High School.
The season ended in fine style for the Panthers last Friday night, when they bested Stonewall Jackson 49-43 at RCHS. That win marked the second time the Panthers beat the Generals in regular season meetings.
Rappahannock got into foul trouble early, and by halftime had three starters, Eric Dunn, Butch Foster and Godfrey Freeman, on the bench. . Backups Carroll Frye, Greg Smith and Anthony Porter stepped in, however, and filled their shoes with no problem. According to Coach Gary Leake, the foul problems and “offensive inconsistency” caused him to look to his bench for help.
With a little less than two min.. utes left in the first half, the Panthers ran up six unanswered points, going to the locker room with a 26-18 advantage. Doug Smith also boosted the score by hitting five of six foul shots in the second quarter.
The substitutions from the bench turned the trick, Coach Leake said, ■as the trio “lit up and turned the game around with their sharp play.”
In the third quarter. Stonewall Jackson dented the Panthers’ lead, but was unable to slow Rappahannock’s push toward the win. The : Generals’ effort was hampered by v.the loss of their center, Bryan Good. The 6’ 7” senior fouled out during the third quarter, and as the fourth period began Stonewall still trailed by seven, 34-27. , Coach Leake had nothing but praise for Stonewall’s effort after losing Good’s offensive contribution. -“We thought they might fold, but . they hung tough and came back . strong in the fourth quarter.”
With two minutes left to play, the Generals tied the game, 41-41, but watched the game slip away as ■ Rappahannock ran up eight points to Stonewall’s two, ending the game , with a six-point advantage, 49-43.
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