Nevada County Picayune and Gurdon Times Newspaper Archive

NHS Lady Jays Advance

The Lady Blue Jays from Nevada have a berth in the regional tournament being played at Center Point this week after taking a 52-36 loss to Genoa Central in the consolation brackets.

They had eliminated the Lewisville Lady Red Devils earlier in the tournament, which was played at Gurdon.

The Lady Jays, who after the loss finished fourth in the 7A Central Conference, will play the winner of the 7A West Conference tonight (Wednesday) at 7:00.

Center Point is located between Amity and Glenwood on Highway 8. The new school was the consolidation of Amity and Glenwood.

The Nevada senior boys did not fare as well, losing its first game and being eliminated from the tourney.

GENOA 51

NEVADA 47

Genoa's senior boys pulled an upset of their own early in the tourney as they upset the Nevada Blue Jays in the first round of play.

The two squads were tied 16-16 at the end of one, with the Jays up 30-27 at the break.

Nevada maintained its lead as the buzzer sounded ending the third period with the score 37-33.

In fact, the Jays had a five- point lead with three minutes left in the game, only to see the Dragons rally and post the win.

NEVADA 50

LEWISVILLE 31

The Lady Jays opened their tourney bid well with a 50-31 trouncing of the Lady Red Devils of Lewisville.

The Lady Jays started the game with a 16-2 run in the first period, pushing their lead to 30-6 at the half.

The slaughter continued in the third period as Nevada led 36-22 at the end of three and cruised for the win.

GENOA 52

NEVADA 46

For three-fourths of the game, it appeared as though Genoa's Cinderella campaign would come to an end against the Lady Jays of Nevada.

But their Fairy Godmother arrived in the final eight minutes as they posted a 52- 46 win.

Nevada opened by taking a 14-4 lead in the first quarter and held a 22-16 advantage at the half.

The Lady Jays lead was slimmer at the end of three as the Lady Dragons were fighting back, but trailed 34-32.

Genoa's girls opened up in the final period for the win.

Jason Wilkerson recently spent a week in Washington, D.C., along with eight other students from Smackover High School and students from Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Utah and Georgia. The students attended seminars, toured museums and monuments and met several of the nation's senators and representatives in conjunction with the Close-Up Foundation. The non-profit organization enables students to get at 'close-up' view of the country's capital and to learn first hand about how our government functions. Jason, a junior at Smackover, is the son of Jerry and Lynda Wilkerson and the grandson of Pearl Taylor of Prescott.