Wednesday, January 16, 2002

VIDALIA, La. – In a battle of top 10 teams in Class 2A and

for first place in District 3-2A, the second-ranked McCall Dragons

proved they are the team to beat with a 79-60 win over the ninth-ranked

Vidalia Vikings Tuesday night.

Derrick White led McCall (19-2, 3-0) with 25 points and Byron

Williams added 23 points.

Vidalia (17-3, 2-1) hung with McCall in the first quarter and

trailed by only two points, 17-15, at the end of the quarter.

The second quarter, however, belonged to the Dragons as they

outscored the Vikings 21-12 to take a 38-27 halftime lead.

McCall would not let Vidalia put together any big run that

would have gotten the Vikings back in the contest.

The Dragons outscored the Vikings 20-17 in the third quarter

and 21-16 in the fourth quarter.

Tony Hawkins led Vidalia with 20 points and Ajay Warner had

18 points.

McCall 81, VHS girls 46

The Lady Dragons opened up a close game by outscoring the Lady

Vikings 24-6 in the second quarter to take a 43-24 lead at the

half.

Things didn’t get any better for the Lady Vikings (5-10, 1-2)

in the third quarter as McCall outscored them 18-8 to increase

its lead to 29 points.

Bea Hunter led McCall (13-6, 2-0) with 27 points. Donna Fair

added 20 points. Gemecia Williams led Vidalia with 12 points and

Katrina Singleton chipped in with 10 points.

Vidalia hosts the Wilkinson County High Wildcats Friday night.

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