East Coweta hosted their crosstown rivals Newnan last

Friday night and the results were a little mixed. The Lady Indians

played first and opened up with their most aggressive first half of

the year. "It was the largest crowd that this team has played in

front of this year," said Coach Paula Jones. "They were really up

for the game." East Coweta pressed well against Newnan and got a

lot of turnovers, resulting in a lot of points. Janine Martin scored

14, while Trishica Evans chipped in 11 and Kristy Gaines netted

10. The Lady Indians won by a score of 75-45.

The boys of East Coweta faced Newnan's boys next and the

game was completely different. The first three quarters were a

defensive struggle for both teams. The Indians were having

problems blocking out and gave up too many offensive rebounds

to Newnan. Both teams lit it up in the fourth quarter though,

scoring 20 points a piece and bringing the game down to the wire.

East Coweta got called for a foul late in the game and Newnan was

able to sink their shots and control the game the rest of the way,

winning by a score of 57-53. J.D. Stephens scored 20 points for East

Coweta while Jackie Britt and Darian Burke combined for 17

Indian points. "We need to execute better on both offense and

defense," said Coach John Thrower.

The next night the Indians traveled to Troup County. The

Lady Indians had cooled off considerably from the night before.

They were not shooting well and made too many turnovers, resulting

in a 31-31 tie going into the fourth quarter. Trishica Evans and

Suzy Shellnutt came up big for East Coweta though. Evans scored

10 points in the fourth quarter and Shellnutt hit two big three

pointers to give the Lady Indians the lead and a 49-40 win over

Troup. East Coweta improved their record to 13-2 and a ranking

of ninth in the state in the AAAA division.

The East Coweta boys moved the ball well in their game

against Troup County on Saturday. They attacked the defense with

patience and broke the pressure, but still trailed Troup by one point

in the fourth quarter. East Coweta responded with a 32 point

deluge in the fourth quarter. Marcus Robinson and J.D. Stephens

combined for 21 of those points. The Indians coasted to a 73-64

victory and will face Upson-Lee, Friday.

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