1972 Newton County p3
From 8-29-14
Continuing our story of the 1972 Rams---coming off the big win over Forest Park, the Rams blasted Griffin 82-53, as Donnie Freeman scored 26 pts., & Scott Price had 15 rebounds. With a 13-1 record, the Rams beat Henry Co. in the Rockdale Inv. Tourn., 101-82.
Kevin Price had his "career" scoring night, as he scored 41 points, one point shy of Tim Christian's school scoring record of 42! He also tied the school record of most points in one quarter, 16, & made all 17 straight free throw attempts! Donnie Freeman scored 28 points & had a career-high 27 rebounds! In the championship game Freeman scored 24 pts. with 15 rebounds, as Rockdale fell to the Rams, 90-68. With much talk about just how good this Ram team was, the AJC came out with a huge article on the day the Rams were traveling to Newnan to face a dangerous Newnan High team. It didn't phase Freeman as he scored 22 points, had 17 rebounds, and Kevin added18 points in the 69-61 win. Back home, the Rams defeated LaGrange 71-46, to give the Rams a17-1 record. Kevin Price scored 25 & Neal Dickerson had the best scoring game of his career (22pts), as the Rams won 78-63, and Scott Price added 16 rebounds. Kevin Price continued "on a roll" as he scored 29 pts. in a 78-46 win over Therrell, and then had his 2nd highest scoring total of his career with 31 pts. as the seniors celebrated Senior Night with a 95-67 win over Washington High of Atlanta. This brought up the game that everyone was talking about. Forest Park & Newton had identical records, and the winner was going to be top-seeded on the Region Tournament, & both teams would obviously like to be in the bracket opposite Price HS. The Panthers had a home-court winning streak of 64 straight victories, and decided they would sell out the game prior to game-day. When the announcement was made public that we only had 250 tickets available for our fans, there was a line of people who spent the night outside the school, in order to assure that they would be able to buy tickets to the game! Before a large home crowd, the Forest Park Panthers led most of the first half, and early in the 3rd qtr. Freeman's scoring & Kevin Price's rebounding took over the game as the Rams scored 10 straight points & broke the game open, as the Panthers' home winning streak came to an end! The 69-65 NCHS win was mainly fueled by Freeman's 26 pts. & Kevin Price's 17 rebounds, as the Rams assured themselves top-seeding in the Region Tournament! . Now the Rams' goal was to win their 5th straight Region Championship (& the 10th Region Championship in 12 years)!
