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The Champion, Thursday, October 22-28,2015
SPORTS
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Dunwoody, Lakeside advance in volleyball state playoffs
by Mark Brock
Two of the seven DeKalb volleyball teams that
earned state playoff berths have advanced to the
second round.
The No. 5 ranked Dunwoody Lady Wildcats
won their Class AAAAA state playoff opener 3-0
over the No. 9 ranked club from Starrs Mill on
Oct. 15 at Dunwoody.
Dunwoody swept the match 25-13, 25-19 and
25-19 to improve to 35-14 on the season Starr’s
Mill finished 15-20 on the year.
The Area 6-AAAAA champions Lady Wildcats
hosted Area 8-AAAAA No. 2 seed Lanier (30-21)
in the second round on Oct. 20. The score was not
available by press time.
In other Class AAAAA action involving
DeKalb teams, Area 6-AAAAA No. 2 seed South
west DeKalb (31-10) fell to No. 7 ranked Ola
(40-7) 3-0. The final entry from DeKalb in Class
AAAAA was Druid Hills (19-19), which fell 3-0
on the road to Area 5-AAAAA No. 1 seed North-
gate.
Class AAAAAA
Entering the state playoffs as the Area
2-AAAAAANo. 1 seed, Lakeside (28-12) hosted
Area 3 No. 4 seed Douglas County (29-13-2) and
came away with a 3-1 victory.
The Lady Vikings won the first two games
25-16 and 25-14 to take a 2-0 lead in the match.
Douglas County came back to take the third game
in a tight 26-24 battle to pull within 2-1.
Lakeside came right back in the fourth game
with a 25-14 victory to clinch the first round play
off match.
Lakeside hosted Gwinnett County’s Mountain
View (31-17) on Oct. 20 in the second round.
Score was not available by press time.
In other Class AAAAAA state tournament
play involving DeKalb teams, Tucker (23-22)
dropped a 3-0 match on the road at East Coweta
(21-20) to fall from the playoffs.
Class AAAA
Both Redan and Chamblee, the two DeKalb
County entries in the Class AAAA playoffs, fell
by identical scores of 3-0 in their first round road
trips.
Redan (28-15) dropped its 3-0 decision to No.
4 ranked North Oconee (36-8). Chamblee (28-19)
lost its first round match to No. 10 ranked Veter
ans (37 -7) by scores of 17-25, 15-25 and a tight
22-25 final game loss.
Volleyball playoffs results
Oct. 14
Class AAA
Decatur 3, Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe 0
Class AAAA
Marist 3, West Laurens 0
St. Pius X 3, Upson-Lee 0
North Oconee 3, Redan 0
Veterans 3, Chamblee 0
Oct. 15
Class A
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian 3, Paideia 0
Class AAAAA
Northgate 3, Druid Hills 0
Ola 3, SW DeKalb 0
Dunwoody 3, Starr’s Mill 0
Class AAAAAA
Lakeside 3, Douglas Co. 1
East Coweta 3, Tucker 0
M.L. King tops Miller Athlete of
Grove in comeback win the Week
by Carla Parker
carla@dekalbchamp.com
The Martin Luther King Jr.
Lions fought back from a 21-0
first quarter deficit to defeat the
Miller Grove Wolverines 32-21
on Oct. 17 at North DeKalb Sta
dium.
Miller Grove got it going ear
ly in the game, moving down the
field on its opening drive, which
ended on a quarterback sneak
for a touchdown by D avion Wil
liams, giving the Wolverines a
7-0 lead.
The defense scored the next
two touchdowns for the Wolver
ines. M.L. King was backed up
near its own end zone when the
punter hobbled the ball, fumbled
and a couple of Miller Grove
players fell on top of the ball in
the end zone for the score, ex
tending the lead to 14-0.
Later in the first quarter,
Miller Grove’s Rashad Preston
intercepted Jordan Douglas’ pass
and returned it for a touchdown,
giving the Wolverines a 21-0
lead.
Those were the only points of
the game for Miller Grove as the
Lions shut them out the rest of
the game.
Early in the second quarter,
Douglas found Keyviousseea
Rhodes on a 22-yard touchdown
pass. A pass to Kentavius Ter
rell on the 2-point conversion
attempt cut the score to 21-8.
Douglas got his second touch
down pass of the game on an 11-
yard strike to Owen Clark. The
Lions failed on the 2-point at
tempt, leaving the score at 21-14.
With time running out be
fore halftime, Douglas connected
with Kobe Ross on a 27-yard
touchdown pass, Douglas’ third
of the game. The Lions failed
again on the 2-point conversion
attempt, leaving Miller Grove
with a 21-20 lead at halftime.
M.L. King Coach Nick
Kashama said the 21-0 deficit
was due to his team being overly
hyped for the game and making
mental mistakes.
“We knew what we needed to
do to win the game, but we just
had to calm them down, go back
to the basics and do the little
things right,” he said. “We just
kind of shot ourselves in the foot
earlier, trying to do too much.
We had to calm everyone down,
calm down the coaches and let
the game come to us.”
Both teams failed to score in
the third quarter, but the Lions
got a nice drive going late in the
quarter. They opened the fourth
quarter with a 1-yard touchdown
run by Terrell, giving the Lions
their first lead (26-21) of the
game.
Miller Grove tried to re
spond, but Tyrone Bowie picked
off Williams. That interception
led to a 7-yard touchdown run by
Ross, extending the Lions lead to
32-21.
Bowie picked off Williams
again to seal the win for the Li
ons.
Kashama said he was im
pressed with his defense.
“Our defense.. .it’s not too
much I can say about how they
came back after all that adver
sity; come back and focused
and played each down,” he said.
“They’ve been carrying us all sea
son. It was a heck of a game for
them.”
M.L. King (3-4) will try to get
its fourth win of the season when
it hosts rival Stephenson (6-1)
Oct. 23 at Hallford Stadium at 8
p.m. Miller Grove (4-3) will take
on Dunwoody Oct. 23 at North
DeKalb Stadium at 7:30 p.m.
Other scores
Oct. 16
McNair (2-5) 15, South Atlanta (0-7) 0
SW DeKalb (3-4) 30, Dunwoody (2-5)
7
Redan (4-4) 56, Stone Mountain (0-7) 0
Clarkston (1-6) 48, Cross Keys (0-4) 0
Stephenson (6-1) 37, Druid Hills (3-4)
0
St. Pius X (5-2) 31, Chamblee (2-5) 7
Marist (6-2) 22, Grady (3-4) 14
Douglass (5-2) 19, Decatur (4-3) 15
Oct. 17
Cedar Grove (6-1) 35, Towers (1-6) 8
Arabia Mountain (4-3) 23, Lithonia
(4-4)7
OPEN: Columbia (3-4), Lakeside (3-4),
Tucker (4-3)
The Champion chooses a male and female
high school Athlete of the Week each
week throughout the school year. The
choices are based on performance and
nominations by coaches. Please e-mail
nominations to carla@dekalbchamp.com
by Monday at noon.
MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Jayson Harrell, Clarkston (football):
The senior quarterback threw for four
touchdowns and ran for another to lead
Clarkston to its first victory since the
2013 season with a 48-0 win over Cross
Keys Oct. 16.
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Gabrielle Morse, Lakeside (volleyball):
The sophomore had 19 kills in the 3-1
win over Douglas County Oct. 15 in the
first round of the playoffs.
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