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The Braselton News Contact the sports department: Phone: 706-367-5233 Fax: 706-367-9355 brandon@mainstreetnews.com IB Wednesday, October 10, 2007 Football Hawks to host Forsyth Central for Homecoming Mill Creek defeats Raiders 35-9 Coming Up ON THE WAY Zach Landis (11) passes to Lenny Brooks (5) in a previous game. Brooks led the Hawks in rushing and receiving, with one reception for 55 yards. Landis passed for 111 yads, completing five of 13 attempts. Photo by Lyn Sengupta BY KRISTI REED It's homecoming time for Mill Creek Friday night as the Hawks host the Forsyth Central Bulldogs. Forsyth comes to town with a 2-3 record after having lost to Peachtree Ridge Friday night. Last week, the Hawks moved to 4-2 after a 35-9 thrashing of the North Forsyth Raiders at the Raiders' homecoming. Hawks head coach Shannon Jarvis said the Hawks would have to improve its focus if the team expected to defeat the Bulldogs. “Central’s got a good team; they’ve beat us two years in a row,” said Jarvis. “I’m going to make sure our kids remember that. We're going to have our hands full.” Jarvis said his team must be better mentally prepared in order to beat Forsyth Central. “If we come out and play as slop py as we did (last week), we might not win another game,” he said. Kickoff in Hoschton is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The forecast calls for temperatures in the upper 60s with a slight chance of precipitation. LAST WEEK Although the Hawks walked away with a big win, Jarvis wasn't totally pleased with his team’s effort last week. “I wasn't happy with our focus at all,” said Jarvis. “That score is very misleading; they had a chance to beat us.” The Hawks put a damper on the Raiders' homecoming celebrations early when Mill Creek junior Scott Ooley intercepted a pass less than three minutes into the first quar ter. Taking possession on the North Forsyth 14 yard line, Mill Creek scored two plays later on a 12 yard run by senior Eric Hicks. Senior Baxter Smith split the uprights on the extra point attempt to give the Hawks an early 7-0 lead with 8:35 remaining in the first quarter. The Hawks threatened again late in the first quarter, but failed to score after turning the ball over three yards away from the goal line. The Hawks and Raiders traded possession several times early in the Mill Creek vs. Forsyth Central, Fri., 7:30 p.m. Who: Mill Creek vs. Forsyth Central Where: Hoschton When: Friday, 7:30 p.m. Notes: The Hawks look to continue their winning streak with a win over the Bulldogs. North Forsyth Quick Hits Head coach: Chris Bennett Last week: Peachtree Ridge 55, Forsyth Central 7 MILL CREEK 2007 SCHEDULE Aug. 31 Northview L, 21 -7 Sept. 7 @ Dacula W, 10-7 Sept. 14 North Gwinnett L, 35-2 Sept. 21 @ Collins Hill W, 27-24 Sept. 28 South Forsyth W, 34-6 Oct. 5 @ North Forsyth W, 35-9 Oct. 12 Central Forsyth 7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 Norcross 7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 @ Peachtree Ridge 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 @ Duluth 7:30 p.m. second period before the Raiders began their longest drive of the night. Starting on their own 30, the Raiders moved the ball to the Mill Creek three yard line before being forced to settle for a field goal with 35 sec onds remaining in the first half. Not content to go to the locker room and regroup, the Raiders gam bled and attempted an onside kick. Mill Creek recovered the ball near the 50-yard line. Zach Landis threw to Lenny Brooks for another Mill Creek touchdown with 19 seconds remaining in the half. Baxter Smith kicked the extra point giving the Hawks a 14-3 lead. Turnovers continued in the third quarter with the biggest coming on a failed Raiders attempt to convert on fourth down deep in their own ter ritory. Mill Creek took over on the North Forsyth 30-yard line, setting up Lenny Brooks’ second touch down of the evening. Baxter Smith’s point after kick put the score at 21-3 with 3:35 left in the quarter. The Raiders showed life early in the fourth when the Hawks turned the ball over at the Mill Creek 25 yard line. Ten plays and two fourth down conversions later, Eli Chester scored North Forsyth’s only touch down of the evening on a one yard quarterback sneak. A failed PAT left the score at 21-9. Interceptions by both teams caused possession to seesaw back and forth late in the fourth quarter. Raiders quarterback Eli Chester was picked-off for the second time of the evening near the North Forsyth 38. Lenny Brooks picked up 38 yards on two carries, the second a five yard touchdown run. The extra point by Smith was good giving the Hawks a 28-9 lead with 2:28 remaining. Chester was intercepted again late in the fourth quarter, this time by Mill Creek’s Bart Kennedy. A 28 yard run by Lenny Brooks resulted in another touchdown for the Hawks with 1:28 left in the game. Baxter Smith kicked the extra point making the final score 35-9. Coach Jarvis said he was not sur prised that Raiders coach Jared Zito took so many chances during the game. “We’ve been in their boat. He’s trying to give them a jump start. I can see why he did it. We’ve had to do stuff like that in the past three years.” “It didn't work for him, so it looked bad. If it had worked, it would have been genius,” said Jarvis. Zach Landis passed for 111 yards, completing 5 of 13 attempts. Lenny Brooks led the Hawks in rushing and receiving. Brooks gained 150 yards on 17 carries and had one reception for 55 yards. The defense was led by Collin Stuart with six tackles and eight assists. Baxter Smith went 5 for 5 on PATs. Auto Racing Audi does it again, grabs 10th annual Petit Le Mans McNish and Capello capture closest win in event history After 1,000 miles and 394 laps, it came down to just 0.923 seconds between the premier teams in sports car racing. This time, the moment belonged to Dindo Capello and Allan McNish as Audi remained unbeat en at Petit Le Mans with diesel power. Capello passed Penske Racing’s Romain Dumas at the nine-hour mark down the backstretch and used the torque and power of the Audi R10 TDI to win the 10th running of the American Le Mans Series cor nerstone event at Road Atlanta. McNish and Capello captured the first overall victory for Audi since St. Petersburg in March and completed another Audi sweep of the world’s premier endurance events: Sebring, Le Mans and Petit Le Mans. The margin of victory was the closest in the race’s 10 years. “This one meant a lot more to us, partly because we have been very close to winning overall in quite a few of the past races but it managed to slip away,” McNish said. “It is one of the hardest races we’ve had and certainly in my eyes the best race Dindo ever has had. This whole season has been a team effort. Audi has never sat back. This is what we’re here to do - win outright.” Capello’s drive also was a championship-winning one as he and McNish claimed their second straight LMP1 driver’s title. Audi now has won 21 consecutive races in class. A caution period with 40 minutes left wiped out what had been a 30-second lead for Dumas and his Porsche RS Spyder. The Porsche and the Audi were separated by just five seconds and four cars when the green flag dropped. It took Capello eight minutes to make the winning pass. MASTERS OF GOING FASTER ‘His pace was so strong that it didn’t let me relax,” Capello said. “I Cars of all classes fan out at the beginning of Saturday’s 10-hour long Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta in Braselton. It was the 10th anni versary of the event, which has become an American road racing classic. Photo by Lyn Sengupta. See ROAD ATLANTA on page 3B