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The Braselton News
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
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Wrestling
Hawks player to score in double
digits, adding ten points in the los
ing effort.
After the game, Bollier met
with his players to discuss ways
in which they could improve their
performance.
“Actually, I asked them if they
would give me some help and give
me some ideas,” Bollier said. “So
what we did was fill up the board
with player suggestions and things
we want to do a better job at. It
really was everything I would have
said. Those guys know what they
need to do. We just need to sharpen
up the ship. We have to take care of
the little things or we’re going to be
in trouble all season long.”
Bollier said the S. Forsyth game
was not a good representation of
the Mill Creek High School or the
basketball program.
“Our guys are walking out of here
tonight a little bitter at how they
represented our school, our com
munity and our program,” Bollier
said. “You know it was just an ugly
basketball game.”
After the loss to S. Forsyth,
Bollier said he did not think low
morale, due to losing the previous
four games, was a factor in the
loss.
“You know, you’re dealing with
young men,” Bollier said. “I think
they’re pretty resilient, but I think
they got their feelings hurt tonight.
I’ll be really interested to see how
they respond to Dacula tomorrow.”
Unfortunately for the Hawks, the
response to Dacula was not what
Bollier or his team had hoped.
The Falcons and Hawks share a
spirited rivalry which was evident
at Saturday’s game. Falcon fans
staged a whiteout for the visiting
Hawks, setting the stage for a bitter
confrontation.
Four Dacula players scored in
double digits paving the way for
a Falcon victory. The Falcons also
beat the Hawks on the boards, grab
bing 29 rebounds to the Hawks’
13.
The worst part of the game
occurred when Dacula and Mill
Creek players got into a scuffle late
in the game which ended with the
ejection of Dacula’s Brian Cole and
Mill Creek’s Zach Landis. Both
Cole and Landis will serve two
game suspensions.
Landis led the Hawks in scor
ing against Dacula with 21 points.
Travis Bollier scored nine.
Mill Creek saw a glimmer of
hope for their program against
North Forsyth on Tuesday. Chris
Avery and Chase Anderson chipped
in 13 points each to lead the Hawks
to a narrow, three point margin of
victory over the Raiders.
The Hawks will try to pick up
their second win of the season
against the Bulldogs on Friday at
N. Gwinnett. Tip off is scheduled
for 8:30 p.m.
GOING DOWN
Billy Anderton (standing) takes down a South Gwinnett wrestler during last weekend’s Comet Classic
at South Gwinnett. Anderton went 7-0 for the event. Photo by Brandon Reed
Mill Creek opens varsity season
HOLDING THE LINE
Mill Creek senior Robbie Harden (2) plays defense during Friday night’s match-up with South
Forsyth. Photo by Kristi Reed
BY BRANDON REED
It was overall a solid start for
the Mill Creek wrestling team, as
they won three match-ups and lost
four in the Comet Classic at South
Gwinnett over the weekend.
The team started with a 54-24
win over South Gwinnett, then lost
to Grayson 44-28, and Loganville,
43-33.
The Hawks came back to defeat
Jonesboro 41-36, then dropped to
North Forsyth 58-22.
Mill Creek picked up a victory
against Newton, winning 54-27,
before their weekend ended with a
loss to Social Circle, 41-39.
Tyler Beck went 7-0 for the
tournament. Billy Anderton went
7-0 as well, while Nick Voss went
5-0. Taylor Lacy went 3-0, Aaron
Dumond 1-4, Chris Cousino
0-4, Dylan Toves 2-5, Nychols
Maldando-Taylor 4-3, Augustus
Appling 3-2, Ryan Gasaway 3-3,
Max Wright 2-4, Patrick Ross 0-7,
Austin Hagan 3-1, John Holland
1-2, Cameron Fowler 1-2, and
Jordan Fitch 2-2.
“This will be the best team we
have had top to bottom,” said
Mill Creek wrestling coach David
Landis. “We did well, but it is early
and hopefully we will improve. We
are making our way into the upper
level of teams in the region.”
The Hawks next head to
Peachtree Ridge for the Peachtree
Ridge Duals on Friday.
Swimming
Hawks swim and dive defeats Greater Atlanta Christian, Collins Hill
BY BRANDON REED
The Mill Creek Hawks swim
and dive team continued its win
ning ways this past weekend, as it
beat out Greater Atlanta Christian
and Collins Hill in two separate
meets on Saturday.
Saturday morning, the Hawks
traveled to GAC, where they won
401-220. Mill Creek won 17 of
24 events, with the girls’ getting
186 points to GAC’s 128, and the
boys’ scoring 215 to GAC’s 92.
Mill Creek took first in the
boys’ 200-yard medley relay, with
the team of David Dudley, Tom
White, Matt Turnblom, and Kevin
Doran winning. The team of
Stephanie Doran, Karla Gibson,
Caitlin Munro, and Marlie Creed
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took first in the girls’ 200-yard
medley relay. Doran won in the
girls’ 200-yard freestyle, while
Parker Schwab took first in the
boys’ 200-yard IM. Turnblom was
tops in the boys’ 50-yard free
style. Cameron Cowgill took top
honors in boys’ 1-meter diving,
while Meghan Gordon won the
girls’ 1-meter diving competition.
Schwab won the boys’ 100-yard
butterfly, and Sommers Creed was
first in the girls’ 100-yard butter
fly. Doran took the top spot in the
girls’ 100-yard freestyle, while
Turnblom, Chase Wilson, White,
and Schwab took top honors in
the boys’ 200-yard freestyle relay.
Dudley won the boys’ 100-yard
backstroke, and Sommers Creed
won the girls’ 100-yard back-
stroke. Tom White was victori
ous in the boys’ 100-yard breast
stroke, while Karla Gibson took
top honors in the girls’ 100-yard
breaststroke. Schwab, Wilson,
Turnblom and Kevin Doran won
in the boys’ 400-yard freestyle
relay, while Sommers Creed,
Kaitlin Bishop, Marlie Creed and
Stephanie Doran won in the girls’
400-yard freestyle relay.
Saturday night, Mill Creek faced
off against Collins Hill at the
Mountain Park Aquatic Center,
again coming away with the vic
tory, picking up 17 of 24 events.
The Hawks scored a combined
368 points to Collins Hill’s 255,
with the girls’ scoring 191 to
Collins Hill’s 118, while the boys’
scored 177 to Collins Hill’s 137.
Mill Creek took first in the
girls’ 200-yard medley relay, with
the team of Stephanie Doran,
Gibson, Munro and Katie Hayes
winning. Zach Tillman won the
boys’ 200-yard freestyle, with
Sommers Creed winning the
girls’ 200-yard freestyle. Kevin
Doran won in the boys’ 200-yard
IM, with Sommers Creed win
ning the girls’ 50-yard freestyle.
Cameron Cowgill was victorious
in the boys’ 1-meter diving com
petition, and Munro came out on
top of the girls’ 100-yard but
terfly. Schwab was first in the
boys’ 100-yard freestyle, with
Stephanie Doran winning in the
girls’ 100-yard freestyle. Tillman
took top honors in the boys’
500-yard freestyle, and the team
of Joey Turnblom, Kevin Doran,
Tillman, and Matt Turnblom won
in the boys’ 200-yard freestyle
relay. Munro, Julie Matheny, Alex
Warner and Caroline Roloff were
victorious in the girls’ 200-yard
freestyle relay, while Stephanie
Doran won the girls’ 100-yard
backstroke. White was first in the
boys' 100-yard breaststroke, with
Karla Gibson taking top honors in
the girls’ 100-yard breaststroke.
The team of Schwab, Wilson,
Kevin Doran and Tillman won
the boys’ 400-yard freestyle relay,
and Samantha Akoubian, Hayes,
Marlie Creed and Stephanie Doran
took first in the girls’ 400-yard
freestyle relay.
The Hawks were scheduled to
take part in the Clody Diving
Invitational on Tuesday. Results
were not available at press time.
The team will next take part in
the Clody Swimming Invitational
on Wednesday, and in the Cobb/
Gwinnett Challenge on Dec. 15,
both at Mountain Park Aquatic
Center.
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