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Page 2B The Braselton News Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Basketball “ continued from page IB 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 FOR ONLY $5 PER MONTH, YOU CAN LIST YOUR GROUP'S MEETINGS! Let your members know when your group is meeting! Call (706) 367-5233 to advertise your meeting time, place and date in... • The Jackson Herald • The Commerce News • The Braselton News • The Banks County News • The Madison County Journal Jh UNITY LODGE F&A.M. No. 36, Jefferson, GA 1st Tuesday of each month, 7:30 p.m. A. Ben Wurtz • 706-367-1400 Borders St. behind Tabo’s 260 JEFFERSON ROTARY CLUB Meets Tuesdays Jefferson City Clubhouse 12:30 p.m. *(706) 654-2237 Clay Eubanks, President 260 & COMMERCE ^AMERICAN LEGION Commerce Rec. Dept. 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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. NEED PRINTING? CALL 706-367-5233 WJJC Radio Will bring High School Basketball throughout December and January, Coverage includes: Commerce Tigers> East Jackson Eagles, Jefferson Dragons CRATfi Join Rob and Craig oil i2yu AM for All the Exciting Action!! WJJC Radio - 1270 AM 706-335-1270 - www.WJJC.net ROB