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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
The Braselton News
Page 11A
Sports
Football
Panthers to host high-scoring Central Gwinnett squad Friday
The high school football
season is only two weeks old,
but Jackson County’s next
opponent has already shown
a clear ability to put points on
the board.
Central Gwinnett, which the
Panthers will host Friday (Sept.
1) at 7:30 p.m., has topped the
50-point mark twice in a 2-0
start.
The Black Knights routed
Discovery 50-0 on Aug. 18 and
COMING UP
•Central Gwinnett at lackson Co, Friday
[Sept 1], 7:30 p..m.
trounced Apalachee 56-7 this
past Friday (Aug. 25), having
led 43-7 at the half.
Central Gwinnett is in its
second season under coach
Larry Harold, who coached the
Black Knights to a 5-5 record
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See Game,page 12A
The Jackson County football team will look to bounce back from a Week 2 loss as it faces 2-0 Central
Gwinnett Friday (Sept. 1) at home.
Lauren Glander (right) congratulates Miabella
Lee after Lee records an out during Jackson
County’s 5-4 road win Wednesday (Aug. 23) at
Mill Creek.
3CHS varsity sports calendar
Thursday, Aug. 31 Friday, Sept. 1
•Meybaii at Madison Co, 5 p.m. •Football vs. Central Gwinnett at
•Softball vs. Habersham Central home, 7:30 p.m.
at home, 7 p.m.
Zora Craig (left) and Siena Berthold go up for a
block during Jackson County High School volley
ball action last week.
Volleyball
Panthers win three of
four in tourney, now 16-1
Jackson County’s M.J. Spurlin scores a first-quarter touchdown against Duluth.
Football recap: Duluth 35, Jackson Co. 34 — 2 OT
Heartbreaker
Duluth rallies past Jackson Co. for double OT win
The fourth-ranked Jackson
County High School volley
ball team is rolling along with a
16-1 start following a weekend
tournament at Brookwood.
The Panthers dropped their
first match of the season during
the Saturday (Aug. 26) event
but collected wins in three of
four contests.
Those victories came over
Athens Academy (25-8, 25-
14) , Apalachee (25-13, 25-19)
and Arabia Mountain (25-16,
25-12). Jackson County lost
to Lakeside-Evans (27-25, 25-
20) in the final match of the
tournament.
Against Athens Academy,
Paisley Gillespie led the Pan
thers with nine kills, Ava Le-
sniak totaled eight digs and
Sydney McCutcheon finished
with 16 assists.
hi the Apalachee match,
Gillespie finished with 13 kills,
while McCutcheon had 21 as
sists and 11 digs.
Gillespie finished with eight
kills and four digs against Ara
bia Mountain. McCutcheon
had 16 assists.
hi the loss to Lakeside, Ruth-
ie Fowler paced the Panthers
with eight kills, while Gillespie
and Allyson Page recorded 10
digs each. McCutcheon re
corded 14 assists.
Jackson County entered the
tournament coming off Thurs
day (Aug. 24) wins over Ath
ens Christian (25-9, 25-7) and
Collins Hill (25-16,25-14).
Gillespie racked up 12 kills
in the win over Athens Chris
tian. McCutcheon finished
with 23 assists and four digs.
Gillespie and Ruthie Fowler
had nine kills each against Col
lins Hill while McCutcheon
had 24 assists and seven digs.
Two days earlier (Aug. 22),
the Panthers bested Habersh
am Central (25-15, 25-8, 25-
15) to improve to 2-0 in Re
gion 8-AAAAAAplay.
Gillespie delivered 16 kills,
and Fowler added 14 kills in
the win. Gillespie also finished
with 11 digs, while McCutch
eon tallied 34 assists.
DULUTH — A Jackson
County team that seemed to
be striding toward a 2-0 start
instead found itself dealing
with some early-season heart
break.
The Panthers (1-1) failed
on a two-point conversion
attempt in double overtime
to fall 35-34 at Duluth Friday
(Aug. 25) after having led by
two touchdowns in the fourth
quarter.
M.J. Spurlin caught a 15-
yard touchdown pass in the
second overtime to pull Jack-
son County within a point but
was wrestled down behind the
line of scrimmage by a pair of
Duluth tacklers on the Pan
thers’ subsequent two-point
conversion try.
Jackson County coach Ko-
rey Mobbs elected to go for
the win in the second over
time and end the game rather
than attempt a game-tying ex
tra point.
The loss came after Jackson
County was well within reach
of its second win, leading the
Wildcats 21-7 with the ball
in the red zone with less than
four minutes remaining in
regulation.
During his post-game ad
dress to his team, Mobbs
pointed out the missed oppor
tunities to put Duluth away.
“Tonight, we learned a
valuable lesson.” Mobbs said
to his players.
A tough evening on spe
cial teams helped lead to the
Panthers’ undoing as they
allowed two non-offensive
touchdowns and experienced
other miscues.
In a wild series of events,
Duluth blocked a 39-yard
field goal attempt and re
turned it for a touchdown with
3:49 remaining in regulation
to make the score 21-13. The
Wildcats then recovered an
onside kick and scored eight
plays later to he the game 21-
21 at the 1:52 mark.
Earlier in the night, the Pan
ther special teams allowed a
first-quarter kickoff return for
a touchdown from Jaden Wi
ley. Jackson County also had
two failed field goal attempts.
The loss overshadowed a
prolific night from Spurlin,
See Football, page 12A
August 30, 2023 ~ Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Schilling (abbr.)
4. Macaws
7. _ Ling, So. Chinese mountains
10. Glower
12. Short for tachometer
14. Indicates near
15. Finger millets
17. Upon
18. American Religious Identification
Survey (abbr.)
19. Best Picture 2011
22. Ali Baba’s opening word
23. Swedish river
24. Plural of 34 across
25. Prejudice
26. denotes past
27. Public promotion of a product
28. Freedom from difficulty
30. The underside of the foot
32. Not capitals (abbr.)
33. “Can't Touch This” artist
Flammer
34. Self-immolation by fire ritual
36. Lodging establishment
39. Impressive in size or scope
40. Uncoordinated
42. Sin city
46. Off-Broadway theater award
47. Data transmission speed measure
48. A man who is older than yourself
50. Cambodian monetary unit
51. Grey Sea Eagle
52. Ramblin' Wreck of Ga.
53. Electroencephalogram
54. Opposite of beginning
55. Tao (alt.)
DOWN
1. Single Lens Reflex
2. Layers of paint
3. Famous recluse Floward
4. Repents
5. Resounded
6. In a way, behaves
7. Music sung in open air
8. Vertexes
9. Birthplace of Constantine
11. City of Elbquelle sculpture
13. A vast multitude
16. Glides over ice
18.2005 album by Kate Bush
20. CONFICO containing compound
21. Post office mail compartment
(abbr.)
28. Of time passing by
29. Physically energetic
30. Struck with a heavy blow
31. A musical interval of eight tones
34. Member of U.S. Navy
35. Decorate a cake with frosting
36. Involving the use of hands
37. Glorify and praise
38. With covers
41. Cecums
42. Cease to have
43. Knight or Dame award (abbr.)
44. Swiss river
45. Crotalariajuncea
49. The 17th Greek letter
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