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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2016
High School Wrestling: Winder-Barrow and Apalachee
Scenes from Wildcat Rumble
WINDER-BARROW, APALACHEE COMPETE
IN WILDCAT TOURNAMENT
Above: Winder-Barrow’s Bailey Leazer wrestles against an East Jackson
opponent during the Wildcat Rumble at Apalachee High School on Friday.
Winder-Barrow went 3-0 on the day, defeating East Jackson 60-17, Apalachee
51-27 and Oglethorpe County 40-39.
TAKING HIM DOWN
Winder-Barrow’s Caleb Charron wrestles an East Jackson opponent Friday.
SQUARING OFF
Apalachee’s Taylor Whilhite wrestles an Oglethorpe County opponent during
the Wildcat Rumble on Friday. Apalachee lost to Oglethorpe County 41-33,
lost to Winder-Barrow 51-27 and defeated East Jackson 48-9. It was the
second time this season Winder-Barrow and Apalachee have faced each
other. The Bulldoggs won the first contest. Apalachee wrestled Tuesday at
Gainesville and will return to Gainesville Saturday morning for the Big Red
Rumble, which will feature several teams. Meanwhile, Winder-Barrow returns
to action Dec. 21 -22 at Loganville High School in Loganville. Photos by Jessica
Brown
High School Softball: Winder-Barrow
Sauls signs with Piedmont;
Hawkins inks with Gordon
GOING ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Winder-Barrow senior softball players T.K. Sauls, front row, second from left,
and Lauren Hawkins, front row, second from right, signed college scholar
ships last week to continue their playing careers as their family members,
coaches, school administrators and teammates looked on. Sauls, an infield
er, will be playing at Piedmont College while Hawkins, an outfielder and
catcher, will join Gordon State College. Photo by Scott Thompson
By Scott Thompson
Sports Editor
T.K. Sauls was the team
captain for the Winder-Bar
row High School softball
team this season, and Lau
ren Hawkins could just as
easily have been, according
to Bulldogg coach Monty
McClure.
So McClure was under
standably proud last week
as both players signed col
lege scholarships to contin
ue their playing careers —
Sauls at Piedmont College,
Hawkins at Gordon State
College.
“Any time you have
players sign college schol
arships, there’s a certain
amount of pride in knowing
that you may have helped
somewhere along the way,”
McClure said. “With (Sauls
and Hawkins), they were
always at the field. They
were always working to get
better.
“They were really great
teammates and were great
examples of what we try to
produce with Winder-Bar
row softball.
“They both wanted to
play college softball and
now they have the oppor
tunity to.”
Sauls, a second baseman,
and Hawkins, a catcher and
outfielder, were key parts
of a Bulldogg team that
finished third in GHSA
Region 8-AAAAAA this
fall and reached the state
playoffs.
Sauls hit .269 with 25
hits, a home run and 11
runs batted during 2016,
earning her a second-team
all-region selection.
“It means a lot because
I’ve had a lot of coaches
and family pouring support
into me, so I’m happy to
make them proud.” Sauls
said during the signing cer
emony on Dec. 7.
“I got to go to (the Elite
Eight) in Columbus my
freshman year, and that was
an amazing experience that
not everyone gets to do.
And we’ve been a playoff
team every year since then.
“So we’ve left behind a
legacy and hopefully the
players behind us will pick
up on it and improve on it.”
Hawkins, meanwhile,
said she was thankful for
the coaching she got, after
starting softball at a later
age. to get to this point.
She said she was proud
of her accomplishments at
Winder-Barrow and look
ing forward to the next
chapter.
“We had our ups and
downs, but we always
pushed through and kept
going and were able to have
some success,” Hawkins
said.
Sauls and Hawkins
brought the signing total off
this year’s Winder-Barrow
team to four players and
more are likely to follow,
said McClure, who had
several seniors.
“It’s just two more piec
es we have to replace,” he
said.
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