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january 18, 2017
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High School Wrestling
Wildcats top Bulldoggs in ‘Best of Barrow’ battle
By Scott Thompson
Sports Editor
The Winder-Barrow
wrestling team's Senior
Night showdown with
Apalachee started out well
for the Bulldoggs, but the
Wildcats came roaring
back late for a 48-30 victo
ry in the “Best of Barrow’’
battle Tuesday night.
It was Apalachee’s third
win this season against
Winder-Barrow, following
a 36-35 triumph over the
Bulldoggs on Jan. 10 in the
GHSA Area 8-AAAAAA
duals.
The Wildcats also pre
vailed 39-27 in a match in
November.
After winning on a
couple of forfeits at 106
and 113 pounds Tuesday,
the Bulldoggs picked up
another decision win from
Jett Clack over Ethan
Delay at 120. Jack Folson
put the Wildcats on the
board with a decision at
126.
But Winder-Barrow
fired back when Aaron
Fields topped Allan Fulk
at 132 and 138 went to the
Bulldoggs in a forfeit to
make it 24-3.
But then Apalachee
went on the tear that made
the difference. After cut
ting the lead to 24-15 with
forfeit victories at 145,152
and 160, the Wildcats got
three got four consecutive
pins from Preston Mar
lowe over Zach Brooks at
170. Jackson Wadsworth
over Cody Walker at 182,
Chance Wheeler over
Caleb Charron at 195 and
Corbin Fang over Jake
Lynn at 220 to seal the
deal.
Winder-Barrow picked
up another win at 285
when Keyshawn Dottin
topped Cody Tobiaz.
Both teams will be back
in action Friday and Sat
urday in the East Metro
Tournament at Alcovy
High School.
The Bulldoggs will
compete at Gainesville on
Tuesday.
Then both teams will
gear up for the Area
8-AAAAAA traditional
tournament Jan. 27-28 at
Lanier with sectionals and
state to follow.
High School Basketball: Winder-Barrow
‘Doggs sweep Raiders
High School Basketball: AHS
Wildcat boys, girls drop
games at Gainesville
By Scott Thompson
Sports Editor
Fresh off a pair of victo
ries, including an exciting
69-68 region win against
Lanier, the Apalachee boys
basketball team came into
Tuesday’s GHSA Region
8-AAAAAA contest at
Gainesville with an upset
on their mind.
But after hanging tough
early, the Wildcats watched
the second-ranked Red
Elephants pull away for an
easy 79-53 victory.
“We did some good
things, but to beat a
team of that caliber, you
have to do a lot of great
things,” Apalachee coach
Kevin Morris said after
the loss. “We needed to
play focused to be able to
win tonight and we just
didn’t do that. Our mental
approach we try to have
just wasn’t there.”
The Wildcats (8-10, 1-2
region) trailed just 14-11
at the 1:29 mark in the
first quarter, but a turning
point came when their big
man, 6-foot-6 junior Derek
Miller went to the bench
after picking up his second
foul. The Red Elephants
(17-1,4-0) proceeded to go
See Wildcats on Page 10B
DRIBBLING PAST HIM
Winder-Barrow’s Jay Griggs is seen in action against Gainesville on Friday. The Bulldoggs lost the
GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA battle, 85-66, but battled back Tuesday with a 72-39 region win on the road
at Habersham Central. The Bulldoggs make the short trip to region and crosstown rival Apalachee
on Friday night. Photo by Jessica Brown
Bulldoggs snap six-game skid with Habersham win;
Lady Bulldoggs take pair of Region 8-AAAAAA games
By Scott Thompson
Sports Editor
Coming into Tuesday
night’s game at Haber
sham Central, the Wind
er-Barrow boys basket
ball team was saddled
with a six-game losing
streak, including a pair of
overtime defeats, and in
need of a positive.
Thanks to a stellar
effort, the Bulldoggs final
ly got a positive boost and
picked up a much-needed
72-39 win over the Raid
ers in a GHSA Region
8-AAAAAA contest.
Terence Butler and Jay
Griggs led the Bulldoggs
(7-10. 1-2 region) with 17
points each.
Winder-Barrow led just
14-12 after the opening
quarter but then busted
out on a 22-0 run to take a
38-18 edge into the lock
er room.
“We needed this game.
We needed something
positive to happen,”
Winder-Barrow coach
Ron Garren said Tuesday
night. “We had the oppor
tunity to win some of
those games we lost. We
weren’t really competi
tive against Gainesville,
but they’re just a really
good basketball team.”
Butler was also a force
for the Bulldoggs in that
85-56 defeat against the
Red Elephants on Friday.
The point guard poured in
27 points, including four
3-pointers, and Griggs
added 11.
Gainesville was up
17-11 after a quarter but
quickly stretched that
cushion to 49-22 at the
break.
The Bulldoggs suffered
a 79-68 home loss to
Clarke Central on Satur
day in a non-region bat
tled.
See WBHS on Page 3B
GOING TO THE BASKET
Apalachee’s Deron Collier goes for a lay-up against
Lanier during Friday’s GHSA Region 8-AAAAAA
game. The Wildcats won 69-68 to pick up their first
region win. Photo by Jessica Brown
High School Basketball: Bethlehem Christian Academy
Mixed results for Knights, Lady Knights against region competition
By Scott Thompson
Sports Editor
After winning three games last week,
the Bethlehem Christian Academy girls
basketball team couldn’t quite make it four
in a row Tuesday.
But even after a 52-34 home loss to
Holy Spirit Prep in a GISA Region 1-AAA
contest. Lady Knights coach Karen Parker
said her team has some momentum going.
“The girls came to play tonight.” said
Parker, whose team managed just 17
points in its first meeting with Holy Spirit,
the No. 2 team in the region, earlier this
season. “I feel great heading toward the
end of the year. The girls are playing with
a lot of intensity and aggressiveness.”
Olivia Morgan led the Lady Knights (5-8,
1-4) in scoring Tuesday with 15 points,
following up a 15-point, 13-rebound per
formance against Covenant Christian in a
53-21 non-region victory Saturday.
“She has really come alive,” Parker said
of the sophomore.
The Lady Knights also notched their
first region victory of the year Friday at
home with a 39-31 triumph over archrival
Loganville Christian.
Bailey Brown scored 15 points, includ
ing 11 in the first half. Using her speed,
defense and sharp shooting ability, Brown
helped fuel a second-quarter run that put
BCA up 22-13 at halftime.
She also was a huge factor on defense
with a pair of steals in the third quarter,
which saw the Lady Lions score just 3
points and the Lady Knights put the game
out of reach.
“There was a lot of intensity out there
tonight,” Parker said after Friday’s. “I
think the girls sensed this was a big game
and we needed to go out and get a win.
I thought we did a much better job all
around.”
See BCA on Page 12B
DOWN THE COURT
Bethlehem Christian Academy’s Rebekah Doolittle leads a fast break down
the court against Loganville Christian in a GISA Region 1-AAA contest. The
Lady Knights won the game 39-31 over their archrival and followed that up
with a win over Covenant Christian on Saturday. Photo by Scott Thompsn