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Wednesday,
August 28,2013
Tribune & Qeorgian
Sports
Getting to work
Camden Middle football Cougars eager to kick
off season.
see 3B
B Section
’Cats can’t keep up with North Gwinnett
Early lead vanishes quickly in 34-14 Dome disappointment
Submitted photo by Bob Owens
Harrison Poole sliced through North Gwinnett for 127 yards and a dazzling 60-yard touch
down sprint.
Other Corky Kell scores
Colquitt 21, Grayson 6
Kell 26, Chattahoochee 16
Peachtree Ridge 23, Walton 17
McEachern 31, Brookwood 10
Andy Diffenderfer
sports@tribune-georgian.com
The Camden County
Wildcats have enjoyed many
a happy moment in the
Georgia Dome, with great
victories and state champi
onships. Last Saturday night
at the Corky Kell Classic
won’t be one for the high
light reel, however.
Outgained by more than
150 yards and guilty of 10
penalties, the Wildcats scuf
fled through a 34-14 open
ing setback to a relentlessly
balanced North Gwinnett
side in Atlanta.
“I thought we would per
form better than we did,”
CCHS head coach Welton
Coffey said. “We started off
well but did not finish well.”
With more evaluation in
store, “we have to be a little
more consistent,” he said. “If
we do that, we’ll be fine.”
All of Camden’s 222 yards
came on the ground, while
North Gwinnett — led by
quarterback Hayden Sphire,
running back C.J. Leggett,
and receivers Nate Brown
and Caleb Scott — had
nearly equal rushing and
throwing totals in a 379-yard
performance.
Harrison Poole was a
bright spot for the Wildcats,
taking his first carry 60 yards
for a touchdown and finish
ing with a team-best 127
yards on 12 attempts. Anto
nio Wimbush carried nine
times for 61 yards and a first-
quarter touchdown that
briefly put CCHS ahead.
Sphire expertly conducted
the Bulldogs’ spread attack,
interceptions by Demitri
Saulsberry and Darryle Isreal
the only smudges on his 16-
of-24, 194-yard, three-
touchdown scorecard.
Brown had two touchdown
catches and Scott another as
three North Gwinnett re
ceivers grabbed at least 48
yards’ worth of passes, and
the prized senior recruit
Leggett ran 21 times for 138
of the winners’ 185 rushing
yards.
The Bulldogs enjoyed out
standing field position
throughout the night, begin
ning eight of their 13 posses
sions at their own 40-yard
line or beyond. By halftime,
North Gwinnett had 14 first
downs and 254 total yards,
and Leggett had already sur
passed the century mark on
the ground.
North Gwinnett answered
Camden’s first touchdown
with two end zone visits, and
after Poole’s quick strike kept
CCHS quiet for the game’s
final 35 minutes.
Saulsberry had one of the
Wildcats’ three takeaways, a
first-quarter pick that ended
a promising march and led to
the night’s first touchdown.
Camden needed just four
plays to travel the remaining
64 yards, Wimbush gallop
ing the final 37 with 8:17 re
maining in the first.
After the first of two Hud
son Jordan extra points, the
See DOME, page 2B
NORTH GWINNETT 34, CAMDEN COUNTY 14
N. Gwinnett 7 17 10 0 - 34
Camden Co. 7 7 0 0 - 14
First quarter
C - Antonio Wimbush 37 run (Hudson Iordan kick),
8:17
N - Nate Brown 7 pass from Hayden Sphire (Michael
D'Angola kick), 5:28
Second quarter
N - C.l. Leggett 7 run (D'Angola kick), 11:23
C - Harrison Poole 60 run (Jordan kick), 11:06
N - Caleb Scott 21 pass from Sphire (D'Angola kick),
4:56
N - D'Angola 18 field goal, :00
Third quarter
N - D'Angola 40 field goal, 9:05
N - Brown 10 pass from Sphire (D'Angola kick), 5:32
N C
First downs
21
10
Rushes-yards
34-185
44-222
Passing
194
0
Total yards
379
222
Comp-Att-Int
16-24-2
0-5-0
Punts-Avg.
4-41
10-31
Fumbles-Lost
2-1
0-0
Penalties-Yards
5-35
10-90
REGION 1-AAAAAA STANDINGS
Region
Overall
Coffee
0-0
1-0
Colquitt
0-0
1-0
Lowndes
0-0
0-0
Tift
0-0
0-0
Valdosta
0-0
0-0
Camden County
0-0
0-1
Brunswick
0-0
0-1
Aug. 23 scores
Coffee 20, Whitewater 7
Wayne County 35, Brunswick 20
Aug. 24 scores
North Gwinnett 34, Camden County 14
Colquitt 21, Grayson 6
Aug. 30 games
Baker County, Fla., at Camden County
Ware at Coffee
Colquitt at Hoover, Ala.
Lowndes at Luella
Glynn Academy at Brunswick
Thomas County Central at Valdosta
Westover at Tift
Lady ’Cat bats unload on Valdosta
Camden spikers smack
Savannah Arts, nipped
by Calvary in first loss
CCHS erupts
for so runs in
doubleheader
Andy Diffenderfer
sports@tribune-georgian.com
Plenty of Lady ’Cats enjoyed
big offensive days as Camden
County swept a Region 1-
AAAAAA softball doubleheader
Saturday from visiting Valdosta.
CCHS (4-3 overall, 2-0 region)
bashed 31 hits in winning the first
game, 12-0 in four innings and
the second, 18-1 in three.
Caitlin Annunziata had five hits
on the afternoon, and went 4-for-
4 in the second contest with three
runs scored, four more batted in,
a double, and a home run.
Through seven games, she was
hitting a torrid .773 with 13 runs
scored and nine RBIs.
Five Lady ’Cats had multi-hit
performances in a 16-hit, Game
2 blitz, with Brogan Boudreaux 3-
for-4 with two runs scored, and
Kailey Kinzly 3-for-3 with two
RBIs and a double. Katelyn
Parker was 2-for-3 with two runs
and two RBIs, and Aubry Home
2-for-3 with three runs knocked
in. Cori Boeck scored three runs
and joined the hit parade.
The winners — who scored
five runs in the first and two in
the second before exploding for
11 in the third — also got a dou
ble, two runs scored and a RBI
from Kimber Lewis; a hit, run
scored and RBI from Jesse
Cheek; two runs scored from
Sam Zwick; and a run scored
apiece from Madison Butler and
Tristin Lanham.
Horne pitched all three in
nings, allowing three hits and fan
ning four.
Camden pounded out 15 hits
in the opener to back the one-hit
pitching of Boeck, who struck out
four and was 2-for-3 at the plate
with a run scored and RBI.
CCHS scored three in the first,
one each in the second and
fourth, and seven in the third.
Valerie Applebee enjoyed a 3-
for-3 outing with two runs
scored, two more knocked in and
a stolen base, and Lewis added
two doubles, two runs scored, an
RBI and steal.
Horne supplied two hits, an
RBI and ran scored; Boudreaux a
double, ran scored and two RBIs;
Zwick a hit, ran scored and RBI;
Kinzly a hit and two RBIs; and
Annunziata a hit, ran scored and
steal. Hannah Clark and Colleen
Porter registered a hit and ran
scored each, and Lanham crossed
home once.
Camden was scheduled to play
at Brunswick on Tuesday.
Andy Diffenderfer
sports@tribune-georgian.com
A split of matches Tuesday, Aug.
20, left the Camden County High
spikers 7-1 headed to scheduled
Tuesday road matches in Savannah.
In Savannah, the Lady Wildcats
served eight aces and walloped 25
kills in stuffing Savannah Arts, 25-
12, 25-17, but also suffered their
first setback of the season, 25-20,
17-25, 25-23 to Calvary Day.
Marcie Schneider smacked six
aces, registered two digs and had 17
of Camden’s 23 assists in the vic
tory. Amy Cox (two assists) blis
tered a team-leading eight kills,
Ashley Dolson (two digs) and
Cheyenne Chambers (three assists)
had five kills apiece, and Lexa
Loden four.
Loden scorched a Camden-top
ping nine kills and added four aces
and four digs in the Calvary Day
match. Schneider accounted for 20
of the Lady Wildcats’ 23 assists,
and tacked on three kills and three
digs.
Cox provided six kills and three
digs; Chambers five kills and three
digs; Dolson three kills and two
digs; and Michelle Thompson two
blocks and two kills.
Camden was slated to play at Sa
vannah Christian on Tuesday, and
in a Labor Day tournament Satur
day at St. Vincent’s.
United Way kicks off campaign with tailgate
United Way of Camden County
will celebrate its campaign kickoff
with a tailgate party Friday, Aug.
30, at the first Camden County
Wildcat home football game. All
are welcome to come out and
enjoy free food and fun from 5-7
p.m.
To volunteer for this event, call
(912) 729-5362.
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