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2B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, September 12,2018
Bob Christian Dawson County News
Senior quarterback Savaughn Clark leads theTigers onto the field for their game versus the West Hall
Spartans Sept. 7.
FROM 1B
Tigers
Dawson County offense
and ended the Tigers’
opening drive by forcing
senior running back
Ahmad Kamara to fumble
in the red zone.
The Tiger defense, led
by seniors Zac Baloga and
Logan Barnes, gave little
ground and forced a quick
punt to get the ball back
from the Spartans. Once
again, the offense could do
very little to stop Dupree
and the drive stalled deep
in enemy territory. After a
Caleb Bonesteel 35-yard
field goal attempt slid just
outside the upright, the first
quarter wound to a close
with the score tied at zero.
Eating yardage in small
bursts, the West Hall
Spartans moved the ball
effectively down the field
and capped off an almost
five minute drive with the
game’s first touchdown in
the beginning of the second
quarter. As the Tigers took
to the field for their third
drive of the game, the fans
sensed that this was the
drive that would make or
break the game and the sta
dium filled with the wild
cheering of students and
parents alike to push their
team down the field.
Either the roar of the
crowd or the fact that the
Tigers started running a
series of quick sweeps and
screens away from Dupree
worked its magic because
on the drive’s third play
Kamara dashed 45 yards
along the sideline for the
Tigers’ first touchdown of
the night. Bonesteel’s kick
ing woes continued as he
missed the extra point
bringing the score to 7 for
the Spartans and 6 for the
Tigers as halftime
approached
Excellent special teams
play on the ensuing kick
off pinned West Hall deep
in their own territory and
the Tiger defense began to
get pressure and penetra
tion of their own as senior
defensive end Allen
Mclean recorded his first
sack of the season to force
the Spartans into a punting
situation.
“We gave up 21 points
on three special team turn
overs in our game last
week,” said West Hall
Head Coach Krofton
Montgomery prior to the
game. “We worked all
week on solidifying that
part of our game.”
Unfortunately for the
Spartans, the extra practice
did not pay off for them on
this night as the snap came
in low to the punter and he
wound up falling on the
ball to recover the fumble
resulting in a turn-over on
downs that the Tigers
immediately turned into
points with a Clark run
straight up the middle.
Relying on Clark again for
the 2-point conversion and
the Tigers took the lead
with just over half of the
second quarter remaining.
The Tiger defense con
tinued to build momentum
as the game progressed and
the Spartans were unable to
muster much of anything
on their ensuing posses
sion. Having moved the
ball just into Tigers territo
ry the Spartans opted to go
for it on a fourth and one
only to run into the brick
wall that is the defensive
line of Dawson County.
After the turn-over on
downs the Tigers continued
to move the ball away from
Dupree’s side of the field
and continued to reap the
benefits: This time a beau
tifully lofted, deep pass to
senior wide-receiver Ethan
Cameron for another
35-yard quick strike touch
down. Bonesteel found the
center for the PAT and at
the two minute mark of the
first half the Tigers moved
out to a two-touchdown
lead.
The two-minute offense
put together by the
Spartans was able to move
the ball swiftly down the
field using a good combi
nation of sideline passes
and time-outs to control the
clock and it looked like
West Hall was going to be
able to add points to the
board, at least in the form
of a field goal, when
Barnes stepped in front of
the intended receiver and
grabbed his first of two
interceptions on the day to
end the drive deep in Tiger
territory and take the game
into halftime.
Having opted to receive
the kick for the second
half, the West Hall
Spartans prepared to take
to the field when disaster
struck a second time as the
ball came loose during the
run-back and was recov
ered by the Tigers setting
up another short field for
Dawson County.
Once again taking
advantage of the lack of
real estate the Tigers quick
ly worked the ball inside
the 15-yard line of the
Panthers and Cameron
demonstrated his speed on
a 14-yard jet sweep across
the goal line for his second
touchdown of the game.
The extra point crossed the
bar and the Tigers took a
commanding lead early in
the second half by the
score of 28-7.
The resulting series of
downs did not go well for
the Panthers as the Dawson
County defense picked up
right where they left off,
swarming to the ball and
batting down passes. The
West Hall Spartans could
get nothing going and were
once again forced into a
punting situation that
ended badly.
With what seemed to be
every lineman available the
Tigers blocked punt and
once again set their offense
up inside West Hall territo
ry to start the drive, and
three plays later Clark was
pushing the ball across the
goal line for his second
rushing touchdown of the
night to bring the Tigers to
a 28-point lead with over a
quarter left to play.
On what would be their
last drive of the third quar
ter the Spartans managed
to move the ball into Tiger
territory, but the defense
held solid and forced the
Spartans back across the 50
and into punt formation
once more. This time the
punt went off without a
hitch and the Tigers settled
into offense and the busi
ness of chewing clock.
Using almost six minutes
of the third quarter the
Tigers worked their way
down the field until
Cameron broke loose once
again for a 17-yard run
through the Spartan sec
ondary to add some icing
to the cake with his second
rushing touchdown, and
third touchdown overall, on
the night to bring the score
to 42-7 as the third quarter
closed.
The high point of the
fourth quarter was a
blocked kick by Dupree of
the Spartans that resulted in
West Hall’s second touch
down of the night, but
other than a late game field
goal from Bonesteel the
scoring was done for the
night with the Dawson
County Tigers notching
another dominating win
bringing them to 3-0 for
the season.
The Tigers will take their
undefeated record on the
road for a game against the
Denmark Danes in
Alpharetta on Sept. 14 with
kick-off scheduled for 7:30
p.m.
FROM 1B
Softball
Bob Christian Dawson County News
Kaitlyn Bennett readies to hit against Union
County.
with solid defensive play.
Looking to return the
favor, senior Carol Drake
led off the Tigers’ turn in
the third with a single of
her own and was quickly
moved to second base with
a sacrifice bunt from
Williams. Coming to the
plate in support of her own
cause, Schandera added
another RBI to her season
total of 13 by driving a
sharp single into left field.
The Lady Panthers proved
quicker to settle down and
they retired the next two
batters to exit the third
inning and maintain their
lead at 3-2.
Taking to the field in the
fourth inning it became
clear that the Tigers were
still shaken by the series of
errors from the previous
inning as once again a
combination of errors and a
mishandled bunt, this one
along the first base line,
allowed the Panthers to
score two un-eamed runs
and put them in a position
to grab a third run in the
inning on a sacrifice fly.
As the inning closed the
Panthers had extended their
lead to 6-2 and the wind
had visibly left the sails of
the Lady Tigers.
Although the Tigers
managed to put runners
into scoring position in
both the fifth and sixth
innings, they were unable
to break through the
defense of the Panthers to
bring the runners across
home plate. The Panthers
managed to add one run
each in their halves of the
inning and as Dawson
County faced their last at
bat of the night they were
down by the score of 8 to 2.
Continuing her sensa
tional evening at the plate,
Schandera connected for
her fourth single of the
game to put her at 4 for 4
on the night with one RBI.
Her efforts sparked a brief
rally that resulted in two
runs for the Tigers, but after
bringing in a relief pitcher,
the Panthers quickly shut it
down and closed out the
game with an 8^ victory.
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“Its frustrating, we’re
usually pretty good at field
ing bunts, but tonight it got
us,” said Head Coach
Jimmy Pruett. “We just
need to clean it up a little
bit.”
Travelling to Norcross
for their re-scheduled game
against Greater Atlanta
Christian on Sept. 5, the
Lady Tigers ran into the hot
bats of the Spartans and a
season best performance
from GAC pitcher Faith
Alton, who posted her first
win of the season with a 4
hit, complete game shut
out of Dawson County.
The Spartans opened the
game by driving the ball all
over the park and jumped
out to a four-run lead in the
first inning of play. After
that initial frenzied scoring,
the Spartans added a fifth
run in the second inning,
but Schandera, on the
mound again for the Tigers,
settled down and turned in
a solid middle game perfor
mance to keep her team in
the hunt. Unfortunately, the
Tigers’ bats remained
silent.
Greater Atlanta Christian
put the lid on the game
with two more runs in the
fifth inning and Alton fin
ished out her day’s work by
shutting down Dawson
County over the last two
innings to put the game in
the books with a final score
of GAC 7 and DC 0.
The Tigers played anoth
er away game on Sept. 6.
Their opponent this time
was the regional power
house East Hall Vikings
and the Vikings quickly
demonstrated why they are
undefeated in regional play.
Putting up nine runs on
11 hits the Vikings cruised
out to an early two to noth
ing lead by the end of the
second. The Tigers fought
back, briefly, in the third by
pushing across a run of
their own but the Vikings
offense proved overwhelm
ing as they continued to
add runs to their lead with
three in the third, another in
the fifth, and three more to
close out the game in the
sixth and send the Tigers
back to Dawsonville with
their third loss of the week
by a score of 9-1.
“I couldn’t be more
proud of how they played,”
Pruett said. “They don’t
quit.’”
With seven games
remaining on the season,
five of those regional
games, the Dawson County
Lady Tigers return to their
home diamond to face the
Lumpkin County Indians
on Sept. 11 with the knowl
edge that as the season
draws to a close each game
becomes more important.
Results from the Sept. 11
game were not available as
of press time.
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