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2B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, September 19,2018
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Volleyball
The East Hall Vikings fared no better
in the second match of the night as the
Lady Tigers continued to build on their
momentum and rushed to a two-set win
with scores of 25-12 and 25-20.
“Nice way to start our region play,”
Porter said. “Opening 2-0 puts us in a
great position to finish as a top seed for
the tournament.”
Traveling to Habersham County on
Thursday, Sept. 13, the Lady Tigers
continued to wrap up non-regional game
with matches versus the Raiders of
Habersham and, in their first-ever
match-up, the Athens Christian Eagles.
Alexandra Shalikashvili of the
Raiders proved to be the difference
maker in a tough first set as the Lady
Tigers saw their early lead disappear
behind her furious onslaught, and
Habersham County stole a heart-break
ing victory by the score of 28-26. Llush
with victory, the Raiders went on to
pummel the Tigers in the second set
25-8 to take the match by a score of
2-0.
“Momentum is a funny thing,” Porter
said. “It is hard to get it back when it
goes away and what happened in the
second set is a direct result of how the
first one ended.”
The team prepared to recapture the
momentum versus the Eagles in their
match against the girls from Athens
Christian. Not knowing what to expect,
the Lady Tigers started slow, but after a
strong service from junior Chloe
Bennett the team’s offense reignited and
Dawson County quickly took the first
set 25-15.
Set two proved a bit more difficult as
the Eagles put up a tough fight, at one
point taking the lead and threatening to
take the set, but the Lady Tigers pulled
through to win the set 25-19 and the
match by a score of 2-0
The Lady Tigers played another pair
of non-regional matches with Greater
Atlanta Christian and West Hall High
School Sept. 18 but results were not
available as of press time.
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The LadyTigers defend against the Habersham Raiders Sept. 13.
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Softball
After starting the inning with
a line drive out the Indians
took advantage of a series of
throwing errors to put three
runs on the board before the
Tigers could move them back
to the dug out.
The game stayed quiet until
the bottom of the fourth when
a startlingly similar series of
throwing errors plagued the
Indians and allowed the Lady
Tigers to bring home two runs
and close the gap at the half
way point. As the final innings
approached it was suddenly a
tight one with Lumpkin
County at 4 and Dawson
County at 3.
The hot-bats of the Indians
and the cold gloves of the
Tigers continued to do damage
in the fifth as a combination of
sharply hit ground balls and
fielding errors gave Lumpkin
County two more points and
what would prove to be an
insurmountable lead.
Both teams were able to add
one to their totals for a final
score of 7 for the Indians and 4
for the Tigers. The loss put the
Lady Tigers in a position to
lose home-field advantage as
the playoffs approached, a situ
ation not lost on Head Coach
Jimmy Pruett.
“Bottom line is this put us in
what is essentially a must-win
situation against GAC (Greater
Atlanta Christian),” Pruett said.
That game took place Sept.
13 and the Lady Tigers took
the field knowing the serious
ness of this game as it came to
their place in the region.
Entering the game tied with
GAC in the standings, Dawson
County pulled together all
three aspects of the game: good
pitching, solid fielding and
explosive hitting to pull out a
4-1 victory and put themselves
in excellent position to contin
ue their rise as the regional
tournament approaches.
Greater Atlanta struck first,
putting one run on the board in
top of the second, but the
Tigers fired back with a beauti
ful two-run homer from second
baseman and freshman Olivia
Martinez to take the lead and
never looked back.
Allowing only five hits over
the remaining five innings,
Schandera shut down the GAC
offense while the Lady Tigers
added an insurance run in the
third inning and another run off
a towering solo home run from
Bella Henson in the sixth
inning to bring the score to a
final tally of 4 for Dawson
County and 1 for GAC.
The Lady Tigers were back
in action Sept. 17 when they
traveled to Alpharetta to take
on the Denmark High School
Danes in non-regional play.
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Football
holding call took the points
off the board. Given a sec
ond chance the Danes’
defense proved equal to the
task and stopped the Tigers
on the one-foot line on a
fourth and goal.
Danes quarterback Ben
Whitlock opened the drive
throwing from his own
end-zone with a quick
20-yard pass.
Demonstrating good accu
racy and great arm
strength, Whitlock quickly
moved his team from the
shadow of his own goal
posts past the 50-yard line.
The Tigers defense dem
onstrated their prowess as
Barnes locked in a
Whitlock pass, snagging
his third interception of the
year to set up Clark and the
offense with a short field.
Showing off his contin
ued development as a dual
threat quarterback, Clark
put the Tigers on the board
for the first time of the
night with a 15-yard pass
to sophomore Dakohta
Sonnichsen and the Tigers
took the lead 7-0.
One play, and one blown
coverage later, the Danes
tied the game on a 75-yard
throw and catch from
Whitlock to junior wide
receiver Adonnis Tolbert,
who blew past his defender
along the right-hand side of
the field to ran into the end
zone untouched.
The Tigers returned to
the ground game with a
combination of Kamara up
the middle and jet sweeps
featuring the speed of
senior running back Evan
Abernathy and the elusive
ness of senior wide receiv
er Ethan Cameron. Clark
continued to demonstrate
his arm, moving the chains
with the short passing
game when necessary.
Driving the ball efficient
ly down the field, the
Tigers broke through the
defense from just outside
the 20-yard line on a beau
tiful second-effort catch by
senior Ryan Glass on a ball
that looked to have been
batted away by the defend
er to take the lead by a
score of 14-7.
The Danes pushed into
Dawson County territory
on their next drive but
Riley Herndon, the Tigers
junior comerback, stepped
in front of another
Whitlock pass and gath
ered Denmark’s second
turnover of the night.
In the face of an over
whelming blitz on the fol
lowing third down, Clark
flung a wild pick six to the
flat and the Danes kicking
unit added the extra point
to move the game back
into a tie at 14 points
apiece.
After taking the ensuing
kick-off out to their own
35, the Tigers returned to
the running game but, three
plays into the drive, on a jet
sweep to the left side of the
field, Sonnichsen had the
ball knocked loose and the
Danes defense recovered
the fumble in great field
position.
A smothering Tigers
pass rush led to two incom
pletions and on third down
the Danes tried a draw play
that fooled no one, ending
with another fumble (this
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Waters
years,” Waters said. “All
the successes we were
able to enjoy last season I
attribute to the passion,
love and knowledge of the
game that Coach Lacey
poured into the players.”
Waters plans to continue
in his role as an assistant
football coach for the
Dawson County Tigers
and has no plans to leave
his teaching position at the
high school. He is looking
forward to spending his
extra time in the spring
with his two young boys,
Harley and Hudson, and
his wife Megan.
“We have very busy
schedules,” Waters said.
“We look forward to hav
ing the opportunity to
enjoy a little more time
together in the spring.”
Meunchen has been a
part of the Dawson
County soccer program as
the head coach of the mid
dle school team since
2014 and has been
involved in soccer as a
player or coach since
childhood.
Meunchen said he is
looking to build on the
success of last season.
“I am excited about the
opportunity to join the
boys’ soccer varsity pro
gram,” Meunchen said. “I
appreciate the opportunity
given to me by our athletic
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and the Tigers once again
took over on offense hav
ing escaped the threat.
The Tigers opened the
second quarter with a
Kamara 17-yard option run
to break the tie and take the
lead at 21-14. The Tigers
defense continued to man
handle the Danes, shutting
down Whitlock and his
offense forcing a three-
and-out to get the ball
back.
Appearing to have final
ly worn down the Danes
defense, Clark and the
Tigers drove the length of
the field in just over three
minutes with Clark cap
ping off the drive his first
of two rushing touchdowns
on the night and extending
the Tigers lead to 14 as the
score widened to a margin
of 28-14.
Once again, the Tigers
defense stood tall, this time
getting the ball back after a
well-timed sack by senior
Jacob Lrady.
Both teams settled into
rhythm as the half wound
to a close and the Tigers
managed to drive the ball
director.”
The team itself is also
going through a transition
as eight seniors graduated
last spring leaving open
several key positions as
the beginning of the sea
son approaches.
“I am anxious to see
deep into Danes territory
once again only to stall out
in the red zone. Sophomore
kicker Caleb Bonesteel
tacked on a field goal to
bring the score to 31-14 as
both teams headed to the
locker rooms for the break.
The game’s second half
continued to feature the
staunch defense of the
Tigers as Bames ended the
Danes’ opening drive of
the half with his fourth
interception of the season,
but the defense for
Denmark experienced a
resurgence in the second
half and proved effective at
finally shutting down the
offense of Dawson County.
Both teams took their
turns trying to move the
ball down the field with the
Danes attempting to break
the Tigers secondary with a
series of deep pass
attempts and the Tigers
tying to claw out yardage
with the middle run and
short passing game.
The teams continued to
exchange possessions until
Abernathy broke free for a
61-yard scamper that set
Clark up for his second
which of our boys will
step up to fill these posi
tions,” Meunchen said. “I
am greatly looking for
ward to our season, and
with some hard work and
adjustments to our play
style, we can have a great
season.”
rushing touchdown of the
game with just over one
minute remaining in the
third quarter to bring the
score to 38 for the Tigers
and 21 for the Danes.
The fourth quarter was a
continuation of the brutal
defenses that marked the
third quarter and, other
than a blocked punt that
resulted a late quarter
touchdown for the Danes,
there were no further fire
works on the night and the
game closed out with a
final score of 38-21.
The Tigers road trip con
tinues Lriday as the team
travels to Dahlonega to
continue their annual rival
ry with the Lumpkin
County High School
Indians. Kickoff is sched
uled for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 21.
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