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SPORTS DawsonNewscom Wednesday, October 3, 2018 facebook.com/dawsonnews twitter.com/dawsonnews Tigers advance to region finals By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com It took all seven innings but the Dawson County Lady Tigers soft- ball team held on to win the first round tie-break game against the Fannin County Rebels by a final score of 7-5 on Oct. 1. The victory not only advanced the team to the regional finals, where they will face the East Hall Vikings, but also marked the cap stone of an epic four-game series with Fannin County. The final game of the regular season took place on Tuesday, Sept. 25 in Fannin County. The teams took to the field knowing they would play again in the first round of the tournament; they just didn’t know where the game would be played. The winner of this game would have home field advantage and both teams played hard for that advantage. A series of errors put the Fady Tigers down early and it looked like it was going to be a long day for the visiting team, but Fannin County returned the favor with a collection of errors that cost them the lead in the middle innings. The Rebels scored two runs on a bottom of the seventh rally but fell just short of the Tigers by a final score of 5^1. “The girls showed a great resil ience to overcome those early errors,” said Head Coach Jimmy Pruett. “Early in the season we would not have been able to do that.” The first round of the regional tournament took place Sept. 29 at Dawson County High School and featured the No. 4 Dawson County Tigers versus the No. 5 Fannin County Rebels. The three- See Softball |2B Bob Christian Dawson County News Senior Carol Drake steals second base from the Rebels on Oct. 1. Photos by Bob Christian Dawson County News Defensive End Zac Baloga, senior, disrupts a pass in the Vikings backfield on Sept. 28. Record-breaking effort Tigers post second shutout of year over East Hall By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonsnews.com Named for the mytho logical heavenly home of the Vikings, the stadium at East Hall High School certainly looked the part as the sun set behind the bleachers on Friday, Sept. 28. Perhaps inspired by those tales of lore, the Dawson County Tigers delivered a record-setting performance and claimed Valhalla as their own with a 64-0 victory over the Vikings. With a backfield featur ing two impressive seniors in running back Cambren Harrison and quarterback Zander Man, the East Hall Vikings have always been a chal lenging team for the Tigers. “They are a good team. Fook at their statistics over the last two games,” said Tigers Defensive Coordinator Brent Cox. “This is going to be a test.” The Tiger defense had the first opportunity to take the test as the Vikings received the opening kickoff to begin Sophomore Shawn Thomas breaks free in the See Football 14B Vikings secondary on Sept. 28. Volleyball looks to lock up spot in tournament By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsoncountynews.com The Dawson County Fady Tigers volleyball team faced some of their toughest competition of the sea son over the last two weeks as they played a series of games against both regional and non-regional opponents. Starting a week on the road by traveling to Oakwood on Sept. 18 for a tri-match involving the Spartans from both West Hall High School and Greater Atlanta Christian, the Fady Tigers came away empty handed on the night as they dropped both matches in straight sets. Fooking to bounce back the Fady Tigers next headed to Gainesville High School for another non- regional contest with the Red Elephants. Playing a best of five match Dawson fought hard to stay close in the first two sets, but ultimately lost the match in straight sets by a final of 3-0. See Volleyball 12B 17 JROTC teams invade Dawson By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com The measured sound of marching feet and calls of cadence filled the air across the campus of Dawson County High School on Saturday, Sept. 29 as the Junior Reserve Office Training Corps (JROTC) of Cadets hosted 16 schools for the fourth Raider Meet of the season. Fielding 10 person teams in three categories (male, female and mixed) the Raiders competed as a small See JROTC12B Maj. Robert Wiley pres ents Dawson County Raiders with a second place trophy during a Raider event Sept. 29. Bob Christian Dawson County News Player of the Week! Maggie Schandera Maggie Schandera, senior pitcher for the Dawson County Lady Tigers softball team, pitched an astounding 120 innings during the regular season starting every game for the Tigers. Posting a record of eight wins to 11 losses with an ERA of 2.158, Schandera kept the team in contention throughout the year and secured home field advantage with one of her best outings versus the Fannin County Rebels in the final game of the regular season on Tuesday, Sept. 25. Sponsored by: Certified Collision Center 706-216-0992 We’ve Gone Green! ‘We will be here when you need us. ” il-Cfir CUMMING t o z o o ■'t DUNKIN DONUTS Q. 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