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Wednesday, October 3, 2018
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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
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Senior Carol Drake steals second base from the Rebels on
Oct. 1.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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