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2B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, October 3,2018 FROM 1B Softball game series started with a dou ble-header. The teams exchanged runs in the early innings but solid pitch ing from both Amanda Sneed of the Rebels and senior Maggie Schandera of the Tigers kept the game even until the late innings. The difference proved to be an ugly sixth inning for the Dawson County squad that allowed the Rebels to put four runs on the board. A last inning surge by the Tigers added two runs to their total but a final score of 6-3 gave game one to the Rebels. Game two started off featuring the same strong pitching from Sneed and Schandera that held both teams scoreless until the third inning when the Tigers’ bats came to life. Sparked by powerful multi-base hits from sophomore Bella Henson and senior Brandi Williams the Lady Tigers pushed runs across the plate to take the late game lead and held on to win by a score of 4—2. Having split the double-head er, the two teams met for one final, winner-take-all game on Monday, Oct 1. In an odd twist, the Lady Tigers lost the coin toss, so they took the first at bats as the visiting team in their home stadium. Taking full advantage of the opportunity, the Lady Tigers displayed a confidence and swagger that had been miss ing from the earlier games and caught the Rebels off guard. Led by their core group of seniors Lauren Tow, Carol Drake, Schandera and Williams, who all recorded multiple hits, the Lady Tigers blasted the ball all over the yard as the Tigers put runs on the board during their first four at-bats. In an effort to stop the onslaught the Rebels changed pitchers but, after only facing two batters, they returned their original pitcher to the mound. This quick exchange seemed to do the trick as it marked a turn ing point in the game and the Lady Tigers bats went quiet. The Tigers defense was put to the test over the last three innings as Fannin County proved resur gent in their attempt to avoid elimination. Suddenly it was their bats that were hot and the Lady Tigers faced an onslaught of late inning contact and hits. Inning by inning the Rebels closed the gap. Two runs in the fifth. Two more runs in the sixth, and suddenly it was the bottom of the seventh and they were only down by 2. The Lady Tigers spoiled the dramatic fin ish with a quick one-two-three, and as the last out fell into Drake’s glove they surged the field to celebrate their hard fought 7-5 victory. The Dawson County Lady Tigers played in the Regional Finals on Wednesday, Oct. 3. The first game takes place at 11 a.m. versus the East Hall Lady Vikings. FROM 1B Volleyball MarlieTownley, junior, defends the net versus the Red Elephants Sept. 27. “Gainesville has a real ly good libero,” said Head Coach Tanya Porter. “Nothing gets down to the floor.” Dawson County next hosted the North Hall Lady Trojans on Tuesday, Sept. 25 in a battle for first place in the region. Coming out strong the Lady Tigers took an early lead in the first set only to see it disappear late as the Lady Trojans fought back to take the set by a score of 25-23. With a team leading 11 kills junior Chloe Bennett led the Tigers to win the second set by the same score and forced a third set. “Errors in set three proved to be the differ ence,” Porter said. “We fell way short in the final set.” Those errors were cost ly as North Hall went on to win the set by a score of 25-14 and the match two sets to one. North Hall moved into sole pos session of first place in the region with the win. After the disappointing loss to North Hall, the Lady Tigers once again played host on Thursday, Sept. 27 this time wel coming the Red Elephants from Gainesville for another best of five match-up. Despite a best-of-sea- son performance from junior Harmony Evans, who was able to spike the ball at will against the Red Elephants back line, the Lady Tigers were unable to get past the excellent defense put up by the girls from Gainesville and dropped the second match of the season in three sets. “These games are good for mental and physical stamina,” Porter said. “It should help us in the long run.” The Lady Tigers played their final regional match Bob Christian Dawson County News es on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at Dawson County High School against Cherokee Bluff and Lumpkin County. Results were not avail able as of press time. FROM 1B JROTC unit in a series of events designed to test their cohe siveness, coordination, dis cipline and physical fit ness. Schools could ran as many teams as they want ed to run and a total of 38 teams participated in the event with most schools running two men’s teams and a single female and mixed team. “There is no individual score,” said Instructor Steve Pamplin. “When the last person crosses the line that is when the team is finished.” Starting with a timed team run, each group then moved as fast as possible through an obstacle course, a sand-bag relay, a simulat ed casualty carry, a tire- flipping race and building and traversing a rope bridge. “The event is designed to be similar to the type of training that Rangers do in the army,” said Pamplin. The level of exertion necessary to complete the course was evident in the Dawson County Raiders as they recovered after their morning run through the course. Each member of the team looked tired and physically run down but thrilled about their perfor mance overall. “I feel like we did really well as a team,” said Battalion Commander Cadet LTC Noah Stapp. “We finished the obstacle course in around three minutes, and that’s pretty good.” In fact, the three-minute time was good enough for a second-place finish for the Dawson County Raider men’s team in the obstacle course. Dawson County’s mixed team also took home hardware on the day by grabbing a second place finish in the tire-flip race. The overall awards for the day went to Riverside Military Academy in the male category, Norcross High School in the mixed team events and South Gwinnett High School in the female division. • 16 Colors in Stock •Delivery Available (706) 265-3099 www.metalroofingsalesinc.com 82 Etowah River Rd. Dawsonville, GA Trinity Church of Dawsonville “The most loving small church I’ve attended lately.” Isn’t it time you came back? 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