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2B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, October 10,2018
Frankie Muldoon sets 5K record
Teams continue to
improve as season
nears the finish
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
At the beginning of the season
Frankie Muldoon was very clear
about her personal goals as a cross
country runner.
“I want the team to win at state,”
Muldoon said. “And I want to beat
the school record.”
After her performance at the
Mountain Invitational in Unicoi
State Park on Thursday, Oct. 4, she
can check the box on the record.
With a final time of 18:27,
Muldoon shattered the Dawson
County High School 5K record,
formerly held by Madalyn Walters,
by more than six seconds.
Despite the record-setting pace,
Muldoon finished second overall
and the Lady Tigers as a team
managed a seventh place finish on
the day.
Also turning in her best perfor
mance of the season with a time of
21:19, Jenna LeCours led the rest
of the Tigers across the finish line
For the Dawson County News
Frankie Muldoon, senior, cross
es the finish line to set the new
Dawson County High School 5K
record on Oct. 4.
as the 3-7 runners came in as a
bunch centered around the 23-min
ute mark.
“As a whole, I was proud of how
well our runners competed. We had
many season best performances
and also some career best perfor
mances” said Head Coach Charles
Beusse. “This was encouraging to
me as we always strive for constant
improvement.”
The men’s cross country team
led by seniors Cody Wood and Ben
McGinnis, who finished 12 and 13
running neck-to-neck with times of
16:30 and 16:32, also posted
record breaking numbers with a
team average of 17:02, one of the
best averages in program history
according to Beusse.
Strong performances from Wiley
Dennis, William Mulberry and
Luke Hamby, all of whom finished
in under 18 minutes, rounded out
the team’s scoring and placed them
third overall on the day.
“Much like the girls, our success
at region and state will be deter
mined by the performances of our
3-7 runners,” Beusse said. “On
Thursday, those guys looked
strong, but we do need a little more
before region if we want to be able
to pull off something special.”
The teams will travel to Pickens
County for the final race of the
regular season, the Sharptop
Invitational, on Oct. 13.
Area orthodontics practice provides
custom mouth guards for Tigers
FROM 1B
Elliott
Monster Energy
NASCAR Cup Series
Playoffs the victory at
Dover secured Elliott’s
position in the Round of
8 and brought him within
45 points of the leader in
the Cup Chase, Kevin
Harvick.
The Series continues at
the legendary Talladega
Superspeedway on Oct. 14
when Elliott will compete
in the 1000Bulbs.com 500.
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
Causey Orthodontics of
Cumming opened their
doors early Saturday
morning to provide free
custom-made mouth
guards for all 74 mem
bers of the Dawson
County Tigers football
team.
“When we first opened
our office in Blairsville
this is something we did
for Union County,” said
Orthodontic Assistant
Bonnie Geer.
Using a digital camera
mounted on the end of a
wand, Geer took between
500 and 700 pictures that
are then blended into a
single image by the com
puter to create an
extremely detailed picture
of the structure of an indi
vidual’s teeth. This image
is then forwarded to
Specialty Orthodontics
Appliances, also of
Cumming, where it is cast
into a three-dimensional
plastic model.
“The system stores the
images digitally,” said
Orthodontist Mark
Causey. “They can be
pulled up and used again
in the future for another
mouthguard or different
work.”
Once the model has
been cast, a mouth guard
is formed over the mold
to create a customized,
perfectly fitting mouth
piece that will feature the
Dawson County High
School team logo.
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Orthodontic Assistant Bonnie Geer works with
senior Chris Marquina of the Dawson County foot
ball team to create his custom mouth guard Oct. 6.
FROM 1B
Softball
East Hall took the early
lead with two runs in the
first inning and never
looked back. A four-run
third inning took the wind
out of the sails of the
Lady Tigers, and two
more runs in the bottom
of the fifth invoked the
run rule to finalize the
game at a score of 8-0.
“They can hit,” said
Assistant Coach Logan
Allen. “We put no pres
sure on them from the
beginning.”
The day’s second game
featured the North Hall
Trojans as they came
away from the first round
on the low end of a 4-1
score versus the Lumpkin
County Indians.
Dawson County opened
the game with a run in the
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Third Baseman Brandi Williams, senior, at bat
against East Hall Oct. 3.
first inning as Carol
Drake took advantage of
a series of errors by the
Trojans to round the
bases and give the Tigers
the early lead.
Normally, pitching with
the lead allows Tigers
pitcher Maggie
Schandera to dominate
her opponents from the
circle, but that day proved
different as the Trojans
capitalized on a similar
series of errors from the
Tigers to tie the game,
and then launched the
ball into the woods on
back-to-back home runs
to open a 5-1 lead in
their first at-bat.
The onslaught contin
ued as North Hall scored
at least two runs in every
inning, capping the
game with a five-run
display in the bottom of
the fourth, invoking the
run rule against the
Tigers for the second
time on the day.
Having finished the
day with two losses the
Lady Tigers will enter
the State Tournament as
the 7-AAA No. 4 seed,
which pits them against
the 6-AAA No. 1 seed
Calhoun YellowJackets
on Oct. 10.
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Makale Everett, sophomore, serves in the game
versus Cherokee Bluff Oct. 2.
FROM 1B
Volleyball
was in the works until
junior Roxie Fricton
killed 4 straight points.
Her passion ignited the
team and they entered
cruise control to win the
second set by a score of
25-11.
In the final set, the
Bears came out strong,
once again led by domi
nating net play from
Phillips, and pushed the
Tigers into the equivalent
of volleyball overtime as
the score remained tied
when both teams reached
25 points. A controver
sial double-touch call
that brought the Bears
coach off the bench to
discuss the matter with
the referee gave the game
point to the Tigers,
allowing them to close
the match with a two set
to one victory.
The Lady Tigers
entered the match with
the Lumpkin County
Indians knowing that
they needed a win to
secure the second seed
and a first-round bye for
the upcoming regional
tournament, and they
came through with a
quick 2-0 win.
“I thought our girls
showed up ready to play
and their performance
was an excellent display
of that preparation,” said
Coach Tanya Porter.
“The wins sealed our
second place finish in the
region regular season
play and guaranteed us a
second seed going into
the tournament, which
also gives us a bye for
the first round.”
Having finished the
season undefeated in
regional play, the North
Hall Trojans will host the
regional tournament on
Thursday, Oct. 11. The
Lady Tigers will face the
winner of the day’s first
game between the East
Hall Vikings and the
Cherokee Bluff Bears.
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