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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, October 10,2018
Dawsonville cadet honored as
Distinguished Military Student
From staff reports
On Sept. 30, the University of North
Georgia’s Boar’s Head Brigade held the
2018 Distinguished Military Students
Review, conducted annually to honor
senior ROTC cadets who have excelled
academically and as leaders. Lauren Bell
of Dawsonville was among those hon
ored.
“UNG and the U.S. Army ROTC pro
gram are honored to recognize the out
standing accomplishments of the 2018
DMS recipients,” said Col. Joshua D.
Wright, the professor of military science
at UNG. “All have worked extremely dil
igently to earn this very special recogni
tion. We could not be more proud of each
and every one of them.”
To be selected, a cadet must be in the
upper half of the academic class, the
upper third of the ROTC class and the
upper third of UNG’s Order of Merit
List, established by the professor of mili
tary science. Additionally, cadets are
selected on the basis of interest and apti
tude for military service and outstanding
qualities of leadership and initiative as
demonstrated by participation and
achievement in campus, civic and mili
tary activities.
This year’s DMS honorees were
Connor Bane, Lauren Bell, Christopher
Bissett, Hunter Blocher, Jasper
Bridgeman Jr., Henry Crawford, Terry
Ellis, Tyler Famey, Matthew Ilao, Evan
Myers, Nolan Olson, Dylan Richards,
Robert Rogers, Jacob Starrett, Charlotte
Walton, Yusemi Mondragon Wheeler and
Matthew Williams.
Maj. Gen. Joe Jarrard, adjutant general
of the Georgia Department of Defense,
was the guest speaker for the DMS
Review. Jarrard is a 1988 graduate of
UNG and served on active duty for more
than 20 years. Gov. Nathan Deal appoint
ed Jarrard to his current role in 2014.
The cadets and their families were
honored during the annual DMS Banquet
on Sept. 29.
The DMS Review and Banquet were
part of the third annual Boar’s Head-
Corps Alumni Weekend, which aimed to
connect current and former cadets during
a weekend of mentoring and networking.
Sponsored by the North Georgia Corps
of Cadets Association, the weekend
included networking and mentoring ses
sions by alumni in specific career areas.
Sessions were designed to give future
graduates additional knowledge about the
pathways for their chosen pursuits.
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For the Dawson County News
The Lady Tigers Competitive Cheer team poses with their first place trophy
(and a cow) at the John's Creek Invitational Oct. 6.
Lady Tigers Cheer Team
continues climb to top
Photos for the Dawson County News
Kilough Elementary School students along with Dawson County High
School agriculture students cut the ribbon on the new KES Cougar Hoop
House Sept. 14.
KES unveils hoop house
From staff reports
On Sept. 14, Kilough Elementary
School unveiled a new hoop house that
will teach first graders all about growing
and cultivating plants with the help of
local high school students.
The KES Cougar Hoop House is a
partnership with KES and the Dawson
County High School agricultural stu
dents. The hoop house works from geo
thermal and solar energies with ventila
tion regulated by the end and side rolling
flaps.
Once a month the agricultural students
from DCHS will visit the first graders at
KES to teach them about different agri
cultural skills and help provide mainte
nance and basic care of the vegetation
and the facility.
The hoop house is a community effort
with several organizations pitching in to
make the greenhouse a reality.
Chestatee/Chattahoochee RC & D
Council Inc. and Upper Chattahoochee
Soil and Water Conservation District
donated the hoop house with state grant
money they received and have allocated
to building hoop houses at schools in the
surrounding north Georgia counties.
Brownlee’s General Store, Drake
LLC, Landscaping One Inc., Shoal
Creek and True Value donated an irriga
tion system, lumber, organic fertilizer,
seeds and soil for the hoop house.
Before the official ribbon cutting and
Inside the hoop house, first grade
students at Kilough Elementary
School will be growing plants with
help from the DCHS agriculture
students.
the grand unveiling, the first grade stu
dents participated in two activities led by
Dawson County Home Depot and State
Farm representative Nancy Skates.
Home Depot, led by Steve Trinowski
and his crew, assisted students in build
ing their own planters which they were
able to take home while Nancy Skates
led the students in activity on the parts of
the plant where students had the oppor
tunity to taste different parts of the plant.
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County Competitive Cheer
team participated in the John’s Creek
Invitational on Saturday, Oct. 6 and
walked away with its fourth victory of the
season to remain undefeated on the year.
“I think we competed very well after
having to replace an athlete that got
injured,” said senior Nicole Mulkey. “We
still pulled together as a team and were
able to come out with a first place win to
remain undefeated.”
Having lost Hanna Davenport to a
shoulder injury, the Lady Tigers fought
through the adversity and challenges to
put together another first-place perfor
mance. This time around they nailed all
three elements of the pyramid portion of
the routine, a feat that has eluded them all
season.
“We have been battling injuries all sea
son and having to rework our routine con
tinuously. We have not put the same rou
tine on the mat two weeks in a row,” said
Coach Kim Fleming. “I am pleased with
our performance today. We still have not
hit our best routine that we are capable of
performing. Never want to peak too early.”
With only two meets remaining in the
regular season, the win continues to build
on the team’s momentum through the sea
son and puts them in excellent position as
they head to the South Forsyth Classic on
Oct. 20.
FROM 1B
Football
game as they launched a
6:30 drive deep into Tiger
territory. Dawson County’s
defense held strong and
(just outside of field goal
range) forced GAC into a
punting situation. Fooling
almost everyone in the
stadium, the Spartans
caught the Tigers napping
and pulled off a fake punt
for the first down to give
themselves new life, but
the Tigers buckled down
on the next three plays
and allowed only three-
points on the drive.
Another three-and-out
from the Tigers gave the
ball back to the Spartans
with just over two min
utes remaining in the first
half. Rose took full
advantage of the opportu
nity by connecting with
senior Ty James for a
69-yard touchdown bomb
to give the Spartans a
17-7 edge heading into
halftime.
“We have to play the
next 24 minutes better
than we are playing right
now,” said Head Coach
Sid Maxwell as the team
headed into the locker
room trailing an opponent
for the first time this year.
Halftime adjustments
from both teams turned
the third quarter into the
same type of defensive
struggle that marked the
first quarter. The high
light of the quarter came
at the 5:30 mark when
Tiger free safety Brody
Howell intercepted a
touchdown from Rose to
end the longest drive of
the half by either team.
The fourth quarter in
Norcross will go down as
one of the most entertain
ing, and disappointing,
quarters of football in
Dawson County history.
Trailing by 10, the
Tigers opened the quarter
with another three-and-
out giving the ball back
to the Spartans.
Demonstrating their
quick strike potential
again the Spartans put 6
points on the board in
two plays but missed the
extra point to leave the
score at 23-7 with 8:35
left in the game.
Never once giving up,
the Tigers took posses
sion of the ball and drove
the length of the field on
a seven play, four-minute
drive capped off by a
7-yard Dakohta
Sonnichsen touchdown.
The Tigers were stiffed
on the 2 point try and the
score moved to 23-13.
With just over four min
utes remaining in the half
the Tigers attempted and
recovered an onside kick
to set up another scoring
opportunity.
The Tigers wasted the
opportunity with what
amounted to the worst
series of the game for the
offense. In four plays
Dawson County, via a
sack and two false start
penalties, lost 14 yards
and found themselves
facing a long fourth down
outside of field goal
range and they were
forced to punt once again.
With just over two min
utes remaining it looked
like the end for the
Tigers.
On the second play
form scrimmage, as the
Spartans looked only to
run out the clock, junior
Bryce Bryant forced the
ball loose and senior
Jason Browning was
there for the recovery to
give the Tigers the ball
deep in Spartan territory.
With newfound hope the
Tigers took to the field
and quickly took advan
tage of the turn-over with
another Clark touchdown
run, this one from seven
yards out to bring the
Tigers within three.
Another on-side kick
ensued, but this one was
recovered by the Spartans
and with just over a min
ute to play and despite
the Tigers burning all
three time-outs, they were
able to run out the clock
and squeeze out the vic
tory by a final score of
23-20.
“Fundamentally, we
have to make plays” said
Maxwell. “We had oppor
tunities.”
The Tigers are on fall
break this week but will
return Oct. 19 with a
game at Fannin County.
Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.
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