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Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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Cheerleaders finish second at tournament
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County High
School Competition
Cheerleaders traveled to
Columbus to compete in the
Georgia High School
Association (GHSA) State
Tournament Nov. 1. The team
was the No. 1 seed from region
7-AAA.
After presenting their second
near flawless routine in two
weeks, the Lady Tigers cap
tured their spot on the podium
as the State Runner-Up to cap
off an incredible season.
The team scored 101.83,
right behind Pierce County,
For the Dawson County News
The Dawson County Competition Cheerleaders pose with
their State Runner-Up trophy and medals at the GHSA
State CheerleadingTournament on Nov. 10.
who took the top spot with a Rounding out the top four
score of 103. were Ringgold’s 93.33, good
for third place, followed by
Jefferson with a score of 86.
“We had the best perfor
mance to date. I think we all
did it for each other. I’m going
to miss everyone next year, but
these girls are so talented,” said
All-State team member Nicole
Mulkey. “They’ll be going for
the rings next season.”
Led by a core of seniors
Mulkey, Hanna Davenport,
Kiara Marshall and Kiki Barker
the team battled injuries, tech
nical difficulties and a series of
changes to their routine to put
together five wins, out of six
meets, and capture the 7-AAA
regional title on their way to
the state finals.
“The past weekend at state
still feels like a dream. The
whole team pulled together and
put out a perfect performance
for the very last time,” Barker
said. “As a senior, I could not
have asked for a better way to
end my cheer career.”
Head Coach Kim Fleming
said the team’s will to win and
the effort they put in was on
display all season.
“I have thought of many
words to describe this team, but
the one that sticks with me and
holds true is determined. They
never let our goals get out of
sight. This group of athletes
were truly determined to reach
the top.”
Defense shuts down leading rusher
Photos by Bob Christian Dawson County News
The Dawson CountyTigers defense converges on the Rebels'Treylon Sheppard Nov. 9.
Explosive offense carries Tigers to second round of GHSA playoffs
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
The first round of the Georgia High
School Association football playoff’s
got underway on Friday as the Dawson
County Tigers (No. 2, 3AAA) hosted
the Haralson County Rebels (No. 3,
6AAA) at Tiger Stadium in
Dawsonville.
Featuring two high-powered rushing
attacks the teams combined for 66
points in a wild game that ended with
the Tigers advancing to the second
round with a 44-22 victory over the
Rebels that was much closer than the
final score indicated.
Led by the state’s top rusher Treylon
Sheppard, who came into the game as
the fastest back to rush for more than
2,000 yards in state history with a total
of 2,874 yards on the season, the Rebels
immediately began pounding the ball
into the middle of the Tigers defensive
line on their opening drive.
Knowing the threat, the Tigers
defense, led by junior Daniel Brock and
senior Logan Barnes (who combined
for 24 tackles on the night), forced an
opening three-and-out.
Using Sheppard as more of a decoy
Dawson County running back Ahmad Kamara, senior, sheds tacklers on
his way to the end-zone in the first round of the GHSA playoffs versus
Haralson County.
on their second drive the Rebels were
able to take advantage of the aggressive
nature of the Tigers defense and broke a
quarterback keeper up the middle for a
long touchdown run that gave them the
early lead halfway through the first
quarter at 8-0 after they successfully
converted the two-point play.
See Football 12B
Schandera signs
with Georgia
Highlands
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
Dawson County Lady Tigers Softball
pitcher Maggie Schandera formally commit
ted to play softball at the next level as she
signed her scholarship with Georgia
Highlands College in Cartersville on Nov. 3.
Schandera first pitched for the varsity
team as a freshman and took over the start
ing role in her junior year. During her career
she posted a 76 percent strike ratio over
416.4 innings (a total of 4,071 strikes) while
recording 228 strike-outs to only 25 walks
and was named the Dawson County News
Player of the Week multiple times during her
time as a Lady Tiger.
She is the daughter of Lamar and Connie
Schandera.
See Schandera 12B
Speeding penalty
drops Elliott from
Championship 4
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
Starting just off the pole position in the
second slot Chase Elliott knew that he most
likely needed to win the
Can-Am 500 at the ISM
Raceway in Phoenix, AZ on
Sunday, Nov. 11 to claim his
spot in the Championship
Four of NASCAR’s Monster
Energy Cup Series.
After a drama filled week
in NASCAR that saw Kevin
Harvick docked 40 driver
points and stripped of his
win at Texas due to an illegally modified
spoiler discovered in the post-race inspection
there were suddenly three spots up for grabs
in next week’s final race at Homestead-
Mi ami.
Seventeen points below the cut-line, and
suddenly only 20 points behind Harvick,
Elliott pushed his #9 NAPA Autoparts car to
the limit, leading the race three times overall
See Elliott 12B
Player of the Week!
Nicole Mulkey
Senior Nicole Mulkey of the Dawson County
Tigers Competition Cheerleading team was
named to the All-State Cheerleading Team at the
GHSA State Cheerleading Finals November loth.
Based on her individual performance throughout
the season and a series of interviews, Mulkey is
one of only 16 girls statewide to receive the honor.
“Mulkey is a great competitor and leader on our
Dawson County team and this award was well
deserved” said Head Coach Kim Fleming.
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