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Wednesday, December 5, 2018
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Lady Tigers fall behind early in losses
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
Fresh from capturing the
championship hardware at the
Tiger Tip-off Classic, the
Dawson County Lady Tigers
basketball team traveled Nov.
29 to take on the Flowery
Branch High School Lady
Falcons in a non-regional
rematch of the season opener.
Led by their inside duo of
Caroline Wysocki and Ashley
Woodruff, who each put up 15
points on the night, the Lady
Falcons opened a commanding
14-2 lead in the first period and
held to on to deliver the Lady
Tigers their first loss of the sea
son by a final score of 59-45.
The Dawson County offense
came to life just before half
time with junior Marlie
Townley finding success under
neath the basket as fellow
junior Sophia D’Oliveira and
senior Kaylee Sticker added
points from the free throw line.
All three scored double digits
on the night with Sticker lead
ing the team at 12 points for
the game.
Trailing by only nine at the
opening of the second half, the
Dawson County offense found
minimal success from the out
side, posting only 10 points in
the third period, as Flowery
Branch adjusted their defense
to deny the lane to the Tigers.
The Lady Falcons continued
to spread the ball to the open
player as all five players scored
in the third to push the lead
back to double digits at the
beginning of the fourth quarter.
Finally able to break through
the Flowery Branch defense,
the Lady Tigers kept pace in
the fourth quarter matching the
Falcons point-for-point as each
team put up 14 in the final
stanza, but the burst was too lit
tle, too late and Flowery
Branch held off the Tigers for
the win with a final score of
59-45.
See Lady 12B
Looking to put their loss in the final
round of the Tip-off Classic behind
them, the Dawson County High School
Tigers varsity basketball team traveled
to Flowery Branch High School Nov.
29 take on the Falcons in a rematch of
their season opener.
Led by junior Jasper Gibson’s 28
points (along with the 1,000th point of
his career) on the night the Tigers took
control of the game from the opening
buzzer and took home their third victo
ry of the season with a 79-47 drubbing
of Flowery Branch.
Gibson found immediate success
from the outside as he went four of four
from the 3-point line during the first
period and gathered 28 points overall
on the night to lead the Tigers in scor
ing. Luke Chism, Tate Adkins and Eli
Burruss also added points in the first as
Dawson County led the Falcons 23-9
after the opening eight minutes.
The Falcons responded well in the
second as they penetrated the Tigers’
defense and put 17 points on the board,
but they could not find an answer for
Gibson or Chism and Dawson County
was able to keep the pace with 16 sec
ond period points of their own to main
tain a 39-26 lead into halftime.
It was just prior to halftime, in one of
his only two free throws of the game,
that Gibson notched his milestone
1,000th point to the delight of both
teammates and fans.
“I knew it was out there,” Gibson
said. “I tried not to think about it too
much during the game. I just wanted to
let it happen.”
Head Coach Chad Pittman said the
milestone speaks to Gibson’s dedication
to the sport.
“It’s an impressive milestone, and it’s
about a lot of hard work that he’s put
Bob Christian Dawson County News
See Tigers 14B Luke Chism, senior, blocks a shot versus the Clarke Central Gladiators on Dec. 1.
Tigers rebound from early season loss
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
Tigers cross
country team
competes at
national level
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
Seniors Frankie Muldoon and Cody
Wood, along with junior Ben
McGinnis, sophomore Wiley Dennis
and freshman Ryan McGinnis, repre
sented Dawson County High School
on Nov. 24 in Charlotte, N.C. at the
South Regional qualifier of the
Footlocker National Championships in
McAlpine Park.
The Foot Locker Cross Country
Championships are a series of annual
cross country races established in 1979
to determine the best high school run
ner in the nation in every age bracket.
This year’s race took place in muddy,
cold conditions and a combination of
freezing rain and low temperatures
slowed the usually fast-timed course.
“At race time, the temperature was
in the low 30s with sleet and freezing
rain in the area,” said Head Coach
Beusse. “Definitely not perfect condi
tions, but true cross country weather.”
Racing in the junior category, Ben
McGinnis continued to build on his
break-out season as he finished 25th in
a field of 217 runners and earned All-
South honors.
Finishing in the upper half of the
championship race, Muldoon put her
name on the national stage as one of
the best cross country runners to
emerge from the southern region.
Wood capped off his season with a
solid performance, besting 154 region
al runners with his 32nd place finish in
the senior race.
See Country 12B
Dawson County wrestlers take third place at North Oconee
By Bob Christian
bchristian@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County High
School wrestling team wrapped
up a week’s worth of competi
tion with an appearance at the
North Oconee Duals hosted by
North Oconee High School on
Dec. 1, where after facing off
with five other squads from the
north Georgia region, the
Tigers emerged with a 4-1
record and 291 total points for
a third place finish overall.
First on the mat were the
Bulldoggs of Winder-Barrow
and the Tigers made quick
work of the competition.
Dawson County won by pin in
10 of the 14 bouts, and only
two matches went beyond the
first round. Each team recorded
a victory via forfeit and the
final score was 69-12 in favor
of the Tigers.
The Tigers next faced off
against the Evans High School
Knights who fielded a team of
wrestlers only in the weight
classes below 160 pounds and
were forced to forfeit all
remaining matches. The
Knights fought the Tigers hard
in the final matches, winning
four of the seven, but in the end
the forfeitures were too much
to overcome and the Tigers
chalked up their second victory
of the day 60-20.
Stone Mountain High
School’s team featured wres
tlers from across the weight
spectrum, but they too were
forced to forfeit several match
es during the contest, and the
Tigers took care of business.
See Wrestlers 12B
For the Dawson County News
The Dawson County wrestling team poses with their third
place plaque at the North Oconee Duals on Dec. 1.
Player of the Week!
Jasper Gibson
Senior Jasper Gibson scored the l,oooth point of his
high school career in a game against the Flowery
Branch Falcons on Nov. 2g. The career mark came
from the free-throw line in the second quarter of
the Tiger’s 79-47 victory as he went on to lead the
team in scoring with 28 points, seven assists and
three rebounds on the night. Gibson’s high level of
play continued as the team faced the Clarke Central
Gladiators in Dahlonega during the High School
Showcase on Dec. 2 where he led the team in scoring
for the second game in a row, posting another 29
points as the Tigers defeated the Gladiators 77-48.
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PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kaylee Sticker
Senior forward Kaylee Sticker led the Lady
Tigers basketball team in scoring on Nov. 29
when the Lady Tigers took on the Flowery
Branch Falcons. She lit up the scoreboard
from a distance for a total of 12 points in the
59-45 loss. In the second game of the week
against the Banks County Leopards at the
High School Showcase in Dahlonega, Sticker
put up 12 of her 15 points on the night only
to fall short by a final of 53-50.
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