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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com Wednesday, February 20,2019 FROM 1B Girls we have a better chance of winning,” Sticker said. “I’ve been told I need to shoot more, but I’m a big pass person, of course I’m going to be looking for that pass, so I think the win comes before those points.” Coahulla Creek opened the game with a quick 5 points to put the Lady Tigers behind in the open ing minutes of the game, but a ferocious defense of the lane by junior Marlie Townley and senior Anna Lowe turned the momen tum back to Dawson County and the Lady Tigers managed to flip the tables and take a 5-point lead into the second period. The teams pressed each other for the full length of the court as they bathed up and down the floor on their way to halftime, with nei ther squad able to gain a clear upper hand. Sticker continued to put points on the board, while sophomore Maddie Anglin began to find the net from the outside, and Dawson County held onto a 32-30 lead at the half. “It was a good battle through the first half,” Head Coach Steve Sweat said. The Lady Tigers opened the third period with a 6-0 ran to extend their lead to 8 points while Townley con tinued to dominate the boards to keep Dawson County out in front of the Lady Colts at the halfway mark of the third period. Coahulla Creek fought back over the final minutes of the set but were unable to completely close the gap and the fourth period opened on a 48-41 score in favor of the Lady Tigers. Despite the 7-point lead, the game never felt under control for Dawson County as the Lady Colts ran up their highest point total of the night in a final come back effort that, at one point, closed the gap to one possession. The effort fell just short of a determined Lady Tigers offense that also posted their highest point total to finish off the game 71-60. “We started the third quarter with a 6-0 run and both teams played about even until the end,” Sweat said. “Winning makes everything seem better.” Sticker led all scorers with 32 points in the con test, while Townley chipped in 14 points to go along with an incredible 16 rebounds. Anglin added 11 points to round out the scor ing for the Lady Tigers. The win advanced the Lady Tigers into the second round of the GHSA state tournament on Feb. 20, where they will face off against the Region 5-AAA Lovett Lions. FROM 1B Loss Chestatee opened the fifth inning with a single that rat tled Moore as he walked the next three batters to give the War Eagles a 1-0 lead with no outs before he was replaced by the third pitcher of the night for Dawson County, Kristian Kelley. “We will be using mul tiple pitchers all year,” Head Coach Dwayne Sapp said. “We will do that to combat the lack of depth at pitching.” Kelley fought his way through five more batters in the fifth inning, recording a strikeout along the way, before the Tigers retired to the dugout trailing 4-0. Dawson County pro duced solid contact in the final innings of play as they recorded their only two hits of the game and threatened to score in both the sixth and sev enth, but Chestatee’s defense held strong and the Tigers finished the day with little to show for their 22 trips to the plate and a 4-0 loss to open the 2019 campaign. Chestatee pitcher Benson Miller recorded the com plete game win as he allowed two hits over seven innings with nine strikeouts. Moore picked up the loss for Dawson County, as all four Chestatee runs came from his four walks over two innings on the mound. The Tigers (0-1,0-0) con tinued their season with the first road game of the year against Prince Avenue Christian on Feb. 19. Results were unavailable as of press time. Kilough Elementary, FFA hoop house partnership continues Local student honored by BOE for serving on state education council By Jessica Taylor jtaylor@dawsonnews.com By Jessica Taylor jtaylor@dawsonnews.com Students from Dawson County High School’s Future Farmers of America program and Kilough Elementary School’s first grade teachers and students gathered at the Dawson County Board of Education meeting Feb. 12 to discuss their continuing partnership regarding the Cougar Hoop House. The hoop house was donated by the Chestatee/ Chattahoochee RC & D Council Inc. and Upper Chattahoochee Soil and Water Conservation District. The hoop house works like a green house, utilizing geothermal and solar ener gies with ventilation regulat ed by rolling flaps on the sides and end of the house. KES Principal Teresa Conowal knew it could become invaluable for the students. “I had a dream of it becoming something really phenomenal for our students and our first grade team stepped forward and they embraced this opportunity for our students,” Conowal said. “It has been amazing for our students, our parent partnership and our partner ship with the FFA.” The Cougar Hoop House became a reality with a rib bon cutting ceremony in September 2018. Keith Pankey and his FFA students travel to KES once a month to help the first grade classes maintain the structure and teach them about growing different plants throughout the year. “We reached out to Mr. Pankey and asked if we could have this partnership with them, you know, to see if we could work together because we see that our kids are his future kids,” said first grade teacher Carolyn Wright. “If we could start building the program as the younger generation coming up that that would be a good partnership.” Carrying baskets with fresh cabbage, turnips, col- lard greens and broccoli, Jessica Taylor Dawson County News Members of Dawson County High School Future Farmers of America and Kilough Elementary first- grade teachers and students gathered at the Dawson County Board of Education meeting to discuss their hoop house partnership Feb. 12. two KES first graders told make and I love that we can the board what they loved go there and learn about about the hoop house. plants,” Benjamin Redinger “I like the food that we said. His friend Tessa Ingram explained some of the things her class was able to do in the hoop house. “We cut some of our plants and we got to eat some of our collards and we got to see Ms. Tonya cook them for us and that we got to water some of the plants too,” she said. The first graders are also excited to start utilizing the new potato barrels the FFA students dropped off for them. “We appreciate the part nership. It epitomizes what true partnership is in our school district. That working together is what it’s all about,” Superintendent Damon Gibbs said. Dawson County Junior High School ninth grader Isabelle Kinsey was hon ored during the Dawson County Board of Education meeting Feb. 12 for her involvement in the State Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council for the 2018-19 school year. The council is a group of students in grades 7-12 who meet with State Superintendent Richard Woods to discuss how decisions made at the state level affect students throughout Georgia. “I really enjoyed this privilege to just get this opportunity to just visit and just to see what school education behind the scenes is all about,” Kinsey said. Kinsey was the only student from Dawson County to be selected to serve on the council, beating out nearly 1,000 applicants who vied for a spot on the 120-member council. Council members meet with Woods three times throughout the school year, serve as liaisons between the Department of Education and their peers and participate in service projects to benefit their local schools and students. At the first meeting, the council was tasked with Jessica Taylor Dawson County News Superintendent Damon Gibbsstands with Dawson County Junior High School ninth grader Isabelle Kinsey during the board of education meeting Feb. 12 where Kinsey was recognized for serving on the State Superintendent's Student Advisory Council. creating their own service projects in their schools. Kinsey decided to create a wellness room at the junior high to “uplift kids’ spirits.” “If they need help or they just need someone to talk to they can go in there,” Kinsey said. “They can kind of relax in there, just kind of take a breather from their school day.” The last meeting for the council is in May. 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