Dawson County news. (Dawsonville, Georgia) 2015-current, April 03, 2019, Image 11

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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS DawsonNewscom Wednesday, April 3, 2019 facebook.com/dawsonnews twitter.com/dawsonnews 12-time letterman nears end of career Maggie Schandera signs to play softball for Georgia Highlands College By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com At the end of the spring 2019 track and field season Dawson County High School senior Maggie Schandera will add the final bar to the impressive 11 athletic letters already on her jacket. The bar will mark her fourth letter in track and field to go along with the four she earned playing softball, three netted on the basketball court and the one from swimming gained in her senior year. Schandera has set her eyes on the goal of qualifying for the GHSA Georgia Track and Field State Tournament in the sports of shot-put and discus as she looks to finish off her athletic career with one final flourish before heading off to earn a nursing degree and play softball in Cartersville for the Georgia Highland College Cougars. “I’m excited for track season to be clos er to the end, because I want to see if I can make it to state, which I’m pretty sure I will be able to do,” Schandera said. “We have a new way of throwing. It’s called the ‘Country Boy.’ With the ‘Glide’ my momentum stopped too easy. It’s just a lot easier to keep your momentum going.” The throwing style has increased Schandera’s distance in the shot-put by an impressive two feet and led to a series of top-five finishes in regional competition over the first half of the season. She used the technique to set a personal best record of 32 feet during See Schandera 14B Bob Christian Dawson County News Maggie Schandera committed in November 2018 to play softball at Georgia Highlands College. Facing some tough competition Photos by Bob Christian Dawson County News Sophomore Molly Muenchen connects with senior Rachel Rajczak's corner kick for a goal against the GAC Lady Spartans on March 26. Lady Tigers soccer squad rises in rankings after region victories Sophomore Molly Muenchen challenges the GAC defense on March 26. By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com In what appeared to be the toughest week of the year of 2019, the Lady Tiger’s faced the two top-ranked teams in region 7-AAA as the GACS Spartans came to town March 26 fol lowed by a trip up the road March 28 to face the Lumpkin County Indians. Dawson County has faced tough competition all season but sophomore Molly Muenchen has found the net seemingly at will all season to lead an evenly distributed offense. The defense has been led by sophomore Amber Hoard and senior Fallan Lacey in the net as they had combined for five shut-outs and two ties to lead the team on an 11 of 13 game winning streak. When faced with all of the statistics Head Coach Chess Hamby knew the challenges that were ahead of him as he prepared his team for what would be the toughest test this year. “GAC has shown that they will be the toughest competition again this year in the region,” Hamby said. “They are a solid team year after year and we know that it is getting to be a great battle.” The battle opened with both teams showing flashes of speed as they tried to exploit the very rare and very nar row scoring opportunities presented in the first half. On one of their first chances to score, Muenchen managed to put her head on the ball as it sailed in from the corner on a perfect line from senior Rachel Rajczak and Dawson County took a quick 1-0 lead. With Lacey in net the score held until late in the game when the Spartans slipped in an equalizer and the clock wound down on a 1-1 score at the end of regulation. As a regional game there could not be a tie, and the game was settled on See Soccer 14B Tigers split doubleheader with Indians By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com Torrential spring rains returned to wash out the first game of Dawson County’s three-game series with region 7-AAA rivals Lumpkin County last week. Instead the Tigers opened the series with a 4-1 loss on the road and played their sec ond double-header of the season to con clude the series on March 29. In a pair of games that were not decided until the final inning, Dawson County split the double-header with the Indians as they held on to win game one by a score of 5-1, but then saw the Indians complete the come back victory in game two with an 11-9 tally. Game one started in smashing fashion as See Loss 12B Bob Christian Dawson County News Third basemen Andrew Burt tracks down a fly-ball March 15 atTigers Stadium. Mix of Tigers in action as spring break begins By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com The Dawson County varsity tennis pro gram wrapped up its regular season sched ule with two matches in the last week of March, and the track and field program continued to break records in their final meet before all three teams began an extended rest period to mark the beginning of spring break. Tennis The Lady Tigers faced off with the Cherokee Bluff Lady Bears in the final regional match of the season March 26 needing a win to strengthen their position See Spring 12B Player of the Week! Hudson Sapp Senior Hudson Sapp left it all on the field in the double-header with regional rival Lumpkin County March 2g. In game one he went 3-4 at the plate with a solo home-run to start the game and went on to lead the Tigers to a 3-3 victory in the opener. 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