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SPORTS DawsonNewscom Wednesday, April 10, 2019 facebook.com/dawsonnews twitter.com/dawsonnews Reed named Dawson FCA director New appointee a native of Cumming who started with student ministry for First Baptist Church of Dawsonville By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com The Fellowship of Christian Athletes opened a separate office to minister to Dawson County at the beginning of 2019 and for the last four months newly appointed Area Representative Sam Reed has been building a strong founda tion for which his passion shines through when he talks about his job. “I have been directly in stu dent ministry for six years now full time,” Reed said. “Students are at the heart of me. I love students, I love seeing and bringing out the very best in them. That’s what I feel that I am called to do in this time in my life and FCA gives me the opportunity to do that.” A native of Cumming, Reed graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of North Georgia before he decided to pursue his lifelong desire to be a pastor at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. After he obtained his Master’s in Theology, Reed returned to Cumming and started with the student minis try for First Baptist Church of Dawsonville. “I’ve been a part of the community for awhile now,” Reed said. “I love students, I love seeing and developing their hearts and their faiths and just helping them grow as individu als. Middle school and high school is just crazy these days.” Established in 1954 by Don McClanen in Norman, Ok., the Fellowship of Christian Athletes was created “to dem onstrate steadfast commitment to Jesus Christ and His Word through Integrity, Serving, See Reed 12B Reed Tigers baseball team looks to bounce back from pair of spring break losses Bob Christian Dawson County News Left-fielder Jackson Verhoven fields the ball for the Dawson County Tigers in an early season home game. By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com In two spring break matchups the Tigers varsity boys baseball team leapt out to an early lead only to see it disappear to late inning comebacks as the Wolverines surged to a 16-4 victory on the strength of a seven run fifth inning and White County scored three runs in their last two at-bats to win the duel by a final score of 4-1. Dawson County was one of the few teams in action over spring break as they hosted the Prince Avenue Christian Wolverines on April 1 and then traveled to White County for a game against the Warriors the fol lowing day. “Baseball is a timing sport,” Head Coach Dwayne Sapp said. “I believe while everyone else is playing that we need to play a few games just to maintain the timing and rhythm of hitting and pitch ing.” Dawson County appeared to be firing on all cylinders in the opening innings against Prince Avenue as they scored a run in each of the first three innings to take and then re-take the lead at 3-2 with the game headed into the fifth inning. The Wolverines blasted the game wide open in the fifth inning with seven runs on two walks, two errors and two hits to take a 9-3 lead. Dawson County set tled down as Max Hodgson took over the pitching duties and struck-out his first batter to end the inning. After allowing two more runs in the sixth inning, the Tigers pushed a run across the plate with back-to-back singles from Cameron Moore, Hudson Sapp, and Kristian Kelley, but the rally was cut short with a routine pop fly for the third out. Prince Avenue padded their lead with five more runs in their final at-bat as they capitalized on six hits from the heart of their order. The Tigers briefly threat ened in the bottom of the seventh but were unable to mount the comeback and the game ended with the final score of 16-4. Mauricio Hernandez got the start to lead off a trio of pitchers that took the mound. Combined, the three gave up 15 hits versus seven walks with only two strike-outs. Goodwin absorbed the loss for Dawson County. Five different players picked up hits for the Tigers with Andrew Burt’s first inning RBI double being the highlight of the day. Errors continued to plague the Tigers in their See Tigers 14B DCHS senior commits to Georgia State By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com Dawson County High School senior standout Frankie Muldoon officially com mitted to run on the collegiate level recent ly- The four-time All-State cross country runner signed a four year scholar ship to run for the Georgia State University Panthers in a brief ceremony at the Performing Arts Center on March 29. Part of the decision making process included the ability to run all year round and GSU was the only school that offered Muldoon that ability as a member of not only the cross country team but also the indoor and outdoor track and field teams. After meeting the team on her official campus earlier this year, Muldoon recog nized the caliber of the athletes and knew that she had found her team. “I really enjoyed my visit, meeting the girls, the team,” Muldoon said. “They are really good, and I felt that I would get the best competition from them as a team and that’s what I need to help me.” Muldoon maintained an honors-weighted GPA of 4.2 through high school and plans See Muldoon 12B Muldoon Elliott muscles way to top-15 finish at Bristol By Bob Christian bchristian@dawsonnews.com From his pole-position start, Dawsonville native Chase Elliott fought through a series of misfortunes that started with the loss of power steering on lap 20, to muscle his No. 9 Chevy across the finish line for an 11th place finish over the weekend. NASCAR’s second short-track race of the season took place on the half-mile oval of the Bristol Motor Speedway on April 7 and the Food City 500 delivered the action and excitement expected from such close- quarters racing. Kyle Busch edged out his brother, Kurt Busch, after both decided to trust their tires and stayed on the track under the eleventh, and final, caution of the race. When the See Elliott 14B Player of the Week! Briana Ray Junior Briana Ray tied the pole-vaulting record of eightfeet she set last season as she captured yet another gold medal in regional competition versus Gilmer County. With rare exception Ray has risen to the top of the podium in every regional event this season and is a key reason that the Lady Tigers track andfield team is the team to beat in 20ig. 706-216-0992 We’ve Gone Green! “We will be here when you need us. ” Certified Collision Center ll-CK DAHLONEGA DUNKIN DONUTS Industrial Park Rd. 130 Industrial Park Rd, Dawsonville M-F: 8:00 - 5:00 Dawsonville's Premier Collision Center PLAYER OF THE WEEK Noah Brock Junior Noah Brock continued his dominating track and field performance this season when he set the Dawson County High School long jump record at 21 feet and two and one-quarter inches on March 28. The previous record of 20 feet and eight and one-half inches held by Christ Jacobs had stood for 5 years. The record setting jump was part of a five gold-medal day as Brock went on to capture first-place finishes in the 100- and 200-meter races, and as a member of the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams. 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