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4B I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, March 4,2020
FROM 1B
Soccer
Throughout the second half,
the offensive attack refused to
slow down and a large portion
of the Tigers’ shots at goal
were either blocked or missed
high.
On one attack, Velazquez
took a shot from about
25-yards away from goal,
which ricocheted off of the
crossbar. Sandoval got the ball
back and fired off another
screamer that the Calhoun
defender dove in front of to
keep out.
“If we could have got our
offense going and scoring on
those opportunities, it would
have been a different story,”
Head Coach Patrick
Muenchen said. “There were
about four or five good ones
that should have gone in
the net.”
Even through overtime, the
Tigers took plenty of shots
that just missed the goal. And
with just a few minutes left
before the teams went to pen
alty kicks, the Jackets scored
on a breakaway goal.
“We started off great here,”
Muenchen said. “We played
really hard and I think the
guys saw that they could do
it.”
With a 6-2 loss against the
Pickens High School Dragons
on Feb. 25, the Tigers go into
region play with an (0-8)
record.
Encouraged by the close
game played against Calhoun,
Muenchen said that continuity
and keeping up the high pace
of their offensive attack will
be the keys for the team to
perform well in region play.
The Tigers will face the
Cherokee Bluff Bears
Tuesday, March 3. Results
were unavailable as of press
time.
Jacob Smith Dawson County News
Junior Addison Hoard awaits the Jackets' first penalty kick attempt. She blocked four of the 14
Jackets attempts during the match on Friday, Feb. 28.
Bonnett was one of a kind
Sometimes it’s a dream
from a sweet night’s sleep
that brings back the nostal
gia of another time, anoth
er place or a friend long
gone, one who has been
relegated to occasional not
daily remembrances.
It happened the other
night when I dreamed about Neil
Bonnett. Vividly I saw him laughing as
he hoisted a trophy. Unless you’re a
longtime racing fan, you probably don’t
know the name. Chances are good that
you never heard it. But trust me - Neil
Bonnett was one of the most pleasant,
nicest people I ever knew.
And in the rough and tumble world of
racing, nice guys don’t always finish
last. They’re simply forgotten first.
But Bonnett is the link to many key
moments in racing history though he
only won 18 races. He was so gentle
mannered that, on the rare moments of
anger, you didn’t take it seriously. His
smile was easy and his wit quick.
Once, while driving for Junior
Johnson, he suffered a severe concus
sion that forced him out of the number
12 Budweiser car for several races.
Now, this was back in the days when no
one thought twice of a head concussion.
Football players, stuntmen and racers
simply shook it off and carried on. That
is to say that Neil being sidelined was
highly unusual. Several races after the
accident, he showed up at Darlington as
a spectator and I ran into him in the
garage.
I stopped in his path and asked teas-
ingly, “Do you remember me?” It was
said that his memory had disappeared.
Quickly he responded, “Heck yeah. I
remember the good lookin’ women. It’s
all the other stuff I forgot.”
That’s not true because he remem
bered his friends and maintained his
loyalty. The first race after his accident
was Talladega so he asked Junior if he
would give a break to a friend’s son.
Bobby Allison, his brother, Donnie, Red
Farmer and Bonnett formed what was
called the Alabama Gang, all drivers
from the Birmingham area who were
brother-like. Bobby’s son, Davey, had
made a name on the ARCA circuit.
“Would you put Davey in
the car while I’m out?”
Bonnett asked.
Junior agreed, resulting in
a media event that was so
enormous that Davey was
engulfed constantly by a
dozen reporters. He
couldn’t walk for tripping
over a camera. He landed a full-time
ride the next year and his first qualifying
effort resulted in the Daytona 500 pole.
Six years later, Neil was the first one
to the helicopter crash at Talladega
when Davey and Red flew over to watch
Neil’s test session. Davey died and Red,
though injured, lived.
One of my favorite stories involved
Neil and his teammate, Darrell Waltrip,
when they both drove for Junior. It was
a Saturday night race at Nashville
Raceway where it was hard to beat
Darrell in Nashville because he had
become a short track legend there before
moving up.
Darrell was leading on the final lap
when a fiery crash occurred, bringing
out the checkered. Neil, running second,
passed Darrell. It was a rule infraction:
no passing after the yellow comes out.
In all the commotion, NASCAR offi
cials didn’t notice and gave the win to
Neil. Junior protested his own driver and
told them that Darrell was the winner.
No one listened.
Neil took off fishing the next day,
only to return to the cold news that he
had been stripped of the win when a
Nashville news station produced film
showing he had passed Darrell under
yellow.
Typically, he was good natured about
it all.
He was only 47 when he was killed in
a practice accident for the Daytona 500
in 1994. He was driving a car owned by
his hunting buddy, Dale Earnhardt.
He shouldn’t be remembered for that,
though. He should be remembered as
one of the nicest guys the sport every
knew.
Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of Let
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RONDARICH
Columnist
DCHS Junior and FFA member and officer, Devin Chambers, competed in
the North Region Area 1FFA Proficiency category Environmental Natural
Resources with a proficiency based on his families recycling business. His
proficiency won first place in the North Region Area 1 FFA. Chambers will
compete with his proficiency at the state level in April at the Georgia State
FFA Convention in Macon Georgia. He is active in his chapter competing in
Career Development Events and showing livestock.
Photo for the Dawson County News
College Notes
Ronald Zappendorf, of Dawsonville,
was named to fall 2019 dean’s list at The
Citadel. The dean’s list is a recognition
given to cadets and students who are reg
istered for 12 or more semester hours and
whose grade point average is 3.20 or high
er, with no grade of I (Incomplete) and no
grade below C for work in a semester.
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Pismire
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TGIF part
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Rescues
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Bay State sch.
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Bing's buddy
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"The Raven"
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Multipurpose
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Block the flow
writer
truck
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Just out
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TV show for
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Apiece
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"Hail!"
entrepreneurial
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Start a garden
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Become one
hopefuls
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Regions
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Meadow
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Transgression
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All-out attack
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High-flying
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Asian nation
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Carpet
tourist
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Hockey sur
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Solidify
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Anger
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Genius
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That is (Lat.)
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Siesta
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Decorate
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"Ben-Hur"
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Easter eggs
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Vast expanse
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Busybody
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"Now" or
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"never"
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Drench
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White or
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Tackle moguls
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TV dinner veg
Grable
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gies
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One-on-one
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"Go, team!"
fight
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