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Wednesday, October 20,2021 dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3B DCMS Softball falls short in semi-finals to end season Jacob Smith jsmith@dawsonnews.com The Dawson County Middle School softball team lost in the semi finals in their league on Monday, Oct. 11. The team finished 8-6-1 on the season and were the No. 4 seed headed into bracket play. They lost the matchup against Lumpkin County, whom the Lady Tigers had played twice that season. They lost the first game of the sea son, but came back and tied Lumpkin 8-8 in their second matchup. Throughout the sea son, Lily Hamilton paced the Lady Tigers. She had team-highs in multiple offensive cate gories including batting average (.581) and runs scored (19). Hannah Walden had a batting average of .412. Kinsley Negley and Aubree Smith finished the season tied with the team-lead in runs batted in with 10. Smith also hit .351 at the plate. Ella Clark was second in runs scored behind Hamilton with 9 runs and also hit .355 at the plate this season. In the circle, Alleigh Lenior led the Lady Tigers in all statistical categories including innings pitched (56.1), starts (12), strikeouts (103) and shutouts (1). Smith and Negley also pitched for the Lady Tigers this season. Photo submitted The 2021 Dawson County Middle School softball team. Photos by Jacob Smith Dawson County News Senior Rylie Erickson throws a runner out during the GHSA 3A state softball tournament first round againstThe Westminster Schools. FROM 1B Softball Tigers only committed one team error in both games this season, something RIckett has stated needed to be a focal points for the team all sea son long. “They played great defense and that’s some thing we’ve worked hard at all along,” Rickett said. “We’re getting timely hits too. It’s still like everything else; we need the ball to bounce our way, but I still think this is the best we’ve been playing to this point. We said early on, it’s not about what we look like in August, but how we play in October.” The Lady Tigers will have to travel to either Tattnall County High school or Liberty County High School on Wednesday, Oct. 20 for the sec ond round. Both schools are thirty minutes from each other and located between Savannah and Brunswick, along the Georgia coastline. Liberty County is the higher seed, but according to Maxpreps, both teams finished the season under .500. With four wins in a row, a long bus ride is not going to be enough to slow down the surging Lady Tigers softball team. - - Junior Lauren Kurtz hits a ball to the opposite field for a base hit. Photos by Jacob Smith Dawson County News Above: The Tigers football team breaks the banner before their game against West Hall High School. Below: Matt Bennett returns an interception against West Hall on Friday, Oct. 15. FROM 1B Football The remainder of the Tigers’ touchdowns Friday night came from their rushing attack. Five different Tigers combined for 140 rushing yards. Senior Conley Dyer led the way with a game-high 89 rushing yards on seven attempts, scoring a touchdown. Rushing touchdowns also came from senior Jackson Grindle and freshman Davis Glass. With a win, the Tigers guarantee they will finish at least 3-3 in the Region 7-3A standings this season. However, they have three more remaining games to go after a region championship. Cherokee Bluff and North Hall also remain undefeated in region play so far this season. “We’re in position right now to make our way into the playoffs,” Maxwell said. “This is three in a row, right? The good thing is we’re on pace to get into the playoffs on seven straight wins. We can’t focus on any thing other than ourselves and they’re a very good opponent. Can’t worry about them though, always just have to focus on us getting better.” The Tigers will face off next Friday, Oct. 22 at Cherokee Bluff High School against the Bears. The game starts at 7:30 p.m. 4-H preparing for a brand new archery season Jacob Smith jsmith@dawsonnews.com After suspending their most recent season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Dawson County 4-H Archery team began practicing for the 2022 season. Head coach, current professional shooter Farry Painter, said that the team consisted of over 20 stu dents, ranging from fourth graders to seniors in high school. “About 50 percent of our students are from fourth to sixth grade,” Painter said. “Then about 40 percent are in high school.” The team will compete in two different events this season; an indoor event in Perry, Ga on Jan. 22, 2022 and an outdoor event at Rock Eagle 4-H Complex in Eatonton, Ga on April 20, 2022. The team started as a conjoined team with Fumpkin County, but about seven or eight years ago, Fumpkin broke off, requiring Painter to take over the Dawson County program. Painter said everything he does is “for the kids.” We worry more about character than shooting, we want them to become good people,” Painter said. “They learn fellowship and camaraderie. Gives them an outlet to do something other than schoolwork. Being a state organization, we try to promote strong beliefs ... try to set good guidelines for them.” Sign-ups are currently closed for the 2022 season. Photo submitted The Dawson County 4-H archery team. FROM 1B NASCAR scored 15th when the second stage ended on lap 210. During the stage break, the Kelley Blue Book team pitted to make extensive changes to the Chevrolet Camaro. Elliott restarted 12th and edged his way back inside the top 10 on lap 246. A caution on lap 273 brought Elliott and the other leaders to pit road. After restarting ninth, the KBB.com driver got loose and dropped to 13th. He quickly recovered and was back up to seventh before the caution waved again on lap 299. Another round of pit stops put Elliott 13th when racing resumed. He moved back up to 11th before the race was red flagged because of an accident on the restart. When the race resumed, Elliott battled for 10th but was unable to claim the spot before a caution on lap 314. He remained in that position for the restart and grabbed ninth before several cautions slowed his progress. On the final restart with two laps to go, Elliott jumped to seventh where he ultimately ended the race. The No. 9 team is currently fifth in the playoff standings as the NASCAR Cup Series heads to the second race of the Round of 8 next Sunday, Oct. 24 at Kansas Speedway. The race starts at 3 p.m. Photo by Sean Gardner of Getty Images Chase Elliott, driver of the #9 Kelley Blue Book Chevrolet, drives during the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 at Texas Motor Speedway on October 17, in Fort Worth, Texas.
