DCHS boys
cross country team
finishes 11th at
state meet, sports, ib
Riverview Elementary
holds ceremony
celebrating Blue
Ribbon award, inside, 7a
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Elliott finishes 4th in Cup Series season
Dawsonville native close to
winning back-to-back titles
Staff reports
Dawsonville native Chase
Elliott finished fifth at Phoenix
Raceway to end the 2021
NASCAR Cup Series season
fourth in the playoff point stand
ings.
“I felt like our NAPA Chevy
was really good, and I thought our
team did a really good job prepar
ing this week,” Elliott said after
the race. “I was really proud of
our group.”
Attempting to win back-to-back
Cup Series titles this season,
Elliott finished with two wins, 15
top-five finishes, 21 top-10 finish
es and 952 laps led.
Elliott and the NAPA AUTO
PARTS team lined up second on
Sunday for the 2021 NASCAR
Cup Series season finale at
Phoenix Raceway. He quickly
took the top spot from his
Hendrick Motorsports teammate
Kyle Larson on lap two.
He remained in that spot until
the first yellow flag dropped on
lap seven. Elliott restarted first
See NASCAR 17A
Chase Elliott,
driver of the #9
NAPA Auto
Parts Chevrolet,
speaks with
NASCAR Hall
of Famer and
team owner
Rick Hendrick
on the grid
prior to the
NASCAR Cup
Series
Championship
at Phoenix
Raceway on
Nov. 7, in
Avondale, Ariz.
Photo by Chris Graythen/
Getty Images
Jurors dismissed, blood oaths,
tampered evidence
Julia Fechter Dawson County News
Austin Stryker sits and listens during the first day in his trial onTuesday.
A first-week look at the Austin Stryker trial
Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
One jury member contract
ed COVID-19 and two oth
ers were dismissed from the
Austin Stryker v. State of
Georgia trial which started
on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Stryker is on trial for the
2019 killing of Dahlonega
woman Hannah Bender.
Stryker has eight different
charges pending including b
malice murder, felony mur-
derand violations of
Georgia’s Street Gang
Terrorism and Prevention
Act.
Northeastern Circuit
Superior Court Judge
Kathlene Gosselin
announced to the courtroom
on Thursday, Nov. 4 that the
juror who contracted
COVID-19 and the other two
jury members were unvacci
nated. There is no update yet
on what will happen if the
trial is deemed a mistrial.
When the trial began
Tuesday afternoon, 20-year-
old Isaac Huff took the
stand. As part of a plea deal,
Huff will spend 12 years in
prison and 18 years on pro
bation for his role in the
alleged murder.
Dylan Huff, who was sen
tenced to 15 years in prison
and 20 years of probation for
his involvement as a part of
See Stryker 110A
Incumbent
French wins
City Council
Post 4 seat
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
In the Nov. 2, Dawsonville city election,
incumbent Mark French
won the city council Post 4
seat over competitor Jamie
McCracken.
French won the seat by
25 votes, beating
McCracken 185 to 160.
Following the results of
the election, French said he
appreciated the support of
those who voted for him as well as the civil
See French 12A
French
Incumbent
fflg wins
City Council
Post 2 seat
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
In the Nov. 2, 2021 Dawsonville city
election, incumbent Will
Illg won the city council
Post 2 seat over competitor
Mike Sosebee.
Illg won the seat by 28
votes, beating Sosebee 186
to 158.
Following the results of
the election, Illg said he’s
appreciative of everyone
who voted for him because every vote
See Illg 12A
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