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Wednesday, November 24, 2021
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Lady Tigers win big against Forsyth Central
Basketball team wins second victory of season
Jacob Smith
jsmith@dawsonnews.com
The Dawson County High
School Lady Tigers basketball
team earned their second vic
tory of the season on
Saturday, Nov. 20 after beat
ing GHSA 7A program
Forsyth Central 74-29.
Each player on the team
scored in the game, with not
one player scoring over 11
points. After only converting
2 of 21 three-point shots in
their previous game, the team
recording 11 three-pointers in
Saturday’s win.
Junior Kirklyn Porter and
sophomore Abby Samples-
Slaton led the team with 11
points and sophomore
Morgan Chester and junior
Emma Grace McCarron scor
ing 10 points apiece.
After winning their first
game of the season against
KIPP Atlanta on Saturday,
Nov. 13, Dawson County
once again put themselves in
a place to win their second
game of the season against
the Gladiators.
With 1:07 left in the fourth
quarter, the Lady Tigers held
a 47-45 lead, but a banked
three-point shot gave Johns
Creek the lead with 55 sec
onds left. The Gladiators
made their free throws and
held the Lady Tigers scoreless
for the remainder of the game.
“I thought we played hard
and competed well,” Lady
Tigers head coach Eric
Herrick said after the game.
“We didn’t shoot it well, but
still had a chance to win the
game. Our effort was good,
we’ve just got to make some
shots”
It was a breakout perfor
mance for freshman Eva
Bishop, who had a double
double already halfway
See Lady Tigers 13B
Jacob Smith Dawson County News
Sophomore Anna Ayers dribbles down the court against Johns
Creek onTuesday, Nov. 16.
The end of an era
Jacob Smith Dawson County News
The Dawson CountyTigers offense huddles together during the Sweet 16 game against Pierce County
on Friday, Nov. 19.
Football say goodbye to 19 seniors as season ends in Sweet 16
Third grade rec
football team wins
Mountain League
Championship
Jacob Smith
jsmith@dawsonnews.com
For the past two seasons, the Dawson County parks
and rec football team, lead by head coach Josh Rogers,
had only mustered one win.
This year, the Tigers refused to be denied at the third
grade level. The team finished 9-1, winning the
Mountain League Championship.
“It means a lot,” Rogers said. “I actually took my
first parks and rec team in Dawson COunty back in
2008. We had a group of boys that were really good
and I just love coaching. I love coaching on a youth
level because the boys are having so much fun with it.
It’s not really a job, it’s just pure love of the game.”
See Rec 13B
Whalen named
Honorable Mention
All-Conference
Staff Reports
Jacob Smith
jsmith@dawsonnews.com
The Tigers Football team ended
their season Friday night, losing
to reigning GHSA 3A state cham
pions Pierce County 49-0.
Dawson County struggled to
come up with anything defensive
ly to stop the Pierce County run
ning attack, with the Bears scored
on every possession. The Tigers
moved the ball well to start the
game, but were plagued with four
turnovers on offense, three com
ing in the first half.
Senior quarterback Zach
Holtzclaw completed 11 passes
for 149 yards in the game. Senior
Bailey Dameron led the team in
receiving with five catches for 68
yards and sophomore Dominic
LeBlanc added three catches for
50 yards.
As the season ends, the pro
gram departs with 18 seniors. In
all four potential varsity seasons,
the 2021 class advanced to the
Sweet 16 of the state tournament
in every season and finished
Region 7-3A runner up twice in
the four-year span.
Holtzclaw finishes his football
career with the Tigers as the all-
time passing yards leader and
30th all-time for all Georgia high
school quarterbacks with 7,322,
according to Georgia High
School Football Daily. Holtzclaw
is 30th all-time in Georgia high
school football history with 70
career passing touchdowns as
well.
Senior running back Conley
Dyer finished the season leading
the team in rushing attempts,
rushing yards and rushing touch
downs. Dameron ended the sea
son with over 1,100 receiving
yards.
See Football 13B
DAWSON COUNTY
FOOTBALL
SENIORS
Logan Berry
Sam Bottoms
Nicholas Conowal
Bailey Dameron
Travis Dickey
Conley Dyer
Jimmy Fallstrom
Garrett Fillingame
Benji Frady
Shane Goodwin
Jackson Grindle
Zach Holtzclaw
Braedon Hubbard
AJ Moore
Brandon Newton
Andrew Pirkle
Connor Scroggins
DylanThompson
Will Whalen
Decorah, Iowa - The American Rivers Conference
(A-R-C) announced that Jeremy Whalen, a 2017 grad
uate of Dawson County High School, was named hon
orable mention all-conference.
Whalen, a senior linebacker,
ranked 14th in total tackles in the
A-R-C with 51 and completed his
final year in a Norse uniform with 64.
He was also credited with two pass
break-ups, a forced fumble and a
fumble recovery. His career total of
236 tackles ranks 16th on Luther’s
all-time charts that officially began in
1987.
Whalen is the son of Tom and Laurie Whalen of
Dawsonville, Ga.
Luther College, located in Decorah, Iowa, is a mem
ber of the American Rivers Conference and affiliated
with the NCAA Division in. The Norse compete in 10
men’s and nine women’s intercollegiate sports.
Since 1922, Luther’s men’s and women’s sports
have combined to capture 249 conference champion
ships. The men’s teams have won 1667and the wom
en’s teams have won 83.
More information on Luther athletics can be found
at http://luther.edu/sports.
Tigers basketball remain winless after
two losses to Johns Creek, Chestatee
Jacob Smith
jsmith@dawsonnews.com
The Tigers basketball team had
no answer for the Johns Creek
offense, losing Tuesday night’s
game 68-44.
Playing their best basketball of
the game coming out of halftime
still saw the Tigers lose the third
quarter by three points.
Senior Tristan Talley and sopho
more Trey Harvey both had team-
highs in points with nine. Talley
also had eight rebounds, a team-
high. Senior Jackson Binkley and
sophomore Caden Reed each
scored eight points, with Binkley
recorded five assists, a team-high.
The Tigers returned to action
Saturday night at home against
Chestatee High School. The Tigers
struggled defensively again, allow
ing 82 points in an 82-61 loss.
The game was featured in a
Saturday full of games at Dawson
See Tigers 13B
Jacob Smith Dawson County News
Senior Luke Mulberry goes up for a
tough layup against Johns Creek on
Tuesday, Nov. 16.
Players Of The Week!
Sevaughn Clark
Clark was tied for the second
most rushing attempts in the
University of Georgias 56-7
win over Charleston Southern
on Saturday, Nov. 20.
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