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Wednesday, March 30,2022
Photos by Julia Fechter Dawson County News
Dozens of children and their families attended Moohan Martial Arts of Dawsonville's spring festival to
raise funds for Relay for Life. The martial arts studio has about 200 students and is growing its after
school and summer programs.
Moohan Martial Arts studio
raises funds for Relay for Life
Teens Lily Kenner, left, and Huck Murray, right,
help and watch as younger girl Lauren Mackenzie
supplies multiple pieces of Duct-Tape to place on
Master Seungho Kim.
By Julia Fechter
jfechter@dawsonnews.com
This past Saturday
showed that all ages can
help in the fight against
cancer.
Moohan Martial Arts of
Dawsonville hosted a
spring festival at Rock
Creek Park’s pavilion on
March 26 to raise money
for Relay for Life in
Dawson County.
The martial arts studio,
its students and their fami
lies raised $818 through
the event’s “Duck-Tape”
and “pie in the face” activ
ities. The studio will
donate an additional $300,
for a total of $ 1,118 raised
to go toward Relay for
Life.
“I do want to thank all
of you for supporting their
efforts here today with
Moohan Martial Arts rais
ing the funds for the
American Cancer Society,
because it (the funds) will
help with research among
our different programs
here in the community,”
said ACS Senior
Community Development
Manager Rena Pendley.
“When we work togeth
er, we can achieve these
goals,” added studio mas
ter Seungho Kim.
During the spring festi
val, children partook in a
variety of games and
attractions, ranging from
a martial arts demon
stration and board break
ing to a bouncy house and
Master Kim smiles after students and their family
members successfully taped him to a wall with
162 pieces of Duct-Tape as part of the studio's
Relay for Life fundraising efforts.
“high striker” game, cot
ton candy and a potluck
meal.
Chicken Salad Chick,
Captain D’s and Subway
helped with the potluck
aspect.
Students took full
advantage of the opportu
nity to duct tape their
master to a wall at Rock
Creek Park. After 15 or so
minutes of careful place
ment, 162 pieces of duct
tape securely held Kim to
a pavilion wall, to the
delight of his pupils.
Children pushed 95
whipped cream pies in
studio staff members’
faces, all for the charitable
cause. Many of them gig
gled while participating,
proving that fundraising
can be as much about fun
as it is about raising funds.
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Ryan
for only the second time in franchise history.
While Atlanta fell victim to the scoreline
that shall not be named, Ryan would be
rewarded after the season with the MVP
accolade for his efforts.
After one more playoff appearance the
next season, the Falcons would stagnate into
mediocrity while Ryan made every effort to
paper over the ever-widening cracks in the
offense.
He continued to throw over 4,000 yards
regularly despite taking an increasing num
ber of hits. The recent decline in the team’s
fortunes has been due in part to a lack of
offensive line support, with Ryan taking at
least 40 sacks in each of the last four seasons.
Now approaching the twilight of his
career, Ryan is also approaching a career
total of 60,000 passing yards. He needs just
265 more yards to become only the eighth
quarterback in NFL history to reach this
milestone.
With the sudden news of his trade making
the news, it will take some time to properly
digest the impact Ryan had on the franchise.
But for now, it is clear that his talent, dura
bility and consistency allowed Atlanta to
become a contender for several years. His
impact helped reverse the fortunes of a fran
chise that was only months removed from
arguably its lowest point.
And one Sunday evening five years ago,
he brought the Falcons closer to glory than it
had ever been.
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Herrick
also appreciates all of the experiences he had with the team.
“I’d just like to tell them how special they are to me and my family,” Herrick said.
They have given me many special memories that I will always cherish. I’m sure I
will continue to stay in touch with many of them.”
Herrick leaves DCHS with an overall 30-23 record with the Lady Tigers and a
25-3 record in his season coaching the boys team.
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Madness
another really steep short
uphill that knocks you off
your game.”
Despite intermittent rains
from the days leading up to
the race, the course drained
well and had only a few
trouble spots of mud and
water to run around, accord
ing to Bray.
For him, the biggest chal
lenge on the course was the
downhill portions that had
some loose leaves and grav
el, as well as some slickness
from how steep that portion
was.
The top female finisher
was Bray’s wife, Sally, who
has run the race with Allen
all four years.
“We’ve run it every year
and it’s funny some of the
hills that you forget are as
steep as they are,” Sally
Bray said. “I thought it was
pretty much downhill the
last mile or so, but then
there are a few quick little
steep hills that are challeng
ing right there at the end.”
After the race finished, all
runners were rewarded with
a Moe’s Southwestern Grill
lunch sponsored by Medical
Plaza 400, while the Brays
were given the top finishers
prize of a snack cooler
courtesy of presenting spon
sor Northside Hospital
Forsyth.
Rio White Dawson County News
Senior Chandler Bagley leads the pack during his 300-meter hurdle competition. He would
finish in first place.
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Track
Freshman Eva Bishop fin
ished second at the girls shot put
event, throwing just under a foot
behind the winner. Dawson
County’s top finisher on the
boys team was senior Jimmy
Fallstrom, who finished with a
distance of 35 feet and 5 inches.
Over at the pole vault, junior
Emily Kurtz continued her
strong season with another first-
place finish, with a highest vault
of eight feet. Senior Emma
Pelfrey finished second at the
event, while sophomore Luke
Lowe finished second at the
boys event.
The Tigers swept the girls
high jump program, with Carah
Matheson, Izzy Knight and
Jasmine Thompson taking the
top three spots.
Senior Garrett Fillingame
continued to improve his high
jump, finishing second and
clearing as high as 5 feet 8 inch
es.
At the long jump, junior Riley
Westbrooks came on top with a
jump of 19 feet 6 inches, con
tinuing his momentum toward
the 20 foot mark. On the girls
team, Jocelyn Thompson fin
ished second.
The track section of the meet
was where Dawson County
began to find even stronger
momentum, with the relay
teams placing first in multiple
events.
Both the girls and boys teams
won the 4x800 event, with soph
omore Anna LeCave finishing
off the girls race to help give the
Tigers a 20 second cushion over
the next closest opponent.
The boys competition was
somewhat closer, with freshman
Emory Lail running the fastest
leg to help Dawson County win
by 10 seconds.
Both Dawson teams also won
the 4x200 event and the 4x400
event.
At the shortest relay of 4x100,
the girls finished just under two
seconds behind Lumpkin
County while the boys team nar
rowly finished third, coming up
one-quarter of a second behind
the winners and five-hundredths
of a second behind the second-
place team.
After the relays, Dawson
County continued their success.
In the sprints, junior Troup
Ford won the 100-meter event
with a time of 11.84 seconds
while Vita Govorkova finished
third for the girls team.
Senior Ethan Smith finished
first at the 200-meter and 400-
meter events, while placing third
at the 3200-meter distance run.
Lauren Kurtz won the 200-
meter event for the girls team
while teammates Katie
Gloeckner and Govorkova fin
ished in second and third.
Senior Chandler Bagley won
the 300-meter hurdles event,
pulling away at the end to give
him a two-second cushion.
At the middle-distance 800-
meter run, LeCave finished in
first just ahead of teammate
Addison Smith. On the boys
side, freshman Aaric
Muilenberg and Luke Lowe fin
ished second and third.
Smith would also find success
at the 1600-meter distance run,
as the eighth-grader won the
competition by 18 seconds. On
the boys side, sophomore Tyler
Tangel finished third.
The Dawson County track
and field teams will continue to
host meets for the rest of their
regular season, with the next
ones occurring on Tuesday,
March 29, and Thursday, March
31.
The Tuesday meet will be
against West Hall and Chestatee
while the Thursday meet will be
against North Hall and East
Forsyth.
