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P Steve Bennett
THIS WEEKEND will mark the end of the 1979-80 regular
season for Forsyth County High School basketball.
Of course, there are the post-season tournaments still to
come. The basketball teams on the varsity level have provid
ed some very exciting basketball entertainment this season
for those who have faithfully supported the teams at every
possible opportunity.
Of course, the boys’ squad has had a tremendous year,
sporting a 17-3 record at presstime, and resting securely in
first place in 8-AAAA South sub-region. Their sub-region
record stands at 10-1 with their only loss coming at the hands
of South Gwinnett in Snellville, a loss the Bulldogs have since
avenged on their home court.
It has been mentioned before that based on this past
season’s performance, the Bulldogs should advance from the
sub-region tournament to be held at Peachtree, to the region
tournament set for Cedar Shoals in Athens.
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THE GIRLS’ squad, on the other hand, has had a very up
and down season. Losing their first five games of the year,
their first win came none too soon in game six as they
defeated Cedar Shoals in Athens.
After the Cedar Shoals victory, the Lady Dogs won their se
cond with a victory over Chamblee. After a close loss to
Etowah just before the Christmas break, Forsyth won in the
first round of the Christmas tournament at Dawsonville, but
lost the following night in the finals.
Coming back to school after the first of the year, the Lady
Dogs dropped a game to Berkmar but snapped back two days
later to get back on the winning track with a victory against
Peachtree.
This win was then followed by two losses before the Lady
Dogs took a very important sub-region win over Berkmar at
Lilbum. But, as the season had been up to that point, the girls
couldn’t maintain the winning streak as they fell to sub
region leading South Gwinnett.
After the loss to South Gwinnett the Forsyth ladies have put
together four consecutive victories with wins over Chamblee,
Cedar Shoals, Buford and Peachtree and currently stand at 9-
11 on the season.
The Lady Dogs are striving very hard for a third place
finish in the sub-region. Such a finish would afford them the
best position available in the sub-region tournament in their
drive toward a berth in the region tournament.
I feel very optimistic about both the Lady Bulldogs and
Bulldogs in the upcoming sub-region tournament scheduled
for Feb. 1216 at Peachtree High School.
The determination of the senior members and
underclassmen on both squads leads me to believe that both
squads will be traveling to Athens for the region tournament
on Feb. 20-22.
Lady Doga Ease By Peachtree
In Close Sub-Region Battle
The Forsyth County Lady
Bulldogs took one step closer
last Friday night to reaching
the .500 mark for the season
as they traveled to
Peachtree and defeated the
Lady Patriots, 45-41.
The win left Forsyth’s
record at 9-11 with two
games remaining before the
start of the 8-AAAA South
sub-region tournament.
The victory was also an
important one for Forsyth as
it was a sub-region win, one
the Lady Dogs needed in
their drive down the stretch
toward a better position in
the tournament.
The Lady Dogs had
defeated Peachtree by a
margin of better than 20
points when the two played
in Cumming. If Forsyth
entered the game with the
impression that Peachtree
would roll over and quit, it
didn’t take long to realize
that they weren’t.
The Lady Dogs struggled
the first quarter but on a shot
at the buzzer by Tracey
Gossett, found themselves
trailing by only three points
after the first quarter, 12-9.
Peachtree shot 66 per cent
from the field during the se
cond quarter, hitting six of
nine, while Forsyth could on
ly manage three of nine at
tempts.
What kept the Lady Dogs
in the game was their suc
cess at the free throw line
where they made 14 trips.
With Gossett, Donna
McWhorter, Stacy Bennett,
Dawn Brown all getting
points from the free throw
line, Forsyth tallied nine
points from the charity
stripe and went into the
dressing room at halftime
nursing a one point lead, 25-
24.
The Lady Bulldogs con
tinued their cold shooting
streak in the third quarter as
they were good on only five
of 17 attempts, but
Peachtree had their own pro
blems, as they could only
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manage four of 13 attempts
and one of two free throws.
Only Forsyth’s battling the
boards kept them on top as
they held to a 35-33 lead after
three quarters.
The final stanza proved to
be a slow down as Forsyth,
time and time again, worked
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Bulldogs Clinch First Place
With Big Peachtree Victory
The Forsyth County
Bulldogs clinched first place
honors in the 8-AAAA South
sub-region last Friday with a
very hard fought 55-50 vic
tory over the Peachtree
Patriots.
The game got off to a bad
start for the Bulldogs as they
were charged with a
technical because of the of
ficials’ scrutiny. According
to Rhonda Pinson, the of
ficial scorer for Forsyth, the
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Dogs were warming up prior
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Big Cherokee Game
Set At Home Friday
Friday night the Forsyth
County High School Bulldogs
and Lady Bulldogs will play
host to arch-rival Cherokee
County.
In the last meeting of these
two teams in Cherokee Coun
ty the Indians downed the
Bulldogs 75-64 and have
since gone on to compile a 16-
4 season record.
Since that defeat the local
Bulldogs have put together a
17-3 record and according to
head Coach Phil Meadows,
“We’re really seeking
revenge Friday night. ”
The Lady Bulldogs have
also been playing a different
type of ball since the early
days of the season and are
among the top three teams in
sub-region standings.
Coach Meadows said he
expects an overflow crowd
for Friday night’s game.
“Cherokee always brings a
crowd and with our record, I
expect the hometown folks to
really turn out. We’re going
to put up some portable
the ball in and around trying
for the easy shot. The Lady
Dogs took only eight shots
from the field during the
fourth quarter, hitting on
five of them.
Peachtree, meanwhile,
could only get off seven shots
for the quarter as Forsyth’s
not marked the starters for
Forsyth, explaining that
such indication had to be
done 10 minutes prior to the
game.
Most people had not ever
heard of such a rule but this
was not to be the only unique
call the officials would make
before the night was over.
Peachtree took an early 1-
0 lead on the technical and
then in-bounded the ball at
midcourt to start the game.
In the early going Peachtree
pulled out to a 5-2 lead, but a
basket by Bulldog Jimmy
McWhorter and a free throw
by Monty Hammontree tied
bleachers around the court
to take care of the crowd. I’d
advise fans to come to the
game early in order to get a
seat,” Meadows added.
It was the Cherokee In
dians who in the final
minutes of their game with
Forsyth, decided to start tur
ning cartwheels on the floor.
slow down tactics kept the
ball away from the Lady
Patriots and assured the
Lady Dogs of a 45-41 win.
FORSYTH: Dawn Brown
13, Tracey Gossett 12, Stacy
Bennett 10, Darla Sexton 3,
Donna McWhorter 3, Paula
Nix 2, Amy Cullen 2.
the score at five.
Peachtree then took a 7-5
lead only to have Forsyth’s
Jeff Perry tie it at seven.
Again, Peachtree went up 9-7
only to have Perry even it
up. With about two and one
half minutes left in the
quarter and Peachtree back
on top, 12-9, Chip Housley hit
one of two free throws to pull
the Dogs within two. But,
then the Patriots scored six
unanswered points to take an
18-10 lead at the end of the
first quarter.
Peachtree scored to open
the second period and main
tained this 10 poit lead until
Bulldog Steve Reece hit to
cut the lead to 24-15.
Peachtree, as they had done
in the first period, scored
consecutively to build their
lead to 14 with four and one
half minutes left in the half.
But, the Dogs kept fighting
back and as the buzzer
sounded ending the first half,
Housley hit a 10 foot jumper
to pull the Dogs within nine
at 33-24.
Forsyth hit seven of 13
field goals and two of five
free throws, while the
Patriots were good on only
four of 12 shots and did not
shoot a free throw.
In the quarter, Bulldog
Ronny Bennett was awarded
two points on a defensive
goal tending charge against
Peachtree. At the quarter’s
end, Forsyth had managed
to pull within one and trailed
41-40 going into the final
stanza.
The Bulldogs shot five of
eight from the field in the
final stanza and were five of
six from the charity stripe
while holding Peachtree to
four field goals in 14 at
tempts.
The Patriots only con
verted one of two free throws
in the quarter only to watch
McWhorter ice the game
away with three steals and a
three point play with :20 left.
The final score was Forsyth
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THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS-WEbNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6,1980
55, Peachtree 50.
FORSYTH: Jeff Perry 19,
Monty Hammontree 16, Chip
Housley 6, Steve Reece 6,
Jimmy McWhorter 5, Ronny
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