Newspaper Page Text
PAGE 2B
-THE FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY H, 19*3
Hammontree Working
Hard For Lipscomb
The following story about
Monty Hammontree by Mike
Morrow recently appeared
in The Tennesean, a daily
newspaper in Nashville,
where David Lipscomb Col
lege is located. Now a junior
at Lipscomb, Hammontree
played his high school bas
ketball at Forsyth County
High School, where he was a
three-year starter, and
helped guide the Bulldogs to
their last region crown in
1979-80.
Monty Hammontree is
known as a blue collar
player.
Don’t look for Hammon
tree in many headlines about
David Lipscomb College. He
won’t be at the top of the
statistics for the Bisons.
But Lipscomb wouldn’t
trade Hammontree. He fol
lows the program to the final
line.
“That’s the thing right
there, he falls in line with the
program,” said Lipscomb
coach Don Meyer. “Monty is
blue collar. He doesn’t have
a lot of flair. He just gets the
job done. We hope we have a
lot of players like that. He
certainly is one.”
A typical Lipscomb game
will find the 6-5 Hammon
tree, a starter in every game
this year, move near the
basket, hands in the air on
defense, scurry back and
forth, take a charge, romp
Forsyth Ladies
Named Top Dogs
Forsyth’s trio of players of
the week for games against
South Gwinnett, Clarke Cen
tral and Johnson are all
members of the Lady Bull
dogs’ squad.
Stacy Bennett, Jennifer
Tallant and Chris Wood were
named as the players of the
week in the Forsyth basket
ball squads’ last week of the
regular season.
Bennett totaled 14 points,
12 rebounds, nine assists and
five steals in the Lady Bull
dogs two victories against
Clarke Central and Johnson.
Tallant recorded 15 points,
14 rebounds, and five steals
in the two wins, while Wood
came off the bench on Fri
day against Clarke Central
to score six third-quarter
points, grab four rebounds
and record one assist and
Continued from Page IB
and defeated Ward twice
previously, but his victory in
the region final was a hard
fought one, coining on a
three-period decision.
Slaton also entered the
meet as the number two seed
in his weight class, and deci
sioned third-seeded Wayne
Mercer of Johnson by a
score of 8-6 in the first round.
But Slaton lost a three pe
riod decision to number one
seed Scott Romine of Berk
mar in the championship to
finish as the region runner
up.
Lord pinned Brad Schafer
of Johnson in the first period
of his opening round match,
and then faced number one
seed Bob Arnold in the sec
ond round. Arnold, who
placed fourth in the state tou
rnament a year ago, pinned
Lord in the second period
and sent the Bulldog wres
tler into the consolation
round to face Gene Wallace
of South Gwinnett. Wallace
recorded a first-period pin
against Lord to capture
third-place honors.
Clanton was the benefi
ciary of a forfeit in his open
ing round match as South
Gwinnett’s Alex Sumpiter
was forced to withdraw from
the meet because of an in
jury. Against top-seeded
BEFORE YOU PAY
UNCLE SAM
HIS 1982 DUES
PAY YOURSELF
An IRA deposit can be made right up
until the time you file your 1982 in
come. For an individual Retirement Ac
count earning in excess of 11 % call:
DARREL WILKINS' INSURANCE AGENCY
887-8223
downcourt again, and sweat
a lot. Monty stays on the
move, but he seldom gets
noticed.
“We didn’t know what kind
of player Monty would be
when he came here, but we
knew he wouldn’t hurt us,”
said Meyer. “He’s the kind
of player that can help you
when he’s on the floor or on
the bench. Not all basketball
players are like that.”
“I wouldn’t say I’m a
graceful player,” said Ham
montree, a junior from Cum
ming, Ga. “I’m not fast. I
just try to do the things I do
best. And that’s not scoring.
I might could try to score
more, but that’s not what I
do best.”
Hammontree knew about
the Bison program since the
eighth grade, attending the
Bison basketball camp on
several occasions. When it
came time to choose a col
lege, he picked Lipscomb
over the Air Force, where he
had an appointment if he
wanted it. Now, he has be
come something of a patriot
for the Lipscomb program.
“After talking to some of
the players at Air Force, I
decided there wouldn’t be
much college lift there,”
Hammontree said. “ I looked
up to plyers here, like Alan
Banks and Rick Kyle, all of
them. I looked up to the
players just as much as any
one steal.
For their efforts, the three
Lady Bulldogs will receive a
free steak dinner from Gib’s
Steak House.
Sawnee Holds
Baseball Signup
Registration for the base
ball and softball teams of the
Sawnee Mountain Club will
be held Saturday, Feb. 19
and Saturday, Feb. 26 from
noon until 3 p.m. at Sawnee
Elementary School.
There will be a registra
tion fee of $25 per family,
plus a $5 fee for club mem
bership dues for each par
ent.
There also will be an addi
tional $3 charge for each
child playing softball.
Region Wrestling
Phil Bell of Berkmar, dan
ton survived the first period,
but was pinned in the second.
Clanton settled for the
fourth-place medal when he
was defeated by Parkview
wrestler Glenn Sikes in the
consolation match.
Wofford faced second
seeded Keith Barrett of
South Gwinnett in his opener
and was pinned in the first
period by the favored Comet.
In the consolation, Wofford
came close to pinning John
son’s Greg Barnes in the
first moments of the match.
But Barnes fought off Wof
ford’s advantage in the first
period and came back to
record a pin in the third
period to place third.
Blackstone, the seventh
Bulldog to qualify for the
state tournament by placing
fourth or higher in the region
meet, upset fourth-seeded
Rusty Simpson of South
Gwinnett in the first round.
Blackstone pinned his oppo
nent in the first period of the
match, but the referee ruled
the pin came a split-second
after the period’s buzzer had
sounded.
But Blackstone pinned
Simpson again in the second
period, and this time the
victory stood. The Bulldog
faced Berkmar’s number
one seed David Gamble in
big name guys at any Divi
sion I schools.”
+ + +
In a recent game between
Lipscomb and defending NC
CAA champion Tennessee-
Temple, Hammontree
turned in a typical “blue
collar” performance. Trail
ing 21-11, Hammontree
scored nine consecutive
points, four from the floor
and five from the foul line, to
single-handedly pull his
team to within 21-20 in the
first half. In the second half,
Hammontree’s tip of a team
mate’s missed shot gave
Lipscomb one of its rare
leads at 31-30.
Continued from Page IB
home crowd. Williams led all
scorers with 18 points, while
Boyd added 14 to the Comets’
attack. Oldham paced the
Bulldogs with 17 points and
Cox ended with 10.
On Friday, Forsyth fell
victim to a fast-breaking,
torrid-shooting Clarke Cen
tral squad, which became
the first team this season to
score over 90 points against
the Bulldogs.
Eight points by Ricky
Shell paced a Galdiator at
tack which, in the first quar
ter, jumped to a 24-13 lead.
Taking advantage of Bull
dogs turnovers and their
continued hot shooting from
the outside, the Gladiators
scored the first nine points of
the second quarter to go up
by 20 points with five min
utes remaining in the half.
The Bulldogs dueled the
Gladiators on even terms in
those five minutes before
halftime, but trailed by 49-27
at the break.
Doug Durham, who scored
13 first-half points, continued
his scoring prowess in the
third quarter as, for the third
straight quarter, the Gladia
tors scored over 24 points
and opened up a 39-point
cushion over the Bulldogs.
But the Bulldogs did some
scoring of their own in the
final period, burning the nets
for 27 points and outscoring
the Gladiators by 11 to make
the final margin of defeat a
more respectable 93-65.
Durham led all scorers
the second round and was
pinned in the second period.
Second-seeded Shane Armis
tead of Parkview decisioned
Blackstone 7-2 in the conso
lation final.
Three other Bulldog wres
tlers participated in the re
gion tournament but failed to
place in the top four of their
respective weight classes.
Tommy Murray (108-lb.),
Heath Williams (126-lb.) and
Phillip Heard (155-lb.) each
lost their opening round
matches and were elimi
nated from the meet.
“Not only is this the first
region champion Forsyth
has ever had, but it’s also the
first time the school has ever
sent more than one wrestler
to the state tournament,”
said Bulldog wrestling coach
Bob Penland.
“I’m proud of the way we
wrestled and the way we
built up to the tournament.
There were some rough
Poutatt'j^
Buy a Poulan 3400
with a 16” bar and get an extra
chain absolutely FREE!*
f^SAVEJSOoo
• Sobd stlto ignition i Uft/11"CU
• Manual * automatic c ham oiling*^ \ JIW*
• CovnterVlbo’* feature tor smooth
» EXTRA BONUS WITH EACH SAW...
40 PC. 1/4 A 3/8 COMB. SOCKET SET
FREE
COMPLETELY SERVICED AMD READY TO 00l
•Sh your participating untieing daalar ter Patella.
CUMMING HARDWARE
302 Buford Rd. Cumming, Go.
887-1730
Prices and Discounts Subject to Local Dealer Option
Unfortunately, Tennessee-
Temple took charge of the
game in the final minute,
and turned a tie game into a
52-44 victory. Hammontree
finished with 11 points, in
cluding three-of-five shoot
ing from the field and a
perfect five-of-five from the
foul line, four rebounds and
two assists.
On the year, Hammontree
is averaging 6.6 points per
game (on 44 percent shoot
ing from the field and 71
percent shooting from the
foul line), 2.8 rebounds per
game and 1.5 assists per
game.
Bulldogs
with 22 points. Shell and Ar
nold Grier tallied 12 and 11
points, respectively, for the
Gladiators, who had eight
players to score seven or
more points. Oldham led a
balanced Forsyth attack
that placed four Bulldogs in
double figures. Cox finished
with 13, Keith Gravitt with 11
and Rich Anderson with 10.
Again on Saturday, in the
makeup of the postponed
Jan. 21 game with Johnson,
the Bulldogs appeared
snake-bitten in the first
quarter, falling behind 22-10
by the period’s end. Knight
guard John Weiss and center
Cedric Niles paced the as
sault, with Weiss working
the perimeter game and
Niles controling the inside
game, each scoring eight
points.
Niles continued his domi
nation in the second quarter,
cleaning both the offensive
and defensive boards and
scoring seven points as the
Knights outscored the Bull
dogs 19-10 in the quarter to
open a 41-20 halftime lead.
Forsyth won the battle in
the second half, scoring 42
points to the Knights 36
points, but the Bulldogs
could never pull closer than
14 points in the final period
as Niles and Weiss combined
for 13 points to hold off the
charge and secure a 77-62
victory for visiting Johnson.
Niles finished with 31
points to claim scoring hon
ors, the first time this year
an individual player reached
times during the season, but
this is what it’s all about.
“I wouldn’t take a million
dollars for getting to see Jeff
win the region. That’s the
most satisfying moment I’ve
had as a Forsyth coach. It
was sweet. Sweet!”
In the team competition,
Parkview upset defending
region champion Berkmar
by a narrow John
son and South Gwinnett
placed third and fourth, re
spectively, while Forsyth
finished in fifth place.
The AAAA State Wrestling
Tournament will be held Fri
day and Saturday at the
Cobb Civic Center in Mari
etta. There will be 32 wres
tlers in each of the 14 weight
classifications. The opening
four rounds will be wrestled
on Friday, while the consola
tion finals and championship
finals will be held on Satur
day.
'**' m f -~ajr
JF %*
FORMER BULLDOG MONTY HAMMONTREE
...‘blue collar’ player for David Lipscomb
the 30-point mark against the
Bulldogs. Weiss added 21
points to the Knights’ cause,
while Oldham (16 points)
and Cox (13 points) paced
the Bulldogs.
“By no means am I satis
fied with our record this year
said Bulldog coach Phil
Meadows, “but I am proud
of the way the boys have
worked and kept up their
morale throughout the sea
son. That’s not easy to do
when you only win three
games.
“I feel like we have a
chance of upsetting Newton
on Wednesday, but we have
to play our game and control
the tempo. We can’t let them
South Bluegrass
Festival Set
The South Forsyth Boost
ers Club will hold its first
annual Bluegrass Festival
on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 2
P-m,
The festival will be held at
South Forsyth Junior High
School and admission will be
$3.
Bands performing will in
clude the New Homestead
ers, Peachtree Pickers, Paul
and Dewitt, Clay Creek
Ramblers (with Straw
berry), Bear Creek
Bluegrass, Momingsiders
and Golden River Grass
(with Doodle).
Also performing will be a
number of clogging groups,
including Country Spice,
Georgia Country, Honey and
Spice, Mountain Laurel,
Southern Sunshine and Clog
gettes.
For more information con
tact David Bales at 887-9114
or 887-1694, or George Bales
at 475-5008.
v—K BARGAIN
W. BUYS
L A
SHOP NOW AND SAVE ON THESE QUALITY ITEMS.
QUANTITIES ARE LIMITED TO STORE STOCK.
$5.97 (l^Cl
suggested list $14.53 -■
BLACK & DECKER JACK
RABBIT PUMP
A multi-purpose hand pump for hundreds of
household, auto, marine and farm uses. Take it
anywhere—needs no electricity.
suggested list slO.ll
NAPA TOOL BOXES ALL
PURPOSE TOTE TRAY
All-steel construction with an extra high handle
. t 0 make jt perfect for a variety of uses.
Whcnthe name b MARA, the standard is quaßty
Wfl>
get in their running game
and we have to be patient on
offense. If we can do that,
and if we can avoid mis
takes, I feel we have a shot.”
If the Bulldogs do pull off
an upset of the top-seeded
Rams, they would play Fri
day at 8:30 p.m. against the
winner of Wednesday’s
game between Clarke Cen
tral and Cedar Shoals.
Pic Yi Pay Shoes®.
s’'' \
—/ j
rmir i i - / j
Tri-County Plaza
Hwy. 9 at 20 Cumming, Ga.
Sal* prices good thru Sun. Master Card or Visa. Open evenings and open Sun. 1-Opm.
SLACK CUMMING PARTS CO.
306 Tribble Gap Rd. 887-3111 Cumming, GA 30130
Umpires Clinics Set
The Forsyth County Youth
Baseball Umpires Associa
tion will hold a series of
clinics on Saturdays in
March for anyone interested
in umpiring local youth
games this season.
jS KHgasS
HE/IRD
Fud ©
PROPANE GAS’FUEL OIL
FOR
HOME*FARM*INDUSTRY
GAS APPLIANCES
BOTTLED TANK & BULK GAS
RADIO DISPATCH SERVICE
DIAL 887-2333
EMERGENCY 8 HOLIDAYS
887-3039 • 887-2980 • 887-6621
887-4543 • 887-3285 • 887-5232
887-2212 • 887-1128 • 889-1969
887-3856 • 887-8639 • 887-2412
ATLANTA— 688-7910
NO TANKS TO BUY!
SOUTH COAL MTN.. U S. 19, N.
$2.88
suggested list $5.99
NAPA SPECIALTY TOOLS
4-WAY LUG WRENCH
An ideal wrench for the do-it-yourselfer. Perfect
to keep in the truck or the car for emergencies.
$1.29 m
suggested list $2.76 HR
MAC’S CARBURETOR
AND CHOKE CLEANER
Restores operating efficiency and reduces gas
consumption.
The meetings will be held
in the Forsyth County Court
house Community Room be
ginning at 9 a.m. Anyone
interested should contact
Wayne Lynch (887-8858) or
A 1 Jackson (887-1731).