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Sports
Sunday, October 6, 1985
Gary
Tanner
Colleges
need
reforms
From the shady world of college
football recruiting, finally comes
some good news.
Without any hint of a
forthciming NCAA investigation
of the school, Texas Christian
University coach Jim Wacker
kicked six players off his team
that admitted to taking illegal
gifts from overzealous alumni
boosters.
What makes this small bit of
purity in a sea of slime so much
more remarkable is that included
in the suspensions was the Horned
Frogs best player, running back
Kenneth Davis. Davis was
considered a Heisman Trophy
candidate.
Wacker’s action comes as a
breath of fresh air to a sport that
was beginning to stink from
scand. Is like the ones at SMU,
Florida, Clemson, etal.
TCU had a very successful
season last year and could be
expected to be even better this
season. Wacker said when he
arrived, however, that if the team
was going to win, it was going to do
so by the rules.
That is the proper attitude to
have. At many scho. Is recently,
however, it seem that the athletic
departments that were caught
cheating seemed to shrug the
infractions off as a cost of doing
business. College athletics have
become a big business, but even so
it is aot necessary that the
business be dirty in order to
compete.
Stadiums were filled before
cheating became rampant in the
recruiting game, and it could be so
again, but changes need to be
made.
Sports Illustrated recently did a
story on the recruiting violations
in college football. At the end of
the piece, the editors presented a
10 point plan to curb the problem.
The minute details of the plan
will not be rehashed here. One can
1 ook at the magazine for the entire
plan. There are however several
points in the solution that appear
worth consideration.
What the plan basically calls for
aßthough that is not explicitly
stated—is a return to the rules of
the game that existed several
years ago before the rules
violations became so widespread.
Two points in particular make
exceptional sense.
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Lady Dogs win sub-region crown
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Bulldogs scalp Indians, 24-6
By Gary Tanner
Sports Editor
The Forsyth County Bulldog foot
ball team got its offense untracked
Friday night and received strong
performances in all phases of the
game to beat the Lumpkin Indians 24-
6, before a small home crowd at
Forsyth stadium.
The win evened the Bulldogs’ sea
sonal mark at 2-2-1 and dropped the
Indians to 1-4 on the year.
“This was a good one for us to win.”
said Bulldog head coach Ronnie Jack
son, “This win was a total team
effort.”
The biggest story of the game,
however, was the improved play of
the Bulldog offense.
Until this game, the defensive unit
had outscored its offensiye coun
terpart 21-7 in the team’s first four
games.
Against Lumpkin, the offense as
serted itself as a force to be reckoned
with, as it scored all the Bulldog
points.
“We finally scored some points,
“said a jubilant Forsyth offensive
coordinator, Jerry Hogan after the
game, “This will make them feel
good. This will give them some confi
dence.”
Though the defense did not score in
this game it did help out the offense
tremendously in the first half, by
forcing several turnovers that gave
the offense good field position. The
combination of good field position and
see BULLDOGS page 2B
Wildcats sweep grid over South
The civil war was re-fought
Wednesday afternoon at Forsyth
County High stadium, and as in the
original struggle, the North Won.
Instead of Rebels and Yankees, as
in the real civil war, this scrap was
between the Wildcats of North For
syth Junior High and the Gators of
South Forsyth Junior High.
The Wildcats won the 7th and Bth
grade game 15-6 and the 9th grade
contest by a score of 26-0.
North head coach Jim Bishop de
scribed the contests, “good, lcean,
hard fought games.” He said that was
especially true of the 7th and Bth
grade game.
The defense in the first contest
between the younger teams was
fierce. In fact both defenses scored
touch downs inthe game.
Offensively for North, Jason Wat
son ran for a touchdown, and Hank
Gravitt kicked the extra point.
It was a reserved, but happy Lady Bulldog team that won the championship
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Additional scoring by the Wildcats
came when Jamie Stewart tackled a
Gator in the end zone for a safety.
In the second game between the 9th
grade teams, Stacy Pickelsimer
scored three touchdowns to key the
shut out of the Gators.
Ricky Patterson also scored for the
Wildcats.
Standing out defensively for North
in the game were Keith Munday and
Steve Arrington.
Bishop singled out Arrington for
special praise because it was his first
game back after missing to contests
with a leg infection. “He is a good
kid,” Bishop said, “and he’s a big kid
who is a force (on the defense) when
he’s out there.”
In other junior high action, the
Otwell 9th grade team travelledNorth
Springs and routed the homestanding
Spartans by a score of 30-0.
Bulldog defense forced numerous Lumpkin turnovers
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Hank Gravitt kicks off junior high “Civil War”
Forsyth team sweeps two
ends perfect regular slate
By Gary Tanner
Sports Editor
LILBURN— Rain delayed the mo
ment for two days, but after the last
out was recorded in Thursday’s dou
ble-header between subregion co
leaders, Forsyth County and Park
view, the Lady Bulldogs were sub
region champions.
The Lady Bulldogs swept the two
games, as they had swept the entire
season previously, to run thier record
to a sparkling 19-0. Forsyth took
measure of the Lady Panthers 3-1 in
the first game and shut them out 4-0
in the second contest.
Forsyth will now go on to meet
South Gwinnett in the region 8-AAAA
tournament next Tuesday at Brook
wood High School, in Snellville.
The Lady Bulldogs started off this
showdown as they had most of their
games this season, by breaking the
scoring ice in the first inning.
Following singles by Kathy Diggle,
and Christi Woodham, catcher
Deanna Wood and second baseman
Sandi Bagley stroked consecutive
hits to drive in their predecessors on
the basepaths for a 2-0 lead.
From that point, good defense by
both teams held the score at that
margin until the third inning when
Parkview scored a run to cut the lead
to 2-1.
The Lady Panthers scored their run
when leadoff hitter Tracy Schilling
reached on a error by Forsyth short
stop Gina Butko. Schilling was moved
along the bases by consecutive walks
to Rachel Phillips and Gina Eber-
Staff Photo Gary Tanner
hart. Sherri Swindell, then drove
Schilling, in with a hit but that was all
the Lady Panthers were able to get.
Neither team was able to dent the
plate in fourth, but the Lady Bulldogs
added a run in the top of the fifth.
The Lady Bulldogs scored then run
in the fifth when Dana Waters led off
the frame by reaching on an error.
After Linda Diggle and Leah Hender
son were retired, Lisa Waldroop
stepped to the plate and unleashed a
triple that scored Waters. The score
then stood at its final 3-1 margin.
After extending the lead in the top
of the fifth, Waldroop turned in the
defensive gem of the day in the bot
tom half of the inning when she made
a spectacular diving catch of a Schil
ling fly.
Waters was the winning pitcher for
the Lady Bulldogs, raising her season
record to 13-0. Bagley drove in the
winning run.
The day’s second game was also a
defensive duel, but again the Forsyth
women were able to put together
more offense and win.
As in ihe first game, the Sdy
Bulldogs jumped out to a quick lead
in the top of the first inning.
Three singles combined to drive the
run in. Kathy Diggle and Woodham
each stroked singles. They were fol
lowed by Wood who drove in the run.
In the next inning, the Forsyth
team scored three more runs to ex
tend the lead to the final 4-0 margin.
Waldroop drove in a run with a
bloop single. She was followed by
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