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BUNDAY, JANUARY 19,1992
Riverside beats Forsyth Central as teams battle in triple overtime
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Forsyth Central’s Davey Bales (30) attempts to stop Riverside’s Kadar Hendeway
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Sports Editor
Cauley 9 Smith:
looking to win
Forsyth Central’s 74-49 (boys) and 74-66
(girls) losses earlier this week at Haber
sham Central shouldn’t be taken as a seri
ous blow to either team’s plans for quali
fying for the Region 8-AAA basketball
tournament
First things first, and that means both
teams are still making serious plans for
the 8-AAA event
The regular season is important, solely
from a standpoint of seeding for the sub
region 8-AAA North tournament A high
to middle of the pack finish, would en
able both squads to avoid a first round, 8-
AAA North tourney game against a lead
er. Such games can be hazardous to a
team’s health.
Such wasn’t the case last year, as For
syth Central’s boys upset host Stephens
County in first-round action.
This year’s subregion tournament is
doubly important to Forsyth Central’s
boys and girls, which host this year’s 8-
AAA North toumamet
Prior to Friday’s home game against
Riverside Military Academy, Central’s
boys were marching to a 6-7 overall mark.
More importantly, coach Bobby Smith’s
Bulldogs were 3-3 where it counted most,
in 8-AAA North standings.
“We want a winning season,” said
Smith. “And I’d like to see us win in the
subregion tournament, especially since
it’s at our place this year. And right now
we’re getting a pretty good effort from the
players.”
Maybe those don’t seem like such high
ideals, but again, Smith takes first things
first For a team which hasn’t finished
above .500 for the last five seasons, Smith
can’t think of a better starting position.
Smith may not be thinking of small ac
complishments, but as usual, his team is
built on short players.
Starting center Davey Bales, at slightly
more than 6-3, is the Bulldog’s tallest
player. Not having tall players, in a tall
player’s game, hasn’t presented Smith
with more worldly problems than he can
handle.
“We just have to out-hustle, and out
play, everybody else,” said Smith. “It’s
nothing new, because we’ve always been
short at the post”
Bales, who in Smith’s eyes has put to
gether back-to-back-to-back quality
games, is projected as a key, both offen
sively and defensively. And so is guard
Chad Jones and swing man Chad Carlisle,
a capable of players.
Forsyth Central varsity girls coach Jer
ry Cauley’s mode of thinking is centered
on the same area.
“It makes us optimistic, the way we’ve
been playing,” said Cauley. “As long as
you believe you’ve got a chance, then
you’ve got one (chance).”
The Lady Bulldogs, who were not
scheduled to play Friday, will join the
boys in 8-AAA North action at Johnson on
Tuesday.
Prior to dropping two straight games,
the Lady Bulldogs were 9-1 and off to
their best start in five seasons.
“There’s no way I’d thought we’d be 9-1
at this time of the season, and halfway
through the schedule,” said Cauley. “I
guess if somebody had told me that earli
er, I would have really questioned them,
especially with the injuries.”
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Forsyth Central's Brad Gilbert follows the flight of the ball. Gilbert, who scored 10
points in a home victory over North Gwinnett, scored 9 on a trio of 3-point shots
against Riverside Military.
Opponents shoot 64 times from line
Fouls, Habersham Central, hit Forsyth Central basketball teams
By Mike Webber
Sports Editor
Forsyth Central’s varsity basketball teams suffered a pair of
losses Monday night at Habersham Central in Cornelia.
Forsyth Central’s girls lost a 74-66 overtime decision, while
Central’s boys were defeated 74-49.
Combining both games, Habersham Central took 64 foul
shots as opposed to 16 for Forsyth Central. Habersham Cen
tral’s boys were 16-24 from the charity stripe, while Forsyth
Central’s boys hit 5-6 attempts. Habersham Central’s girls
were 18-41 while Forsyth Central’s girls were 7-10 in free
throws.
Forsyth Central’s Lady Bulldogs actually made seven more
field goals than did Habersham Central.
The varsity girls game was tied 63-63 at the end of regula
tion. Forsyth Central began the overtime period with only one
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starter, Melanie Gault, still in the lineup. Starters Kristi Wat
son, Kris Adams, Neva Gravitt and Gypsy Frix had earlier
received their fifth, and disqualifying, fouls. Watson had re
ceived three fouls early in the first quarter.
Gault, Nicole Dorman, Tammy O’Kelly and Tamela Ricket
began the overtime period for the Lady Bulldogs.
Habersham Central won the overtime period in 11-3
fashion.
“Despite them taking 41 free throws, we held in there until
overtime,” said Forsyth Central coach Jerry Cauley.
Forsyth Central still managed to lead the game for just over
three quarters. The Lady Bulldogs, leading 18-12 after the
first quarter, were up 37-26 at halftime. Forsyth Central, out
scored 23-16 in the third quarter, still led 53-49 heading into
the fourth period. Habersham Central won the fourth period
14-10.
Gault led Forsyth Central with 20 points. Gravitt and Adanis
By Richard Hammond
Sport* Correspondent
Forsyth Central played three overtimes against River
side Friday night but the extra nine minutes were not
enough as the Blue Devils pulled out a 73-71 heartbreaker
over the Bulldogs.
Guard Chad Jones was the top scorer in the game with
27 total points. Jones nailed four 3-pointers, including
three in third period, while hitting 9 of 14 foul shots. Four
of his points came in overtime while his basket in the
third overtime was the only one for the Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs proved to be a threat from outside as they
dropped in 11 3-pointers and hit 18 of 27 from the line.
Others with three point shots were Brad Gilbert with 3 (9
points), Chad Carlisle with 2 (12 points) and Todd Hol
brook with 2 (6 points). Rounding out the scoring for the
Bulldogs was Davey Bales with 10 points, Tate Morgan
with 3 points, Blair White with 2 points and Craig Bennett
with 2 points.
The Blue Devils had four 3-pointers of their own, in
cluding two by Bryan Kilgore (18 points), but their
strength was inside. Kamali Thompson bagged 19 points
at forward while adding 2 blocked shots on defense be
fore and injury took him from the game in the third over
time. Center Kadar Hendeway had only 6 points offen
sively but blocked 6 shots on defense to halt the Bulldogs
inside.
The Bulldogs held a slim 14-12 lead after the first quar
ter. After being down 12-7 with 2:27 remaining in the
period, the Bulldogs scored 7 consecutive point Jones
dumped in a free throw and was followed by back to back
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South Forsyth comeback fails;
Union County takes two wins
By Mike Webber
Sports Editor
South Forsyth’s varsity boys and girls
made each made a strong bid to catch
Union County Friday night at home, but
both failed.
South’s Lady War Eagles dropped a 71-
56 decision to the Lady Panthers, while
Union County’s Panthers scored a 51-38
decision.
While both final scores reflected wide
margins of victory for Union County,
South Forsyth made it uncomfortable for
each squad. Union County’s girls broke
out of an early 8-8 tie to lead 17-10 after
the first quarter. The second quarter was
a complete reversal, as coach Doug
Fields watched as his Lady War Eagles
outscored Union County 17-10, for a 27-27
halftime tie. Union County again as
sumed control in the third quarter, lead
ing 51-40 with one period left
South Forsyth’s boys also made sure
Union County didn’t leave without a
fight The Panthers scored 13 of the
game’s first 16 points, leading 13-3 with
3:14 remaining in the opening period.
South Forsyth, thanks to a pair of baskets
from Scott Gilbert, and one each by Jory
Holbrook and Tim Holt, made it a 15-11
game after one quarter.
The second quarter began as an all-
Union County affair. The Panters went
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Tight squeeze
It appears Forsyth Central’s Bud Henderson, left, has all he can handle in this match
against South Forsyth. Henderson soon locked up a win via a pin in this 152-pound battle.
His Bulldogs were just as successful, as they captured a 44-28 win over South Forsyth’s
War Eagles Thursday at the old Cumming gym.
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Central’s Chad Carlisle goes up for shot
on a 10-1 scoring spree early in the sec
ond quarter, and with 4:26 left before
halftime, the Panthers led 25-12. South
Forsyth trailed 29-20 at intermission.
That first quarter run was to be as
close. Trailing by 9 at the break, South
Forsyth’s War Eagles found themselves
behind by 11. 39-28, entering the fourth
period.
A pair of free throws by Holbrook, with
3:32 remaining, cut the lead to 39-32. That
was to be as close as South came. Union
County, led in scoring by Bill Killey and
Jason Putnam, responded with consecu
tive baskets by the pair.
Again, both games were much closer
than their final scores indicated.
South Forsyth’s girls were put in a pre
carious position of having to play catch
up ball without the talents of star post
player Jennifer Jones, who received
three fouls in the first half. Jones, who
received her fourth foul early in the third
quarter, spent the remainder of the peri
od of the bench.
It was Jones, and teammate Amy Roe
buck, who had provided most of the sec
ond quarter fire power as South caught
Union County at the halftime buzzer.
The Lady Panther lead actually
reached 21-10 before South began to click
on offense for the first time. Jones scored
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were both in double figures, scoring 14 and 11, respectively.
Adams scored all 11 points in the first half. Frix and Dorman
scored 8 each, while O’Kelley (2) and Watson (2) rounded out
the scoring for Forsyth Central.
Misty Colston led Habersham Central with 19. The Lady
Raiders placed four individuals in double figures, as Heather
Burke (14), Casey Pritchett (12) and Leigh Burke (11) also
accounted for points leading their team.
The boy’s game began as an even contest, as the teams were
tied 18-18 after the first quarter. Habersham Central led 37-28
at halftime, and 54-32 after three quarters.
Davey Bales led Forsyth Central with 10 points, while Chad
Jones added 9. Kevin Bailey and Chad Carlisle scored 6 each,
while Brad Gilbert pitched in with 5. Tate Morgan (3), Ryan
Miller (3), Jackie Lewis (2) and Justin Howell (2) roundedout
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