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Forsyth County News - Sunday, November 26,1995
Rough finish
for South
boys in
78-58 loss
to Cherokee
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
After two games this year, the
South Forsyth War Eagle basket
ball team has gotten themselves
in the familiar position of losing
early momentum and having
rough finishes, just before their
sub-region season starts.
A 14-0 spurt by Cherokee
County in the second quarter, and
a 23-7 surge in the fourth, were
devastating to the Eagles. The last
one was enough to give the visi
tors a 78-58 win in the loser’s
bracket of the Lanier-400
Tournament at South Friday
night.
Although post player John Cook
fought well inside all evening,
with team-leading totals of 24
points and 13 rebounds, the rest
of the team struggled with
shooting, and ultimately, sustain
ing what they set out to do.
“John had a good game and did
a great job on the boards,” said
South Head Coach Steve Barnes.
“We had a good game plan, but
we had to get out of it ... We’re
the kind of team where if a cou
ple of little things go wrong, the
other team capitalizes.”
Fast start in first quarter
for South
The War Eagles looked impres
sive for most of the early going.
Seth Hudgins seemed to be
everywhere, twice dishing off to
Cook for inside scores. He added
steals and was crashing the
boards as the Eagles grabbed
quick leads of 8-4, 15-11 and 19-
15 at the end of the first quarter.
Knoebel added a three and three
free throws after a foul to add to
the attack.
But the Warriors got hot and
stayed hot. Everyone got in on
the act, but it was primarily a
matter of Raymond Pickens doing
the job in the backcourt, and
Robert McKinney inside. The
duo had 19 and 20 points respec
tively.
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the bench with steals and jumpers
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South Forsyth’s Kelly Mathis(22) works inside as Laurielle Langley (middle left) and
Sarah Tallant (background) try to help.
Raider wrestling building under new coach Bishop
By Jim Riley
Staff Writer
At practice Friday morning,
new North Forsyth Wrestling
Head Coach Jim Bishop was
very optimistic and hopeful of
his team’s chances for the
upcoming season.
“We have every weight class
filled and have had some good
practices,” he said.
North has several returning
wrestlers that had good area
showings last year. Jody
Random, the team’s current 112-
pounder, is a state qualifier from
last year and won third place in
the area.
Random is trying to drop down
to the 103 weight-class. “He
will win the state if he goes
103,” Bishop said. “He is a
good technician with great
strength for his size.”
Clark Tompkins has moved
back from Jefferson County,
where he wrestled his sopho
more year.
He is expected to wrestle in the
160-pound class. “He will be
one of the better wrestlers at
160,” Bishop said. “He was a
Class A state qualifier last year
at Jefferson.”
Another wrestler that Bishop is
counting on is junior Nick
Wilbanks (Raider quarterback in
football), who placed fifth in the
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South Forsyth’s varsity competition cheerleaders with their trophy after the
Chattahoochee meet: Kneeling (l-r) Kristy Powell, Natalie Griffin, Lisa Daughtery,
Jessica Smith, Courtney Fredrikson, Elizabeth Benson, Ginger Hawkins. Standing (l-r)
Susan Jacobs, Nicole Pendley, Missy Mauk, April Wilder, Mindy Rappatta, Tiffany
Hamrick, Lauren Hodges, Jennifer Swilling, Rebecca Yang and Coach Stacey
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area tournament last year. “He
wrestles smart and doesn’t make
a lot of mistakes,” he said.
Tyrus Holbrook at 125 pounds
is another returning veteran that
Bishop has high hopes for. “He
finished sixth in the region and
is a state qualifier from last
year,” he said.
Bishop feels that Holbrook will
drop to 119 as the season pro
gresses.
Ford to compete at 215
Another who is coming back
after a year away, that Bishop
feels will accomplish great feats
in the 215 slot, is senior Jason
Ford. “He is a good kid and is
going to be a brawler,” he said.
“He will surprise folks on the
area level.”
Senior Jade McLeod is
wrestling for the first time this
year, and Bishop has high hopes
for him, too. “He is tough, quick
and is doing a good job to never
have wrestled before,” he said.
The 140-pound class has a lot
of depth with Patrick Hughes,
Josh Carr and Scott McDonald
fighting for the varsity spot.
Hughes is a sophomore first
year wrestler that Bishop is quite
impressed with. “ I’ve never
seen a kid come out and wrestle
like him,” he said. “He is a very
strong kid and will probably be
our 140.”
Bishop said that Ben Rivers
will begin the season wrestling
130, but might make a move to a
lower class.
Holding down the 152-pound
class is junior Brian Oliver who
wrestled his freshman year but
did not wrestle last year. Bishop
described Oliver as a “dedicated
wrestler.”
Paul Warbington will fill the
275-pound slot, but currently
weighs in at only 207 pounds.
However, Bishop feels that he
has the strength to be competi
tive at the higher weight. Junior
Dirk Ward is wrestling in the
171-pound class.
Sophomore Jason Adams is the
varsity wrestler in the 135-pound
weight class and despite his
inexperience, Bishop feels that
he will “be a good wrestler for
us.”
Promising freshmen
The team has several promis
ing freshman wrestlers such as
Bishop’s sons Kip and Ryan.
Kip is wrestling in the 189-
pound class for the first match.
“Kip loves the sport,” he said.
“Ryan will be a good wrestler
for us.”
Also, Bishop feels that
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Lady Eagles make
Lanier-400 finals
Harrison, Mathis
lead big come
from-behind
effort in third,
fourth quarters
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
South Forsyth Head Coach
Angie Hembree said it was chaos
out there.
But her Lady Eagle basketball
team had the most energy at the
finish.
Similar to last week, the hosts
struggled in the early going, look
ing like no more than a faint
image of last year’s sub-region
champs. But with seniors Tina
Harrison and Kelly Mathis taking
charge in the late third and entire
fourth quarter, South came back
from 11 down and withstood a
couple of frantic rallies by an
inspired Duluth team.
The result was a 51-47 South
win Friday night at the Lanier
-400 Tournament. It was a triumph
that put Hembree’s team in the
championship game of the event
Saturday night against Cherokee
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Getting ready for the season
North Forsyth’s Jody Random (top) works with teammdfe
Scott McDonald in a recent practice.
War Eagle cheerleaders i
off to good start with win:
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
If the South Forsyth varsity
competition cheerleading squad is
hoping to improve their ranking
among the state’s AA teams, they
have gotten off to a good start.
Last Saturday, the Lady War
Eagles traveled to Chattahoochee
HS for a competition and came
home with a first-place trophy.
“With an outstanding perfor
mance, these girls were deter
mined to win,” said Head Coach
Stacey McDaniel. She thanked all
of the fans who went to
Chattahoochee to support the
team.
Thirteen of 16 athletes return
from the team that placed second
in the 8-AA Region meet last
winter, according to McDaniel.
This year’s region event will be at
Cumming racers at
Atlanta Dragway
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County.
“I’m real excited about the
effort,” said the coach, referring
mostly to the second half. “We *
started to rebound well ... and
they started looking for each other
more.”
Though it’s unfair to compare
the team to last year’s, it’s still
instructive to note that South lost
36-34 to Duluth last year in this
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4th quarter point tot&h
doubles rest of game
Amazingly, the Lady Eagles
doubled their point total of the
first three quarters in the final
period. Mathis scored 12 in the
fourth, and Harrison added 11
often in a dramatic fashion.
The first of the big blows in the
final moments was a block by
Becky Quinn that Harrison recov
ered and turned into a three-point
play, giving her team a 48-42 lead
with :52 left.
Then after Mary Cato hit a
three-pointer and Duluth stifled
an inbounds play to take posses
sion with :29 left, Harrison struck
again. She stole the ball and drove
for a layup to give South a 51-45
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Johnson HS on February 10. !
Just three seniors graduated last
spring from the team: Courtnby
Liles, Shelby Payne and Reba
Brown.
This year’s returning seniqrs
from the team that went to the
states include Natalie Grifffn,
Jessica Smith and Lisa Daughtry.
Juniors who competeted last'
year were Kristi Powell, Jennifer *
Swilling, Ginger Hawkugj,
Courtney Fredrikson, Tiffaffy
Hamrick and Elizabeth
Rebecca Yang is a returning
sophomore.
Newcomers on the team include'
Susan Jacobs, Nicole
Missy Mauk, April Wilder, Minify 4
Rappatta and Lauren Hodges. '•»*;'
The next competition for Lse,
Lady Eagles is January 13 at Pope.
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