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Forsyth Countv News - Wednesday, November 29,1995
Sports
Anglers
prepping for
start of
BASS event
on Thursday
By Jim Riley
Staff Writer
With the B.A.S.S. Eastern
Invitational Tournament on Lake
Lanier’s Thursday start just a few
days away, the mood is tense with
local anglers honing their skills
and hoping to capture the coveted
$35,000 top spot.
Local anglers Joe Crosby, Mark
Hardin, Paul Marks, Mike Brooks
and Sheriff Jerry Padgett are
competing in the event along with
330 other anglers from Georgia,
other states and countries such as
Mexico and Zimbabwe.
Last year’s champion Mickey
Bruce from Buford is also partici
pating in this year’s tournament.
Bruce won in 1994 by working a
leadhead jig through deep, off
shore, standing timber. “Believe
it or not, 1 was able to catch fish
on the bottom in 65 feet of water
on this jig,” he said.
After practice Monday, Padgett
felt confident, but realizes that
luck plays a big part in tourna
ment success. “I hope that I can
get lucky with a good draw so I
can stay out of my best places
until the last day,” he said.
Lake Lanier is known for its
spotted bass, and with the five
fish limit, Padgett feels that spots
will win the tournament. “From
my personal experience, the south
end of the lake will produce.
Spots will win the tournament,”
he said.
Padgett is planning on using a
combination of jigs, spoons and
worms for success. He also has
two special places picked out
where he can fish his last day. “I
See BASS, Page 3B
WEEK IN SPORTS
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NFHS vs. Gainesville, 9th-grade
only (girls-6 p.m., boys-7:30
pm)-
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NFHS vs. East Hall, 9tfvgrade
(girfs-4 p.m., boys-5:30 pm.), var
sity (girls-7 p.m., boys- 8:30 p.m.).
SFHS vs. Johnson, JV (girls-4 p.m.,
boys-5:30 p.m.), varsity (girls-7
p.m., boys 8:30 p.m.).
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SFHS vs West Hafl, 6 p.m.
NFHS <4 Social Cirde, 6 p.m.
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Basketball
SFHS at Gilmer, 9lh-grade (girls
noon, boys-1:30 p.m.), JV (girls-3
p.m., boys-4:30 p.m.), varsity
(girls-6 p.m., bcys-7:30 p.m.).
FCHS o# North Springs, 9th-grade
at old gym (girls-9:30 a.m., boys
-11 a.m.), JV (gids-11 a.m., boys
-12:30 p.m.), varsity (girls-2 p.m.,
boys-3:30 p.m.).
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SFHS at Lovett (four teams), Noon.
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FCHS and NFHS at Monroe Area
South girls fall to Cherokee Co. in Lanier final
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Scramble
Becky Quinn (24), Sarah Tallant (on floor) and Laurielle Langley (20) battle for possession with Cherokee players.
Raiders nail down first two wins;
whip Galloway twice in Classic
Shelter’s 20 lead
boys to 93-39 win
By Jan Koper _____
Sports Correspondent
After shooting blanks in a sea
son-opening loss to Cass High
School, the North Forsyth Raiders
exploded for a 93-39 victory over
the Galloway School at Saturday
night’s finale of the Sawnee
Mountain Classic basketball tour
nament.
Matt Shelter led the Raiders in
Mer. Tallant has 21, Lady Raiders win by 46
By Jan Koper
Sports Correspondent
After a lopsided loss to Forsyth
Central last week at North
Forsyth’s Sawnee Mountain
Classic basketball tournament, the
Galloway School must have hoped
things would get better Saturday
against the host Lady Raiders.
They didn’t.
After holding Galloway scoreless
for the game’s first 12 minutes,
Coach Tracey Bryan’s girls coast
ed to a 63-17 victory.
“We knew going into the game
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Working hard
South Forsyth grapplers Joey Matteen (top) and Gregg Buice workout together during
a recent practice.
College Football with
Denton Ashway
PAGE 2B
scoring with 20 points and was
joined in double figures by Zack
Truelove with 16, Nick Hill 14,
Jason Knight 12 and Jeff Gravitt
11.
North Forsyth coach Bobby
Smith was not surprised by the
complete dominance his squad
showed over Galloway, but several
facets of the Raiders’ play drew
his attention.
“We were much more skilled
than they were,” Coach Smith
said. “But I still was concerned
because they gave us a little bit of
pressure on defense and we didn’t
handle that pressure very well. We
that Galloway was not as strong a
team as we are used to playing
against,” Coach Bryan said. “We
wanted to play our best and mea
sure ourselves against ourselves,
not them. We did a good job.
Everybody contributed.
Everybody scored on our team.
That is always a good feeling.”
Center Meredith Tallant led the
Lady Raiders with 21 points and
was happy the team had evened its
record at 1-1. “This game helped
get our confidence up,” Tallant
said. “We needed a win. We came
out and knew what we were doing.
didn’t back-door, we didn’t
reverse the ball very well, we
didn’t hit the post very well. That
concerns me as a coach.”
One weakness the Raiders
showed in their first game that was
corrected against Galloway was
their ability to put the ball in the
basket.
“Tonight we got open looks and
we were able to put down the
shots. That is good,” the coach
explained after the game. “We got
open looks the first game, too, and
See BOYS, Page 2B
We made them react to us. That is
what we need to do every game.”
The Lady Raiders started the
game by applying full court pres
sure and Galloway had a great
deal of difficulty just bringing the
ball past halfcourt.
“We started out in a zone press
and it wasn’t as effective as we
would have liked,” Coach Bryan
explained. “Then we went with a
straight man press and I was
pleased with how that worked.”
See GIRLS, Page 2B
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North Forsyth boys' coach Bobby Smith (left) makes
a point on the sidelines to Jeff Gravitt (right).
SF wrestlers ready
for another big year
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
With some major losses to grad
uation and a very young team in
the lighter classes, the South
Forsyth wrestling team will be
hard-pressed to duplicate their
success from 1994-95.
But with a solid group of up
and-coming athletes from
freshmen to seniors there’s no
doubt they’re going to give it a
good shot.
Actually it would be tough for
this team to match any of their
predecessors, after all, the Eagles
have taken between 9th and 14th
in the state almost every year in
Coach John Allen’s reign. In fact,
in J.J. Gaines and Shannon
Stancil, they’ve had a state run
ner-up in a class each of the last
three years.
“I’m beginning to feel like
Marv Levy,” Allen cracked,
Wednesday's
Fishing Tips
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By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
It was a different script, similar
story Saturday night for the South
Forsyth girls basketball team. But
the result was a 52-40 loss to
Cherokee County in the finals of
the Lanier-400 Holiday
Tournament.
Though they jumped out to an
early 7-0 lead, the Lady Eagles
again found themselves needing a
big rally in the late stages. They
cut a 41-27 deficit after three
quarters to 43-35 about midway
through the fourth, utilizing an
aggressive, gambling defense, but
that was as far as they could go.
Nevertheless, South Head Coach
Angie Hembree was fairly satis
fied with the tourney as a whole,
noting her team’s 2-1 mark
against the AAAA and AAA
competiton. “We got second
place; I can live with that,” she
mused. “We’ll be all right.”
Kelly Mathis again led the Lady
Eagles with 16 points (and eight
rebounds), matching her total
from the Duluth win. Her short
jumpers and turnaround moves in
the paint earned her a spot on the
See SOUTH, Page 2B
referring to the much-maligned
Buffalo Bills coach.
No one would put the burden on
them of replacing the likes of
Stancil or Joe Fish, second and
fourth in the state last winter at
130 and 125 pounds, but these
Eagles should hold their own
pretty well.
Seven state returnees
They are led by six seniors on
their varsity roster, including
three who went to the State
Tournament last winter: Joey
Matteen, Jason Holcomb and
Adam Norrell. There are four
more underclassmen who went to
the finals as well.
“We’re pretty balanced,” said
Allen. “We’ll be a competitive
See HOLCOMB, Page 3B
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