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SEVENTH-GRADE BASKETBALL CHAMPS AND RUNNER-UPS 1
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Champion South Forsyth Gators
The Gator boys took the title in last week’s 7th-grade tourney. Pictured are (L-R): Front row: David
Park, David Gleeson, Franklin Kennedy, Nate Green, Jordan Harper and Tyler Arthur. Middle:
Evan Lorendo, Bobby Brent, Wes Perry, Matthew Rich, Tommy Southard, Kevin Kline, Zack
Boling, Brad Dorsey and Keith Major. Back row: Assistant Eddy Moore, Head Coach Ricky Vickery
and Assistant Mike Brown.
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Runner-up North Forsyth Wildcats
The Wildcat boys took second in last week’s 7th-grade tourney. Pictured are (L-R): Front row:
Michael Jones, Brad Boudreaux, Joseph Edgil, Jud Baker, Jason Castleberry and Tim Strickland.
Back: Head Coach David Light, Andrew Thacker, manager, Nick Newton, Michael Mundy, Hunter
Wehunt, Eric Richards and Dusty Mathis.
Lady Raider JV hoops advances to finals of Cass tournament
By Alton Bridges
Sports Correspondent
The North Forsyth Lady Raider JV basketball
team defeated the Cass HS JVs, 35-26, at the
Junior Varsity Tournament at Cass Monday.
The victory for the Lady Raiders, now 14-3, puts
them in the tournament championship game to be
played Saturday at 6 p.m.
North got off to a commanding lead in the first
quarter, 15-5, and it was mostly smooth sailing
from there.
Julie Hicks led the Lady Raiders in scoring with
11 points. Jennifer Stewart added eight points,
Megan Thacker five, Jessica Hanberry four and
NORTH from IB
throw a wrench into things ...
the Area self-destructs us or
makes us.”
Area IV could be the toughest
in the state, with Dawson at No.
6, Jefferson No. 7 and Riverside
rounding out the top ten.
Commerce and Oglethorpe
County are honorable mention,
too. Completing the nine-team
field are Buford, Social Circle
and Banks County.
Leading the way for North are
defending area champs Jeff
Biggs (135 pounds), Zack
Singleton (152) and Kip Bishop
(215) - just three of the 10 quali
fiers (plus two alternates) they
sent to state last year.
Biggs, of course, won the state
title at 130 last year and it will
be hard for anyone to touch him
in the area.
But Bishop said Singleton
could see Smith of Commerce,
the defending state champ at
140, in his class.
The younger Bishop should be
a strong favorite in his division,
Crystal Carlyle, who returned from her injury, had
three points.
In the second quarter, Cass cut the margin to 21-
13, then it stayed the same when both teams
scored eight points in the third quarter.
In the final period, North outscored Cass 6-5 for
the victory.
The Lady Raiders had defeated Woodland of
Cartersville, 40-36, to start the event Saturday.
Hanberry led North in scoring with 12 points,
Stewart had seven, and Jessie Martin and Hicks
each had six.
North jumped out to a 14-7 lead in the opening
quarter, then came back in the fourth for the victo
ry. In the second quarter, Woodland out-scored
though.
Both Singleton and Bishop
were third in the state last year.
Travis Wareham, coming off a
big win against Fannin’s Joey
Sisson at 171 last week as North
whipped the Rebs 64-10, was
third in the area also the state
last year and looks sure to be a
finalist.
Two great potential finals shape
up between Dawson and North
grapplers. At 140, Jason Adams
has been wiping up the mat with
nearly every foe this winter, hav
ing lost just once. But Thomy
Edwards, second in Class A at
135 last year and the Amicalola
champ at 140, could give him a
real fight.
Meanwhile, Dawson’s Adam
Smith, the ‘96 state champ at
112, will test North’s young
Jeremy Hamilton at 119.
Another tough battle could fea
ture Raider Jody Random vs.
Jefferson’s Gooch at 125.
At 112, Johnny Harrison will
shoot for the crown, while Tony
Smith will try to make state as a
freshman at 103.
Josh Harrison will face a tough
path at 130, including Jefferson’s
Lyles.
Scott McDonald, moving
towards top form after recover
ing from illness, will go for the
gold at 145.
At 160, Luchian Burke and
Josh Moon (third in the state last
year) could be on a collision
course.
Elijah Thomas will be tough at
189, while Eric Gray has a great
shot at 275 - with Dawson’s
Sewell another contender.
Gray was an area runner-up and
fifth at state last year. McDonald
had a fourth and Johnny
Harrison a fifth in area to qualify
as well.
Coach Bishop praised the par
ents, boosters and faculty for
their part in puttirig on these big
meets. “We have a good group of
parents,” he said. “They’re really
good, along with the faculty,
with putting this on.”
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The Lady Gators took second in last week’s 7th-grade tourney. Pictured are (L-R): Front row:
Sarah Martin, Caroline Sprinkle, Melissa Anderson, Sara Murphy and Cara O’Hern. Back: Sarah
Potter, Jenna Platt, Cassie Chatham, Andrea Parker, Kara Mulryan, Kimberly Rigg, Head Coach
Connie Gaddis. Not pictured: Tara Davis. y.
Lady Gator Bth-grade powers into tourney
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
With a smashing 37-15 triumph
over Dawson County last week, the
South Forsyth Bth-grade girls bas
ketball team completed a 9-1 season
(8-0 in league) in preparation for
this week’s tournament.
“Our defense is always our key to
winning,” said South head coach
Shelly Anderson. “The majority of
our points come from steals or
turnovers from the other team.”
With a tremendous first quarter,
South blew out to an insurmount
able 19-4 lead. The second quarter
was even and the winners tacked on
seven points to their margin in the
final 12 minutes.
Laura Klein led a balanced attack
with nine points, while Beth
Holahan added eight. Elizabeth
Overby contributed six and Ashley
Davis four.
Anderson pointed out that Klein
also added six steals and six
rebounds, while Meredith Phillips
grabbed seven boards as well.
South will enter the tournament at
Dawson Friday as the top-seeded
team.
North 9-8, to cut the lead to 22-16.
In the third quarter, Woodland scored 11 points
and held North to just four to go ahead, 27-26, but
in the last quarter, North scored 14 points and held
Woodland to nine to win.
Hanberry scored six in the last quarter.
Boys
The Raiders JV boys defeated Cass to start the
event Saturday, 49-44.
Matt Greer had 16 points, including six in the
first quarter and eight in the third for North. Drew
Phillips had 12, including two 3-pointers.
Bryan Carothers added 11 points, seven of those
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teams that are not strong over
all,” he added.
Morgan County slipped ahead
of South to hit the No. 4 spot in
this week’s Class AA state rank
ings, but the War Eagles are a
close fifth. They are the class of
the 12-team field which also
includes, of course, Forsyth
Central.
No. 8 Johnson, the defending
area champions, will also be
here. So will be honorable-men
tion teams Jackson County and
Loganville. East Hall, Fannin
County, Hart County,
Gainesville, Lumpkin County
and Washington-Wilkes round
out the field.
Allen suspects that at least five
of his wrestlers will fight for area
titles. Robby Woockman, third in
the state last year, is 33-2 and is
certainly the favorite at 119
pounds.
Defending area champ at 152,
Byran Ulrich (31-4) is down a
class this year, but has a great
chance to repeat. Matt Guion,
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Teeka Pass (21) drives in for a layup late in South’s 37-1 & ,
win over Dawson County last week at home. '
in the second quarter, and also had a triple. Smith'
Tallant had six and Jess Grogan four.
Cass got off to a 15-13 lead in the first quarter,
but in the second quarter North was able to hold
Cass to nine points while scoring 14. At halftihte/
North led 27-24. ' J 1
In the third quarter, the Raiders put the game;
away by outscoring Cass, 12-4.
With an 11-point lead going into the last quarter,
North was outscored 16-10 and held on for the
victory.
With the victory the Raiders record improved t(f
9-4. They were slated to play again in the event
Thursday and will also play Saturday to end it.' 1 *
Ti,
just a sophomore at 152, has won
32 of 36 there.
John Lovell (33-5) will be right
there at 103, but will face a great
field that includes Gainesville’s
Hopkins (35-1) and Morgan’s
Kerr (26-5). And Ben Fish (20-
1), a major threat despite his ski
accident over a month ago, could
be the man at 140.
Allen is also looking for big
things from Greg Cherry
(130/22-5), Cole Chamberlain
(112/14-11), Jimmy Crozier
(135/9-6), Ben Ingram (215/13-
8), Josh Bryd (275/20-7) and oth
ers.
Coach Chris Williams is hoping
Central can get high placings and
possible state qualifiers from
Chris Price (145), Lucas Coombs
(140), Jonathon Price (125),
William Flynn (119) and others.
Wrestlers to watch from other
schools include Sisson (171),
5ud01.(125) and Flowers (119)
from Fannin; Wyatt (215) from
Gainesville; Hudson (135) from
Johnson; Cranford from
Loganville (189/2nd in state at
171 last year); and Nichols (Pt 2
and Cossio (130) from Morgan/
Allen says support to nift'U
great show will come from a very
supportive group of boosters/par*- : ’
ents and faculty. l c l/’
“We’re apprehensive because
this is the first time we’ve dohe*
it,” he said. “But we have great-'
parents ... They have put in d lot
of time to get it right.”
South qualified seven to iafsr
year’s AA state championships?
including Woockman, Ulrich?
Fish, Cherry and Guion. Byrd
and Coombs of Central wbrt
alternates last year. 1 ’
Johnson won the area meet last -'
year, just holding off the Eaglets?
with 160 points to South’s 150'.-
Loganville (137), Fannin County
(131), Jackson County (130) and
Morgan County (129-1/2) trailed
in the close battle for secorid.
Central tallied 56-1/2 in 10th.” J
But South was fourth, Jackson
fifth and Johnson seventh at state'
a week later.
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