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:Bth-grade champion Otwell Bullpups
The Otwell MS Bullpups won the boys Bth-grade tournament title last Saturday at Dawson County
MS. Pictured in the front row (L-R) are Blake West, Tyler Shultz, Sinisa Saric, Chris Cauley, Ben
Schmotz and Jason Fulwood. Back row: Coach Robbie Mathis, Craig Holland, Logan Giorda,
Jesse Martin, Tino McFarron, Aaron Daniels, Brian Van Bavel, Thad Hulsey, Neal Daniels, Juan
Olvera and Coach Tom Slaughter.
Lady Raider girls rout
Oglethorpe Co.; move
on to semifinals, region
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
Showing every bit of the domi
nation that was expected of them,
the North Forsyth girls basketball
team rolled into the 8-A South
Sub-region semifinals - and next
week’s region tourney - with a
blowout of Oglethorpe County at
Commerce Wednesday night.
The third-seeded and newly
Class A 9th-ranked Lady Raiders
exploded to a 26-8 first-quarter
lead and were never headed in a
65-24 blowout. While the Patriot
boys were talented enough to pose
a threat to North the previous
night, their female counterparts
had no such chance.
And credit head coach Tracey
Shultz hits 30 in Lady Bulldogs’ defeat
By Alton Bridges
Sports Correspondent
Forsyth Central’s Erin Shultz
scored 27 of her career-high 30
points in the second half of her
.‘team’s game at Lumpkin County
Tuesday night.
'■< But it wasn’t quite enough for
* the Lady Bulldog’s third win of
the year.
3~ Despite the amazing flurry by
the senior, Central was held off by
the Lady Indians, 68-57, Tuesday
night in Dahlonega.
At the half, Lumpkin led 38-20.
But in the third quarter, Central
RAIDERS from IB
don’t feel like we played very
well ... but the big thing is, we
won the game and go on, so
maybe we can make some cor
rections.”
Having already weathered one
Patriot comeback, going from 11
points up in the first quarter to
one down in the third, the
Raiders had surged to take a 47-
37 lead with 3:31 left.
But after Oglethorpe called
time, they began an astonishing
rally. With three straight baskets,
including a 3-pointer, and three
straight North turnovers - on a
variety of calls - they closed it to
47-44. A timeout in the middle
was to no avail.
The third call put Jacob
Hendrix at the line. He missed
the first half of a 1-and-l, but
James Mitchell - who scored 28
points and befuddled North
almost all night - scored on the
rebound to make it a 1-point
game.
The Raiders got it downcourt
next time, then turned it over
again. The gleeful Pats held the
ball then called time with 38 sec
onds left.
It got crazier. Mitchell inbound
ed the ball on the side at mid
court, but stepped on the line to
give it back to North. Trying to
dribble some clock away
Bryan’s team with putting them
away early. Lauren Gaines
seemed to be healed from injury
with 11 of her 12 points in the
first quarter. When the starters
returned in the third, Shannon
Cantrell netted 11 of her career
high 17, including a 3-pointer at
the buzzer that bested her previ
ous mark.
The effort - and the motivation -
will be much greater Friday, when
the Lady Raiders, now 18-6, have
a 4 p.m. date with second-seeded
No. 7 Athens Academy, which
has dealt them two shouldn’t
have-happened defeats this year.
With a mostly JV lineup, North
held the winless Lady Pats to two
points in the second quarter in
taking a 38-10 lead at the half. It
scored 20 points - including 14
points by Shultz and four by
Amanda Coffield - and closed the
gap to 48-40.
Shultz had 13 more in the final
period, but Lumpkin outscored
Central, 20-17.
The Lady Indians outscored the
Lady Bulldogs in the first quarter
16-11. For Central, Amanda
Coffield continued her long dis
tance shooting by hitting a 3-
pointer.
It was in the second quarter that
the Lady Indians pulled away.
Lumpkin scored 22 points with a
balanced attack and held the visi-
moments later, the Raiders gave
it right back at the 30-second
mark when a player slipped and
traveled.
With :11 left, North fouled
Brian Scott, who tied the game
by making l-of-2 free throws.
Incredible pressure on the
inbound pass for North resulted
not in a Patriot foul but an offen
sive foul on North.
Oglethorpe called time again
with 6.6 seconds left, jumping
around as if they had it won. But
when Mitchell was fouled a sec
ond later, he missed his chance to
be a hero by shanking two free
throws.
Gilbert was fouled on the
rebound and missed himself, but
avoided overtime and set off a
Raider celebration with his put
back.
Amazingly, the senior’s free
throw attempt was the only one
North got all night to
Oglethorpe’s 12.
Gilbert led the scoring with 16,
including four threes, while Robi
Nason came up with 12 and Nick
Hill 10. Russell Pinson added six
and Matt Schelter five.
When their .weapons were most
effective, North rolled to an 18-7
first-quarter lead. They were still
up 22-12 when the Pats rallied to
close the gap to five at the half.
Photo/Chris Pugh
was 57-17 after three quarters.
Meredith Tallant added 11
points and Deidre Lotspeich
paced six others who scored with
six. Crystal Carlyle and Alicia
'Rimer, who mostly get JV action,
had four each.
And senior point guard Kevia
Brown? She was content to spend
most of the game setting up team
mates with some sharp passing
and barely shot.
While the Lady Raiders dearly
want to whip Athens and reach
the Saturday 7 p.m. final vs. top
seeded Buford, they also know
they will be going to next week’s
region tourney. Barring an
absolute disaster, they will be
seeded at least third, which will
allow them to avoid probable 8-A
North champ Towns County.
On the other hand, by playing
like they have in most recent
games, North’s girls should
advance much further.
Commerce beat Jefferson in the
other first-round game, 52-50, to
matchup against Buford in
Friday’s other semi.
tors to nine. In the second quarter
for the Lady Bulldogs, McLeod
had a triple and Shultz scored
three points.
McLeod had nine points on the
night, Coffield had eight and
Katie Culver and Misty Bethany
scored four points each for
Central.
Beverly Bentley led Lumpkin
scorers with 17 points, April
Martin had 14 and Lindsey
Watson had ten.
The Central varsity and junior
varsity teams play at Fannin
County Friday to end the regular
season.
Mitchell was all over the place
for Oglethorpe as the second half
started and Scott scored, too, as
they took a 33-32 lead with 1:40
left in the third period. But North
answered with a 15-4 run,
including two Gilbert threes and
one by Schelter, making it 47-37.
“At times I felt like we played
fairly well,” Smith said, his team
now 11-13 on the year, “but in
the closing minutes we didn’t.”
If they can get more of the
“fairly well” and better, the
Raider season should continue
for at least another week.
PUBLIC NOTICE
ZONING APPEALS HEARING
WENDIE BROWN has filed an appeal with the
proper authorities seeking a variance to the
requirements of the Comprehensive Zoning
and Land use Resolution and Ordinance of
Forsyth County. The appellant Is requesting a
rear yard variance of 13 feet to allow a swim
ming pool to be built 7 feet from the rear prop
ertyline instead of the required 20 feet.
The property is located in St. Mario Country
Club, Pod 9. Lot #149, 8220 Southport
Ten-ace and is currently zoned CRI (Single
Family Community Residential.)
Information regarding this hearing may be
examined In the office of the Department of
Planning & Development, 110 East Main
Street, Suite 100, Ground Floor, Forsyth
County Administration Building, during regular
business hours.
The Forsyth County Board of Appeals will con
duct a hearing on this appeal at Its regular
meeting to be held on Tuesday, March 3,1998
at 7:00 p.m. In the Commissioners Meeting
Room, Room #220, Forsyth County
Administration Building, Cumming, Georgia.
All Interested persons should be In atten
dance.
APPEALS FILE #9B-008
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Bth-grade champion South Forsyth Lady Gators
The South Forsyth MS Lady Gators won the girls Bth-grade tournament title last Saturday at
Dawson County MS. Pictured in the front row (L-R) are Laura Klein, Staci Nisbet, Teeka Pass,
Beth Holahan and Courtney Pitts. Back row: Cindy McLaughlin, Ashley Davis, Emily Bettis,
Elizabeth Overby, Katie Green, Meredith Phillips, Holly Roebuck and Coach Shelly Anderson.
28 for Dixon, Eagle boys survive Cats
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By Alton Bridges
Sports Correspondent
The South Forsyth War Eagles
basketball team got back on track
by defeating a tough Gilmer
County Bobcats team, 69-65, on
Senior Night Tuesday at home.
The victory by South tied the
school record for the most wins in
a season with 12, and improved
their Region 7-A A mark to 6-5.
When the two teams met earlier
in the year, the War Eagles defeat
ed the 3-16 Bobcats 84-55, but
Tuesday the visitors were deter
mined not to lose.
“After we defeated them by such
a wide margin earlier in the sea
son, we had a hard time getting
prepared for this game, so tonight
we were flat,” said South coach
Richard Porter. “We just played
an ugly game and we are fortu
nate to win such an ugly game.”
Still, Ken Dixon came back
DOOS from IB
for us and he also hit 7-pf-10
free throws which helped. Also,
Travis Elmore had nine
rebounds.”
The only field goal for
Lumpkin in the second quarter
was scored by Ben Parks. For
Central, Tatum had six points and
Fields and Todd VanderHoff both
had triples in the quarter.
In the opening quarter,
Lumpkin had outscored Central
SENIOR. from IB
Geisler each had five points.
Vaughan had the only triple in the
game for her team early in the
quarter.
Ashley Green led Gilmer in
scoring with 17 points, Amanda
Parker was held to 15 and Carrie
Reece had nine.
The game opened with Vaughan
scoring, but Parker hit two quick
ones to give Gilmer the lead. But
South was able to regain it late in
the quarter when Vaughan and
Sibenaller scored consecutive
field goals.
As the quarter came to a close,
Ashley Green scored a field goal
to tie the score at ten. Vaughan
had six points for South and
Green had six for Gilmer.
In the second quarter, Gilmer
got off to a quick start and
outscored South 16-10, taking a
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from last Saturday’s loss and
scored 28 points to lead South in
scoring. Keith Boling had 14
points, Derek Drew seven,
Jerimiah Thompson six and Ryan
Campbell five.
Wes Tankersley had 22 points to
lead Gilmer in scoring. Justin
Bramlett added 16 and Jason
Deyton 10.
Boling opened the scoring for
South with a field goal, but the
sophomore Tankersley hit three
consecutive 3-pointers for Gilmer.
Facing a 9-2 deficit, South fought
back to take a 15-13 lead.
Dixon had eight points in the
quarter for South and Tankersley
had ten for Gilmer.
“We did not shoot well tonight
and we did not have enough
shots,” said Porter. “You like to
win games like this because it
helps the players and the team
later in the season.”
In the second quarter, the game
18-11. White of Lumpkin scored
six points in the quarter and
McCord had four. But at half
time, Central led 28-21.
In the third quarter, Lumpkin
outscored Central 18-14, to come
back some as Collins scored
eight points, including a triple,
and McCord had five for
Lumpkin.
Leading 42-39 going into the
last quarter, the Dogs erupted for
26-20 edge. In the third quarter,
the visitors again prevailed, but
just 16-15, and led 42-35 when
the quarter came to a close.
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remained close, but the War
Eagles were able to take a five
point lead, 29-24, when Drew ahd
Wesley Ellis scored two points
each just before the half ended. ’
In the third quarter, the hosts
appeared to take control of she
game and led 47-35 at the quar
ter’s end, but Gilmer made a
comeback and got within one
point in the fourth.
In the last two minutes of the
game, Gilmer started fouling dnd
South was successful at the free
throw line.
With 20 seconds left in the
game, Brad Bramlett hit a triple to
move the Bobcats to within two
points.
But as the game ended, Boling
hit the last field goal to give the
War Eagles a 4-point win.
The varsity and junior varsity
teams of South will finish the reg
ular season at Lumpkin County
Friday.
27 more. Tatum scored ten points
and Donofrio six for Central.
Tatum, Fields and Dusty
Dinsmore all had triples for the
Bulldogs.
Davis had nine points and
Collins had a triple in the last
quarter for the losing Indians.
The Forsyth Central varsity and
junior varsity teams will finish
their regular season at Fannin
County Friday.
The varsity and junior varsity
teams of South Forsyth finishes
the regular season at Lumpkin
County Friday night.
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