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County News-Sunday, January 10,1999
Rec volleyball
meeting is
Wednesday
The Forsyth County Parks and
Recreation Department will hold
an organizational meeting for its t
Adult Volleyball Leagues on
Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m. at
the Sawnee Center on Tribble
Gap Road. The meeting will
cover the registration deadlines,
registration fees, league set-up
and game days and locations.
The FCPRD Adult Volleyball
Leagues will start up in February
and run into the month of March.
Any teams or individuals interest
ed in the leagues should attend
this meeting.
For more information, please
call FCPRD Adult Athletic
Supervisor Clayton Munnell.
Rowdies soccer
Spring 1999 registration with
the Forsyth Rowdies Soccer Club
will be held at the Forsyth County
Library on the following,
Saturdays at the following times:
• Saturday, Jan. 16 from 10:30
a.m. -1 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 23 from 10:30
a.m. -1 p.m.
• Saturday, Jan. 30 from 2:30
p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Programs for ages 3-16 will be
available.
If you have questions regarding
the soccer programs, call the
Rowdies Voice Mail at (770) 384-,
6093, option #2, and leave a mes
sage. Age cut-off date is August!
1. The registration fee of S6O is ■
due at registration.
The Under-4 Mini Camp fee is !
S4O.
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Raiders hoops
vs. Gilmer and
Dawson Co.
Reports from North Forsyth’s
weekend basketball games with
Gilmer and Dawson counties
will appear in Wednesday’s
Forsyth County News.
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Central boys whip Lumpkin, now No. 3 in Region 7-A&
By Alton Bridget
Sports Correspondent
The Forsyth Central Bulldogs basketball
team improved their season record to 6-6
overall by defeating the winless Lumpkin
County Indians, 71-55, on the road Friday
night.
With the victory, and Fannin County’s
loss to South Forsyth, the Bulldogs are
alone in third-place (at least) in Region 7-
AA with a 5-2 record.
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me tradition continues
Great runners from Forsyth Central, past and present: At left, Alan Slaughter was 1996 Region 7-AA Player of the Year
and team MVP as a senior QB and DB. Now he’s become a DB/Return Specialist for a rising Tusculum College team. At
right, fullback Jeremy Boles received the Coca-Cola Golden Helmet Award at the Dogs’ recent banquet.
Slaughter keeps standards of excellence in college
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
Most of the time, for better or
worse, size matters in college
and pro football -a lot more so
than high school.
But there are few individuals
who are making more out of
what they have than a certain
former Forsyth Central star
War Eagle boys clip Fannin C 0....
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
The South Forsyth boys basket
ball team streaked and sputtered,
but in the end they got what they
came to their newly-finished
home floor for Friday night.
A victory over a team ahead of
them in the Region 7-AA stand
ings.
Fannin County came here a
game up on South in the loop at
5-2, but the War Eagles moved up
by nine late in the second quarter
and could have put it away.
But the stubborn Rebels would
not be put away and South
couldn’t do it. Eventually, the vis-
... But Lady Eagles fall in heartbreaker
By Stephen Undorwood
Sports Editor
Losing is always tough, but
sometimes a fairly close loss to a
highly-ranked team can be a
morale booster.
But it’s really tough when you
know you could have beaten such
a team.
Such was the situation Friday
night in the South Forsyth Lady
Eagles’ 59-47 basketball loss to
Class AA No. 9 Fannin County.
With a slow, tentative start
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“We were not as consistent as we should
be,” said Bulldog head coach Greg Dirst.
“We looked good at times and sometimes ,
we did not look as well as I would have
liked, but that had a lot to do with the
Lumpkin County team. They were well
coached and their record is no indication
of how hard they tried and how scrappy
they were.”
“With Travis (Elmore) still out, I thought
everyone pulled together. James Otwell
gave us some good minutes and Cody
who is now attending
Tusculum College in
Greeneville, Tennessee.
Alan Slaughter, a 1997 FCHS
graduate, has successfully
made the transition from
Region 7-AA Player of the
Year to a fast-rising NCAA
Division II player. He has con
tinued to play a key role for the
Pioneers (new members) of the
itors took a 3-point fourth-quarter
lead - but they just weren’t going
to win here. The War Eagles
outscored them 14-4 in the final
six minutes and won, 65-58.
South is now 4-2 in the region
(4-10 overall), percentage points
ahead of Fannin (5-3 and 7-5) for
fourth and just 1/2-game behind
Forsyth Central for third.
The ability and competitiveness
of the likes of Derek Drew and
Josh Campbell played a huge part
in keeping the War Eagles from
falling. Drew hit for 21 points and
Campbell had a career-high 18,
plus six assists and three steals.
Justin White added nine points,
Johnny Jimenez six, Josh Tyson
offensively, South fell behind
eight in the first quarter and by 14
early in the second. But for most
of the rest of the way, the home
team outplayed the traditional
power.
The comeback effort brought
the Lady Eagles as close as 45-38
in the fourth quarter. The scoring
for the night was led by Katie
Vaughan’s 14 points and Jennifer
Thompson’s 12. Annie Gilmore
added seven, Kristy Geisler six
and Jacquelyn Evans five.
Thompson also did well on the
Schmotz and Seth Cole did a good job not
turning the ball over. Slate Amos, Jeremy
Boles and Bobby Donofrio did a good job
scoring.”
Donofrio led the team with 14 points,
Boles had 12 and Amos scored 11. Cole
had seven rebounds, nine assists and
turned the ball over only twice. Schmotz
added eight points, six rebounds and only
one turnover.
“We did not do well from the free throw
line,” said Dirst, “and we are going to have
South Atlantic Conference,
this past fall helping them
improve from a 2-9 record to
5-6 (3-5 conference) under
new head coach Frankie
Deßusk.
And things should only get
better, according to both the
coach and the former Bulldog
star - the latter of whom cer
tainly knows what it’s like to
five and Blake Brewer four. In
fact, a play by Brewer may have
been the one that broke Fannin’s
back.
The junior guard missed a shot,
got the rebound and came out on
the receiving end of a nifty pair
of passes from Tyson and White.
He knocked it in underneath, was
fouled and made the free throw.
That made it 59-55 South with
1:41 left and the Rebs were all
but cooked.
“I’m glad we got out with this
one,” said South head coach
Richard Porter. “We played well
in spurts, but then sometimes
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boards, taking down seven
rebounds to follow Lisa
Sibenaller’s eight.
*T didn’t feel we played as well
as we’re capable of in the first
half,” said Lady Eagle head coach
Debbie Blake, whose team is still
a very good 4-2 in Region 7-AA
(4-9 overall). “We executed a lot
better in the second half.”
Fannin is 11-1 overall and 6-1 in
the region.
South’s best run came after they
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help bring a team to a champi
onship level.
Flashback to 1996: Slaughter,
who was the team’s leading
tackler and MVP as a junior
defensive back, takes the reins
from the departed Jason Varesi
at quarterback. Region 7-AA,
which the. Dogs had just
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to work on that next week. I am happy’
won and it’s especially good to win ih.the
region.” k
In the opening quarter, Centra fHi
behind early. But with 2:17 left oo 4>e
clock, Central took the lead and
trailed. Boles led with eight points iftlpe
quarter. Donofrio had four, Amos’
three and James Otwell two. Adam BiiiCe
scored the final three points foiGbe
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Banquet ends
another great;;
year for FC
football team
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
Upon entering the Sawnee
Center on a cool evening last
month, one might have thought
they were at a event for a major
university.
But such is the participation and
support for the Forsyth Central
football team, that the facility
was bursting at the seams as
another great campaign was cele
brated.
The Bulldogs had plenty to
cheer about in the fall of 1998 -
particularly a third consecutive
season of eight or more wins and
third straight trip to the Class AA
state playoffs.
Head coach Robert Herndon
rightfully spent plenty of time
thanking all those who put a lot
of effort into the season and this
season-ending event - which was
attended by over 400 people. X
“You don’t know how much goes '
into it,” he said, mentioning
administration, faculty,
parents/boosters, managers,*
coaches’ families, the players (of
course) and many others.
As they have in recent years,
Central had a fine 12th-gradeo
class that led them to an 8-3
mark, a third-place finish in the
nine-team Region 7-AA, and a ■
matchup against Westminster in .
the state first-round.
The group was undefeated as
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