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> —FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Thur»d»y, January 2g, IW9
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Sports Extra
NFMS boys
end season
with a bang
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By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
The North Forsyth 7th-grade
boys basketball season completed
a thrilling 9-1 campaign Monday
by blasting out to a huge lead
after three quarters and coasting
to victory.
at Lumpkin County, the
Wildcats went up by as much as
27 at the final break, 45-18,
before wrapping up a 54-35 tri
umph.
-As the league leader, North had
a first-round bye in the 7th-grade
tourney that started Wednesday at
South, but will play in Friday’s
semifinals.
“Our offense came out on fire,”
said coach Bill Ruma, “and the
defense caused many turnovers; a
good all-around game.”
-Matt Womack led the way with
15 points and six rebounds.
Mitchell Meadows and Dusty
Holtzclaw added eight and seven,
while Christopher Light’s play
from the point included five
assists and four steals.
Ruma lauded Justin Hamilton’s
defense (also had six points) and
added, “Our bench was very
strong. There wasn’t much of a
letdown when the starters were
out.”
North led 16-4 after a quarter,
then pumped it up to 34-12 at the
half.
Last week, Vickery Creek hand
ed North its first loss in a double
Overtime 33-29 thriller.
'Judd Gravitt led the winners
with 18. For North, Hamilton had
nine points and Holtzclaw eight -
with each adding three steals.
Womack had six rebounds.
“.We were off our game,” said
Ruma, noting a 26-tumover per
formance. “This is a wake-up call
for our team.”
North led by seven at the half,
but Vickery rallied in the last
quarter to tie the game at 21 at
the end of regulation.
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Winning tradition
The South Forsyth Middle School competition cheerleaders appear to be taking up where they left
off last winter. After a campaign that included success on the national level in 1998, the Lady
Eagles have continued their winning ways - despite plenty of new faces.
Last Sunday, the squad - under the direction of coach Courtney Smith - traveled to the TCA
Cheer Power competition at North Cobb HS and took first place. The team is made up of 11 7th
graders and six Bth-graders. SFMS will compete in the Georgia Middle School Cheerleading
Competition this Sunday at the Cobb Civic Center.
Front row (L-R): Danielle Smith, Candace Fowler, Erin Shirley, Jennifer Shaffer, Jaimie Willhite,
Jessie Spencer, Katie Southard and Amanda Ureda. Middle: Jennifer Parham and Rebecca
Archer. Back: Lindsey Smith, Sarah Pursley, Kelly Harding, Anne Hadaway, Simborle Millstead
and Mary Beth Harden. Not pictured: Whitney Hodges.
Regional Sportswatch
A look back at other “Super” teams and games
If you’ve been watching ESPN
lately, you’ve noticed the sports
network is re-running several
of the most exciting playoff
games in NFL history. Some of
the Super Bowls can also be
relived, but most have been far
from “super.”
Watching these replays has
brought back some fond memo
ries. It all began in 1967 when
the Green Bay Packers blasted
the Kansas City Chiefs in Super
Bowl I by a convincing 35-10
score. Remember Bart Starr, Paul
Hornung, Jim Taylor, Willie
Davis and Co. and how they
manhandled the “other” league?
Even the flashy offense of the
Chiefs, which was built around
quarterback Len Dawson and
receiver Otis Taylor, wasn’t good
enough.
The Packers did it again the
next season with a 33-14 win
over the Oakland Raiders and
“the Mad Bomber,” Daryl
Lamonica.
In 1969 came the first “super”
Super Bowl as Joe Willie Namath
made good on his guarantee and
the New York Jets beat the
Bullpup 7th-graders end
season l-for-2 at LCMS
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
Otwell Middle School’s 7th
grade basketball teams concluded
their regular season with a hard
fought split at Dawson Monday.
The Lady Pups took Dawson’s
girls nearly to the limit in the first
game before falling, 26-21. But
the Bullpup boys turned the tables
in game two with a 45-41 triumph
over the favored hosts.
Otwell’s girls finished 2-8 in
league play, and the boys were 3-
7 with two straight wins.
Girls
The Lady Pups led at the first
two breaks, 5-4 and 11-7. But
Dawson tied the game after three
quarters, then, outscored Otwell
Baltimore Colts, 16-7. It was the
first victory for the AFL and
every kid in America started
wearing white shoes.
After Kansas City’s 23-7 tri
umph over Minnesota in 1970
came the most exciting game
ever played, before or since.
Baltimore’s Jim O’Brien kicked a
field goal as time expired to give
the Colts a 16-13 win over the
Dallas Cowboys. It marked the
second victory for the AFL.
The remainder of the 1970 s was
dominated by the Miami
Dolphins, who went unbeaten on
the way to the title in 1973, and
the Pittsburgh Steelers. The
Steelers won four Super Bowls
from 1975-1980 behind the likes
of Terry Bradshaw, Lynn Swann,
Jack Hamm and Franco Harris.
The San Francisco 49ers
became the team to beat in the
’Bos with a Notre Dame graduate
named Joe Montana at quarter
back. San Francisco won four
championship games in eight
years.
The Cowboys rose to promi
nence in the current decade with
titles in 1993, 1994 and again in
11-6 in the final stanza.
“My girls fought the hardest
game that I have seen yet,” said
Otwell coach Nancy Carter. “We
went into the game with hopes of
beating an undefeated Dawson
County team. In my score book,
we accomplished just that.”
Amy Mohr poured in 14 points,
while Whitney Gravitt had four,
Katie Long two and Misty Lamb
one. Carter said Melissa Cochran
“helped out in a lot of positions
that she was not even familiar
with and did a great job.”
But the bat(|e of the whistles
went to Dawsdfi, as they got 24
free throw attempts to Otwell’s
16. Two Lady Pups fouled out and
the rest had three or four fouls.
“The only thjng that I can say
ym Danny
■ JjSf Daniels
1996.
Could the Atlanta Falcons be
the “team of the new millenni
um”?
Falcon fever has spread across
the Peach State with the same
mass hysteria brought on by the
Braves’ “worst to first” summer
of 1991.
Can the Dirty Birds win?
Sure, they have the ability.
Do they have the right mental
approach? I thought so until I
noticed in Monday’s paper that
some of the players were upset
by Dan Reeves’ decision to let
the Pro Bowlers and 10-year vet
erans get off the plane first when
it landed in Miami.
Too much attention can be a
distraction to any group of ath
letes. I hope it isn’t happening
here. I expect a high scoring
about the entire team is that they
have definitely improved,” Carter
concluded.
Boys
The Bullpup boys used a huge
19-point second quarter to take a
halftime lead, then came from
behind in the final period, holding
Dawson to two points.
“We just outhusted them,” said
coach Robbie Mathis. “We played
some good full-court man-to-man
defense.” i
The Bullpup attack was led jby
Ryan Fulwood’s nine points and
seven each from Dustin Wallace
and Scott Dudley. Beau Mason
added six and Kyle Kinsey five.
Dawson scored double digits
every quarter until the Bulipup
defensive stand in the fourth. The
Pups trailed 12-8 after one, but
their offensive burst carried them
to a 27-25 halftime lead. After
three Otwell had again fallen
back, 39-35, but their 10-2 advan
tage in the final stanza was the
clincher.
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’9B 7th-grade hoops
tourney at SFMS
Wednesday, Jan. 27
First round
4:30 p.m. - No. 3 North
Forsyth girls vs. No. 6 South
Forsyth girls.
5:45 p.m. - No. 3 Dawson Co.
boys vs. No. 6 Otwell boys.
Thursday, Jan. 28
First round
4:30 p.m. - No. 4 Lumpkin
Co. girls vs. No. 5 Otwell girls.
5:45 p.m. - No. 4 Lumpkin
Co. boys vs. No. 5 Vickery
Creek boys.
Friday, Jan. 29
Semifinals
4:30 p.m. - No. 2 Vickery
Creek girls vs. North/South
winner.
5:45 p.m. - No. 2 South
Forsyth boys vs. Dawson/
Reg, season final standings
Boys:
1. North Forsyth 9-1
2. South Forsyth 6-4
3. Dawson Co. 4-6
4. Lumpkin Co. 4-6
5. Vickery Creek 4-6
6. Otwell 3-7
game with the Falcons squeezing
out a win for the first time in
franchise history.
But, I also expected the Vikings
to be playing the Broncos.
Watching the Super Bowl has
turned into more of an event
than the actual game over the
years. The television audience
has ranged from an all-time low
rating of 17.8 in the first year to
the 1982 contest. A whopping
49.1 percent of the nation’s
households watched the 49ers
beat Cincinnati, 26-21.
Advertising costs have also sky
rocketed. A 30-second commer
cial in Super Bowl I cost
$42,500. This Sunday, it will cost
$1.6 million for the same time.
Pepsi Cola will shell out the most
money by running two spots in
the first quarter. Intel Corp, has
paid for one 30-second spot in
the second quarter and another in
the third quarter.
Some of the most famous com
mercials in TV history have
debuted during the Super Bowl.
Remember Coke’s 3-D spots and
its “I’d Like to Teach the World
VCMS girls sweep past North
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
An overtime basketball thriller
last week saw Vickery Creek’s
7th-grade girls edge past North
Forsyth, 33-27. Three days later,
the Bth-grade Lady Vipers added
a decisive 29U2 verdict to the
slate over the Lady Cats.
On Monday, Vickery led
through the middle of the game,
only to see North tie it at 25 to
end regulation. But an 8-2 over
time advantage gave VC their 7th
win in nine league games.
Emily Banks and Stephanie Platt
paced Vickery with! nine points
each, while Kasey McPherson
and Kathryn Bowen added seven
and six respectively.
“The girls came together during
overtime,” said VCMS coach
Jennifer Davies. “They played
both great offense and defense
Lady Raiders whack ■.
Cartersville
FRIDAY
Otwell winner.
7 p.m. - No. 1 Dawson Co.
girls vs. Lumpkin/Otwell win
i
ner.
8:15 p.m. - No. 1 North
Forsyth boys vs. Lumpkin/
Vickery winner.
Saturday, Jan. 30
Finals
9 a.m. - Girls consolation
game (Friday’s semifinal
losers).
10:15 a.m. - Boys consolation
game (Friday’s semifinal
losers).
11:30 a.m. - Girls champi
onship game (Friday’s semifi
nal winners).
12:45 p.m. - Boys champi
onship game (Friday’s semifi
nal winners).
Girls:
1. Dawson Co. 10-0
2. Vickery Creek 8-2
3. North Forsyth 5-5
4. Lumpkin Co. 3-7
5. Otwell 2-8
6. South Forsyth 2-8
to Sing” mountaintop reunion?
Or Nike’s “Bo Knows” (starring
Bo Jackson), “Hare Jordan”
(starring Bugs Bunny and
Michael Jordan) and Stanley
Craver (Dennis Hopper’s crazed
fan) spots?
How about McDonald’s game
of H-O-R-S-E between Jordan
and Larry Bird (Off the billboard,
through the window, off the
rafters - nothing but net)?
And, of course, there was
Budweiser’s Bud Bowl (I never
understood that one) and its frogs
and lizards.
It’s estimated that over 130 mil
lion viewers will watch Sunday’s
game on Fox, so the money spent
on television ads could be justi
fied.
However, 12 million will listen
to the game on 480 radio stations
around the world. Radio advertis
ing is only $4,000 to $7,500 per
spot.
Danny Daniels is the sports edi
tor of The Winder News. His
regional sports column appears
each week in the Thursday edi
tion.
and gave 110 percent when it was
crucial."
Christi Thomas led North with
12, while Harley Ward, Shannon
Cleland and Amber Melton had
four each. Ward added six steals
and several assists.
“Both teams played an excellent
game ... we were just short on the
points again,” said North coach
Paula Atkins. “We played a much
improved game.”
In Thursday’s Bth-grade game,
Vickery outscored North 10-4 in
the first and third periods, and 6-0
in the second, to build a comfort
able lead.
Kim Rigg paced Vickery with
eight points, while Jenna Platt and
Sarah Murphy added six each.
Sarah Keller was a top defensive
standout.
“Our defense was great,” said
VC coach Kris Adams. “Our full
court trap led to many turnovers."