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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Bund«y, Jwiwry 31,1W8
MAT from 1C
Kennedy) at the :25 mark of the
’ second, then Cherry quickly put
• Tony Smith to the mat at 130.
While Smith did give up some
weight, Cherry took just 1:10 to
finish the job and continue round
ing into form. “I was real sick (ear
’ Her in the winter), but I’m feeling
'•good now,” the senior said. And
regarding his moves, he added, “I
* Used a straitjacket and then a fig-
Ure-four.”
' Powerful Jeremy Hamilton got
the momentum back for North, but
_ Jason Palmer put up quite a battle
at 135. Near-falls at the end of the
fi/st and beginning of the second
periods got the Raider’s lead to 13-
2>and he got the pin at the :22
mark.
’ With North leading by a still
close 22-12, the next four classes
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BOYS from 1C
* “We came out so intense,” said
" 1 Jimenez. “We had to have a win.”
Drew paced the War Eagles with
-20 points, while Jimenez added
"'45. Josh Campbell also had 11
/ huge points and Blake Brewer
.' dame off the bench for eight.
Jeremy Boles poured in a sea
son-high 17 for Central, while
'» Seth Cole and Travis Elmore
added 12 each and Micah Owings
'■seven.
'• While the loss was painful for
the Dogs, they could take some
"Isolace in that with a 9-5 mark,
1 ' they are still third in the loop and
control their own destiny in hold-
Ing on to that spot - not to men
‘ ‘tion all of the never-say-die come
backs.
■' The teams were tied at 59 after
/' four quarters, and neither could
'-Score in the first half of the 4-
minute overtime. But on South’s
’ ’ fifth trip down, Tyson grabbed a
1 rebound after his teammates
missed twice and put it back for
the 61-59 lead.
Dfew got a free throw with :30
left, but Elmore came back and
drained a 3-pointer to tie it at the
20-second mark. After a timeout,
•--.the War Eagles set up and
~ Jimenez got his game-winner with
Ar five ticks left on the clock - and
LS the Dogs were unable to get a
fj; good shot off on their hurried last
‘S trip.
“Our kids gave a great effort, but
tjfouth made the plays when they
V- had to,” said Central head coach
Greg Dirst. “We didn’t make
h* some of the important shots,
didn’t always play good defense
... and we didn’t get enough
points off our defense. But you’ve
got to hand it to South and Coach
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loomed as decisive matches - and
the Raiders went 4-for-4. First,
Josh Harrison took a close 6-4
decision over Wayne Carter at 140.
Then at 145, Jonathan Douglas
pinned Ben Wheeler at the :40
mark of period two. Keener fol
lowed with a dramatic first-period
pin at 152 over Dennis Selby, and
Gunter put down Lee Shirley in the
second period after holding just a
narrow 6-4 lead.
Keener, the only senior in the
starting lineup on senior night, was
ready to step up and provide some
leadership. “I planned on just
shooting right in, going all out,” he
said, noting that it was an arm-bar
that gave him the pin.
Referring to the team’s overcom
ing the loss of some team mem
bers, he added, “We’ve just tried to
Porter.”
Amazing fourth quarter
The most dramatic of Central’s
rallies took place after South had
taken a 56-44 lead with 4:25 left
in regulation. Two free throws and
a layup by Boles, a slicing drive
by Cody Schmotz and one of
three threes by Boles closed it to
56-53 at the 2:31 mark.
Elmore took the ball away
South’s next time down and Slate
Amos made a short jumper.
Brewer - who had given the hosts
a huge boost late in the third quar
ter - hit to make it 58-55, but a
couple plays later Schmotz had a
steal and Boles a layup to close it
to one again.
Central’s pressure ‘D’ choked
the War Eagles and Boles had
another steal. Owings was fouled
on the layup attempt and sank two
free throws as the Bulldog fans
went nuts with their first lead of
the half - 59-58 with :24 left.
But Jimenez came through by
drawing a foul and tying the game
with another free throw. Owings
grabbed his miss on his second
attempt, but Jimenez made a steal
downcourt during the Dogs’ final
play. Brewer’s off-balance shot at
the end missed, but South came
through in the OT.
“We needed this win bad,” said
Brewer. “We had talked about try
ing to play as a team more.”
It was celebration (and maybe
some relief) time for War Eagle
head coach Richard Porter, after
the discouraging losses of the last
two weeks. “We’ve been trying to
get it together,” he said, noting the
team had a “meeting of the
minds.”
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Much like South’s Palmer did
against Hamilton, North’s Eric
Baraney went all out with an
aggressive approach against
South’s nearly unbeatable Matt
Guion at 171. The War Eagle
junior, with just a single loss on
the year, actually fell behind 4-2 -
but he finally stuck the Raider
with :25 left in the first.
The team’s exchanged forfeits at
189 and 275, but the crowd got
one more thrill with an exciting
match between South’s Robert
Sexton and North’s Keith Vickery.
His endurance coming through,
the War Eagle outscored his foe,
12-7.
Both teams now will prepare for
the Class AA Area IV meet next
weekend at Elbert County.
“They needed this; they needed
to start believing in themselves. It
was a pivotal game. They can be
better if they start here and keep
going.”
South looked like it was going to
win going away at times in the
second half, but Central kept com
ing back. A Jimenez three gave
the hosts a 26-18 halftime lead
and it went up to 11 early in the
third quarter.
But the Dogs went on a 13-4
run, sparked by three consecutive
triples from Cole (two) and Boles.
It was then, however, that Brewer
came in and hit two short
jumpers, then had a steal and
layup. A rebound and fast-break
bucket by Drew suddenly made it
a 41-31 game - South back up by
10.
The Dogs attacked back mostly
with threes -two more by Cole
and one by Jon Payne - and
closed it back to 47-44 about 1-
1/2 minutes into the final period.
Yet the War Eagles responded
with a nearly fatal 9-0 burst.
Drew, Tyson and Campbell all
scored during the streak, with
Campbell nailing a three and
scoring on the break.
But even down 12, the Dogs had
one more comeback in them.
Actually, sparked by the play of
Elmore, Central had a 7-point
lead in the first quarter. But Drew
had five points as South moved up
by three at the first break. Two
threes by Jimenez were the
biggest thing in an anemic second
quarter that saw just 15 points
scored by the two teams.
Central will host Pickens County
Tuesday, while South will go to
Cartersville.
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Wins for Lady Cats, Dawson Co:
boys open 7th-grade tournament
By Jonathan Hamilton
Staff Writer
If you thought the middle school
hoops action was intense during
the regular season, you haven’t
seen anything yet - now that it is
playoff time.
In the most exciting game of
Wednesday’s opening round
games in the North Georgia
Middle School 7th-grade basket
ball tournament at South Forsyth,
the third-seeded Dawson Tiger
boys outlasted the sixth-seeded
Otwell Bullpups, 34-33.
The game wasn’t finally decided
until the Tiger “D” stole an
inbounds pass with three seconds
to go in the game.
The girls’ battle was won by No.
3 North Forsyth, 22-18, as they
topped the host No. 6 Lady
Eagles. Dawson’s boys and
North’s girls each advanced to
Friday’s semifinals.
Boys
The Bullpups took an early 10-8
lead behind a solid defensive
effort and strong rebounding by
Dustin Wallace - who also led the
way scoring overall with 11
points.
In the second quarter, the Tigers
fought back behind the solid play
of Josh Reser, Colby Denard,
Jamie Bowen and Kyle Woody.
Dawson held a commanding 16-
12 lead, and appeared to be ready
to pull away, but Otwell reeled
them back in going on a 5-0 run
to grab a short-lived 17-16 lead.
With four seconds remaining in
the half, Bowen snagged a
rebound and hit the put back to
snatch a 18-17 lead for the Tigers
as they headed to the halftime
locker room.
Dawson came into the second
half on fire, going on a 4-0 run to
push their lead to 22-17. The
Bullpups fought back to knot the
score at 22-22 on Bo Mason’s
three-point bomb late in the third
NFMS Bth-grade girls edged in finale
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
Two last-second free throws
conspired to hand the North
Forsyth Bth-grade girls basketball
team a defeat Thursday evening
in their final regular-season
game.
But despite the 27-26 loss to
Lumpkin County, Lady Wildcat
coach Brandi Helms felt good
about the effort.
“This was the best game we
played all year,” she said. “We
kept our turnovers down and ran
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Vickery was within 13-10 after a
quarter, but the Indians outscored
them 18-8 in the second period to
go up at the half, 31-18.
An 11-2 run by Lumpkin was
the fatal blow to end the quarter.
For Vickery, Judd Gravitt led the
way with 12 points, while Derek
Johnson added 10. Justin
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7th-grade hoops tourney
Wednesday, Jan. 27
First round
Girls: No. 3 North Forsyth 22,
No. 6 South Forsyth 18.
Boys: No. 3 Dawson Co. 34,
No. 6 Otwell 33.
Thursday, Jan. 28
First round
Girls: No. 5 Otwell 28, No. 4
Lumpkin Co. 24.
Boys: No. 4 Lumpkin Co. 52,
No. 5 Vickery Creek 37.
Friday, Jan. 29
Semifinals
4:30 p.m. - No. 2 Vickery
Creek girls vs. North Forsyth.
5:45 p.m. - No. 2 South
Forsyth boys vs. Dawson
County.
quarter.
The Tigers broke the deadlock
with a 4-0 run to end the quarter
as Reser and Zac Moore hit bas
kets in heavy traffic.
But Otwell fought back again to
cut the deficit to two points at 30-
28 with just under three minutes
remaining in the game, then Ryan
Fullwood hit a basket to keep the
Bullpups in the game at 34-32
with a little over one minute left.
Scott Dudley made a quick steal
for Otwell, but they couldn’t con
vert.
The Tigers tried a long down
court pass that was intercepted by
Wallace, but his foot was on the
sideline to give possession back to
Dawson.
The Bullpups had an opportunity
to take the lead as they went to
the foul line twice in the final 12
seconds, but only hit one-of-four
free throws.
the offense ... (and) the entire
team played solid defense.”
Meghan Hilliard led the North
scoring with eight points, despite
a leg injury in the third quarter.
Paige Roper and Amanda Little
each added five.
The Lady Cats led all game
long, until 27 seconds were left.
A pair of missed free throws for
the hosts led to a Lumpkin
rebound, fast break and foul on a
layup attempt. Those free throws
were good and the Lady Indians
had the narrow win.
But actually, it was earlier that
Folkerson contributed seven,
Aaron Caudill four and two each
were scored by Billy Boothe and
Josh Griffith.
Folkerson had a big bucket that
tied the game for Vickery at eight
in the first period after Lumpkin
had gone out to a 6-2 lead.
In the second, the Vipers went
7 p.m. - No. 1 Dawson Co.
girls vs. Otwell.
8:15 p.m. - No. 1 North
Forsyth boys vs. Lumpkin
County.
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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).
Giris
The Lady Eagles took an early
lead on North Middle, 8-7, after
one quarter of play. Midway
through the second quarter, the
Lady Wildcats rallied behind their
stifling defense as Ashley Watson
popped the ball free several times
to start of the North fast break.
The Lady Wildcats took all-8
lead to the halftime locker room
behind balanced scoring of Harley
Ward, Krista English and Watson.
In the second half, North pulled
away for the 22-18 decision. Amy
Storrey led the Lady Eagles in
scoring. Lauren Thomas, Amanda
Hood and Lindsey Page each con
tributed as well.
“I thought that the girls played
hard,” said South coach Amy
Fields. “The important thing is
that everyone plaved their best
and learned a lot this year.”
North started losing control of
the game. They had taken an 8-4
lead after a quarter, a 10-6 edge
after two, then started the third
with an 8-2 run.
“We had a mental lapse at the
end of the third quarter that real
ly hurt,” said Helms. “They
pressed us and we didn’t have
trouble with the press until 1:30
left in the third.”
A 18-8 lead was reduced to 18-
14 entering the final stanza.
North will begin play in the
Bth-grade tourney they are host
ing Wednesday.
down by six, but rallied within
20-16 before the Indian rally.
The margin ranged between 11
and 15 in the third period.
Lumpkin had huge games from
David Richardson and Andrew
Moore. The former scored 20,
including 10 in the second period,
while Moore had 18.