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North Forsyth MS 7th-grade award-winners
Pictured from the 7th-grade teams at the NFMS awards banquet are (front, L-R): Shannon
Cleland, Rhonda Peck, Erin McCormick and Katie Gravitt. Middle (L-R): Christopher Light, Krista
English, Harley Ward and Dusty Holtzclaw. Back (L-R): Matt Womack, Adam Teems and Justin
Hamilton.
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North Forsyth boys at West Hall,
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South Forsyth boys at Riverside, 4
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Truck and Field
North Forsyth home vs. White Co.,
4 p.m.
Tennis
Forsyth Central vs. White Co., 4:15
p.m.
South Forsyth at Cartersville, 4:15
p.m.
North Forsyth vs. Pickens Co., 4:15
p.m.
Golf
North Forsyth boys at East Hall, 4
p-m.
I North Forsyth JV at Forsyth Central,
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North Forsyth MS Bth-grade award-winners
Pictured from the Bth-grade teams at the NFMS awards banquet
are (front, L-R): Eric Richards, Tim Strickland, Jason Castleberry
and Scott Rucker. Back (L-R): Meghan Hilliard, Sherril Sass,
Abbey Nix, Kate Hobgood, Amanda Little and Joseph Edgil.
...and North recognizes
top basketball players
at awards banquet, too
By Stephen Underwood
Sports Editor
The North Forsyth Middle
School Wildcats held their annual
basketball awards banquet earlier
this month, with numerous hon
ors being handed out as the teams
celebrated their successful sea
sons.
Particularly successful in terms
of wins and championships were
the boys’ teams, which took both
the 7th and Bth-grade versions of
the North Georgia MS tourna
ment.
Coach Bill Ruma’s 7th-grade
boys team cruised through the
regular season with just one loss,
then dominated the tournament.
The Bth-grade boys, coached by
Darla Light, finished second in
the league at 7-3, then rose up to
claim their tourney as well.
The 7th-grade girls, under
coaches Paula Atkins and
Shannon Cantrell, finished third
in the league and second in the
tourney, their final record being
7-6.
Coach Brandi Helms’ Bth-grade
girls finished 4-8.
For the 7th-grade boys, the
awards were as follows:
MVP: Christopher Light,
Offensive Award: Dusty
Holtzclaw, Defensive Award:
Adam Teems, Best Rebounder:
Matt Womack and Coaches’
Award: Justin Hamilton.
For the Bth-grade boys,
award-winners were:
MVP: Tim Strickland,
Offensive Award: Scott Rucker,
“Chairman of the Boards”: Jason
Castleberry, Coaches’ Award:
Eric Richards and Hustle Award:
Joseph Edgil.
For the 7th-grade girls, the
awards were as follows:
Best-All-Around: Shannon
Cleland, Offensive Award: Katie
Gravitt, Defensive Award: Harley
Ward, Most Improved: Rhonda
Peck, Most Positive Attitude:
Erin McCormick and Coaches’
Award: Krista English.
For the Bth-grade girls,
awards winners were:
Wildcat Award: Abbey Nix,
Defensive Award: Sherril Sass,
Most Improved Award: Kate
Hobgood, Rebound Award:
Amanda Little and Coaches’
Award: Meghan Hilliard.
The NFMS cheerleaders,
under Coach Shannon
Donohoo, also honored three
individuals:
Most Dedicated Award: Shana
Evans, Leadership Award: Katie
Castleberry and Most Spirited
Award: Jenna Shanahan.
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Otwell MS award-winners
Pictured from the OMS awards banquet are (front, L-R): Josh Abbott, Aaron McKevitt, Jacob
Taylor, Busch Cummings, Hunter Bennett and Trent Samples. Middle (L-R): Ryan Fullwood, Kyle
Kinsey, Grant Roberts, Whitney Gravitt, Amy Mohr, Brandi Johnson, Jenna Hartinger, Tabitha
Terry, Collette Cochran and Dustin Wallace. Back (L-R): Misty Lamb, Katie Williams, Cassie
Alexander, Rachel Burch, Katie Long and Amanda Ross.
Otwell honors top hoops players
The Otwell Middle School bas
ketball teams were recently hon
ored with an awards program,
which recognized the four squads
and their fine athletes for their
participation in the 1998-99 sea
son.
The highlight of the season was
probably the Lady Bullpups’ 7th
grade team’s amazing run through
the North Georgia tourney. After
residing near the back of the
league most of the season, coach
Nancy Carter’s team roared
through the tourney, upsetting all
in their path. They finished with
five wins in their last six games
overall.
Coach Scott McFarland's Bth
grade girls were third in the event.
After a 4-6 season, these Lady
Bullpups won the first two games
in the event.
Coach Robbie Mathis led the
Regional Sportswatch
The stars will be coming out for
the BellSouth Classic this week
Big time golf comes to our area
next week as the 31st annual
BellSouth Classic officially
begins one week from today on
Thursday, April 1. The 36-hole
tournament runs through Sunday,
April 4 at the TPC course at
Sugarloaf in Duluth.
“We are very pleased with the
field we’ve assembled and, if the
weather cooperates, we expect a
huge turnout by the fans,” said
John Marshall, Director of Media
Relations.
Along with defending champi
on Tiger Woods, golf enthusiasts
get to rub elbows with the likes
of David Duval, Davis Love 111,
Phil Mickelson, Colin
Montgomorie, Greg Norman,
Corey Pavin, Bob Tway and lan
Woosnam.
Woods fired a 271 total last
spring and beat Scott McCarron
by three strokes to claim the
$324,000 first prize. This year’s
total purse is set at $2,500,000
with the winner pocketing a cool
$450,000.
The tournament, formerly
called the Atlanta Classic, donat
ed over $1 million to the
Egleston’s Children’s Hospital at
Emory University last year.
Funds from this year’s event will
be used to provide equipment for
the Sibley Heart Center at
Egleston.
The BellSouth Corporation
became the tournament’s title
sponsor in 1989 and signed a
three-year contract extension in
1998 to continue through 2001.
Fans will flock to the course
beginning Monday as the players
start practice rounds at 7:30 a.m.
7th-grade boys. The team lost
eight games by four points or less,
meaning they could play with any
team they faced and will be ready
to play next year.
Coach Brad Johnson's Bth-grade
boys did not have an impressive
won-loss record, but the team
worked hard and, towards the end
of the season, started to come
together.
All team members from the sev
enth and eighth grade boys and
girls basketball teams received
certificates congratulating them
for their success.
Receiving special recognition
were the following:
Most Valuable Player Awards:
Josh Abbott, Katie Williams,
Ryan Fullwood and Amy Mohr
Coach’s Award: Hunter
Bennett, Brandi Johnson, Grant
Actual competition gets under
way Thursday at 7:30 a.m. off
the first and tenth tees.
The USA Television Network
provides live coverage on
Thursday and Friday from 4-6
p.m. NBC picks up the final two
rounds with Saturday TV from 2-
4 p.m. and final-round coverage
Sunday from noon until 3 p.m.
Lady Bulldogs advance
Springtime is here, but basket
ball is still very much on the
minds of University of Georgia
fans these days.
The Lady Bulldogs will tangle
with Duke Friday in San Jose,
Calif, in the women’s Final Four.
Coach Andy Landers’ team has
taken advantage of some tremen
dous breaks in the tournament.
They earned a No. 3 seed that
kept them away from the power
houses early. Then, lowa State
upset Connecticut in the Sweet
16. UGA matched up much bet
ter with the Lady Cyclones and
showed as much in Monday’s 89-
71 win.
Finally, the Lady Blue Devils
stunned Tennessee in the East
Regional final, which meant
UGA didn’t have to face their
SEC nemesis for a fourth time
this season.
Georgia won’t have to deal with
a game where they could be the
underdog until the championship.
Give credit to Landers for keep
ing the ship afloat when his girls
dropped four of five games in a
mid-February stretch. Landers
credits maturity with his squad’s
ability to rebound from adversity.
“A year ago I think we were
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Big baseball and track and
field battles
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Roberts and Whitney Gravitt
Most Improved Awards: Jacob
Taylor, Rachel Burch, Kyle
Kinsey and Collette Cochran
Academic Excellence Award:
Trent Samples, Rachel Burch,
Aaron McKevitt and Whitney
Gravitt.
County Tournament MVPs:
Busch Cummings, Katie
Williams, Dustin Wallace, Amy
Mohr and Katie Long
Defensive Award: Katie Long
and Misty Lamb.
Also the seventh and eighth
grade cheerleading squads were
presented with roses for apprecia
tion of their hard work.
Special Recognition went to the
following:
Spirit Award: Amanda Ross
and Cassie Alexander.
Coach’s Award: Tabitha Terry
and Jenna Hartinger.
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very immature, and if somebody
didn’t act the way we wanted
them to act, we'd resent them for
it,” said the coach. “That’s the
biggest difference. We’re a little
more tolerant of each other now.”
Dooley searching
Athletic Director Vince Dooley
continues to interview candidates
for the men’s head coaching job.
The rumor mill says Oklahoma's
Kelvin Sampson is the leading
candidate. Appalachian State’s
Buzz Peterson is also a hot com
modity these days, but I expect
Dooley to settle on a veteran like
Sampson.
Sampson is 104-55 in five years
in Norman and has led the
Sooners to the Sweet Sixteen this
season. He turned down the
Michigan job last year.
The only stumbling block is
Sampson’s contract which runs
to 2007 with a potential income
of $750,000 per year. If Dooley
is unwilling to address those
kinds of numbers, he’ll turn to
Peterson, even though the former
North Carolina player may not
ready for the SEC.
Sound familiar?
Danny Daniels is the sports edi
tor of The Winder News. His
regional sports column appears
each week in the Thursday edi
tion.
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