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THIS WEEK
Football
• Forsyth
Central at
Sequoyah
8 p.m. Friday
• North
Forsyth at GAC
8 p.m. Friday
Softball
• South Forsyth at North
Forsyth 6 p.m. Monday
• South Forsyth at Loganville
5:30 p.m. Tuesday
• Forsyth Central at Pickens
6 p.m.Tuesday
• North Forsyth at Habersham
Central 6 p.m. Wednesday
• North Forsyth at Loganville
6 p.m. Thursday
• Forsyth Central at Eastside
6:30 p.m. Thursday
Volleyball
• Forsyth
Central vs.
Gainesville,
Pickens
4:30 p.m.
Tuesday
• North Forsyth
vs. Forsyth
Central
4:30 p.m.
Thursday
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Cross Country
• North Forsyth, South Forsyth
at Wesleyan 4:30 p.m. Thursday
Spring team tryouts
An Under-9 traveling baseball
team is holding tryouts to fill its
roster for the spring AA Select
Dizzy Dean season. For more
information, call Randy Polly at
(678) 878-6358.
Adult team
playing this
weekend
The Cumming
Reds are open
ing their sea
son at 2 p.m.
Sunday at
Vanderhoff
Field on Spot
Road. The
I - I
team hosts the Coweta Cubs
this weekend. The Reds, who
play in the North Atlanta fall
league, will have 10 games. The
season runs through the end of
October. The club is also holding
tryouts for its roster, especially
pitchers and catchers. For more
information, call Dennis
Holbrook at (770) 887-4036.
Bulldog
club hold
ing annual
party
The Lanier
400 Bulldog
Club will hold its annual Varsity
Tailgate Party at 7:30 p.m. on
Aug. 30 at the Mashburn resi
dence, located at 515 Pilgrim
Mill Rd. UGA sportscaster Jeff
Dantzler is scheduled as the
guest speaker. Tickets cost S2O
each, or $35 per pair, and
should be reserved by Aug. 27.
For more information, call Frank
at (770) 781-8234, Bill at (770)
887-1468, Marci at (770) 889-
0764, Tim at (770) 886-9500 or
Zack at (770) 887-3162.
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Youth
baseball
tryouts
The Forsyth
County Yard
Dawgs, a 12-
and-under trav
eling baseball
team, are
scheduling try-
outs for players who will not be
13 before next Aug. 1. The two
year-old team, which has com
peted all over the state, is sanc
tioned by USSSA, SSBA, Triple
Crown and other organizations.
For more information, call Larry
Lark at (770) 844-9689.
Zips holding tryouts
The Coal Mountain Zips, 12-
and-under traveling baseball
team, will hold tryouts from 3-5
p.m. on Sept. 9 and 16 at Coal
Mountain Park. Players cannot
be 13 before Aug. 1. For more
information, call Dennis Howell
at (770) 781-5920 or Mike
Sweat at (770) 887-0042.
Sports
Forsyth County News - Sunday, August 26,2001
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Photo/Tammy Garrison
A bend-but-not-break South defense saved the day in the first half
and dominated in the second half.
Happy
Trails
Local horse farm features rides
to make you feel like a cowboy
By Aaron Lorenzo
Sports Editor
After securing my left boot into its stirrup, I
reached over the western saddle and pulled
myself up and aboard Blue, my horse for the
morning. Decked in an old pair of dungarees and
unshaven for 48 hours, I quickly settled into the
role of cowboy for a day tall on the saddle.
Then we headed west. Well, we moved out in
some direction, out onto a trail.
“Kick back your heels, relax and let’s ride,”
said Barbara Butler, the leader of this four-person
group and an instructor at Stonewood Stables.
Like most horse facilities, the stable features
boarding and lessons. But trail rides, offered
every day of the week, set Stonewood apart.
Situated in the southeast corner of the county,
along with a number of other horse farms, the
47.5-acre facility houses 74 horses. Stonewood
owns 54 of them.
Owner Susan Hogue moved into the property
in December, and along with a full-time staff of
four has built Stonewood into a diversified enter
prise. Various animals, from cows to cats and
sheep, roam the property. The facility hosts birth
day parties for kids and weddings for adults, not
to mention summer camps on the property.
But the trail rides are an escape from every
one’s day-to-day duties.
A few gallops from the stables, riders hang a
right alongside Olde Atlanta Road. Large subdivi
sion homes rise up on either side of the street, its
black pavement filled with cell-phone chattering
morning commuters. But a right turn on a dirt
road gets us would-be cowboys back on the trail.
Riding at an easy pace, both horse and rider
are comfortable as one unit. Butler and her co
workers, including her husband Steve, deal with
mostly beginner riders on the trail.
“I’d say 80 percent of the riders we get out
See TRAILS, Page 2C
Photos/Aaron Lorenzo
To the top right, trail guide Steve Butler
leads a rider on horse back as part of
Stonewood Stables’ program. The ride
winds through open meadows and ends up
at the Chattahoochee River in the south
east corner of Forsyth County.
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North hammers Pickens
By Sam Wallace
Sports Writer
It didn’t take long for North Forsyth
High to get back to its winning ways.
The Lady Raiders hammered Pickens
County 8-2 on the road Thursday, taking
advantage of eight Lady Dragon errors.
Pitcher Wendy Adams notched her fifth
win of the year after going the complete
seven innings. Adams allowed only one
earned run and fanned six.
Pickens jumped on Adams early for
two runs in the first inning. But that
would be all, as the Lady Raider hurler
scattered four hits over the final six
innings.
North got its first run on the score
board in the top of the fourth. Pinch run
ner Mallory Holtzclaw crossed home
plate after an error and two passed balls.
That was a sign of things to come as
Pickens could never find away to play
South gets sweet
revenge at Madison
By Sam Wallace
Sports Writer
They say revenge is best served
cold.
It wasn’t terribly chilly, but South
Forsyth High School did avenge last
season’s opening-round loss to
Madison County, 17-0, Friday night.
A bend-but-not-break South
defense saved the day in the first half
and dominated in the second half.
“Our philosophy coming into the
game was to play physical and con
servative,” said South Coach Norris
Vaughan. “We wanted to prove we
could become a more physical foot
ball team than we have in the past.”
The War Eagle offense went to
work on the game’s opening drive
and scored the first points of the new
season. The South line opened huge
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holes the entire way. A nine-play, 53?’
yard drive culminated in a Sheltoi
Blease two-yard touchdown run. ,
Madison responded with a sevenl
play drive and was looking gooq
until the Red Raiders reached th|
South 20-yard line. Madison went td
the air, but safety Andy Friedl wen|
high in the end zone and hauled
down an interception.
The War Eagles were unable to
capitalize on the turnover and werd
forced to punt.
With South up 7-0 at the start o|
the second quarter, the Red Raidert
went on a 14-play, 7:16 drive and
were looking to score again;
Madison running back Tony Freeman
had bullied his way down to the
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proper defense. ,
Trailing 2-1, North took the lead for,
good in the fifth inning with a four run t
rally. With runners on second and third *
Harley Ward’s single brought in Lindsey *
Byers. Shannon Cleland (2-for-3, stolen j
base) was able to score via a Jacqud ' J
Stewart sacrifice fly. A Dana Martin dou- i
ble scored Ward and Martin eventually ■
scored after a passed ball and a j •
pitch. The Lady Raiders would add to/ I
their 5-2 lead in the top of the seventh. '* '
Cleland reached on another error by ■
the Pickens shortstop. Cleland would
steal second and score another run. A j
Ward (l-for-3, RBI, 3 stolen bases) RBI
single made it 7-2. Ward would score her *
second and final run of the game off a
Tiffany Shaw single for an 8-2 final.
North is now 6-3 overall and 1-1 ip
region play. The Lady Raiders were back
in action Friday night against the likes of
Gordon-Lee and and S.E. Whitfield.
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