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Football
First round of Class AAAA state
tournament.
• South Forsyth at Lakeview-Fort
Oglethorpe, Friday, Nov. 22.
Basketball
South Forsyth Tip-Off Classic
• South Forsyth boys vs. St.
Francis, Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
• North Forsyth vs. Fannin
County, Friday, Nov. 22. Girls tip
off at 7 p.m.
• Forsyth Central vs. Marist,
Saturday, Nov. 23. Girls tip off at
6 p.m.
Hitting clinic
Atlanta Braves hitting coach
Terry Pendelton will host a free
hitting seminar at Hardball
Warehouse’s new 36,000 square
feet facility in Duluth, Thursday,
Nov. 21, at 7 p.m. Come listen to
the man that Braves hitters have
been listening to all year.
For more information, call
(678) 957-0885, or visit
www.HardballWarehouse.com.
Striper tourney
An NSBA sanctioned striper
bass tournament will be held
Saturday, Nov. 30, at Lake
Lanier’s Laurel Park from safe
light until 4 p.m. Cost of entry is
$l2O, cash. Registration will take
place from 5-6 a.m. at the event.
For more information, call tourna
ment organizers Doug Kimbrel
(706) 429-7575 or Mike
Maddalena (770) 598-5195.
Chestatee boosters
Chestatee Youth Athletic
Booster Club will meet on
Tuesday, Nov. 19. Issues regarding
the 2003 youth baseball and soft
ball season will be discussed at
this meeting.
All interested parties are
encouraged to attend. The meet
ing will take place at the Chestatee
Community Building located next
door to the Chestatee Elementary
School. For further information,
please call (770) 781-9675.
Select baseball
The North Georgia Mustang
12-and-under team is hosting
baseball tryouts on Saturday, Nov.
23, at 2 p.m. The team will be
going to Clearwater, Fla., in July
2003 for the International
Baseball Championships. Contact
Gene Sams at (404) 391-8932 or
email at rebyank@bellsouth.net.
Softball clinic
The Pitcher’s Mound, one of
the top fast-pitch schools in the
state, has joined the Hardball
Warehouse. They offer fast-pitch
hitting, pitching and fielding
instruction. For more information
or to make an appointment, call
(678) 597-0885.
Softball lessons
The Pitcher’s Mound fast-pitch
softball instructional facility offers
pitching, hitting and fielding les
sons. Call Lisa Kemme (678) 597-
0885.
Roller hockey
A roller hockey referee associ
ation now forming. To join, or for
information, contact Brian
Higgins at
thehigg24@hotmail.com, or at
studenthockey @ bellsouth.net.
Baseball tryouts
The Junior War Eagle Baseball
Club is organizing their 2003 12U
team. This highly competitive
select team will compete in
league play as well as local, state
and national tournaments. For try
out information, contact Tom
Fowler at (678) 873-6121.
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North focused on future
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North Forsyth junior guard Katie Gravitt and the
rest of the Lady Raiders face tough competition in
Region 6-AAAA.
Central
ready for
6-AAAA
By Travis M. Chaffin
Sports Editor
The Forsyth Central Lady
Bulldogs know Region 6-AAAA is
going to be difficult, but that doesn’t
mean they are scared.
Last season, Central beat cross
county rival South Forsyth when
they were ranked No. 15 in the state
and even toppled then-ninth-ranked
Pepperell.
“We have done that before. We
can do it again, but it’s going to take
a full team effort and execution.
We’ve got a lot of our system in right
now, but it’s just a matter of execut
ing it,” said Central girls coach Chris
Leak.
“But, hopefully, that’s just one
step toward our goal of playing on a
Saturday night in February.”
Last season, the Lady Dawgs
came one game short of their goal,
which was to make it to the state
tournament —a goal that remains
intact this year.
“In the back of your head, you’ve
got to be shooting for a region cham
pionship because that’s what it’s all
about,” Leak said.
The Central coach is hardly over-
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Forsyth Central junior Amy Mohr, No. 10, returns to the Lady
Dawgs after averaging 19 points per game her sophomore year.
confident or cocky, but steadfast in
his belief that his team can do any
thing it sets its collective mind on.
“We’re certainly shooting that
[the state tournament] is where we
need to be,” Leak said.
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By Morgan Lee
Sports Writer
For Lady Raiders head basketball coach Beth
Gliotta, the objectives for the 2002-03 season are
clear: bring back the excitement.
“We want to bring back a love for the game here,”
said Gliotta on the verge of her first season at North.
“It’s going to be tough. But we’re going to turn the
situation around here, and make sure there’s a posi
tive atmosphere.”
After her last coaching stint —a six year term at
Cedartown Gliotta may be just what the Lady
Raiders need to revitalize what some have called a
stagnant program.
“When I started at Cedartown, we didn’t have
much and went 0-23 in my first year,” said Gliotta.
But in a short period, Gliotta turned the
Cedartown program into a title contender, leading her
squad to the state playoffs for three consecutive sea
sons before jumping to Forsyth.
Gliotta already feels like she has made progress at
North, noting the development of a great practice
atmosphere in which her players are working hard
and enjoying themselves.
Yet the North coaching staff knows it takes more
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“Our program needs to be there to
be in the running for the region
championship. I think in the last cou
ple of years, we’ve become competi-
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Sports Editor
When South Forsyth girls basket
ball coach Debbie Blake talks about
her Lady War Eagles, she speaks of
the tradition she has worked to estab-,
lish and for good reason.
In Blake’s first five years at South;
Forsyth, the Lady Eagles have made’
four appearances in the state basket*;
ball tournament, including three trips'
to the Sweet 16.
“I’m trying to build a program'
here and a tradition,” Blake said.J
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selves I believe in them. It takes qj
lot of hard work to get where yoS
want to go.” ®
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tion South Forsyth rely strongly
on its senior leadership from Kara[
Mulryan and Kim Rigg.
“We’re looking to, of course, Kimj
Rigg for leadership on the floor —'
verbally and also by play. She pushes!
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