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- FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS -Thursday, April 1,2004
'Local Sports
Soccer
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•| North Forsyth boys at Pickens
County, Thursday, April 1,6 p.m.
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Baseball
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4 Forsyth Central vs. South
forsyth, Friday, April 2, 5:55 p.m.
•North Forsyth vs. St. Pius X,
Friday, April 2, 5:55 p.m.
South Forsyth
baseball camp
set for April
The South Forsyth War Eagles
Will host their annual Spring Break
Baseball Camp on April 5-6. South
Forsyth baseball coaches and play
ers wjll instruct players ranging
from age 10 to graduating seniors.
>„The two-day camp costs S7O
aid will run from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
eaqh’day. Registration will begin
U 8:30 a.m. on April 5 at the
SFHS baseball field. Call (770)
187-6132 or www.southforsyth
baseball.com.
Spring break
soccer camp on
the horizon
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Atlanta Soccer Academy,
Forsyth County's new soccer club
is hosting a Spring Break Camp
on April 5-9 from 10 a.m.-l p.m.
1179-1111) and from 1:30-4:30 PM
Ul2-and-up). The cost is SIOO.
?3rticipants will receive an Atlanta
Silverbacks t-shirt and a ticket to
the Silverbacks home game open
er. Call (770) 557-0430 or visit
ww w.atlsoccer.com. for more
information.
Hoops camp
seeks applicants
Applications are now being
evaluated for the Ten Star All-Star
Summer Basketball Camp. The
-amp is by invitation only. Boys
a*d girls ages 10-19 are eligible to
apply. A camp will take place this
summer in Atlanta. Call (704)373-
0873.
Softball stars
eye showcase
Perfect Game Softball will host
an. Identification Camp at Georgia
tech on April 24.
This one-day event is for soft
ball players ages 13-18 interested
ip showcasing their skills in front
of Perfect Game Scouts. Results of
the assessment will be placed on
their official Web site and will be
college coaches nation
wide. Each player will also receive
a_yideo produced by Skillshow. To
jign up for the event or for more
information, call Perfect Game
Srftball at (319) 261-2923.
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Park and Rec
offers camps
- -The Forsyth County Park and
ftecigation Department is hosting
twe’camps in the coming weeks,
sos more information, call Telly
Hpims at (678) 455-8540.
!**• The Spring Break Basketball
CSfip features instructors from the
Forsyth Basketball Association
(Bobby Smith, Jason Smith and
Tracy Tipton) on April 5-8 from 9
a.m.-noon for ages 8-15. The cost
is $75 (Class No. 201427)
• Small group training is avail
able for boys and girls ages 9-18.
Individual skills are learned in
small groups where players prac
tice individually, then crystallize
their skills by practicing in a two
on-two or three-on-three setting.
Group size ranges from six to nine
players.
The first session is Sunday,
March 7 from 4-4:30 p.m. (ages 9-
10), 4:30-5 (ages 11-12), 5-5:30
(ages 13-18). This will be followed
by six 90-minute sessions on
Sundays (3-6 p.m.). Cost is $125
o per six-week session (Class No.
202337).
Sports EXTRA
BASEBALL ROUNDUP
South Forsyth edges Marist
By Travis M. Chaffin
Sports Editor
Forsyth County's varsity base
ball teams opened region play at
home Monday night, as South
Forsyth and North Forsyth high
schools registered victories while
Forsyth Central suffered its first 6-
AAAA setback.
South Forsyth tops Marist
South Forsyth scattered four hits
over six innings, but made them
count as the War Eagles defeated
defending Class AAAA state cham
pion Marist 4-3 Monday night at
home.
“We were very fortunate tonight
that we got some clutch hitting and
we got some great pitching. Very
fortunate,” said South Forsyth head
coach Mike Strickland.
“Our guys did a good job of
playing tough. The game was close
all [night] long and your guys have
to get used to playing in tight ball
games because that’s a big part of
being able to win."
Senior pitcher Joe White got the
victory, allowing three runs (two
earned) on seven hits while walk
ing none and striking out five in
five innings pitched. Josh Tate got
the save, striking out three of the
eight batters faced in his two
innings on the mound.
Marist took an early l-O lead
with a run in the second, but South
wasted no time turning the tables.
With the swing of the bat. White
took Marist pitcher Matt Erwood
(L. 5 IP, 4 R. 4 H. 3 88. 8 K) deep,
tying the game at I-I with a solo
home run to lead off the second
inning.
"He looked good on that one,"
said Strickland. “That’s just tough
to do. No. I, off any left-hander,
and. No. 2. off their left-hander.
I'm really impressed with that kid
[Erwood] ... he was tying us up,
there’s no doubt about it.”
But South Forsyth wasn’t done
yet. After drawing a walk. Jonathan
Wages managed to score for a 2-1
War Eagle advantage entering the
third.
South never looked back as they
held Marist in check for the
remainder of the contest.
“If we let the game get back to a
position where it's tied, that bail
game may be different." Strickland
said, "because that team [Marist]
played well and they played like a
team that knows how to win ...
They work hard and they're talent
ed.”
War Eagle Jamie Benjamin
played a major part in the win
getting on base in the third inning
on a fielder’s choice to score on a
Jonathan Wages sacrifice fly. then
scoring the winning run from sec
ond off Wages’ double.
"|Benjamin] was patient at the
plate and scored from first on a
double in our park? That’s amaz
ing. That really is,” Strickland said.
The War Eagle skipper was also
pleased with Wages performance.
“I think his hard work is show
ing and he’s just got to keep after it
at the same intensity ... and hope
fully things will go well for him,"
the coach said.
South Forsyth was scheduled to
face Chamblee on Wednesday
(results not available at deadline)
heading into Friday’s cross-county
matchup against Forsyth Central.
Raiders outlast Riverwood
North Forsyth senior pitcher
Mark Doll threw for six strong
innings Monday night allowing
just one run on two hits and three
walks while striking out six but
it was reliever Dustin Martin (3-0)
who earned the win in an inning’s
work as the Raiders scored late to
defeat Riverwood 2-1 Monday
night.
After five scoreless innings
from both teams, Riverwood man
aged a run in the top of the sixth
and North Forsyth (9-1, 1-0 in
Region 6-AAAA) responded in
kind with a run Christopher
Light scoring from third as Doll
reached first on an error in the
bottom half of the frame to knot the
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North Forsyth’s Dexter Bobo
walked to lead off the bottom of the
seventh, then stole second before
the Riverwood hurler intentionally
walked Justin Hamilton. With one
out and both Bobo and Hamilton
running a double steal, the pitch
got past the Riverwood catcher,
allowing Bobo to score the winning
run from second base in the 2-1
victory.
Offensively. Light was 2-for-2
on the night with a sixth-inning
double. Matt Helland was l-for-2
with a double, and Hamilton was I
for-2 with a double.
North Forsyth was scheduled to
face North Springs Wednesday on
the road (results not available at
deadline). The Raiders are set to
host St. Pius X on Friday.
Central falls to St. Pius
Facing the visiting St. Pius X
Golden Lions, Forsyth Central
showed promise early, before four
costly errors proved fatal in the
Bulldogs' 10-4 region-opening loss
Monday night.
“We just had a letdown tonight."
said Forsyth Central head coach
Jeff Reusing. ‘‘We didn't get the
job done.”
Brent Majors got the loss for the
Dawgs, allowing 10 hits and five
earned runs in 5 2/3 innings, while
walking two and striking out six.
Caleb Swann finished the game,
pitching 1 1/3 innings.
St. Pius put a quick run on the
hoard in the top of the first and
another in the top of the third
before Central had a chance to
assume control with three runs in
the bottom half of the frame. With
one out and the bases loaded.
Majors helped himself at the plate
with a two-RBI single that scored
Chip Waits and Pat Belt to tie the
game, 2-2. Next up. Bulldog catch
er Ryan Stiede scored Tyler
Marzofka on an RBI single for a 3-
2 Forsyth Central advantage enter-
South Forsyth
pitcher Joe
White, above,
not only got
the win over
Marist on
Monday, but he
also hit a home
run in the War
Eagles' 4-3
region win. At
left, War Eagle
Jamie
Benjamin
scores one of
his two runs in
Monday night’s
game.
Photos/Doug
Jackson
ing the fourth inning.
But despite the Dawgs' surge in
the third, the Lions bounced back
for three runs of their own in the
fifth and five more runs in the
sixth, capturing a 10-3 advantage
—a lead they would not relinquish.
“We didn't execute in a first
and-third situation and they started
hitting Majors pretty good,”
Reusing said. “I probably left him
in too long, but he was still throw
ing well.
"He pitched good enough to
win,” the coach added, “but. funda
mentally. we just had breakdowns
all over the field and that led to big
innings."
Central scored once more
Brandon Zimmerman bringing
Kyle Kinsey home from second on
an RBI single for the 10-4 final.
The Bulldogs were scheduled to
face Marist on the road Wednesday
(results not available at deadline)
before hosting South Forsyth on
Friday.