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Officials needed
for fall football
The Lanier Football Officials
Association is now accepting
applications. If you have ever
thought about becoming a football
official, this is a great opportunity.
Football officiating allows you to
be a mentor to the players because
you’re enforcing the rules and
upholding the integrity of the
game.
The Lanier Football Officials
Association is now taking applica¬
tions for the 2004 season. No
experience necessary, all training
is provided. LFOA is a member of
the Georgia High School
Association. For more information
or to apply, visit www.lanieroffi
cials.org or call Tim Tipton at
(770) 967-3197, ext. 239.
Adult baseball
league forming
A new adult baseball league
associated with Stan Musial
Baseball is seeking teams in
Forsyth and surrounding counties
to begin play in late spring and
summer of 2004. Call Dennis
Holbrook for more information at
(770) 887-4036.
Lacrosse camp
coming soon
SuperSouth Lacrosse Camp III
is currently accepting registration
for girls, boys and youth lacrosse
camps set for North Georgia
College and State University.
For information, please visit
www.bagatawaylacrosse.com or
contact Jason Alberici at
jasona@bagatawaylacrosse.com or
(404)216-5870.
Summer hoops
camp evaluates
applications
Applications are now being
evaluated for the Ten Star All-Star
Summer Basketball Camp. The
camp is by invitation only. Boys
and girls ages 10-19 are eligible to
apply. A camp will take place this
summer in Atlanta.
Call (704) 373-0873 for more
information.
ASA set to host
summer camps
The Atlanta Soccer Academy,
Forsyth County’s new soccer club,
is hosting Summer Camps this
season in Cumming.
The first session runs June 21 -
25. There will be sessions for play¬
ers in age divisions U6 to U8
(from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.), U9 to
U11 (9 a.m. to noon) and U12 &
up (4-7 pm.). All camp partici¬
pants receive an ASA t-shirt.
The camp costs $90 for U6-U8
participants and is $125 for play¬
ers aged U9 & up. There is also a
pre and post camp shuttle service
available for U6-U8 players for a
fee of $5.
The ASA’s second camp runs
July 19-23. This camp is involved
with the Atlanta Silverbacks pro¬
fessional club and will take place
at Forsyth’s Pinecrest Academy.
The Silverbacks camp has two
sessions: 9 a.m. to noon (cost,
$100) and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (cost,
$185).
For information, call (770)
557-0430 or visit
www.atlsoccer.com.
Running Camp
gearing up
The Mountain High Running
Camp will take place July 12-17
and July 19-24, at Tallulah Falls.
The staff is composed of elite
Kenyan and international distance
runners and internationally experi¬
enced coaches. For information,
contact Scott Simmons via email
at simmons@minotstateu.edu, or
call (800) 777-0750, or visit the
0 camp’s Web site at:
www.mountainhighrunning.com.
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BASEBALL ROUNDUP
solidify region’s top
Seventh-inning
heroics propel
South past Marist
By Kurt Main
For the Forsyth County News
Bottom of the seventh. Cold and
breezy. Game on the line. Tie ball
game. With two swings of the bat, all
of that would change.
The first came when Evan
Nissley stroked a chalk-flying triple
down the right field line. Two inten¬
tional walks later — with Marist
anticipating a force play at home —
up came Jonathan Wages with the
bases loaded.
It was Wages
who, in the sixth
inning, hit the
game-tying home
run to left field.
It took one
pitch and Wages
ripped a single to
left, giving the
South Forsyth
War Eagles the
Region 6-AAAA
championship
with a 7-6 defeat
of Marist.
After getting on base with a first
inning double, Evan Nissley took
third on when Joe White hit into a
fielder’s choice. An errant pickoff
throw brought Nissley home for a 1
0 South Forsyth lead.
In the top of the second inning,
Marist tied it up at 1-1 with a home
run from first baseman and pitcher
Matt Erwood.
South bounced back with two
more runs in the bottom of the sec
ond. Following singles by Zach
Boling and Jamie Benjamin, Josh
Tate hit a ball over the right fielder’s
head the outfielder appearing to
have lost the ball in the setting sun
— for a two-RBI triple.
Marist cut South’s lead to one
run, 3-2. in the fourth inning, thanks
to a homer by Joel Reeves.
In the bottom of the fourth, Tom
Morris and Billy Upchurch both hit
singles, setting the table for Tate,
who — again in the clutch — hit a
double to score both runs, 5-2.
The War Eagle center fielder was
thrown out, however, attempting to
take third when the throw went to
home.
Marist was able to put two more
runs on the board in the fifth on a
wild pitch with two runners on, and
another base hit by Erwood, making
the score 5-4. Marist took its first
lead of the game in the sixth inning,
capitalizing on a single, a bit by pitch
and a double to the gap that scored
two runs for a 6-5 advantage for the
visiting War Eagles from Atlanta.
Joe White would surrender the
North Forsyth dominates Tucker in five innings
From staff reports
With the state playoffs a little more
than a week away, the North Forsyth
Raiders showed they were ready to take
their game to the next level, dominating
Tucker High in a five-inning, mercy
rule-shortened 13-2 victory on the road.
The win solidified North's (19-6
overall, 9-3 in 6-AAAA) hold on the No.
2 spot in the region, regardless of the
outcome of the team’s game Wednesday
night at North Springs (results were not
available at deadline). The Raiders will
host their first-round playoff game,
which is scheduled for a doubleheader
on Friday, May 14, with a third game the
following afternoon if necessary. North
Forsyth will face the No. 3 team from
Region 5, which has not been
announced.
On Monday night, Buddy DeRoche
(13-2) earned the win in four innings of
work on the mound.
Offensively, Justin Hamilton was 3
for-4 with 3 RBIs, Matt Holland was I
for-l with a three-run home run, and
Dusty Martin was 2-for-4 with 4 RBIs.
Hamilton singled in the first inning,
then stole second and advanced to third
on a wild pitch before coming home for
a 1-0 Raider lead as Malt Helland drew
a walk and kept running safely to sec-
Editor’s
note:
Details of
Forsyth
Central’s win
over North
Springs
Monday
night were
unavailable
at deadline.
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South Forsyth’s Evan Nissley hit a seventh-inning triple against Marist Monday night before scoring
the winning run on a Jonathan Wages single for the 7-6 victory.
mound to David Collings, after strik¬
ing out five and walking none.
Collings proceeded to strike out
the next batter and get a pop-up to
first base to end the inning.
That’s when the heroics began.
Wages led off the inning with a home
run just over the left field fence to tie
the ball game, 6-6.
The War Eagles had a chance to
go ahead, but — with runners on the
corners — a failed hit-and-run dou¬
ble-play ended the inning with the
game tied.
ond.
The Raiders tallied four runs in the
second inning, the first of which came
on ground out by Hamilton that scored
Tim Reeves. With Brent Eichler on third
and Payton Light on second, Helland
launched a three-run homer for a 5-0
North Forsyth advantage.
Tucker managed one run in the bot¬
tom of the third, but North quickly
responded with four more runs in the top
of the fourth. Justin Smith scored from,
second on a single by Hamilton,-who
later scored when the Tucker catcher
threw an errant pickoff attempt past the
Tiger third baseman and into left field.
Dusty Martin then brought home
Helland and Troy Hudson with a single
for a 9-1 lead.
North Forsyth closed the book on
Tucker in the fifth inning, tacking on
four more runs. John Lance (running for
Smith) scored from second on a single
by Hamilton, before Nick Huff (running
for David Patterson) scored on a
Christopher Light base hit. Helland and
Light would later score on a single by
Dusty Martin fora 13-1 Raider lead.
Tucker could only muster a single run
in the bottom half of the fifth and the
game was stopped in accordance with the
10-run mercy rule as North won 13-2.
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS — Thursday, May 6, 2004
Collings set Marist down one
two-three in the top of the seventh,
finishing the game by getting two
groundouts, one pop-up and two
strikeouts. «
With the game tied at 6-6 in the
bottom of the seventh, the heroics
continued.
Nissley came to the plate with
one out, and promptly hit a triple
down the right field line that sent
chalk flying.
Marist brought their infield in and
walked the bases loaded and looked
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for the force play.
It was a decision that took one
pitch to realize was a mistake, as
Wages ripped the ball to left-center
field to win the game and the Region
championship for the War Eagles.
Results from South Forsyth's
game Wednesday night at Dunwoody
were not available at deadline.
South Forsyth will open the first
round of the Class AAAA state play¬
offs on Friday, May 14, as host to the
No. 4 team from Region 5, which has
not been announced.
North
Forsyth's
Payton Light
and his
Raider team¬
mates are
headed to
the Class
AAAA State
Playoffs,
beginning
Friday, May
14, at Coal
Mountain.
Photo/Davtd
McGrtgor