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REGION 6-AAAA HOOPS
first win of
By Travis M. Chaffin
Sports Editor
Moments after the final buzzer
sounded in Forsyth Central girls
basketball team’s 55-43 home¬
opening win over Alpharetta
Friday night, first-year head coach
Kim Satterfield and several Lady
Bulldog players embraced as
Queen’s rock anthem “We Are the
Champions” played over the sound
system at the D.B. Carroll
Complex.
In reality, no titles were won on
this night but instead the first of
many hurdles was cleared as
Central and its coach notched win
No. 1 in this young season.
“It kind of got the monkey off
our back, being 0-4 and losing
[Tuesday to North Springs] by
three and, the [game] before that
by two,” Satterfield said.
“The girls have worked so hard
for a win and I was glad to see
them [receive it] tonight. They
really took charge and played a
great game, besides our turn¬
overs.”
But the Lady Dawgs’ 12-point
win almost didn’t happen.
After leading 29-19 at the half
-- thanks to a 15-10 first quarter
and a 14-9 second period —
Central had difficulty finding the
basket in the third as Alpharetta
outscored their hosts 12-9 in the
third and opened the fourth with a
9-3 run to cut the Lady Bulldog
advantage to a single point, 41-40,
with 4:02 left in the contest.
With the lead and game on the
line, Satterfield called a timeout
and made some adjustments.
“We spread the floor and the
girls made their free throws,” she
said. “They did what I asked them
to do.”
Indeed, Central converted 14 of
18 free-throw attempts to close out
the game, while holding Alpharetta
to just three more points.
Satterfield credited Anna
Snyder’s performance, scoring 10
points, including 6-of-6 free-throw
shooting, and grabbing 12 rebounds.
“She stepped up and played a
really great game,” the Lady
Bulldog coach said.
“Winnie Markey, our other
starting post player, got into foul
trouble right off the bat ... and
Anna did a really good job of tak
ing over.
Off the bench, Haley Char
bonneau (four rebounds) and Tia
Walker (five rebounds, 3-of-4 free
throw shooting) played strong
defense inside in Markey’s
absence.
Kynlon Sain led all scorers
with 18 points, including four 3
pointers and 4-of-7 free-throw
shooting.
Heather Dusch chipped in 14
points, including a trey.
Central returns to action
Tuesday as the defending state
champion Etowah Lady Eagles
come to town for a 6 p.m. tipoff.
“I know Etowah is going to try
to press us. They’re going to be
bigger than we are,” Satterfield
said.
“I think we’re just going to
have to see if we can play a half
court game with them, try to slow
Tri-match sweep spurs
War Eagles’ fast start
By Ben Bettzel
Sports Writer
A smart timely string of forfeits
and coaching move,
coupled with some good
wrestling, gave the South
Forsyth wrestling team a
sweep in their tri-meet
Thursday against visiting Mill
Creek and Chattahoochee.
The two wins improved the
War Eagles to 9-2 on the sea¬
son, a record which impressed
first-year head coach Kevin
Contardi.
“We are off to a better start
than I actually thought,”
Contardi said prior to
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Forsyth Central’s Anna Snyder, left, scored 10 points in the Lady Bulldogs’ 55-43 win over region foe
Alpharetta. On the night, Snyder had 12 rebounds and was 6-of-6 from the free-throw line,
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of their game Tuesday night.”
Forsyth Central 55 r
Alpharetta boys 46
If referees were paid by the
number of fouls they called, the
officials calling Friday’s games at
Central could have considered an
early retirement.
On the night, 74 free throws
were made and the Bulldogs 29
of-42 performance from the line
eclipsed Alpharetta’s 14-for-32
effort and helped push Central to a
55-46 win.
Our guys were frustrated
Thursday’s match when the
squad was 7-2.
On their way to the nine
win mark, South Forsyth first
faced Mill Creek team with a
slate of tough wrestlers. The
match opened with senior
Mike Williams falling 7-6 to
Mill Creep’s Robbie
Willingham in the 112-pound
weight class. Following that
loss, South’s Jake Mullins
won by pin at 119 and Will
Bonet beat Mill Creek’s Chris
Porcheddu 11-10 at 125.
South dropped the next three
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because they’re having to sit out
with fouls and fouling out.
“In spite of all that, we got the
win, so I’m proud,” said Forsyth
Central head coach Steve Barnes.
“Every win that we get is spe¬
cial. ... It doesn’t matter who
we’re playing — if the Bulldogs
win, it’s a big thing. I’m going to
let them know how proud I am
because winning is hard for us.”
After trailing 12-0 after the
first quarter, the Bulldogs (3-2
overall, 2-0 in Region 6-AAAA)
outscored the Raiders 17-9 in the
second and never looked back. A
low-scoring 9-6 Forsyth Central
third quarter stood in contrast to a
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South’s Ryan Lively, right, led
all scorers Friday with 29 points
in the War Eagles’ 61-58 win
over Central Gwinnett.
Dunk-free
War Eagles
stop Black
Knights
By Ben Beitzel
Sports Writer
As South Forsyth’s Ryan Lively
calmly sank a pair of free throws to
give the War Eagles a four-point lead
with less than 30 seconds remaining
in the game, Central Gwinnett’s
crowd taunted the sophomore point
guards with cheers of “you can’t
dunk it.”
According to Lively, who is listed
at 5-foot-11, the cheer is not exactly
true.
“I can, I am just not consistent, ’
Lively said following his team’s 61-
58 home win over the Black Knights,
Friday.
Lively didn’t need to dunk Friday
to score a game-high 29 points,
including four 3-pointers and 7-of-7
shooting from the free-throw line, all
he needed was the ball to get his
team out of almost every tight spot.
“[Lively] had a great game,” said
head coach David Sokol. “He hit
some big 3s. He was calm the whole
game, even with a minute and two
minutes left in the game.”
That leadership is something
Lively embraces.
“That is vyhat I love doing,”
Lively said. “My team has confi
dence in me, so it is all good.”
Spurred by Lively’s game-open¬
ing basket, South Forsyth (4-1)
jumped out to a 13-point lead in the
first quarter. Junior Collin White hit
two 3s and added a field goal in the
quarter, on his way to a 10-p»int
night.
“They definitely jumped on them
early,” Sokol said. “There was a lot
of energy at the beginning of the
game, and that was good to see.”
The War Eagles watched that lead
disappears at the Black Knights fin¬
ished the second quarter with an 11-4
run, including a buzzer-beating 3 by
Rolando Dyer to give Central
Gwinnett a 29-28 lead at the break.
South answered Gwinnett’s run in
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19-19 fourth period that saw all
but 10 points generated at the free
throw line.
Kyle Rinna led the Dawgs with
23 points, including a trio of 3
point baskets and 8-for-10 free
throw shooting.
“His shooting has certainly
been timely,” Barnes said. “He’s
had a few big baskets, just taking
it to the hole right when we need¬
ed it. ... He stepped up big, and
that’s what we expect out of him.”
Troy McKevitt scored 13 points
and went 11 for 16 from the free
throw line.
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Raiders rally for
road win at Etowah
By Ben Beitzel
Sports Writer
Trailing in the second-half
by 10 points, the North
Forsyth Raider basketball
team used a 15-point third
quarter and a 19-point fourth
to sneak away with a win at
Etowah Friday 48-47.
Michael Rubio scored 20
points in the come-from
behind win and Kyle Womack
chipped in 10.
North (3-2) started slow on
the road, only mustering three
points in the opening quarter,
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The North boys began
heating up in the second,
scoring 11 to Etowah’s 10,
but still trailed by eight at
the break.
It was in the second half
that the Raiders came alive,
out-scoring the Eagles 15-13
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The large deficit nearly
doomed the Raiders as
Etowah (3-2) held the ball
with three seconds remaining
in the game, but the Eagles
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