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Milton’s
Ashley Walker
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War Eagles’
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Friday night.
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Forsyth Central’s Ginny Prince slides safely into home plate while Gilmer catcher Amberly Newton can’t get a handle on the ball
during a season-opening tournament at Peachtree Ridge on Friday.
Dawgs bash Bobcats
Central offense heats
up against Gilmer
By Jared Putnam
Sports Editor
SUWANEE Forsyth
Central’s bats came to life after
being shut out in the season open¬
er against Peachtree Ridge
Friday, earning the Lady
Bulldogs an opening-day split
with a 9-2 win against Gilmer.
Locked in a 2-2 stalemate in
the top of the fourth inning, the
Dawgs (1-1) loaded the bases
when Ginny Prince was hit by a
pitch, following consecutive sin¬
gles by Caylin Davenport and
Jessica Anderson.
Pitcher Brittney Head then
helped herself with a fly ball to
deep left field that the Bobcats
Eric Aldrich’s Lake Lanier fishing
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(0-1) couldn’t pull down, giving
Central its first lead of the night.
Jamie Strickland later followed
with a bases-clearing double to
deep left-center, and the lead
ballooned to 7-2.
Davenport and Anderson both
struck for RBI extra-base hits in
the sixth inning, and the game
was called at the end of the
frame due to time constraints.
The thing that I liked ... [in]
the top of the fourth we were up
3-2 and we didn’t have any hits,”
Central coach Bill Richardson
said.
And then when we finally
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See DAWGS, Page 2C
Water Conditions: Lake Lanier is
16.8 feet low at 1,054.2 feet and no relief
in sight.
I can see more records being broken
again by fall at this rate. The next lake
down the Chattahoochee River chain is
West Point Lake and it is almost at full
pool. Lake Lanier is slightly stained but
it will get stained-to-muddy during times
Milton 6, South Forsyth 3
‘Other’ Eagles top South
Six-run fourth
proves fateful
By BJ Corbitt
Sports Writer
One rough inning told the tale in South
Forsyth’s softball season opener Friday, as
the Lady War Eagles fell to Milton 6-3 at
home.
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Forsyth Central shortstop Taylor McDonnell guns down a runner
at first base after second baseman Nicole Shirley, right, knocks
down the ground ball.
of heavy traffic. Lake temperatures
remain in the mid-80s. The
Chattahoochee River is clear. Check gen
eration schedules before heading out to
the river at (770) 945-1466.
Bass: Bass fishing has been better with
the milder air temperatures this week,
Most of the spotted bass on Lake Lanier
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are schooled up in large groups during the
summer. If you catch a good fish, you
should stay around and exploit that area
because there should be many more
around. These active schooling fish will
bite a SPRO Dawg or other topwater plugs
on the surface. When you get that first bite
See ALDRICH, Page 2C
The visiting Lady Eagles lost eight base
runners in the first three innings, but finally
got to South starter Alexa Ditmar in the
fourth, scoring six runs. A two-run homer
from Milton’s starting pitcher, Taylor
Disch, made the count 6-0 and brought
sophomore Tania Soto to the mound for
South (0-1).
M She didn’t walk anybody and came in
there and threw strikes and defense came
up with plays behind her, and that’s the
See SOUTH, Page 2C
Local Sports
1998 North Forsyth
softball reunion
North Forsyth High School is
looking for members of the 1998
Class AA State Champion softball
team for a reunion later this month.
The reunion will take place prior to
the Lady Raiders’ game against
Woodstock on Aug. 20 at 5:55
p.m.
Participants should arrive at the
field about 30 minutes prior to
game time. For more information,
contact Keith Shoemake at (678)
386-1768 or Pam McBride at (404)
625-9983.
Ted Paxton Golf
Tournament
The Sixth Annual Ted Paxton
Golf Tournament, benefitting the
GA Sheriffs’ Youth Homes, will be
held Monday, Sept. 8 at Olde
Atlanta Golf Club. The tournament
will feature a scramble format,
door prizes, a 50/50 drawing, mul¬
ligan sales, longest drive hole, clos¬
est to the pin holes and the oppor¬
tunity to win a new car on a hole in
one.
Every player will receive a free
honorary membership in the
Georgia Sheriffs’ Association.
Lunch will be provided by Chik
Fil-A and dinner by Lowcountry
Barbecue.
Sponsorships include platinum
sponsor ($1,000, includes four
playing spots, hole sponsorship,
golf shirt, lunch and barbecue din¬
ner), partnership sponsor ($500,
includes four playing spots, lunch
and barbecue dinner) and single
playing spot ($150). For more
information, call Capt. Frank
Huggins at (770) 781-3045 or e
mail fahuggins@forsythco.com.
12U Coal Mtn.
Lightning tryouts
The 12U Coal Mtn. Lightning
96 travel softball team is looking
for a few more girls for the
upcoming fall and spring seasons.
Tryouts are scheduled for
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 6 - 8 p.m. on
Coal Mtn. field 5 and Thursday,
Aug. 21,6-8 p.m., on Coal Mtn.
field 5. Please contact Machelle
Zirlott at (770) 713-1327 or by e
mail at zdawgs@earthlink.net
with interest or questions, ■ •
Ice hockey tryouts
All eligible ice hockey players
in Forsyth County High Schools
(South, North, Central and West)
are encouraged to attend tryouts
for the SFHS team at The Cooler
(GA 400 south to exit 8, Mansell
Rd. in Alpharetta) on Friday, Aug.
22 at 8:15 p.m.
12U Fire tryouts
The Forsyth Fire, a 12U travel
baseball team, will hold tryouts for
their upcoming spring seqson on
Sunday, Aug. 17, at 3:00 p.m. on
Dobbs Creek field no. 2.
Interested players should con¬
tact Kevin Relyea at (678) 231 -
6865 or e-mail kdrelyea@bell
south.net.
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