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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2014
FROM 1B
Grind
at home,” he said.
Justyn started as a freshman
for Lambert’s Class AAAAAA
state runner-up lacrosse team.
Boys’ director of lacrosse Rich
Wehman said last year that he
wanted Jean-Felix to be more
aggressive in his sophomore
season—and Justyn was. Still,
Lambert fell just short in the
state championship game to
Roswell.
“We’ve got to get back to the
state championship and win this
time,” Jean-Felix said. “We’ve
lost twice in a row now. It’s
time to finish the job.”
Jean-Felix emerged as a
physical defender that punished
attackers and middies with his
checking ability. Improved foot
work and stick skills, Justyn
said, will make him a more ver
satile player.
Before Jean-Felix can help
Lambert lacrosse try to earn
that elusive state championship,
though, the Longhorns have at
least three more crucial football
FROM 1B
Chamblee (25:03) completed
Central’s top five; the Lady
Bulldogs averaged 24:05.
West Forsyth at Crimson
Classic (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)
BOYS: John Green and
Brian Skoglind notched top
five finishes to help the
Wolverines finish third as a
team on Friday at the
University of Alabama. Green
was third in 16:36.21, while
Skoglind came in fifth with a
16-minute, 50.24-second run.
All five West runners crossed
the line in under 18 minutes.
Matt Bissett (17:31.57) finished
18th, Daniel Sexton (17:40.52)
finished 26th, and Will Harper
completed the top five with a
36th-place finish in 17 minutes,
59.50 seconds. The Wolverines
averaged 17:19 with a 1-min
ute, 23-second split.
GIRLS: Liz Galarza’s run
ner-up effort helped West
Forsyth to a second-place over
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Micah Green Forsyth County News
“We got on a roll the past few weeks and we've stayed there,’ Lambert defensive back
Justyn Jean-Felix said about the Longhorns’ three-game winning streak after a 1-3 start.
games remaining. Lambert
football earned a state playoff
berth last season after a slow
start but exited unceremonious
all finish in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Galarza completed her run
Friday in 19:32.30, 30 seconds
behind winner Kaitlin York and
miore than 20 seconds ahead of
the ‘third-place runner. Dara
Niemi (21:02.90) and
Stephanie Shea (21:04.59) fin
ished 15th and 17th, respective
ly. Freshman Amanda
MacArthur (21:27.32, 26th)
and Kim Gibson (21:49.80,
32nd) also placed for West as
the Lady Wolverines averaged
20:59.
Lambert at Coach Wood
Invitational (Gainesville)
BOYS: Jonathan Schwind’s
top-five finish helped Lambert
finish third overall, behind
Forsyth Central and Harrison,
in the Boys Varsity (Gold) race
in Gainesville. Schwind placed
fourth in 16 minutes, 48 sec
onds—lß seconds behind win
ner Colton Page of Allatoona.
Freshman Tyler Fox finished
next in 17:29.75, good for 12th
place. Christopher Sharp
(17:57, 32nd), Michael House
(18:02, 37th) and Jacob'Mm
(18:13.84, 47th) also placed for
ly in the first round.
The Longhorns have won
three straight following a 1-3
start. Lambert’s first-string
the Longhorns as Lambert fin
ished with an average time of
17:42 and 132 points.
GIRLS: Abby Fox finished
19th overall as the Lady
Longhorns placed ninth out of
22 teams in the Girls Varsity
(Gold) race at Coach Woed.
Fox (21 minutes, 24.61 sec
onds) was the only Lambert
runner in the top 60. Amanda
Thompson (22:42, 63rd), Elly
Sherman (22:48.67, 66th),
Anna McCarthy (22:50.57,
67th) and Kaylee Stilwell
(22:51, 68th) crossed the line
close together as the Lady
Longhorns averaged 22 min
utes, 31 seconds.
North Forsyth at .
Sharptop Invitational
BOYS: Jarred Benvenuto and
Anthony Verdirame—both
freshmen—led North to a 15th
place finish out of 22 teams on
Saturday at Roper Park in
Jasper, Ga. Benvenuto finished
in 78th with a 19-minute,
22.48-second run; Verdirame
placed 95th in 19 minutes, 36
seconds. Spencer Dooley
(20:00.96), Micah Lonholm
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defense has not given up a
touchdown during that stretch,
dating back to.a Sept. 19 loss to
Alpharetta.
(20:04.38) and Kyle Murberger
(20:05.62) were the other
Raider runners to place; North
averaged 19:49 with a 43-sec
ond split.
GIRLS: The Lady Raiders
finished eighth of 19 teams in
Pickens County, led by Caitlan
Hulsebus (21:46.58, 27th place)
and Gigi Fulkerson (22:02.82,
31st). Lauren Little (23:44) and
Stephanie Metzger (23:49)
placed consecutively in 68th
and 69th; Hannah Barrow was
the fifth North runner to finish
with a 24-minute, 47.29-second
run. The Lady Raiders aver
aged 23:14 with a split of three
minutes.
Pinecrest at Cummiflg
Fair Ground
On Saturday, the Pinecrest
cross country team participated
in the sixth-annual FAST PACE
RACE for prostate cancer
awareness and education. The
race was held in the streets of
downtown Cumming. Frank
Shorter, who won the marathon
in the 1972 Munich Olympics,
also attended the race.
Maria Carroll lead the team
3B
“In practice, coaches made it
a priority for the whole defense
to rua to the ball full speed and
everyone (o be in on tackles,”
Jean-Felix said. “We were still
trying to get people in the right
spots and unsure of who we
were as a team. We got on a roll
the past few weeks and we’ve
stayed there.”
West Forsyth awaits at The
Den this Friday. The Longhorns
mostly bottled up Pearson,
intercepting him twice, and
Lambert will see a similar quar
terback this week in Hampton
McConnell.
Smack talk started almost as
soon as the final horn sounded
last Friday in Lambert’s 3-0 win
and West’s 27-14 win over
South Forsyth. With both teams
sitting at 4-2 in Region
6-AAAAAA, Lambert-West
has major playoff implications.
It’s personal, too.
“We know it’s going to be a
good crowd and a good team,”
Jean-Felix said. “Trevor
[O’Brien] is going back to West
looking to beat his old team.
It'd be pretty great if we could
help him doit”
with a time of 21:36 (her seaso
best) and placed sixth in her
age group. Rebekah Hetzel
earned a new personal best with
a time of 23:52. Our other top
runners were Meghan Jennings
who placed 23rd in her age
group; Samhita Mallavarapu
earned a new personal-best
with a time of 24:39, and Lucy
Frain beat her previous time by
nearly three minutes. Lily
Starnes came back from a
sprained ankle and earned her
new PR with a time of 28:40
and Lauren Cobak destroyed
her previous time by nearly
four minutes. Charlotte
Peronne finished 23rd, Hannah
Lee placed 34th, Olivia Turner
25th, and Maddy Scandlen
27th.
The boys’ team was led by
Dominic Piron with a time of
21:10 (73rd), and Garrett Ruf
finished just behind him in 79th
place out of 398 runners.
Tommy Flores and David
Lindekugel finished 33rd and
34th for their age groups,
respectively.
— From staff reports