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South Forsyth forces Game 3
By Foster Lander
flander@forsythnews.com
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. " By Foster Lander and Brian Paglia
flander@forsythnews.com; bpaglia@forsythnews.com
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Forsyth Central’s Pierce Pierce Nufer, Forsyth Central
Nufer, Lambert’s Will : "
Dunavant, North Forsyth's Jr. LB/FB/P
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Forsyth's Alan Pearson Forsyth Central utility man (linebacker, fullback,
and South Forsyth's Drew punter) Pierce Nufer had to look inward after last sea-
Witalis. son as to why he wasn’t playing more. It wasn’t the
coaches, it wasn’t his teammates — it was the effort he
had been giving.
Problem solved.
Central coach Shane Williamson had high praise for
Nufer during fall practice, saying he loved the junior’s
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Sports Editor Brian Paglia can be reached at sports@forsythnews.com or (770) 205-8982.
And you’d better believe that
the Lady War Eagles will sit in
the same places — uniforms
might even go unwashed — as
South travels back to
Brookwoed on Thursday for a
deciding Game 3 (6 p.m.) with
a berth in the Elite 8 in
Columbus at stake. Brookwood
took Game 1, 1-0, before South
clung to a 3-2 win in Game 2 to
earn a split.
Brookwood junior pitcher
Amanda Ablan shut No. 10
South down in Game 1, work
ing seven scoreless innings and
striking out 13, and drove in the
game’s only run with a first
inning single to lead the third
ranked Lady Broncos to a 1-0
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South’s Game 3 against
Brookwood in a game that
ended too late for this edi
tion.
win.
Kara Bilodeau started Game
NFL
seek ‘home’
in the UK
Atlanta look to
overcome four-game
losing streak, injuries
WATFORD, England (AP) — The
Atlanta Falcons are a long way from
the Georgia Dome.
But they are getting ready for a
“home” game in London against the
Detroit Lions.
Reeling from a four-game losing
streak and several injuries, the Falcons
(2-5) are not out of it in the mediocre
NFC South.
The Falcons enter the week trailing
the Saints (2-5) and Panthers (3-3-1).
“As bad and as ugly as it’s been in the
last couple of weeks, we're still right in
the mix,” quarterback Matt Ryan said
after the team arrived Monday to over
come a trans-Atlantic dose of jetlag.
For the second time in an injury-filled
season, Ryan will be taking snaps from
a new center: undrafted rookie James
Stone.
The Falcons’ first backup, Peter
Konz, tore ligaments in his left knee
Sunday in the Falcons’ 29-7 loss to the
Baltimore Ravens. He became the
fourth starting lineman to suffer a sea
son-ending injury this year.
Ryan and coach Mike Smith
expressed confidence in Stone’s ability
to learn quickly, but know he will face a
challenge in Ndamukong Suh and the
rest of the Lions’ ferocious pass rush.
“James is a very good young football
player that understands the game. He
impressed us early on with his ability to
identify fronts and change protections.
He is an intelligent young guy,” Smith
said. “He just doesn’t have any experi
ence.”
Stone is hardly the only one facing
new experiences as the NFL pursues its
experiment of developing European
interest in the American sport with the
second of three games at London’s
Wembley Stadium this season.
Many of the Falcons had never trav
eled overseas before Monday.
When they arrived at London’s
Heathrow Airport, they went immedi
ately to an elementary school to teach
local kids some NFL fundamentals, and
were instructed by coaches to push
through the jetlag by staying awake
well past sundown.
Many players found it difficult to fol
low that advice and were still feeling
jetlag on Wednesday as practice opened
at the London training ground of
Arsenal, one of Britain’s top soccer
clubs.
“I was in and out. I think I woke up at
2 o’clock,” said receiver Julio Jones,
describing his first night’s attempt to
sleep on the European clock. “It’s diffi-
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2 for the Lady War Eagles and
worked in and out of trouble,
leaving the bases loaded in the
first and runners on second and
third base in the third inning.
Bilodeau (3 2/3 IP, 4 H, 3 88,
8 K) held the Lady Broncos to
one run before giving way to
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