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Friday, March 2, 2018
MAKING HISTORY
North girls keep cool against Hillgrove to reach first-ever state semifinal
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North Forsyth girls basketball players celebrate after defeating Hillgrove 68-63 in the Class 7A state quarterfinals Wednesday to reach the
state semifinals for the first time in program history. ,
By lan Frazer
ifrazer@forsythnews.com ;
As much as the North Forsyth girls basketball
team fought it, the thought couldn’t help but
What if we blow this? , ;
Hillgrove charged ahead in the second half of
Tuesday’s state quarterfinal game in Coal
Mountain, turning what was a commanding
Raiders lead into a much more precarious one.
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West girls
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By lan Frazer
ifrazer@forsythnews.com
The West Forsyth girls lacrosse team
had no concerns that its 24-1 over Oak
Mountain (Ala.) on Saturday would
cause cockiness or complacency. The
Wolverines know they’re more disci
plined, mature and driven than that.
Plus, as West head coach Barney
Marchand pointed out, the Wolverines
had another game during that weekend
stint in Chattanooga: An 8-7 loss to the
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CLASS 7A GIRLS BASKETBALL
STATE SEMIFINALS
North Forsyth vs. Westlake
When: Saturday, 6 p.m.
_ Where: Buford High School
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Lambert’s Melina West, left, reacts after scoring against South Forsyth on
Wednesday. West, a sophomore, is one of several new contributors for
the defending state champion Longhorns.
Sports Editor Brian Paglia can be reached at
sports@forsythnews.com or (770) 205-8982.
North had led by 10 at halftime and as much as
13 in the third quarter, but with 6:11 to play, after
the Hawks’ Michelle Smith hit two free throws,
the lead was just one.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God, we just had a lead by
10, and now-they’re-abeut to come back-and win
it,”” North sophomore guard Caroline Martin
said. .
But roughly 30 minutes later, the Raiders were
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girls hold
off rival
By Brian Paglia
bpaglia@forsythnews.com
One game, the Lambert girls soccer
team can create dozens of scoring
opportunities and need overtime to find
a goal. The next, the Longhorns can
struggle and get goals almost by acci
dent.
That was the feeling after Anna
Sullivan’s goal in the second half
Tuesday against South Forsyth. Already
up a goal against South Forsyth on
Tuesday, Sullivan collected a loose ball
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