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5 local athletes make college commitments
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Forsyth Central senior Jake Bump is the third football player from the
county to verbally commit to Birmingham-Southern this year.
PREPROUNDUP
North baseball defeats Archer to improve to 10-1
From staff reports
BASEBALL
Woodstock 11,
Forsyth Central 0
The Bulldogs managed just one hit in
a non-region loss Wednesday at home.
Woodstock starter Chandler Koerner
struck out four in five complete innings
while Bulldogs pitcher allowed 10 hits.
Central (1-10) also committed six
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North Forsyth 6, Archer 1
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Pastner still upbeat after Techs tumultuous season
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By Charles Odum
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Josh Pastner describes
Georgia Tech’s tumultuous season as a
“perfect storm.”
The coach insists the waves of losses,
injuries and off-the-court problems —
including a lawsuit filed against him —
won’t sink the team’s ship.
The always optimistic Pastner
remained upbeat about the Yellow
Jackets’ future this week. Georgia Tech
(13-19) lost to Boston College 87-77 in
the first round of the Atlantic Coast
Conference Tournament on Tuesday. He
said the loss was “kind of like the
microcosm of our team this entire year.”
Just as Georgia Tech faced an uphill
fight most of the season, the Yellow
Jackets played from behind against
Boston College, cutting a 20-point defi
cit to six points before the comeback
fell short.
“When we get ourselves into a hole,
we fight our way out of it, we just don’t
—the hole is sometimes a little bit too
deep,” Pastner said.
Many events contributed to the sea
son-long problems.
The chaos-filled season began with
two of the team’s top players, Josh
Okogie and Tadric Jackson, serving sus-
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Bardall had two hits and three RBI as
the Raiders earned a non-region victory
Wednesday on the road.
Brody Westbrooks got the win for
North (10-1), allowing one run in six
innings with five strikeouts.
Colin Sanders drove in two runs for
the Raiders, while Nicky DalMolin
added two hits. '
Pinecrest Academy 6,
Whitefield Academy 3
Ben Gobbel had two RBI as the
Paladins used a big inning to earn a
Region 6-1 A victory Wednesday at
home.
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pensions of six and three games, respec
tively, for accepting benefits in violation
of NCAA rules. Assistant coach Darryl
Laßarrie resigned during the ongoing
NCAA investigation.
When Georgia Tech announced on
Nov. 2 it self-reported results of its
internal investigation which showed
Jackson and Okogie received apparel,
meals and transportation valued at less
than $525 and less than $750, respec
tively, the school did not name the per
son providing those benefits.
Former Georgia Tech booster Ron
Bell told CBS Sports later in November
he was the person who provided plane
tickets for the players to his Arizona
home as well as other gifts. Bell alleged
he provided those gifts with Pastner’s
approval. .
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Forsyth Central senior Eli Smith ver
bally committed to run cross country for
Bernedictine University on Wednesday.
Smith was a first-team all-county
selection this past season who finished
26th in Class 7A at the state champion
ship meet.
Smith would join a Benedictine pro
gram in Lisle, 111., that competes in the
Northern Athletics Collegiate
Conference.
Taft commits to Guilford :
North Forsyth senior Logan Taft ver
bally committed to play volleyball at
Guilford College on Monday.
Taft was an all-county and all-area
selection this past season with the
Raiders. The setter had 1,332 assists to
go along with 250 digs and 60 aces to
help North to its best season in school
history with a 38-10 record and run to
the Class 7A state semifinals.
Taft would join a Guilford program
that went 12-11 overall and 5-6 in the
Old Dominion Athletic Conference this
past season.
McGlockton commits :
to Lindenwood
South Forsyth senior Hannah
McGlockton committed to play volley
ball at Lindenwood University on Feb.
27.
The outside hitter was an all-county
Patrick O’Rourke got the win for
Pinecrest (6-5, 1-1), striking out eight
over 5 1/3 innings.
The Paladins scored all six of their
runs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Caleb Bohn added two hits.
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WOODSTOCK - Ben Ferrer struck
six in a complete-game performance but
the War Eagles dropped a non-region
game Tuesday on the road.
Ferrer scattered six hits over six
innings and allowed the Eagles’ lone
run in the bottom of the third inning, but
he got little help from South’s lineup.
In January, Pastner filed a defamation
lawsuit against Bell and Bell’s girl
friend, Jennifer Pendley, saying they
were trying to defame and blackmail
him by alleging he broke NCAA rules.
In February, Bell and Pendley filed a
lawsuit against Pastner, alleging sexual
assault and sexual battery. Pastner
strongly denied accusations made in the
countersuit that he sexually assaulted
Pendley in February 2016 when he was
the Memphis coach.
Meanwhile, Georgia Tech couldn’t
overcome season-ending injuries to
Curtis Haywood II on Jan. 31 and start
ing point guard Jose Alvarado on Feb.
11. Haywood started seven games. The
loss of Alvarado was especially devas
tating.
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and all-region selection this past season
when she led the War Eagles with 352
kills to go along with 265 digs. :
McGlockton would join a’
Lindenwood program that went 20-13"
overall and 11-7 in the Mid-American’
Intercollegiate Athletics Association this
past season.
Bump commits to
Birmingham-Southern
Forsyth Central senior Jake Bump
verbally committed to play football at
Birmingham-Southern College on Feb.
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The defensive back had 51 tackles
including three for.losses with one inter
ception for the Bulldogs this past sea
son.
Bump would join a Birmingham-
Southern program that went 3-7 overall
and 2-6 in the Southérn Athletic
Association this past season.
Beil commits to Piedmont
South Forsyth senior Jessica Beil ver
bally committed to play volleyball at
Piedmont College on Feb. 9.
Beil was an all-county and all-area
selection this past season for the War
Eagles. She had a team-best 437 digs to
help South reach the Class 7A state
quarterfinals.
Beil would join a Piedmont program
that went 16-11 overall and 8-4 in the
USA South Conference this past season.
Etowah starter Andrew Shaw allowed
just one hit over 6 1/3 innings while
striking out eight.
Cooper Davidson had the lone hit for
the War Eagles (5-4).
GIRLS SOCCER
Miiton 3, Lambert 0
The Longhorns dropped a Region
5-7 A game Tuesday at home.
Lambert (3-3-1, 2-2) managed just
one shot on goal against the Eagles
(5-0-0, 3-0), who had 10.
ACC without a point guard,” Pastner
said.
Pastner said the focus returned to bas
ketball by the end of the season, but he
-acknowledged it was a lot to endure.
“It was like everything hit at once this
year,” he said. “It was back to back to
back to back ... a perfect storm in one
season.”
Georgia Tech won its last two games
of the regular season, but there was no
happy ending in the ACC Tournament.
“It’s not where we wanted to be,”
Jackson said. “To lose the first round,
and could have had a chance to win, it
just hurt, just deep down.”
It was a dramatic contrast to the 2016-
17 season, when Pastner exceeded
expectations by leading the Yellow
Jackets to 21 wins and a spot in the NIT
final.
Pastner must replace Jackson and cen
ter Ben Lammers. Even before the sea
son ended, the coach already was look
ing forward to Alvarado’s return at point
guard next season, along with the con
tinued development of other freshmen.
including forwards Evan Cole, a South
Forsyth grad, and Moses Wright.
Okogie, who led the team with his
average of 18.2 points per game, will be
the top returning starter. y
Pastner said he was told when hired
by Georgia Tech he’d win no more than
20 games his first two years.
“We're at 34 with 14 ACC wins over
two years,” he said. “I still believe in
where we’re going, our vision and how
we’re going to get there.”