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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010
JHS BOYS TENNIS
JHS BASEBALL
Dragons
THE JEFFERSON Dragons
tennis team saw themselves
up against a real challenge last
Thursday, as they squeaked
out a win over North Oconee
3-2.
The Dragons picked up
wins at number one singles
from Zach Bost, who won in
set scores of 6-3, 6-0. They
also won at number three
singles with Ben Daniels
winning in set scores of 6-2,
7- 5.
The number two doubles
team of Sky Porter and Trevor
Castellaw won in sets of 6-3,
6-4.
The Dragons traveled to
Lakeview Academy on
Tuesday, coming away with
another win to go 5-0 on the
season with a 4-1 victory.
Ben Daniels won in sets of
6-1 and 6-2 at number one.
Sky Porter won in sets of 7-6,
8- 6 and 6-2 at number two.
Matt Buchana won in sets of
6-3 and 6-3 at number three.
Trevor Castellaw and
Austin Pratt won in sets of
6-3 and 6-1 at number two
doubles.
Up next for the Dragons
is a trip to Walnut Grove on
Thursday.
JHS GIRLS SOCCER
remain undefeated
WATCH CLOSELY
Jefferson’s Ben Daniel keeps his eye on the ball during
a recent match. Photo by Mike Buffington
JHS loses to Walnut Grove, Athens Academy
GETTING THERE
Kalie Valasquez (left) works to get to the ball at a recent
match.
THE LADY Dragons of
Jefferson are looking for some
traction early on in their 2010
soccer season.
Last Wednesday, the Lady
Dragons traveled to Walnut
Grove to face the Lady Warriors
in their first area match of the
season, only to come home
with a 4-0 loss.
On Friday, Jefferson played
host to Athens Academy and
hoped to see their fortunes
shift. That didn't happen,
however, as the Lady Spartans
won 7-1, handing Jefferson
their second area loss of the
young season.
The Lady Dragons will look
for their first win of the season
on Friday, as they play host
to the Lady Eagles of East
Jackson. Start time is sched
uled for 5 p.m.
Dragons defeat Madison, Commerce
MAKING CONTACT
Kyle Hardy connects on a pitch against Banks County.
Photo by Justin Poole
THE JEFFERSON Dragons
added to their win columns
this week, with victories over
Madison County, Commerce
and East Jackson.
The Dragons next play host
to North Oconee on Friday in
their second region game of the
season.
First pitch is scheduled for
5:30 p.m.
MADISON COUNTY
Fresh off their first win of the
year against Madison County,
the Dragons next played host to
the Red Raiders on Thursday,
hoping to score another vic
tory.
Madison County had other
ideas, however, and jumped out
to an early 2-0 lead by the end
of the first inning. After holding
the Red Raiders scoreless in the
top of the second, Jefferson put
three runners across in the bot
tom of the inning to take con
trol of the game. The Dragons
would add four more runs to
their tally by the end of the
third, holding a five run advan
tage over Madison County.
The Red Raiders began trying
to mount a charge in the fourth
inning, getting one runner
across, then a second one in the
top of the fifth. But Jefferson
slammed the door by putting
three across in the bottom of the
fifth. Madison County would
score twice more in the top of
the sixth, but Jefferson would
answer with one of their own in
the bottom of the inning. In the
end, Jefferson came away with
a decisive 11-6 victory.
Jamie Sexton recorded the
win from the mound, giving
up seven hits and four runs
while striking out four in five
innings.
Corey Wilkins went 2-3 at
the plate with five RBIs. Jake
Fields went 1-4 with two RBIs.
Caleb Meek went 2-4.
COMMERCE
On Saturday, it was the lat
est renewal in the ongoing
rivalry between Jefferson and
the Commerce Tigers, and
Jefferson hosted Commerce in
an afternoon game.
It seemed to be a draw early
on, with neither team seeming
to be able to get their first run
on the board. Jefferson finally
got one across in the bottom
of the fourth, following it with
two more in the bottom of the
fifth, and another in the bottom
of the sixth as Commerce was
plagued by errors.
In the end, the Dragons held
the Tigers to just two hits, and
kept them scoreless on the
afternoon as Jefferson went on
to win 4-0.
Jake Fields recorded the win,
giving up two hits while strik
ing out seven in just over five
innings.
Kyle Hardy led at the plate,
going 2-3 with 2 RBIs. Lucas
Redd went 2-3 with a run
scored.
EAST JACKSON
On Tuesday, the Dragons
played host to the Eagles of
East Jackson.
Jefferson took control early
on, putting five runners across
the plate in the bottom of the
first. The Eagles scored one
run each in the top of the sec
ond and the third, but would
score no more after that.
Jefferson put eight more
across in the bottom of the
fourth and went on to win
13-2.
Jamie Sexton recorded the
win, giving up just two hits and
striking out five in five innings.
Drew Carson had three RBIs
on the night off of a home
run. Evan Williamson also put
one out of the park during the
game.
JHS BOYS TRACK AND FIELD
Dragons open track season Friday
THE JEFFERSON Dragons track and field
team is set to get their 2010 season underway
on Friday.
Jefferson's boys will open their season by
hosting Greater Atlanta Christian, Riverside,
Hart County and Flowery Branch on Friday
at 4 p.m..
From there, the Dragons will take part
in the GAC Invitational in Norcross on
March 20, then play host to East Jackson and
Oglethorpe County on March 23 before round
ing out the month of March by hosting Elbert
County, Flowery Branch, North Oconee and
Westminster on March 26.
Dragons continued from IB
was able to move to within
two points, but the Dragons
would again pull away
thanks for free throws made
in the last few minutes of
the game.
With just seconds left
on the clock, the Wildcats
again cut the lead to two
points, but got no closer as
Jefferson held on to win
58-56, their 17th consecu
tive game of the season.
Darius Minor led Jefferson
in scoring with 20 points.
J.J. Damons scored 18.
“It was a close game,” said
coach Bolling DuBose. “It
certainly got to a point late
in the game where either
team could have won. We
did a good job defensive
ly of not allowing them to
shoot the ball very well late
in the game, so they were
never able to get the lead
from us."
CALLAWAY
Wednesday's victory
over Westminster sent the
Dragons to the Elite Eight.
They traveled on Friday to
Dalton to face the Callaway
Cavaliers.
Callaway took con
trol early on, moving out
to 21-19 advantage by the
end of the first quarter.
Jefferson would continue to
trail through the next quar
ter, but the Cavaliers began
to pull away by the end, car
rying a 37-31 advantage into
halftime.
The Dragons would begin
to turn things around in the
third quarter. First they lim
ited Callaway to just eight
points in the quarter while
adding 11 to their tally to
move to within three, 45-42,
by the end of the quarter.
Jefferson then began bear
ing down hard, taking a slim
51-50 lead with just under
three minutes remaining.
With just over a minute left,
it was a one-point game.
In the end, Jefferson held
Callaway to just 21 points
in the second half to come
away with a dramatic 65-58
victory, and move them
selves into the final four in
Macon.
Darius Minor scored 26
points, with 11 of those
coming in the fourth quar
ter. J.J. Damons scored 13
points on the night.
“That was just a huge win,”
DuBose said. “I thought
Callaway was very talented.
We had to play extremely
well in order to win that
game and I thought our kids
made great adjustments dur
ing the game to do that."
Now the Dragons turn
their attention to Thursday
and the final four at Macon.
“These guys have won so
many close games in the
playoffs,” DuBose said.
“Thomasville is without
a doubt the best team that
we will have seen all year,
but right now I wouldn’t
put anything past our guys.
They’re playing with a lot of
confidence, and they know
they can win close games.”
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