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PAGE 2B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 2012
Burnt Mountain Classic: A success
Tamela Stone/ Photos
PHS seniors at the Burnt Mountain Classic - Front: Mat
Maids-Emily Martin and Kaitlyn Cook. Back: wrestlers -
Robert Wofford, Austin Stone, Nathan Weaver and JT Wey-
man.
The Pickens High Wrestling
team hosted the annual Burnt
Mountain Classic this past week
end at PHS. Twenty teams from
across the state and even one
from Alabama came to Jasper to
take part in the wrestling tourna
ment. Teams participating in
cluded Towns, Sonoraville, Bob
Jones, Lumpkin, Carrollton, Se
quoyah, Creekview, Eastside,
Fayette, Stockbridge, Gilmer,
Buford, North West Whitfield,
Cherokee, Lovejoy, North
Oconee, Cartersville, East Jack-
son and Gordon Central.
The tournament itself saw
some great wrestlers from all
parts of the state. The team lead
would trade hands many times
throughout the two days, but in
the end it would be the lone team
from Alabama that would take
the title. Bob Jones would score
157 total points to best Cherokee
by 7, Gilmer by 10 and
Creekview by 17.5. Pickens
would finish 15th in the field.
Weight class winners in
cluded Blake Walker from
Cherokee (106 lbs.); Tyler Bailey
(113 lbs.) and Kevin Thompason
(138 lbs.), both from Eastside;
Jake Adcock (120 lbs.) and Tylor
Lujan (145 lbs.) from Carrollton;
Brice Romine (126 lbs.) and
Cody Kuhn (132 lbs.), both from
Sonoraville; Corey Alexander
(152 lbs.) and Nathaniel Nor
wood (195 lbs.) from Lovejoy;
Joey Ray (160 lbs.) from Gilmer;
Thomas Daniels (170 lbs.) from
Stockbridge; Chip Ness (182
lbs.) from Buford; and finishing
the winners out were Ryan
Stenger (220 lbs.) and Melvin
Gibbons (285 lbs.), both from
Bob Jones. Placers from Pickens
included Cameron Goss with a
4th place finish, Matthew De-
vory with a 5th place finish,
Dylan Nelson with a 6th place
finish and J.T. Weyman with a
5th place finish.
Overall the tournament was a
great success. The Pickens
Wrestling team would like to
thank everyone who made the
tournament possible. Many vol-
unteers/parents put in long hours
so that the tournament could run
as smoothly as it did, and their
hard work is very much appreci
ated by the wrestling team and
the high school.
JT Weyman - 5th place
(126 lbs) at BMC Wrestling
tournmanet at PHS.
Mathew Devroy - 5th place
(220 lbs) at BMC Wrestling
tournament at PHS.
Cameron Goss - 4th place
(HWT) at BMC Wrestling
tournament at PHS.
Continued from IB
’Nettes Basketball
Dean and LeMieux each with 2.
Cedartown Lady Bulldogs
Friday evening our ’Nettes
would travel to Cedartown to
take on the Lady Bulldogs for
our second and final meeting of
the season. Our first meeting was
awkward at best with the ’Nettes
winning in a blowout game with
a score of 77-25.
This game would prove little
different and again comes at a
bad time when we are trying to
get ready to face off again in the
near term against Cartersville
and Gilmer.
Although certainly not intend
ing to run up the score, the
’Nettes had no choice but to play
hard and get the best practice out
of this game they could. It was
an opportunity to work on the
press and man defense coverage
and that is just what the ladies
did. The Lady Bulldogs had great
difficulty with our press and al
though we didn’t have many out
right steals we forced them to
turn the ball over repeatedly on
bad passes or walking calls.
In the first quarter, Goss
would put up 7 points while
Smith and Gamer would each
kick in with 6. We would end the
first quarter with a 25-12 advan
tage over the Lady Bull Dogs.
The second quarter was
painful for the Lady Bulldogs as
Goss would just dominate the of
fensive side of the ball with 14
points in the quarter, outscoring
the entire Cedartown team who
only managed to put up seven
combined points in the quarter,
and we would go to the half up
49-19.
Fresh faces and legs would
represent the ’Nettes for the ma
jority of the second half but the
pace never changed and the
’Nettes just continued to frustrate
the Lady Bulldog offense and
seemed to work easily through
their defense and the game
would end in a victory for the
’Nettes 84-31.
Scoring for the ’Nettes would
be Goss with 27, Smith 18, Gar
ner 15, Mullinax 5, Angel,
Kalson, LeMieux and Dean each
with 3, Kapuscinski, Boggus and
Roberts with 2 each and Howell
with 1.
Continued from IB
Dragons Basketball
help of some Dragon turnovers.
In the end Pickens would convert
their free throws and beat the
Bulldogs 64-58 in a very impor
tant sub-region game.
Going into the game, Cedar
town was ahead of Pickens in the
sub-region standings. With the
win, the Dragons move back up
to 3rd place with Cartersville
only one game ahead of them.
Coach Steinhauer commented
that he was very proud of the
way his guys played in a tough
environment.
Sam Crawford lead the way
with 19 points and 7 rebounds,
followed up by Wesley Easter-
wood with 17 points, 6 rebounds
and 4 assists. Spencer Jones
would add 14 points, while Tan
ner Brumby put up 11 of his own
for the Dragons.
Next week will be a huge
week for Pickens as they play
sub-region leader Allatoona on
Friday and the 2nd place Hurri
canes next Tuesday; both at
home.
North Georgia racks up a win
By John Thigpen
After being upset by the
Johnson Ferry Saints in heart
breaking fashion, the North
Georgia Falcons looked to defeat
their next opponent, Cherokee
Christian Academy. They ac
complished their goal by leaving
Woodstock with a 52-36 win.
Led by the scoring of PG
Mike Randle and SG Josh
Nichols (who was returning
from an serious ankle sprain),
NG jump-started the first half
with a quick double digit lead.
North Georgia’s defense and re
bounding backed up their of
fense as they prevented
Cherokee from closing the gap.
The Falcon’s also made it a habit
of shooting free-throws; 20 of
them, to be exact. All this gave
North Georgia a 27-18 lead at
the half.
Cherokee came out in the sec
ond half with a refusal to give
up. Cherokee’s persistence, cou
pled with Randle sitting on the
bench due to foul trouble, was
enough to cause NG to worry in
the third quarter. The Falcon’s
battled through the adversity
however, and put the game out of
reach in the fourth quarter.
Randle led the team in scor
ing with 27 points. He was 8-9
from the free-throw line. Nichols
contributed with 15 points, going
an impressive 4-4 from beyond
the arc. He also had 3 assists.
Forwards Dacota Clark and Zane
McDaniel equally effective
imder the basket, both coming up
with 7 rebounds and 3 steals.
The Falcons turned the ball over
13 times, rebounded the ball 31
times, went 13-20 from the free-
throw line and 5-7 from the
three-point line.
North Georgia is now 9-2 on
the year.
The Pickens County
Recreation Depart
ment is now register
ing for T-Ball,
Baseball, and Soft-
ball. Registration
goes through Feb.
10th. Cost for T-Ball
is $75.00 and $85.00
for softball and base
ball. If you have any
questions contact the
Recreation Depart
ment at 706-253-8862
or 8863.
Racing Views
Peach Bowl Reunion number twenty-three
(Photos by Larry Sams)
Peach Bowl Speedway sign.
For everyone that is now
reading this column thinking that
they are about to read something
about a game played with a ball,
you need to move to the other
parts of the sports section. The
Peach Bowl we are talking about
is the original Peach Bowl. Not
the fake one that some football
promoters thought they could
make a lot of money promoting
and finally had to give up to
Chick-Fil-A. This is the Peach
Bowl Speedway Reunion for the
track that was the place for rac
ing in the city of Atlanta from
1949 until 1971.
The Peach Bowl Reunion
was the idea of former Peach
Bowl racer Jack Jackson. For
many years Jackson has herded
the friends and racers of the old
Peach Bowl together to remem
ber the glory days of the track
that was almost in the heart of
the city of Atlanta. The reins of
the party are now held by Susan
Milam Morgan, the daughter of
the late Peach Bowl promoter,
flagman, announcer Weyman
Milam.
It is always fun to find out
what the racers are doing now
that raced at the Peach Bowl dur
ing the years that it was in oper
ation. We get to see some racers,
car owners and fans that we
don’t see at any other time of the
year. The stories stay pretty
much the same from year to year
but the lives of those in the sto
ries change status.
One racer we always enjoy
catching up with is Charles
“Charlie” Bagwell. Charlie
raced at the Peach Bowl. He also
raced at all the other tracks in the
area. His claim to fame, other
than being the owner of Char
lie’s Trading Post, is that he has
raced in seven decades. This
year he will attempt to make it
eight decades he has raced in as
he plans a trip to Senoia Speed
way in Senoia to keep the string
alive. We all wish you well in the
attempt.
We also enjoy spending time
with our friend Charlie Padgett
and his son Chuck each year at
this event. Chuck is planning a
racing season of his own to con
tinue his career in racing. As for
Charlie he just keeps showing up
in every new photo album that
shows up at these events with
wins at places where we didn’t
even know he raced.
This year seemed to have sev
eral drag racers that we haven't
seen at prior reunions of the
Peach Bowl. Even though the
Peach Bowl was a paved oval
track all of the racing commu
nity is invited to eat the great
food, share their photos and sto
ries and enjoy the friends, racers
and car owners of the original
Peach Bowl.
The emcee for the event was
Captain Herb Emory of WSB
radio but he didn’t get to do
much talking as Jimmy
Mosteller took up one of his two
favorite past times, talking on a
portable microphone. His other
favorite is chewing on a Hav-A-
Tampa cigar. Did you know that
Mosteller for many years owned
one-thirteenth of Hav-A-Tampa?
I just hope he didn’t over do it at
age 85 and with the fragile con
dition that he has been in health
wise.
Each year the old race cars
and old hot rods are a high point
for many who attend the re
union. The old race cars allow us
to remember how things were in
those days and to see the many
changes that have taken place
over the years in race cars and
their construction. Most are of
the later model cars but you still
find some of those that raced in
the early days of the Peach Bowl
on hand.
If you missed the event this
year and think that you would
like to attend in the future you
should get in touch with Susan
Morgan or someone with the
Georgia Automobile Racing Hall
of Fame Association
(GARHOFA) and ask to be put
on their mailing list for next
year’s event. It is always held in
January.
The fan turnout this past
weekend was tremendous at both
Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold
on Saturday for the Cabin Fever
40.1 was told that there were 140
race cars on hand and the grand
stands were packed! Then on
Sunday afternoon, while I was at
the Peach Bowl Reunion in
Austell, the other racing fans
were in South Georgia at
Cordele’s Watermelon Capital
Speedway for the SpeedFest.
This time the car count was
lower, about 85(7), but the turn
out of fans filled the grand
stands! Let’s hope that this is the
start of a new filled-grandstand
trend.
After a quiet weekend the
racing will pick up again with
big shows at Screven Motor
Speedway in Sylvania with a
$20,000 to win feature race for
the World Of Outlaws Late
Model Series on Saturday night
and a $5,000 to win feature race
each night for the All Star Cir
cuit of Champions Sprint Car
Series. Golden Isles Speedway
in Brunswick with a $10,000 to
win race and at Waycross Motor
Speedway in Waycross with a
$10,000 feature. The races at
Waycross and Golden Isles will
be the Lucas Late Models. There
will be plenty of money on the
line for those teams coming
through the area on their way to
the winter racing in Florida.
This will be the weekend of Feb.
9-12.
Don’t forget to listen for us
on the Southern Race Week
radio show on your favorite
Georgia News Network station
with your host William Barber
and guest appearances by the
Jumper Cable Man. Consult the
Georgia News Networks website
or the Facebook page for South
ern Race Week for times and sta
tions.
Please give us your com
ments, information, questions,
and corrections by mail at P.O.
Box 1522, Woodstock, Ga.
30188-1522, or by e-mail at Jca-
bleman@aol.com
Jasper Middle School teams
bring home Future City awards
Jasper Middle School competed in its first Future City Competition last Saturday.
Over 150 teams were in the competition. JMS entered two teams.
There were 20 Special Awards given to the competing teams. JMS received two of
the 20 awards presented during the awards ceremony. Each JMS team received an
award.
JMS Team - Andronovo with Chris DiPunta, Christopher Densmore and Hunter
Thompson won an Award for Most Sustainable Buildings.
JMS Team - Cirtcele with Hannah Kilpatrick, Sadie Cornett and Ginny Morris
won an award for Best Engineering Concept.
For the Future City program, the teacher is Laurie Taylor and assisting teacher is
Sherry Carter.
The faculty at Jasper Middle commended students for bringing home awards the
first year they entered the competition.