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November 5, 2020
PHS boys win region x-country
This is the third consecu
tive (4th in the last 5 years)
region championship for the
PHS boys' cross-country
team.
PHS boys took 4 of the
top 5 spots and finished with
a team score of 26 (second
place team had 71 points).
A boy from Pickens has
been the individual Region
XC champion for 7 of the last
8 years.
Seth White, the region
champ for the second con
secutive year.
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The region winning team (l-r) Eli Eubanks, Noah Jones, Mason Ford, Seth White, Andrew Williams, Connor Hedg-
petli and Will Dodson. Not shown, Will Hall.
Dragons prepare for
return to region play
PHS back in action Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
The 2020 football season has been an
eventful one for the Pickens Dragons. The
team is currently 2 and 4 on the year and
heading into the final stretch of the season.
Two weeks ago, after an abundance of
caution because of medical concerns, the
Dragons were placed in quarantine. This
caused the cancelation of the games be
tween Ridgeland and Central Carrollton.
Luckily for the Dragons, Ridgeland had the
same bye week as Pickens and the two
teams were able to reschedule the game for
this Saturday at 5:30. The games were
scheduled for Saturday in order to ensure
the availability of referees. The Dragons
enter the game 0 and 1 in region play after
falling to Cedartown in their first region
contest. Ridgeland comes into the game 1
and 1 in region play. The Panthers beat Her
itage in a close contest before falling to
Cedartown.
The Dragons’ offense will rely heavily
on their senior playmakers when they wel
come the Panthers on Saturday night. Jarod
Whitmore has led the Dragons on the
ground this season behind the blocking of
Sam Stout and Anthony Jones. Out on the
perimeter, senior wide receivers Mykel
Hand and Clay Shoffer will look to con
tinue their successful senior campaigns. On
defense Sy Chadwick and Chase Nelson
will be looking to slow down a very high-
powered Panther offense.
Pickens will be trying to even up their
region record this Saturday when Ridge
land makes the long trek to Dragon Sta
dium.
Silver Comet Trail to grow in 2021
By Dave Williams
Bureau Chief
Capitol Beat News Service
ATLANTA - The Georgia
Board of Natural Resources
signed off in October on a
plan to extend the popular
Silver Comet Trail in Cobb
County.
Board members unani
mously approved agreements
with Cobb County, the state
Department of Transporta
tion and the Forest Park-
based nonprofit PATH
Foundation to add 2.3 miles
onto the eastern end of the
trail, taking it inside the Inter
state 285 perimeter for the
first time.
The Silver Comet Trail
runs for 61.5 miles along an
abandoned rail line from
Smyrna west through Cobb,
Paulding and Polk counties
to the Georgia/Alabama line.
The paved trail is used prima
rily for biking and hiking.
The new extension ulti
mately will allow the trail to
connect with the Atlanta
Beltline. To accomplish that
aim, another extension will
be needed to cross the Chat
tahoochee River.
The PATH Foundation has
agreed to build the extension
at no cost to the state, Steve
Friedman, chief of real estate
for the Georgia Department
of Natural Resources (DNR),
told board members Tuesday.
Cobb County will operate
and maintain the new section
of the trail, he said.
The project is expected to
be completed by the end of
next year, Friedman said.
This week in Sports History
by Ethan Swiech
November 1 -
November 7
November 1st:
On this day in 1924, the
Boston Bruins became the
first American franchise to
join the National Hockey
League. Before Boston's ar
rival, the league consisted of
four clubs, which included
the Montreal Canadiens,
Toronto St. Patricks (Maple
Leafs), Ottawa Senators and
Hamilton Tigers. One month
later, the Bruins played their
first NHL game, where they
pulled out a 2-1 win over an
other expansion team, the
Montreal Maroons.
November 2nd:
On this day in 1969, an
aerial shootout took place be
tween the St. Louis "Foot
ball" Cardinals and New
Orleans Saints. The quarter
backs, Billy Kilmer of the
Saints and Charley Johnson
of the Cards, each threw for
six touchdowns. By games'
end, the 12 combined scores
set the NFL record for the
most touchdown passes be
tween two quarterbacks in a
single game. Johnson com
pleted 20 of 37 passes for 374
yards while Kilmer went 22
of 32 for 345 yards. Four of
Johnson's scoring strikes
went to Dave Williams, who
finished with eight catches
for 164 yards. Kilmer threw
a pair each to receivers,
Danny Abramowicz and
Dave Parks, and New Or
leans outlasted St. Louis, 51-
42.
November 3rd:
On this day in 1996, San
Francisco 49ers' wide re
ceiver, Jerry Rice, became
the first pass-catcher in NFL
history to collect 1,000 re
ceptions. Rice achieved this
milestone during the Niners'
24-17 victory over the New
Orleans Saints in the Super-
dome. He needed just three
catches to reach four digits
and one of those resulted in a
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Increase trout fishing
success at delayed
harvest streams
The combination of stocking and catch/release allows
for good trout catch rates and high angler satisfaction, says
the Wildlife Resources Division of the delayed harvest sea
son, which began November 1.
DNR Press Release
Are trout streams calling
you to go fish Georgia?
Beautiful weather and fantas
tic scenery await you in the
northern part of the state, and
beginning in November, trout
fishing on Georgia’s delayed
harvest trout streams will be
in full swing, according to
the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources’ Wildlife
Resources Division.
While trout fishing is now
year-round in Georgia, de
layed harvest streams are
managed to increase angler
success. John Lee Thomson,
the Wildlife Resources Divi
sion trout stocking coordina
tor says “Five trout streams
are seasonally managed
under special regulations
called Delayed Harvest.
These DH [delayed harvest]
streams have catch-and-re-
lease regulations from No
vember 1-May 14, and are
stocked monthly by WRD
and other partner agencies
like the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and South
Carolina DNR. This combi
nation of stocking and
catch/release allows for good
trout catch rates and high an
gler satisfaction.”
The five trout streams
managed under delayed har
vest regulations are:
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DNR launches updated
birding & wildlife trails
DNR Press Release
Seeing wildlife while ex
ploring historic sites along
Georgia’s coast is easier and
more engaging thanks to a
new website and app features
announced today by the
Georgia Department of Nat
ural Resources.
The launch of geor-
giabirdingtrails.com and the
addition of a trail function to
the Go Outdoors Georgia app
are part of DNR Wildlife Re
sources Division efforts to
expand its Georgia Birding
and Wildlife Trails program.
The upgrades offer improved
accessibility to wildlife view
ing resources and support
Georgia’s strong interest in
birding and other wildlife
watching, activities that pack
a $2 billion annual economic
impact statewide.
The Colonial Coast Bird
ing Trail, developed in 1999
and Georgia’s premier state
wildlife trail, is the first trail
updated under the new Bird
ing and Wildlife Trails pro
gram.
Continued on Page 7B
Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Braves
Roster
Moves
(Part 2)
Last week, we began
exploring potential roster
construction for the 2021
Braves. Let’s continue
with the departing free
agents who obviously no
longer fit into the plan. At
lanta did not extend quali
fying offers to anyone,
therefore all of these play
ers officially became free
agents.
Cole Hamels ($18 mil
lion) suffered repeated,
nagging injuries, and basi
cally, Atlanta received
nothing for its investment
in the soon to be 37 year
old starting pitcher. Per
sonally, I would not even
considering resigning him
to a $ 1 million minor
league deal as if he would
accept such a low-ball
offer.
Perhaps mercifully if
not soon enough, the
Braves’ relationship with
starting pitcher Mike
Foltynewicz ($6,425 mil
lion) will end. I doubt if
anyone associated with or
a fan of this franchise has
an ounce of confidence left
in the former all-star.
Sadly, outfielder and
Georgia native Nick
Markakis ($4 million)
grew old since 2019. His
splendid swing which pro
duced over 500 doubles
during a lengthy career has
slowed and can no longer
catch up to high 90s
pitches as we saw in the
NLCS. Atlanta resigned
him to a two year contract
after 2018 as a stopgap
until top prospects Chris
tian Pache and Drew Wa
ters were ready for the big
leagues and the Greek ful
filled that assignment be
cause at least Pache
appears ready now.
Similarly, Tyler Flow
ers ($4 million) signed a
matching deal after 2018
to fill a void until catching
sensation William Contr
eras developed into a
MLB catcher. The rookie
started 4 games and batted
.400 in the first week of
2020 while Travis d’Ar-
naud recovered from
Covid-19. Contreras
should earn the backup job
in spring of 2021.
The Braves declined a
$3.5 million team option
on relief pitcher Darren
O’Day. At 38 years old
and despite having a
strong showing in 2020,
the team was unwilling to
make that large an invest
ment in him.
Pablo Sandoval and the
five remaining non-roster
free agents do not really
bring any value to this
team with the possible ex
ception of Felix Hernan
dez if he was willing to
sign another minor league
deal and not opt out in
2021.
Now, what about the
free agents that we have
not mentioned that we
might like to resign?
I would take a cheap in
surance policy for the in
field namely Adeiny
Hechavarria. At $1 mil
lion, the veteran can play
second base, third base
and shortstop well enough
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