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November 19, 2020
Friday’s game a must-win for PHS
Pickens lost to Heritage
last Friday night by a score of
23 to 7.
The Dragons received the
opening kickoff and started
with the ball at their own 32-
yard line. The offense went
right to work, moving the ball
down the field into scoring
range. Devin Hand finally
got free for the Dragons,
scoring from 11 yards out.
The score capped off an 11
play 68-yard drive. Jose’
Sanchez knocked through the
extra point to give Pickens
the 7-0 lead.
Unfortunately, that would
be the final score of the night
for the Dragons. The Pickens
defense would hold strong
throughout the first quarter,
embracing the bend but never
broke mentally against the
Generals.
Finally, in the second
quarter the Generals were
able to get rolling on offense.
Heritage found the endzone
late in the second quarter to
tie the game, and then again
after a Dragon fumble gave
them the ball with a short
field. The Dragons went to
halftime trailing 14-7.
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to open up the second half. The offense could not take
After moving into Dragon advantage of the turnover and
territory, Mykel Hand came was forced to punt. Unfortu-
up with a leaping interception nately, the snap to the punter
to give Pickens the ball back.
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photos/Robin Dunn
Devin Hand and Kadyn Hampton bring down a Gener
als’runner in the region game last week. Hampton, a soph
omore, led the team with 15 tackles.
Recreation teams wrap up
outstanding football season
8U Players and Cheerleaders: Football Players: Max Stellmaker, Isaiah Shutts, John
Buonocore, Israel Duncan, Jalan Cochran, Brody Holmes, William Waters, William
Walker, Drew Bannister, Gavin Carver, Sawyer Jones, Lucas Fields, Graham Lunn, Kal
Weaver, Peyton McCowan, Jebadiah Skiver, Evan Horton, Cain Adams, Mason Glancies,
Mason Moutardier and Braylin Hughes. Head Coach: Nick Weaver. Cheerleaders: Ja-
zlyn Leonard, Lily Peterson, Blayke Stoecklein, Allie Fitzgerald, Karlie Watson, Leah
McDonald, Perseus Sanchez, Avery Langmesse, Nevaeh Blodgett, Josie Johns, Aubrie
Jones, Ellie Stone, Harmony Fife, Kassi McClure, Kylie Maki, Madeline Pack, Sage
Piper, Kennedi Starks and Addy Grant. Head Coaches: Chasity Fitzgerald and Tiffany
Watson.
9U Players and Cheerleaders: Football Players'. Ty Wyman, Kash Watson, Brayden
Bryant, Matthew Valeriana, Diesel Poole, Garrett Patterson, Bryce Coleman Bentley Pruitt,
Grayson Hammontree, Hunter Blackburn, Gregory Smith, Noah Rice, Benson Blalock,
Ethan Dodd, Malichi Farr, Titus Poole, Jackson Hooper, Levi Matthews, Carter Russell-
Howland, Maddox Lowery, Grayer Garza and Camden Hames. Head Coach: Brad Low
ery. Cheerleaders: Taylor Greendale, Briaali McArthur, Allison Ziegler, Riley Godfrey,
Miley Sperin and Anabella Saben. Head Coach: Carol Denhartog.
Last Saturday the Pickens County 6U, cheerleaders, coaches, and parents on an
8U and 9U competed in the Mountain Ath- outstanding year. All of Pickens County
letic Conference Super Bowl IV. While looks forward to seeing these boys and girls
none of the teams were winners in their compete next year. Go Dragon Nation
games, they all had and outstanding season. Football.
PCRD would like to thank the players,
6U Players and Cheerleaders: Football Players: Eli Roper, Tyson Turner, Braxton Jar-
rett, Benjamin Stellmaker, Ellijay Garcia, Devin Kinsey, Jase Gilbert, Kase Dean, Hunter
Haydon, Wyatt Burnett, Bryson Ridings, Sylas Boyd, Cason Patterson, Jake Kirby,
Zachary Prather, Drake Farr, Leihum Rice, Braydon Moya, Jackson McArthur, Brody
Henson and Luca Patterson. Head Coaches: Kevin Kinsey and Brian Kirby. Cheer
leaders: Addison Mathews, Ridleigh McArthur, Esmerelda Lumsden, Quinn Haradon,
Alisa Blackburn, Anslee Burgess, Madilyn Sperin, Anzley Roland, Kloe Daman, Mcken-
zie Jackson, Ellie Roberts, Sadie Hill, Avarie Skiver, Rain McArthur, Charlotte Turner,
Kyla Lester, Paisley King, Nyla Saben and Leighkin Adamson. Head Coaches: April
Daman and Kodi Haradon.
Jr. Dragons wrestlers
off to solid start
139# class RJMullins.
The Jr. High wrestling
season got underway last
week with an opening night
win vs. Towns County.
The Dragons were back
in action Saturday, as they
hosted the Burnt Mountain
Duals. The team finished in
the top four with a 3-2
record for the day. Several
wrestlers got their first win
of the short season. The team
has a total of 21 wrestlers
and 20 competed in this
weekend's duals.
According to Head Coach
Scot Raymond, "The team
would like to thank the
many volunteers that do-
Continued on Page 5B
210# class David Klein
This week In
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Sports History
by Ethan Swiech
November 15 -
November 21
November 15th:
On this day in 1970,
Cincinnati Bengals' head
coach, Paul Brown, defeated
his former team, the Cleve
land Browns, 14-10, refer
ring to the victory as the
"greatest moment of his life".
Brown founded the Browns'
franchise and served as head
coach, general manager and
part-owner from 1946 until
1962. However, Art Modell
was hired to take over the
ownership responsibilities in
1963 and immediately butted
heads with Brown. As a re
sult of this contentious rela
tionship, Brown was fired
while Modell continued run
ning his team. Brown never
forgot the conflict, but in
stead of running away, he es
tablished his second NFL
team, the Bengals, in 1968.
Two years later, the Bengals
met the Browns for the sec
ond time. Cleveland won the
first meeting, 30-27, and had
its eye on a sweep after tak
ing a 10-0 lead in the second
encounter. Cincinnati re
sponded with two unan
swered touchdowns,
including the game-winner
from running back, Paul
Robinson, in the third quar
ter. Brown led the Bengals to
seven consecutive wins en
route to their first AFC Cen
tral Division title in franchise
history. His eight seasons in
Cincy produced four winning
campaigns, three playoff
Continued on Page 5B
Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Hot
Seat
On Sunday following a
devastating 59-42 loss to
Ole Miss, South Carolina
fired head football coach
and former Georgia Bull
dog Will Muschamp. Did
anybody see this action
coming?
Obviously, my barome
ter was wrong because I
thought every SEC head
coach was reasonably safe
in 2020 because of money.
Covid forced abbreviated
schedules and limited if
not excluded fan atten
dance which greatly de
creased revenue for every
school. Those factors com
bined with the increasingly
large buyout clauses
(Muschamp’s equalled
$15 million) in coaching
contracts convinced me
that head coaches would
get mulligans for this sea
son.
I was completely
wrong in my assumption
though and South Carolina
is the first university to
pull the trigger. Naturally
the first question which
comes to mind is who’s
next?
Which other SEC
coaches could be on the
hot seat?
Based on wins and
loses compared to expecta
tions, Auburn could be
ready for a change. We
have thought that same
thing for several years
now, so your guess is as
good as mine. Gus
Malzahn’s future is proba
bly pretty solid despite ru
mors simply because his
buyout number is over $21
million.
What about Vanderbilt?
Derek Mason received
a contract extension after
the 2019 season with pre
sumably a substantial buy
out clause although since
Vandy is a private school,
the exact terms of the con
tract are unknown.
Based on fan and booster
expectations, Tennessee is
underperforming, but the
Vols under Jeremy Pruitt
continue to improve. He
might be vulnerable be
cause his buyout number is
slightly less than
Muschamp’s was at
roughly $13 million.
Is Kirby Smart safe at
Georgia?
I will answer with an
emphatic “yes” and add
“for now.” For the first
time in his coaching career
though, Smart feels heat
and hears increasingly
louder criticism. Even
UGA reporter Chip Tow
ers acknowledged in a
radio interview last week
that the Bulldogs’ head
coach’s demeanor has
changed of late in response
to the critics.
After losses to Alabama
and Florida and a pro
longed quarterback contro
versy, he is catching some
flack. Most notably, his
detractors point to his
record of 48-14 through 62
games as compared to his
predecessor Mark Richt’s
50-12 record during his
first 62 games at UGA.
The facility upgrades
and money spent on the
football program in the
years since Richt make the
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