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November 26, 2020
Dragon season conies to an end
with narrow loss to NW Whitfield
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Cheerleaders and spirit club members bring the Drag
ons on to the fieldfor the final time in 2020, PHS will miss
post season play for the first time since 2013.
The Pickens football sea
son came to an end last Fri
day night as they fell to the
Northwest Whitfield Bruins
28-24.
To start the game the
Dragons took the ball and,
after a fair catch, started
their opening drive from the
32-yard line. The offense
methodically moved the ball
down the field, and on the
18th play of the drive, Jarod
Whitmore found the end-
zone. Whitmore’s one-yard
run gave the Dragons the
early lead. The Bruins first
possession of the game was
short lived, as they fumbled
on their second play. The
Dragons took over the ball
with great field position, but
were unable to capitalize.
Northwest took over the
ball on their second posses
sion and drove the field to
tie the game at seven all be
fore the end of the first quar-
Kayden Hampton proves tough to bring down.
ter.
To start the second quar
ter, the Dragons drove into
Northwest territory but were
unable to connect on a field
goal attempt. The Bruins
took over the ball and drove
the field to take the lead for
the first time in the game.
Pickens would answer back.
After a big connection from
Collin Kellogg to Mykel
Hand, the Dragons were in a
great position to score.
Kadyn Hampton tied the
game on a tough six-yard
run.
The teams would go to
the half tied at 14.
The third quarter be
longed to the Bruins. After
Jose’ Sanchez connected on
a field goal early in the quar
ter, the Bruins answered with
a score of their own. On the
ensuing kickoff, the Dragons
fumbled the ball to give it
back to Northwest. They
took advantage of the great
field position to put another
score on the board, making
the score 28-17. The Drag
ons’ defense would hold
tough in the fourth quarter
and keep the Bruins out of
the endzone.
Offensively, Kellogg hit
Mykel Hand once again for
a 61-yard touchdown score.
The strike brought the score
to 28-14, where it would un
fortunately end.
Offensively, Mykel Hand
led the way with four catches
for 129 yards and one touch
down. Hampton and Whit
more also added scores on
the ground. Defensively, Sy
Chadwick and Chase Nelson
shined in their final game for
the Dragons.
The loss sealed the play
off fate for the Dragons, who
will miss post season play
for the first time since 2013.
Pickens will end the season
with a 3-6 record.
Kaleb Taylor blocks as Quarterback Collin Kellogg
moves near the goal line.
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This week in Sports History
by Ethan Swiech
Jr. High Nettes’ Season
Ramping Up
Jadan Dean (34) and Madelyn Johnson playing tough
inside for the Jr. Nettes.
November 22 -
November 28
November 22nd:
On this day in 1967, NHL
coaching legend, Scotty
Bowman, received his very
first head coaching job with
the St. Louis Blues. Although
he never won the big one in
the Gateway City, Bowman
led the Blues to three consec
utive Stanley Cup Finals ap
pearances. He eventually
hoisted nine cups, which re
mains the NHL record for a
head coach. This 1991 hall of
fame inductee also holds the
all-time marks of 1,248 reg
ular season and 223 postsea
son victories.
November 23rd:
On this day in 1965, USC
halfback, Mike Garrett, be
came the first player in
school history to win the
Heisman Trophy. Garrett
completed the '65 campaign
with 1,440 rushing yards,
1,534 from scrimmage and
14 total touchdowns. He also
became an All-American
while winning the Pop
Warner and UPI Player of the
Year awards. Garrett com
piled 3,620 scrimmage yards
and 29 touchdowns during
his three seasons with the
Trojans. He was inducted
into the College Football
Hall of Fame in 1985.
November 24th:
On this day in 1999,
Miami Heat head coach, Pat
Riley, became the third
coach in NBA history to win
200 games apiece with three
different franchises. Riley
reached this milestone in pre
vious stints with the Los An
geles Lakers and New York
Rnicks. He nailed down his
200th with the Heat follow
ing their 93-91 victory over
the Atlanta Hawks. Riley
joined Lenny Wilkens (Seat
tle SuperSonics, Cleveland
Cavaliers and Atlanta) and
Bill Fitch (Cleveland, Boston
Celtics and Houston Rock
ets) as the only members of
this exclusive club.
The Nettes have had a
busy schedule to start the
season with three recent
games under their belt.
The Pickens 8th grade
Nettes fell to White County
61-39 at home. White had
the hot hand in the first half
scoring 23 points in the first
quarter and 17 points in the
second quarter. The Lady
Warriors led the Nettes 40-18
at halftime. The second half
was dead even in scoring as
both teams added 21 points
in the half. Pickens would
fall to White 61-39.
Then the 8th grade Drag-
onettes defeated Cartersville
29-20 in a low scoring defen
sive contest. A strong second
quarter gave Pickens the lead
which they held the entire
game. Emmie Moore was the
leading score for the Nettes
with 11 points.
The 7th Grade Nettes de
feated Cartersville 24-21 in a
tough road game. Pickens
and Cartersville were tied at
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Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Thankful
Like the sports of bas
ketball, football and
baseball, Thanksgiving
is the most American of
holidays. It’s a time to
gather with friends and
family, a time to freely
overeat, watch football,
shop and most impor
tantly a time to be
thankful for so many
things.
The story of the “First
Thanksgiving” should
be familiar to most of us
from our elementary
school lessons. It was a
three day feast attended
by 56 Pilgrims and 90
native Americans in
1621 to celebrate the
pilgrims’ first successful
harvest in the “New
World”.
Thanksgiving has
been celebrated nation
ally on and off since
1789. Its celebration
was intermittent though
until 1863 when Presi
dent Abraham Lincoln
proclaimed the last
Thursday in November
as a “National Day of
Thanksgiving and
Praise”. In 1870, Presi
dent Ulysses S Grant
signed into law the Hol
idays Act that made
Thanksgiving a yearly
appointed federal holi
day. Congress made it
an official paid holiday
15 years later in 1885.
Now, 399 years after
the original harvest cel
ebration in Plymouth,
we reach the fourth
Thursday in November
at the tail of a difficult
year in a society which
has evolved tremen
dously from its agrarian
past. Finding the unfor
tunate and unhappy
memories of 2020
seems far easier than
taking stock of the posi
tives.
Surprisingly, I discov
ered words of inspira
tion for this most
melancholy year from
an unlikely source. Mu
sical artist Willie Nelson
wrote in one of his
books, “When I started
counting my blessings,
my whole life turned
around.”
Don’t you suppose
that we could all say
something similar about
ourselves if we look at
the most basic and es
sential aspects of life?
Compared to the bless
ings for which the Pil
grims were thankful,
how much more do we
have today even in the
poorest of circum
stances?
My late father in law
said many times, “it is
the little things that
bring the most joy.”
The trick is looking
past all the grandiose
distractions and finding
those little things. They
are right in front of your
face though.
Happy Thanksgiving.
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