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December 3,2020
PHS basketball teams compete
in ETC Tournament
Girls All Tournament Team - Cassidy Richards, Kealy Hillhouse Boys All Tournament Team - Tucker Lowe, Owen Moss, Noah
and Caroline Mullins. Sutton.
The boys’ and girls’ bas
ketball teams opened up their
season in the ETC tourna
ment over Thanksgiving
break. Both teams took part
in the three-game event
against Gilmer, Fannin, and
Copper Basin.
On Friday, November
11th, the teams took on the
Fannin Rebels in the first
game of the series. The girls
fell to the Lady Rebels in the
first game of the tournament.
The boys snuck out
with a 57 to 54 victory over
the Rebels. After trailing 12-
4 after the first quarter, the
boys caught fire in the sec
ond quarter to regain the
lead. They would hold on for
the remainder of the game.
In the second game of the
tournament, the teams took
on Copper Basin. Both
groups cruised to easy wins.
The girls put up 69 points
to Copper Basin’s 37 points.
The boys doubled Copper
Basin’s 38 points and put up
After opening the season at the ETC tournament, the Nettes, shown above, and the
Dragons will both have home openers next Tuesday.
This week in Sports History
by Ethan Swiech
November 29 -
December 5
November 29th:
On this day in 1987, after
two frustrating and hopeless
decades as a league-wide door
mat, the New Orleans Saints fi
nally achieved their first
winning season in franchise his
tory. Throughout their existence,
the Saints endured 10 last place
finishes while going no better
than 8-8 (twice in 1979 and
1983). They also had the distinc
tion of being the very first 1-15
campaign in NFL history, which
took place in 1980. However,
the culture changed under new
head coach, Jim Mora, who led
New Orleans to an 8-3 record
going into Pittsburgh. A victory
over the Steelers would give the
Saints a winning record, but it
wouldn't be easy as they faced
an 11 -point deficit. In one of the
toughest places to play, Three
Rivers Stadium, quarterback,
Bobby Hebert, led a second half
rally. Hebert threw a touchdown
pass to wide receiver, Eric Mar
tin, while running back, Reuben
Mayes, scored from five yards
out. Pittsburgh still had a chance
to deny New Orleans, but was
turned away on a crucial goal
line stand. It was a monumental
effort for the Saints' "Dome Pa
trol" defense, which also regis
tered four sacks and six
Continued on Page 5B
81 points in the victory.
In the final game of the
tournament both groups took
on the Gilmer Bobcats. The
girls fell to the Bobcats 69-
37. The boys lost by a final
score of 62 to 49.
Senior Tucker Lowe put
up 27 points in the loss.
Lowe, Owen Moss, and
Noah Sutton were selected to
the all-tournament team.
Cassidy Richards, Kealy
Hillhouse, and Caroline
Mullins were selected to the
all-tournament team for the
Nettes.
Both teams will be back in
action next week as they
enter region play when they
host the Heritage Generals in
the home opener next Tues
day.
Hole-in-one wins police chief
a new truck at Optimist event
Jasper Police Chief Greg Lovell at the hole with the ball
that won him a new truck or equivalent.
By Sue Appleton,
Optimist Club of Jasper
On October 14, during
the Optimist Club's annual
golf tournament, Chief Greg
Lovell of the City of Jasper
Police Department, stood at
the tee for number seven at
Bent Tree and hit the ball on
the green just to right of the
pin.
It then rolled to the left
and disappeared. Hole-in-
one. Did it really go in the
hole as his City of Jasper
team cheered? Yes, it did
when the chief and the Op
timist Club member witness
rode out to the green and
there it was in the hole.
Making a hole in one is
exciting but even more so
when it was on the Hole-in-
One hole sponsored by
Days Chevrolet.
If you get a hole-in-one
Continued on Page 5B
photo/ Robin Dunn
First snow of the winter — Looking across valley to lookout on 136 from Bent Tree and down on the white roofs of
Sharptop Cove Younglife Camp in the valley Tuesday, December 1.
N. Ga. Christian
hosts preseason
tournament
North Georgia Christian
Academy hosted the NGCA
Preseason Invitational the
week of November 9th at the
Victory Christian Center.
NGCA played host to a
total of 24 different teams
during the week. The tourna
ment consisted of a middle
school girls and boys divi
sion and also a high school
girls and boys division. Both
of the NGCA high school
girls and boys teams ad
vanced to the semifinals of
the tournament.
Aaliyah Jones and Daniel
Nicholson were named to
the High School All-Touma-
ment Team for NGCA. The
middle school boys played
Continued on Page 5B
Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
A
Mirage
The Atlanta Falcons
(4-7) demolished a hap
less looking Raiders (6-
5) squad 43-6 on
Sunday, but does this
football team have the
ability to win con
stantly? I wonder if it is
more of a mirage than
reality though.
Since firing Dan
Quinn as head coach, the
Falcons are 4-2 under in
terim head coach Ra-
heem Morris, but this
team finished the season
with a 6-2 run in 2019.
The defense clearly
looks like a different
team now. A unit which
was miserably unable to
get any consistent pass
rush under Quinn with
his “three deep” zone
look and four rushers
has transformed into a
potent weapon with
“bump and run” cover
age and blitzes featuring
a blend of corner and
safety rushes.
On the other hand, the
offense makes you un
comfortable to watch at
times. Quarterback Matt
Ryan looks well past his
prime and declining fast.
The running game con
tinues to leave much to
be desired as well and
why can’t Julio Jones
stay on the field? My
guess on the latter por
tion is excessive salary
and aging!
Still, the Falcons have
won more games than
they’ve lost under Mor
ris, so does he deserve
extra consideration as
the head coach for 2021 ?
The jury is likely still
undecided.
Morris has prior ex
perience as a NFL head
coach from his two year
stint in Tampa (2010-11)
where he posted a 14-18
record as one of the
youngest helmsmen
ever. Now, in his forties,
could he be the guy in
Atlanta?
As a minority candi
date, he would certainly
be popular in this city
with any measure of suc
cess, and he would be
come the first coaching
selection with any pro
fessional head coaching
history since Dan
Reeves over two
decades ago. His future
here hinges on the
team’s performance in
the five remaining foot
ball games as well as
who becomes the fran
chise’s new general
manager.
History demonstrates
that GMs want their own
choice as head coach
and typically, they are
afforded that courtesy.
Ultimately, the fate of
the team and virtually
everyone involved with
it depends on perform
ance down this final
stretch. If the this brief
winning trend proves to
be a mirage, those re
sponsible will fade just
as quickly.