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February 25, 2021
Nettes win region championship
56-42 win secures first region title since the 1999-2000 season
What a stretch it has been
for the Dragonettes. On the
week of February 8th, the
Nettes secured the regular
season top seed in region 7-
AAAA with their second
wins over Northwest Whit
field and SE Whitfield. For
the first time since the 1999-
2000 season, the Nettes
would be the # 1 seed in the
region tournament which
gave them a bye into the semi
finals and an automatic state
tournament birth.
The Nettes would face the
winner of Heritage vs. Cen
tral Carrollton in the semifi
nals. Heritage dispatched of
Central in fine fashion with a
whopping 64-18 win. The
Heritage Lady Generals had
also defeated the Nettes in
Ringgold the last time the
two teams faced one another.
The Nettes were well aware
of what was at stake. Marlee
McClure connected on two
3 s in the first quarter and
helped pace the Nettes to a
14-8 lead. Caroline Mullins
added seven points in the
second and the Nettes led 29-
17 at the half.
Both teams scored 11 in
the third quarter. Early in the
fourth, the Nettes extended
the lead to 16 before the
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The Nettes rush the court to celebrate their first region championship since 2000. The Pickens High team
opens state play this week at home after press time for this week’s edition.
Lady Generals mounted a
comeback attempt. They
would close the game to as
little as six before the Nettes
closed them out.
The 56-46 win put the
Nettes in the championship
game against #2 seed NW
Whitfield on their home
court. A lively Pickens crowd
dominated one side of the
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PHS boys finish third, make state tournament
The boys’ basketball team
finished off the 2020-2021
regular season with a third
place finish in the region
tournament.
In the first game of the
tournament, the boys played
host to the Southeast Whit
field Raiders. The Dragons
jumped out to a dominating
lead by outscoring the
Raiders 25-10 in the first
quarter. At halftime, Pickens
had expanded their lead to
46-16.
Pickens never took their
foot off the gas as they added
36 points in the third frame.
The performance was their
best offense frame of the
year. The final from Jasper
saw the Dragons on top 96 to
44. Ean Goodwin and Noah
Sutton led the Dragons in
scoring on the night with 19
points each. Tucker Lowe
and Jaden Stewart also put up
double digits for Pickens.
The victory clinched the
Dragons a spot in the state
playoffs, an amazing feat for
one of the most difficult sea
sons ever in high school
sports history.
For game two, the Drag
ons traveled to a neutral site
at Northwest Whitfield to
take on the Heritage Gener
als.
The Generals have had the
Dragons number all season
as they won all three contests
between to two teams, in
cluding this game in the re
gion tournament. At halftime
the boys trailed the Generals
30-27 in a hard-fought
match.
After battling back and
forth in the second half, the
Dragons finally fell 60-52 in
the Semi-final game.
Pickens would once again
travel to Northwest Whit
field, this time to take on the
Lions from Central of Car
rollton. The Dragons took the
lead early and never looked
back. The score was 33-19 at
the break. In the second half
Central was able to close the
gap, but the Dragons held on
to a 61-56 victory. Tucker
Lowe led the way with 15
points. Jaden Stewart and
Noah Sutton also scored in
double digits on the night.
By locking up the third
spot in region, the boys have
secured a ticket to Southwest
Dekalb this week for the first
round of the playoffs. The
Panthers are 10-9 this season,
and only lost to Miller Grove
in their region tournament.
Tucker Lowe goes in for
two during a region game
last week. The Dragons will
face Southwest Dekalb for
the first round of the state
playoffs.
Lowe was earlier named
to the 7-AAAA All Region
Team.
Scholarships available
for family research/ history
from Honea-Worley Family
Scholarship Fund
• First place is $1,500; second place is $750.
• High school seniors only — not required to be
college-bound.
• Applicants need to submit a four-generation family
history where at least one person in the research has
significant ties to Pickens County.
• Research should extend from current person back
through parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.
• More than just dates, places and names, research should
show a story of the people - who they were, where they
came from, their churches, professions, education,
interesting life experiences.
• Documentation, similar to a term paper is required.
Help can be obtained in the Georgia Room at the
Pickens library.
• Works will be judged by an independent panel.
• Deadline is May 15 by noon. Works should be
dropped off at Century 21 Lindsey and Pauley, 25
North Main Street, Jasper
For questions, contact Maria Boling at 770-355-6537
or email mariaholing911 @vahoo.com
This scholarship is managed by
the Pickens Historical Society
for the Honea-Worley families.
“It is our sincere hope every
graduating senior knows and is
proud of their family’s history. ”
Our members will be glad to as
sist anyone preparing works to
enter.
Tennis season underway for PHS
Pictured are senior tennis players - Left to right: Chase Nelson, Josh Murphy, Sam
Stout, Pete Bryant, Sarah Parks and Chloe Imbriano.
Tennis season is underway in Dragon Na- Recording wins for the girls team was
tion. The team has been hard at it, and Sarah Parks, Isabella Lowe, and Mckayla
opened up their season on February 9th. Kirchoff. Riley Davis landed a win for the
Pickens took on a talented group from Daw- boys team. This week, the team travels north
son County, and came up just a little bit short to take on the Gilmer Bobcats in a rivalry
of the victory. match.
The girls fell 2-3, and the boys lost 1-4.
Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Signs of
Spring
It certainly does not
feel like springtime yet.
This old, cold, dreary
weather is depressing,
and the calendar says
that the change of sea
son is almost a month
away. On the other
hand, it’s only one page
turn of the calendar
away from us, and the
earliest signs of spring
are already here.
Regardless of what
the groundhog re
vealed... Actually,
which groundhog
should we heed in the
first place? The “na
tional” rodent said six
more weeks of winter,
but Georgia’s beloved
General Beauregard
Lee indicated an early
spring.
The latest 10 day
weather forecast calls
for high temperatures in
the upper 50s to 60s for
most of the coming
week.
I saw more than a
dozen robins in my yard
yesterday. The various
collegiate and high
school spring sports are
well underway, and the
Atlanta Braves began
spring training last
week with their first ex
hibition game sched
uled for Monday.
Perhaps, the last arc
tic chills remain unfelt
because we were fooled
many times before now.
Do any or many of you
recall the blizzard of
1993?
Mercy. I recall it
vividly.
I also remember that
only six days before the
first snowflakes fell on
March 13 th, several
friends and I fished and
actually gigged a cou
ple dozen bullfrogs.
When that honest to
goodness blizzard
dumped two to three
feet of snow across
northern Georgia, most
of us were shocked.
The temperature was in
the 70s on Wednesday,
yet by dawn on Satur
day morning, there was
a foot of snow on the
ground which stayed
for nearly two weeks.
Ironically, I can al
most count on one hand
the number of “good”
snows (six inches or
more) in Pickens
County since then, and
I do not expect another
similar blizzard in my
lifetime.
Sure, wintertime
drags on and on and on,
but ultimately, Oldman
Winter surrenders to
that mythical time of
year when “hope
springs eternal”.
We are almost there
too. It’s nearly close
enough to touch, and
the optimistic hearts in
us all should look for
those signs.