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March 18,2021
Varsity track competes in Creekview Invitational
White shatters school recordruns 2nd fastest 800m in Georgia
Seth White breaking school record - Setting a personal
record and shattering the PHS school record for the 800m
was Seth White, who ran a 1:54, the second best 800 time
in Georgia, and 15th best time in the nation.
Last Saturday, the Pickens
High School varsity track
teams competed in the
Creekview Invitational in
Canton. Several Dragons and
Nettes had good showings
and set season bests as well
as personal records.
For the Nettes, Angelina
Casey and Paulina Smith
competed in the 100m and
200m dash, as well as the
high jump and long jump.
Both ladies set personal
records in each event. Han
nah Grizzle competed in the
100m and 300m hurdles, and
Dani Ziegler and Mia Anti-
nozzi competed in the 400m.
Bekah Wise and Adriana
Vann competed in the 800m.
Bekah Wise set a personal
record of 2:32.53. Zoe
Howard and Meadow Palmer
competed in the 1600m, with
both ladies achieving per
sonal bests by at least 15 sec
onds. The 4x800 team
composed of Antinozzi,
Howard, Palmer, and Vann
set a personal record. Katelyn
Tucker competed in the shot
and discus.
Setting a personal record
and shattering the PHS
school record for the 800m,
was Seth White, who ran a
1:54, the second best 800
time in Georgia, and 15th
best time in the nation.
Dragons who competed in
field events were Bryson
Callahan and William God
frey for discus, and William
Godfrey and Eli Grizzle for
the shot put. Keagan Hulsey
and Jonah Keener competed
in the triple jump, with
Hulsey also competing well
in the high jump, and Keener
in the long jump. For the
sprint events, Dusty Coleman
and Hunter Goble competed
in the 110m hurdles and set
personal records. Goble also
competed in the 300m hur
dles along with Tom
Frechette, who set a personal
record. The boys 4x100m
relay team composed of
Devin Hand, Tom Frechette,
Juan Sanchez, and Jose
Sanchez competed and
placed well.
The distance dragons
competed well all around.
Will Hall and Noah Jones
both set personal records
with times of 10:45 and
10:47. Andrew Williams and
Eli Eubanks both set personal
records in the 1600m with
times of 4:56 for Williams,
and 5:17 for Eubanks. An
other notable performance
was Connor Hedgepeth, who
ran a 2:09 in the 800m.
The PHS track teams
will be back in action in the
Cartersville Weekday Meet
this Thursday, as well as
the West Forsyth Wolver
ine Invitational on Satur
day.
Angelina Casey, above,
set a personal record.
Below, Hannah Grizzle
hurdles in an event Satur
day.
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The Pickens Dragons
opened up region play last
week against Central of Car
rollton.
The Dragons went on the
road for game one of the
three-game-series. In the
first inning, Central got
things started when they
plated a Lion off an RBI sin
gle. They scored again in the
fourth inning to expand their
lead. In the top of the sixth
inning, the Dragons’ bats
came alive. Pickens plated
three runs to take the lead,
but that was short lived, as
the Lions tied the game in
the bottom of the inning. In
the bottom half of the 7th,
Central scored a run to close
the victory.
James Tilley took the loss
in the game, pitching six and
two-thirds inning, allowing
four runs on four hits, strik
ing out six and walking only
one. Trace Ledbetter went 2-
for-3 at the plate to lead the
team at the plate.
In a high scoring affair,
the Dragons held off a late
charge from Central to claim
a 16-13 victory in game two.
Continued on Page 6B
Pickens Jr. High Track
shows well at meet
Last week in the first re
gion match of the season
against a very tough Her
itage team, the Dragons
came up short. The girls lost
1-5 with a point taken at
number 1 doubles by Is
abella Lowe and Makayla
Kirchoff. The boys took two
points with wins at 3 singles
by David Satterfield and at 1
doubles by Sam Stout and
Pete Bryant.
One Monday night
against North Forsyth, the
girls lost 2-3 with points at 1
singles by senior Sarah
Parks and again at line 1
double with Isabella Lowe
and Makayla Kirchoff.
Lowe and Kirchoff move to
5-0 with that win! The boys
lost 1-3 with the only win
coming at line 1 doubles
with Sam Stout and Pete
Bryant. Stout and Bryant
have improved to 3-2 with
that win Junior Makayla Kirchoff and Freshman Isabella
Lowe won in the first region match, playing as the
Continued on Page 6B number 1 doubles team for PHS.
Gobble Gobble
2021 statewide turkey hunting season opens March 20
DNR/photo
A Habersham County
turkey hunter from the
2020 season.
for many areas of the state,
particularly on public lands.”
What can hunters expect
across state regions this
spring? Harvest in the Ridge
and Valley region of the state
should remain high, as repro-
Friday evening, the PJHS Junior Dragons track team
competed in the Wolverine Middle School Invitational at
West Forsyth High School in Cumming.
All four athletes who competed had excellent showings.
Logan Berryman and Madelyn Johnson both competed in
the 200m dash and set personal records. Jadan Dean com
peted in both shot put in discus, and placed second overall
in the discus.
Tristan Marinelli competed in the 100m, 200m, and the
high jump. Marinelli placed first overall in the high jump.
Above, team PJHS members warming up for the meet.
From Georgia Department
of Natural Resources’
Wildlife Resources Division
Georgia turkey hunters
are practicing their best
turkey calls and patterning
their shotguns as they get
ready for the statewide
turkey hunting season open
ing Saturday, Mar. 20, ac
cording to the Georgia
Department of Natural Re
sources’ Wildlife Resources
Division.
‘‘Statewide reproduction
in 2019 was slightly higher
than average, which means
we should have a fair number
of two-year old birds in the
woods,” explains Emily
Rushton, Wildlife Resources
Division wild turkey project
coordinator. “However, I
don’t expect harvest to reach
the levels it did last year,
which was a record harvest
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Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Change
for the
better
A few weeks ago, my
column questioned
whether Hawks head
coach Lloyd Pierce
would survive until
March. Well, on the first
day of this month, the or
ganization fired him and
named assistant coach
Nate McMillan as his
successor in interim.
Thus far, that decision is
a change for the better.
When Pierce was
sacked, the team lan
guished toward the bot
tom of the NBA’s
Eastern Conference at
14-20 through the All-
Star break. Under
McMillan, Atlanta looks
like an entirely different
team and is unbeaten
with him at the helm.
The Hawks ride a five
game winning streak
which moved them into
eighth place in the East
and back above the play
off line at 19-20. Along
the way, this squad won
handily over the Heat
(21-18), Magic (13-26),
Kings (15-23), and Cavs
(14-24) and stole a game
at Toronto (17-22) on a
last second shot.
Those opponents are
hardly the cream of the
league, but these were
games which Atlanta
should win. Those
games were also the
kinds of contests which
the Hawks did not win
under their former head
coach. Finally, lofty
postseason expectations
look realistic.
The team seems more
confident and less out of
control under McMillan.
Moreover, the defense is
suddenly improved
which should not sur
prise anyone. You may
or may not recall that as
a player in Seattle for 13
seasons, the now 56-
year-old head coach was
twice named to the
NBA’s “All Defensive
Second Team.”
We do not know if
management intends to
keep him as head coach,
but his resume includes
solid results in Seattle,
Portland and Indiana and
a career record of 661 -
588 over 16 seasons. Of
those 16 years, his teams
reached the playoffs in
nine of them including
all four seasons with the
Pacers (2016-20).
His Hawks sit firmly
in playoff contention al
ready and are only two
games out of fourth
place in the conference.
The turnaround is re
markable. Not only does
Atlanta look like a play
off team, home court at
least in the first round
seems attainable. Cer
tainly, the next two
months of action is
McMillan’s audition for
permanent head coach
ing job, and he gets rave
reviews so far. He ap
pears to be exactly what
this super talented young
team needed.
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