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March 25,2021
Dragons win one in series against NW Whitfield
Next up for Pickens High baseball is series with Heritage
Sports
Fanatic
PHS Senior Ellie Halko in action Friday against
Central High School. Unfortunately the home team
fell 5 to 2.
photos/ Robin Dunn
Junior Anslee Stone working in a crowd of Central
players.
Senior Caroline Angelisanti in the girls ’ game at
Pickens High stadium.
The Dragons Baseball team took on the
Northwest Whitfield Bruins in a three game
region series last week.
Pickens hosted game one of the series
against their region opponent. The game
proved to be a pitching battle as Northwest
struck out 13 batters during the game and the
Dragons struck out 7. In the second inning,
Pickens got things started when Trace Ledbet
ter knocked in a run on a sacrifice single.
Northwest would counter with two runs of
their own in the top of the fourth inning. Pick
ens would tie the game at two a piece in the
fifth frame.
The teams headed into the seventh inning
all square, before Northwest was able to plate
a run in the top half of the inning. Pickens was
unable to answer and fell 3-2.
Senior Jarod Whitmore led the Dragons at
the plate by going 3 for 4 in the contest.
The Dragons then headed to Tunnel Hill
for a double-header to close out the series. In
the first game of the double header, the Drag
ons jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the
first. Northwest answered back by plating two
runs in the bottom half, and then adding an
other run in the bottom of the second. The
Dragons would square things up at three, by
scoring two runs in the top of the third. Un
fortunately, the Bruins would catch fire in the
bottom of the sixth inning and score three
runs. Seth Densmore took a ball deep in the
top of the seventh inning, but it was not
enough to mount a comeback.
The Dragons would fall 6-4. Connor
Shouse led Pickens at the plate with 3 hits in
3 at bats.
In the final game of the series, the Dragons
ran away with the victory thanks to a late in
ning surge. To open the game, both teams
scored in the first inning. The bats went quiet
until the Bruins plated a run in the bottom of
the fourth inning. In the top of the 6th inning,
Pickens came surging back, scoring five runs
to take the 6 to 2 lead. In the top of the 7th,
Pickens added an insurance run.
James Tilley was the winning pitcher for
the Dragons, allowing four hits and two runs
over six innings while striking out 10 Bruins.
Pickens had six hits in the game with Connor
Shouse and Hunter White accounting for five
of those.
Next up for the Dragons will be a series
against the Heritage Generals.
PHS girls soccer
versus Central
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Sheer
Madness
We are a week into
the NCAA Men’s Bas
ketball Tournament and
nobody’s predicted
brackets remain per
fectly intact. Isn’t this
kind of uncertainty a
Young Life
Sporting Clay
Shoot April 16
Pickens Young Life will
hold a sporting clay shoot on
Friday, April 16 at Garland
Mountain Sporting Clays,
2618 Garland Mountain
Trail, Waleska.
Registration fees are $600
for a four member team;
$150 for an individual regis
tration (individual registrants
will be assigned to a team).
Amenities included: One
round of sporting clay: 100
targets over 12 different sta
tions. Ammunition included.
Breakfast biscuit with coffee,
BBQ lunch, entered to win
fabulous raffle prizes.
Please bring 12 or 20-
gauge shotgun, eye wear and
ear protection. Guns, eye-
wear and ear protection are
available for rent at Garland
Mountain Sporting Clays.
Register at:
tinyurl.com/PickensYL-
ClayShoot or contact Bonnie
Carlton at 678-451-2614;
bonnievcarlton@gmail.com
Pickens Golf showing well
The Pickens golf teams are off to a hot
start. The boys team is 3-0 in dual matches
after defeating Denmark, Calhoun, and Fan
nin. The team of Seth Cronic, Eddie Lind-
bert, Matthew Campbell, Landan VanSant,
Jansen Abner, and David Gossett have been
playing well to start the season. The group
also placed sixth in the difficult LaFayette
tournament.
The ladies are currently 0-3; however,
they have been getting better every match.
They have lost close matches to Danmark,
Calhoun, and Fannin. Heather Vincent, Lau
ren Vincent, Emery Bryant, and Brooke
Quarles have been the lead for the Lady
Dragons so far this season.
Both teams will be competing at Wood-
mont Country club this weekend. Senior
night for both teams will be on March 31 st
at Bent Tree. Come out and support the sen
iors and cheer the team to victory versus
River Ridge.
Above: Girls’ team L-R: Brooke Quar
les, Heather Vincent, Emery Bryant, Lau
ren Quarles. Below: Boys’ team: David
Gossett, Landon VanSant, Seth Cronic,
Eddie Lindbert, Matthew Campbell, and
Jansen Abner.
2021 Trout season outlook
from Ga. DNR
If you are looking for an
portunity to wet a line,
does the thought of
trout hitting the water
you? Thanks to the
standing partnership be
tween the Georgia
Department of Natural Re
sources’ Wildlife Resource
Division and the U.S.
and Wildlife Service, anglers
can look forward to another
great year of trout fishing.
“The Georgia trout stock
ing program is typically sup
ported by four
hatcheries. With the Lake
Burton Hatchery renovation
wrapping up, we will be
stocking primarily from the
other three hatcheries,” ex
plained WRD Trout Stock
ing Coordinator John Lee
Thomson.
“Good rainfall and a mild
fort will begin the last full
week of March, and all wa
terbodies scheduled to be
stocked will have received
trout by the end of the
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hallmark of this so
called “March Mad
ness”?
Perhaps, fans should
have expected a
plethora of upsets be
cause this year’s event
is devoid of so many
blue chip programs and
perennial powerhouses.
Remember, Duke,
North Carolina, nor
Kentucky even won a
tournament bid and
Kansas left early in em
barrassing fashion.
For my money, Gon-
zaga is the team to beat
and is a near lock for at
least a finals appear
ance. However, I don’t
make such a prediction
with much conviction
and very little invest
ment.
Men’s college bas
ketball holds little ap
peal for me. I preferred
the long ago days when
top prospects stayed in
college for three and
four years instead of a
semester and a half.
If you are of a certain
age, you fondly recall
those days when even
hall of fame and truly
iconic, legendary play
ers were familiar faces
long before the NBA
draft. Patrick Ewing
was a Hoya. Akeem and
Clyde were Cougars,
and Jordan was simply
another really talented
kid at Chapel Hill.
By in large, I am
simply a casual fan any
more, but portions of
the tournament still ex
cite me like many other
folks.
Can the top seed
dominate and win?
Heck, who does not
pull for an underdog or
Cinderella team?
And every soul loves
an unlikely or impossi
ble upset.
As for 2021, the up
sets occurred dispropor
tionately this far and the
pairing for this upcom
ing weekend’s games
reflect that fact. It’s
sheer madness. Just re
draw your brackets like
everyone else and let’s
A Holly Creek trout.
Georgia offers ample trout
fishing opportunities.
winter have allowed for great
growth at these locations.
Our regular distribution ef-
Sweet 16 — Saturday, March 27
Game time
(8) Loyola Chicago vs. (12) Oregon State
2:40 p.m.
(1) Baylor vs. (5) Villanova
5:15 p.m.
(3) Arkansas vs. (15) Oral Roberts
7:25 p.m.
(2) Houston vs. (11) Syracuse
9:55 p.m.
Sweet 16 — Sunday, March 28
(1) Gonzaga vs. (5) Creighton
2:10 p.m.
(1) Michigan vs. (4) Florida State
5 p.m.
(2) Alabama vs. (11) UCLA
7:15 p.m.
(6) USC vs. (7) Oregon
9:45 p.m.