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Inside: • People columnist Kathy Fellows on Sunday morning sourdough, 3B
PHS
varsity
volleyball
in area
tourney
The PHS Varsity
Volleyball Drag-
onettes are compet
ing in the area
tournament on
Thursday, October
14th.
They will start out
as the number five
seed and face number
four seed Cedartown.
The tournament is
double elimination
and will determine
which four teams
represent the area in
the state tournament.
We wish the vol
leyball team the best
as compete to make
state.
Nettes take
1 of 3
against
state’s #1
ranked
team
The Nettes softball
team faced the Cen
tral Carroll Lions in
region play last week.
Central has been
ranked the #1 softball
team in the state of
Georgia for all classi
fications for the ma
jority of the year and
top of AAAA for the
season. Pickens
hosted Central for a
double header on
Tuesday at Dunn
Field.
Freshman Lexi
Grizzle started in the
circle for the Nettes
for Game 1. She went
five innings, allowed
10 runs on six hits,
struck out five Lions,
and walked zero
Lions. Hannah Griz
zle and Mckayla Kir-
choff lead the Nettes
at the plate in Game
1. Central won the
first game.
In Game 2, the
Nettes run ruled Cen
tral 9-1 to win the
game. Emma Black
was the starting
pitcher for Game 2.
She pitched five in
nings, allowed one
run on two hits, struck
out six Lions, and
walked zero Lions.
Hannah Grizzle,
Mckayla Kirchoff,
and Ally Long each
managed two hits to
lead the Nettes at the
plate.
The Nettes did not
commit a single error
in the field. The
Nettes won the sec
ond game 9-1.
On Thursday, Oc
tober 7th the Lions
traveled back to Dunn
Field to finish the se
ries. Emma Black was
in the circle for PHS.
She allowed six hits
and four runs over six
innings and struck out
seven Lions. Hannah
Grizzle, Mckayla Kir
choff, and Ally Long
each had one hit.
Central won the
third game 4-1.
Dragons rout Ridgeland
PHS takes on Central Carroll Friday at home on Senior Night
On Friday October 8, the
Pickens Dragons football
team traveled north to play
the Ridgeland Panthers in
their second region 7-AAAA
game. The Dragons were
coming off a 31-0 loss to
reigning region champion,
Cedartown, whereas the Pan
thers were coming off a 57-
28 loss to the Heritage
Generals. Both teams were
looking for their first region
win and the opportunity to
get the bad taste out of their
mouth from the previous
week’s game. Pickens en
tered the game at 3-2 overall
and 0-1 in the region, Ridge
land was 1-5 and 0-1 in the
region.
After winning the open
ing toss the Dragons elected
to defer to the second half
and kickoff to the Panthers.
On the second play of the
game senior OLB Anthony
Antinozzi undercut an out
route and returned an inter
ception 25 yards for a Pick
ens touchdown. The point
after by Charlie Gibbons was
good making the score 7-0.
Ridgeland responded to
the Dragons score with a
photos/Robm Dunn
FOUR INTERCEPTIONS FOR DRAGONS DEFENSE - Above, Collin Kellogg, #16,
goes airborne for an interception. Anthony Antinozzi, #5, (shown below) took this pick in
for six. Dragons Colby Brooks and Trevor Morgan also had interceptions Friday.
drive of their own that in
cluded a 56 yard run down to
the two. Ridgeland would
punch it in and then go for a
two-point conversion which
they successfully converted.
The score was now 8-7 in
favor of the Panthers. These
would be the last points
Ridgeland would score all
night.
The Dragons received the
kickoff and promptly
marched down the field on a
very efficient drive capped
off by a 20 yard touchdown
pass from QB Sam Streicher
to RB Kadyn Hampton. The
point after attempt by Juan
Sanchez was good, making
the score 14-8 with the Drag
ons leading.
The Dragons defense
forced a punt on Ridgeland’s
next possession and got the
ball back for the Pickens of
fense. The Dragons drove the
ball to middle field and on
4th and two from the Pan
thers 45 yard line Devin
Hand ripped a 45 yard run
Continued on Page 9B
Jr. High softball wins Mt. League Championship
The Pickens Junior
High Softball Nettes took
first place in the Mountain
League Championship.
The overall record was
13-2. The team placed first
in the region.
Coaches: Baylee Wim-
pey, Tony Weaver, Kayla
Howard.
Players: Jaycee Beck,
River Becker, Ainsley
Jones, Laney Jones, Josie
Hamrick, Makenna Moody,
Carly Patterson, C.R.,
Caleigh Hoffard, Keilee
Nelson, Jaelynn Cantrell,
Lily Hammontree, and
Kylee Bozeman.
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Deer season opens Saturday
Hunters look forward to
the opening day of deer
firearms season much like a
kid eagerly awaits Christmas
morning. The wait is almost
over because the Georgia
deer firearms season opens
Sat., Oct. 16 and continues
through Jan. 9, 2022
statewide.
“With some awesome
bucks already taken in
archery season, I think we are
in for an excellent firearms
season!” said Charlie Kill-
master, state deer biologist
for the Wildlife Resources
Division.
During firearms deer sea
son last year, about 187,000
hunters harvested over
190,000 deer in the state.
Regulated deer hunting en
sures that Georgia’s deer pop
ulation continues to be
healthy and strong.
Over one million acres of
public hunting land is avail
able to hunters in Georgia, in
cluding more than 100
state-operated wildlife man
agement areas. Many areas
offer special hunts through
out the season, including
primitive weapons and mod
em firearms hunts.
Dates and locations for
hunts available at eregula-
tions.com/georgia/hunting/.
See more Deer Hunting
“basics” Page 6B.
photo/Ga. DNR
A young Morgan County hunter with an 11 point taken
in the 2019 season.
Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Beware Of
“Rat
Poison”
Hurray, Georgia fans.
The Bulldogs are officially
the number one team in the
nation, but with that top
spot, comes different pit-
falls.
UGA’s decisive 34-10
victory over Auburn (4-2)
on Saturday coupled with
Alabama’s upset loss to un
ranked Texas A&M later in
the evening puts the
Dawgs atop the Associated
Press Top 25 Rankings.
For the first time since
1982, Georgia is a unani
mous number one too.
Fans of the “Red and
Black” haven’t been this
excited since Sony
Michel’s Rose Bowl
clinching run. Remember
though the next football
game after that one ended
with heartbreak.
I absolutely do not de
sire to steal a second of fan
joy during this momentous
occasion, but nobody
crowns national champions
or even conference cham
pions after six games (not
withstanding the Big Ten’s
decision on Ohio State in
2020). The only top rank
ing in a poll of which car
ries weight is in the final
poll of the season.
As the number one
though, the Dawgs sud
denly become the coveted
target on every opponents’
schedule and the media
darlings.
Alabama head coach
Nick Saban, who knows a
tad bit about being ranked
at the top, compared media
praise to “rat poison” for
his team in 2017.
“I'm trying to get our
players to listen to me in
stead of listening to you
guys,” he said. “All that
stuff you write about how
good we are, all that stuff
they hear on ESPN, it's like
poison. It's like taking poi
son.”
The Dawgs defense sur
rendered only one rushing
and one passing touch
down through the first half
of the year. Fans and media
love them but the meat of
the schedule remains un
played, including rivalry
games against the Gators
and Volunteers.
Eleventh ranked and
undefeated Kentucky (6-0)
travels to Athens on Satur
day for what is likely the
SEC East Championship
Game. Everyone else in the
East has two losses except
Tennessee, and the Vols
play their next four games
against Ole Miss (#13),
Bama (#5), Kentucky
(#11) and Georgia (#1). I
do not need a crystal ball to
predict three if not four
consecutive losses for Ten
nessee there.
The Wildcats have only
one powerhouse team left
on their schedule - UGA.
They should handle Mis
sissippi State, Tennessee
and Vanderbilt.
For the Dawgs, a loss to
Kentucky means no SEC
division title and no SEC
Championship Game and
likely no national playoff
berth. A win all but assures
them of the East crown
even though Florida, Mis
souri and UT await.
Has the Kentucky game
ever been more important
Continued on Page 6B