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Rasco recognized for work as
Dragons’ trainer
Kyle Rasco was lion- He is shown is principal
ored during the PHS sen- Chris Wallace and Athletic
ior night on October 15th Director Chris Williams,
for 16 years of service as
the certified athletic photo/Max Caylor
trainer for the team.
Nettes prep for another awesome season
Dragons prep for
final region games
One Act Play to
perform Lost Girl in
competition Saturday
The Dragonettes basketball program
started preparation for the season recently
with their annual “conditioning week.”
On Monday, October 25th, the official
first day of practice began and was led by re
turning seniors Amanda Nelson and Carmyn
Mullins.
The Nettes are coming off of a stellar sea
son in which they won a region title and ad
vanced to the Elite Eight in the state playoffs.
Spirits and energy were high during condi
tioning and the opening of practice.
The Nettes will open the home season on
December 3rd when they host Calhoun. The
Dragons will first be in home action when
they host North Murray on November 30th.
The Pickens Volleyball
Nettes have had an outstand
ing post season thus far. After
securing a trip to the state
playoffs in the region tourna
ment, the Nettes traveled to
Hampton to take on the #1
seed from Area 5.
The state tournament re
quires a best of five match
unlike the best of three dur
ing ordinary season play.
Though on the road and fac
ing a top seed, the Nettes
took down the Hampton
Lady Hornets in straight sets.
The victory over Hampton
put the Nettes in the Sweet
16 and locked in for another
long road trip, this time to
LaGrange.
The Nettes had a couple
of days of prep before facing
the Lady Grangers. Pickens
won the first set, dropped the
second, and proceeded to win
the next two for a 3-1 win.
This catapulted the volleyball
Nettes into the Elite Eight.
Now, they will travel to
Flowery Branch for a show
down with the Lady Falcons.
The match is set for Wednes
day evening, October 27th at
Flowery Branch High
The Pickens Dragons en
joyed their bye week as an
opportunity to let the bumps
and bruises of a season heal
and to begin preparation for
their final two region con
tests.
This week, the Dragons
will travel to Heritage for a
showdown with the Gener
als. A victory this week will Lilly Wendt, Karolina Kearns, Madison Powell, and Camryn Simpson jump for joy
go a long way toward help- after the PHS varsity volleyball team won the match against the Lady Grangers.
ing the Dragon secure a state
playoff berth.
The PHS Drama team
will compete in the One Act
Play competition on Satur
day in Cedartown. The re
gion competition will feature
55 minute or less productions
by all teams in the region.
Last year, PHS performed
a comedy short called Puffs
based on the characters from
Harry Potter. The team fin
ished third in the competi
tion. This year, they will per
form the one act play, Lost
Girl, as seen in performances
last week at PHS. The acting
troupe has high hopes for
good scores and are working
hard to clean up the perform
ance in practice this week.
On Tuesday, October 26th, the Region 7-AAAA Cross Country Championship was held
at Roper Park. Pickens varsity teams raced against Southeast Whitfield, Northwest Whit
field, Heritage, Cedartown, Central Carroll and Ridgeland. Connor Hedgpeth was first
among the Pickens boys and fourth overall with a time of 17:33. He was followed by Will
Hall, 17.38. Bekah Wise was the Pickens girls’top runner and second overall at 20:44.
School. The Lady Falcons
are the #2 seed from Area 8.
The Nettes have faced them
previously in the regular sea
son and fell 2-0. The team
feels as though they are play
ing better and are planning to
give Flowery Branch all they
can handle.
Making long road trips and taking down top opponents - The Nettes varsity volleyball
team is having a tremendous post season. They play Flowery Branch this week in the
Elite 8.
Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Rosario...
Who?
The Atlanta Braves
defeated the reigning
champion Los Angeles
Dodgers on Saturday
night and won the Na
tional League pennant.
For the Braves, it is their
first World Series berth
since 1999, and several
little known players be
came household names
and even superstars dur
ing Atlanta’s playoff run
- none more so than
Eddie Rosario.
The outfielder ex
celled offensively during
the National League
Championship Series
and in the end hoisted
Most Valuable Player
honors for what is truly
the greatest six game
playoff production in
baseball history. With 14
hits and nine runs batted
in with three spectacular
homeruns over the se
ries, this 30-year-old has
suddenly became a fran
chise legend.
What do we know
about this guy though?
Who had even heard
his name before Atlanta
acquired him in trade
with Cleveland in the
final minutes prior to the
4 p.m. MLB trade dead
line?
Would we celebrate
him now if Jorge Soler
had not test positive for
Covid?
I noted in my column
for the first week of Au
gust that he was perhaps
the most complete
player of the new Braves
outfielders, but he was
injured. Other than sta
tistics, my knowledge of
him was little more than
yours, and we actually
did not get our first look
at him as a Brave until a
couple of weeks into Au
gust either.
At six foot, one,
Rosario remains the
smallest of Atlanta’s out
fielders. Soler towers
over him, while Adam
Duvall and Joe Pederson
outweigh him by 35 to
40 pounds.
His story began in
Puerto Rico. At age 15, a
veteran scout for the
Minnesota Twins spot
ted Rosario in the tiny
town of Guayama which
is located near San Juan.
From an early age the
skinny kid was a power
ful hitter who shined in
crucial, clutch situations
and seemed to possess a
flair for dramatic suc
cess. Such was the case
in his first big league at
bat.
Rosario hit the first
pitch from Oakland
starter Scott Kazmir
over the left field fence
and became the 115th
player in MLB history to
homer in his first at bat.
His major league debut
came five years after
being a fourth round
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