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Dragons fall to Fannin on the road
The Dragons traveled to
Fannin County for week
three of their season to renew
an old rivalry. It was the first
contest between the two
schools since 2011 and the
Fannin Rebels got the best of
it.
The crowd that endured
the chilly rain witnessed a
strong first half by the home
team with scores on their first
two possessions, the second
coming after a fumble by the
Dragons. Fannin continued
to push the issue by calling a
risky onside kick after going
up 14-0. The gamble paid off
as the kicker fell on the ball
after 10 yards giving Fannin
possession once again.
The momentum gained by
the Rebels propelled them to
35 first half points to none
for the Dragons. The Drag
ons regrouped and played
more consistently in the sec
ond half on both sides of the
ball. A 59 yard TD pass
from Sam Streicher to fresh
man McCord Purdy gave
some life to the Pickens side
line but it would not be
enough to close the deficit.
The Dragons scored two
TD’s in the second half and
held Fannin to just a field
Cheyene Coleman got the win on the mound August 30th for the Nettes.
The PF1S Nettes Softball team had a busy
week. On Monday, August 29th the Nettes
traveled to Wesleyan Fligh School, the 1A
defending State Champions.
Emma Black took the loss for PITS Var
sity Nettes. The righthander surrendered
seven runs on five hits over three innings,
striking out two and walking one. Flannah
Grizzle, Flannah Parks, and Flope Buchanan
each collected one hit to lead PITS Varsity
Nettes.
On Tuesday, August 30th Pickens hosted
Union County and thanked the businesses
that support the Pickens Softball Program on
Sponsor Night. Pickens earned a 10-2 victory
over Union County. Cheyenne Coleman was
credited with the victory for Pickens. The
righty lasted three and a third innings, allow
ing five hits and two runs while striking out
one and walking zero. Lexi Grizzle threw
one and two-thirds innings in relief out of the
bullpen. The Nettes collected seven hits.
Flannah Grizzle and Ally Long had two hits
to lead PITS.
On September 1st, the PITS Nettes trav
eled to Dawson in a region showdown. PF1S
stole the lead late and defeated Dawson
County Tigers Varsity 8-5. Emma Black
earned the win for the Nettes. The
righthander went seven innings, allowing
five runs on 10 hits, striking out five and
walking one. PITS racked up 13 hits.
Continued Softball on SB
Calling all women golfers
BCWGA Charity Tournament October 3
Whether a member of the
BCWGA, WGA-18, Learn
ing Lady, 4-G, Lady Player,
or a non-affiliated golfer, all
women golfers in Big
Canoe and their guests, who
have a handicap, are invited
to participate in a charity
tournament sponsored by
the BCWGA on October 3.
The charity tournament,
which will have a 3 p.m.
Shotgun start, is a flighted
4-women 9-hole scramble,
which will benefit “The
Weekend Snack Program of
Pickens County.”
Over 50% of the total
student population in Pick
ens County qualifies for free
breakfast and lunch at
school during the week.
“The Weekend Snack Pro
gram” provides meal bags
to the schools for the stu
dents to take home on Fri
days. Volunteers shop, pur
chase, sort, pack and deliver
meal bags to Pickens
County schools each week
during the school year. Each
bag contains ten to twelve
items intended to provide
healthy food for the week
end. At the end of the 2021-
2022 school year, volunteers
were packing more than 600
bags each week. All funds
received by the organization
are used to purchase food
items. This program is a
100% self-supporting vol
unteer program. We believe
the “The Weekend Snack
Program of Pickens
County” is a charity emi
nently deserving of our sup
port.
The registration fee to
play in the tournament is
$50, plus applicable cart and
greens fees. The registra
tion fee includes prizes and
cart tips. Cocktails and hors
d’oeuvres will be served at
the end of play.
To participate in this af
ternoon of golf, and support
Pickens County students,
you may register your team
now by emailing Kay Hem-
don at
kaymhemdon@gmail.com.
Registration closes Sun
day, September 25th. It’s
time to get your teams to
gether! If you would like to
play but do not have a four
some, please let Kay know.
We will compile a list of
available players and form
teams as the numbers allow.
Donations from those
who cannot play but wish to
support this worthy organi
zation will be gratefully ac
cepted at the Pro Shop desk.
Volleyball Nettes
have big week ahead
The Nettes Volleyball
team has an important week
coming up for region play.
They are currently 0-2 in re
gion play and will face new
comer Wesleyan and old
opponent Lumpkin County
on Thursday.
The Nettes could use a
win or two to help them
climb in the region stand
ings. Wesleyan brings a 2-0
region record into the match
while Lumpkin is 2-2. Pick
ens non-region schedule has
produced more success with
recent wins over North Mur
ray and Southeast Whitfield.
The varsity overall record
stands at 7-11-1.
The next opportunity to
catch the VB Nettes in ac
tion is on September 13th
when West Flail and Dawson
come to town.
Racing across America
Race Recap -
Cook Out Southern 500
By Alex Korowotny
Racing Sports
Correspondent
It’s playoff racing time baby.
This past Sunday, the
NASCAR Cup series play
offs started at Darlington
Raceway. The 16 drivers that
made it in are going to fight
for the championship. Flere’s
how the playoffs in
NASCAR work: there are 4
rounds with 3 races each in
the first 3 rounds wrapping
up with a single champi
onship race in the final
round. The 4 drivers below
12th will get eliminated after
the first round, then the 4
below 8th will get eliminated
after the 2nd round, then the
4 below 4th in standings will
get eliminated and it will end
with the final 4 left in the
playoffs battling it out for the
championship at Phoenix. So
now that the playoffs are
here, how intense and excit
ing was the first race of the
playoffs?
The race started at 6:22
p.m. with Logano on the
pole. The first caution of the
race would fly for rain com
ing down on the track but it
at least wasn’t enough to
stop the race. The race
restarted on lap 17 with
Logano still in the lead. Fie
would lead all the way up to
the competition caution on
lap 36. The race restarted on
lap 41 with Logano still
leading after being first off
pit road. Fie would lead the
next 25 laps before Byron
overtook him for the lead on
lap 66. The 1st caution for
incident flew on lap 113
when Elliott spun out and
collected Briscoe. The stage
would end under caution
and Byron would be the
winner of the stage.
Stage 2 officially started
on lap 122 with Kyle Busch
now in the lead after taking
it during the stage break pit
stops. The 4th caution flew
on lap 179 for Gilliland
spinning in turn 2. The race
resumed on lap 186 and 6
laps later, another playoff
See Race Report on 3B
Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Exposing
Homophones
During the next few
weeks, we encounter that
rare time of year when
most ever major sport sea
son overlaps each other. It
is the fading end of sum
mer sports such as base
ball, soccer, golf, motor
sports and the beginning
of football, basketball and
hockey.
Honestly, this time of
year gets dam near as
confusing as the English
language itself, so I offer
a few tips in this era of
text and social media.
As if spell checker and
autocorrect are not simply
enough...
So many words make
it past both of those lines
of defense faster than Bill
Elliott’s qualifying time at
Talladega.
A prime example is
“looser.” Sure. It is a real
word and spelled cor
rectly. However, just be
cause Georgia
manhandled Oregon 49-3;
it does not make the
Ducks loosers unless you
count the diminished
number of intact teeth
after some of the tackles
made by the Dawgs. If
you called the Notre
Dame Fight Irish “losers”
after their game with Ohio
State though, you would
be quite correct.
More ofter than not,
the trouble with our lan
guage can be attributed to
the all the homophones
(words with the same pro
nunciation but different
spellings and different
meanings) like the oft
butchered uses of “to”
(preposition), “too” (ad
verb) and “two” (noun).
But there’s so many of
them.
When it comes to these
infernal devils, that
“damn autocorrect” (as I
call it) is not a bit of help.
Unfortunately, our
time daydreaming in class
betrays us now, and ex
citement driven posts
about sports typically ex
pose us. Even I (the
writer) am guilty. Some
folks might discount us as
dumb jocks. In the inter
est of full disclosure, I
was surrounded by dis-
tractingly beautiful girls
in most of my English
classes, and had I been
more of a jock, my
chances of dating any sin
gle one of them might
have been increased
though.
Still, incorrect usage of
those dreaded ole homo
phones snag us quicker
than teacher’s red pen on
a book report. The devil
made me “right” the rest,
so “too” the grammar po
lice, this “won” is just for
all of you.
The Pittsburgh “Steal
ers” ought to be in jail.
I chipped a tooth in a
football game because I
forgot my mouth “peace.”
When the fighter jets
crossed over the top of
that stadium, everyone
wanted to fly one of those
“plains.”
At the bar, following
the ballgame, he sum
moned a serving “winch”
to fetch drinks.
Our team “one!”
He’s the best quarter
back in the NFL, so
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38-12 Rebels. Senior most tackles on the night.
Colby Brooks shined for the
Dragons with the most all Continued Football on SB
Nettes go up against 7A teams
photos/Robin Dunn
Above, Kadyn Hampton and Trevor Morgan, #18, lead
the pursuit for the Dragons defense.
Below, QB Sam Streicher gets the pass off on the run
and under pressure.
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