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January 26,
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New school records set at Northwest Georgia
Swim and Dive Championships
The PHS Dragons Swim
Team took to Calhoun High
School to compete in the
Northwest Georgia Swim
and Dive Championships on
Jan 13-14. Thirty two teams
competed with more than
500 swimmers in all from all
across north Georgia.
Pickens girls finished in
10th place, boys finished in
22nd, for a combined overall
15th place. With Pickens
being a small team and one
of the only 3A schools, we
are incredibly proud of this
finish among the much larger
teams from the 6A regions.
This event holds preliminary
competition to find the top 16
swimmers in each event who
then swim in finals competi
tion in the afternoon.
In preliminary competi
tion, Read Fernandez and
Jack Resetar both hit new
personal best times in the 50
yard freestyle with Jack fin
ishing 2nd in his heat, while
Brody Leake made his per
sonal best time in the 100
yard Breaststroke event.
Liam Kimbrell finished 3rd
in his heat with a new per
sonal best time in the 100
yard Backstroke.
Girls preliminaries saw
the following all take per
sonal best times - Angelina
Matos in the 50 yard
freestyle, Savannah Retford
in the 100 yard freestyle,
Kilie Gravley, Heather Fer
nandez, and Savannah Ret
ford all in the 100 yard
backstroke and Dani Zeigler
in the 100 yard breaststroke.
Members of the PHS Swim Team who competed at the Northwest Georgia Swim and Dive Championships.
photo/Melissa Bramlett
Brody Leake finished
with a personal best time and
15th place finish overall.
The girls medley relay
team made up of Arie
Stevens, Dani Zeigler, An-
abelle Jordan, and Savannah
Retford hit a best time and
broke the Pickens High
School team record in that
event to finish 10th place
overall. Anabelle Jordan fin
ished 13th overall out of 33
swimmers in the 200
freestyle event. She qualified
to swim the 100 butterfly, but
was unable to swim the race
in finals due to a shoulder in
jury sustained in the prelimi
nary race, where despite the
injury she still made a per
sonal best time. Arie Stevens
finished 14th and Savannah
Retford finished 15th overall
out of 137 swimmers in the
100 yard freestyle. Mae
Stevens finished 5th overall
in the 500 yard freestyle.
Arie Stevens finished 7th
overall in the 200 IM. Fi
nally, our girls 200 freestyle
relay team (Anabelle Jordan,
Savannah Retford, Mae
Stevens and Arie Stevens)
finished 3rd in their heat,
while setting a new school
record and taking an 11th
place overall finish.
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New record holders in both the 200 freestyle relay and
400freestyle relay: Savannah Retford, Mae Stevens,
Anabelle Jordan, and Arie Stevens. Retford is also the new
record holder for the 100 yard backstroke.
Dragons take two region wins
Jaden Stewart looks for a
passing lane.
The Dragons battled the West Hall
Spartans on January 17th at home
and came out victorious 70-55. The
Dragons established a 30-25 halftime
lead over the Spartans and added on
from that point. The big blow was a
19-8 3rd quarter difference that led to
a 16 point lead. The Dragons were
led by Caleb Lanford with 15 points
and 7 rebounds followed by Camden
Dunn with 14 points, 6 rebounds and
5 assists. Also hitting double figures
was Jaden Stewart with 11 points and
James Tilley also with 11 points. The
Dragons strong defensive effort led
to the big region victory.
The Dragons next traveled north
to take on the Gilmer Bobcats on Fri
day January 20th. The game was
played in front of a very loud and en-
Dragons photos/Robin Dunn
thusiastic crowd for both teams. The
contest was tightly contested with the
Bobcats taking the halftime lead 24-
23. The Dragons came out with a
strong defensive effort and hot shoot
ing to outscore Gilmer 25-16 in the
third quarter to take a 48-40 lead.
The fourth quarter was a back and
forth affair with many great plays by
both teams. With 7 seconds remain
ing and leading by only 2 points
Kadyn Hampton calmy sank 2 free
throws to seal the huge road win for
the Dragons. Hampton led the Drag
ons with 23 points followed by Caleb
Lanford with 16 points and 6 re
bounds and Jaden Stewart with 11
points,4 rebounds and 7 assists.
The Dragon crowd played a huge
role in pushing the boys to the win.
It was a great night to be a Dragon.
Caleb Lanford gets around his
man and heads for the hoop.
P/cti&oe County Pccr&atron Pepas-tment
1329 Camp Road, Jasper, Georgia 30143
Mon Sat 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. & Sun 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Website: PickRec.com Email: Fun@PickRec.com
Phone: <706) 253-8863 Fax: (706) 253-8865
Baseball, Softball, & T-Ball
(2023)
Coordinator: Pickens County Recreation Department
Registration Fee: Ages 3-4 T-Ball $75 (co-ed & includes uniform)
Ages 5-6 T-Ball $85 (includes uniform)
Ages 7-12 Base/Softball $85 (includes uniform)
^yrsrr^. Register only in person at the recreation department &
playerfsl must he present at that time to fit uniform(s)!
Registration Dates: January 4 ,h — February 16 th early registration
February 17 th — February 19 th late registration with $10.00 late fee
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IMPORTANT DATES AND TIMES
7-8 Boys/Girls 5:30 PM
9-10 Boys/Girls 5:30 PM
11-12 Boys/G iris 5:30 PM
February 27, 2023 7-8 Boys/Girls 7:00 PM
February 28, 2023 9-10 Boys/Girls 7:00 PM
March 2,2023 11-12 Boys/Girls 7:00 PM
Practices May Begin - Saturday, March 4 Ih , 2023
Opening Day/Games Begin - Saturday, March 25 lh , 2023
Skills Evaluation - February 27, 2023
February 28, 2023
March 2, 2023
Coaches’ Draft -
Age control date is September 1, 2022.
The age of the participant as of this date determines which age
group the participant is eligible to play. A player is eligible
to move up one age group, but may not play down.
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Traveling may be necessary for the older age groups.
In person registration ontvl
HI online registration
Anyone interested in coaching must provide a state or federal issued identification
(DL, passport, etc.), complete a coach’s application, and pass a criminal background check.
For additional information please visit
PickRec.com
Phone: (706) 253-8863
Email: b7joncs@.pi.cken.sCQJin.tyga,g<>.y
sboyd@pickenscountyga.gov
Nettes trounce West Hall
on Senior Night
Team defeats rival Gilmer in 6th straight meeting
Madison Powell #23 Adrienne Plumley Emma Gleason pre-
on Senior Night in action. pares to put one up on
versus West Hall. Senior Night against
West Hall.
The Nettes had a good week on
the court last week, beginning with a
65-9 frouncing of West Hall on Sen
ior Night. Seniors Adrienne Plumley,
Emma Gleason, and Madison Powell
were recognized between games for
their accomplishments and participa
tion in the Nettes program for 4 sea
sons. They preceded that by playing
well on the court as all 3 contributed
to the win. Adrienne Plumley
chipped in 6 points, 3 rebounds, and
an assist. Madison Powell added 9
points, 3 rebounds, an assist and a
steal. Emma Gleason contributed 10
points, 3 assists, and 3 steals.
The Nettes traveled to Ellijay on
Friday night to begin the second ro
tation of region games. They pre
vailed 49-29 in a typical slugfest with
the Lady Bobcats. Gilmer came out
strong and won the first quarter 11-
10. The Dragonettes held them to 5
points in the second quarter and went
into halftime with a slim 4 point lead.
The 3rd quarter would prove decisive
as the Nettes put the hammer down
winning the frame 18-2. Great ball
movement and offensive rebounds
led the way for the Nettes. This
makes 6 straight wins over the
Gilmer Lady Bobcats and moves the
Nettes current record to 15-4. The
longtime series with rival Gilmer has
been played 138 times, with Pickens
holding an 87-51 margin in victories.
The Nettes and Dragons will host
Dawson County on Thursday in a re
gion match-up. It’s also recreation
night, so come out and cheer on all
of our county basketball participants.
Racing Across America
2023 NASCAR Cup Season Preview
By Alex Korowotny
Racing Sports
Correspondent
Today, we will preview every
thing that you to need to know be
fore the season.
The schedule: for the most part, the
schedule for this season is mostly
the same as last year. Most of the
races are in the same lineup as they
were last year, like the Daytona 500
is still the first race of the season and
the Daytona night race is still the
final race of the regular season.
However, there are some changes to
the schedule that are really worth
mentioning. Road America on July
4th weekend has been removed
from the NASCAR Cup schedule
this year, and the new 4th of July
race for NASCAR will be on a street
race in Chicago. It will be the first
time ever NASCAR has ever run a
race in a major city. It will be very
big for NASCAR; however, it may
be very uneventful. The layout of
the track has a lot of 90-degree
turns, which will likely make it very
hard to pass since 90-degree turns
are tight turns to make. The race
may be a big surprise by actually
being a Continued on Page 8B
Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
“High Flying
Dysfunction”
Atlanta radio ads regu
larly invite listeners to
watch or tune into the
“High Flying Hawks”
games, but not anymore,
Atlanta’s NBA team
seems more like a soap
opera of poor play, per
sonality clashes and gen
eral dysfunction.
Through Monday night,
the Hawks are a .500 team
at 24 wins - 24 losses de
spite such a promising
start to the 2022-23 sea
son. Since that fast start
which put the team among
the top three teams in the
Eastern Conference, in
juries, poor play and tales
of internal turmoil
abound.
The organization estab
lished a plan, identified
needs, drafted fairly well
during its rebuild, traded
shrewdly and made some
solid free agent signings
too.
It has not worked
though.
Why not?
If the multitude of re
ports are accurate, the rea
son is star point guard
Trae Young who’s a can
cer to the team.
Reports about tension
with forward John
Collins, a rift with former
head coach Lloyd Pierce,
recurring bouts with cur
rent head coach Nate
McMillan, and a troubling
friendship with the son of
team owner Tony
Ressler...
The team’s record
shows no improvement
even with the addition of
all-star Dejounte Murray
during this past off season
at the cost of three first
round draft picks.
Young is physically un
dersized at six feet and
only 165 pounds and has
repeatedly proven frail.
His inability or (more ac
curately) unwillingness to
play defense continues as
a liability. Now, his shoot
ing percentage wains.
Moreover, he does not ap
pear to work and play well
with other people, and his
leadership ability remains
perpetually in doubt.
Young’s name is linked
to each and every story or
tidbit of drama and dys
function surrounding this
basketball franchise.
A few reports keep sur
facing about Atlanta trad
ing Young finally. I find
that possibility unlikely,
however it could be the
best solution for everyone
involved.