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October 12,
2023
See PHS Dragon Football Photos Page 10B
Softball Nettes defeat Gilmer 6-3
Sports
Fanatic
PHS Softball catcher
Charli Fendley
leyan added one run in the
fourth and one run in the sev
enth, to finish the game with
a 6-0 win. Ally Long, Ains-
ley Jones, Skylar Weaver,
and Charli Fendley each col
lected one hit off Macey Cin
tron to lead PHS in offense.
Cheyenne Coleman was in
the circle for PHS. Coleman
went seven innings, surren
dering six runs on 13 hits,
striking out two, and walking
two.
Faucett named PHS Honorary
Cheerleader of the Week
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
On Saturday, Georgia
Tech (3-3) upset previously
unbeaten and seventh
ranked Miami (4-1) by a
23-20 margin on the road
via a last second touch
down. The phenomenal
comeback stands as the
highlight of an otherwise
unremarkable season.
With a mere second
showing on the game clock,
receiver Christian Leary
crossed the goal line on a
44 yard pass from quarter
back Haynes King to stun
the home crowd in Coral
Gables. Less than a minute
earlier, the game appeared
to be over.
Facing a 3rd down and
10 with 33 seconds remain
ing in the game, Hurri
canes’ head coach Mario
Christobal opted to run the
football rather than taking a
knee. Subsequently, Yellow
Jacket defender ripped the
ball from running back’s
grasp and recovered the
fumble which gave Tech
new life.
King completed a 30
yard pass and then the
game winning toss.
Congratulations GT.
At issue is Miami’s de
cision to run the football on
3rd down.
Why on earth?
The Jackets have no
timeouts left, there’s ab
solutely no defense for the
victory formation and one
kneel down ends this ball-
game.
The national press called
the decision dumb, care
less, foolish and more. Just
ad your own colorful adjec
tives accordingly.
Again, why?
I can only guess.
Cristobal has been a
tremendously successful
football coach for decades,
therefore he knew the risks.
He also knew that any
comeback was completely
improbable to the very
edge of impossible.
His decision was based
on ego or just classic hubris
(pride that goeth before the
fall). With his team unde
feated, nationally ranked
and expected as a legiti
mate contender for the
ACC championship and
playing an “inferior” team
with only a slight lead, he
wanted another score to add
style points for future rank
ings.
Regardless of how the
decision is characterized,
the end result was much de
served, and kudos to the
Jackets for making the
plays which they needed to
win thereafter.
Skylar Weaver is safe on second after a line drive hit.
Fall to Dawson in overtime of the season and were tri-
The Pickens Nettes hosted umphant in a 6 - 3 win.
the Gilmer Bobcats at Dunn In the first inning, a wild
Field on Monday, October pitch put Pickens on the
2nd. Pickens took care of board, scoring Ally Long. In
business in the last meeting the second inning, Skylar
Weaver homered to center
field, scoring Charli Fendley
and herself for the Nettes, 3-
0. In the top of the third,
Gilmer scored one run, 3-1.
In the bottom of the third, the
Nettes answered. Ally Long
walked. Lexi Grizzle turned
a hit into an in the park
homerun scoring Long and
herself, 5-1. Ellie Hollis
added to the scoring with a
single to left field, scoring
Ainsley Jones, 6-1. Gilmer
scored two runs in the top of
the sixth, 6-3. Skylar Weaver
and Lexi Grizzle led the
Nettes with two hits each.
Cheyenne Coleman
earned the win in the circle.
Coleman gave up seven hits
and three runs over seven in
nings, striking out five, and
walking one.
On Tuesday, October 3rd
Pickens hosted Dawson
County at Dunn Field. Pick
ens opened the scoring in the
fifth inning. Skylar Weaver
doubled on a line drive to left
field. Ellie Hollis moved
Weaver to third. Madelyn
Johnson bunted to get on
base. Jaedyn Thomure sin
gled, scoring Weaver and
Johnson, 2-0. Dawson scored
two runs in the top of the
sixth to tie the game, 2-2. The
two teams battled into extra
innings. Dawson scored in
the ninth inning to win the
game. Jaedyn Thomure led
Pickens with two RBIs. Tho
mure went 3-for-4 on the day.
Skylar Weaver collected two
hits for the Nettes. PHS
turned one double play in the
game. Lexi Grizzle was in
the circle for Pickens. She
went nine innings, surrender
ing six runs on six hits, strik
ing out nine, and walking
one.
Pickens hosted Wesleyan
at Dunn Field on Thursday,
October 5th. Wesleyan got on
the board in the top of the
second inning, 2-0. The
Wolves added two runs in the
third on a single, 4-0. Wes-
Jr. High XC teams sharp at
NGML championship
PHS Jr. High Boys’ Cross Country team.
Every home game, the PHS Cheerleading
squad recognizes a person in our school sys
tem who daily adds to the positive culture of
Pickens High School. This staff member is a
constant source of encouragement and posi
tivity for the students and staff of Pickens
High School and truly embodies the spirit of
a Dragon. Her commitment to this school and
her work ethic is why she is vital to the suc
cess of our school and make her a PHS icon.
Please join us as we show our appreciation to
Mrs. Debra Faucett and name her our PHS
Honorary Cheerleader of the week.Thank
you for all you do for our students, staff and
facilities.
PHS Cheerleading team with honorary member, Mrs. Dedra Faucett
Pickens Jr. High XC ran
the North Georgia Mountain
League Championship and
both teams took 6th place.
Emmett Cutler led the
boys team and placed 9th
with a time of 13:19. Helping
score points for the team
were Peyton Krajcovic 13.11,
Miles Kearney 13:59, Kasen
Parker 14:40, Kai Parker
15:04. Lessie Lanford led the
girls’ team and placed 14th
with a time of 15:22.4. To
finish the team score Adalyn
Morgan ran 15:42, Aubrey
Phelps ran 16:20.8, Mollie
Thomas tan 17:11.9, and
Quincey Flatt ran 17:48.5.
Both teams have worked
hard all season and individual
runners have continued to set
new personal records each
race. This young team has
worked hard and improved
with each meet.
Rivalry week
Dragons to face rival
Gilmer Friday
The PHS Dragons foot
ball team is looking for a
change in momentum as
they enter Rivalry Week and
an upcoming game at
Gilmer on Friday.
The Dragons started the
season with a sound per
formance vs. Pepperell in
their scrimmage and fol
lowed that with an opening
win at home vs. a solid
Sonoraville team. Since that
game, the Dragons have
been on the receiving end of
some bad bounces and
tough losses. A game with
Gilmer provides an opportu
nity to get to 1-2 in region
play and keep playoff hopes
alive. Last year the Dragons
found themselves in a simi
lar situation and handled the
Bobcats 27-10 at home.
They then went on to win
four straight and earn a trip
to the playoffs. Fall weather
has arrived and the match up
with the team from Ellijay
will certainly be intense.
Head north to support the
Dragons, band, and cheer
leaders this Friday as they
enter enemy territory.
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Racing Across America
Race Recap - 2023 Bank of
America Roval 400
By Alex Korowotny
Racing Sports
Correspondent
The Roval race started with Reddick on
pole. He led all 25 laps of Stage 1 as the
stage went completely caution-free. Stage
cautions were brought back in this race.
This made the drivers choose to either give
up stage points to get track position, or stay
to get stage points but lose a lot of track po
sition in the process. Reddick and other
drivers up front that hadn’t pitted came in
to pit during the caution, and gave the lead
to Bell. Six laps after the start of Stage 2,
Chase Elliott passed Bell for the lead. With
three laps left in the stage, the first caution
for incident came when Lajoie spun out Bil-
icki in Turn 4. Elliott won the stage under
caution but he and other drivers that stayed
out to get stage points pitted and were now
far back in the field.
Stage 3 started on lap 54 with Busch, a
driver needing to win to make the Round of
8, as the leader. Allmendinger then passed
him for the lead on lap 58. The race contin
ued playing out until lap 76, Hamlin
brought out the caution for spinning out in
the front-stretch chicane. This led to a series
of cautions before the end of the race like
Stenhouse’s car catching on fire and Suarez
getting spun by Bell. Allmendinger kept the
lead and held off a late charge by Byron to
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