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Sunday, December 16, 2018
LOCAL GOLF
Chamberlin wins CMGA
outing at Chattahoochee
Charles Chamberlin took first place in the
first flight of the individual-net strokes com
petition for the Chattahoochee Men’s Golf
Group on Wednesday.
Mike Kuczmarski was second place.
In the second flight, Clayton Bartlett won,
while Robert Pyne earned the win in the
third flight.
Closest to the pin winners were Jerry
Johns (No. 3), Larry Cohan (No. 5) and
Chamberlin (No. 12 and 17).
Compiled by Bill Murphy
HIGH SCHOOL
SCOREBOARD
North Hall
wrestling
takes 2nd
Trojans took part in
McCallie Invitational
The North Hall High wrestling program
took second place out of 29 schools at the
McCallie Invitational on Saturday in Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
At 195 pounds, Logan Hawthorne took first
place for the Trojans — the first individual
champion at this event in school history.
Placing second for North Hall were Jacob
Pedraza (120), Matthew Glenn (126) and
Bowie Eisenberg (285).
At 132, Jackson Whitmire finished third
for the Trojans.
Basketball
Adam Cottrell had a team-high 35 points
with five rebounds as the Lakeview Acad
emy boys topped Maynard
Jackson in two overtimes,
89-86, at the Julio Jones
Kia Classic on Saturday in
Smyrna. Trailing by three
points with only seconds
left in the first overtime,
Cottrell nailed a 3-pointer
to send the game into
another extra frame.
Blake McIntyre had 22
points and five assists for
the Lions (6-3), while Conley Millwood added
15 points and six rebounds.
Arturo Varela had 13 points for Lakev
iew Academy. The Lions made 24 of 28 free
throw attempts.
On Tuesday, Lakeview Academy faces
Rabun Gap in Gainesville.
CHESTATEE BOYS 58, NORTH HALL
56 (OT): Brenton Nicholson hit six 3-point-
ers on the night and made a big three-point
play for the War Eagles in overtime on Sat
urday. Nicholson hit all six of his free throw
attempts and finished the game with 28
points.
Cam Gwyn hit four 3-pointers and scored
22 for the War Eagles (9-3).
NORTH HALL GIRLS 48, CHESTATEE
33: Ansleigh Ferguson scored 20 points with
■ Please see SCORES, 4B
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Nominations for Gainesville
High’s inaugural Hall of Fame
class due by Jan. 1
The deadline to nominate players for the
Gainesville High athletics Hall of Fame is
Jan. 1.
The eight-member inaugural class (six ath
letes, one team and one athletic supporter)
will be inducted during a ceremony April 20
at Scott’s Downtown in Gainesville. To be eli
gible, a candidate must have graduated from
either Gainesville High School or the former
E.E. Butler and Fair Street high schools no
less than 10 years before induction.
Nomination forms are available at
the school’s athletics website: www.
gainesvilleredelephantathletics.com.
For more information, contact Gainesville
athletics director Adam Lindsey at adam.
lindsey@gcssk 12 .net.
Compiled by Bill Murphy
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL I FCAEast-West Classic
Leaving it all on the field
Photos by AUSTIN STEELE I The Times
East Hall High’s Cambren Harrison for Team East gets tackled into the end zone for a touchdown by Gainesville’s Rassie Littlejohn
for Team West during the FCA East-West Football Classic on Saturday at Maginnis Field in Gainesville. For more photos from the
game, see page 4B.
Area seniors suit up one final time to face rivals in All-Star outing
Cherokee Bluff’s Conner Boyd for Team East gets taken down by Team
West players when making a pass during the FCA East-West Football
Classic on Saturday at Maginnis Field in Gainesville.
Team East’s Conner Boyd hands the ball off to Cambren
Harrison during the FCA East-West Football Classic at
Maginnis Field on Saturday in Gainesville.
NFL I Texans 29, Jets 22
Watson throws late go-ahead TD
Gainesville High graduate hit on 22
of 28 passes for 298 yards, two TDs
Associated Press
Gainesville High graduate Deshaun
Watson threw a 14-yard touchdown
pass to DeAndre Hopkins with 2:15
left, lifting the Houston Texans to a
29-22 comeback victory over Sam
Darnold and the New York Jets on
Saturday night.
For the night, Watson completed
22 of 28 throws for 298 yards and two
touchdowns.
After Darnold and the Jets took
their first lead of the game on Eli
jah McGuire’s 2-yard touchdown
run, Watson and the Texans (10-4)
answered right back.
A holding call on cornerback Mor
ris Claiborne on third down prolonged
the drive, and Watson completed
passes of 20 and 3 yards to Demary-
ius Thomas and 7 yards to Hopkins
to get to New York’s 14. Watson then
found Hopkins streaking down the
left sideline and launched a pass that
the receiver somehow came down
with despite being tightly covered by
Claiborne.
Hopkins appeared to injure a leg on
the play, and Watson and Alfred Blue
helped him to the sideline as the Tex
ans celebrated. The receiver was OK,
though, and finished with 10 catches
for 170 yards and two TDs.
Ka’imi Fairbairn’s 40-yard field
goal — his fifth kick of the game —
■ Please see HOUSTON, 2B
BILL K0STR0UN I Associated Press
Houston Texans quarterback and Gainesville High
graduate Deshaun Watson looks to pass against the
New York Jets during the first half of Saturday’s game
in East Rutherford, N.J.
AARON CRANDALL I For Associated Press
Georgia Southern quarterback Shai Werts (4) runs into
the end zone for a touchdown against Eastern Michigan
during the Camellia Bowl on Saturday in Montgomery,
Ala.
CAM ELLA BOWL I Georgia Southern 23, Eastern Michigan 21
Eagles win on last-second field goal
Georgia Southern now 2-0 in bowl outings
Associated Press
Tyler Bass kicked a
40-yard field goal as time
expired to give Georgia
Southern a 23-21 victory
over Eastern Michigan in the
Camellia Bowl on Saturday
night.
Shai Werts kept the win
ning drive alive with a
29-yard scramble on fourth-
and-10. Bass came on for his
third field goal after Wes
ley Fields’ two runs pushed
Georgia Southern (10-3) 7
yards closer.
Werts also made a
50-yarder on the final play of
the first half.
Eastern Michigan (7-6) had
delivered its own big fourth-
down play to take the lead for
the first time.
Mike Glass threw a 5-yard
touchdown pass to Arthur
Jackson with 3:33 left on
fourth-and-4, followed by
Chad Ryland’s extra point.
Georgia Southern took
over at its own 25 with a
triple-option offense that
attempted fewer passes than
every FBS team but Army.
Werts completed a 15-yard
pass to tight end Ellis Rich
ardson, but Georgia Southern
fittingly covered most of the
52 yards with runs.
Werts ran for 79 yards and
two first-half touchdowns
while completing 4 of 7
passes for 33 yards to receive
Most Valuable Player honors.
Wesley Kennedy III gained
107 yards on nine carries.
Eastern Michigan’s Glass
completed 17 of 25 passes for
204 yards and three touch
downs, including a 75-yarder
to Jackson on the opening
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play of the second half. He
had missed the final two
games of the regular season
with a right leg injury and
had only two previous starts.
Glass found Jackson in the
back of the end zone to cap
a 16-play, 75-yard drive that
consumed more than six min
utes. As it turns out, it left too
much time on the clock.
Georgia Southern ran
for 331 yards on 58 carries.
Finished the season without
throwing an interception.
