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March 8, 2023
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Wed, March 8
4 pm
Girls/Boys Varsity Golf
vs. Rutland High School
4 pm
Girls/Boys Varsity Tennis
vs. Lamar County High
4:30 pm
Boys Freshman
Baseball vs. Veterans
5 pm
Middle School Soccer
@ Jones County
5 pm
Girls/Boys MCMS
Tennis @ Stratford
6:1 5 pm
Boys Middle School Soc
cer @ Jones County
6:30 pm
JV Baseball
vs. Veterans High School
Thu, March 9
4 pm
Boys Freshman
Baseball @ Rutland High
4 pm
Girls Middle School
Track @ Pike Middle
4 pm
Girls/Boys Varsity Tennis
vs. Upson-Lee High
5:30/7 pm
Girls/Boys JV Soccer
vs. Jackson High School
6 pm
Varsity Baseball vs.
Trinity Christian School
Fri, Mar 10
4:30 pm
MCMS Baseball VS.
Gray Station Middle-DH
5:30 pm
Girls Varsity Soccer
vs. Upson-Lee High
6:30 pm
Varsity Baseball @
McIntosh High School
7:30 pm
Boys Varsity Soccer
vs. Upson-Lee High
Sat, Mar 1 1
9 am
MP Track @
Eagles Landing
Mon, Mar 1 3
4 pm
JV Baseball vs. Trinity
Christian High School
4 pm
Boys Freshman
Baseball vs. Trinity
Christian High School
5 pm
Girls/Boys MCMS
Soccer vs. Henderson
5:30/7 pm
JV Soccer @ ACE
4 pm
Girls/Boys Varsity
Tennis vs. Pike County
Tue, Mar 14
4 pm
Varsity Tennis
vs. Pike County High
4 pm
Girls/Boys MCMS Tennis
vs. St. Georges
@ Gordon College
4:30 pm
MCMS Baseball
@ Lamar County (DH)
5:30 pm
Varsity Soccer
@ Lamar County
5:30 pm
JV Baseball @ Jackson
Boys Freshman Baseball
@ Eagles Landing High
7:30 pm
Girls/Boys Varsity Soccer
@ Lamar County High
Diamond Dogs nix Northside
By Chris Soule
cwsox79®yahoo.com
The Mary Persons base
ball team is 6-4 after split
ting two games last week
On Friday, March 3, the
Bulldogs fell to the Class
AAAAA McIntosh Chiefs
(8-1) 6-2 in the first of their
two meetings this season,
this one in Forsyth. The
Chiefs jumped on the board
quickly as the leadoff batter
advanced to second base
on an error and eventually
scored on an RBI single
later in the inning. Trailing
1-0 in the bottom of the
3rd, the Dogs tied the game
when Brady Christman
homered on a solo shot. In
the top of the 4th the Chiefs
manufactured 3-runs by
playing small ball with time
ly hits and moving runners
around. It was all the scor
ing they needed to finish off
the game. McIntosh pitchers
were able to escape despite
3 errors by the Chiefs.
Starting pitcher Ty Beck and
relief pitcher Gehrig Rogers
struck out 9 Bulldogs in the
process. Cole Carr started
the game on the mound
Cole Carr delivers the pitch against McIntosh on Friday
night. (Photo/John Belknap)
giving up 4 rims on 7 hits,
3 walks, and striking out 5.
Ian Lewis came in relief giv
ing up 2 unearned rims on 2
hits while striking out a pair
along with 3 free passes. The
final score 6-2.
“That was extremely
frustrating,” said coach Clae
Mathis, noting the Chiefs
only scored one earned run.
Mathis said with a young
team they’re still figuring
out who plays wear and hits
when.
Things were better on
Wednesday, March 1, as the
Diamond Dawgs beat Class
AAAAAA Northside High
School in Warner Robins
(2-5) 13-1. MP grabbed a
quick 2-0 lead on RBI dou
bles from Tristan Hunt and
Ryan Causey. The Dogs
hit Eagle pitching hard
after back-to-back plunked
batters as they struck for a
4-run second inning with
RBI’s from Causey, Christ
man and Hunt. It didn’t
stop there. By the end of the
fourth inning the Bulldogs
were up 13-1 highlighted
by an Ian Lewis homer to
centerfield. Lewis started
on the mound giving up 1
run on 2 hits while striking
out 3. Nic Arnold pitched
2 innings of no-hit shutout
ball while striking out 2.
Coach Clae Mathis was
able to put supporting play
ers from the bench into the
game at the start of the 4th
inning as the team totaled
13 runs on 13 hits with
the game ending 13-1 in 5
innings.
Mathis said the Dogs hit
really well against an inferi
or team.
MP played at Whitewa
ter (3-6) in Fayetteville on
Tuesday. Results were not
available at press time. On
Thursday MP will host
Class AAA GISA private
school Trinity Christian
Crusaders lead by former
MP coach Josh Ward at 6:15
p.m. Then on Friday March
10 MP will go to Peachtree
City to try to avenge the loss
to McIntosh High School
starting at 6 p.m. Player
of the week goes to Brady
Christman who went 5-8
and a .620 batting average
scoring 2-runs, 7 RBIs, 2
doubles, 1 Homerun, and
10 total bases.
Snow killing it at S. Fla.
Former Mary Persons baseball standout
Eric Snow has found his stride after a slow
start playing for the University of South
Florida Bulls. Since March 1, Snow has
put up a .538 batting average going 7-13,
scoring 4 runs, 10 RBI’s, with 2 doubles
and 2 home runs. The 2 home runs were
both grand slams that happened this past
weekend in back-to-back games against
the 8-1 Northeastern Huskies. Snow is
leading the team with a .630 slugging
percentage and is tied for the lead with 11
RBIs this season.
TJ Sauls’ hole in one
Brady Christman
LAST WEEK
5-8 batting, .620 batting average
scoring 2-runs, 7 RBI’s, 2 doubles,
1 Homerun, and 10 total bases
Rivers'
Forever
bleed
black and
gold,
Love,
Mama,
Daddy,
and Zoe
Molly,
you Make
us so
proud and
your team!
Way to
bring
home
another
STAT6I!
MARY PERSONS BULLDOGS
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TJ. Sauls of Forsyth got his first hole in one at the Universi
ty of Georgia golf course on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Sauls, 22,
put it in the hole with a 5 iron from 207 yards out on No.
3. Sauls was playing with Jeremy Billik and Will Miller. A
senior at UGA, Sauls will graduate in May.
This profile ofMP cheer
leader Olivia Elder was
inadvertently omitted from
last weeks salute to the state
champs. We apologize for the
oversight.
Name: Olivia Elder
Grade: 10th
Parents’ names: Alicia and
Justin Elder
Favorite Game Day
memory: Winning state two
years in a row
Favorite part of Game
Day cheer: Being with both
cheer teams
Who’s your hero: My dad
Favorite subject: Lunch
What do you plan to do
after high school: Go to
Georgia Southern
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Aaron McCoy
TENNIS
Aaron McCoy outlasted Alex Hamlin
6-4, 7-5 in a match that lasted over
2 hours to help MP beat ACE
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