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• Reporter
1C
April 12, 2023
SPORTS
CALENDAR
Wed. April 12
4:00 pm
Varsity Golf vs. ACE @
Bowden Golf Club
5 p.m.
Boys soccer @
Columbus High
in state playoffs
Thu, Apr 13
4 pm
Varsity Track @ Peach
County
Lady Dogs beat Crisp in Round 1
Senior
Lilly Barnes
dribbles in
the win over
Crisp County
on Monday.
(Photo/Will
Davis)
Mary Persons girls soccer team will
head to Savannah to play at St. Vin
cents in Round 2 of the Class AAA state
playoffs after beating Crisp County on
Tuesday night.
The Lady Dogs easily dispatched the
visiting Lady Cougars on a sun-splashed
afternoon at Lancaster Field by a 6-0
score. Mary Persons had beaten Crisp
County by the same margin, 7-1, back in
January.
Reagan Benson and Karlie Dell got
goals in the first half to give MP a 2-0
halftime advantage.
In the second half, with 32:51 left in the
game, freshman Carlie Rawlins launched
a cross from the right side. The keeper
made the stop but it bounded away from
her, and Lexi Newberry was there to
make her pay. MP led 3-0.
Just moments later Newberry scored
again on a nifty shot into the right corner
off another great cross. The Lady Dogs
led 4-0.
Benson added two more in the second
half to get the hat trick.
MP will now play St. Vincents (11-3)
on Monday after they mercy ruled Salem
(4-11) 10-0 on Tuesday night at home.
Varsity Golf vs. Lamar
County @ Morgan
Dairy Golf Club
Fri, Apr 14
4:30 pm
Varsity Baseball vs.
Peach County
Monroe County
Weekend at Mercer
6 p.m. Friday
ETSU @ Mercer
2 p.m. Saturday
ETSU @ Mercer
1 p.m. Sunday
ETSU @ Mercer
Mon, Apr 17
4 pm
Girls Varsity Golf VS.
Knights Invitational @
Raintree Golf and
Country Club
Tue, Apr 18
5:45 pm
Varsity Baseball @
Jackson High School
Monroe
County
weekend
at Mercer
The weekend of April
14-16 has been desig
nated “Monroe Coun
ty Weekend” by the
Mercer Bears baseball
team. Tickets are $2 all
weekend when you show
an ID with a Monroe
County address. Gates
open for Friday nights
game against East Ten
nessee State University
at 6 pm. featuring the
Malcolm Cole Fish Fry.
On Saturday the action
continues against ETSU
at 2 pm. with a baseball
card giveaway and an
“on-field extravaganza”
where families can go on
the field after the game
to play catch, rim the
bases and get auto
graphs.
Then on Sunday, the
Bears will close out the
series against ETSU
starting at 1 pm. with
a $5 hot dog meal deal
that includes chips and
a drink.
The Bears’ record for
the season is currently
18-11. For more infor
mation about gameday
visit: mercerbears.com.
Zack Grizzard
“Zack did a great job out the bullpen.
He came in in bad situations and
shut them down multiple innings. He
got put in a tough spot and took care
of business. He was a bright spot
when everything’s going wrong."
Arrghh... Pirates sweep Dogs
MARY PERSONS BULLDOGS
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
"Anna is a true lead by example kind of player. She’s always willing to do whatever it takes to help the team succeed. She
has played in 3 different positions throughout the season with no complaints and has bought into each position whole
heartedly. She makes sure she is one of the first ones to pressure any ball in the middle of the field no matter how tired
she is. She also helps me keep the intensity high at practice by keeping her fellow team mates motivated and focused on
improving every day. The Mary Persons soccer program will truly miss her next season.” - MP Coach Jacob Haygood
By Will Davis
publisher™ my mcr.net
Mary Persons baseball
coach Clae Mathis said his
team can still win second
place in Region 2-AAA and
host a playoff game despite
being swept last week by
the Pike County Pirates,
falling to 14-10,2-4 in
region.
“Spring break wasn’t
good to us,” sighed Mathis.
Region 2-AAA
Standings
SCHOOL REGION OVERALL
Pike County 6-0 13-11
Upson-Lee 6-3 13-6
Peach County 4-5 12-10
Mary Persons 2-4 14-10
Jackson 0-6 8-15
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Most MP students were on
break while the Bulldogs
were playing the defending
state champions and region
rival.
While Pike (13-11,6-0
region) has several col
lege-level pitchers back
from last year, Mathis said
it doesn’t matter who you’re
playing if you give them 34
free bases over 3 games.
“It’s hard to beat anyone
like that,” said Mathis.
Still, Mathis conceded
MP’s young team may have
been intimidated.
“That name on the jersey
(Pike) keeps them from
having confidence,” said
Mathis. “And playing with
out confidence ... it ain’t a
good mix.”
While MP gave the Pi
rates 34 free bases on walks,
errors and more, Pike only
gave MP 2 free bases.
“It was hard to watch,”
said Mathis. “There’s
nothing you can do to fix it
when it starts going wrong.”
Still, Mathis said the
Dogs can still reach their
goal of winning 20 games
and hosting the playoffs.
They don’t have to play
Pike again and the rest of
the schedule is much more
manageable, adding, “but
we can’t play like we did.”
The first game, last Tues
day, April 4, the only one in
Zebulon, was the closest, a
3-2 loss for MP. Pike put up
3 rims early on a ground-
out and a single by Ham
mond in the first inning.
“We handed them
their 3 runs,” said s
Mathis. ’’Then we realized
we could play with these
guys and we had a chance.
Had a guy on second. Late
and couldn’t get it done.
The pitching was strong
on both sides. Pike County
pitchers struck out ten,
while Mary Persons Bull
dogs sat down seven.
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Cole Carr delivers for the Dogs against Pike County. (Photo/John Belknap)
Anna Murdock
MP SOCCER