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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008
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STANDOUT WRESTLERS
Banks County Wrestling Club members Michael Patton, Matthew
Dilbeck and Mitchell Patton (from left) were standouts at the
recent state tournament.
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High School Baseball
BCHS drops road contest to Fannin Co.
STEADY DEFENSE
Zack Dale has been a bright spot
behind the plate this spring.
Photo by Randy Crump
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
The Banks County High School
baseball team made their longest
road trip of the regular season last
Wednesday.
Unfortunately for the Diamond
Leopards, the ride home from
Fannin County seemed even lon
ger. BCHS fell to the host Rebels
10-0 as the three-hour road trip
was not a good one.
“We played about as bad as you
can possibly play,” said Leopard
coach Joe Lord. “We allowed
seven walks, we hit three batters
and made fours. We were horrible
and not ready to play.”
The end result was a 10-0 subre
gion setback.
“We have to be more focused
on the road just like we are when
we’re defending our home turf,”
the coach said. “We never even
got off the bus. We embarrassed
ourselves, and hpefully that game
served as a wakeup call.”
Playing at Fannin County has
become an annual obstacle for the
Leopards.
“We’ve never played a good
baseball game up there,” Lord
said. “We have to be ready to play
on the road.”
The BCHS team went back to
work the following day with a
four-hour practice. More practice
time followed Friday since the
scheduled subregion game with
Union County was postponed
until April 4.
UCHS had a conflict and
requested the game be moved
and BCHS was able to fulfill the
request.
The Leopards will play at East
Jackson Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
High School Soccer
Leopards turn up defensive intensity
Members of the Banks County
Wrestling Club also competed in
the state qualifier at Jefferson.
More than 330 wrestlers com
peted in various age and weight
divisions.
The six Banks County wrestlers
who qualified during the morning
session included:
•Mitchell Patton, first place, 8U,
75.
•Michael Patton, first place, 10U,
87.
•Branding Boling, second place,
8U, 70.
•Zachary Millwood, second place,
10U, 50.
•Dylan Gouine, fourth place, 10U,
95.
•Matthew Dilbeck, third place,
10U, 103.
Chris McCrackin, Bailee Boling
and Easton Payne also drew the
praise of their coach for competing
hard in the tournament.
Qualifying for state in the after
noon session were:
•Hayden Dilbeck, first place,
12U, 130.
•Taylor Wood, second place, 12U,
65.
•Mason Patton, second place,
12U, 100.
•Andy Baker, second place, 12U,
Charledra Jennings also took first
in the discus while Jayda Richey
was first in the 100-meter hurdles
and the third in the 300-meter hur
dles.
In the four-school meet at East
Jackson standouts for the BCHS
boys included:
•Beasley, first in long jump,
first in 200-meter and second in
100-meter.
•Jennings, second in 200-meter.
•Parks, first in 3,2000-meter and
second in 1,600-meter.
•4x400-meter relay team of
•Cody Gibis, second place, 14U,
190.
•Dakota McDuffie, 14U, 210.
•Dachary McDuffie, third place,
14U, 152.
•Joseph Denton, third place, 14U,
152.
•Tuan Pham, fourth place, 12U,
Jennings, An Pham, Justin Simpson
and Adam Garcia, second.
•4x100-meter relay team of
Jennings, Simpson, Clint Caudell
and Beasley, third.
•Hester, first in shot and third in
discus.
•Pham, second in 800-meter.
•Garcia, third in 400-meter and
110 hurdles.
•Jorge Diaz, third in 3,200.
For the Lady Leopards:
•Cannon was third in the 100 and
200-meter.
•4x400-meter relay team of
65.
•Cody Beezley, fourth place, 12U,
85.
•Kyle Ruark, fourth place, 12U,
75.
Homer Carver and Chazman
Wilhouse also wrestled well in the
youth tournament, Coach Sayne
said.
Jessica Wagner, Cannon, Jessica
Marconi and Kim Pass, third.
•Wiley, third in shot.
•Vanessa Hurtado, second in
3,200-meter.
•Jayda Richey, third in 100-meter
hurdles.
•4x100-meter relay team of
Cannon, Gabrielle Foster, Wagner
and Marconi, third.
Senior Jay Harn also threw the
shot put 18-5.5 and turned in a time
of 40 seconds in the 200-meter and
3:33 in the 800-meter wheelchair
events.
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
Going into the 2008 season, Banks
County High School boys soccer
coach Chris Cooley had a sound
strategy when it came to defense.
The third-year BCHS coach decid
ed to put his most athletic players
on the defensive side of the field.
The result has been positive as the
Leopards have been impressive on
the defensive end. The past two
matches, both region contests, have
ended in 1-0 scores. BCHS won its
match against Oglethorpe County
while falling to North Oconee.
Helping lead the defensive effort
to this point in 2008 have been
Oscar Aguilar, Marco Olandez,
Andre Aguilar amd Marco Monreal.
Oscar Aguilar has been a force at
sweeper while Olandez is the team’s
only left-footed kicker.
Sophomore Donald Jordan has
been effective in goal. Senior
Matt Lyons stepped in during the
Oglethorpe County match blanking
the Patriots.
In the victory against Oglethorpe
County last week, Alex Vang scored
the match’s lone goal on a 40-yard
free kick.
“We had to really defend hard the
last 15 minutes,” Cooley said. “It
was a great defensive second half by
both teams.”
The Leopards traveled to North
Oconee High School last Friday
falling 1-0 to the Titans. Cooley said
the match was actually played on a
wider, shorter field.
“They like to use that field to their
style of play,” the BCHS coach said.
“They scored off a corner kick. It
was actually kind of a lucky goal.”
Cooley said it was another stand
out defensive effort by his team
and noted it was one of the few
times this season his Leopards were
defended effectively.
BCHS was scheduled to play
Lakeview Tuesday and will host
Union County High School
Wednesday (today) for senior night
beginning at 4 p.m.
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