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PAGE 4B THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008 Youth wrestling ... continued from page 1B STANDOUT WRESTLERS Banks County Wrestling Club members Michael Patton, Matthew Dilbeck and Mitchell Patton (from left) were standouts at the recent state tournament. 120. 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. www.mainstreetnews.com Track ... continued from page 1B FISH DAY • 4-6” Catfish $35.00 per 100 • 6-8” Catfish $55.00 per 100 • 8-11” Catfish $89.00 per 100 To purchase 8-11” catfish, you must bring your own container and water (Too big to bag). Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Hybrid Blue Gill, Rear Ear Sun Perch, Minnows, Koi, Grass Carp Thursday, March 27 • 5-6 p.m. Maddox Feed • 1915 Winder Hwy. Jefferson, GA 706-367-9207 596-3061 • No Pre-Orders Necessary! Just show up! 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