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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008
BCMS WRESTLING
SPORTS NOTICES
Middle school grapplers win at Jr. Patriot Classic
Bank County Middle
School’s wrestling team
won the Junior Patriot Clas
sic at Oglethorpe, Nov. 15.
Out of a 16 team-brack
eted tournament, Banks
County pulled 106 points
ahead of the competition.
Athens Christian was the
closest team to the middle
school grapplers.
Medal winners include:
Taylor Wood, first place in
the 75 lb. class and Kyle
Ruark, second place in the
85 lb. class.
Cody Beezley, first in 95
lb.; Mason Patton first in
105 lb.; Francisco Hurtado,
third in 105 lb.; Tyler Bee
zley, first in 115 lb.; and
Kevin Mayfield, third in
115 1b.
Kelsey Ayers, third in
135 lb.; Hayden Dilbeck,
third in 145 lb.; Dachary
McDuffie, second in 155
lb.; Destin Patrick, second
in 165 lb.; Bobby Morgan,
fourth in 175 lb.; Phillip
Dean, first in 185 lb.; Jer-
remy Gosnell, first in 195
lb.; Dylan Martin, third in
215 lb.; Logan Free, fourth
in 215 lb.; and Blake Reyn
olds, second in 250 lb.
Scoring team wins for
Banks County were Wes
Faulkner, Eathan Wood,
Lockland Wilson and Chris
tian Minish.
The middle school Leop
ards grapplers will com
pete Saturday at the Athens
Christian Tournament.
• Christmas Fun At BCHS
Friday, Dec. 5, starting at 5 p.m. there will be an evening of fun for all Banks County children.
Enjoy a visit with Santa, craft table, cookie decoration, cake walk, jumping machine, hay ride and
more. Parking by the Ag barn as the festivities will take place on the bus ramp side.
• Flag Football Fundraiser At BCHS Stadium
Friday, Dec. 5, the annual fire dept. vs. sheriffs office flag football fundraiser starts at 7 p.m.
• Change In Game Times
On Saturday, Dec. 6, the Banks County High School is hosting Jackosn County in five
basketball games. The ninth grade girls’ C-team will not be playing on Saturday, but the
boys’ C-team will play at 10 a.m. Following that game, the junior varsity girls play at 11:30
a.m. with the junior varsity boys playing at 1 p.m. Varsity games begin at 2:30 p.m. with
the Lady Leopards. The Leopards will play after the girls game.
OUTDOORS WITH SKIPPER
WORKING FOR THE PJNj
Demetric Dempson (top) works to
pin an Oconee County opponent
during Tuesday’s home match?®
Photo by Justini Poole''
Wrestling continued from page IB
Check www.mainstreetnewssports.com for updates on the home match.
Next up for the BCHS Mat Leopards is the Panther Invitational at Jackson County Friday and
Saturday. Competition is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday.
Three wins for BCMS girls
continued from page IB
Shedd said that he is excited to get a lot of
experience for the girls since it helps add depth
for later on in the season.
“The result of this game was the product of
hard work during the off-season and at prac
tice which our program takes great pride in,”
said Shedd. “One of the greatest stats I was
impressed with, was that we only had nine turn
overs and were able to hold Commerce to just
five points with only six total team fouls.”
Leading the charge for the girls was Taylor
Kennedy with 16 points followed by second
leading scorer McKenna Rylee with 12 points.
Sabrina Porter picked up eight points just
ahead of Morgan Cox with seven points. Drew
Dalton, Toni Mullins, Kaitlyn Duncan and
Savannah Blalock each scored two points. Erin
McDonald picked up a free throw.
Shedd said, “I have been extremely pleased
with our team's performance so far but I know
we still have a lot of tough teams we will need
to prepare for later on down the schedule."
Tip-off First Round
The Leopard girls smothered Kings Bridge
with a full court press and defense Nov. 21.
Banks was up 29-0 at halftime and according to
Shedd maintained a balanced scoring attack.
“This was a great start for our team,” said
Shedd. “You almost hate to play a game like
this as your first game. Although we played
very well, we still were not quite sure what
kind of team we had when this game was over.
The one thing we did know was that our team
has a high level of energy, they hustle, and are
extremely aggressive offensively and defen
sively.”
All of the team was able to participate on the
court and a lot of girls scored.
Leading the middle school Lady Leopards
was McKenna Rylee scoring eight points. Tying
for second leading scorer was Lauren Carter,
Sabrina Porter and Morgan Cox each with
six points apiece. Scoring five points apiece
were Drew Dalton and Gabby Grisham. Taylor
Kennedy picked up four points followed by
Kaitlyn Duncan, Savannah Blalock and Haley
Warner each with two points.
Tip-off Championship
Banks advanced to face West Jackson in the
championship round on Nov. 22. The girls
fought hard for the 31-26 win and made a
comeback in the second half.
According to Shedd, the girls started out
slow and allowed a lot of turnovers off of West
Jackson’s half and full court pressure.
Banks was down 18-11 going into the half.
Coming out of the break, the girls refocused
and played a tough, man defense to climb back
into the game.
Shedd said that the game plan never changed,
but the girls refused to quit or lose.
“We were able to claw back into the ballgame
by playing a tough, man defense and denying
their posts players the ball.”
The girls challenged every shot and begin to
pick up rebounds. At the end of the third period
the girls cut the lead to 23-19. Taking the lead
in the fourth period, the middle school Lady
Leopards picked up a 31-26 win.
“I am proud of our team’s performance and
think they were able to show great character
with a huge comeback victory to take first place
in the tournament.”
Leading scorer Taylor Kennedy picked up
12 points followed by McKenna Rylee scoring
nine points and Drew Dalton with four points.
Lauren Carter, Sabrina Porter and Gabby
Grisham each scored two points.
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L ast Wednesday, I was in
the woods at my usual
late time of around seven a.m.
It wasn’t long after I arrived
at my perch, in my comfort
able double ladder stand, that
things began to happen.
The first movement I no
ticed was of a doe and a year
ling. They were headed up my
way; she was a bit antsy as she
looked towards me. I believe
she discovered my usual hid
ing place.
Back to my right, a herd was
making their way through the
woods. The herd, being my
resident deer of two does and
three yearlings. They seem to
like our place, bedding down
at evening, in different favorite
spots, near the back pasture.
Now, I had around seven
or more ladies around me, I
figured where the girls are the
boys will be. I soon heard a
racket going on at the prop
erty next to ours.
I figured it was a couple of
bucks locking horns. I blew
my grunt call but the only re
sult was a couple of the does
looking my way. I noticed the
sound of fighting deer had
stopped, and then
got a brief glimpse
of three big deer
running through a
clearing toward the
creek. I figured they
must be nice bucks,
but no chance at all
to get a shot. Then I
noticed a spike com
ing out of the nearby
property, heading to
ward a doe.
skipper
smith
woods. Inside the
house produces noth
ing.
I got a chance to
take my four-year-
old grandson Carson,
out to the ground
blind on Friday.
He made it con-
tently for about
45 minutes but we
didn’t see any deer,
so he was ready to
He came on over my way,
and I enjoyed watching him.
He probably had been watch
ing the fight going on with the
bigger deer, and now, with
them gone, started looking
around to see what he could
find.
The does had moved on off
at this point, and the woods
were now empty. A bit later
the spike came back again,
and I blew the call. He didn’t
pay much attention and even
tually melted into the woods.
That ended a real enjoyable
morning.
Perhaps, a nice buck will
show up. I thought, you cer
tainly don’t get a big deer
unless you are sitting in the
leave. And we did. I wanted it
to be a pleasant experience for
him, so he will want to come
back.
As we sat together in the
ground blind, he looked over
at his grandpa and said, “I
love you.” Boy, you want to
touch an old fellow’s heart, he
sure did. That makes it a very
special time for grandpa and
grandson.
Let me know about your
success in the outdoors.
Skipper Smith is an
outdoors columnist for The
Banks County News. His col
umn appears weekly. Let him
know about your outdoors
or hunting adventures at 706-
677-1520.