THE NORTH NEWS January 28, 2015 Page 9A Five Union wrestlers go undefeated at Pickens County Crunch time... continued from page 8A By Todd Forrest County last weekend and won for 7 points a piece in the Rabun, who’s expected North Georgia News 5-of-9 matches against Rabun third. Colwell knocked down to take care of business on [email protected] County. Mickens (120 pounds) two 3-pointers, and Maddox Tuesday vs Social Circle, is on and Shaw (126) each won by pin. scored 4 points to give the Lady deck for Union with the teams Union County traveled Sophomores Noah Bierce (145) Panthers a 58-15 advantage scheduled to tip at 7 p.m. on to Pickens County last week won 9 points and Payton (182) entering the fourth. Friday. The Lady Panthers are where they faced off against the scored a pin. Breedlove (152), With Nalaschi recording looking to end a four-game skid Dragons and Cherokee. Over the another freshman, scored a pin. a double-double (14 points, to the Lady Wildcats, however, weekend they went to Oglethorpe with sophomore Zach Payton. 10 boards) and the rest of the playing at home could be a plus to take on the Patriots and Rabun Union took 7-of-9 from starters calling it a night after for Union since their last win County. Oglethorpe. Freshman Brendan the third period, the Union over Rabun came in Blairsville At Pickens, the Panthers Mason (106) and Mickens (120) reserves came in and continued in January 2013. lost both duals due to forfeiting picked up wins. Shaw (126) and to extend the lead by outscor- “Up (at Hayesville) they 30 points to each opponent due Rosser (132) recorded pins. ing Greene 6-1, and putting an have a real home court ad- to not being able to fill enough Payton (182) closed the exclamation point on a 48-point vantage and that’s what we’re weight classes. evening with a win after Union victory. trying to build here,” Coach Against the host Pickens, picked up W’s at 152 and 160 Baylee Young, Coyne, Tucker said. Union fell 42-36 despite winning pounds. and Logan Colwell scored Another road trip is in six of their eight matches. “Our young men are main- 2 points a piece in the final store on Saturday when the Bryan Nelson, Zach Pay- taining their weights very well frame. Lady Panthers pay a visit to ton, Tyler Camp, Brendan Mason, Union freshman Grizzly Breedlove (left) in action at Pickens County and winning most of their one-on- Leading the charge for Washington Wilkes - tip off is Brandon Mickens, and Adrian Rosser all won their respective young squad. one matches,” Coach Smith-Foot the Lady Panthers was Maddox set for 3 p.m. Shaw all won their matches. matches. “We are expecting to quali- said. “They practice very hard, who led the team in scoring Union was victorious, James Rosser picked up a forfeit Payton, along with fresh- fy the highest number of wrestlers and I believe the key to their with 17. The balanced Union 65-37 when Wilkes came call- as well. men Nelson, Rosser, Shaw, and for Sectionals this year,” Coach success is their endurance that is County offensive attack proved ing earlier this month. Nalaschi The Panthers suffered a Mickens all went undefeated on Smith-Foot said. “Each year we challenged every day by Coach once again that any player on put up 23 points and Stroman similar fate against Cherokee, the evening. have competed, we have qualified Justin Byers. I have never been the court is capable putting scored 11 as the Lady Tigers falling 48-36. Once again, the This weekend the Panthers three wrestlers for Sectionals. We apart of a program that does this carrying the load. fell into a 24-7 hole after one Panthers won the majority of their travel to Social Circle for the Area are still looking for our first State level of training. Coach Byers Over the course of 20 quarter and a 46-12 crater at matches, going 6-for-9. Tournament where Union County qualifier and State placer and it brings something to this program games this season, four differ- the half. They would outscore Grizzly Breedlove, Nel- Wrestling Coach Michael Smith- could happen this year. that most schools do not have and ent Lady Panthers have led the Union 17-5 in the fourth quarter son, Payton, Mickens, Shaw, and Foot has high expectations for his Union went to Oglethorpe I am very thankful for it.” team in scoring, in a minimum to make the outcome a little of three games each. Mean- more respectable after trailing while, six different players 60-20 at the end of the third. have scored in double-digits for The Lady Tigers are cur- Coach Tucker’s squad. rently in third place in 8-AA “All the success belongs and regardless of Friday night’s to the girls,” Coach Tucker outcome, the Lady Panthers can said. “They enjoy practicing, clinch one of the top two seeds they practice hard, and it’s fun in next month’s Region Tourna- for them, and that’s what it’s all ment with a win on Saturday. about. We go over what we’re - SCORING: Maddox going to do and they believe in 17, Nalaschi 14, Stroman 10, it and there is no selfishness. La Colwell 9, Day 6, Lariscy 2, Everyone knows their role and Coyne 2, Lo Colwell 2, Young 2 we just go with it.” REBOUNDS: Nalaschi 10, La Maddox’s 17 at Greene Colwell 8, Day 3, Lo Colwell marked the eighth time this 3, Maddox 2, Stroman 2, Fair season that she’s led the team 2, Lawn 2, Danek 1, Young 1 in scoring. Day has topped the ASSISTS: Maddox 8, Stroman scoring column on five separate 5, La Colwell 2, Day 1, Lariscy occasions, Nalaschi and Logan 1, Daniel 1 STEALS: Maddox Colwell have each led the way 3, Day 3, Nalaschi 2, Coyne 2, three times. Lariscy 1, La Colwell 1, Stro- Stroman scored a ca- man 1, Lo Colwell 1, Fair 1, reer-high 14 points vs Towns Daniel 1, BLOCKS: Nalaschi County and Coyne peaked with 3, Busse 1 11 vs Hokes Bluff Ala.

NASCAR 2015 By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter 1964. He also posted 147 top-10 Five new inductees finishes, more than 25 percent of the races he entered. in NASCAR Hall of Fame Note: The HOF Induction The five-driver group of the times. Ceremonies will be televised on 2015 class of the NASCAR Hall When he won his first NA- NBC Sports Network, beginning at of Fame, consisting of , SCAR premier series champion- 7 pm ET. , , Joe ship in 1962, he drove for legend- Meanwhile, next season Weatherly and , will be ary owner Bud Moore. When he will be the last for as inducted on Friday, Jan. 30th, at the repeated as champion a year later, a full-time driver. NASCAR HOF in Charlotte. he drove for nine different teams. The 43-year-old Gordon, Fred Lorenzen was one of Those were the only two years Fred Lorenzen in 1963 who ranks third all-time with 92 NASCAR’s first true superstars Weatherly competed in the premier 1998. career Cup victories, enters his even though he was a “part-time” series full-time. Wendell Scott wasn’t the 23rd season at Hendrick Motor- driver never running more than 29 “Awesome” Bill Elliott from first African-American to compete sports. He has four Sprint Cup of the season’s 50-plus races. Dawsonville, Georgia, was born on in NASCAR’s premier division. championships and if he is to get a Lorenzen got his start in Oct. 8, 1955. But the Danville, Va. native, whose fifth it must be in 2015. Coach David Tucker and his starting five during a timeout. Union’s NASCAR as a mechanic with the His lone championship career on wheels began as a taxi “As a racecar driver, much starters were able to give way to the bench during the second half of famed Holman-Moody Team in came in 1988, but he competed driver, was the first of his race to of what I’ve done throughout my their 64-16 win at Greene. Photo/Todd Forrest 1960, but was elevated to lead driv- from 1975-2012, with 828 starts, become a full-time competitor in life has been based on following er by the end of the year. Lorenzen 44 wins, and 55 Poles. the series. my instincts and trying to make won three races in only 15 starts the His most prestigious accom- Scott served three years in good decisions,” Gordon said. “I following season. plishment came in 1988 when he the U.S. Army during World War thought long and hard about my His’s best overall season won the NASCAR premier series II where he honed his mechani- future this past year and during the came in 1963 as he finished with championship with six wins, 15 top cal skills in the motor pool. Scott offseason, and I’ve decided 2015 six wins, 21 top fives and 23 top fives and 22 top-10s in 29 races. started racing in 1947 and experi- will be the last time I compete for a 10s in 29 starts. Despite missing 26 All that, combined with a enced immediate success behind championship. races that season, he finished third likeable demeanor, endeared him the wheel. He won over 100 races “I won’t use the ‘R-word’ in the standings. to fans who adored him, and that in the next decade at local area because I plan to stay extremely In 1964, he entered 16 of the adoration led to a record 16 Most tracks. busy in the years ahead, and there’s scheduled 62 races but won eight, Popular Driver Awards. He made his first start in always the possibility I’ll compete including five consecutive starts. Consistency was the hall- NASCAR’s premier series March in selected events, although I cur- During that stretch, Lorenzen led mark of Rex White’s NASCAR ca- 4, 1961 at Piedmont Interstate Fair- rently have no plans to do that. I 1,679 of the possible 1,953 laps, reer. He finished among the top five grounds in Spartanburg, S.C. He don’t foresee a day when I’ll ever one of the most dominant runs in in nearly a half of his 233 races and made 23 starts that season, posting step away from racing. I’m a fan of NASCAR history. In 1965, he won outside the top-10 only 30 percent five top-five finishes. all forms of motorsports, but par- two of NASCAR’s major events of the time, even though he only On Dec. 1, 1963 at Speed- ticularly NASCAR.” – the Daytona 500 and the World raced from 1955-1964. way Park in Jacksonville, Fla., Scott Gordon won his first cham- 600. White was a short track became the first African-American pionship at age 24 in his third Lorenzen retired in 1967 but specialist in an era in which those to win a NASCAR premier series full-time season in 1995 and fol- made a brief comeback from 1970- tracks dominated the schedule. Of event. Scott won the 100-mile fea- lowed that with championships 72. He was an extremely popular his 28 career wins in the NASCAR ture race after starting 15th. The 1997, 1998 and 2001. He seriously driver with fans, to the point that he Sprint Cup Series, only two came trophy was originally given to an- challenged for a fifth title in 2014, had several nicknames – “Golden on tracks longer than a mile in other driver, who was white. After winning four races and scoring the Boy” and “Fearless Freddie.” length. White’s victory total ranks the crowd left NASCAR told Scott most points of any driver through- He has lived in a Chicago 24th among all-time premier series they were mistaken, and he was the out the year. But he missed the final assisted living facility for the past winners. winner. He was handed the trophy, cut for the championship round. several years. He won six times during his with no fanfare and credited with Racing Trivia Question: competed 1960 championship season post- the win. There was speculation Where did Jeff Gordopn win his from 1952-64, had 229 starts, 25 ing 35 top-10s in 40 starts. He was that it wouldn’t be good publicity first Cup race? wins, 18 Poles, and two champion- the fourth driver to win a premier for NASCAR if a white trophy- Last Week’s Question: The ships (1962-63). series championship in his own girl was seen hugging or kissing a 2015 racing season is just around But that’s only part of his equipment. black man on the front page of the the corner. When and where will story, which is long on versatility. White hails from Spartan- nation’s newspapers. the first NASCAR Sprint Cup race A decade earlier in 1952-53, burg, S.C., once the hub of stock Over the next 13 years, be held? The Daytona 500 is the he won 101 races in the NASCAR car racing and a community that Scott would make 495 starts, which first points race of the seasson. This Modified division, produced NASCAR Hall of Fam- ranks 35th on the all-time list. In year it will be on Sunday, Feb. 22. capturing that championship ers David Pearson, Cale Yarbor- his distinguished career, Scott ac- You may contact the Rac- in 1953. He even tried his hand in ough, and Bud cumulated 20 top-five finishes in- ing Reporter at: www.hodges@ NASCAR’s short lived Convertible Moore. White was named one of cluding eight of them in the same race500.com. NT(Jan28,C1)ac Division from 1956-59 winning 12 NASCAR’s 50 Greatest Drivers in season he won his first career race, DNR proposes changes to fishing regulations The Georgia Department The Department has These meetings sites ficial of their intent to give a of Natural Resources’ Wildlife scheduled two public hearings are accessible to people with statement. Resources Division is propos- to provide an opportunity to physical disabilities. To re- Those unable to attend a ing changes to fishing regula- offer input on these proposed quest sign language interpre- meeting may submit input elec- tions. 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