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2 | SEPTember 21-27, 2012 | Vol. 8 Iss. 17 CONTENTS CAN’T MISS SHOT OF THE THIS WEEK WEEK... Starting The Fletch discusses the latest in Atlanta sports media Lineup 4 while Ryan Caiafa “rants” about the success of local teams. Publisher/Editor I.J. Rosenberg General Mgr./VP Sales Eric Palefsky ART/CREATIVE DIRECTOR DJ Galbiati In our cover story, Fletcher Proctor talks about the Falcons Senior Managing Editor Stephen Black and their fast start to the 2012 season. Asst. Managing director Fletcher Proctor 5 Business manager Marvin Botnick SALES Chris Love Stephen Black interviewed Cecil Flowe and Shane Queen about how they get their players to re-focus after recently BEAT WRITERS 7 Chris Lionetti (UGA), Brian Jones (GSU, KSU), pulling off major upsets. Craig Sager II (Falcons), Robby Kalland (Hawks), Joe Deighton (Dream), Fletcher Proctor (Braves), Ryan Caiafa (Tech) We preview two local high school games and give you a run- 8 down of the latest news in softball, volleyball and cross country. STAFF WRITERS Travis Stigall, Ricky Dimon, Sean Conway Team Scoop INSIDE AT SCORE TO ADVERTISE IN SCORE ATLANTA: and Voices Score Atlanta is looking for new sales associates 404.256.1572 COVER design by DJ Galbiati as well as writing and graphic design interns. HANDS-ON: Georgia Tech coach Paul Cover Photos courtesy of Sonny kennedy For sales positions, e-mail IJ Rosenberg at Copyright 2012 Score Atlanta Publishing, LLC. All rights re- and jimmy cribb/atlanta falcons Johnson instructs a player during the Yel- served. Score Atlanta is published every week on Fridays. Views [email protected]. For writing in- low Jackets’ 56-20 drubbing of Virgina on

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recently during the Red Zone hoping to hear the Falcons “party-crashers” for ruining what from the 2 Live Stews, odds are you have not ESPN was hoping would be a dominating been able to hear from Doug or Ryan. With performance by the former Super Bowl MVP. the the Stews’ contracts expiring later this year, “ESPN tried to throw a Peyton party the station decided to take them off the air, Monday night,” wrote Bradley. “Some guys fletch likely for good. Rumors have been circulat- wearing red almost turned it into a pity party. ing that the Stews are interested in heading to The Worldwide Leader sought to show the the new sports talk station which will debut world the greatness that is ; GPB’s football sidelines a launching pad sometime in October on 92.9 FM. However, the Falcons almost made you feel sorry for By Fletcher Proctor according to a story in the AJC, the Zone is the old guy.” exercising the six-month non-compete clause This isn’t the first time a major network eorgia Public Broadcasting has been cov- following her time with GPB. Jackie Brit- that could keep the Stews off the Atlanta air- has come to Atlanta for a primetime night Gering high school football for years now, tain was GPB’s media correspondent before waves until July 2013. The Stews have been game, only to focus on the opposing quarter- first showing the state championship games becoming a host and reporter with the New with 790 The Zone for more than 11 years, back. Last year when the Eagles visited on before moving to weekly webcasts and tele- England Patriots. bouncing from nights to afternoon drive to Sunday Night Football, most of NBC’s lead- casts. While some incredible players have ap- The newest member of the GPB team midday slots. Several years ago, the Stews in was centered around Michael Vick’s return peared on the GPB airwaves, some amazing is Grace Olson, the new social media corre- appeared on the Sporting News Radio lineup talent has also roamed the GPB sidelines be- spondent. Olson debuted at the 2012 Metro to Atlanta as a starting quarterback. I don’t from Atlanta, and the Stews could be seen on fore moving on to bigger platforms. Original PCS Corky Kell Classic and did a phenom- think the Falcons mind, though, as they won sideline reporter Niki Noto grew from talking enal job handling the responsibilities of the ESPN as well. that game and won this past Monday. Perhaps about high school football to working with position. Look for her all year on GPB’s tele- one day the major networks will focus on the Atlanta Falcons and then on to become vision games, breaking down the social me- PEYTON’S PARTY ... Matt Ryan or Julio Jones or the Falcons. All ESPNU Road Trip co-host. Lindsey Thiry dia interaction during the games. The AJC’s Mark Bradley wrote a witty they do is win and perhaps it is time they get parlayed a gig as a GPB sideline reporter into piece following the Falcons’ big win over their due. becoming a Fox Sports beat reporter in Cali- AND THEY’RE GONE ... Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos Proctor can be reached at fornia. She also now works with Scout.com If you have tuned in to 790 The Zone this past Monday on ESPN. Bradley called [email protected].

the defense against the Broncos. While the of- Rockies in Atlanta before sweeping the Mets fense certainly looked solid once again, with in Chipper’s last appearance in the Big Apple. multiple players contributing, the defensive After stumbling against the Brewers, there was call of effort may be what people remember about a hint of pessimism once again as the Nation- the game. William Moore was outstanding als came to town. Atlanta once again shook off with multiple big plays, including his inter- a minor road block and was able to take three caiafa ception of Manning that was nearly brought straight from the NL East leaders, giving them into the end zone, along with a sack for a 13- not only another boost of confidence, but also yard loss. The Falcons will once again have a another glimmer of hope that they can catch the Local teams having successful autumns stiff road test when they take on another AFC Nationals in the division race. By Ryan Caiafa West opponent in the San Diego Chargers. Ideally, that’s the goal for the Braves, San Diego has also gotten off to a 2-0 start, even though they do have a strong hold on hese past two weekends in the world of TOAST OF ATLANTA … beating the Raiders and Titans. the NL Wild Card lead. With a few weeks left TAtlanta sports have seen things that we The Falcons and their 2-0 start have been in the regular season, you have to believe that aren’t used to. The Falcons, Georgia Tech the talk of the town. They not only dominated A NEW YEAR … the division title is still the objective, as they and Georgia have won each of their games the Chiefs on the road at the always tough en- With the bad taste of last September’s would avoid a one-game Wild Card play-in the past two weekends and the Braves swept vironment of Arrowhead Stadium, but they historic collapse, the Braves are doing every- game where anything could happen. Several both the Mets in New York and the Nationals were able to stifle Peyton Manning into throw- thing in their power to avoid reliving 2011’s players have hit their strides at the right time, back at home. ing three first quarter and beat the disastrous end that saw them stumble out of including Kris Medlen, who has been lights Whether or not each of these teams can Broncos on Monday Night Football. the playoff hunt on the last day of the regu- out since joining the rotation; Mike Minor, sustain their impressive runs as of late is an- Matt Ryan is already playing like an lar season. This month didn’t get off to the who has pitched well despite not having other story, but one thing is for sure, there is MVP candidate and the dynamic receiv- best of starts as the Braves were nearly swept much run support in some outings; and even once again reason to be excited about Atlanta ing duo of Roddy White and Julio Jones has by the suddenly-surging Phillies, but it was a Dan Uggla, who has shown signs that he has sports. While the Jackets and Bulldogs took torched secondaries, with each player having Chipper Jones’ walk-off three-run homer that broken out of his miserable slump. As the sea- care of business handily the past two week- a 100-yard receiving game. Tony Gonzalez capped a five-run, ninth inning rally to sink son comes to a close, we’re definitely looking ends, the Bulldogs notched the biggest win, looks to be making the most of his last NFL Philadelphia. at a motivated, hungry Braves squad. going on the road to beat Missouri in the Ti- season and his last crack at a Super Bowl title. That particular moment may have reignit- Caiafa can be reached at gers’ first SEC game. What can’t be understated is the effort of ed the Braves as they took three of four from the [email protected].

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fuse the opposing quarterback. During the comes to quarterbacks. Apparently, winning Falcons’ postgame coverage, several people is the lone thing that matters for quarterbacks, praised Nolan for confusing Manning with unless a quarterback simply wins and it isn’t LEAGUE’S different looks and exotic packages. The three pretty in the process. For his first few years interceptions in the first quarter set the tone under center, all Ryan did was win in the reg- for the game and helped the offense put up 10 ular season. In the postseason, Ryan is 0-3, BEST points to stick Denver in an early hole. leading many to say he is nowhere near elite. Nolan’s defense also did a nice job However through the first two games of the adjusting to Kansas City at halftime of the season, Ryan’s 117.6 passer rating is the best Falcons look like NFC’s team to beat season opener. The Chiefs put 17 points on in the league and his five touchdown passes is the board in the first half but managed just tied for the tops in the league. He is also in the By Fletcher Proctor one score coming with three minutes left top 10 in completions, percentage and fewest in the fourth quarter during Atlanta’s 40-24 interceptions. Should Ryan continue to hook win. The defense forced a missed field goal up with Gonzalez, White, Jones and Harry then forced a , two straight intercep- Douglas, the playoff drought and the elite talk tions and a punt to decide the game. William should become a moot point as his numbers Moore and Stephen Nicholas recorded in- will just increase. terceptions while sacks came from the de- The Falcons should also look to take the fensive tackle spot, the end position and the next step as far as becoming elite. Two years linebacker spot. ago, the team earned home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, only to lose at MONDAY NIGHT SUCCESS ... home to the Packers. It is hard to see this team For the Falcons to find success against falling at home in the playoffs again. While Denver this past Monday, the team had to Atlanta will likely not go 16-0 as only two buck history. Entering the Denver game, the teams have done in the past, it would not be Falcons owned a lifetime 9-24 record in 33 a shock to see the Dirty Birds win the NFC games, most recently falling to the New Or- South and handle their business in the post- leans Saints 45-16 in 2011, the team’s sixth season. If the first two games are any indica- straight loss on Monday Night Football. The tion, the Falcons will be flying high with a team had not won on a Monday night since pair of new coordinators and an offense that Dec. 12, 2005, when Atlanta hosted the looks unstoppable. Saints. The Falcons did more than just buck Photos courtesy of Jimmy Cribb/At- history though, as the team managed to rise lanta Falcons. Proctor can be reached at up and snuff out Manning early. The Fal- [email protected]. cons’ defensive secondary had many in Dirty Bird Nation worried about the loss of Brent Grimes to a season-ending Achilles injury, he entire offseason had Falcons fans Gonzalez for 70 yards on seven catches plus but the defense picked off Manning’s second Twondering what the team would look one touchdown. Koetter has plenty of toys pass, fourth pass and eighth pass of the night. like after the addition of a pair of new co- to play with and will likely exploit teams all Despite being outgained by Denver, the Fal- ordinators as well as the extremely talented year by emphasizing a different weapon when cons should feel pleased with the effort con- Asante Samuel. Fans were excited to hear opposing defenses try to take last week’s sidering the situations they put the Broncos in about how Jerry Rice picked Julio Jones to playmaker away. Ryan will be required to op- early on and the turnovers the defense forced. be his breakout star for 2012, but others took erate the plan, but if the first two games have Moving forward, the team will need to pause when Curtis Lofton left a void at mid- shown us anything, it is that Ryan, following continue to use exotic packages to confuse op- dle linebacker and the team did not bring in an intense offseason training routine, is up to posing quarterbacks while continuing to take another option at left tackle. the challenge. the ball away when the opportunity arises. Through the first two games, though, Last year, Nolan’s Dolphins defense picked the team has shown far more positives than NOLAN’S IMPACT ... off 16 passes and recovered 17 while negatives. The offense looks explosive un- Defensively, Mike Nolan’s unit limited getting to the quarterback 41 times. His squad der new coordinator Dirk Koetter after piling Peyton Manning to just seven points through was third in the NFL in rush defense in terms up 40 points on the road against the Kansas the first three quarters while coming away of yards, rushing scores and fumbles recov- City Chiefs before returning home to put 27 with three interceptions and one fumble. The ered. The year before, his Dolphins defense points up against Denver on Monday Night defense got to Manning three times, a high was ninth in the league in passing yards al- Football. Matt Ryan’s understanding of the number considering how quickly Manning lowed and seventh in rushing yards allowed. new system was obvious against Kansas City has gotten rid of the ball throughout his ca- He is a master strategist and Falcons fans when he passed for 299 yards and three scores reer. Nolan’s defensive attack has been bring- should be expecting his calls, as part of head while recording an additional score on the ing pressure from different areas of the field coach Mike Smith’s overall scheme, to con- ground. Jones also seemed to bust out against as defensive tackles and a safety recorded tinue to flummox opposing offenses. the Chiefs with six catches for 108 yards and sacks against Denver, and the defense has two scores. Ryan spread the wealth around been disguised unlike in years past. The de- FUTURE is OFFENSIVE ... in Game 2, finding Roddy White for eight fensive players shift and rotate around right Radio co-hosts and national talking heads catches and 102 yards and one score and Tony before the ball is snapped in an effort to con- love to throw around the term “elite” when it

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Mike Nolan The Georgia Tech offense Braves’ September The Yellow Jackets racked up Thankfully, the Braves have already The Falcons’ biggest personnel changes 594 yards of total offense on the let the baseball world know that after a disjointed playoff loss to the Gi- way to scoring 56 points against there wouldn’t be another historic ants in January were on the coaching ACC rival Virginia. The Jackets fall implosion like last September. staff, not the roster. After a dominating broke out the big play machine, Our boys probably won’t catch Monday night win, new defensive coor- scoring long touchdowns on Washington this month, but they’re plays of 70, 77, 32 and 41 yards. proving that they can hang with Thumbs up TO dinator Mike Nolan has shown that he The triple option looked unstop- anybody come October. The biggest can install a new scheme, mix in some pable and explosive on the Flats question now is how Fredi Gonzalez THE NEW DC swagger and get instant results. against the Cavaliers. will shape his postseason roster.

Yunel Escobar Arkansas football Replacement refs What a waste of a supremely The Razorbacks have gone from a talented shortstop. The former top 10 team to a Grade-A embar- Hopefully these dudes are a great group Brave (2007-2010) wore out his rassment to the SEC almost over- of guys, maybe even guys you’d like to welcome at Turner Field, always night. The school took a chance share a beer with. That said, I don’t want residing in the clubhouse dog- on former Falcons coach Bobby my buddy down the street figuring into house. This week he was sus- Petrino and had a nice run, but now which teams win and lose NFL games. pended three games by the Blue they’re paying the price big time. An Commissioner Roger Goodell: stop pos- Jays for writing an anti-gay slur overtime loss to Louisiana-Monroe Thumbs down TO on his eye black. One word fits and a 52-0 shellacking by Alabama, turing and help put an end to the incom- Escobar perfectly: imbecile. both at home? Was it worth it? petence … now. BAD OFFICIATING Score crunching TRIVIA SANITY List the NUMBERS QUESTION AT LAST BY BRIAN JONES BY RICKY DIMON The Falcons are 2-0 “I put the defense in a hole, FALCONS ON TOP: With two consecutive Times in his career Peyton Manning and (the Falcons) had wins, the Falcons are on top of the NFC South by has thrown multiple interceptions in one game. They are also one of six teams that after their Monday some good field position remain undefeated. It will be down to at least five 2 a first quarter undefeateds when the Falcons face San Diego on Sunday afternoon. The Chargers are a good team that they took advantage of. and it looks like they have moved past last year’s Denver turnovers in the first quarter, night win over Denver. 1 woes. But I have to pick the Falcons because their Just a really tough start. most for any team in the first 15 offense is red hot right now. 4 minutes since 2002 When was the last I won’t make any excuses TURNER ARRESTED: One Falcon that is not red hot is Michael Turner, who only rushed for 42 for it. We made yards on 17 carries in the win against Denver. It Undefeated teams remaining in the time Atlanta started got worse for the 30-year-old running back after NFL, including Atlanta’s Week 3 poor decisions.” the game as he was arrested on suspicion of drunk 6 opponent, San Diego driving. There is no word what the Falcons or the a season 3-0? 2 NFL will do with Turner, but it’s clear that he is not the same back he was four years ago. - Broncos QB Peyton Manning Career touchdown passes for Matt after the Falcons’ 27-21 win over DOG FIGHT: The Bulldogs will continue SEC Ryan after throwing three last Answer on Page 10 play on Saturday when they face Vanderbilt in 100 Monday night Denver on Monday night. Athens. There’s a little bad blood between the two teams as the Bulldogs came away with a 33-28 win last year. But things got chippy during that Ryan’s quarterback rating through game with players and after the game when Vandy head coach James Franklin and UGA defensive 117.6 two games, best in the entire NFL coordinator got into a shouting 3 match. It’s should be an entertaining game, but the Dawgs should win it with ease and improve to 4-0. Braves’ magic number to clinch one coach’s diary of two N.L. Wild Card spots as of New Centennial football coach Jeffrey Carl- too many mistakes to give us a chance for a victory. REVENGE TIME: Georgia Tech will be in ac- 7 berg is quickly putting his fingerprints all We need more consistency on both sides of tion on Saturday as well when they face Miami in Wednesday an ACC Coastal Division battle. The Yellow Jack- over the Knights program, and he has the ball to have a chance to win. ets hope to avenge a 24-7 loss against the Hur- invited Score along for the ride dur- Despite the slow start, the sup- ricanes last year at Sun Life Stadium. Tech looks Earned runs allowed by Kris Medlen ing his first year at the helm. Here port from the community continues to like they are a different team than last year and in his last six starts (span of 46 are highlights from this week: amaze me. The Centennial communi- they hope to continue their hot streak on offense 3 innings) Obviously we are off to a slow ty wants a well-rounded program that 4 against a team that has surrendered 94 points in three games. I think this is where the Tech of- start, but the players are working instills character, discipline and team- fense really shines which should lead to a huge Times out of nine starts this season hard to make the adjustments from work. That is what we have strived to victory over the Hurricanes. 0 that Medlen has allowed more than the old style to what our coaches are do from Day 1 and the Centennial ad- BACKYARD BATTLES: Once again, GPB two runs asking them to do right now. It is a ministration is very supportive of our has you covered when it comes to high school process and we knew there would be efforts and energy so far. football. The TV game will feature Lovett and St. an adjustment period. What really When we came to Centennial, Pius X while the web game will feature Milton Wins for the Braves in the first 18 excites me as a coach is the energy we wanted to reshape the entire pro- and Roswell. Plus, there are other great games all across the state including Thomas County 11 days of September (11-6 record) and enthusiasm shown by both the gram, starting with the community Central-Tift County, Statesboro-Burke County coaches and the players each and ev- to the freshman team to the varsity 5 and Fitzgerald-Charlton County. Make sure to go ery day at practice. team. Our freshman team is off to a fast Wins for the Braves in all of Sep- to GPB.org/sports for both GPB games and go to Our offense played its best game thus start with a 2-0 record after knocking off scoreatl.com for the live scoreboard of all the 9 tember last year (9-18 record) high school games in Georgia. far against Milton last Friday. The defense made a few Alpharetta and Chattahoochee the past two weeks.

6 | SEPTember 21-27, 2012 | Vol. 8 Iss. 17 season game since September of 2010. But the That is especially true for the Panthers, North Cobb, Parkview move on after big wins Warriors were not intimidated and wasted no who were dismissed 40-16 by the Tigers last time in grabbing a 14-0 lead before the No. 3 season. And Archer may be even better this year. By Stephen Black Raiders got off the bus. “We’re playing another big team this Wide receiver Xavier Borishade returned week,” said Flowe. “We’ve got to get through psets happen in sports. The fans love them, times around the turn of the century in winning the opening kick for a touchdown, then caught this stretch.” Uthe media smothers the teams involved and four state titles between 1997 and 2002, but had a 78-yard pass for another score, and it was all While Parkview is already 1-0 in the re- coaches are adored or reviled because of them. fallen on hard times in recent years. but over. Borishade went on to catch two more gion, North Cobb begins region play tonight As celebrated as they are, the hardest part “It was huge because you beat a ranked touchdowns and North Cobb shocked the state in a game with Kennesaw Mountain. To get up about upsets is the next week. Getting a team off team, a nationally ranked team,” said Flowe in with a 49-17 demolition of Walton. for the Mustangs, Queen has a fairly direct ap- the canvas or down from the clouds is one of the an exclusive interview with Score. “It’s a situ- proach for his team. toughest jobs even the best motivators have. ation where my kids grow confidence. You see DOWN TO EARTH … “It was a big win, but it doesn’t help us get Parkview coach Cecil Flowe and North Cobb that on any given night, what you preach is true: Even professional teams have a tough time into the playoffs,” said Queen. “We’re 0-0 (in head man Shane Queen found themselves saddled you can play with anybody.” staying humble after an upset. Getting high the region), so it’s a new season now.” with that task after their teams earned wins over The psychology of the upset is very real. school kids to stay grounded and not over-confi- North Cobb defeated Kennesaw Mountain No. 1 Grayson and No. 3 Walton last week. Getting players to buy into the fact that they can dent can be next to impossible for many coach- 42-17 last year, but coming off a huge win sets the beat teams ranked as highly as Grayson can be a es. But Flowe and Queen have their methods of Warriors up for the dreaded “hangover game.” SKY HIGH … challenge. But it wasn’t for Flowe, who has won working through that problem. How these two programs bounce back from Flowe’s Panthers played incredible defense 187 games in 20 years at the Lilburn school. “Show ‘em the film,” said Flowe of how to monumental upsets remains to be seen. But the and upset what some were calling the nation’s “You’ve gotta go out and play the game,” get his team ready for its next game against Archer. psychology of an upset in sports remains one of best team in Grayson, which had not lost since he said. “That’s why you don’t play it on paper.” “Take care of business. You just gotta go out there the most intriguing parts of the game. the 2010 playoffs. The 22-7 win was important Meanwhile, Queen’s squad faced a similar and play again each week. We told ‘em, every week, Black can be reached at for a program that had dominated the state at goliath in Walton, which had not lost a regular it’s going to get harder. It’s not going to get easier.” [email protected]. high school sports GPB TV GPB.org johns creek vs. chattahoochee collins hill vs. mtn. view Fulton backyard brawl goes statewide Eagles look to soar past Bears By Stephen Black By Fletcher Proctor ome rivalries are made after decades of com- Coming into last Friday night’s game he Collins Hill Eagles reached the state semi- Mitchell Blanchard is also a weapon in Spetition. Others become heated before a game against North Forsyth, the Cougars were 2-1 finals in 2010, Kevin Reach’s first year at the both the kicking and punting games. He kicked is ever played. with shutout wins over Douglas County and Thelm at the Suwanee school. The offense rode Collins Hill past Dacula with late field goal, just The Chattahoochee-Johns Creek rivalry Forest Park. After a 19-8 season-opening loss to on the back of record-breaker Taylor Heinicke as he did in the 2010 playoffs against Lowndes. can be considered the latter. While the Hooch Kell, Crowder’s squad has rebounded nicely. began playing in 1991, Johns Creek was built “We feel like we played very good defen- before falling to Brookwood in the semifinals. more recently and took a large chunk of the sively in the Kell game, as well as the last two Current Eagles quarterback Brett Sheehan has BABY BEARS ... Cougars’ school district - and football team - games, so we’re excited about the defense right Eagles Nation now dreaming of taking it one Mountain View is in just its third true varsity with it. now,” said Crowder. step further and appearing in a state champion- season and first with coach Doug Giacone after “I’m pretty familiar (with Johns Creek’s Specifically, Chattahoochee has gotten im- ship game. In Collins Hill’s last game against Tim Hardy departed for Greater Atlanta Chris- team) because probably half their kids went to portant contributions from a few guys on the de- Habersham Central, Sheehan was 22-for-25 for tian. The Bears have had to overcome injuries Chattahoochee before Johns Creek was open fensive side of the ball. 275 yards and three scores while also scamper- while picking up a new system under Giacone, the and we know that the quarterback and the run- “Probably the biggest surprise right now for ing for a score in a 52-0 rout. team’s former defensive coordinator. The defense ning back are really good football players,” said us has been the play of our Mike linebacker Josh Chattahoochee coach Terry Crowder. Weisberg, who is a sophomore,” said Crowder. Sheehan, who has committed to Florida was dominating in a 14-3 win over Pebblebrook “Our defensive line is probably the best total International University, has found Julian Wil- as the Bears allowed just 129 yards in the victory. NATURAL RIVALS … group since I’ve been here, with Majeed Bilal, liams, Grant McDonald and Justin Wyatt with The Bears can force turnovers as they rang up four As if geography weren’t enough, the two O.J. Thompson and John Sanders. Those three regularity this season as Collins Hill is 2-1 with against Pebblebrook. Coleton Brindle and William programs have already played some games with are playing really good right now.” Mountain View visiting on Sept. 28. Sheehan Tuider each racked up 15 tackles in a loss to Mill white-hot intensity. Last year, Chattahoochee Johns Creek entered last Friday’s game passed for 300 yards in a win over Dacula after Creek and Tuider is also a force on special teams won a 19-16 game in overtime in just the sec- with Centennial undefeated after wins over amassing nearly 250 total yards against Central after blocking a punt against the Falcons. ond meeting ever between the schools. As if the Woodstock and Milton. Both teams will have Gwinnett. Christian Harris provides plenty of Offensively, Marvin Elam is a player to narrow loss to their neighborhood rival wasn’t played a region contest before next Friday’s push on the offensive line, which has plenty of watch for at running back. He had a pair of bad enough, it also gave the Gladiators their first clash at The Arena, but the Johns Creek-Chat- loss of the season. tahoochee game is sure to have major Region experience for Reach. scores after the first two games of the season. “We’re just going to make sure the kids un- 6-AAAAAA title and playoff implications. Defensively, Wyatt and Daniel Fish lead Chris Bartlett anchors the team’s new triple-op- derstand that they’re not going to forget that,” The North Fulton backyard brawl will be the charge and look to stretch the Eagles’ shut- tion offense, which has rebounded after a shaky said Crowder. “They’re going to remember that televised on GPB on Sept. 28. out streak. Raymere Thomas and Rhyan Eng- first game against Archer. game, probably more so than us. We’ll do all the Black can be reached at land are two other players Reach credits as inte- Proctor can be reached at things that we need to get ready for that game.” [email protected]. gral parts of the defense. [email protected].

the win versus Bacon County while Haley Ge- third and Class AAAAA No. 1 McIntosh came erup earned the win against Calvary Day. Sydney in fifth. The Broncos had seven runners in the Stone was 2-for-4 with two runs, Victoria Distasi top 30 at the race, led by Matthew McClintock, was 3-for-4 with an RBI and two runs and Riley who came in eighth overall. Katherine Yost of PREP Henning had three RBIs for the Wolves against Norcross took home first-place individual hon- Bacon County. In the Calvary Day game, Car- ors in the girls race at Carrollton, but it was aMia Tsirigos went 2-for-3 with three runs while Brookwood that won the meet. The No. 5 Bron- NOTEBOOK Dacia Jones was 4-for-4 with three RBIs. cos place four runners in the top eight, and were Grayson upset No. 7 Parkview Monday paced by Payton Wilson, who came in third. night 3-1 in a Region 8-AAAAAA matchup. Photo courtesy of Walter Pinion. Black can Sandy Creek volleyball on recent roll Jen Spangler got the win for the Rams and also be reached at [email protected]. drove in one run. Peachtree Ridge dominated By Stephen Black host Flowery Branch 14-2 Monday behind Sam Pierannunzi’s homer and six RBIs. Pierannunzi lass AAAA No. 3 Sandy Creek has won sev- percentage at .301. Class AAA No. 3 St. Pius was 4-for-4 and also had a triple and stolen base. en of its past eight matches since coach Paul opened Area 5-AAA play by defeating No. 9 Sarah Walker got the win after throwing five in- CCollins won his 500th career win against East East Hall and Buford. Over the weekend, the nings to improve to 9-0. Coweta on Aug. 30. The Patriots have defeated Golden Lions hosted a play date and beat Starr’s De La Salle (La.), Class A No. 6 Eagle’s Land- Mill, Class AA No. 2 Westminster and Lassiter. ON THE TRAILS ... ing Christian, Class AAAAA No. 5 Northgate, Class AAA No. 4 Sonoraville took third Walton’s Kenan Farmer won the boys indi- Troup, Class AAAA No. 10 Shaw, Banneker and place in the silver bracket of the Tennessee Tan- vidual race in the Warpath Invitational, while his Class AAAA No. 7 Locust Grove while drop- dem tournament with four wins and three losses team finished third overall behind Milton and ping a rematch with Northgate late last week. against teams from Georgia and Tennessee. Car- North Hall. Kennesaw Mountain and Wheeler Senior outside hitter Allie Davenport is rie Cheeks led the Phoenix with 76 kills, 11 blocks rounded out the top five. The first-place Eagles leading the state with a kills-per-game average and 79 digs in the seven-game tournament. Kristi had seven runners finish in the top 40, led by of 5.1 while totaling 137 kills this season. The Vaughn was tops on Sonoraville with 92 assists Nathan Riech, who came in fifth. Annie Kelly Patriots as a team are ninth in Georgia with a while contributing 77 digs. The Phoenix defeated won the girls race for Milton, while her team hitting percentage of .199, while ranking third Cleveland (Tenn.), Class AAAA No. 5 Southeast also took home first place honors. Walton came with 11.5 kills per game. Davenport is also tops Whitfield, Signal Mountain (Tenn.) and Karns in second, Roswell, third, Woodstock fourth and on Sandy Creek in service aces with 29. Fresh- (Tenn.). Sonoraville dropped matches to Brent- Centennial fifth. man Alexis Broadwater leads the Patriots with wood Academy (Tenn.), Blackman (Tenn.) and Austin Sprague added to his list of meet 7.8 assists per game and 195 total. St. Agnes (Tenn.). championships this year by winning the Car- Class AA No. 1 Blessed Trinity improved rollton Orthopaedic. The St. Pius X junior ran a its school-record start to 25-0 with wins over DIAMOND STARS ... 16:18.37 to beat 175 other runners at the meet. Cambridge and Dunwoody. The Titans lead the Class AA No. 1 Wesleyan beat Bacon Sprague and his top-ranked Class AAA Golden state in kill percentage at 42.7 percent, assists County 9-1 and Calvary Day 10-8 last Saturday Lions team finished second overall behind Class with 11.2 per game and are second in hitting at Mercer University. Amanda DeLaPerriere got AAAAAA No. 4 Brookwood. Norcross finished

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# Name Gr. Pos. # Name Gr. Pos. # Name Gr. Pos. # Name Gr. Pos. 1 Myles Hill 12 WR/CB 1 Raymere Thomas 12 WR/DB 2 Andre Joseph 10 QB 1 Marcquel Garmon WR/DB 11 2 Dwayne Bartholomew 12 WR/CB 3 Brian Sykes 12 WR/OLB 2 Julian Williams 12 WR/DB 3 Johnny Thomas 10 RB/DB 4 Greg Burns 10 WR/DB 2 Jack Pomerantz 12 WR/DB 4 Josh Hearn 12 WR/FS 3 Darrin Frye 12 WR/DB 5 Justin Jackson 12 WR/CB 5 Marvin Elam 12 RB/DB 3 Ben Deck 12 WR/DB 6 Joel Clay 12 WR/CB 4 Justin Wyatt 12 WR/LB 6 Tyrel Dale 12 WR/DB 7 C.J. Leggett 11 RB 5 Tyler Henderson 11 RB/DB 4 Matt Gorst 12 FB/OLB 8 Avery Ward 11 WR/CB 7 Mark Adams 11 RB/LB 9 Trey Hillman 11 RB/OLB 7 Rhyan England 11 WR/DB 8 William Tuider 12 WR/LB 5 Matt Azemar 12 WR/DB 10 Patrick Hoffman 9 WR/CB 8 CJ Davis 11 WR/DB 9 Jarred Marshall 11 WR/DB 10 Adam Perleberg 11 QB/OLB 9 Daniel Fish 12 RB/MLB 10 Brad Weaver 10 RB/DB 6 Tommy Welch 12 ILB 11 Doug Phillips 12 TE/MLB 12 Alec Rubin 12 QB/RB/CB 10 Flinn Boston 12 WR/DB 11 Dominique Johnson 11 WR/DB 7 Chase Solomon 11 RB/DB 13 Collin Lisa 11 WR/FS 11 Quentin Jones 11 WR/DB 12 Chris Bartlett 12 QB 14 Brando Ernest 10 WR/C 13 Derrick Walker 11 DL 8 Zac Disher 12 FB/OLB 15 Travis Marshall 12 QB 12 Brett Sheehan 12 QB 15 David Nicoletta 9 QB 13 Dwayne Smith 11 WR/DB 14 Andrew Cirimele 10 RB/LB 9 Ian Ralston 11 WR/DB 16 Malik Stephens 10 WR/FS 15 Ty McRae 12 RB/DL 17 Taz Wilson 11 QB 14 Mitchell Blanchard 12 K/P 16 Crew Peery 11 QB/LB 18 Natan Sherman 11 TE/LB 15 Kip Whitney 12 TE/LB 10 Cody Hardage 11 WR/DL 19 Hunter Fusco 11 WR/CB 17 Uras Agee IV 11 WR/DB 16 Joseph Park 11 RB/LB 11 Bradon Fortin 12 WR/DB 20 Josh Barbee 9 WR/CB 18 KC Mayne 11 RB/LB 21 Chase Nelson 11 RB 17 Connor Wallace 11 QB 19 Grant Palmer 10 RB/LB 22 Jordan Hillman 10 WR/LB 12 John Grayson 12 QB 23 Kieron Ashley 11 RB/OLB 18 Grant McDonald 11 WR/DB 20 Kavoseay McMillian 12 WR/DB 24 Ryan Colangelo 9 WR/FS 19 Tyler Herman 11 QB 21 Diquan Jeter 11 WR/DB 15 Michael Nemetz 11 WR/DB 25 Spencer Miceli 11 RB/LB 22 Samir Bahsoon 11 RB/DB 26 Aaron Laporte 9 WR/DB 20 Amadi Stephens 11 WR/DB 16 Jack Deweese 12 QB 27 Michael Fusco 10 WR/LB 21 Aubrey Johnson 11 RB/OLB 23 Stephon Henry 11 RB/DB 28 Tay Young 9 RB/OLB 22 Tommy Lawrence 11 TE/OLB 24 Matt Buddan 11 LB 17 Skye Overton 12 QB/DB 29 Junior Vancia 10 WR/OLB 25 Kielan Whitner 10 WR/DB 23 Chris McFarland 11 WR/OLB 31 Doryan Alexander 12 RB/LB 26 Michael Hani 10 WR/DB 18 Will Somers 12 WR/DB/K 32 Hall Lauer 9 RB/LB 24 Austin Smith 10 WR/OLB 33 Frank Son 9 QB 27 Josh Briggman 12 RB/DB 20 Matt Manning 11 WR/OLB 34 Aaron Guerrant 12 RB/OLB 25 Ari Benoit 11 RB/DB 28 Ta’boris Wells 10 WR/DB 35 Ryan Clancy 12 TE/OLB 26 Mac Bonsack 11 WR/DB 29 Jonathan Barber 12 RB/LB 21 Todd Blackwell 11 WR/OLB 36 John Miller 10 RB/FS 37 Brandon Ware 9 QB/OLB 27 Jonathan Thomas 11 RB/OLB 30 Alim Grant 12 RB/DB 22 Andre Biggins 12 RB/DB 38 Sam McVay 10 RB/LB 28 Cameron Black 12 WR/DB 31 Chaz Westbrooks 10 RB/LB 39 Xavier Boucard 9 RB/OLB 29 Thomas Harris 10 RB/DB 32 Chris Fajemisin 12 TE/DL 23 Andrew Szambelan 12 WR/DB 40 Sean Hoffmann 9 RB/LB 41 Xavier Tharpe 10 RB/OLB 31 Sterling Alexander 12 LB 35 Sawyer Soucie 10 RB/LB 24 Austin Pack 11 RB/ILB 42 Chris Capizzi 12 WR/CB 33 Davis Herman 11 WR/DB 36 Brandon Barlan 11 WR/LB 43 John Sanders 11 TE/DE 38 Michael Davis 11 LB 34 Jalen Taylor 11 WR/DB 25 Michael Salomon 12 WR/DB 44 oJ Thompson 11 TE/DE 39 Andrew Tacto 11 RB/DB 45 Chris Rodgers 11 LB 35 AJ Kongchamanen 11 RB/DB 26 Kevin Nalecz 10 QB 46 Sam Stokes 9 WR/OLB 40 Isiah Peek 11 oL/DL 47 Jaylin Taylor 9 WR/FS 36 RJ Burnette 12 FB/DE 41 Darrel Khiev 12 RB/LB 27 Ryan Touchstone 11 RB/DB 48 Carter Thomas 9 WR/DB 37 Blake Nichols 11 RB/LB 42 Alex Herring 12 K/P 50 evan Clay 9 OG/NG 39 Braxton Hale 10 TE/LB 35 Yong Lee 11 WR/DB 50 Brandon Keith 12 oT/DE 43 Jayce Kennimer 11 RB/LB 51 Victor Williams 12 oT/NG 40 Devin Monroe 12 WR/DB 44 Michael Chambley 10 RB/LB 36 Daniel Couper 11 FB/OLB 52 CJ Fisher 9 C/NG 44 Mychal Miller 12 WR/DB 45 Coleton Brindle 11 RB/DB 52 John Headlee 11 oG/NG 46 Andrew Mozingo 11 LB 37 Turner Fortin 10 RB/ILB 53 Connor Hoyt 11 oG/NG 45 CC Madkins 11 WR/DB 54 JC Alvarado 10 oT/NG 46 Michael Johnson 11 RB/LB 47 Aaron McGill 11 TE/DL 55 Majeed Bilal 12 oT/DE 40 Kyle Fowler 12 K 49 Marcus Watts 12 RB/MLB 48 Burton Law 12 TE/LB 56 Hunter Johnson 9 OT/DE 49 Bryce McCloud 11 TE/LB 56 Josh Weisberg 10 OT/LB 42 Jack Lundstedt 11 WR/DB 50 Jonathan Cross 12 oL/DL 51 Kendel Wright 10 oL/DL 57 Melvin Owens 9 OT/DE 51 Ben Yarn 11 oL/DL 43 Matt Siegman 11 WR/OLB 57 Hunter Womac 10 C/DE 52 Fred Geiter 11 oL/DL 58 Zach Kladis 11 oG/NG 52 Franky Filto 11 oL/DL 53 Andre De Araujo 10 oL/DL 50 Corey Vaughn 12 oL/DL 59 Boris Kopelev 10 oG/LB 53 Tyler Ward 11 oL/DL 60 Colby Hesseltine 11 C/NG 55 Tajai Stansel 11 DL 53 Matt Goodman 11 oL/ILB 60 Pavan Sastry 9 OG/NG 54 Shawn Mount 11 RB/LB 56 Tony Jones 11 OL 61 Aaron Rosenthal 10 oG/NG 55 Adam Stokes 12 oL/DL 57 David McFarquhar 11 LB 54 Devon Howard 11 oL/DL 62 Anthony Alanis 10 oT/DE 63 Perry Benton 10 oG/NG 56 Devin Hicks 11 oL/DL 60 Bryce Coleman 10 oL/LB 55 Denny Victor 12 oL/DL/ILB 64 Chris Bohner 11 oG/NG 57 Chandler Bills 12 oL/DL 61 Jordan Jones 10 oL/LB 65 Jacob Potts 12 DE 58 Drew Riner 11 oL/DL 62 Brad Williamson 12 OL 56 Sam Arrington 12 oL/DL 66 Patrick Shinners 9 OT/DE 63 Connor Soucie 12 OL 66 Ryan Simkoff 11 oG/NG 59 Nathan Kinjo 12 oL/DL 67 Chris Jobe 10 oG/NG 64 Blake Corry 11 OL 57 Kyle Tallis 11 oL/DL 68 Brandon Spence 11 NG 60 Ian Torke 11 oL/DL 65 edwin Alvarenga 11 OL 60 Clayton Karl 11 oL/DL 69 Jake Zimmerman 10 oT/DE 61 Marshall Sutton 12 oL/DL 66 Michael Hayes 12 OL 70 Christian Hansen 10 oT/DE 62 Ben Mueller 11 oL/DL 70 Mikel Spigner 9 C/NG 67 William Koen 12 OL 63 Sam Purdy 12 oL/DL 72 Nabeel Khan 9 G/NG 65 Alex Ozoh 10 oL/DL 70 Tommy Coggins 11 OL 73 Nicholas Atz 10 oT/DE 68 Kyle Henschel 10 oL/DL 71 Ryan Duke 11 oL/DL 64 Jake Brasher 12 oL/DL 74 Alex Simon 9 C/NG 75 Nick Williams 11 oG/NG 70 evan Pearson 12 oL/DL 72 Malik Johnson 10 DL 67 Austin Dubois 12 oL/DL 76 Kenny Garrett 9 OT/LB 72 Steven Bedoya 12 oL/DL 73 Zach Babiarz 11 oL/DL 68 John Reid 12 oL/DL 77 Patric Pelli 9 OT/DE 73 Aaron Reed 11 oL/DL 74 Mohammed Sesay 12 OL 79 Matt Manwell 12 oG/NG 75 Patrick Walker 10 oL/DL 80 Dashawn Rock 11 WR/DB 74 Chris Zelaya 11 oL/DL 70 Harrison Barocas 12 oL/DL 76 Spencer Manuel 10 OL 81 Michael Dimond 10 WR/CB 75 Christian Harris 11 oL/DL 82 Ian Prost 11 WR/OLB 77 Brandon Wilson 10 OL 71 Cameron Moore 11 oL/DL 83 Troy Campbell 9 WR/OLB 76 Miles Fox 10 oL/DL 78 Myles Cabrera 10 OL 83 Richard Joseph 9 WR/DB 77 Desmond Wade 11 oL/DL 72 Forrest Montet 12 oL/DL 84 Zach Reed 11 WR/DB 80 Malik Holcomb 11 WR/DB 86 Andrew Luchenbill 9 WR/CB 78 Shahed Noorollahi 11 oL/DL 82 Tanvir Sandhu 10 WR/DB 75 Daniel Coterillo 12 oL/DL 86 Nick Palermo 9 WR/OLB 79 Josh Peterson 12 oL/DL 83 Jeffrey Stone 11 K/P 87 Abram Panama 9 WR/DB 80 Beau Sente 11 WR/DB 88 Taylor Harris 12 WR/OLB 85 Ange Konan 12 WR/DE 87 Aakash Sundar 11 RB/DB 89 Chase Thorton 11 WR/DB 86 Chase Seymour 11 oL/DL 88 emmanuel Banjoko 11 DL 84 Mohammed Kredan 12 WR/DB 90 Michael Phantja 9 OG/LB 88 Gary Richardson 12 TE/DE/LB 89 Garrett Strope 10 TE/DL 98 Shane Burke 9 K/P 92 Jeff Hollingsworth 10 K/P 85 Austin Wedding 11 WR/DB 99 Matt Morgan 10 K 90 Tra Palmer 12 oL/DL

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www.scoreatl.com | 11 COLLEGE SPORTS BULLDOG TECH BEAT BUZZ Dawgs ready for battle with Vandy Jackets roll over Cavs, await Canes By Chris Lionetti By Ryan Caiafa fter walloping the Florida Atlantic Owls bilt, Georgia’s special teams nearly cost the oming off a split of their first two games strong game, as he gathered 59 yards on the 56-20 last week, the fifth-ranked Georgia Dawgs the game. However, what most re- Cthat saw them fall to Virginia Tech in heart- ground and two scores. Virginia simply could ABulldogs have begun preparation for SEC member is the postgame confrontation be- breaking fashion and get a dominant win in their not stop the Jackets’ early onslaught, allowing East rival, Vanderbilt. The two teams head tween Franklin and Georgia defensive coor- home opener, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Paul Johnson’s team into the end zone on its first into Saturday’s contest fresh off of victories dinator Todd Grantham. didn’t take their next ACC clash lightly, as they four possessions. but in completely different circumstances. Grantham’s demeanor has earned him trounced the Virginia Cavaliers 56-20 at Bobby Georgia is currently 3-0 (1-0 SEC) and the reputation of being a fiery coach, a trait Dodd Stadium. Virginia, which had just shocked HURRICANE WARNING ... has not scored less than 40 points in a game head coach Mark Richt was looking for. a depleted Penn State squad the previous week, Next up for the Jackets is a home matchup this season. The Bulldogs racked up 713 “I wanted that” said Richt at Tuesday’s fell into a hole early against the Jackets and nev- against another ACC Coastal rival, the Miami yards of offense, a school record, against the press conference. “That was one of the things er could quite dig themselves out of it. Hurricanes, who despite being 2-1 and sitting Owls, a clear sign that the team’s offense is I wanted in the guy who was going to lead the atop the division, haven’t made things look now firing on all cylinders. way for us on defense. Defenses play a lot on OFFENSIVE OPTIONS ... pretty in their first three games. Al Golden’s emotion” Tech quarterback Tevin Washington put squad had to rally to put away Boston College, DAWGS-DORES ... Richt also mentioned that teams tend to together another solid outing, gathering 93 rush- were blown out at Kansas State and got off to On the other hand, the Commodores are take on the personality of their coach. The 1-2 (0-1 SEC) on the season. Saturday’s victo- Dawgs’ defense will need to play with as much ing yards on 11 carries and scoring three touch- a slow start against Bethune-Cookman. They ry against the Presbyterian Blue Hose was the intensity as its defensive coordinator if Georgia downs, while also throwing for 125 yards and have, however, shown recent dominance over team’s first of the season after suffering losses plans on dispatching the Commodores. Geor- a 70-yard score to Zack Laskey on the game’s the Jackets over the past few seasons. Miami has to South Carolina and Northwestern. Before gia’s defense has been of the bend-but-don’t- opening drive. The Jackets’ offense was already won the past three contests by an average mar- the game against the Blue Hose, Vanderbilt break variety in the first half of games but tight- in mid-season form, amassing an astounding gin of 19 points. Tech will have to slow down head coach James Franklin made Austyn Car- ens up in the second half. Against a quality SEC 594 yards of total offense, with 461 of those the Hurricanes’ rushing attack and take advan- ta-Samuels the team’s starting quarterback due opponent, the Dawgs cannot afford to only be at yards coming on the ground. Leading the rush- tage of a Miami defense that has allowed just to the offense’s inability to score with Jordan their best for half of the game. ing attack was senior Orwin Smith, who finally over 31 points per game so far. Rodgers at the helm. The junior transfer led the Georgia should have the services of All- got himself going after struggling to do much of Georgia Tech will have to do so without Commodores to a 58-0 victory. As of Wednes- American linebacker Jarvis Jones, which will anything in the team’s first two games. Despite former starting B-back Charles Perkins. The for- day, Franklin had not said which quarterback certainly help. Jones was back at practice this only carrying the ball six times, Smith was able mer Collins Hill star has an “upper-body injury” would start Saturday’s game. week after missing the FAU game with an in- to gain 137 rushing yards, with 77 of those yards according to Johnson and could miss the rest of jured groin. accounting for the Jackets’ second touchdown the season. HISTORY LESSON ... Lionetti can be reached at of the game. Caiafa can be reached at In last year’s 33-28 victory over Vander- [email protected]. Freshman Vad Lee registered another [email protected]. PANTHER owl PROWL outlook Panthers fall to Roadrunners, now 0-3 Owls beat Samford, lose to UT-Martin By Brian Jones By Brian Jones n Georgia State’s second home game of the and McLane got hurt in the second quarter when he soccer team had a busy weekend as the at the Dale McNamara Invitational as she fin- 2012 season, the Panthers looked to get their he injured his wrist. He would come back at the TLady Owls faced Samford on Friday and ished in 10th place. The sophomore shot 77 Ifirst win of the year against Texas-San Antonio. end of the second quarter, but would sit out the Tennessee-Martin on Sunday. The Owls got in in the first round, a 67 in the second round That did not happen as the Roadrunners downed second half. the win column on Friday with a 2-1 over Sam- and 74 in the third. Preamchuen finished eight the Panthers 38-14 this past Saturday night and That opened the door for backup Ronnie ford in Birmingham. Danielle Gary scored the shots behind Florida’s Isabelle Lendl who GSU fell to 0-3. Bell, who threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Owls first goal four minutes into the match and claimed medal honors. This was the first time Wilson late in the third quarter. Bell finished the Jewelia Strickland scored the Owls second goal Preamchuen has finished in the top 10 in her After a UTSA field goal, the Panthers took 17 minutes later. The Bulldogs did score in the career at KSU. the lead when Ben McLane threw an 84-yard game 5-of-11 for 95 yards and one score. 74th minute but goalkeeper Melissa Hutto made As for the team, the Owls finished 33-over touchdown pass to Albert Wilson on the third The Panthers will be back in action on Satur- some key saves down the stretch. par 897 to finish eighth out of 15 teams. Arizona play from scrimmage in the first quarter. After day when they play the Richmond Spiders at the Things did not go as well for the Owls on State captured the title, shooting 2-over par 866. that, it was all UTSA which scored 21 unan- Georgia Dome, which will be the first of eight Sunday as they fell to UT-Martin 2-0. The Lady The Owls are off until Oct. 15 when they swered points in the first half. Running back conference games for them. Owls did outshoot UT-Martin 16-15 but the Sky- play in the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic in Evans Okotcha scored twice while Eric Soza hawks did have seven shots on goal compared to Norman, Okla. threw a touchdown pass to Aaron Grubb late in CARDINAL CUP… the KSU’s six. UT-Martin also had seven corner the first quarter. The women’s golf team took part in the kicks in the match while the Owls only had one. ON A ROLL… The second half was the same story. Soza season-opening Cardinal Cup over the weekend “I thought we did well in the first half,” The volleyball team continues to win as threw a touchdown pass early in the third and Okot- and finished in ninth place out of 14 teams. The head coach Rob King told ksuowls.com. “Sec- they defeated USC-Upstate 3-1 on Tuesday at cha scored his third touchdown midway through the Panthers shot 920 over two days at the Cardinal ond half, I thought we look quite fatigued. Obvi- the Convocation Center. Cup golf course in Louisville, Ky. ously, we had a Friday night game on the road Keyaira Stevenson and Turea Jones each third to give the Roadrunners the 38-7 lead. and got back in late, but that’s what it is about had 20 kills and setter Sara Metroka had 67 as- “You got to give a lot of credit to Texas- Maria Palacios was the top finisher for the in the conference. You play two games in the sists in the four-set conference opener. The Owls San Antonio, they made a lot of plays,” Georgia Panthers as she came in 11th in the 97-golfer weekend. You have to be up for both and you were just coming off a strong performance at the State coach Bill Curry told Georgiastatesports. field, shooting a 223 which was a team best. have to be physically ready for both.” 49ers Invitational in Charlotte over the weekend com. “But our players fight hard, we fight hard Laura Sanchez tied for 33rd place with a 230 The Lady Owls will be back in action on where they defeated Charlotte and UNC-Ash- to the final whistle.” and Melissa Siviter was right behind her with Saturday when they face arch-rival Mercer at ville. The Owls are now 11-4 on the year and The Panthers were riddled with injures be- 231. Lauren Court and Julie Lied rounded out KSU Stadium. they will look to win their 12th game on Friday fore and during the game. Defensive tackle Da- the Panthers as both golfers shot 243. when they face Florida-Gulf Coast. vid Huey, defensive back Demarius Matthews Jones can be reached at SETTING A MILSTONE … Jones can be reached at and wide receiver Jordan Giles did not suit up [email protected] Kaew Preamchuen had a strong showing [email protected].

12 | SEPTember 21-27, 2012 | Vol. 8 Iss. 17 pro sports HAWKS FALCONS HAVEN BEAT Johnson remains a Hawk; Williams cut Falcons secondary sets the tone By Robby Kalland By Craig Sager II he Atlanta Hawks re-signed Ivan Johnson, one ing with a lot of energy. He crashes the boards he question mark leading into Monday Night’s the tone and be a physical group,” said Samuel. Tof their key pieces from last season’s postsea- with reckless abandon much in the way DeJuan Tmatchup was how the Falcons secondary would Samuel went down early in the game and son run, to a new contract. The terms of the deal Blair of the Spurs or Kenneth “The Manimal” be schemed to disrupt, disguise and defend against suffered what looked to be a neck injury. After sit- the Peyton Manning-led offense. Despite the loss ting out a few plays, Samuel returned to the game are undisclosed, but it is presumably a multi-year Faried of the Nuggets do. Scott should figure of Brent Grimes to a season-ending injury, the sec- and was getting hard hits on the Denver receivers. deal since this comes little over a week after John- into the regular rotation as a nice bench option ondary was able to set the tone right away. son signed his restricted free agent offer sheet. for Larry Drew when he needs a spark, much “All night [Mike] Nolan had us lined up and BECOMING ELITE ... Johnson provided quite the spark off the like Ivan Johnson last year. in position to make plays,” said William Moore. Before the 27-20 win, Matt Ryan was 0-3 on bench last season and was the rookie of the On the Broncos’ opening drive, Moore inter- Monday Night Football. The national stage of a month in April when he averaged 10.7 points, SO LONG … cepted the first of three Manning’s first quarter in- Monday game does not equal the pressure or inten- 5.9 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 1.5 steals per The Hawks have requested waivers on terceptions, returning it down to the one-yard line. sity of a playoff game, but media coverage pointed Jordan Williams, who was acquired this off- out the similarity to his 0-3 record in the playoffs. game in 11 appearances. Johnson was vital to RISING UP ... Beating Manning, who has been Mr. Monday Night the Hawks being able to overcome Al Horford’s season from the Nets in the Joe Johnson trade. Nolan and the defense answered both the ce- during his Hall of Fame career with a 24-for-36, injury early in the season, and was thrust into Williams did not figure much into the Hawks rebral and physical tests of the Denver offense, and two-touchdown, zero- performance the regular rotation and exceeded expectations. plans this season, and, by placing him on waiv- Manning was doing everything he could to orches- shows that the 2012 Ryan is primed to battle on the Johnson was never a great offensive weapon, ers, the Hawks cleared room for Johnson. trate a comeback. Nothing came easy though, and big stage. Ryan threw his 100th career touchdown but he was stellar defensively and played at a The current roster features 13 players, besides a miraculous touchdown grab by Demary- pass to Roddy White in the third quarter. He still high energy level at both ends of the floor. which leaves two open spots to be filled in ius Thomas and two short touchdowns by Willis holds the league’s longest active streak for the most training camp come October. The guard slots McGahee, the defense kept Denver at bay. The pass attempts without an interception. pressure and coverage on third downs was airtight, “We have about 10 hours before we start GREAT SCOTT … are filled up with seven guards on the roster and the secondary, led by Asante Samuel, chopped preparing for San Diego,” Mike Smith said dur- Second-round pick Mike Scott signed his currently and power forward slots are filled as down any screen or play coming out to the perime- ing his late postgame press conference follow- rookie contract recently which makes him an well. True small forwards are the glaring omis- ter. Denver was 4-for-12 on third down, and, unlike ing Monday’s marathon game. official member of the Hawks. Scott impressed sion from this Hawks team which means they Week 1 when Kansas City was finding openings, With a short week ahead of them, the Fal- in Summer League with his defense, rebound- will likely look to get two wing players in train- third downs were right at the sticks with a difficult cons will face another great quarterback in Philip ing skills and shooting ability. A little under- ing camp to add to the final 15-man roster. throw-and-catch needed to convert them. Rivers. The Chargers and Falcons are two of six “When teams come out passing, it is going unbeaten teams remaining heading into week 3. sized at 6-foot-8, Scott makes up for his lack Kalland can be reached at to be key for us [the secondary] to do what our de- Sager II can be reached at of height at the power forward spot by play- [email protected]. fense as a whole is trying to do, and that is to set 404-256-1572. CHOP Presented BY DREAM SHOP bEAT Braves eyeing late run at Nationals Atlanta reaches postseason yet again By Fletcher Proctor By Joe Deighton ast season saw the Braves lose a seemingly runs over 6.2 innings, but the offense could not hey’re back. The Atlanta Dream clinched playing her best basketball at the right time, as Linsurmountable wild-card lead to miss the do anything until the ninth. Uggla drove home Tanother trip to the WNBA playoffs for the she scored 19 points to go along with four assists postseason. This September has been a different Jason Heyward before coming home himself fourth straight season with a win over Seattle and two steals. Without Harding, Atlanta might story thus far, and while a wild-card berth seems along with Chipper Jones later in the frame. The 91-77. The win, combined with a Chicago loss, be on the outside looking in for the playoffs. like a lock, the Braves may not have given up on Braves would fall in the bottom of the 10th. wrapped up a postseason berth. McCoughtry may be the MVP of the league, but This has been Atlanta’s most tumultuous Harding would get some votes for MVP of the a late run at the NL East division. season with the firing of head coach Marynell team this year. Tim Hudson picked up win No. 15 on the INJURY BUG ... Meadors and the short suspension thereafter season as Atlanta took down Miami 7-5 Mon- Braves catcher Brian McCann has played of star player Angel McCoughtry. Since those PLAYOFF PREVIEW … day to move to within five games of Washing- through injuries throughout the season and two moments in late August, the Dream have Atlanta will match up with the Indiana ton. Dan Uggla helped Atlanta jump out to a 6-0 lately the six-time all-star has been hindered by strung together quite a run. With the return of Fever for the second consecutive season. The lead in the fourth inning as the former Marlins tendinitis in his right hamstring. McCann was McCoughtry and the stellar play of point guard Fever have lost their last two games, but are second baseman pounded a three-run home run, held out of the lineup on Saturday, Sunday and Lindsey Harding, Atlanta has won six out of its the No. 2 seed for good reason with a 20-11 re- his 19th of the year. Hudson allowed 10 hits in Monday, but according to Gonzalez was avail- last seven games and will be a No. 3 seed in this cord. Indiana is dangerous, especially with last five innings, but still picked up the win. Craig able for pinch-hitting appearances. McCann had year’s playoffs. year’s MVP, Tamika Catchings, at full strength. Kimbrel notched his NL-leading 37th save of a crucial two-run double late in Tuesday’s game Catchings averages over 17 points and seven re- the year with a scoreless ninth inning. after receiving the starting assignment. SWEET DREAM … bounds per game. It will be a tall order to shut “Our eyes are still trying to catch the Na- Meanwhile, Andrelton Simmons returned The Dream followed up the Seattle win her down, but Atlanta did just that last season, to the lineup on Sept. 11 but scared the team with a victory over Washington, 82-74. Once limiting Catchings to just 8.6 points per game in tionals, but we’re playing good baseball,” said again, McCoughtry led the way, scoring 26 defeating Indiana in a first-round dual. Fredi Gonzalez to atlantabraves.com. “We’re when he had to miss a game with a sprained an- points and along with eight assists, three steals The Dream defeated Indiana 71-64 back on pitching good and our offense - you’re starting kle. Simmons returned for the Nationals series and a block. Sept. 5 and the two teams split the four regular to see some sparks here and there.” and slapped a pair of hits his first game back. “They were out-rebounding us and getting a season games. The best-of-three series should go Tuesday saw the Braves rally with three Simmons would miss Tuesday’s game with a lot of second chance points which got them a good right down to the wire, but with its strong regular runs in the ninth inning to tie the Marlins and sore shoulder. lead,” McCoughtry told the AP. “We just had to season finish, Atlanta seems to have the edge. force the game into extra innings. Paul Maholm Proctor can be reached at adjust and get on the boards in the second half.” Deighton can be reached at pitched well enough to win, allowing just two [email protected]. Point guard Lindsey Harding seems to be [email protected].

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