>>SPARTAN BOOSTER #313
>>February 24, 2006
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TODAY! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
4:30pm Junior high boys soccer: Walker at GACS; Spartan soccer field 5:30pm Varsity girls soccer: Woodward at GACS; Spartan soccer field 7:00pm JV boys lacrosse: Wesleyan at GACS; Spartan Stadium 7:00pm Varsity boys soccer: Walker at GACS; Spartan soccer field
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25
12 noon JV girls lacrosse: Rockdale County at GACS; Spartan Stadium 4:00pm Varsity girls basketball: GACS vs. East Hall-Model winner at Mt.
Zion-Jonesboro;
Quarterfinals of State AA Basketball Tournament ____________________________________________________________
>BASKETBALL
GAC OUSTS PACE ACADEMY TO ADVANCE AT STATE; REMATCH WITH EAST HALL SATURDAY By Larry Hartstein Feb. 24 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Greater Atlanta Christian's D'Nay Daniels had extra motivation for Thursday's Class AA second round in Jonesboro. Her mom Orlanda had paid $10 to get in after a long ride to the game.
"My mom told me, 'I better get my money's worth,' " Daniels said with a laugh. "So I said, 'Alright mom, I got you.' I had to come out and show her.
So now she can leave me alone and won't lecture me for an hour on the way home."
The versatile junior presumably had a pleasant ride home after scoring 22 points, grabbing seven rebounds and handing out three assists in the Spartans' 54-40 win over Pace Academy at Mt. Zion High School.
GAC (23-7) is in the quarterfinals for the third straight year. The Knights finished 22-6.
GAC led most of the way but had to withstand several Pace runs. Daniel's offensive rebound and three-point play put the Spartans up 36-27 late in the third.
Pace countered with a 10-2 surge capped by South Carolina signee Lauren Falohun's three-point play. That's when GAC's superior depth showed.
Point guard Bria Smith drove hard to the basket, scoring all six of her points in the fourth. Sally Carroll drained a 3-pointer off a Julio Stephens feed. When Stephens hit a tough bank shot, it was 49-40 with 1:30 left. The Spartans made 9-of-10 foul shots in the quarter.
"In the fourth quarter we just had some kids make plays and make some free throws to extend the lead and hold them off," coach Mike Mitchell said.
"Pace came out and hustled tremendously and tried to go to their two kids who can score. They had a great gameplan."
Falohun scored 17, and junior Megan Elliott added 13. But the Knights managed just one field goal in the fourth.
"The luxury at GAC is sometimes your best players don't have to do everything," Pace coach Shana Vidal said. "My two best players have to guard their best offensive players, run the offense and score. So I think in the end Lauren and Megan both got a little tired. You could tell by their shots they got tired. But they fought hard."
GAC got a big lift from Mollie Mitchell, who scored all nine of her points in the second half. Stephens scored eight, and Kiki Swanier defended Falohun and made four steals.
The Spartans are deep, but it all starts with Daniels. The 5-8 junior posted up and scored over bigger defenders, pulled up for jumpers and attacked the basket.
"She can play everywhere on the floor and she has got so much ability,"
Mitchell said. "Every night we just kind of watch and see a little bit more.
She wants to play well in big games and she knows she's the player on this team to get everybody else going."
Daniels took a hard fall in the first quarter. She lay on the court turning in pain for several moments, and her mom came out to check on her along with coaches and the trainer.
Daniels was able to walk off gingerly. When she returned a few minutes later, she resumed the show her mom - and all Spartans' fans - came to see.
[The Lady Spartans play region rival East Hall in the third round Saturday afternoon at 4:00pm. During the regular season GAC was 1-1 against the Lady
Vikings: winning the first game by 2 points and losing the second by 1 point.]
CLASS AA TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE AT MT. ZION HIGH SCHOOL; JONESBORO GA
FRIDAY, FEB. 24
4:00pm Wesleyan girls vs. Holy Innocents'
5:30pm Buford boys vs. Grady
7:00pm Laney girls vs. Dade County
8:30pm Decatur boys vs. Putnam County
SATURDAY, FEB. 25: QUARTERFINALS
4:00pm GACS girls vs. East Hall
5:30pm Lovett boys vs. East Hall
7:00pm Wesleyan-Holy Innocents' girls winner vs. Laney-Dade County girls winner 8:30pm Buford-Grady boys winner vs. Decatur-Putnam County winner
DIRECTIONS TO
Mount Zion High School
2535 Mount Zion Parkway
Jonesboro, Georgia 30236
Traveling South from Atlanta on Interstate 75 Take the Mt. Zion / Jonesboro exit ~ Exit # 231.
Turn right as you exit the interstate.
Turn left at the first red light onto Mt. Zion Parkway.
Proceed through the next red light.
Mount Zion High School will be on your right.
The third gate entrance will bring you to the visitor's parking lot.
[reprinted from Mt. Zion HS website]
LADY VIKINGS UPSET #3-RANKED MODEL; WILL FACE GAC SATURDAY By Ben Valentine ©Copyright 2005 AccessNorthGa.com / WDUN News/Talk 550.
JONESBORO - The East Hall girls basketball team continues to show that its’
not a team to be over looked as it beat third ranked Model in the Class AA State Playoffs.
The Lady Vikings (21-9) took the lead for good in the third quarter to beat Model (28-2) 45-38 and advance to the Elite Eight.
Leania Bulloch led the way for the Vikings with 12 points.
Lisa Coleman also showed up playing well in every area of the game by scoring 10 points, grabbing 4 rebounds, passing out 4 assists.
Another girl that stepped up for East Hall was Kela Coleman. She finished with 8 points and also had 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
Jennifer Harris finished the game with 8 points and had a great defensive effort.
East Hall coach Allen Pritchett said his girls were focused, "The girls played really well today. The kids did what we wanted them to do."
East Hall's defense was outstanding all night, shutting down Model's Perimeter shooters and not allowing them to get any good looks at the basket.
"We were able to take away their (Model) offense," Pritchett said about the key to the Lady Vikings win.
East Hall will advance to the Elite Eight to play region foe GAC on Saturday at 4:00 P.M. at Mount Zion High School in Jonesboro.
"They (GAC) seem to be peaking at the right time," Pritchett said.
"It's going to be a war on Saturday."
LADY SPARTANS RECORD (23-7)
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GACS 46-55 Marist
GACS 74-30 Chestatee
GACS 75-58 Shaw
GACS 75-35 Lovett
GACS 49-22 Paideia
GACS 81-28 Banks County*
GACS 57-51 Cartersville
GACS 67-12 Union County*
GACS 67-22 Rabun County*
GACS 76-40 Jefferson
GACS 57-39 Buford*
GACS 57-28 Walton
GACS 43-53 South Gwinnett
GACS 55-63 Spartanburg SC
GACS 40-38 East Hall*
GACS 41-25 Dawson County*
GACS 60-34 Chestatee
GACS 43-61 Wesleyan*
GACS 60-36 Providence Christian*
GACS 62-38 Lumpkin County*
GACS 44-45 East Hall*
GACS 51-45 Cartersville
GACS 48-57 Wesleyan*
GACS 92-57 Providence Christian*
GACS 60-57 Buford*
*Region games (10-3)
REGION TOURNAMENT (2-1)
GACS 64-37 Banks County
GACS 59-50 Buford
GACS 59-62 Wesleyan
STATE TOURNAMENT (2-0)
GACS 75-41 Oglethorpe County
GACS 54-40 Pace Academy
GACS vs. East Hall; State AA Quarterfinals; Saturday, Feb. 25; 4:00pm at Mt.
Zion-Jonesboro
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>GIRLS SOCCER
LADY SPARTANS VS. #3 WOODWARD ACADEMY (AAAA) AT HOME TODAY; 5:30PM
Lady Spartans
Soccer Record (1-3)
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GACS 1-2 Grady
GACS 4-1 St. Vincent's Academy
GACS 1-2 Evans
GACS 0-1 Westminster
AA/A GIRLS SOCCER
TOP TEN RANKED TEAMS
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1 Lovett
2 Providence Christian
3 Pace Academy
4 Decatur
5 Walker
6 Holy Innocents'
7 Aquinas
8 Paideia
9 Wesleyan
10 Galloway
[Source: divarsity.com]
LADY SPARTANS
SOCCER ROSTER
Name / Grade
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Whitney Adams 12
Sarah Brummett 12
Sarah Gywn 12
Britney Harper 12
Gillian Potts 12
Kathryn Tarulli 12
Allison Turner 12
Megan Klenke 11
Sara Lindsley 11
Lindsey Pimentel 11
Julio Stephens 11
Kristen Frederickson 10
Jenna Hoglund 10
Sammy Abrahart 9
Sydney Eason 9
Morgan Hall 9
Quincy Meyer 9
Head Coach: Troy Bendickson
Assistant Coach: Amanda Cost
Trainer: Chad Dybdahl
>BOYS SOCCER
#6-RANKED SPARTANS PLAY #3 WALKER AT HOME TONIGHT; 7:00PM
SPARTAN BOYS
SOCCER RECORD (1-3)
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GACS 2-0 Grady
GACS 2-3 Savannah Country Day
GACS 1-3 Aquinas
GACS 1-4 Lovett
AA/BOYS SOCCER
TOP TEN RANKED TEAMS
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1 Aquinas
2 Savannah Country Day
3 Walker
4 Lovett
5 Buford
6 GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN
7 Providence Christian
8 Brookstone
9 Paideia
10 Savannah Christian
[Source: divarsity.com]
SPARTAN BOYS
SOCCER ROSTER
Name / Grade
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Nick Ramon 12
Tom Ream 12
Roy Lee 12
Sam Arthur 11
Taylor Wisted 11
Russell Holzgrefe 11
Matt Wolfe 11
Alex Powell 11
Matt Carroll 11
Nick Doris 10
Andrew McPheeley 10
John Strohmeyer 10
Peter Lobona 10
Cole Maenza 10
Logan Ream 10
Evan Turner 10
John Max Bolling 9
Zach Johnson 9
Eric Fletcher 9
Richard Klemm 9
Chris Thomas 9
Head Coach: Thom Jacquet
Asst. Coach: Joe Aaron, Sean Wickham
Trainer: Chad Dybdahl
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