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By Bill EvansSports Writer
Sometimes a coach makes a prediction that he wishes wasn’t true.
All week, Chapel Hill coach Chris Parker was concerned that Kell’s running back/safety Brian Randolph was one of the best players the Panthers would face.
Randolph lived up to his pre-game hype, rush-ing for two touchdowns and going 61 yards with a screen pass for another in leading state power-house Kell past Chapel Hill 30-7 Friday night at Panthers Stadium in a Region 5-AAAA play-in game. The Longhorns (10-0, 7-0) advance to the state playoffs, while the season ends for Chapel Hill (4-6, 4-3).
Chapel Hill gave it a battle, but Randolph and quarterback Austin Petrik led a Kell offen-
sive attack which scored on its first three posses-sions of the game and cruised to victory.
But Chapel Hill didn’t get shut out. With the Panthers down 30-0, lineman Tyreeq Rich-ards scooped up a fumble and raced 55 yards for a touchdown with just
under three minutes remaining.
Kell proved early why the Longhorns are ranked No. 4 in the state in all major ratings.
Kell took the opening kickoff and needed just four plays to get on the scoreboard. On third-
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Items of interest around the county
Adult Basketball: The Douglasville Parks and Recreation Depart-ment will hold a coaches meeting for all interested adult basketball teams on Tuesday at 7 p.m. for the upcoming season. The meeting will be held at the Hawthorne Center at Jessie Davis Park. Divi-sions offered are Men’s competitive (age 18 & up) and Men’s recreation (age 16 & up) Games will be played on Monday and Thursday nights. The registration fee is $350 per team for the eight-game regular season and playoff game. The games will be played at the Haw-thorne Center at Jessie Davis Park. The entry fee deadline is Dec. 3 with the season beginning the week of Dec. 6. For more information contact Mieko Bercich at (678) 715-6059 or email at [email protected].
NBA/WNBA Dribble Dish & Swish Competi-tion: The NBA Dribble, Dish, and Swish Competi-tion will held at Jessie Davis Park on Nov. 13 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Dribble, Dish & Swish is free for boys and girls ages 7 to 12 and encour-ages participants to be active and to maintain healthy lifestyles. The competition gives partici-pants the opportunity to showcase their fundamen-tal basketball skills and physical fitness through a time-based, half-court obstacle course. Winners will qualify for the regional and could qualify for the finals at the 2011 NBA All Star game in Los Angeles! Registration begins at 2:30 p.m. Any question contact Mieko Bercich at (678) 715-6059 or email at [email protected].
Local 12-year-old trav-el baseball team looking to fill four positions. Expe-rienced players with ability to play multiple positions, including pitcher are needed. Players and families which are look-ing for the opportunity to play for a team stressing teamwork, work ethic, and sportsmanship along with the expectation of playing the game with integrity are encouraged to consider the opportunity. Workouts will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. Please contact Andy Copeland at (404)731-7290 or e-mail [email protected].
The City of Douglas-ville Parks & Recreation Department will host the 1st annual long drive competition on Nov. 13 at West Pines Golf Club. Registration will begin at 8:30am with the competi-tion from 9-11 a.m. This event is for both men and women with five divi-sions. The entry fee for all participants is $10 for four attempts. With each entry the participant will receive a $10 off coupon for a weekend round of golf courtesy of West Pines Golf Club. For any questions please contact Mieko Bercich at (678) 715-6059 or [email protected].
SportsSaturday, November 6, 20101B
Inside• Alexander, Lithia Springs wrap seasons
SentinelDouglas County
Unhappy endings
Keith Thompson/Special to the Sentinel
East Paulding’s sophomore running back Kamani Thomas dives for the second of his four touchdowns.
Keith Thompson/Special to the Sentinel
Chapel Hill’s D’Shawn Abercrombie complet-ed 9 of 14 passes, most under 10 yards.
REGION 5-AAAA PLAY-IN GAMES
By Darryl MaxieSports Editor
Defense may win championships, but that applies when there’s actually something to defend. And on a chilly, sometimes drizzly Fri-day, with a state playoff berth on the line, Doug-las County had nothing to protect.
The Tigers trailed from the first play, and their do-everything defense did everything it could to compensate for a punchless offense until fatigue made them buckle.
Once again riding sophomore running back Kamani Thomas, East Paulding won the Region 5-AAAA play-in game 26-7.
Thomas had four touchdowns — one moire than he scored in the teams’ first meeting on Sept. 11 in Dallas, which East Paulding also won, 41-21.
The victory gave the Raiders the region’s sec-
ond seed and a home game in the first round of the playoffs which begin next week.
Douglas County fin-ished 5-5 for the sec-ond consecutive season, but coach John Oglesby said this season’s .500 record doesn’t tell the full story.
“We were 5-5, but that was not indicative of our play,” Oglesby said. “We played Hiram, Warner Robins and East [Pauld-ing] and ended up 1-2, then we lost two close games in our subregion, games that could’ve and should’ve gone our way. Our boys battled.”
The defense did most of the battling Friday, spending more time on the field than Oglesby would’ve liked because the offense couldn’t sus-tain a drive.
“The offense has got to do something,” Ogles-by said. “Our defense was getting tired. Our defense gave them fits.
Randolph proves too much for Panthers
Tigers’ defense not able to win it singlehandedly
KELL 30, CHAPEL HILL 7 EAST PAULDING 26, DOUGLAS COUNTY 7
From staff reports
Chapel Hill High will be favored to win its third boys Class AAAA cross country title this afternoon, but the Pan-thers will have to hold off Marist. Chapel Hill won the state in 2006 and 2007.
The boys race is sched-uled for 1 p.m. on the Carrollton course. The girls AAAA race follows at 1:30 p.m.
It was hard to find races where teams ran
at full strength, but Cha-pel Hill, who finished 11th last year in AAAAA, brings an impressive record into the race. The Panthers’ trio of Wade Voyles, Adonis Gaines and Chance Eldredge make them the team to beat. Voyles was a fresh-man on the 2007 state team.
Chapel Hill finished second at Coach Wood, 15th at Great American, and won the Region 5 and Douglas County Champi-
onship. They are going to challenged by Marist, which won AAAA last year, with their group of talented runners. Marist finished fourth at Coach Wood, second in the Atlanta Classic, and won Region 6. These two teams have held the top spots in the rankings all year and have been listed in the all-class rankings each week.
If Marist or Chapel Hill falters, then Flowery Branch, which won AAA
last year, has a chance. It finished third at UGA, fifth at Coach Wood, and fifth at Wendys. Another team that will probably challenge is McIntosh.
The individual favor-ite in the boys’ race is Voyles, who has the top time in AAAA this year and has consistently placed in the top in every race. After Voyles, the race gets really interest-ing and there could be any number of finishers in the top 10.
Lakeside-Evans is the team to beat in the girls race. Whitewater and McIntosh have shown they can make a run.
Other teams that can challenge for the podi-um or a top-10 finish are Lakeside-DeKalb, Lambert, Dunwoody, Chapel Hill, Alexander, East Paulding. Johns Creek, Winder Barrow, Creekview, Union Grove, Rome and Pope.
Can Anna Bowles of Lakeside-Evans repeat
as champion? She is going to be hard pressed to accomplish this feat with a group of strong runners right behind her. Bowles’ teammate, Katie Townsend, could contend in the lead pack with Marist’s Kate Northrop and Sophie Harkins.
Ashton Lord of Chapel Hill, third in the Region 5 meet, should be the top county runner and has a solid shot at a top-10 finish.
Chapel Hill boys favored in state cross countrySee TIGERS/2BSee PANTHERS/2B
