muwannae Democrat

Section B
Wednesday, September 13, 2006


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Bulldogs come up short against 'Ianes

Gainesville High "
holds off last-minute
Suwannee drive to
preserve 21-13 win

 Robert Bridges .iY -
 .. .. ,, i ,, 9-


 Democrat Reporter
 Nobody in the Suwannee
High locker room wanted to
hear a word about how hard
they played after Friday
night's 21-13 loss at home to
the Gainesville Hurricanes.
The Bulldogs were gracious
in defeat, and plenty willing
to praise the 'Canes. Just hot
themselves. A loss is a loss,
close doesn't count and so'
on. But the Bulldogs played
their hearts out against
Gainesville, and seemed to
emerge with new confidence
in their ability to stay in the
game against even a 5A foe.
 Down 14-0 in the second
quarter, the Bulldogs scored
twice to pull within one by
midway through the third.
The 'Canes scored again, but
the Dogs weren't finished ei-
ther. Suwannee drove to the
Gainesville 37 with three
minutes to play before the
drive stalled, preserving the
Gainesville win.
 Head coach Bobby Ben-
nett was proud of his boys.
"They could've gone in the
tank," he said, "but they did-
n't."
 The offensive stars for the
Bulldogs were junior Jarrett
Yulee with 80 yards rushing
on 13 carries, senior Gabe
Galloway, whose fine catch
for a score pulled the Dogs
to within one in the third
quarter, and junior quarter-


AVOIDING THE RUSH: Bulldog quarterback Travis Westberry scrambles during the Dogs' 21-13 loss to 5A Gainesville High Fri-
day night at Langford Stadium. Photo: Paul Buchanan


back Travis Westberry, who
passed for one touchdown
and ran for another.
 The leading tacklers for
the Bulldogs were Lee Lax-
ton with 13 stops, Justin
Starling with 12, and
Stephen Cherry with 10.
 The Bulldog defense held,
running back Chris Batie to
99 yards, a season low.
Batie, who ran for 1,400
yards last season, has been
averaging better than 125
yards a game this year.
 Things looked bleak early
on for the Bulldogs.
Gainesville took the opening
kick-off and drove to the
Suwannee 19 behind the


running of Batie. The Dogs
held, however, and a Hurri-
cane field goal attempt went
wide left at 8:12 of the first
quarter.
 The Bulldogs went four-
and-out on their first posses-
sion, but a roughing the
punter call gave Suwannee
new life at their own 35. A
Gainesville blitz then forced
a Westbern fumble, which
the 'Canies recoeileJ at the ,
Suwannee 28. Two plays lat-
er, a slashing 26-yard run by
quarterback James Beebe
gave the Hurricanes a 7-0
lead at 2:40 of'the first quar-
ter.
 Then came something the


Dogs didn't expect: an on-
side kick. Zack Zindler re-
covered for the Canes at the,
Suwannee 48. The Dogs
held again, though, and al-
most got a break on the en-
suing punt. A high snap
sailed over the head of
Gainies ille punter Oliver
Aaron, who still managed a
22-N ard kick
 The Bulldogs took over
on their own 38 and began
to mount their first real drive
of the night. Yulee gained
seven,! then picked up 22 oi
a second-down run to the
Hurricane 33. Two more
Yulee runs got the Bulldogs
to the Gainesville 26 before


a sack on fourth and three
gave the ball back to the
'Canes at their own 31.
 The 'Canes drove to the
Suwannee 37 before Bulldog
defensive back Johnny Her-
ring picked off a fourth
down pass at the Suwannee
five. Knockine tie ball
down might have been a bet-

 SEE BULLDOGS, PAGE 2B


 No, the noise

 didn't bother

 the Canes

 Robert Bridges
 Democrat Reporter

 Gainesville High Head Foot-
 ball Coach Eddy Moore may or
 may not like country music. He
 says he does as long as it's
 not too loud. Moore said in an
 interview last week that the, '
 country music in Langford Sta-
 S, ium is so loud during warmups
',hat.his players would'nt be able
;to hear his pre-game instructions.
 After the "Canes' 21-13 win
. over the Bulldogs Friday night,
 Moore was asked whether it
 bothered him as much this time.
 It did. "It was too loud," Moore
 said with a smile. He wondered
....whether it might have been even
 a little louder than usual.
 .A. it tuaBs,out, it didn't matter.
 N Moore said he uses band signals
 dunng ptcegame drills at Lang-
 ford."It wasn't going to work
 anyway," he said good-naturedly.
 Moore had plenty of praise for
 the Bulldogs, though. "You've
 got a pretty tough group," he
 said. "They've got a lot of
 pride."
 He had particular praise for
 the Suwannee coaching staff.
 Head coach Bobby Bennett
 made "excellent adjustments"
 during the game, he said. "It's
 obvious they're a very well-
 coached team."


PLAYERS OF THE GAME


Bulldogs down Branford in Volleyball


 Robert Bridges
 Democrat Reporter

 The Suwannee High vol-.
leyball team downed cross-
county rival Branford 25-14,
25-14, 14-25, 25-11 Sept. 5
in Live Oak.
 The Dogs improve to 2-4.
 Cortney Benson led all
scorers with 18 points. Jas-


mine Jefferson had 14, Do-
minique Reed, nine, Rebecca
Roberts, eight, Brittany Bar-
clay four, and Natalie Peci-
na, two.
 The Dogs' other win also
came against Branford. The
Dogs won 29-27, 26-24, 25-
18 in the best-of-five match
on Aug. 22. The Dogs' four
losses were to Mayo, Madi-
son, Baker and Bradford.


JV Dogs remain unbeaten


 Robert Bridges
 Democrat Reporter
 Dontae Jordan scored on
both sides.of the ball to lead
the junior varsity Bulldogs
to a 12-7 win over the Santa
Fe Red Raiders Sept. 7 in
Live Oak. Jordan returned-
an interception 30 yards for
a score on the Dogs' second
possession, then scored on a
four-yard run just before the
half.:
 "We didn't quite hit on all
cylinders." said coach Chris
Martello. "but we pulled out
the win."
 "There were some high-
hghts. but we've got a lot of
room for improvement," he
added.
 The Dogs (2-0) scored
first on Jordan's interception
return. A penalty pushed the
ball back to the 18 for the
point-after attempt, and the
Dogs' two-point conversion
attempt failed.
 Santa Fe came back early
in the second quarter lo
even the score on a short


run. The point after put the
Red Raiders ahead 7-6. Jor,
dan's second score put the
Bulldogs ahead to stay. A
second two-point conver-
sion attempt also tailed.
 Martelo singled several
players out for special
recognition. Xavier Perry '
had "an interception late in
the game to help preserve
the Win. Chance Wamer
also played well on defense,
and Rielly Turner played
well on both sides of the
ball,
 Martello also had praise
for Alex Fountain and Frank
Snead. who shared quarter-
backing duties.
 The loss avenges last
year's defeat to the Red
Raiders in Alachua.
 Next up for the Dogs is
Columbia County. Martello
said he felt good about the
Dogs' chances against the
Tigers. "If we show up. we
match up with them very
well." he said.
 Kick-off is at 7 p.m.
Tlhursda. at Paul Langford
Stadium.


 "We're not as strong this
year as we have been," said
coach Cissy Witt.
 Of last year's starters on
varsity, only Jefferson re-
turned. "We have a lot of in-
experienced players," said,
Witt, "but we have a lot of
talent."
 Jefferson had six aces,
Benson, five, Reed and
Roberts, four each, and Bar-
clay, two. Barclay had five
kills, Benson, Jefferson,
Reed and Deana McMillian,
three each, and Casey
Owens, one.
 The Dogs played at Mid-


1ia Iravis
Westberry


uortney Benson


dleburg on Sept. 7. See Fri-
day's Democrat for a full ac-
count of the match.


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Suwannee Swimmers get first win of the year


 Robert Bridges
 Democrat Reporter

 The Suwannee High swim
 team defeated P.K. Yonge
 Sept. 6 in Gainesville to even
 its record at 1-1. The boys
 won 91-73, the girls, 94-76.
 "The kids swam very
well," said coach Kathy
Wood. "They put a lot of en-


ergy into their events and
worked very well together as
a team."
 The following SHS swim-
mers won their events:
 Boys
 Vance Wiggins, Shelby
Brothers, T.J. Vickers and
Josh Jones, 200 yard medley
relay (2:07.34)
 T.J. Vickers, 200 freestyle
(2:22.50)


 Marshall Boggus, 100 but-
terfly (1:16.94)
 Josh Jones, 100 freestyle
(1:0.2.29)
 Vance Wiggins, 100 back-
stroke (1:19.39).
 Girls
 Katie Prevatt, 200 freestyle
(2:46.00)
 Ashley Wetzel, 200 indi-
vidual medley (2:51.25)
 Katie Prevatt, 50 freestyle


(30.65)
 Ashley Wetzel, 100 butter-
fly (1:19.30)
 Tori Wood, 100 freestyle
(1:05.00).
 Wood said the event to
watch is the girls' 400
freestyle relay. The team of
Katie Prevatt, Ashley Wetzel,
Tori Wood and Katherine

 SEE SUWANNEE, PAGE 2B


Local resident places at the NWTF's Turkey Shoot


Submitted
 Mike Oxendine of Live
Oak placed first at the Na-
tional Wild Turkey Federa-
tion's 13th annual Turkey
Shoot held Aug. 18-20. Ox-
endine broke 34 clay targets
while competing in the 410-
Gauge Sub-Gauge Competi-
tion-NSCA Division, B
class at The Meadows Na-
tional Gun Club in Forsyth,
Ga.


 Oxendine was one of 600
shooters that competed at
one of the premier sporting
clays tournaments in the
country.
 Shooters were separated
into two divisions-the Na-
tional Sporting Clays Asso-
ciation Division for compet-
itive and professional shoot-
ers and the Hunters Division
for recreational shooters-in
the 200-target Sporting.


Clays Championship, the
50-bird Briley Sub-Gauge
competition and the Charles
Daly Side by Side.
 "The Turkey Shoot is a
very competitive event that
brings shooters from all
across the country to see
who is the best," said
NWTF Special Events Co-
ordinator Rhett Simmons.
 Proceeds from the Turkey
Shoot go to help Wheelin'


Sportsmen NWTF provide
people with disabilities op-
portunities to learn and en-
joy outdoor sports such as
hunting, fishing and shoot-
ing.
 For more information
about the 13th annual
Turkey Shoot or the NWTF,
visit www.nwtf.org or call
800-THE-NWTF.

 SEE LOCAL, PAGE 2B


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