Published: September 05, 2009 11:48 pm      

N. Murray outmatched

The North Murray High football team suffered its first-ever loss as a program Saturday night in Chatsworth against Dade County, 50-28.

But Dade County had a clear advantage over the junior varsity Mountaineers (1-1).

“We assumed we’d be playing their JV team,” North Murray coach Larry Cornelius said. “But they brought some varsity players because they didn’t play this week, so it was our underclassmen against their upperclassmen. No excuses though. We made some mistakes tonight and we’re going to have to work on downsizing those.”

The Mountaineers’ scoring came from a 29-yard pass from Brady Swilling to Brandon Flood in the second quarter, a 75-yard kickoff return from Jonathan Olinger in the third, a 38-yard run from Austin Carter in the third and a 20-yard pass from Swilling to Zach Penland in the third. Izzy Hernandez was 4-for-4 on PATs.

Varsity cross country

• Dalton High’s boys and girls competed in the Clara Bowl Invitational at Berry College, with the Catamounts taking 33rd place in a 51-team field and the Lady Catamounts taking 29th among 45 teams.

The Cats were led by Fernando Morales, who finished with a time of 18:23 on the 5-kilometer course, followed by Jonathon Hernandez (18:27), Chris Tineda (18:38), Andrew Bruner (18:44), Preston Pound (18:45), Julio Gonzalez (18:55) and Daniel Beltran (18:56).

The Lady Cats were led by Carina Nieto (21:27), Meral Hinton (21:38), Bekha Houston (22:01), Katerina Yi (23:54), Paxton Plunkett (23:57), Melanie Lipscomb (26:21) and Karen Paz (26:36).

Varsity softball

• Northwest Whitfield 4, Sequoyah 2: On Friday in Cherokee County, Mykeah Johnson hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning to lift the Lady Bruins (7-6, 2-0) over Sequoyah in a Region 7-4A matchup.

Emily Boyd went the distance for Northwest, pitching eight innings while giving up eight hits, two runs (one earned) and no walks while striking out 11. Kayla Piorkowski added a hit and an RBI.

Varsity volleyball

• Southeast tied for ninth in a 32-team field at the Tennessee Tandem Tournament in Chattanooga, a two-day event that began Friday, advancing to the championship bracket before losing in the first round to No. 1-seeded Soddy Daisy (11-25, 10-25).

The Lady Raiders (4-5) went 3-4 in tourney play.

Southeast’s highlight of the tournament was stunning Oooltewah — an eventual No. 1 seed in the championship bracket — 19-25, 25-19, 15-12 to advance to the first round of the championship bracket as a No. 4 seed.

The Lady Raiders were led by Morgan Johnson’s 32 kills, 34 digs and five aces, Casey Crump’s 44 assists, 23 digs and seven aces, and Shelby McFarland’s 21 kills and 10 digs in the tourney.