Published: March 17, 2008 11:18 pm �� �� �� ��

Murray golfers pocket two at Spring Lakes

Prep Roundup

Murray County won a pair of tri-meets with Gilmer County and Southeast and earned low medalist honors in boys and girls competition on Monday at Spring Lakes Golf Course.

Murray’s boys foursome shot a 173 to take the nine-hole, par-36 match, while Southeast was second with 222 and Gilmer third with 223.

The victorious Indians were led by low medalist Zach Gibson’s 42, while Caleb Lankford shot a 43. Tyler Simpson, Dylan Lankford and Jeff Cole each carded a 44, with Simpson and Lankford — first off the course — turning in the final two counting scores.

Randy York’s 49 led Southeast, while Zach Davis (50), Josh Wilson (60) and Chaz Smith (63) rounded out the team score as the Raiders fell to 2-3 this season.

In the girls match, the Lady Indians won with a 103 as Alicia Moneymaker’s 44 was good for low medalist and Emily Parrish turned in a 59, while Southeast was second with a 112 and Gilmer was third at 124.

Freshmen Katie Burke (53) and Tallie Williams (59) turned in the counting scores for the Lady Raiders, who are now 3-3.



Varsity soccer

� Christian Heritage 3, Pinecrest Academy 3, OT: David Greene set up Taylor Gray twice for equalizing scores in the second half in Cumming, but the Lions failed to convert in overtime, despite having two shots on goal to none during the two five-minute periods.

The GISA Region 4-2A game was tied at 1 at halftime, with Christian Heritage’s other goal coming on Josafat Rodriguez’s unassisted direct kick from 25 yards out. The Lions were outshot 10-9 for the game, but Brady Seehorn had eight saves in goal and senior Felipe Gonzalez made strong contributions from his center midfielder spot, Christian Heritage coach John Seehorn said.

� Campbell 3, Murray County 1: The Indians tied the game early in the second half when Rafael Pacheco converted a penalty, but the Spartans responded with a corner kick goal and Murray County suffered an own goal to fall to 4-4 and 1-3 in Region 5-5A. The Lady Indians also lost 3-1.



Varsity tennis

� Northwest girls 4, Rome 1: The Lady Bruins (8-1 overall, 5-1 in Region 7-4A) were led by a singles sweep from No. 1 Lauren Morgan (6-4, 6-0), No. 2 Adrienne Orem (7-6, 6-0) and No. 3 Kelsey Harmon (6-1, 6-2), plus a doubles victory by No. 2 Lindsey Denton and Ashley Miles (6-4, 6-4).

� Rome boys 3, Northwest 2: The Bruins (8-1, 5-1) lost their perfect record in 7-4A, but remain in position to earn a No. 2 seed for the postseason tournament with one regular season region match remaining. Northwest got wins from No. 3 singles player Jonathan LaVelle (6-3, 6-3) and the No. 1 doubles team of Josh Ellison and Matt Bailey (7-5, 6-0).

Northwest’s boys and girls finish the region schedule on Thursday against Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe.

� Dalton girls 5, Ridgeland 0: The Lady Catamounts (7-0, 6-0) remained perfect by claiming the makeup match in Region 7-4A competition, dropping just one game, and are a victory shy of finishing the regular season with an unblemished region mark.

In singles, Dalton’s wins came from No. 1 Jennifer Enck (6-0, 6-1), No. 2 Emily Harbin (6-0, 6-0) and No. 3 Lawrence Crutchfield (6-0, 6-0). Ridgeland forfeited doubles play to No. 1 Allyson Pao and Priya Naik and No. 2 Audrey Puryear and Julie Kinsey.

Dalton’s final region match for both boys and girls is another makeup, with Southeast visiting at 4 p.m. on March 26.

� Dalton boys 5, Ridgeland 0: The Cats (3-4, 3-3) won with little trouble to even their region record and remain in the hunt for a top four seed entering next month’s region tourney via a complete sweep in singles action — No. 1 Sam Awad, No. 2 Blake Garrett and No. 3 Price Puryear each won 6-0, 6-0.

In doubles play, No. 1 Jeffrey Hair and Caleb Taylor won 7-5, 6-1 and Ben Harbin and Sam Batts won 6-1, 6-0.



JV baseball

� Northwest 7, LFO 1: Patrick Hade went 2-for-2 and pitched the Bruins to victory, working four of the game’s five innings and allowing four hits and two walks. Also for Northwest (2-2), Conor Jones was 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and an RBI, Jake Douglas had a double and drove in two runs and Corey Cole drove in three runs, including two on a home run.

� Southeast was swept by Ringgold in a doubleheader, falling 11-1 and 11-0. Austin Fowler collected a hit in each game.



JV soccer

� Dalton 5, Northwest 1: Mary Salazar and Aly Ortiz supplied early goals as the Lady Cats (2-2) took a 2-0 lead into halftime, but Northwest bounced back with a score of its own early in the second half before goals from Ruth Rios, Imelda Cortez and Daniela Molinar stretched Dalton’s lead out for good. Lady Cats goalkeeper Laura Fraire had four saves.



JV tennis

� Dalton girls 5, Ringgold 0: The Lady Cats improved to 3-0 with singles wins from Mallorca Awad (8-1), McKensi Carlisi (8-0) and Laurean Urbain (8-4) in the pro set play format, plus doubles victories from Haley Long and Haley Volhein (8-1) and Jalika Joyner and Shailee Patel (8-0).

� Dalton boys 3, Ringgold 2: The Cats claimed the close match — their first win in three outings this season — with singles wins from Emerson Sneary (8-0) and William Sanchez (8-6), plus a doubles win by Vinamra Laddha and Dustin Cochran (8-0).

� Northwest boys 5, Cartersville 0: The Bruins improved to 5-0 behind singles victories from Alex Powell (8-6), Dillon Flood (8-2), Tyler Hungerpillar (8-1) and John Ward (8-4), plus a doubles win from Austin Poole and Nathan Davies (8-3).



9th baseball

� LFO 2, Northwest 1: The Bruins dropped the one-run game to Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe’s junior varsity lineup to fall to 0-2. Northwest’s Carter Thames pitched all five innings, allowing two unearned runs while giving up three hits, hitting three batters and walking another; he also struck out four. Tyler Shepard had a hit and drove in Conner Hayes, who also had a hit.



MS baseball

� Christian Heritage 12, Tennessee Temple 6: Josh Barnes struck out three and walked two while allowing no earned runs in three innings on the mound to pick up the victory as the Lions won their season opener. At the plate, Chase Kranzlein was 4-for-4 and Trey Mason 2-for-2.



MS golf

� Bagley 206, Jasper 250: Zach Sanford shot a 47 to help the Braves make their first golf match in three years a victory, while Tanner West (51), Colby Hipp (54) and Tanner Wilcox (54) rounded out the team score in the nine-hole, par-36 clash at Spring Lakes Golf Course.



MS softball

� Christian Heritage 5, St. Jude School 3: Rebecca Leonard was the winning pitcher and had a good day at the plate as the Lady Lions won their season and Independent School Conference opener against the Chattanooga school.

Leonard struck out 14, walked five and allowed two hits in five innings — the game was shortened by time limit rules — while going 2-for-3 with a double. Abby Stuckey added a hit and two RBIs and Ann Marie Massengale and Megan McKinney each had a hit.



MS soccer

� Eastbrook girls 2, Valley Point 0: Heidi Lopez and Narda Gutierez each had a goal and Rosie Salacis an assist as the Lady Mustangs improved to 3-1-2.

� Eastbrook boys 1, Valley Point 0: Cristian Lopez scored the lone goal and Esgardo Chavaria was in goal for the shutout as Eastbrook (5-0-1) added to its win total.

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