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March 21, 2018
MARY PERSONS BULLDOGS
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SPRING SPORTS
IOIMY
4 p.m.
JV Baseball
(vs. Howard)
5.55 p.m.
Varsity Baseball
(vs. Howard)
6 p.m.
C-Team Boys Soccer
(vs. Jones County).
THURSDAY, MARCH 22
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
9 a.m.
Varsity Boys Girls Golf
(MP Best Ball Tournament
@ Forsyth Golf Club)
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
MONDAY, MARCH 19
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
4:30 p.m.
C-Team Ba ball
(vs. Gray Station)
5:30 p.m.
Varsity Girls Soccer
(vs. Upson-Lee)
7:30 p.m.
Varsity Boys Soccer
(vs Upson-Lee)
By Will Davis
publJsher@rnymcr.net
The Mary Persons boys
soccer team got a thrilling
1-0 overtime at Spald-
ing on Friday despite being
riddled by injuries.
The Bulldogs improved
to 9-2-1 (4-2 in Region
2-AAAA) after Dawson
Daniel scored in the first
overtime period. The win
kept alive MP's long-shot
hopes of repeating as
region champs, but much
work remains to be done.
Spalding and MP battled
ferociously for 80 minutes
but neither team could
pierce the goal line on a
cloudy night in Griffin.
The Bulldogs were playing
their first game without
senior utility player Jacob
Anthony, who was wearing
a leg brace. Braydon Martin
is already out for the season
with a torn ACL, but An-
thony is expected to return.
Despite being short-
handed, the Bulldogs
batted hard against the
lags, and outshot them
22-20. None of those shots
found the back of the net,
though, until the first
5-minute overtime period
when back-up striker Gabe
Medlin fielded a ball in
Spalding territory. Two
defenders closed in on him
in the middle of the field so
Medlin immediately fed a
perfect roller to the left cor-
ner where an unguarded
Dawson Daniel was sprint-
ing toward the goal, Daniel
blasted it into the net and
the Bulldogs erupted in
celebration. MP held for
the final seven minutes of
overtime to claim a 1-0
road win, their second
shutout in a row.
The Jaguars dropped
to 2-5-1, and now have
one-goal losses to each of
MP senior soccer standout Dawson Daniel scored the game-winning goal in the Bulldogs' much-needed 1-0 overtime
road win at Spalding on Friday. The Bulldogs will return home on Tuesday, March 27 against Upson-Lee. (Photo/Will
Davis)
the three region leaders,
Upson-Lee, Perry and ME
Keeper Brock Hulsey had
12 saves for the Bulldogs
and Medlin had the assist
on Dawson's goal.
Last Tuesday, March 13,
the Bulldogs beat West
Laurens for the second
time this year, 2-0, at
Lancaster Field in Forsyth.
It wasn't the beatdown that
MP gave the Raiders last
time (5-1) but sophomore
Julian Rivera connected on
two goals as the Bulldogs
got the region win. Dawson
Daniel had an assist on
one of Rivera's goals as MP
outshot West Laurens 18-9.
Hulsey had eight saves as Forsyth. March 29 in the last game
the Raiders dropped to 6-5 Then on Tuesda) Marchbefore a two-week respite
on the year, 1-4 in region. 27, they host Upson-Lee, over spring break. Boys
The Bulldogs play How- who beat the Bulldogs 4-3 games start at 7:30 p.m.
ard at the Ed Defore Sports in Thomaston. Then theexcept for the Jones County
Complex on Thursday, MP boys have added a game -- since there's no
March 22. MP beat the game at non-region ]ones girls game the boys will
Huskies 8-1 the first time in County on Thursday, start at 5:30 p.m.
Tree Board
to hold
golf event
on Mar. 30
The Forsyth Tree
Board will host its
3rd Annual Golf
Tournament at the
Forsyth Golf Course,
400 Country Club
Dr Forsyth on Fri-
day, March 30.
Registration begins
at 8 a.m. There will
be two flights with
1st and 2nd places
in each flight. Cash
pay out. Four man
team: $400. Hole
sponsorship: $100
and a door prize.
Close ups pay out
par Ys. Lunch will be
provided.
Make credit card
payment to Forsyth
Tree Board (Lyn
Sandifer 478-994-
5649. For more
information, call
Rick Shannon (Tree
Board chairman) at
478-550-7431.
Rosey Glidewell, the daughter of Reporter staffer Diane
Glidewell, spotted Elana Meyers Taylor, who captured a
silver medal in Women's Bobsled at the PyeongChang 2018
Winter Olympic Games in February, at Atlanta's World of
Coke on March 10. Taylor graciously complied when asked
for a picture. Glidewell said she congratulated Meyers-
Taylor on her performance at the Olympics and thanked
her for representing the U.S. so well. Meyers-Taylor, 33,
also won silver in Women's Bobsled at the Sochi Winter
Olympics in 2014 and Bronze in Vancouver in 2010. She
has won multiple medals in the World Championships from
2008-2017, including gold in 2017. She grew up in Doug-
lasville, Ga. (Photo courtesy of Rosey Glidewell)
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