Published: December 02, 2008 11:25 pm            

Dalton swims to two wins

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Temperatures may have been in the mid-30s on Tuesday night, but that didn’t prevent Dalton High from heating up in its latest swim meet.

The Dalton High boys and girls swim teams both moved to 6-1 on the season by winning a three-way meet they hosted. The Catamounts scored 131 points to beat Cleveland (85) and Ringgold (82) and the Lady Cats also had 131 points to hold off Cleveland (110) and blow Ringgold (41) out of the water.

Coach Charles Todd was pleased with the times of his swimmers as they qualified for the end-of-the-year state meet in 10 different events, including the boys’ and girls 200-yard medley relay team (1:47.10, 2:04.04, respectively), Omar Farag (200 individual medley, 2:08.67 and 100 butterfly, 55.74), Stephen Jones (50 freestyle, 23:34), Chase Hair (1-meter diving, 203.25 points), Brandt Tharpe (500 freestyle, 5:23.8) and Rebecca Davis (100 breastroke, 1:15.56). All finished first place in their respective events except the boys’ 200 freestyle, which took second.

“I’m really proud of the kids,” Todd said. “They swam real well. We’re kind of broken down right now because we’ve been training real early lately. We had practice at 5:30 and 7:30 this morning and for the kids to come out and get their state cuts, I’m really pleased with it. We just need to stay focused and train hard.

“Cleveland is a strong team and Ringgold had some strong swimmers, they just don’t have a lot of depth, so our depth and speed prevailed.”

Besides the state qualifiers, other Dalton swimmers taking firsts were Maddie Scarborough (200 freestyle, 2:13.02), Erin Hullender (girls 1-meter diving, 57.25), Joana Rosales (100 freestyle, 58.62), Austin Mobley (100 breastroke, 1:10.75), the girls 200 freestyle relay (1:51.42) and the boys 400 freestyle relay (3:43.42).

Varsity wrestling

• Southeast defeated Armuchee 51-3 and Pepperell 48-30 to bring the Raiders’ record to 4-7.

Miguel Jacinto (119 pounds), Zach Williams (130), Nick Didonato (140), Andy Pichardo (145), Tanner Phipps (160), and Chris Cardoso (285) all won two matches. Jacinto and Phipps recorded two pins. Chris Dodson (125), Randy York (130), Josh Wilson (171) and Jose Ortiz (215) all won one match.

MS basketball

8th grade

• New Hope boys 61, North Whitfield 27: Blake Heard scored 25 points and pulled down 19 rebounds for the Kodiaks (6-2 overall, 3-0 league). Caleb King added eight points.

Jonathan Willmon paced the Pioneers with 12 points.

• Valley Point girls 27, Eastbrook 14: Megan Collins had nine points and 15 rebounds for the Lady Green Waves. Samantha Gravitt and Tavi Parris each scored seven and Emily Edgeman pulled down five rebounds.

Allison Pilcher paced the Lady Mustangs with five points.

• Christian Heritage boys 46, Gladden 44: Michael McKinney scored 22 points, including seven 3s to lead the Lions (2-3) to the overtime victory. Will Fisher, Cole Townsend and Robert Hardaway each had eight points.

Martin Cantreras led the Warriors with 13 points and Brady Todd added 11.

• Gladden girls 41, Christian Heritage 28: Megan Pittman scored 11 points and Grace Phillips added 10 for the Lady Warriors (2-3).

Rebecca Leonard led the Lady Lions with a game-high 15 points.

• Dalton boys 50, Bagley 20: Robert Enck had nine points and Jackson Dinges three for the Cougars (1-3). Brady Swilling led the Braves (6-1) with 16 points.

• Eastbrook boys 43, Valley Point 23: Josue Quintero had 17 points for the Mustangs.Blake Young scored eight points for the Green Waves (1-2) while Devin Gentry added six.

• Dalton girls 49, Bagley 28: Maddie Howell scored 16 points to lead the Lady Cougars. Madisun Rymer had eight points for Bagley and Hannah Hensley added seven.

7th grade

• New Hope boys 48, North Whitfield 27: Caleb Storey had 13 points and Nicholas Bramlett added 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Kodiaks (6-2, 3-0). Levi Wilson and Michael Ward also had 10 points for New Hope.

Eric Dominguez had eight points for the Pioneers.

• Valley Point girls 22, Eastbrook 12: Alannah Long led the Lady Green Waves with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Chavelle Clark had six points for the Lady Mustangs.

• Valley Point boys 54, Eastbrook 16: Rhett Harper scored a game-high 19 points while Blake Foster added 13 and Alex Clowers 12 for the Green Waves (3-0). Nic Stuard led the Mustangs with 12 points.

• Dalton boys 52, Bagley 42: Chris Childs and Jeffery Brown each scored 13 points for the Cougars (2-2), who trailed by 14 points at halftime.

Josh Satterfield added 10 points. Markell Harkles scored nine points and Jordan Keener eight for the Braves (1-5).

• Bagley girls 27, Dalton 23: Whitney Crider and Kara Deal each scored nine points for the Lady Braves (1-6) and Aleshia Townsend added eight.

        

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