Prep roundup: Collins has hot round in victory

Southeast Whitfield golf coach Chad Murray has been optimistic since the season’s beginning that his Lady Raiders can steadily lower their scores in a march toward potential success at the Region 7-3A tournament.

So far, so good.

The Lady Raiders topped a pair of rivals in a nine-hole match Tuesday at Indian Trace in Chatsworth, firing an 86 that was five strokes better than Dalton’s score. Northwest Whitfield, whom the Lady Raiders finished ahead of for the first time this season, turned in a 95.

And Megan Collins earned medalist honors to lead the Lady Raiders, who are now 7-0 in nine-hole matches, via a breakout performance. The sophomore turned in a 1-over-par 37, her personal best in competition or practice, Murray said.

“She’s posted practice rounds of 41 and 42, but her lowest match round was a 44,” he said. “She just caught fire today. She had been struggling with her putting a little bit ... but she has really focused on putting, so that was the biggest hurdle she overcame today.

“She’s been averaging 44-45 in matches. And she’s just now starting to come on, because she’s a three-sport athlete who excels in volleyball and basketball, too.”

Southeast’s other counting round came from Carli Ledford, who turned in a 49 and has been battling back and forth with Katelyn Burke for the No. 2 spot this season. Burke shot a 53 Tuesday.

“Those two girls have really made a difference also,” Murray said.

Dalton’s scores came from Brendie Rockholt (40) and Molly Clark (51). The Lady Bruins got counting rounds from Turner Fordham (44) and Marlee Bingham (51).

Murray said this was the Lady Raiders’ fourth victory this season against Dalton. Southeast had previously finished behind Northwest at the Lady Conasauga Cup, a nine-hole tournament, and the Lady Catamount Invitational, an 18-hole tournament.

Varsity baseball

• Christian Heritage 18, Furtah Prep 0: Wesley Sheppard gave up just one hit and struck out seven in three innings of work as the Lions scored 17 runs in the first inning to roll to the GISA Region 4-2A victory.

Michael McKinney was 3-for-3 with a double, a triple and four RBIs to lead a 13-hit attack by Christian Heritage (4-0, 3-0), while Jake Stokes was 3-for-4 with three RBIs, and Pate Duddleston was 2-for-2 with three RBIs.

• Heritage-Catoosa 12, Northwest 0: Generals pitcher Riley Sparks gave up just one hit and struck out seven while shutting out the Bruins (3-8) in the game shortened to five innings by the mercy rule. Zach Sloan had the lone hit — a double — for Northwest.

Varsity soccer

• Dalton girls 5, Murray County 3: Darolyn Monroig had a pair of goals and the Lady Cats overcame a second-half charge by the Lady Indians, who rallied to tie the game after Dalton — which led 2-0 at halftime — took a 3-0 lead soon after the break.

Monroig’s second score, an unassisted goal, pushed the Lady Cats (7-2) back into the lead, and Nery Martinez had the final score after being set up by Brizeyda Lopez. Monroig also had the second score of the game on an assist by Janet Salas.

Lopez scored on a corner kick put into play by Martinez, while Amairany Vidana had the game’s first goal on an assist by Ale Salaices.

The Lady Indians (0-9) got scores from Kayla Terro, who was set up by Yazmin Ramos, and Nayeli Jacobo found the net for the second Lady Indians goal. Cheyenne Sancho’s corner kick to Mirely Cabral tied the game at 3.

Kelsey Pack had eight saves in goal for the Lady Indians.

• Dalton boys 2, Murray County 0: A lucky bounce off a Murray County defender and a second-half goal from Ramiro Huitanda pushed Dalton past Murray County in a Region 7-3A crossover match.

Dalton’s first score came off a crossing shot by Tiago Jesus which deflected off an Indian defender into the net. Keeper Tony Olvera and the defense helped the Cats (7-2) keep the Murray County (2-8-1) offense at bay.

• Christian Heritage boys 2, Georgia Cumberland 1: Luke Jones found the net after being set up by Casey Carroll’s corner kick with 12 minutes to play, and the Lions (3-1) made the lead stand for a victory in a non-region victory against their visitors from Calhoun.

Christian Heritage held a 1-0 halftime lead thanks to Nick Jang’s goal on an assist from Young Min, but Georgia Cumberland scored on a corner kick with 15 minutes to play in the second half. Andrew McEntyre, who’s filling in for senior keeper Brady Seehorn as he recovers from an injury, finished with 13 saves for the Lions.

• North Murray boys 3, Sonoraville 1: Edgar Mendez scored in the first half to stake the Mountaineers to the lead, and Antonio Maldonado and Victor Herrera each scored on a header to seal the deal in a Sub-region 7B-2A game in Chatsworth.

Manuel Gonzalez had five saves in goal to key the defense for North Murray (5-3, 2-1).

Varsity tennis

• Murray County girls 3, Pickens 2: Katie Quast and the No. 2 doubles team of Brooke Smith and Leah Johnson had to battle back from first-set losses to take 2-1 wins to lead the Lady Indians (5-2, 1-1 Sub-region 7B-3A) to the win.

Quast won at No. 2 singles, 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, while Smith and Johnson lost 5-7 in the opening set before winning the last two sets 6-3, 6-3 in their match. At No. 3 singles, Jade Mathis won 6-4, 6-1.

• Murray County boys 4, Pickens 1: No. 1 Zach Davis, 6-1, 6-3, and No. 3 Noah Cleary, 6-3, 6-3, won in singles play for the Indians (5-2, 1-1), and the doubles teams of No. 1 Andrew Miles and Darshan Patel, 6-1, 6-1, and No. 2 Seth Bradley and Briceson Walls, 6-2, 6-4, also won.

• Christian Heritage girls 5, Furtah Prep 0: Ali McClure, Emma Reigel, Sydney White and the doubles team of Ann Kathryn Anglea and Katie Long all won with 8-0 shutouts in pro-set play. The team of Paige Greene and Kristi Russell had to work a little harder for an 8-6 victory as the Lady Lions swept and improved to 4-1 overall and 1-1 in GISA Region 2-2A.

Varsity track

• Dalton’s boys won all but three events while taking a tri-meet against visiting Southeast and North Murray. The host Cats scored 97 points to easily outdistance the Raiders’ 27 and the Mountaineers’ 24.

Watts Dantzler won both the discus and shot with throws of 134 feet, 8 inches and 44 feet, respectively. Chris White added to the field numbers for the Cats with a winning leap of 20-2 in the long jump and 41-4 in the triple jump, while Nick Sane cleared 11-0 to win the pole vault. North Murray’s Brady Swilling won the high jump at 6-2.

In the sprints, Dalton won the 100 meters (Tre Bonds, 10.95), 200 (Donté Thomas, 23.10), 4x100 relay (Bonds, Thomas, White and Tre Beck, 43.7) and 4x400 relay (Bonds, Beck, Thomas and Christian Pineda, 3:45). Southeast’s Omar Luna won the 400 in 55.37.

In the distance events, Dalton’s Jonathan Pineda (800, 2:10) and Christian Pineda (1,600, 4:56) both collected wins, while North Murray’s Isaac Pacheco won the 3,200 in 10:43. In the hurdles, Dalton’s Seth Gabriel (18.4) won the 110, while Nick Urbain (44.57) took the 300.

In the girls meet, Dalton won every track event to top Southeast and North Murray. The Lady Cats finished with 81 points, while the Lady Raiders had 60 and the Lady Mountaineers scored 21.

Sisters Annalee Houston and Bekah Houston each won individual events and were part of relay wins to help lead Dalton. Annalee won the 200 (27.70) and combined with Macy Wilson, Massey Swanson and Macy Bray for the 4x100 relay win (no time available), while Bekah took first in the 1,600 (6:09) and teamed with Viviana Fraire, Paxton Plunkett and Caroline Norman to win the 4x400 relay (4:34).

Wilson was her usual stellar self for the Lady Cats, winning the 100 (12.84) and the 100 hurdles (16.13) in addition to her relay victory. Plunkett captured the 800 (2:33), while Norman won with a 1:05 in the 400. Allison Pourquoi won the 300 hurdles in 57.98.

Southeast’s Brianna Sosebee won the discus with a toss of 98-2 and also captured a win in the triple jump (31-2). Ashley Strong won the shot with a throw of 32-8 for the Lady Raiders.

JV soccer

• Northwest boys 8, Ringgold 0: Giovanni Aguero scored collected a hat trick plus one more goal as the Bruins (5-2) rolled. Pedro Garcia finished with a pair of goals, while Omar Cruz collected the shutout in goal. David Perez and David Franco each added a goal.

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