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Arlington whips CHS
The first time Christian Heritage played Arlington Christian in the regular season, the Lions won by 20 points.
On Friday at Arlington Christian Academy in Fairburn, with the Georgia Independent School Association’s Region 4-2A championship on the line, the Eagles saw the Lions’ 20 point victory and raised them another 20, winning 78-38, handing Christian Heritage it’s most lopsided loss of the season.
The Lions (24-5) managed to hang with Arlington Christian for a quarter, trailing 11-9. But the Eagles went on a 23-6 tear in the second quarter and wore Christian Heritage down.
“It was just a real physical game,” Lions coach Chad Woodson said. “They probably blocked our first seven shots with no fouls called. But (the Eagles) pressured us well and we weren’t able to knock shots down.”
Damien Chaney led the Lions with 12 points and Will Clark added nine.
Christian Heritage, as a No. 2 seed in the state playoffs, will play the No. 3 seed (Friday’s Westminster Christian-Monsignor Donavon winner) from Region 1-2A on Thursday at 4 p.m. at Middle Georgia College.
• Arlington Christian girls 100, Christian Heritage 39: Undefeated Arlington Christian had three players score at least 20 points in routing the Lady Lions in the Region 4-2A championship game, also at Arlington Christian.
Arlington Christian (27-0) jumped out to a 23-4 first-quarter lead and was up 50-18 at halftime. Jessica Welch scored 27 points, Jasmine Williams 26 and Meghan Downes 20.
Maggie Peeples had a game-high 29 points for the Lady Lions (21-5), who advance to the Georgia Independent School Association state tournament next week at Middle Georgia College. They will play Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Varsity swimming
• At the Class 4A state swim meet preliminaries at Westminster School in Atlanta, the Dalton Catamounts held their own in an 87-team field with seven swimmers qualifying for today’s finals.
Qualifiers were the boys 200-yard medley relay team of Stephen Jones, Omar Farag, Harris News and Chris Woods (1:42.84, 12th place), Brandt Tharpe in the 500 freestyle (4:59.94, 15th), Jones in the 100 freestyle (49.82, 13th) and the 100 backstroke (54.92, 14th), Farag in the 200 individual medley (2:00.02, 12th), Joana Rosales in the 100 backstroke (1:02.97, 13th) and the boys 200 freestyle relay team of Jones, Woods, Zack Broome and Farag (3:25.21, eighth).
“We had some big swims overall, especially with the freshmen,” said Dalton coach Charles Todd of Jones, Farag and Tharpe. “I’ve said all along that the underclassmen are going to prevail for this team and do well and that’s what’s happening.”
Varsity soccer
• Northwest Whitfield boys 10, LFO 0: Giovanni Villa scored four goals, giving him seven in two games, to lead the Bruins past the Warriors. Villa also found time for one assist.
Luis Fraire added two assists and a goal while Ismael Solis, Arturo Urbina, Mauricio Morales, Luis Fraire, Mario Perez and Jorge Solorzano each had one goal. Jose Delcid and Fraire each had two assists and Solis one.
The Bruins took 32 shots to LFO’s five and Oscar Solorzano and Fernando Cedano combined for the shutout in goal. The game was stopped in the second half when Northwest built a 10-goal lead.
• Murray County 3, Ringgold 0: Michael Lopez scored two goal and Ariel Garcia added another and goalkeeper Rolando Reyes-Ambriz recorded six saves in a shutout for the Indians (3-1).
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