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North Murray finishes at 5-4-1
North Murray’s Mountaineers finished their first junior varsity football season with a 40-33 victory over River Ridge on Friday at Woodstock.
John Olinger, Brady Swilling and Jacob Mays each scored two touchdowns for North Murray (5-4-1). One of Mays’ scores was a kick return.
“River Ridge is all freshmen so we started and played our young guys most of the game,” North Murray coach Larry Cornelius said. “Our sophomores played about five minutes.”
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Area Roundup: Cats on track for good year
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Cats' year had some 'feathers'
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The awakening bats
Blake Raber’s two-run homer in the fourth inning awoke Dalton High’s bats on Tuesday and the Catamounts went on to a 4-2 non-region baseball victory over visiting LaFayette.
The Cats (2-1) had done little against Ramblers pitching for three innings. After Raber’s homer, Mitch Townsend singled and stole second and scored on Alex Blackwell’s single to cap the inning.
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Ringgold’s Crownover holds off Northwest
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Football managers get Valdosta grants
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Cats down Raiders
Ricky Rodriguez thought he tied Dalton’s soccer game against Southeast Whitfield 14 minutes into the second half, but the goal was waved off. Undeterred, the Cats senior striker came back to tie the game with seven minutes left, sending it to overtime tied at 1.
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