Sports

By Tammy Simmons

At the McLeod Cross Country Meet on Sept. 22, Linden-Kildare’s varsity girls’ Lady Tigers XC team placed fifth overall with three competitors placing in the top 20 at a meet recently. Lauren Spaniol was 13th overall, Peyton Turner 16th and Alayna Mason 19th. Teammates, Gillian Dossey, Jada Madlock, Kayla Hines and Averie Daniel finished strong in the 1A-4A varsity girls’ division as well. In the varsity boys’ division Mohab Khorshid raced through improving his time by four minutes. 
The junior high boys continued to stretch out among several runners. Maliki Castleberry and Gavin Hernandez competed, and both improved drastically, through their hard work and dedication. 
In the junior high girls’ division Kailon Carnley placed fourth overall with teammates, Kendall Wells, Zoe Scott, Cambree Kerr, Macey Schanfish and Haleigh Bell who all contributed to the team placing fifth overall.

By Tammy Simmons

High School VB
In volleyball action Queen City swept Hooks in three sets, 25-18, 25-23, 25-13. Mackenzie Hozdic had 11 kills and three, Jessica Jones 10 kills and four blocks, Maci Stringer added 31 assists and Cori Lang posted eight digs.
In the junior varsity one match QC rolled, 25-13 and 25-15. Kailee Stringer had 15 points and
Payton Beckham 14 assists. In the junior varsity two match the Lady Bulldogs won, 25-21, 28-26, behind Kaci Thomas’ nine points.
The Lady Bulldogs later battled Redwater in a tough matchup.
The contest went back-and-forth with scores of, 25-15, 18-25, 25-21, 19-25, before QC put them away with a, 16-14, win in set five. Jacie Lance had 12 kills and 21 digs, and teammate Maci Stringer recorded 29 assists.
Against DeKalb both the varsity and junior varsity netted wins. 
In the varsity match QC won, 25-13, 25-17, 25-13. Stringer had 15 assists and four aces, and Lang added nine digs.

Local businesses recently sponsored a two man scramble golf tournament in Atlanta at Indian Hills Country Club.
The Second Annual Love 4 Kids Golf Tournament raised funds for A World for Children.  AWFC is a local, non-profit agency providing foster homes to the many children in our area needing substitute care.  
An AWFC family is provided the state reimbursement rate but the agency wants their families to give children all the benefits a child should experience.  
They make it possible for the families to take summer vacation, attend lavish Christmas parties, have back to school supplies and clothing, and teens to attend a summer camp- all expenses paid by the agency.   

By Tim Emmons
temmons@casscountynow.com

Atlanta and Pleasant Grove both entered last Friday’s contest in need of a district victory.
The winner of the game would get a foot up on the other in one of the toughest districts in the state.
The battle wasn’t pretty for either team, but Atlanta came out on the winning end with a 14-7 decision.

First Quarter
Both teams ate up tons of minutes off the clock as PG ‘s opening drive was a 10-play drive which ended with  a punt at the 7:03 mark.
Atlanta took just a little over six minutes off the clock with a 17-play drive which ended with a punt at the 1:03 mark.
On the drive Kelton Young recorded 23 yards rushing and Layton Henson garnered 26 yards which could have been more if not for a penalty after a huge gain on the ground.
The quarter ended with the score knotted at 0-0.

By Tim Emmons 
temmons@casscountynow.com

All Cass County schools, with the exception of Avinger, plus some other schools such as Pleasant Grove and Hooks were present at the Atlanta Cross Country Invitational on Oct. 8.

Varsity Boys
McLeod and Atlanta finished 1-2 in the varsity boys’ race.
The top three for the Longhorns were: Zach Mauldin (third overall), Ryan Anderson (fifth overall) and Zach Prince (ninth overall).
The top three for the Rabbs were: Josiaha Henderson (fourth overall), Dagan Ward (eighth overall) and Cameron Kendrick (13th overall).
Queen City’s top three finishers were: Mo McCoy, Logan Price and Ethan Everett.

By Adam Pettit

By Tim Emmons 
temmons@casscountynow.com 

By Adam Pettit