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20 THE CHEROKEE LEDGER-NEWS SPORTS SEPTEMBER 22, 2010
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work and enthusiasm of the four
subcommittees. They did a very
thorough job,” Dooley said.
“We tackled some tough issues
over the past several months to
come up with the Committee’s
recommendation, which I’m particularly
glad to say represents
the overwhelmingly positive
opinion that the University
should move forward towards
building a football program.”
The positive decision by the
PREP FOOTBALL ROUND-UP
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committee came after months of
intensive study by four sub
committees composed of faculty,
staff, students, alumni, benefactors
and community members.
Papp charged the study committee
with weighing the projected
costs of establishing a football
program, the funding possibilities,
the broader consequences
and implications of a football program,
and positive alternatives.
The four subcommittee chairs
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PLANS: Kennesaw State football program could be in place as early as Fall of 2014
and the subcommittees that they
headed included: Teddie Parrish
(Projected Costs), Rick Siegel
(Funding Possibilities), Dr. Nancy
King (Broader Consequences),
and Dr. Tom Keene (Positive
Alternatives).
Papp acknowledged the hard
work that Dooley and the entire
Committee put into the study
project, starting last December.
“To use a football metaphor, I
am so grateful to Coach Dooley
and the other 32 members of the
Football Exploratory Committee
for taking the ball and running
with it,” said Papp.
Based on the FEC report, KSU
student fees and additional funds
from sponsors, donors and ticket
sales would be necessary to fund
the estimated $5-6 million cost of
the program.
If feedback from the student
body is equally supportive as the
FEC report, and the university
decides to launch a program, KSU
– which completed its transition
into NCAA Division I last year –
could have a football program as
early as Fall 2014.
With some adjustments, a Kennesaw
State University football
team could play in the state-ofthe-art,
$16.5 million KSU Soccer
Stadium that was just completed
in early May of this year.
Papp stressed that there are
PREP ROUND-UP
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Wolverines upend No. 9 Newnan, 28-16 Lady Chiefs sweep past
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Woodstock, Centennial
In search of a signature win
heading into their Region
5AAAAA slate, the Woodstock
Wolverines got a boost from their
special teams en route to a 28-16
victory over Class AAAAA No. 9
state-ranked Newnan, Friday
night in Woodstock.
After the Cougars went ahead,
10-7, early in the second quarter,
the Wolverines used an 88-yard
kickoff return by Corey Santiago
to the Newnan 3 to set-up a 1-yard
touchdown plunge by Tanner Skogen
on fourth-and-goal. Woodstock
then recovered a pooch kick
on the ensuring kickoff and
turned it into seven more points
less than a minute later when senior
quarterback Kevin Bolak connected
with Skogen on a 13-yard
scoring strike.
The Wolverines put the game
away in the third quarter with a
42-yard touchdown run by fullback
Mark Kimbro.
Bolak finished the night with
115 yards and a touchdown on the
ground and added another 63 and
a score through the air, while Skogen
went for over 80 total yards
and two touchdowns.
Woodstock (3-1) opens region
play this Friday with a visit from
county-rival Cherokee (7:30 p.m.).
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Fourth-quarter scores push
Eagles past North Forsyth
Braden Nolan scored from a yard
out with 8:40 left to play and
Devontae Wheaton added a
45-yard touchdown gallop in the
closing minutes, as the Etowah
Eagles rallied past homestanding
North Forsyth, 17-6,
Friday night in
Cumming.
Nolan ended the
night with 98 yards
passing on eight
competitions and 49
on the ground, while
Wheaton had 54
Nolan
yards on eight touches. Mike
Lanier and Barrett Burns finished
with 37 and 36 yards receiving,
respectively.
Kyle Riordan got Etowah on the
board in the first quarter with a
25-yard field goal.
Leading the Eagles’ defense,
which recorded five sacks, forced
five fumbles and recovered three
fumbles, Ryan Wilborn had 16 total
tackles and a sack, Christian Harris
made 14 total tackles, Jason Holdway
logged 12 total tackles and
Nick Merino finished with nine total
tackles. Chris Swearingen and
Dalton Porche had two sacks each.
Etowah (3-1) opens Region
5AAAAA play this Friday with a
trip to Walton (7:30 p.m.)
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Creekview falls to
Chattahoochee, 42-7
Dropping their second-straight
contest, the Creekview Grizzlies
suffered a 42-7 defeat to unbeaten
Chattahoochee, Friday night on
the road.
The Cougars jumped out to a
21-point first quarter lead, before
extended their advantage to 35-7
by intermission.
Leading the Grizzlies’ offense,
Donovan Deal rushed 15 times for
102 yards and a touchdown, Alex
Tatum made 10 catches for 81
yards, and Cody Allen completed
14-of-21 passes for 112 yards.
Looking to get back on the
winning track, Creekview (2-2)
travels to Johns Creek this Friday
(7:30 p.m.)
BY BRANDON MICHEA
sports@ledgernews.com
Delivering just the type of performances
head coach John Edwards
had been looking for, the
Sequoyah Lady Chiefs knocked
off visiting Woodstock (25-17, 25-
10) and Centennial (25-21, 25-12),
Sept. 16 in Hickory Flat.
“I think this was probably this
first time this season that we’ve
played hard every single point,”
Edwards said. “No matter if we
won or lost a point, it wasn’t
because we were not trying to
outwork the other team.
“I’m proud of the wins, but I’m
more proud of their effort more
than anything else.”
Leading the way in the Lady
Chiefs’ wins, Carley Roberts
posted 15 kills, Katelyn Wienbarg
finished with nine kills and
11 digs, Courtney O’Brien tallied
16 assists and six aces, Maddi
Smith had 26 digs and four aces,
Becca Graham set 21 assists,
and Haleigh Tewksbury logged
eight kills.
Lady Eagles take a pair
Paige Schandevel registered 27
digs and Sam Scaglione added 22
digs, as the Etowah Lady Eagles
cruised past McEachern (25-15,
25-19) and Cherokee (25-10, 25-19)
on Sept. 16 to improve to 21-10.
Leading the Lady Eagles at the
net, Jenna Wilt posted 16 kills,
while Becca Hannigan had nine
kills and four aces. Jada Culver
picked up 15 digs, and Jayme
Blosser tallied 27 assists.
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SOFTBALL
Lady Knights keep rolling
Improving to 6-2 in Region 7AA
sub-region A play with its thirdstraight
varsity and seventhstraight
overall win, River Ridge
knocked off Coosa, 5-1, Sept. 14.
Michelle Friezs went 2-for-3
with a pair of RBI and a run
scored and Jessica Baker finished
1-for-3 with an RBI and run to
lead the Lady Knight offense,
while Baker picked up the win in
the circle after allowing just four
hits and striking out six.
challenges ahead. “Starting a
football program from scratch
will not be easy, but then again
nothing truly worthwhile is ever
easy,” he said. “As Coach Dooley
often reminded his players, there
are four quarters to every football
game. And the score that counts is
the one at the end of the fourth
quarter. We have a long way to go
toward achieving victory, but
with today’s announcement, we
are one step closer to having football
at KSU!”
Papp also reiterated that even if
KSU launches football, quality academics
will remain the university’s
focus. “A football program
could serve that mission well, as
it may help bring increased
national recognition to our
institution and highlight the
important work that is being
done here in teaching and
research,” Papp said.
BRANDON MICHEA | LEDGER-NEWS
Nancy King (left), senior women’s administrator of Kennesaw State
University Athletics, hands a KSU football helmet to Vince Dooley,
chairman of the KSU Football Exploratory Committee at last week’s
press conference.
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