Dawson, White County feature three award winners each in Blitz Players of the Year

The 2013 Blitz spring sports players of the year are finally here!!!

BASEBALL - Brett Westmoreland (SR 1B) White County Warriors
BOYS SOCCER - Brooks Fulford (JR GK) Dawson County Tigers
GIRLS SOCCER - Tina Libao (FR CM) Dawson County Lady Tigers
BOYS GOLF - Eli Crumley (SR) White County Warriors
GIRLS GOLF - Madison Caldwell (SO) Dawson County Lady Tigers
BOYS TENNIS - Bobby Nguyen (JR) Banks County Leopards
GIRLS TENNIS - Brittany Stewart (JR) Lumpkin County Lady Indians
BOYS TRACK - DiKerrio Ramsey (SR) Commerce Tigers
GIRLS TRACK - Jenna Gearing (FR) White County Lady Warriors

Congrats to all of our winners, who were much-deserving!!

Spring Sports Players of the Year & Blitz Cup Champions Announcements Coming Soon...

The always-anticipated Blitz Players of the Year will soon be announced for the Spring of 2013.  The 2012-13 school year has been one of the best in terms of athletic success among our local teams.  The Blitz Cup Standings, soon to be completed, has Dawson County in the lead by a mere ten points over Commerce (first year in Blitz coverage), and only 20 points over White County.  White has the chance to make the leap and get the win if the boys golf team has an almost perfect day on the links, one that would result in a state title, a low medalist and at least three golfers in the top five.  A long shot, but it could happen.  White County took home the Blitz Cup in the 2010-11 season, while Dawson won the inaugural award in 2009-10.

The fall of 2012 featured the following Players of the Year:

Football - Tyler Dominy (Dawson Co SR)
Softball - Jenna Abbott (Dawson Co SR)
Volleyball - Haley Gerrin (Habersham Central SR)
Boys Cross Country - Dylan Johnson (Hayesville SR)
Girls Cross Country - Jenna Gearing (White Co FR)

The winter of 2012-13 featured the following Players of the Year:

Boys Basketball - Tyler Dominy (Dawson Co SR)
Girls Basketball - Carly Gilreath (Dawson Co SR) & Stephanie Patton (Towns Co SO)
Wrestling - Chance McClure (Commerce JR)

As we are set to announce the spring sports players of the year, we take a look back at the previous winners in each sport:

BASEBALL:
2010 - David Sosebee (White Co JR)
2011 - David Sosebee (White Co SR)
2012 - Zach Wall (Hayesville JR)

BOYS SOCCER:
2010 - Nolan & Sawyer Hemmer (Habersham Central SR)
2011 - Vincent Thomas (Union Co SR)
2012 - Jose Lara (Habersham Central SR)

GIRLS SOCCER:
2010 - Kaitlyn Hooper (White Co JR)
2011 - Kaitlyn Hooper (White Co SR)
2012 - Emily Stowers (Dawson Co SR)

BOYS GOLF:
2010 - Aaron George (Lumpkin Co JR)
2011 - Aaron George (Lumpkin Co SR)
2012 - Lee McCoy (Habersham Central SR)

GIRLS GOLF:
2010 - Morgan Wood (Lumpkin Co FR)
2011 - Morgan Wood (Lumpkin Co SO)
2012 - Cara Gowder (Banks Co JR)

BOYS TRACK:
2010 - Andrew Seay (Habersham Central SR)
2011 - Taylor Guthrie (Lumpkin Co SR)
2012 - Jocquise Lloyd (Hayesville SR)

GIRLS TRACK:
2010 - Madalyn Walters (Dawson Co SO)
2011 - Madalyn Walters (Dawson Co JR)
2012 - Jessie Dotson (White Co SR)

BOYS TENNIS:
2010 - Thomas Flowers (White Co SR)
2011 - Will Jarrard (Lumpkin Co SR)
2012 - Jake Schaefer (Banks Co JR)

GIRLS TENNIS:
2010 - Abby Brown & Claire Stovall (Habersham Central SR)
2011 - Ginny Rhoades (Towns Co SR)
2012 - Kayla Olin & Eryn Cochran (Towns Co JR/SO)

The incumbents of Zach Wall (baseball), Cara Gowder (girls golf), Jake Schaefer (boys tennis) and the doubles combo of Kayla Olin & Eryn Cochran (girls tennis) are in the running to win again, but are up against heavy competition.

The following is the list of Blitz Cup winners by season:

2009-10: Dawson Co (122 pts)
2010-11: White Co (142 pts)
2011-12: Habersham Central (127 pts)

Current Blitz Cup standings for 2012-13:

Dawson Co.....156
Commerce......146
White Co........136
Union Co........108.5
Banks Co........102
Hayesville........94
Towns Co........81
Lumpkin Co.....67.5
Habersham.......23