Lady Rams fall in first round to a high-powered North Gwinnett team
SUWANEE, Ga. — The Newton Lady Rams were unable to overcome a persistent North Gwinnett offense on Tuesday as the team fell in the opening round of the Class AAAAAA playoffs.Newton finished as the No. 4 ranked team from Region 4-AAAAAA, which pitted the Lady Rams against a 26-win Lady Bulldogs team that won Region 7-AAAAAA.The Lady Rams went on to suffer a sweep with losses of 0-17 and 0-9, but Newton still managed to come away with a few positives.For head coach Erica Johnson, it is the growth she has seen from a program that has made the playoffs in both of her two seasons as the team’s coach.“From the first day of me seeing them, they were a little skeptical," Johnson said. “They were like, ‘Is she going to be what we need?’ Once they started to believe that they can do and that they will do. We are still working on the discipline part. With different coaches and different coaching styles, they have to learn and they are still learning my coaching style.
SUWANEE, Ga. — The Newton Lady Rams were unable to overcome a persistent North Gwinnett offense on Tuesday as the team fell in the opening round of the Class AAAAAA playoffs.Newton finished as the No. 4 ranked team from Region 4-AAAAAA, which pitted the Lady Rams against a 26-win Lady Bulldogs team that won Region 7-AAAAAA.The Lady Rams went on to suffer a sweep with losses of 0-17 and 0-9, but Newton still managed to come away with a few positives.For head coach Erica Johnson, it is the growth she has seen from a program that has made the playoffs in both of her two seasons as the team’s coach.“From the first day of me seeing them, they were a little skeptical," Johnson said. “They were like, ‘Is she going to be what we need?’ Once they started to believe that they can do and that they will do. We are still working on the discipline part. With different coaches and different coaching styles, they have to learn and they are still learning my coaching style.
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