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BARROW JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016
The Game Plan
The sheriff’s last assignment
W ell it’s over. Another season has
come and gone and now we are in
the long process of waiting for foot
ball to come back. Fortunately, there
are some other fun sports currently
happening but we all have to wait
for America's favorite game to come
back this fall.
I, for one, am glad its over, there is
always so much hype (way too much
in my opinion) over the Super Bowl.
Even Media Day, for example, is fun
at times but is also absurd. The days
of letting the Super Bowl teams just
get out there and play are long gone.
Sadly, guys like Peyton Manning
and Cam Newton had not only the
game to worry about, but also a ton
of journalists coming at them.
But, nonetheless, the historic
Super Bowl 50 is over, and oh how special
it was. We had the “old school” (I guess you
can categorize Peyton like that) vs. the “new
school” in Newton and the Panthers. Argu
ably the best quarterback of our generation
vs. the next generations top guy.
It seemed to me that many fans wanted to
see the Broncos win but deep down thought
the Panthers would. Interestingly enough,
that was the complete opposite for me. I
really wanted the Panthers to win, but I had
some strange feeling that Peyton was going
to get the job done.
And he did, Peyton claimed his second
Super Bowl trophy and once again cemented
himself in history, going out on top, no better
way to do it!
However, I believe a more accurate state
ment would be: the Broncos defense got
the job done. Nothing against Peyton, he is
obviously a legendary quarterback, but the
Broncos defense won that game for Denver.
The Broncos could have had Johnny Manziel
at quarterback and still won the Super Bowl.
Let's be honest here. Peyton didn’t play
great in that game at all. Again, he won,
I’m not being a sore loser like Cam here,
this is just the truth. Manning had
a pretty low average-to-average
game. Only 13 completions for
141 yards with zero touchdowns
and one interception. Yeah, again,
anyone could have played quarter
back that night and won.
The Broncos offense failed on
eleven straight third down con
versions, which is a Super Bowl
record by the way. The Panthers
defense played extremely well in
the Super Bowl too, they just
couldn’t match Denver's defen
sive efforts.
Look, I’m happy for Manning,
I truly am. I have always had the
utmost respect for the guy in the
way he played and carried himself off the
field. And when you put his entire body of
work (entire career) into perspective then
you see that he truly deserved this Super
Bowl. However, when you simply look at
this season and what he has personally done,
it’s hard to feel the same way.
The guy threw 17 interceptions in 10
games before getting hurt, came back for the
playoffs and had a solid performance against
the Steelers and a good one against the Patri
ots, but essentially did nothing spectacular in
the Super Bowl.
Again, I am happy for Peyton. Cam should
have another shot at a Super Bowl one day
but this was always going to be Manning’s
last shot, good for him. He just better take
the entire defense out to a nice dinner on him
sometime this offseason.
Tyler Rollason is a Winder-Bar
row High School and Universi
ty of West Georgia graduate. You can
e-mail comments about this column to
tyrollason@yahoo.com.
High School Athletics
Winder-Barrow’s McFerrin named
region Athletic Director of the Year
Winder-Barrow High School assis
tant principal and athletic director Rob
McFerrin has been named the 2016
Region 8-AAAAA Athletic Director of
the Year.
McFerrin was recognized at the Feb. 2
Board of Education meeting where prin
cipal A1 Darby said, “This recognition
speaks for itself and on behalf of our
region we want to recognize you for your
exemplary leadership and selfless acts
of time and dedication. Your attention
to detail and outstanding work ethic has
driven this organization to a level that has
prospered. Region 8-AAAAA is proud to
call you our Region Athletic Director of
the Year for 2015-2016.”
McFerrin has been athletic director at
Winder-Barrow since 2013 and has been
in education for 20 years, teaching lan
guage arts and coaching multiple sports.
As an assistant principal at Winder-Bar
row, he works with the PE, math and
social studies departments and with 9th
grade students.
In his role as athletic director, he over
sees the daily operations and grounds of
the school and works with community
and recreation programs.
During his time at WBHS, he has been
working to renovate the weight room, a
project with a five-year timeline.
He is also focused on field reconstruc
tion in the W. Clair Harris Stadium. One
of his main goals is to reinstate middle
school sports starting with volleyball,
soccer, and wrestling in order to bet
ter prepare our future high school stu
dent-athletes.
Every fall sport at Winder-Barrow
High School advanced to the state level
of competition in the fall of 2015.
/wsr
!\
ROB MCFERRIN
When asked what receiving this rec
ognition means to him, Rob McFerrin
stated, “This award exemplifies most of
all the amazing coaches that I am privi
leged to work with on a daily basis. It is
more testament to the quality of people
at our school, from our administrative
staff to our coaches, teachers, counselors,
clerks, custodians and maintenance crew;
all who strive on a daily basis to make
Winder-Barrow High School the best
place possible for our student-athletes to
prosper and succeed.”
Darby also noted that Rob is one of
the finest that he has had the pleasure to
work with.
“His work ethic not only shows in
how he performs or feels about his job,
but in his attitude, behavior, respect for
others, communication, and interaction
with students, parents, faculty and the
community,” said Darby.
High School Basketball: 8-AAAAA Tournament
Baldwin’s 42 points not enough for AHS
By Chris Bridges
Journal Sports Editor
“ This award exemplifies most of all the amazing coaches that I
am priviledged to work with on a daily basis.”
— WBHS athletic director Rob McFerrin
Swimming continued from 1A
Hentenaar and Mansour
also swam the 100 free.
Mansour finished in 36th
place. Hentenaar finished
the preliminaries in fifth
place, earning a spot in the
finals, and snagged his sec
ond personal best and new
school record of the day.
The Winder-Barrow
boys 200 free relay (Man
sour, Mcllwain, McDan
iels and Hentenaar) swam
faster than their seed time
and projected time. Their
1:32.78 in the relay held
them into 19th place and
earned them a spot in the
“Top B” finals.
Finishing up the pre
lims was the 400 free relay
(Mansour, McDaniels,
Mcllwain and Hentenaar).
The four swam more than
STELLAR CAREER
Ian Hentenaar capped
a standout swim
career for WBHS at
state.
Photo by Teresa Allen
six seconds faster than
their 27th seeded time
of 3:34.74 to earn a 24th
pace finish with a time of
3:28.23.
For the Apalachee High
School swimmers, the
200 freestyle relay team
of Skylar Rogan, Madison
Rogan, Amber Brown and
Kaitlyn Shelley placed
35th at state.
Competing in the 400
freestyle relay, the AHS
quartet finished 30th.
Skylar Rogan also
placed eighth in the 200
freestyle and fifth in the
state in the 500 freestyle.
Madison Rogan placed
13th in the 100 butterfly
and eighth in the State in
the 500 freestyle during
last weekend’s competi
tion in Atlanta.
Youth Sports: Baseball and Softball
Softball, baseball registration ongoing
This one will hurt for some time.
The Apalachee High School boys basket
ball team fell to Heritage 69-67 in the quar
terfinals of the Region 8-AAAAA basketball
tournament Tuesday night. That loss will
prevent the Wildcats, who finish the season
19-6, from reaching the state tournament.
AHS finished as the No. 2 seed from
8-AAAAA North, but the region featured so
many quality teams that coach Kevin Morris
knew even before the tournament began that
the quarterfinal game would be tough.
The loss overshadowed a 42-point effort
from Kamar Baldwin. The senior scored 23
of his team's 25 points in the fourth quarter.
Baldwin also had 10 rebounds, four assists,
two blocks and two steals. He surpassed the
1,000-rebound mark for his career in Tues
day's game. In that stellar fourth quarter,
Baldwin had three 3-pointers and was 10-of-
10 from the free throw line.
The Wildcats led 12-10 after the first quar
ter and 25-20 at halftime. Two free throws by
Jabari Hill gave AHS a 40-28 lead with 2:56
left in the third quarter.
Derek Miller, who scored the other two
points in the fourth quarter, finished with
seven points and four blocks. Ricky Wonzon
added 10 points and five rebounds while
Omar Ahmed scored seven points, including
an early 3-pointer.
Heritage was ranked in the top 10 through
out the regular season.
•The season came to an end for the
Apalachee High School Lady Wildcats
Monday following a 48-33 loss to Lanier in
the opening round of the 8-AAAAA tourna
ment. Shania Thomas scored 13 points for
AHS while Nakia Hooks also finished in
double figures with 10 points.
The Lady Wildcats, who finished the sea
son at 7-18 overall, fell behind 12-3 after the
first quarter but played better in the game’s
second eight minutes to trail 20-10 at half
time.
Lanier led 34-21 after the third quarter in a
game played at Winder-Barrow High School.
Makaelah Wilson finished with four points
while Brooke Hardegree added three points.
Brianna Bryson added two points for AHS
with Kerrigan Ellington scoring one.
Lady Wildcat coach Gary Compton missed
the game after being ejected from Satur
day's regular season finale against Flowery
Branch. Assistant coach Matt Allen directed
the team Monday night.
•The Winder-Barrow High School Lady
Bulldoggs recorded their 21st win Monday
night dispatching of an overmatched Discov
ery High School squad 62-22 in the opening
round of the region tournament.,
Olivia Nelson-Ododa scored a game-high
16 points while Latrice Perkins added 10
and Lexi Maddox scored eight. The Lady
Bulldoggs need one more win to guarantee
themselves a spot in the state tourmament,
something that has not happened in more
than two decades. WBHS, the No. 3 seed
from 8-AAAAA North, will have to get
by Clarke Central, the No. 2 seed from
8-AAAAA South, in a game set for Wednes
day (today) at 6 p.m. at Clarke Central High
School in Athens.
The Lady Bulldoggs led Discovery 23-7
after the first quarter Monday night and
36-18 at halftime. Coach Brandon Thomas
used the game to get all of his roster game
experience. The loss ended a winless season
for Discovery.
•The Winder-Barrow High School boys
saw another diappointing season end Mon
day in a 68-49 loss to Flowery Branch in the
opening round of the 8-AAAAA tournament.
The Bulldoggs finished the season 2-23
overall.
Registration for the 2016 Barrow Coun
ty Leisure Services youth softball and
baseball seasons are currently ongoing.
Registration is now open for youth soft-
ball and baseball registration through Fri
day, Feb. 19, for girls and boys ages 4
through 16. Volunteer coaches are also
needed.
Registration takes place at the Leisure
Services Center, 175 2nd St. in Winder,
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.
For softball information, con
tact Megan Myers by email at mmy-
ers@barrowga.org or by calling
770-307-3024. For baseball registration
information, contact Sara Call by email at
scall@barrowga.org, or by calling
770-307-3024.
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