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The Braselton News
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
PREP FOOTBALL: HART COUNTY 20. JACKSON COUNTY 0
Panthers finish winless
Winter sports begin
at JCCHS next week
Jackson Co. ends
year with road loss
against Hart Co.
HARTWELL — The Jackson
County football team saw its
season come to a winless end last
Lriday night.
Up against one of the more
highly regarded teams in Class
AAA, Hart County, the Panthers
suffered a 20-0 defeat to finish
the season at 0-10.
The Bulldogs (8-1-1, 6-1 in
Region 8-AAA) saw offen
sive standout Jerod Jackson
score three touchdowns and the
Bulldogs held JCCHS scoreless
on the other side of the ball.
Jackson scored on a pair of
5-yard touchdown runs in the
first half and a 10-yard jaunt in
the second half to seal the vic
tory.
The two teams were playing
because an agreement between
the subdivided Region 8-AAAA
and Hart County. Under the
arrangement, the last place team
in 8A-AAAA (Jackson County)
was to play at Hart County to
conclude the regular season.
All of the other schools in
the 13-team region were playing
in either region playoff games
or cross over contests against
squads from the other half of
8-AAAA.
Among the region’s teams,
Habersham Central, Salem,
Cedar Shoals and Clarke Central
all advanced to this year’s Class
AAAA state playoffs which
begin this week.
SEASON CONCLUDES
Jackson County quarterback Chad Daniel and the Panthers fell to Hart County in the final game
of the season last Friday night. Photo by Allen Luton
By this time next week, win
ter sports will pretty much be
in full swing at Jackson County
Comprehensive High School.
On Monday, JCCHS will open
up the 2007-08 basketball sea
son by playing host for a tip-off
tournament. The event will fea
ture both boys and girls teams
from JCCHS, Dawson County,
Johnson-Gainesville, and North
Lorsyth.
On Monday, Jackson County is
scheduled to play in girls competi
tion at 4 p.m. and at 8:30 p.m. in
boys. The same game times are set
for Tuesday as well.
following the two-day event,
the Jackson County hoops squads
will be off until Nov. 30 when
they travel to Apalachee to begin
New fisheries
The Georgia Department of
Natural Resources, Wildlife
Resources Division (WRD)
announces the recent appointment
of John Biagi as the new fisheries
Management Section chief. He fills
the position left vacant by Chuck
Coomer who retired from WRD in
October.
As former assistant chief of the
fisheries Management Section,
Biagi brings a wealth of experience
to his new position.
“John has served WRD in mul
tiple capacities for more than 17
years, and his most recent posi
tion as assistant chief will serve
him well in this recent promotion,”
says WRD director Dan forster.
a stretch of five straight road
games.
Britt Beaver will begin his first
year at the helm of the JCCHS
boys team while returning coach
Chad Pittman will once again be
roaming the sideline for JCCHS
girls team.
In addition to the start of basket
ball season next week, the Jackson
County wrestling program will
also begin its 2007-08 campaign.
The Panthers will open up the
year by hosting Lumpkin County
and Holy Innocents at the Gordon
Street Center at 6 p.m. The team
will then be off until Nov. 27.
first-year head coach Jason
Powers will be taking over a pro
gram that qualified for the state
tournament last season.
chief named
“With his extensive experience in
a number of statewide programs
and projects, John will be an asset
to the state’s expansive fisheries
Management Section.”
As chief, Biagi will direct, devel
op and administer a comprehensive
statewide fisheries Management
program designed to protect,
evaluate and improve fish habi
tat or populations. The program
encompasses a plethora of projects,
including scientific studies, facility
and personnel management, state
fisheries resource enhancements
and sectional legislative efforts.
This covers a wide variety of proj
ects, including the ongoing Go fish
Georgia initiative.
Scientists call on citizens to help track birds here, across the country
Bird watchers in Georgia and
across the nation will be keep
ing a close eye on their feeders
this winter while participating in
the annual Project PeederWatch.
This popular citizen-scientist proj
ect enters its 21st season Saturday,
when more than 7,000 participants
across North America will make
Project PeederWatch part of their
fall/winter ritual.
What will the coming winter
bring to bird feeders? PeederWatch
participants help scientists monitor
changes in Georgia’s bird popu
lations by tracking birds at their
feeders from the second Saturday
of November through early April,
a 21-week period. The Georgia
Department of Natural Resources,
Wildlife Resources Division (DNR/
WRD) encourages Georgians to
document bird occurrences at their
feeders to help contribute to the
science and conservation of North
American feeder birds.
“This is a great opportunity
to increase your enjoyment and
knowledge of birds, while contrib
uting valuable data to a nationwide
research effort,” said WRD wildlife
biologist Tim Keyes. “The observa
tions of amateur birders have long
added critical information about
bird distributions and populations.
Project PeederWatch is just such an
opportunity.”
Project PeederWatch surveys
birds that visit feeders at backyards,
nature centers, community areas
and other locales across the nation.
PeederWatchers periodically
count the highest numbers of each
species they see at their feeders
for the 21 weeks. The survey data
helps scientists track broad scale
movements of winter bird popula
tions and long-term trends in bird
distribution and abundance.
Tanagers were unexpected sur
prises at some PeederWatch loca
tions during the 2006-2007 sur
vey season. Summer tanagers were
recorded in Texas and Florida
where the species typically only
is found during the breeding sea
son. Vagrant Western tanagers were
found wintering in Georgia and
later returned for another winter to
a FeederWatch site in Tallahassee,
Fla., that regularly plays host to
these “lost” migrants.
Project FeederWatch is conduct
ed by individuals and groups of
all skill levels and backgrounds,
including children, families, retir
ees, youth groups, nature centers
and bird clubs. The project began
November 10, but participants are
encouraged to join any time.
“FeederWatchers across the south
eastern U.S. have helped create the
world’s largest database of feeder-
bird populations,” ornithologist and
project leader David Bonter said.
“To understand the effects of global
climate change, habitat change and
other factors on birds, we need new
and veteran participants to let us
know what they are seeing in their
own yards and neighborhoods.”
Project FeederWatch is a joint
research and education project of
the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and
Bird Studies Canada.
To learn more about FeederWatch
or register, visit www.birds.comell.
edu/pfw or call the lab toll-free at
(800) 843-2473. The annual fee is
$15. In return, participants receive
the FeederWatcher’s Research Kit,
which contains instructions on how
to file reports, a colorful poster
of the most common feeder birds,
a wall calendar and the year-end
report Winter Bird Highlights.
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