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“She gets around good.
She’s real active, but it still
wouldn’t hurt if her son was
close by,” said Nix, who also
has a sister who lives two
hours from Boaz.
He said there are people
MUSIC
From page iB
and finished off its scoring
with three in the sixth.
RILEY
From page iB
carries a one-stroke lead over
four-time champion Coble,
POOLE
From page iB
a better ringer percentage.
His is 48.25 after connect
ing for 193 ringers out of
400 so far.
And, the gentleman in
first place, Warren Williams
WRNL
From page iB
to the World Series bracket
note, all three teams had
one loss at the end of World
Series play, WRNL was still
declared a runner-up, along
with Tennessee.
in his mother’s community
who look after her, but he
and his wife have always
believed if the opportuni
ty came up to return home
they should do it.
“Boaz was the right fit
for both of us, teaching and
coaching,” said Nix.
He said that Alabama’s
public schools are divided up
The Music, meanwhile,
added a pair of runs in the
seventh and two more in the
ninth, while out-hitting the
Foxhounds 15-9.
Leading the way at the
Susan Rheney of Greensboro
and Kristen Bragg of Evans.
In addition to the cham
pionship tournament (no
local names were noted), the
GWGA conducts a simulta-
of Nevada, is only 8-2.
( Note: He overtook Oscar
Rednour of Mississippi
who had a terrible day. He
entered 5-0 and then went
1-4 and dropped to sixth.)
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into six classifications and
that Boaz is a AAAA school
of about 600 students.
Nix has been a high school
basketball coach head coach
for 16 years.
He’s had several brief stops
before arriving at Houston
County High six years ago.
Before that, he coached both
the boys and girls teams at
plate for Macon was Carlos
Arroyo. He went 4-5, scored
two runs and drove in four.
One of those hits was a
double and the other was a
homerun, his third. Dorian
neous tournament from the
forward tees. Players com,-
peting from the forward tees
are eligible for the GWGA
Frances Rich Memorial
Trophy. After round one,
CHAMPS
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WRALL, on the other
hand, built its lead, accord
ing to the website, on two
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LEFT: Coach Casey Howard watches as Jayden Gilbert shoots a layup during the youth
basketball camp held this part week at Rozar Park in Perry. ABOVE: Alissa Moore shows
her jump shot skill.
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LEFT: Kenchadis Jones does arm exercises before camp starts. ABOVE: Coach James
“O.J. Wheeler shows Ryan McGee the correct way to pass the ball.
Schley County High for one
season. His longest tenure
so far has been with the
Bears.
“I’m real proud of what
we’ve accomplished in six
years,” said Nix, who has 91
wins in those six seasons,
which averages to just over
15 wins a year.
He has led the Bears to a
Rojas also hit a homerun,
his 11th. Unfortunately, that
turned out to be his only hit
in a 1-4 performance. And,
Chris Colton - 2-5 with two
runs scored and two RBI
two-time, back-to-back win
ner Alice Richardson of
Atlanta National CC leads
the field with a low score of
78, three strokes better than
the nearest competitor.
homeruns. The website did
not specify who hit them,
however, but it did say that
once North Carolina scored
two runs in the bottom of
the sixth, the day was saved
for WRALL by Justin Jones.
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LEFT: Particpants strectch before the beginning of camp.
ABOVE: Kirondria Smith saves the ball from going out of
bounds.
Region 1-AAAAA champion
ship and to the state playoffs
four of the last five seasons.
Houston went to the Elite 8
once and the Sweet 16 twice
under Nix.
“I had the pleasure of
coaching some fantastic
young men and had . the
opportunity to impact their
lives,” said Nix.
- also hit a homerun, his
first.
Ross Stout pitched five
innings and picked up the
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“I’ve been real fortunate
for my time there. We had
good support from the par
ents and the community. We
built this thing together, the
students, the faculty and the
administration.
“It’s been good for my
kids to grow up in Houston
County.”
win on the mound, improv
ing to 8-3. He gave up three
hits, two runs, walked one
and struck out four.