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Tribune & Georgian
Wednesday, January 9,2013
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Santa Swing golf tourney is success
Submitted photos
The Habitat for Humanity of Camden County’s Santa Swing golf tournament was a great success according to organizers.Twenty-one teams enjoyed a fun-filled day with lots of fellow
ship. In above left photo is one of the Georgia Pacific teams, with Chris Cook (left), Jeff Youngblood, Joel Youngblood and Fred DiBiase.The tournament was followed by a banquet and
awards ceremony. Doug Maurer, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Camden County, attributes the tournament’s success to Habitat’s many volunteers and supporters.Tour-
nament proceeds go to Habitat’s Builders Fund. Coast Guard volunteers (above right) help out at the tournament.
Volunteers Joan Reiter, Sandy Youngblood, Janna Cox and Linda Hudson (above left) pitch in at the Santa Swing, and Dr. Stan Prince (above right) joins a few friends.
CCHS sports schedules
Redskins’ Griffin risk not worth it
BASKETBALL
Friday, Jan. 11: at Valdosta, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 12: at Wayne County, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 15: West Nassau (boys only),
7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 18: Lowndes, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 19: Valdosta, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 22: Yulee (boys only), 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 25: Colquitt, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26: at Tift, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 29: at Charlton, 6 p.m.
WRESTLING
Friday and Saturday, Jan. 11-12: State duals
(Macon)
Saturday, Jan. 19: Wildcat Duals
(Kingsland), 10 a.m.
Saturday, Feb. 2: Area traditional
(Kingsland), 9 a.m.
Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9: Sectional
championships (Chattahoochee High School)
SWIMMING
Saturday, Jan. 12: Gwinnett County
Invitational
Saturday, Jan. 19: Clarke-Oconee
Invitational (University of Georgia)
Friday, Jan. 25: Region championships
(Coffee County)
Audubon field trip
will be Saturday
The Coastal Georgia
Audubon Society, whose
membership includes Cam
den, Glynn, McIntosh,
Wayne and Ware counties,
will lead a field trip to the
Savannah Wildlife Refuge
on Saturday, Jan. 12.
This outing is by vehicle
along the four-mile drive
with some limited walk
ing. Wintering ducks, wad
ing birds and songbirds will
be among the main objec
tives. Bring water and
snacks if desired, but the
trip will end by lunch.
Bring binoculars and
spotting scopes, if you have
them, as well as insect
spray. Anyone interested is
welcome and loaner binoc
ulars will be available if
needed.
Those carpooling to the
birding site should meet at
7:20 a.m. in the parking lot
of the Harvey’s on the cor
ner of Perry Lane Road and
Golden Isles Parkway (Spur
25) in Brunswick. Driving
time is about one-and-a-
half hours on Interstate 95
to Exit 109, and then Lau
rel Hill Wildlife Drive.
Those meeting the party
at the site should be at the
entrance to the Laurel Hill
Wildlife Drive at 9 a.m.
Signs at Exit 109 will direct
attendees to the Savannah
National Wildlife Refuge
on South Carolina High
way 170.
Contact trip coordinator
John Galvani at (912) 638-
3986 for additional infor
mation, or on the morning
of the trip, call (912) 580-
9977.
Franchise quarterbacks
are few and far between in
the NFL, which means that
when a team believes it has
one, it should hang onto
him and protect him as
much as possible.
Even if that means pro
tecting the passer from
himself — and perhaps
from his head coach.
On Monday, sports de
bate raged over the Wash
ington Redskins’ handling
of their dazzling rookie
quarterback Robert Griffin
III after he aggravated a
knee injury and eventually
came out of the team’s play
off loss the day before to
Seattle.
Griffin sprained his knee
about a month ago against
Baltimore, and the prob
lems lingered into Sunday.
The Baylor product relies
on his legs as much as his
arm, and there was no
doubt his mobility was se
verely compromised long
before exiting late in the
fourth quarter.
A slowed but determined
Griffin didn’t want to come
out of Washington’s first
home playoff contest in
many years and head coach
Mike Shanahan went along
with his rookie’s wishes.
However, the final blow
came after Griffin tried to
recover a bad snap near his
goal line, and the knee
twisted in a direction a knee
isn’t supposed to go.
By then there was no
choice.
But Shanahan — winner
of two Super Bowls with a
franchise quarterback in
John Elway — had a choice
earlier not to subject his
vulnerable rookie passer to
more possible damage. He
picked the alternative that
could wind up costing
Washington far more than a
playoff game.
Between my Monday af
ternoon deadline for
Wednesday publication, we
may already have an idea on
how badly Griffin was really
injured and his prognosis.
Whether it’s nothing major
or he misses significant
time, the risk involved in
Andy DifFenderfer
Sports Editor
the potential short-term
gain wasn’t worth taking.
While I love watching
Griffin play — who doesn’t?
— I worry about his long
term future. He may have
been able to outrun de
fenses while toying with Big
12 opponents at Baylor, but
angry, well-coached NFL
defenses eventually do catch
up — and they’re paid to hit
a lot harder too.
Just ask Michael Vick.
About a dozen years ago,
Vick was supposed to rede
fine the quarterback posi
tion when he came out of
Virginia Tech — a playmak
ing mix of speed, athleti
cism and a cannon arm. The
irony is, his escapability has
been part of his undoing, as
his talents as a runner
opened him up to more
physical poundings, more
collisions, and more time as
a sideline spectator.
Now 32, the injury-prone
Vick is a couple of steps
slower, and will probably be
an ex-Eagle soon, if not al
ready. His best days are well
behind him, and only a lack
of quality starting quarter
backs in the NFL will as
sure he finds a starting job
next season.
Here’s hoping Griffin
isn’t headed for the same
fate.
His performance this sea
son was one of the most re
markable for an NFL
rookie, and he has left many
people already lining up to
see his sophomore encore.
Griffin can become, if he
hasn’t already, one of the
league’s most marketable
stars. He and the Redskins
need to do whatever they
can to ensure he stays their
quarterback for years to
come — even if it means
taking his helmet away from
him once in a while.
My sister, somewhat
knowledgeable on the NFL,
wondered early on in the
season why I had Seattle as
my fantasy league defense.
The Seahawks, among the
most turnover-happy units
in the league this season,
continued to make my case
and add to their bandwagon
in Washington.
Aided by Griffin’s injury,
Seattle still kept Washing
ton off the scoreboard for
the last three quarters, and
will be a thorny assignment
for Atlanta as the Falcons
attempt to break their post
season malaise on Sunday.
And with all the first-year
quarterback hype surround
ing Griffin and the Colts’
Andrew Luck — both of
whom lost Sunday playoffs
— Seattle’s understated
Russell Wilson, with every
victory, is gaining more mo
mentum as a star in the
making and a longtime
franchise leader.
In defeating the Redskins,
the Seahawks collected their
first road playoff win since
1983, and many are giving
them more than a puncher’s
chance in the Georgia
Dome for the their second
in as many weeks.
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