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thejenkinscountytimes.com The Jenkins County Times Friday, May 26, 2023 - Page 9 is czi ’■rt S w o m t: ts <D <Cj •£ ^ O g ■§ « tzi r? * BRAD ASBURY WAR EAGLE By Brad Asbury, Sports Editor for 'l l 11 : Times pastorbradasbury@gmail.com Under the Bleachers This week is the last week of school, which also means an end to a very successful sports season for Jenkins County Schools. The team debuted in a new GHS A fomiat which placed Jenkins County in Class A, Division 2. Familiar foes Portal, McIntosh County Academy, and ECI were part of Region 3, and new opponent Montgomery County rounded out the region. Starting next week in the Jenkins County Times Sports, we will take a two-week look back at the success of our local athletes. As of writing this article tonight, ECI was in the GHSA Baseball championship game of the Class A Division 2. They lost the first game in a best- out-of-3 series. They were playing Charlton County in the championship game; this is the team that eliminated the War Eagles in the Sweet 16. In the days ahead, sports news will be very slim as middle and high school sports have come to an end. Next week, included with the look back, we will release the football schedule and then in the week to follow the softball schedule. I will also plan to give you a “food” tour at Truist Park in Atlanta. What else do you want to read about in sports this summer? Send me an email at pastorbradasbury@gmail. com and tell me what you want to read about! Those who follow baseball, or who have played baseball understand the uniqueness of a hitting slump. Some call it a phenomenon unique to baseball. Unlike slumps in other sports, baseball players on the professional level have often talked that a slump leaves you feeling like it is your last day to ever play the sport. A former Mets baseball player David Wright stated, "When you're in a slump, you go to bed at night and you lie there and your mind is racing and you think about everything imaginable: your bat model, your bat size, your pitch selection, how you are wearing your pants," Wright said. "But when you're going good, you sleep very well." I have seen the youngest of players whom I have coached try to change bats, use a teammate’s bat, or do other such things. The reality is, even though baseball is different from all the other sports when it comes to “slumps,” all athletes in every sport have their off days. Unfortunately, it is what athletes do in the “slumps” that make the difference. The idea behind “Under the Bleachers” is that sports connect to life and teach us many lessons, and sports connect to our theology (what we believe about God). Slumps in sports are much like life. We all go through moments that are, at times, hard to keep pushing forward. We feel like the “wind has been taken out of our sails.” We declare Murphy’s Law loudly, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Unfortunately, when there are days, weeks, months, and even a year like this we are filled with anxiousness and worry. We feel as if the trial will never end. Somedays we crawl under the bleachers, hope no one finds us, and just cry. When Job was in this situation, he declared, “I know my Redeemer lives.” We have to remember we have a Savior who lives and who never leaves us. Trust Him, all things are in His hands. The “slumps” will come, but it is who we trust in that will make the difference between getting through it or giving up. Lastly, do not get lost “under the bleachers.” Too often we need to be in the bleachers with everyone else. Or, better yet, we need to stay in the game, stay away from the bleachers, and mn full force into the battle! In the 200M dash, Neveah Campbell finishes in 4th place. Photo Submitted. Sophomore JT Moye stands on the platfomi with his medal for his 3rd place perfomiance in the 110M hurdles. Photo Submitted. *7 BRINSON IrtL, ■reiwane* AAtfM :irc+-? {£) 478-401-0495 513 Cotton Ave Millen, Go $ Shana Brinson Kayla Shuman ^ Auto Insurance 0 Home Insurance l2f Life Insurance ® Health insurance Qt Commercial ^ insurance Medicare Supplements 0 Title Bands AFLAC Products (§) www.brinsoninsurance,net jf m J Javarius Gilmore, Gemarion Newton, Marion Young, and JT Moye finished in 3rd place in the 4X400 Relay. a g l: ■ ■ i pgi 1 ^I 1 1 — s ... STATE RUNNER-UP! The boys’ 4x200 relay team featuring Rob Coney, Christian Wilson, Marion Young, and Calvin Adams finished as the Class A, Division 2 State Runner-up.
