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Page 10 - Wednesday, April 13, 2022 The Sylvania Times thesylvaniatimes.com isle erent»B» R(m4 W • 9yh,jnu QA JIMS' (913) 564-7565 Health Promotion & Prevention Annual wellness exeme well-child cheek upe Men & Women's Health 1 amily planning Physica Is Conn pi ex chronic Care Acute Care & Sick Visits Minor Procedures In-House L sbs/Diagnostics Q) 912-451-4100 121 N. Main St htt ps;//provider.ka rEO.CDnV kftftd&LL-dark Will lam 'Waters 912-M7-18W ■ jpiaxlififi n«t Puzzle Solution 1 u E E t V L5 c bl V E G 1 3 e O o b 1 k n 1 e b H 1 0 |h V fcf b i O B E fcf E V r V K i G n K n V r V 3 V A E b o ti r 0 b K n □ 0 2 a i □ E 9f5-G9L wrclovettiaplanters.net SCHS Athletic Trainer Bill Hall HALL continued from page 9 doubt the best trainer out there,” stated Scott. “He always keeps our student athletes safe and makes sure they receive top- quality medical attention should an injury arise. The two best compliments that I can give Bill are, one, that he has earned the trust of our student athletes and coaches and, two, when fomier student athletes come to a game they always want to talk to him more than anyone else.” Screven County fans should appreciate how lucky SCHS is to be a part of the system and how lucky they are to have Bill Hall on the sidelines. Af ter more than 23 years as a certified athletic trainer, 20 of them spent at SCHS, Hall says, “I get enjoy ment from being around the athletes and coaches... being a part of the teams and keeping the players on the field.” SCHS continued from page 9 some parent will say that I said Emma was the only reason softball was suc cessful last season (which is why I don’t usually write about injuries because someone can find some thing to be offended by no matter what). I did not say that; just making a point. Once I made a point that a particular female basket ball player was one of “ar guably the best ever”, espe cially considering she did not have a great support ing cast. I got a call from an irate mother wanting to know how I could say that the mentioned player was better than her daughter. Note my phrase “arguably the best.” I use that virtual ly every time in such cases unless I am willing to say that someone is specifically the best at something. Emma’s injury also leads to the entirely different de bate of high school sport specialization. As a fan of the total program at a Class A school, I generally do not support sport special ization. Too late in this col umn for that debate. Sophomore Alaysia Stewart has excelled in the 400 and relay events for the Lady Gamecocks thus far. (photo by Nikki McFarland) Jeremiah Bums, a junior mainstay on the Gamecock track team, won the 100 hurdles in Metter with a time of 16.48. (photo by Nikki McFarland) IOCCERAND TENNIS WATT FOR PLAYOFFS -Burton Kemp Lady Gamecock and Game cock tennis were scheduled for two regular season match es earlier this week. In the GHSA soccer playoff brack ets the Lady Gamecocks were scheduled for a first round match yesterday. The latter was never going to hap pen but there is playoff ac tion slated for next week for everyone. Both tennis teams have first round state playoff matches on the brackets next week that must be completed by April 21. Soccer will have a second round match on Monday. But even now, ques tions linger about tennis and their first round matchups. Why all the confusion? Re gion 1A is the answer. All season long the SCHS Re gion 3A has played Region 1A in the first round of the state playoffs. Region 1A is the region that saw football champion Pelham defeat the fourth seeded, 3-7, SCHS Gamecocks by an anemic 3-0. Region 1A is the region that saw 20-4 softball cham pion Pelham fall to the fourth seeded Lady Gamecocks 11-2 and 12-0. That region, as has been oft mentioned, has no soccer, boys or girls, so there was no first round match. It is a region that may not be able to send a fourth place tennis team, boys or girls, to Sylva- nia next week. The soccer matchup on Monday will likely be against Georgia Military College (GMC). The Lady Bulldogs (#3 from 7A) were set to go to the second place team from 5A, either Macon County or Manchester, yesterday. Be surprised if GMC loses. Any way, the winner will be here. Soccer is already in the Sweet 16 for the fourth consecutive completed season. They are seeking their third straight trip to the Elite Eight. For tennis, the three Region 1A boys’ teams from 2021 were, in order, Seminole County, Miller County, and Baconton Charter. There was no number four seed. Do re member that Seminole Coun ty defeated the Gamecocks for the state championship. For the girls the four girls’ teams were, in order, Semi nole County, Miller County, Baconton Charter, and Pel ham. Does Pelham have a girls’ team to come to Sylva- nia in 2022? It is noteworthy that Seminole County girls advanced to the semifinals. No other 1A team advanced. In all playoffs the first and second seeds from each re- First baseman Ryan Warren readies himself to scoop a low pickoff attempt, (photo by Jamie Warren) BASEBALL FALLS TO CLAXTON -Burton Kemp r n - “a Infielder Elijah "Bubba" Williams readies himself in the SCHS infield, (photo by Jamie Warren Their schedule again abbreviated by weather, the SCHS baseball team was limited to a single game last week, a 10-0 loss to homestanding Claxton on April 7. This week Claxton was to come here on Monday to make up last week’s rainout, MCA was here last night and the Roosters will head to Darien to face MCA Friday. Next week begins the final week of regular season with nonregion SEB here on April 18, Jenkins County here on April 19, and a trip to Millen on April 22. With the loss in Claxton SCHS fell to 6-13 and 2-7 in Region 3Aplay. Weather, including a powerful tornado that dropped down in Pembroke, limited some region action last week. Standings through last Thursday showed Metter at 9-0, ECI at 7-3, the trio of Jenkins County, Claxton, and Bryan County at 5-4, MCA at 4-5, SCHS at 2-7, and Portal at 0-10. The Gamecocks cannot finish ahead of Metter or ECI, but a winning streak could put the team back in contention for a playoff spot. Thursday the Red and White fell behind quickly and never caught up. The Tigers scored twice in the first and three more times in the second to realisti cally put the game away. SCHS had but seven base mnners the entire game as they put together only three hits (Jared Dixon, Danny Thompson, and Ren Brower). The Roosters did load the bases in the third, but three of the team’s 11 strikeouts prevented any runs from crossing the plate. TJ Melvin (2-2, 3.90) started and was followed by Xander Kile, Brower, and BJ Carver. Recreation Emily Lariscy (26), a senior defender for the 3 A champion Lady Gamecocks, is in action at Johnson County earlier this season, (photo by Angela Mesecher) gion host the first round. In the second round victorious region champions are guaran teed a second round at home as well. The site of a match for a number two seed de pends on the winner of the #1 v. #4 first round match in their bracket. A higher seed always host. Third round matches between teams of the same seed have the host team de cided by a GHSA coin flip. In soccer final region stand ings had to be turned in to the GHSA by Saturday, April 9. Final region tennis standings are not due until Friday, April 15. Track is scheduled to be back in action tomorrow at the SCHS track. The Region 3 A soccer champion Lady Gamecocks ham it up after defeating Portal to outright clinch their title. The team is (front row) Marly Moore, Emerson Kullberg, Bella Maust, Adairis Gomez, Emma Jones, Grace Cataffo, Julia Dews, Cam Forehand, Gracen Kullberg, Lilly Doss (second row) MaKenzie Mitchell, Charlie Brannen, Kaylin Long, Mazlin Blessing, Erin Thompson, Emily Lariscy, Shay Sasser, Rhianna Boddiford, Emma Warren, Madison Powell, Sara Mesecher The number one doubles team of sophomore John Boswell (fore ground) and senior River Reynolds (background) battle during their 6-3, 6-4 win over ECI's Trevor Radford and Landon Canady in the 3 A championship match. The duo are 10-4 on the season, (photo by Dana Doss) Department News SCRD Summer Swimming The SCRD pool will open Tuesday, May 31 for the 2022 summer. Pool hours for public swim time will be Monday-Friday from 1:00p.m. until 5:00p.m. Swimming lessons will be held June 6-17. Swim classes will be Monday- Friday at 10:00a.m. and 11:00a.m. The cost for swim lessons will be $30 per child for the two week session. Registra tion for swimming les sons will begin May 9 at the SCRD office and on line at screvenrec.com.
