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Page 12 - Wednesday, May 11, 2022
The Sylvania Times
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GAMECOCK
NETTERS FALL IN
STATE SEMIFINALS
-Burton Kemp
Seeking a second straight trip to the Class A state championship the SCHS tennis Gamecocks
came up short to the visiting Lake Oconee Academy Titans on the Screven County High School
tennis courts last Thursday afternoon. The final was 3-0 leaving the Roosters with a 13-10
record for the 2022 season. Lake Oconee, who defeated defending state champion Seminole
County and now last year’s runner-up SCHS in successive matches, will meet Telfair County
in the 2022 state championship match this Saturday at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry Col
lege. Telfair County was the state champion in 2019. There was no 2020 champion.
Lake Oconee Academy, far from the normal Class A public charter school, was in command
from the start. They won first games in four of the five individual matches and never looked
back at one singles, two singles, and one doubles. At three singles Mason Forehand split sets
with Garrett Payne at 6-2, 2-6 and led 1-0 in the third set. At number two doubles the team
of Zach Thompson and Jeremiah Stuart fell 4-6 in their first set to Noah Dominy and Justin
Zahler but rallied for a 5-2 second set lead. Both matches were pulled when the top doubles
team of River Reynolds and John Boswell finished a 2-6, 2-6 loss to Adam Kalmanowicz and
Noah Gessner. At one Attison Lee lost 1-6, 2-6 to Cooper Ciavola while Thomas Milner lost
1-6, 1-6 to Maddox Cantrell at two.
With a lineup that includes only a pair of seniors in Reynolds and Thompson the final records
show Lee at 10-10 all at number one, Milner at 16-7 with all but two matches at number two.
Forehand at 12-5 in singles at number three. Reynolds was 1-1 in singles while Boswell was
0-2. In doubles the top two teams had Reynolds/Boswell at 13-6 at number one and Thomp
son/Stuart at 9-6 at number two. Other teams were Stuart and Josh Patel at 1-0, Bowell and
Stuart at 1-0, Thompson and Patel at 0-3, and Bo Doss and Tucker Thomas at 0-2.
Falling in the semifinals after advancing to the finals in 2021 gives the boys their best back
to back seasons since the period 2002-2004 when the team advanced to the semifinals for
three consecutive seasons. Before that the team went to the Final Four in 1992 and was state
runner-up in 1993. Since that trip in 2004, when there actually was a Final Four in one place
on one day, the team had not won a quarterfinal match in order to advance to the semifinals.
Thursday marked the second consecutive season the SCHS tennis courts hosted a semifinal
tennis match as SCHS defeated Telfair County last season at a similar juncture. Since the
GHSAdid away with a central location for the semifinals and finals, SCHS has hosted a boys’
semifinal the past two and a girls’ semifinal in 2017, 2015, and 2013. Obviously this was the
first such match on the new courts.
Number one singles player Attison Lee charges the net for a drop shot from his Lake Oconee opponent
Cooper Ciavola. (photo by Dana Doss)
SCHS SENDS 11 TO TRACK
STATE FINALS
-Burton Kemp
Led by the pair of top
times from Lady Game
cock freshman sprinter
Olivia Jackson, the SCHS
track program partici
pated in the Class A South
Georgia Track Sectional
at Montgomery County
High School Saturday and
qualified 11 for the state
finals on May 12-14 at
Hugh Mills Stadium in Al
bany GA. Jackson had the
fastest qualifying times
in both the 100 (12.67)
and the 200 (25.92) from
among the 16 runners
from Regions 1-4.
When combined with
the times from the North
Georgia Sectional (Re
gions 5-8) held at Ranks
County High School in
Homer, Jackson’s time
was the fourth fastest in
the state in the 100 (12.07
being the best) and the
second best in the state
in the 200 (25.83 was the
best). Her region cham
Team picture. Prior to their semifinal matchup the Gamecock tennis team posed for this shot. The front
row is Head Coach Kyle Reynolds, Josh Patel, Jeremiah Stuart, Mason Forehand, River Reynolds, and
Landon Weaver. The back row is Tucker Thomas, Zach Thompson, John Boswell, Thomas Milner,
Attison Lee, and Bo Doss (photo by Christie Kemp)
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Mason Forehand sets up for a backhand in his match at third singles against Lake Oconee last Thursday.
Forehand split sets with Garrett Payne 6-2,2-6, and led in the third set 1 -0 when the match was pulled after
the Titans had three wins, (photo by Dana Doss)
pionship time in the 200
was 25.73. The last time
a Lady Gamecock won
an individual state cham
pionship was 2006 when
Shaneka Lee won her
second consecutive state
high jump title. Senior Ty
Lanier was the leading
qualifier for the boys as
he took third in the high
jump (6-2), fourth in the
100 (11.26), and eighth
in the 200 (23.67). Lanier
was also the anchor on the
fourth place short relay
team. At the sectionals
the top four finishers from
each of the four regions
compete with the top eight
at that sectional going to
Albany.
Other qualifiers wear
ing the Red and White
from the girls was Jamya
Dockery (8th in the 300
hurdles, 53.87) and the
4x4 relay team of Amber
Moore, Nia Scott, Dock
ery, and Alaysia Stewart
(8th, 4:51.34). Behind
Lanier the qualifiers for
the boys were Michael
Boyd (5th in the shot, 45-
7), Jeremiah Bums (3rd in
the 11 hurdles at 16.49 and
5th in the long jump with
20-5.50), Timothy Frank
(7th in the 100, 11.33),
Jay den Adams (6 th in the
3200, 12:24.87), and the
4x1 relay team of Aaron
Beths, Bums, Frank, and
Lanier (4th, 44.56)
In Albany the high jump,
shot, and long jump will
be tomorrow, May 12.
On Friday will be the
preliminaries for all of the
sprints, relays, and hurdles
with the top eight in each
advancing to Saturday’s
finals. In addition to the
finals, Saturday will see
the 3200 as the last event
prior to the traditional
ending with the mnning of
the finals of the 4x4 relay.
IRecreatioii ID)@pairtm@imtt N©ws Summer Activities at SCRD
Sign up at screvenrec.com or the SCRD office.
TENNIS CLINIC
Dates: June 6-9 (Mon-Thurs
Time: 8:30am-10:00am
Cost: $25
Ages: 5-8 yr old beginners (rising K - 3rd graders)
Location: SCRD Tennis Courts
Instructor: Diane Freeman
MARTIAL ARTS CAMP
Dates: June6-8 (Mon-Wed)
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $75 (discount for sibling)
Ages: 5 & UP
Location: SCRD Gym
Instructor: Andi Johnson
Bring your own water & snacks
BASKETBALL CAMP
Dates: June 13-16 (Mon - Thurs)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $30
Ages: 7-14 boys & girls
Location: SCRD gym
Instructors: Madelyn Brown, Bubba Brown
GYMNASTICS CAMP
Dates: June 20-23 (Mon-Thurs)
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Cost: $50 (includes snack each day & a camp t-shirt)
Ages: 5&UP
Location: SCRD Gym
Instructors: Ashley Edenfield & Katelyn Bazemore
Sign up by June 10!
SWIMMING LESSONS
Session Dates: June 6-17
10:00 a.m. Pre-K/Beginner & Intermediate
11:00 a.m. Beginner & Advanced Beginner
Cost: $30/person / 2 week session
Youth 6&UP can take Beginner (level 1&2),
Advanced Beginner (level 3&4),
or Intermediate (level 5) Classes.
A Pre-K Class (ages 4-5) will be offered at
10:00AM. *An adult must be with the
child for the Pre-K Class.
SOFTBALL CAMP
Dates: July 18-21 (Mon-Thurs)
Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $30 (camp t-shirt included)
Ages: 10&UP
Location: SCRD Youth Complex
Instructor: Kamryn Ellis
Located in Historic Downtown Sylvania
The future is bright...reach for the stars!
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