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Page 10 - Wednesday, August 3, 2022
The Sylvania Times
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Members of the 2022 SCHS Lady Gamecock cheerleaders with the more than 50
participants in the recent Cheerleader Kiddie Camp.
Senior softball
player Amber
Moore and 10 of
her teammates
bagged groceries
at Food Lion
Saturday to
thank the
store and its
customers
who donated
550 quarts of
Powerade to the
team. John Mark
Forrester is the
cashier.
Cheerleaders Gisell Gomez and Camdyn Forehand pose with the 4th, 5th, and 6th
grade participants from the recent Cheerleader Kiddie Camp.
PreK, K, and 1st grade participants at the recent Lady Gamecock Cheerleader
Kiddie Camp pose with Gracen Kullberg, Emma Warren, and Abbey Wall
HORN
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football reporter covering
the 1947 First District
Champion Gamecock
football team. According
to SHS classmate Roland
Stubbs, Ed was editor of the
Sylvania High newspaper
The Student Blah. At no
point in the history of local
high school sports to that
point had anyone covered
football, or any other sport,
as well as he did. Very few
seasons over the nearly 30
years that followed were
covered as well or better
save for 1961 and 1962
football. Ed was 89.
As for the
wrastling trivia from last
week; well the original
Minnesota Wrecking
Crew was Gene and
Lars Anderson but the
better known version was
Gene and Ole Anderson.
Then came Ole and Arn
Anderson. Only Gene
was actually an Anderson
and none were kin. The
Madman from Sudan was
Abdulla the Butcher. In
reality he is from Canada
and now lives in Atlanta.
Gordon Solie is given
credit for originating the
phrase “Pier Six Brawl.”
The first members of
Dandy Jack Crawford’s
Georgia stable of bad guys
that came to my mind
were El Mongol, Tarzan
Tyler, and The Samoans.
The former professional
100B Gillen Highway
Sylvania, Georgia 30467
wrestler turned Governor
of Minnesota was none
other than Jesse “The
Body” Ventura. In his
campaign for governor on
the Green Party ballot he
had changed to Jesse “The
Brain” Ventura. Before all
of that he was a member of
an Underwater Demolition
Team, the forerunner of
Navy SEALS. Yes in the
ring he said, “Win if you
can, lose if you must, but
always cheat.”
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SYLVANIA HIGH ATHLETICS
THE FIRST FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
Burton Kemp
Sports Editor
After a learning
experience during the
gridiron season of 1932, the
apparently still nameless
football team of Sylvania
High School completely
surpassed its previous
win total of 1932 when it
opened the second season
of the sport on September
22,1933 in Tattnall County
at Collins High School.
During the second quarter
A. B. Rudd, Jesse Griffin,
and John C. Hollingsworth
made impressive runs
to move the team into
scoring position before
Hollingsworth completed
consecutive passes to Jim
Moore, the latter going
for a touchdown. The six
points turned out to be
all there were and were
enough to provide SHS
with its first ever football
victory.
Under new Head Coach
Joe Marion, a former
Georgia Bulldog, with 1932
Head Coach Hugh Cheek
becoming his assistant,
the local roster expanded
to at least 27 players for
the 1933 season. The
expanded roster included
John C. Hollingsworth
(captain), Ham and Jim
Moore, Charles Avret,
Robert West, John
Lane, Hermann Hagan,
Noble Boykin, Bill and
Joe Johnson, Lansing
Reddick, Gordon Miller,
Gardner New, Kelly
Strickland, Wilburn
Mobley, Grady Dixon,
Jr., Jesse Griffin, J. D.
Williams, Alfred Morgan,
A. B. Rudd, Dell Crumbley,
Punch Waters, Tracy
Evans, David Williams,
Durward Strickland, Fred
Lee Mobley, and Wilburn
Howard.
SHS went on to pick
up two other shutout
victories that season,
19-0 on October 20 over
Swainsboro and 40-0
over Millen on November
17. The sound defeat of
Swainsboro, the first ever
by Sylvania High on its
home field (behind the
old Elementary School,
now the location of Joiner-
Anderson Funeral Home),
was led by Hollingsworth.
He scored on a 30 yard run
and threw a touchdown
pass to each of the twins
Ham and Jim Moore.
Charles Avret, who Dr.
Cail had recruited after A.
B. Rudd broke his leg, had
a 60 yard touchdown run
called back by a penalty.
Avret said that Dr. Cail
had been able to get his
parents to let him play by
promising to take care of
him if he got hurt and by
taking him to and from
practice.
The 40-0 win over
Millen was written up in
the Augusta Chronicle of
November 19. Though
no specifics other than
the starting lineup were
given, the short article did
say that “The running of
Hollingsworth and Griffen
was outstanding. Their
gains thru [sic] the Millen
lines, which was opened by
pretty interference, prove
to be Millen’s undoing.”
The 1933 schedule
also included losses to
Statesboro 31-0, a game
that was held up while 205
pount center/noseguard
Hermann Hagan looked
for his gold tooth, Millen
2-0, ECI 12-0, Claxton 12-
6, and Waynesboro 18-7
and 12-0. Nevertheless
the 3-6 record under Joe
Marion was a remarkable
improvement over 1932’s
total of six points in an
entire season. At a turkey
supper banquet following
the season the football
team put together a poem
of sorts, “Our band is few,
but tried and true; Our
leader is frank and bold;
Our loving hearts grow
warmer, when Marion’s
name is told.”
After its humble
beginning just two
years before, the 1934
team, complete with a
definitive nickname of
Yellow Jackets (after the
state’s most successful
college football program
of the time), and its new
Head Coach, former
Furman star Paul Coogler,
recorded its first-ever
playoff appearance. Joe
Marion, who oversaw the
improved team of 1933,
departed the Sylvania
scene to become the Head
Coach at Dublin High
School. Dublin became a
new addition to the SHS
schedule on November 7,
1934-
In March of the spring
of 1934, Wilburn Mobley
wrote in the Hi-Lights of
Sylvania Hi that “Sylvania
expects to have a winning
football team near. John
C. Hollingsworth, Lansing
Reddick, Bill Johnson,
and Hermann Hagan
are the only ones we are
loosing (sic) but a larger
number of 7th grade boys
are coming up to take their
PART XI
places.” He wrote this as
spring football practice
began.
Opening the season with
wins over Swainsboro,
Millen, ECI, Statesboro,
and Dublin, SHS did not
lose until November 16
against Waynesboro by a
margin of 7-0. The same
two teams met again on
November 28 in Millen
for the championship of
eastern half of the First
District. The Yellow Jackets
were victorious 6-0. The
Executive Committee
of the First District
Athletic Association had
directed that Sylvania and
Waynesboro play for the
title for the eastern half
because Waynesboro’s
only district victory had
come over Sylvania.
The win over Waynesboro
sent the Jackets to face
the two-time defending
First District Champion
Vidalia Indians for
the championship on
December 7. In neither
1932 or 1933 had the
Indians allowed a single
point. Coming into the
championship game they
had allowed only 24 points
in 1934. Only a pair of 0-0
ties marred their record
over the three year period.
In what was described as a
driving rainstorm Sylvania
threatened after a first
quarter fumble recovery
but never got close again.
Vidalia scored in the third
quarter to win 6-0.
According to the
Sylvania Telephone and
the memories of various
players the 1934 roster
included Jesse “Crutch”
Griffin, David “Goliath”
Williams, Charles Avret,
Gordon Miller, Gardner
“Runt” New, Kelly
“Sparrow” Strickland,
Alfred Morgan, Dell
Crumbley, Tracy Evans,
John “Gubber” Lane,
Jim “Smiling” Moore,
Ham “Bone” Moore, Joe
“Handsome” Johnson,
J. D. “Munch” Williams,
Noble “Kid” Boykin,
Wilburn “Flatfoot”
Howard, Robert “Baby
Face” Sharpe, Durwood
“Doowaw” Strickland,
Cecil “Puddin” Pye, Linton
“Country” Evans, James
“Madell” Pierce, Tom
“Maugby” Black, and
Clifford “Punch” Waters.
The nicknames were
supplied by interviews
with players, not by the
newspaper.
FAI T. SPORTS REGISTRATION
Sign up for youth fall sports August 1 -26 at
screvenrec.com or the SCRD office.
Football (ages 7-12) cost: $45
Cheerleading (ages 5-12) cost: $35
Soccer (ages 4-17) cost: $35
*Age control date: 9/1/22 (must be appropriate
age by September 1)
GYMNASTICS CLASSES
Gymnastics classes will start back August 8 at
the SCRD gym. Registration days will be held
August 2 & August 4 from 4:15-6:00p.m. in the
SCRD gymnastics room. Ashley Edenfield is
in charge of the gymnastics program and sign
ups will only be available with the instructor.
There will be limited spaces in each class so
it is important to attend the registration days.
2022 classes will be held August 8-December
15. Classes will be offered for ages 3&UP.
See instructor for the class schedule or visit
screvenrec.com. The cost will be $35/month.
Screven County Schools Breakfast
*A11 breakfast meals are served with cereal & yogurt, choice of fruit, grab and go breakfast, milk and fruit
juice.
Monday, August 8 -
Tuesday, August 9 -
Banana Bread or Cereal
Sausage Biscuit or Granola Bar & Yogurt
Wednesday, August 10 -
Thursday, August 11 -
French Sticks or Cereal
Cheese Grits, Sausage, Toast or Granola Bar & Yogurt
Friday, August 12 - Assorted Muffins, Bacon
SCES & SCMS/SCHS Lunch Menu
*A11 meals are served with a choice of fruit and milk.
Monday, August 8 -
Tuesday, August 9 -
Chicken Fajitas, Lettuce, Tomato & Cheese,
Cheeseburger, Fries Broccoli Dippers
Black Beans, Mexicali Com
Elem Choice: Hot Ham & Cheese
Elem Choice: PB&J Meal
M/HS Choice Deli Sub
M/HS: Ham Entree Salad
Thursday, August 11 -
Wednesday, August 10 -
Spaghetti w/Meat Sauce, Garlic Toast,
Popcorn Chicken, Mashed Potatoes w/gravy
Side Salad, Vegetable Juice
Whole Kernel Com
Elem Choice: Deli Sub
Elem Choice: PB&J Meal
M/HS Choice: Cheese Entree Salad
Friday, August 12 -
Cheese Pizza, Carrot Dippers, Green Beans
M/HS Choice: Chicken Entree Salad
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