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3-on-3 basketball team that has
been collecting gold medals at the
Georgia and national games for
more than a decade.
“I love to play ball,” said
Prehmus, a financial planner
who lives in Peachtree Corners.
“It’s a chance to compete. Also,
because our team has really
developed close relationships.
There’s something about being on
teams together that other things
don’t do. We lift each other up.”
Prehmus said he played
basketball in high school in
upstate New York and college in
Vermont and kept playing after
he moved to Atlanta in the mid-
1980s. The Georgia Boys, he said,
have won gold at the Georgia
games a dozen times, including
last year, and collected gold
medals at the national games five
times. They’ve traveled the world
playing in tournaments.
How many medals has
Prehmus collected? “I’ve got a
couple of shoeboxes full,” he said.
His teammates have scattered
a bit in recent years. A couple
of them moved to Florida and
one moved San Diego. Prehmus
himself had surgery recently
and won’t be able to play in May,
but his team will be competing
in the senior games. He plans
attend and coach. And, he said, he
intends to be back on the court
himself by the end of the year.
Senior distance runner
Obsitnik said his goal is to keep
competing for as long as he can.
“I don’t have any date to stop.”
he said. “I plan to keep going
as long as my body can go. It’s
better than sitting around doing
nothing and waiting for the final
day to come.”
After all, age is just another
number on a competitor’s sign-in
sheet.
“I don’t think about age,”
Obsitnik said. “Age doesn’t enter
my mind.”
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