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DawsonNewscom
Wednesday, July 4, 2018
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Runners race toward new season
DCHS cross country teams stay in shape with summer conditioning
By Bob Christian
For the Dawson County News
After a remarkable 2017 sea
son where the Dawson County
High School boys’ cross country
team won its third straight
regional and took second place
honors at state, Coach Charles
Beusse knows that continuing
that success will not be easy.
“I often tell the kids, the work
required to stay on top is often
harder than the work it required
to get there,” he said.
This attitude is reflected in the
voluntary summer conditioning
sessions.
“We have had very good turn
outs at our summer conditions
sessions this summer and all of
our runners look improved and
fit,” Beusse said.
The focus during June has
been primarily on building base
mileage and improving cardio
vascular strength. After the
Georgia High School Association
“dead week,” which ends July 7,
Beusse plans to incorporate hill
conditioning with the goal of
improving strength.
Although he acknowledged
the adjustments necessary after
losing key runners Chris Shelp
and Nathan Blythe to gradua
tion, Beusse was quick to point
out that not a single returning
member of the boys’ team has
finished lower than first in
regionals.
Featuring Cody Wood, Nico
Poston, Will Mulberry, Ben
McGinnis and Wiley Dennis,
and anticipating strong perfor
mances from young runners
Luke Hamby and Preston Burt,
this year’s team demonstrates “a
winning mindset and all of our
boys are working hard to keep
that tradition alive,” according to
Beusse.
The boys have made no secret
that their goal is a fourth straight
regional title and another podi
um showing at state, but Beusse
stressed that the only goal is
continuous improvement.
See Summer 12B
Learning basics of basketball
Photos by Jessica Brown Dawson County News
The second FUNdamentals basketball camp at Rock Creek Park concluded last week, with campers
walking away happy after a fun week. Dawson County High School JV basketball coaches Will and
Carly Anglin taught the boys all the basics of basketball, from dribbling to scoring and working on
defensive and offensive strategies. The summer camp offers kids a chance to learn the basics of bas
ketball that will help them as they enter middle school and high school teams in the future.
Fishing report:
Stripers move
to river channels
By Eric Aldrich
With continuing rain, the CORPS is still pulling a
lot of water. The lake is 1,072.23, or 1.23 feet above
the normal full pool of 1,071, while lake-surface
temperatures are in the upper 80s.
The main-lake and lower-lake creeks mouths are
clear to stained. The upper lake creeks, pockets and
the rivers are slightly stained to muddy.
Check generation schedules before heading out to
the river below Buford Dam by calling 770-945-
1466. If the CORPS is pulling water, fish elsewhere.
Bass fishing has been hit-or-miss, depending on
whom you talk to.
The fish are schooling over main-lake structures
and cover, feeding on blueback herring. Target off
shore points and humps close to the river channels.
Be prepared to move around a lot until you locate
active schools of fish.
I always keep a top-water plug tied on, along with
another on the deck of my Nitro this time of year.
Lake Lanier’s spotted bass population feeds heavily
on blueback herring in early summer, and these
schools of bass can appear and sound quickly.
Keeping a top-water plug or a swim bait ready to
cast to these schoolers can make the difference
between catching a trophy or reeling in small fish.
Building a milk run of productive areas is key to
getting the best late-spring and early-summertime
bite on Lake Lanier. If there’s an area that always
produces but you arrive to find another boat fishing
it, then you need to have several back-up areas.
Often hitting new areas will provide you with sever
al options to find a spot where the bass are actively
feeding.
The techniques this week are the same as they’ve
been the past few weeks, except we’re working the
drop-shot rig a little more this week.
Make a few casts over offshore brush or rock
See Stripers 12B
Volleyball camp next week
From staff reports
The Dawson County High School varsity volley
ball team is hosting a summer skills camp for ages
10 to 14 next week.
The camp will be held from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
July 10-12 at the Rock Creek Park sports complex.
The cost to participate is $80 and includes a vol
leyball camp T-shirt.
Register online by visiting www.dawsoncounty.
org and clicking “Departments,” “Parks and rec”
then “Camps and clinics.”
Contact Coach Tanya Porter for more informa
tion, via email at tporter@dawson.kl2.ga.us or call
(678) 283-5121.
Player of
Nate Umberger
2018 graduate of Dawson
County High School, Nate
Umberger, recently received
a scholarship from the David
Bruce Wood Jr. Memorial
Fund for his accomplishments
with the DCHS wrestling team
as well as his outstanding
academic performance.
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