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Augusta College Jags split pair
By Ashley “A. 8. Brown
special to AUGUSTA FOCUS
' The Augusta College Baseball
team took on West Chester Uni
versity this past weekend. After
holding off a late charge to take
Game One 8 -6, the Jaguars
‘¢ouldn’t slow down the visiting
Golden Rams and dropped Game
Two 12-9. Skip Fite’s club is now
“11-8 on the season and are get
ting set for the Peach Belt sea
son.
In Game One, Augusta Col
lege got started early jumping
ovut to a 5-0 lead through three
innings. Shortstop Matt Mixon,
who has been solid all season,
started off the fireworks by dou
bling in catcher Tory Tarleton
who had walked. Next, Mixon
scored on a double by first
baseman Brad McDuffie. It
would be McDuffie, Mixon, along
with the tablesetters third
baseman Cory Brown and desig
nated hitter Casey Jackson who
provided all the offense the Jags
needed, each collecting two hits.
Mixon had 3 RBIs while Jackson
and McDuffie each knocked in
two runs. Jackson alsogaveina
pitched 1/3 inningto get his sixth
Talk about a bad joke
By Ashley “A. 8. Brown
Special to AUGUSTA FOCUS
A story caught my eye Tues
day morning and I must not only
mention it, but also voice my
opinion. It seemsthat a couple of
young baseball fans were the
targets of a cruel joke in Phoe
nix, Ariz. Longtime Oakland A’s
fan Ken Mystrom took his eight
vear-old twin boys Erik and
Corey to see the A’s in Cactus
League play Monday. The elder
Mystrom was probably more ex
cited about the game, but none
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save of the season which is an
Augusta College single season
record. Scotty Smith allowed
four hits, three runs and struck
out four in five innings to earn
his fourth win of the season.
The finale was the exact oppo
site as West Chester, powered by
center fielder Tom Schneider’s
hitting, lead 7-0. Before Skip
Fite could even get his lineup
card turned in, Schneider went
3-3 with two walks and scored
five runs, including a two-run
homer in the second inning.
Augusta found themselves down
12-4 going into the bottom of the
seventh and the rally was on.
Leadoff man Cory Brown drew a
walk. Then Brian Mitchell dou
bled him in to make the score 12-
5. Pinch hitter Chris Kell sin
gled to right followed by walks to
Tarleton and Mixon. Next,
Ernest Mallard drew a bases
loaded walk to score Kelly. After
giving up three more bases-load
ed walks, relief pitcher Mike
Krautzel struck out Bryan
Mitchell to end Augusta’s rally.
Stephen Padgett took the loss
and is now 3-2. Cory Brown was
the only Jaguar with more than
one hit, going 2-3 with three runs
theless, Erik and Corey had gone
with autograph books in hand.
Mystrom instructed his kids to
go to the A’s bullpen where some
of the players had assembled.
The boys gave their autograph
book to an unidentified player
whosigned itand passed it down.
After several players had signed
the book, the boys were on their
way back to their father, all was
well, right? Wrong! After look
ing over the autographs, Mr.
Mystrom recognized the names
for sure but they weren’t A’s play
ers. Instead, the book was an
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Newsmakers
-Silver Bluff's basketball team
swept the Aiken Co. basketball
awards as Hoover Johnson won
Coach of the Year, Mike
Williamson won Player of the
Year and, all together, three Bull
dogs were named All Aiken Co.:
Kevin Williamson (Jr.) and Mike
Williamson (Sr.), first team; and
Rolando Williams (Fr.) second
team.
- Former Evans baseball
standout Chris Holiday was
named as the Peach Belt Athlet
ic Conference player of the year
this past week. The junior catch
er batted .600 for Kennesaw
State. The Owls are currently
ranked as one of the nation’s top
20 Division II teams.
-Former Glenn Hills star Mike
Curry is coming to town. Incase
you didn’t know, Curry plays for
the Detroit Pistons. He and his
teammates are scheduled to take
on the Hawks in the Omni on
Saturday night, March 23rd.
- Antonio Grant appears close
to a decision. The 6-5 forward,
who starred at North Augusta
last season, played at New Hamp-
index of Great American Psychos:
Son of Sam, Jeffrey Dahmer,
Charlie Manson, Ted Bundy,
Jack the Ripper, Richard
Ramirez and Joey Buttafuoco
were inscribed in the book. The
first six names reveal that a few
jerks played a terribly insensi
tive joke, but the last name
showed that there was a moron
included in the bunch.
(Buttafuoco was a sleaze but the
rest were murderers.)
If there was ever a time when
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ton Prep (New Hampshire) this
season, averaging 21 ppg and
12.5 rebounds for a 21-3 team.
He has narrowed his choices
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- The Clemson Lady Tigers’
season came to an end with their
loss to Stephen F. Austin in the
NCAA tourney, but Tiger fresh
man Ituro Umoh was a bright
spot scoring 12 points. Umoh
played in high school at
Hephzibah.
- For the first time ever, the
Gatorade Ga. Player of the Year
award went to a player from a
GISA team. Brentwood Sr.
Michael Brooker was chosen for
the honor. Brooker averaged 34
ppg to go with ten rebounds. The
North Carolina signee also
wowed everyone by connecting
on 87 straight at one point. The
total marked the second highest
streak in high school history be
hind Daryl Moreau’s 126.
- Augusta Christian started off
this season in a big way. The
Lions scored plenty of runs de
feating Greenwood 31-0 and
Edmund Burke 30-0. By the
way, both game were no-hitters
for Augusta Christian.
ity, thisisit. It'sbad enough that
Albert Belle spends his Octobers
terrorizing the media and chas
ing down kids in his Bronco, but
tointentionally do somethinglike
this to harmless autograph seek
ers, what is this world coming to?
In a matter of weeks, an NBA
player sat during the national
anthem;, another headbutted an
official and now a few despicable
excuses for human beings have
given America one more reason,
and possibly the biggest, for we
as fans to stand up and say
enough is enough.
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Moe named Academic All-
American for AC women’s hoops
Erin Moe, a senior on the Au
gusta College women’s basket
ball team, wasnamed tothe GTE/
CoSIDA Academic All-American
National Team-College Division
Second Team, GTE officials an
nounced today.
The GTE/CoSIDA All-Ameri
can program recognizes excel
lencein academics and athletics.
Student-athletes are nominated
by their respective sports infor
mationdirectors whoin turn vote
according to their geographic
region.
In late February, Moe was vot
ed Academic All-District 111 First
Team. District 111 comprises all
Divisionll, Division 111 and NAIA
schoolsin Georgia, Virginia, Flor
ida, North Carolina and South
Carolina.
A biology/pre-medicine major,
Moe has maintained a perfect
4.0 grade-point average. Due to
graduate in June, Moe becomes
the first Augusta College wom
en’s basketball player to earn
Walker, other athletes, to
participate in Quest events
The Quest Foundation, a non
profitgroup for disadvantaged and
at-risk youth in the area, will be
sponsoring a weekend athleteand
celebrity events from Thursday,
March 28, through Saturday,
March 30. The Second Annual
Quest Foundation Celebrity Ban
quet will take place Thursday
night at the Augusta Riverfront
Radisson Hotel. VIP reception
beginning at 6:30 p.m., dinner/
silent auction at 7:30. The key
note speaker will be 1982 Heisman
Trophy winner Herschel Walker.
A golf outing will be held on
Friday, March 29, at Jones Creek
Golf Course. Fourteen participat
ing teams will be paired with a
celebrity/NFL player.
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Academic All-American. Prior
to coming to Augusta College,
Erin served as a specialist for
two and a half years in the Unit
ed States Army.
Not only a winner in the class
room, Moe was a winner on the
basketball court aswell. A shoot
ing guard, Moe started in all 83
contests over her three years,
and her teams compiled a record
of 54-29,a .651 winning percent
age. The 1994-95 squad cap
tured a share of the Peach Belt
Athletic Conference champion
ship, going 19-9 and earning a #7
ranking in the South Region.
In 1995-96, Moe averaged 7.4
points per game and 3.0 re
bounds. She was second on the
team in minutes, averaging just
over 32 minutes per game. She
was second in assists, third in
blocks and third in steals. Moe
ended her career with 664 points
and 228 assists. The assist total
is 7th in all-time Lady Jaguar
history.
On Saturday, the Dallas Cow
boys vs. Quest Foundation NFL
All-Starswii. take placeina celeb
rity basketball game to be held at
the Augusta College Gymnasium
at noon. Michael Irvin’s
“Hoopsters” (Michael Irvin plays
in every game, along with such
Cowboys as Leon Lett, Kevin Wil
liams and Larry Brown) will take
on local stars Rodney Hampton,
Garrison Hearst, Tyrcne
Wheatley, Arthur Marshall, etc.
in a charity basketball game. An
autograph session will be held fol
lowing the game.
For tickets and more informa
tion, please call Jim Wislerat(7o6)
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