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- FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Wednesday, April 14,2004
Local Sports
ASA set to host
two summer
soccer camps
The Atlanta Soccer
Academy, Forsyth County’s
new soccer club, is hosting
Summer Camps this season
in Cumming, locations to be
announced. The first session
runs June 21-25. There will
be sessions for players in age
divisions U 6 to U 8 (from 9
a.m. to 11 a.m.), U 9 to Ull
(9 a.m. to noon) and Ul2 &
up (4-7 pm.). All camp par
ticipants receive an ASA t
shirt. The camp costs S9O for
U6-U8 participants and is
$125 for players aged U 9 &
up. There is also a pre and
post camp shuttle service
available for U6-U8 players
for a fee of $5. The ASA’s
second camp runs July 19-
23. This camp is involved
with the Atlanta Silverbacks
professional club and will
take place at Forsyth’s
Pinecrest Academy. The
Silverbacks camp has two
sessions: 9 a.m. to noon
(cost, $100) and 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. (cost. $185).
For more information,
call (770) 557-0430 or visit
www.atlsoccer.com.
Boys and girls
lacrosse camp
coming soon
SuperSouth Lacrosse
Camp 111 is currently
accepting registration for
girls, boys and youth
lacrosse camps set for
North Georgia College and
State University.
These overnight
instructional and develop
mental camps feature the
best college and high
school coaches from around
the county. For additional
information about the camp
and registration, please
visit www.bagataway
lacrosse.com or contact
Jason Alberici at
jasona@bagataway
lacrosse.com or (404) 216-
5870.
Cumming
Waves hosting
registration
The 2003 NGSL
Champion Cumming Waves
swim team will host open
enrollment for the 2004
season on Saturday. April
24, from 9 a.m. to noon.
Enrollment and swimsuit
fittings will be at the
Cumming Parks and
Recreation office on
Pilgrim Mill Road. Arrive
early, as the team is limited
to 150 swimmers.
Fees $ 120 for the first
child and sllO for additional
children. Team suits will be
available for approximately
$55 for girls and S4O for
boys. Practice sessions start
May 17, with the first meet
on June 4. A copy of the
swimmer’s birth certificate is
required at registration. Call
Jeff McLean for more infor
mation at (770) 886-5251.
Hot Stove
League honored
by Rome Braves
The Forsyth County Hot
Stove Night at the Rome
Braves will be Saturday,
April 24. Tickets are $lB
each and include a pregame
meal of hot dogs, hamburg
ers, chicken and BBQ. For
more information, call
Johnny Tailant for tickets
(before April 19) at (770)
887-5537.
Adult baseball
league forming
A new adult baseball
league associated with Stan
Musial Baseball is seeking
teams in Forsyth and sur
rounding counties to begin
play in late spring and sum
mer of 2004. For more infor
mation on the new league,
call Dennis Holbrook at
(770) 887-4036.
*
Sunday shows the new Mickelson in full control
Never has one-for-48 felt
so good.
When his final putt circled
the cup and dropped out of
sight at 6:05 pm Sunday in
Augusta, Phil Mickelson final
ly had his first Major champi
onship.
“It’s something that I've
been trying to do for some
time,” noted Mickelson
Saturday night, “and it’s been
a tough hurdle for me. For a
number of reasons, it has been
much more difficult for me to
win major championships than
regular Tour events.
“I do know this. If I’m for
tunate enough to win that
green jacket, you’ll be seeing
my dumb mug here every year
for the rest of my life!”
At the time of that pro
nouncement. Mickelson held
the third round lead at the
Masters with Chris DiMarco.
It marked the first time in his
48 majors that Mickelson led
heading into the final round.
And he seemed to be loving
every minute of it.
“I’m more at ease than I
have been in the past,”
observed Mickelson after his
bogey-free third round. “I feel
very confident that I'm able to
drive the ball in play and that
FIGHTING from IB
throws and take downs come
heavily into play.
While in NHB tourna
ments, fighters can also win
by knockout.
“You have to fight open
minded," said Henderson.
“You fight standing up but
there’s also the ground
game.”
That being said, Henson
had little athletic experience
in his background before
joining, yet, through hard
work, has transformed him
self into one of the most tech
nically sound competitors in
the U.S.
Henson would also like to
move into the No Holds
Barred category of fighting.
And. after winning sliver and
bronze in two previous tour
naments, Henson knows he
wants to make Jiu Jitsu a life
long study.
Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is still a
young and growing sport in
the United States. Only prac
ticed for 10 years here, the
sport is a form of Japanese
LANIER from IB
Stewart to collect his first fea
ture victory at Lanier National
Speedway.
Chris Dilbeck and Eric
Simpson were Commerce
Dodge Legends feature win
ners.
TRIO from IB
the Year.
Last year Coble defeated
2002 Georgia Women’s
Amateur Champion Patti
Huxford of Cumming, 4 and
3, to win her third-straight
DRAGWAY from IB
in all four 8-12 Junior
Dragster finals this year. 2003
Rookie of the Year Dylan Kent
didn't let that bother him. as
Kent took the 8-12 win.
Lauren Turner made it to the
final for the second time in a
row, but Bradley Myers won
13-17 Junior Dragster event.
Sanctioned by the National
Hot Rod Association. Atlanta
REBIRTH from IB
reoccur five or six times
before the angry “spot" finally
tires of the game and inhales
the diminutive lure.
Regardless of one’s age,
gender or experience, these
lures make it easy for anyone
to catch plenty of spotted bass
during the spawn at Lake
Lanier. In fact, women and
children with little or no fish
ing background are often far
more successful than seasoned
bass anglers.
These neophytes generally
listen to the instructions better,
are not set in their ways and
don’t react violently to every
strike. Also, they often use
spincast reels that possess a
much slower retrieve, which
keeps the lures in the strike
zone longer.
Denton v J
Ashway
I’m able to hit my irons the
proper distance.”
Still, DiMarco wasn’t con
vinced. “He’s going to have a
lot of pressure on him tomor
row, because he’s got to try
and get the monkey off. I don’t
think he has anything to prove;
I know he has not won a major
yet, but in my mind, he doesn’t
need to. He’s had a pretty good
career.”
True enough. In 1990, he
won both the US Amateur and
NCAA; only Jack Nicklaus
and Tiger Woods have accom
plished that feat. He also won
the Phoenix Open as an ama
teur; the only other amateur to
win a Tour event over the past
20 years is Scott Verplank.
And he’s won 22 times on
Tour, which isn't too shabby,
either.
But he’s never won a Big
One, and that's a huge omis
sion on the resume of the
golfer Mickelson aspires to be.
Goodness, look at some of the
Jiu Jitsu that Brazilian mas
ters such as the world
renowned Gracie, took from
Japan and began to fine-tune
as early as the 19205.
Now, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu is
broken into two Federations:
Alliance and Gracie. The 400
Fight School utilizes Alliance
training, which Henderson
learned in Atlanta.
Wherever it came from, it
seems to have found a happy
home here in Forsyth, as both
West and Henson can attest.
“I'm going to do this as
long as I can," said Henson.
“It keeps me conditioned and
the people are fun.”
West has also enjoyed the
experiences he has gained.
"It’s been great; John’s a
great instructor.” said West.
“Everybody should come and
try it out."
And now, when you see
that easily recognizable sign,
you’ll know what’s in store.
Who knows, maybe you
could even be the next Chuck
West or David Henson.
The NASCAR Dodge
Weekly Series returns to
Lanier National Speedway on
Saturday. April 17.
For more information on
Lanier National Speedway,
call (770) 967-8600.
and fourth overall Georgia
Women's Match Play Champ
ionship.
Huxford will face Darlene
Werhnyak of Lawrenceville in
her opening match.
Dragway is located just off I
-85 at Exit 149 in the Banks
Crossing area of Commerce.
Information on all 2004
events, including the 24th
annual Summit Racing
Equipment NHRA Southern
Nationals presented by Pontiac
on May 13-16, may be
obtained by calling the track
0ffice(706)335-2301.
Lake Lanier would have to
be considered one of the
hottest prospects in the South
for spotted bass during the
spawning period. So, use these
keys and a few Swirleybirds to
open the door to some of the
most exciting spring bassin’
anywhere.
Swirleybirds and excellent
fishing guide service is avail
able by visiting www.geor
giafishing.com.
Bill Vanderford has won
numerous awards for his writ
ing and photography and has
been inducted into the
National Freshwater Fishing
Hall of Fame as a Legendary
Guide. He can be reached at
(770) 289-1543, JFishsl@
aol.com or at www.fish
inglanier.com.
players that own wins in the
majors: Rich Beem, Paul
Lawrie, Reties Goosen, and all
four majors winners from
2003. None of them can carry
Mickelson’s bag.
Yet, somehow, Mickelson
always came up short.
Sometimes another player
would get hot. Or, more likely,
Mickelson would self-destruct.
He had a knack for making the
crucial mistake at the worst
possible moment. A sign of
weakness? Maybe. But don’t
you have to be a pretty good
player to finish third in the
Masters three years running?
That’s the streak Mickelson
was on heading into this tour
nament.
This was a new Mickelson,
however. Not the grip-it-and
rip-it. hell-for-leather player
we’ve come to adore, but one
who chokes back the throttle
and keeps the ball in play.
Mickelson used to thrive on
double bogeys; he’s made only
four this year. His Tour rank
ing in greens hit in regulation
is 19th, up from 107th a year
ago. He’s hitting 63 percent of
fairways with his drives (up
from 49 percent), while drop
ping from third to sixteenth in
driving distance.
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“The game feels easier,”
says Mickelson, “I’m really
enjoying playing golf. I get to
the course three or four hours
before my tee time now
because I can’t wait to hit
balls.”
Sure enough, there was
Mickelson on Sunday, four
hours before teeing off, warm
ing up and banging balls. And
there he was throughout the
day, wearing a smile you could
see a mile, and having the time
of his life.
Even though it didn’t start
that way. His opening drive
bounced off a pine tree, but he
salvaged par. He birdied the
par-5 second hole, like every
one, but bogeyed the third by
missing a three-footer for par.
Same old Phil, perhaps.
He saved par on number
four with a lovely sand shot to
within three feet, but left a
sand shot in the bunker on the
fifth hole. He saved bogey by
holing a seven-foot putt. Same
old Phil, indeed.
He lost the lead when Emie
Els, playing two groups ahead,
eagled number eight. By the
time Mickelson reached the
12th green, he was three shots
behind. Then and there, the old
Phil died.
“I just kept believing,” said
Mickelson. “I thought, if I
make the putt at 12 for birdie,
and birdie 13, then I’m right
there. It was an amazing feel
ing. I just kept saying, ‘This is
my day. This is my time.’ ”
He made the birdie putt at
12, birdied 13, and then almost
eagled 14, tapping in for
birdie. Pars on 15 and 17,
sandwiched around another
birdie on 16, brought
Mickelson to the final tee all
even with Els.
Now the New Phil was in
command. Three wood down
the middle, six iron dead to 14
feet. And then, that final, glori
ous putt.
Soon, he was sharing the
moment with his wife, Amy,
and their three children. “Can
you believe it? Daddy won!
Can you believe it?” he kept
exclaiming.
A priceless moment we
were fortunate he shared with
all of us. A moment a long
time coming; too long, per
haps. But, boy, the wait sure
made the moment sublime.
When not practicing his
avocation, Denton Ashway
practices his vocation with the
law firm of Ashway and Haldi
in Cumming.
A Brazilian
Jiu Jitsu
class at the
400 Fight
School
poses for a
photo
before
class.
Trainer
John
Henderson
is kneeling,
second
from left.
Photo/David
McGregor