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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS Friday, April 23, 2004
Local Sports
5K run honors
local cyclist
The Jay Cullen
Memorial 5K race, to be
held Saturday, April 24, at
the First Baptist Church of
Gumming, will honor the
Ideal cyclist Jay Cullen
who was recently killed by
amotorist.
’ The race begins at 8
a.m. Raceday registration
lasts from 7-7:45 a.m. and
costs sl7. Interested parties
can also register online at
www.active.com. For more
information, contact the
First Baptist Church, (770)
887-2428.
ASA set to host
summer camps
The Atlanta Soccer
Academy, Forsyth County's
new soccer club, is hosting
Summer Camps this season
in Cumming. The first ses
sion 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.). The camp costs S9O
for U6-U8 participants and
is $125 for players aged U 9
& up.
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 Acad
emy.
The Silverbacks camp
has two sessions: 9 a.m. to
noon (cost, $100) and 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. (cost, $185).
Call (770) 557-0430 or
visit www.atlsoccer.com.
Cumming
Waves to host
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. Fees
$l2O for the first child and
sllO for additional chil
dren. A copy of the swim
mer's birth certificate is
required at registration.
Call Jeff McLean. (770)
886-5251.
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.
Call Dennis Holbrook
fqr more information at
(770)887-4036.
Lacrosse camp
coming soon
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• SuperSouth Lacrosse
Camp 111 is currently
accepting registration for
girls, boys and youth
lacrosse camps set for
North Georgia College and
State University.
; For information, please
visit www.bagataway
lacrosse.com or contact
Jason Alberici at
jasona@bagataway
lacrosse.com or (404) 216-
5870.
Softball stars
eye showcase
Perfect Game Softball
will host an Identification
Camp at Georgia Tech on
April 24. This one-day
event is for softball players
ages 13-18 interested in
showcasing their skills in
front of Perfect Game
Scouts.
For more information on
the upcoming event, call
Perfect Game Softball at
(319) 261-2923.
No, grace is not my middle name
By David McGregor
Staff Photographer
The dictionary defines grace as “seemingly
effortless beauty or charm of movement, form,
or proportion.'' Well, folks, this past Saturday 1
was once again reminded that I'm not grace.
Amidst being in complete awe of all the
former Bulldogs on the
sidelines at the annual G-
Day football at Stanford
Stadium in Athens such
as Garrison Hearst. Charles
Grant and Robert Edwards,
not to mention current play
ers Davey (not David)
Pollack and David Greene
(No, 1 did not ask him if he
remembered when I sacked
him in high school!) —1
had work to do.
After successfully sneaking into Stanford
Stadium through a delivery gate, I was stand
ing in between the hedges right next to Mark
Richt and good ol' Davey. (By the way. the
reason 1 call him Davey is because that’s what
they used to call him way back when 1 actually
hung out with Pollack and an array of other
Shiloh High School football players.)
For some reason. I had no problem making
cracks about this pudgy high school sopho
more four years ago. But on Saturday, I fum
bled every third word. Grace.
The best thing about Pollack is that, even
with all his past and future glory, he actually
did remember hanging out with me. After foot
ball, 1 can see him going around kissing babies
and becoming a politician.
After talking to him. I decided to actually
do my job and take photos of the game. The
first half actually proved boring and uneventful
except, of course, for the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
display that Daniel Inman decided to provide
right before halftime.
After the half, business started picking up
as walk-on quarterback Tommy Wilson threw
a bomb down the sidelines right at me ... but.
that was the problem. I had accidentally
walked on the field by about two yards. Out of
the comer of my eye, I saw Fred Gibson and
Mike Gilliam flying in my direction. I jumped
back to the sidelines, trying to get out of the
way. but found myself up close and personal
with the line judge, also running down the
sidelines. In the carnage of that split second. I
saw the ball coming down and started shooting
pictures the camera wasn't even at my eye.
The picture you see on the bottom left of this
page is the result. Grace. Remember, luck has
nothing to do with shooting pictures.
Finally, toward the end of the game, I saw
David Greene sitting on the end of the bench
and made eye contact with him. Greene was a
senior when my little brother was a freshman
at South Gwinnett, so. of course. 1 walked up
and asked: “Hey man. my little brother played
baseball with you at South. Do you remember
Michael McGregor?" As soon as 1 said it, 1
must have turned redder than a tomato at a red
paint factory. Greene looked at me with a very
irritated look on his face and said: “Yeah, I
remember him," turned and looked at Jeremy
Thomas and chuckled. Grace.
Well sports fans of Forsy th, as you can see.
grace isn't my middle name, but who cares, I
still can take some great pictures.
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Little good news in the sports world this week
Not a lot of good news in
the sports world this week.
The Georgia Force fired
coach Marty Lowe after the
team scored only seven points
in an Arena Ixague game.
Scoring one touchdown in
Arena Football is almost like
being shut out in a basketball
game or not earning a single
point in a 2-set tennis match.
Neither will happen unless
you’re really, really bad.
Georgia linebacker Tony
Taylor, who started 12 games
last season for the Bulldogs,
will miss the entire 2004 sea
son after tearing an ACL in
Saturday's spring game. The
defense won’t miss Taylor
quite as much as when Boss
Bailey was lost for the season
a couple of years ago when he
tore up his knee on the
Opening Day kickoff.
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Action at Georgia's spring game was hot and heavy, with two large fights breaking out (above). David
Greene looked sharp, completing two touchdown passes (below, left) one to Bryan McClendon
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However, replacing good line
backers is hard to do at any
level.
Expectations are high for
the Dogs this fall, so let’s
hope there aren’t any more
costly injuries to deal with.
It was terrible what hap
pened to former UGA star
Brice Hunter. Hunter was shot
to death by a neighbor after
the two apparently fought over
loud music early Sunday
morning in their apartment
building in Chicago.
Os all the causes many of
us would die for, volume
shouldn’t even be on the list.
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McGregor
shows tum
bling skills
as Fred
Gibson
snags a
touchdown.
Right, Greg
Blue
restrains
cornerback
Mike Gilliam
during one
of the fights
at “G-Day.”
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McGregor
Injuries have hit the Braves
early and often this spring.
Losing Chipper Jones to
hamstring woes for several
days could be costly. Dewayne
Wise and Eli Marrero should
serve as adequate replace
ments, but neither can fill the
void for very long.
Hamstrings tend to take
quite a while to heal and
sometimes they nag an athlete
for months. The Braves can’t
win without their best player
for any extended period of
time...
Now for some good news.
Ryan Hybl, the lone senior on
the Georgia men’s golf team,
has been named to the
Southeastern Conference’s
Good Works Team.
The Good Works Team
recognizes student-athletes
who give back to their com-
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munity through service proj
ects.
This is the first year the
SEC has compiled a Good
Works Team for men’s golf.
Hybl, a native of Colbert,
Ga., frequently reads to stu
dents in elementary school
classes in Clarke, Madison
and Oconee counties. He is a
drug awareness speaker and a
golf camp instructor.
Hybl was a 2003 Cleveland
Golf Scholar All-American,
just the sixth Bulldog ever
selected. Hybl was an All-
SEC and All-America selec
tion in both 2001 and 2002,
and he has won UGA’s Dick
Copas Award for Leadership
and the Joel Eaves Award for
the senior with the highest
grade point average. He also is
a student representative on the
University of Georgia Athletic
Board.
‘We are very proud of
Ryan for being named to the
SEC Good Works Team’’
Georgia coach Chris Haack
said. “Ryan is a well-rounded
individual who has made the
most out of his college career.
Not only is he a role model as
a golfer, but he's also a role
model for what he does in the
classroom and in the commu
nity.’’
And for those of you who
keep up with such things,
Hybl’s Dad. a successful high
school coach for many years,
recently resigned at Madison
County and will take over the
same position in Pierce
County High in Blackshear.
Danny Daniels, sports edi
tor at the Barrow Cotinty
News, contributes his regional
wrapup once a week.