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ForsythSports
Friday, June 1,2012
SPORTS
BRIEFS
UFA tryouts
United Futbol
Academy is holding try¬
outs for its Academy
(U9-U12) and U13
Select programs May
29-31 and tryouts for
Select (U14-U19) from
June 5-7. There is no
cost or commitment to
attend tryouts, but you
must register online at
www.unitedfa.org.
Summer camps, indoor
soccer (Futsal), and fall
recreational soccer reg¬
istration is also now
open. Visit www.unit
edfa.org for more infor¬
mation and to register.
NFHS soccer camp
The North Forsyth
High School Raiders
soccer program is offer¬
ing a summer camp for
students in grades 4-8
grades.
The camp will be
held from 7-10 a m. July
16-20. Cost $125.
Players receive aT-shirt
and soccer ball. Learn
soccer fundamentals
and aspects of team
play while having fun.
Deadline is June 29.
Questions? E-mail Jeff
Jager at jjager#for
syth.k12.ga.us. For
more info and to regis¬
ter online, please visit
www.nofosoccer.com.
Bulldog youth
sports camp
The Bulldog Annual
Youth Summer Sports
Camp is set for June
4-8 and is for all boys
and girls ages 7-14.
This is an all-day
event (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
Forsyth Central High
School coaches and
players will provide
each camper with the
necessary skills needed
to participate in the var¬
ious activities All
Forsyth Central pro¬
grams are to be repre¬
sented. Cost is $35 per
day or $150 per week
per child.
Drinks/snacks for
breaks, awards, recog¬
nition certificates, and a
campT-shirt will be pro¬
vided as part of the reg¬
istration fee. Each
camper should bring
their own lunch each
day or have a parent or
parents come visit and
eat with them. Pre¬
registration is suggest¬
ed, although not man¬
datory, and can be
mailed to FCHS
Athletics. Full payment
is due on the first day
of attendance for the
amount of camp to be
experienced.
Forsyth Central
baseball camp
Forsyth Central base¬
ball coach Kevin
McCollum will hold a
Bulldog Baseball Camp
for ages 7-14 from 9
a.m. to noon, June
18-21. Cost is $82.
Forsyth Central
football camp
Forsyth Central head
football coach Chris
Bennett will hold a
Bulldog Football Camp
for ages 7-14 from 9
a.m. to noon, June
11-25. Cost is $102.
Forsyth Central girls
hoops camp
Forsyth Central head
girls basketball coach
Andy Martin will hold a
Bulldog Basketball Girls
Camp for ages 7-14
from 9 a.m. to noon,
June 11-25. Cost is $82.
Sports Editor l.uvd Putnam can ho reached at sportMiHorsythnews.com or (770) 887-3126 ext. 513.
SPRING FOOTBALL
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Photos by Autumn Vett*f Forsyth County News
Jake Wiec/orek, left, races downfield as Nick Walker, center, chases after him during West Forsyth's spring scrimmage
game in May atThe Den.
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Mohamed Camara is tackled by Josh Gordon during West
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OUTDOORS
with weather
Water Conditions
Lake temperatures are
right around 80 degrees.
The lake level is holding
pretty steady at 1,064.92
feet and is 608 feet
below full pool of 1.071
feet
The main lake is clear
with a slightly stained
color, mostly from week¬
end boat traffic in creeks
The Chattahoochee River
is clear. Check generation
schedules before heading
out to the river at (770»
945-1466
Bass: Bass fishing has
been OK for numbers
and si/.c, but we have had
to work pretty hard and
cover some water
1 may hit 20-40 areas
in my Nitro Bass Boat in
an eight-hour day and ‘XI
percent of them will he
mediocre.
Then we will land on
an area where we can get
a five fish limit in 10
casts Remember you can
go from zero to hero real
ly quick this time of year,
so lx' w illing to try new
areas and vary your lure
selections accordingly
Some of our best areas
have been holding good
fish for a couple of
weeks, while others will
hold good fish one day
and then seem devoid of
life the next
One of the biggest rea¬
sons that fish move
around so much on Lake
Lanier is the non-native
blueback herring.
These long forage fish
can move more than a
mile in a day, while other
forage fish like threadfin
shad, gizzard shad, spot
tail minnows and brim
hold closer to an area
There is also a decent
population of crayfish,
and bass love these
By Jared Putnam
tputnamOforsythnew* com
West Forsyth’s fifth-year
football program made a his¬
toric leap forward in 2011,
earning its first two playoff
victories and finishing the sea¬
son ranked seventh in
(korgia’s largest classification.
The Wolverines bring back
the bulk of an offensive unit that
averaged 29 points per game,
but coach Frank Heplcr knows
success doesn't always carry
over from one year to another
West (11-2) has several holes
to fill on defense as it moves to
a larger and arguably more
challenging region in the fall,
and Heplcr spent part of the
team's two-week spring prac¬
tice session in May reminding
his players how much work it
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walcr lobsters
It you can determine
what the bass in a certain
area are eating, it will
help you to make better
lure selections
The favorite action this
time of year for most
anglers is ihe topwater
bite.
This action has been
off and on during active
feeding periods of the
day with a little belter
action early at sunrise
and before sunset
Most of these topwater
took to reach the Class 5A
quarterfinals last year
“We were close (to the top),
but we know how hard it was
to get there," Heplcr said.
"There arc no guarantees in
life. Just because we were there
last year (doesn't mean] that
we're going to be there this
year.
“It’s going to take a lot of
hard work to try to even get
back to the playoffs.”
West, along with county
rivals Lambert, South Forsyth
and North Forsyth, will com¬
pete in the newly created
Region 6-AAAAAA this fall,
establishing multiple new local
rivalries in the process. Though
much of the Wolverines' current
roster has competed against
See WEST 12B
bass are eating blue
backs. so larger topwater
plugs like a SPROBBZ1
6-8 inch floater, a Super
Spook or a Redfin will
work best Some days
the fish will want a slow
and steady retrieve, while
other days you may do
better burning these same
lures fast
Keep an opened mind
and move to a new area
if you don’t get a bile in
the first 15 minutes.
While most anglers
love the topwater action,
we have actually been
doing better lor numbers
of bass by dragging soft
plastic lures on a drop
shot, |ig head or Texas
I have caught my bet
tor fish this past week
with a Big Bites Cane
Stick or a five-inch
Scnko rigged on a U
ounce )ig head. Drag
these bottom bumping
lures around humps and
long points that top out
around 10 15 feet below
the surface.
Many locals, including
some of the bass guides,
rely on spot tail minnow
fishing when the weather
gets hot
These native forage
fish can he caught by
throwing bread crumbs
or grits out around sandy
beach areas or day banks
then throw ing a cast net
once the baitfish appear.
Hook these minnows
through the lips on a
(iamakatsu (’ircle hook
and you will be able to
release these fish to fight
another day.
Stripers Striper fish¬
ing remains good and
these line side* are still
relating to the creek
See ALDRICH 12B