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Wednesday. June 6, 2012
SPORTS BRIEFS
UFA tryouts
United Futbol Academy
is holding tryouts 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 try¬
outs, but you must regis¬
ter online at www.united
fa.org. Summer camps,
indoor soccer (Futsal), and
fall recreational soccer
registration is also now
open. Visit www.unitedfa.
org for more information
and to register.
South Forsyth football
camp
South Forsyth High
School head football
coach Jeff Arnette will
hold a War Eagle Youth
Football Camp (or ages
5 14 from 10 a.m. to 1
p m. June 25-28. The cost
is $100. Sign up online at
www.forsythco.com.
Central cheer camp
Forsyth Central High
School will hold a Cheer
Dawgs Camp at the
Central gym for ages four
and up from 10 a.m. to
noon, June 11-14. Cost is
$90.
Campers will learn
basic cheerleading skills,
dances, stunts, tumbling
and routines. Campers
will receive spirit items
andaT-shirt. Spirit sticks
will be awarded daily.
A parent performance
will be held on Thursday,
June 14 at 11:30 a.m.
Register at www.forsyth
co.com, Activity No.
359107-A.
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 tor
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.
Lambert soccer camp
The annual Lambert
Soccer Camp will be con¬
ducted this summer by
the Longhorns' 2012 state
champion coaching staff
This camp provides a
great chance to bridge the
gap between spring and
fall club seasons.
The camp will be held
from June 1114 with June
15 scheduled as a weather
makeup day.
The camp will also be
ehld from July 9-12 with
July 13 scheduled as a
weather makeup day.
In each month's camp,
ages 4-12 will participate
from 10 a.m. to noon,
while children 13 and up
(to high school) will partic¬
ipate from 1-3 p.m.
The cost of camp is
$100 and you can pay
either online at www.lam
bertsoccer.com or by
check (made out to
"Lambert Soccer Booster
Club"). Children can be
signed up for both camps.
Sports Editor lared Putnam can be readied at sportMa'forsythnews.com or (770) 887-3126 ext. 513.
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South Forsyth coach Jeff Arnette looks on during spring practice in May at War Eagle Field.
Coach expects seasoning to improve South
By John McWilliams
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Coach Jclf Arnette hopes
experience will make all the
difference for the South
Forsyth football team this
season.
The War Eagles struggled
through a rebuilding year m
2011 after losing several cru
cial starters to graduation.
including linebacker/running
back Kyle Travis, who now
plays for Georgia Tech
South (2-8) lost its final
six games last year and was
outscored hy an average of
more than 27 point*, per
game over the final four
“The experience we bring
back is the biggest difference
from last year's team to this
year’s team." Arnette said.
"We arc a lot stronger and
faster and just (more) physi
cally fit than we were last
year You can tell the guys
Twyman was a true Hall of Famer
Sad news
Jack Twyman died last
Wednesday in Cincinnati He
was 78. T he cause was com¬
plications from blood cancer
Twyman was a Hall of
Famer in every sense of the
word He was also a pretty
fair basketball player
But not at first lie didn't
even make his high school
team until his senior year.
“Every time he got cut. it
gave him more inspiration to
work hard and make it." his
son. Jay, told the C incinnati
Hnquircr last week “When
he finally made it, he par
layed it into a scholarship,
and the rest is history "
The scholarship came from
the University of Cincinnati
As a senior in 1955, Tw y man
averaged 24.6 points and
16.5 rebounds, earning All
America honors His number
27 is one of only three retired
by the Bearcats He still
ranks second on the career
rebounding list, and ninth on
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South Forsyth players run through drills spring practice
at War Eagle Field.
have been in the weight room."
Among those who the War
Eagles will need a big sea¬
son from is rising senior
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Columnist
the career scoring list
He was drafted by the
Rochester Royals, who
became the Cincinnati Royals
two years later, the team now
resides in Sacramento as the
Kings
During his 11 year NBA
career, Twyman averaged
19 2 points, and made six
All-Star teams In the 1959
'60 season, he and Wilt
Chamberlain became the first
players to average 30 points
per game.
“Jack was a great shooter,"
Oscar Robertson told the
Enquirer. “If he had a shot,
he would lake it. which was
fine Jack knew how to play
the game of basketball,"
quarterback Jan/ten Jeffrey,
coming off his first season
as a starter
Jeffrey's speed as a runner
"He loved to shoot,” friend
William Keating added. “I
always kidded him that when
they threw the ball to him.
that was the end of any other
players seeing the ball’''
Twyman's nickname on the
Royals was “right back,
baby'" for his habit of calling
out that phrase after he'd
made a rare pass
Bul don't get the impres
sion that Jack Twyman
wasn't a good teammate He
became the best teammate
anyone ever had
During the final game of
the 1958 season, Twyman's
teammate Maurice Stokes tell
to the floor, hit his head, and
lost consciousness
Stokes was the prototype
for today's power forward.
He stood 6 feet. 7 inches and
weighed 232 pounds, and
could run the floor. He was
the NBA Rookie of the Year
in 1956, and set a rebounding
record the next year He was
an all star in each of his first
led to some big plays on the
ground last season, bul the
War Eagles' passing attack
never really came together.
Arnette believes South’s
offense will be more bal¬
anced this season
“He’s a dual threat, ihcrc’s
no doubt about it,” Arnette
said of Jeffrey.
“He’s worked extremely
hard in the offseason. He's
had a great spring; he’s done
a great job in the weight room
and on the Field practicing."
Arnette doesn’t know yet
who will spend the most
time in the backficld with
Jeffrey.
Though South used multi¬
ple running backs last year.
Hunter Bccghlc) saw the
most snaps in his senior
season.
“In spring practice you
don't know a lot about
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three seasons
“lie was the first great, ath
Ictie power forward." Celtic
great BobCousy told the
New York Times Probably,
next to Mu had Jordan, he
was the greatest ballplayer to
hit the NBA. Ed K.ilal.it.
who played in the ‘50s. said
during an interview on NBA
TV “T his guy. as big as he
was, could do everything
Michael could '
Once revived. Stokes lm
ished the game, and even
played in the playoff opener
against Detroit But on the
plane flight hack to
Cincinnati, he became ill
“He sweated profusely,"
Twyman told Paul Newberry
of the Associated Press. “It
was as if someone grabbed
him b> the head and dunked
him in a swimming pool "
Stokes lapsed into a coma
When he awoke, he was
totally paraly/cd He had
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