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South: Will face other 4 Forsyth public schools
who's going to be where
and that t>pc of stuff."
Arnctte said
Hut the War Eagles do
know where they'll be as a
group and the teams
they w ill be facing.
Ehe Wai Eagles move to
the newly created Class
6A this season, where they
OPINION: COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Status not an
By Chip Scoggins
McClatchy Newspapers
College football will insti¬
tute a playoff starting in
2014 That seems hurdle
tilsputable at this point,
thankfully, since the sport's
method for determining a
champion remains an out¬
dated and convoluted pro¬
cess ih.it triggers annual
hand wringing
How a playoff ultimately
will look is stirring up lively
discussion, strong view¬
points and some snide com¬
ments that could intensify as
conference commissioners
seek compromise on a post¬
season model at several
high-level meetings this
month
As it stands, lop confer¬
ence officials differ on ihe
format, the number of teams
involved and the selection
process Their differences
aired in tones that some
liken to a political debate.
Ihe Big Ten weighed in
Monday following a meet
mg of league presidents and
chancellors and announced
its preferred options. Ihe
conference's leaders scrib¬
bled "status quo" at the top
of their list, which is wasted
energy because preserving
the current bowl system is
no longer an option and the'
Big Ten knows it
Commissioner Jim Dclany
said the presidents' second
SPORTS BRIEFS
Lambert cheer
camp
Lambert’s varsity
cheerleaders will hold
their third annual Lit'
Longhorn Cheerleading
Camp this summer.
There are two camp
options, June 11-14 and
June 25-28, both from
JO a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Lambert High School.
The Camp is open to
girls ages 4 12. Lit'
Longhorns will receive
instruction on jumps,
motions, cheers and
dances, and will per¬
form for friends and
family at the end of
camp.
They will also be
invited to cheer pre¬
game with the*
Longhorn varsity cheer
leaders at the first
home Friday night
game of the season.
The registration fee is
$125 and will include a
campT-shirt. certificate
of participation and
spirit gifts. Register
online at www forsyth
co.com or at the Old
Atlanta Park Recreation
Center on Nichols Rd.
Forsyth Central
soccer camp
Forsyth Central girls
soccer coach Michelle
Vonhaz will hold a
Bulldog Soccer Camp
for ages 7 14 from 9
a m. to noon, June
11 15. Cost is $82.
South Forsyth cheer
camp
South Forsyth High
School's varsity compe¬
tition Cheerleading
team and coaches will
hold their annual cheer
leading mini camp for
girls 4 12 years of age,
July 16-20, from 9 a.m.
to noon each day at
South Forsyth High
School.
Participants will learn
FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS |
will co in pete with
l ambert. North Forsyth
and West Forsyth for a
playoff spot in Region 6.
It’s the first time that
four Forsyth County
schools have been paired
together in the same region
"Moving up is going to
be a challenge lor us,”
choice is a plus one model
a matchup of the two
highest ranked teams after
how l games Their third
choice is a four-team play¬
off, which is the most likely
scenario and a model the
Big Ten appears willing to
hack under certain condi¬
tions
i My preference remains
an eight-team playoff, but
that's loo much change lor
a discussion that's moved
at glacial speed. My hope
is thal a four team playoff
eventually will expand to
eight in the future, hut this
is a giHnl starting point.)
The main sticking point
is the method used to
select the four teams The
SEC is steadfast in its
belief that the four highest
ranked teams should
advance to the playoff, to
the degree that Florida
president Beraic Machen
insisted the league would
not compromise That was
a direct shot at conferences
the Big Ten inc luded
that prefer automatic qualt
fiers for top ranked league
champions, even though
Dclany never actually drew
a line in the sand on this
issue
We lend to side w ith the
best-four model In the
most logical sense, if
you're going to have a
four-team playoff,
shouldn't it include the
original War Eagle
cheers as well as
instruction on motions,
jumps, basic cheer,
stunts and tumbling
from the six-time GHSA
state cheer title champi¬
ons.
The registration fee
is $125 and includes
daily spirit gifts, snacks
and drinks, a SFHS
cheerleader school cal¬
endar, certificate of par
ticipation and a camp
Tshirt. All family and
friends are invited to a
camper performance to
be held the last day of
camp at 11 a.m..
Register online at
Forsyth County Parks &
Recreation: www for
sythco.com/parks or
visit the Sharon
Springs Park Office,
located at 1950 Sharon
Springs Road in
Cumming, Monday
through Friday from
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more informa
tion call (770) 781 2221.
Forsyth Central
softball camp
Forsyth Central soft
ball coach Carissa Bull
will hold a Bulldog
Softball Camp for ages
7 14 from 9 a.m to
noon, June 11-14. Cos!
is $82
NFHS soccer camp
The North Forsyth
High School Raiders
soccer program is offer
mg 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 ( «Tor
syth.k12.ga.us. For
Arnette said "You have to
embrace it. though. We
will probably be in 6A for
a lot of years to come. Our
(school's alien d a n c e |
number is going up."
The War Eagles will
also play Forsyth C entral
in a non-region game,
making them the first
best four teams? Alabama
didn’t win the SEC last
season but held the nation¬
al championship trophy on
the final night, a scenario
that couldn't happen in a
.playoff model with only
automatic qualifiers.
But this discussion
requires some form of com¬
promise One idea floated is
a so-called "three and onc”
model m which the three
highest rated conference
champions and one wild
card advance to the playoff
I his model would allow a
conference to send two
teams — one champion,
one at-large — to the play¬
off, which ultimately might
be palatable to the SEC.
which has won six consecu¬
tive BCS championships
lXlany agreed that any
playoff should include the
four best teams, but here's,
the rub How do you pick
that group? Dclany finally
joined the chorus of anti
BCS folks in acknowledg¬
ing the current system is
inherently flawed The Big
Ten prefers a selection
committee, hut that option
lends itself to biases and
self-interests
This is where things get
messy The BCS formula,
which combines computer
rankings and human polls,
lacks transparency and is
overly confusing As others
have noted. Oregon finished
more info and to regis
ter online, please visit
www.nofosoccer.com.
Pinecrest Academy
baseball camp
The Pinecrest
Academy varsity base
ball coaching staff will
hold a camp for boys
ages 9-12 from 9 a.m.
to noon, June 11-14 at
the school field. The
focus will be baseball
fundamentals with live
competition and plenty
of fun. Fee is $120
Campers should bring
a snack, drink, glove
and baseball cleats,
and, if possible, a bat
and baseball pants.
Campers are encour
aged to wear caps for
protection from the
sun.
For more informa
tion, contact instructor
Daniel Stockdale at
dstockdale " pinecrest
academy.org.
Pinecrest
gymnastics camp
Pinecrest Academy
will hold a gymnastics
camp for ages 6 10
from 14 p.m. on June
13 at the US Dining
Hall Cost is $39
Campers should
bring a water tx>ttle and
wear light, comfortable
clothes, socks and
sneakers.
Beginners will learn
the basics (flexibility,
stretching, and condi¬
tioning.) For more infor
mation, contact
Christine Neely at chris
tine tospreschoolgym.
com.
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Forsyth County football
team to ever lace all lour
of Ihe other public schools
in a season.
"It's going to make for
some great rivalries,”
Arnctte said
"It's exciting for the
fans and it's exciting for
the kids"
one spot below Stanford in
the final BCS rankings last
season despite w inning the
Pac-12 title and drilling
Stanford by 23 points.
Oregon finished the regular
season with one more loss
than Stanford, but that
came against LSU.
It’s hard to support any
system thal produces that
type of result. However, the
thought of a committee of
10 or so individuals locked
in a board room to decide a
four-team field doesn’t
sound all that appealing
either
I bis is not the same as
the college basketball selec¬
tion committee picking the
68-team tournament field.
Whatever team gets left out
of thal postseason probably
deserved it and wouldn’t
win the title anyway.
Imagine the pressure and
scrutiny a football commit¬
tee would endure in choos¬
ing between the fourth- and
fifth-best team Plus, how
would you find anyone
associated w ith college
football who doesn't own
sonic sort of bias?
There is no perfect for¬
mula though, and everyone
must show some compro¬
mise. But at least they're
having this discussion. A
playoff in college football
is inevitable. That's cer¬
tainly better than status
quo
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WEDNESDAY. JUNE 6,2012
FROM IB
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post traumatic encephalopathy, which
attacked the part of his brain that con¬
trolled his motor skills. He would
never play basketball again.
“How would you like to be one of
the premier athletes in the world on
Saturday,*' Twyman once asked the
Enquirer, "then, on Sunday, you go
into a coma and wake up totally para¬
lyzed, except for the use of your eyes
and brain. 1 mean, can you imagine
anything worse?"
Sadly, yes. Neither Stokes nor his
family could afford the enormous
medical bills he was facing. So Jack
Twyman took charge. “It’s what
friends are for" he would always say.
He had himself named as Stokes'
legal guardian.
He arranged for Stokes to receive
workman's compensation. He created
the Maurice Stokes Foundation, which
still helps former NBA players in
need. He created an annual charity
basketball game as a fundraiser, with
all the current NBA greats participat
mg.
Often, throughout the ‘60s, you’d
see the odd spectacle at NBA gather¬
ings: the tall, thin white man pushing
the smiling tyack man along in his
wheelchair. That image remains vivid
to this day.
"To do what he did in the late *50s
when, frankly, racial relationships
were what they were, it wasn’t a nor¬
mal thing to do,” John Ooleva, presi¬
dent and CEO of the Naismith
Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame,
told Newberry. “A white man to basi¬
cally adopt and become legal guardian
for Maurice. It’s an extraordinary
story, but it speaks to his heart. Jack
left his heart on the basketball court
every time he played, but he had a
much bigger heart when it came to his
teammates."
Twyman took care of Stokes for 14
years, until his heart gave out at age
36. He didn't live to see Twyman
inducted into the Hall of Fame in
1983. Nor did he hear Twyman tire¬
lessly campaign for Stokes to join him
there.
When, in 2004, Twyman’s pleas
were answered, he accepted the Hall
of Fame plaque for his friend.
Had he still been around, Stokes
could have repeated the same words he
first typed many years earlier, when he
regained limited use of his fingers:
"Dear Jack, How can I ever thank
you?'