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Wednesday, July 1, 2015
Lambert’s Lightfritz not
cooling off in summer play
By Michael Foster
mfoster@forsythnews.com
Two months ago Lauren
Lightfritz, a rising senior at
Lambert High School and com
mit to Mercer University, led
the Longhorns to their third
consecutive state champion
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South’s Alex Barbir is out to be a different kind of kicker
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By Michael Foster
mfoster@forsythnews.com
Alex Barbir walks from the South Forsyth High School athletic
parking lots to the center of the football field with a bag in hand,
headphones on his head and neon green shoes that prompt onlook
ers to lower their sunglasses over their eyes.
He wears a skin-tight performance tank with the digits “369”
across the chest. His 5-foot-10, 195 pound frame is almost all
muscle. ;
Running back? Safety? Cornerback? Outside linebacker?
Barbir then begins sprints from one sideline to the other. He
goes through a gauntlet of stretches. He then unzips his bag, and
out comes a hand full of footballs—and a kicking tee.
And Barbir begins to kick. ?
Just like in life itself, there are stereotypes in football, and
Barbir made the point at the beginning of his high school playing
career that he would tear those stereotypes down. Kickers some
times are seen as kickers: they spend half of practice playing
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OPINION
Rohr’s improbable debut was picture of ‘67 Red Sox
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DENTON ASHWAY
Columnist
Happy 70th birthday,
Billy Rohr!
While celebrating many
happy returns on July 1,
Rohr will no doubt recall
his greatest day in a base
ball uniform.
The date was April 14,
1967, and Rohr produced
one of the' most amazing
debut performances in
major league baseball his
tory.
That Friday was
Opening Day at Yankee
Stadium, with the rival
Red Sox on hand for the
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Still, Lightfritz fell a slot
short of medalist honors at
state, so as far as she was con
cerned there was still plenty of
work to do. Evidently she has
kept the momentum going.
Lightfritz shot 4-under par
Wednesday, June 24, ag the
occasion.
Pitching for the
Yankees was their long
time ace, Whitey Ford.
Beginning his 16th sea
son, Ford was making his
432nd career start. He
had 234 wins, plus anoth
er 10 in the World Series.
He owned six World
Championship rings, and
the record for consecutive
shutout innings pitched in
Georgia State Golf Association
Georgia Girl’s Championship
at Coosa Country Club in
Rome. She earned top medalist
honors, beating out Milton’s
Payton Schanen by two strokes.
She shot 69 and 70 in the
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the Series, a record previ
ously held by Babe Ruth
of the Red Sox. Ford
would retire in a few
months, and be inducted
into the Hall of Fame in
1974.
Rohr, only 21, was the
scheduled starter for the
Red Sox. So nervous the
night before that he
couldn’t sleep, he wound
up going over the Yankees
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Lambert rising senior Lauren Lightfritz won the GSGA
Girl's Championship last week.
BASEBALL
Centrals
Gist si
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Former Bulldog
moves on from JUCO
By Michael Foster o
mfoster@forsythnews.com
Former Forsyth Central pitcher
Andrew Gist will transfer from Walters
State Community College in
Morristown, Tenn., to the University of
Georgia, starting this fall.
“I'd be crazy not to take this opportu
nity,” Gist said. “They gave me a really
reasonable offer and it’s close to home.
It's where 1 want to be. It definitely
feels like the right fit”
Gist spent two seasons at Walters
State, taking the junior college rout
over local Division II schools for the
program’s winning reputation. In 2015,
Walters State went to the National
Junior College Athletic Association’s
JUCO World Series, finishing in third
place.
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Former Forsyth Central standout
Andrew Gist helped pitch Walters
State to a third place finish at the
NJCAA World Series this past sea
son.
lineup with the Red Sox
ace, Jim Lonborg.
Rohr was signed by the
Pirates after graduating
from Bellflower High
School in San Diego in
1963. The Red Sox draft
ed him that November.
By 1965, Rohr had
advanced to the Red Sox
Triple-A team in Toronto,
where his manager was
Dick Williams. They both
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After their second
straight ninth place finish,
the Red Sox named
Williams their manager
for the 1967 season. And
when the Red Sox left
spring training, Rohr was
named their No. 3 starting
pitcher.
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