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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009
PARK AND RECREATION
12U BASEBALL TOURNAMENT CHAMPS
The Jackson County Lynx 12U baseball team came away as the champs from the
2009 Jefferson Dizzy Dean Pre-District Bash Tournament. The team also recently
won the USSSA AA Sub-state Championship title in May and will be participating
in the USSSA state tournament at the end of June. Team members include, pic
tured top, left to right, Paul Mundy, Bob Maddox, Jacob Banks, Matthew Hensley,
Nick Davis, Steve Davis, Trent Sorrells, Michael Dyer, Jerry Banks, bottom, Michael
Shekey, Robert McKay, James Jorensen, Travis Vickers, Christian Hutch and Jared
Richards. Not Pictured: Andrew Fogarty.
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WINNERS HONORED
Jackson County Parks and Recreation had several 2009 Track winners that were
recognized at the board of commissioners meeting on Monday, June 1. Pictured
are, left to right, Steven Custer, Grayson Custer, Kristen Westbrook, Mikaela
Cohen, Sophia Elegreet, Kelsey Gooch, Destiny Gaudlock, Bailey Staud and Bob
Roller.
County Park and Rec camp registration open
THE JACKSON County Park and Rec
department has several camps and clinics on
tap, as well as registration for fall sports.
•Golf Camp will be held June 15-18 from
9 a.m.-noon for ages 9-12. Cost for begin
ners is $125, $65 for those who already have
a set of clubs.
•Soccer camp will be held July 13-17,
hosted by Euro Tech Soccer and held at
Lamar Murphy Park. Cost is $100, $80 for
Magic Micro ages 4-6.
•Basketball Clinic/League will be held
June 29 at Benton gym or West Jackson
Primary gym for ages 8-12. Cost is $65.
•Football clinic/camp will be held on July
JHS BASEBALL
27-31 for ages 7-12 from 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Cost is $65.
•Cheerleading clinic/camp will be held on
July 27-31 for ages 7-12 from 6 p.m.-8:30
p.m. Cost is $65.
Call 706-367-6350 to register for any of
these camps or clinics.
Fall sports registrations begin run through
Aug 8 for football, cheerleading, soccer, fall
fast pitch and fall baseball. Opening day for
all sports is Sept. 12.
For more information or to register for fall
sports sports, call 706-367-6350, or log on
to activenet.active.com/jacksoncntyparksan-
drec.
JHS baseball camp starts June 15
JEFFERSON HIGH School will play host
to the 2009 Jefferson Dragon Baseball summer
camp, running June 15-18 from 9 a.m.-12:30
p.m. The purpose of the camp is to help each
player improve baseball skills and to build the
Jefferson baseball family. Each camper will
receive individual instruction in hitting, fielding,
base running and throwing from JHS coaches and
players. Games will also be played and trophies
will be given to end of week contest winners. In
addition, each player will receive a camp t-shirt.
The cost is $65 before June 12 and $70 after
June 12. For more information, call coach
Tommy Knight at 706-367-7582.
Panthers continued from IB
of getting to the point where you can win with
us or lose without us.”
Fountain said that while he knows that
doesn't happen overnight, the summer is
another step in that direction.
‘‘When it does happen, you may start seeing
the tide change in regards to baseball in this
county. That's our goal and that's what every
summer is all about.”
Both teams are slated to take part in the
North Oconee Summer Shootout tournament
this weekend.
PARK AND RECREATION
JMS LADY DRAGONS ATTEND CAMP
The Jefferson Middle School lady dragons attended volleyball camp May 26-28. The
basic skills camp included passing, setting, hitting, blocking, digging, and serving.
The ladies attending the three day long camp included Kylee Clay, Madison Corbett,
Zoe Cown, Deja Dalton, Dionna Dalton, Emily Dufty, Daniela Franco, Kala Hubbard,
Catera Jackson, Emily Kerr, Alisha McGaha, Lindsey Nilsen, Marie Philabaum, Emma
Pruitt, Olivia Przybysz, Tia Ransom, Lauren Turner and Paige Watson. Assisting
with the camp was 2008 JHS graduate Emily Wood, 2009 JHS graduate Kelly Daniel,
2009 Monroe Graduate Bittany Wolf, as well as JHS and JMS coaches Paul, Daniel,
Springer and Mixon.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS
Members of the IronDawgs took part in the APC National Powerlifting and Bench
Press Championships in Peoria, Illinois last weekend. Members include, pictured,
left to right, R. Garry Glenn, Yan Howah, Mike Kidd, George Bradley, Tyler Brown,
Jeremiah Kay, Jacob Townsend, and Tim Moon.
IronDawgs continued from IB
the IronDawgs continued on Saturday as
Dahlonega’s Eric Head had a phenomenal
bench press and new world record of over 380
lbs. He later received the Best Lifter Award in
the Equipped Class for the achievement.
Oakwood's Jeremiah Kay, in only his third
meet ever, struck gold in the raw (unequipped)
Men’s Open 75 kg. class. Weighing only about
155 lbs, Kay set a National Record of 137.5
kg. (over 303 lbs.) The international affdiate of
the APC, the WUAP, doesn’t keep raw world
records, but Kay’s press “unofficially” earns
that mark, as well.
Oakwood's R. Garry Glenn won another
national title with his best bench ever. In the
Men’s 55-59 year old equipped class at 82.5 kg
(almost 182 lbs.), Glenn beat the old national
mark with his first lift, equaled the WUAP
record with his second lift; and set a new world
record of 167.5 kg (369.2705 lbs.) on his third
lift. It was Glenn’s fourth APC Championships
and fifth national title overall.
On Sunday, Gainesville’s Yan Howah also
added to his many titles with a world record
lift of 235 kg (over 518 lbs.) in winning the
Master's men's 55-59 110 kg. Class. Earlier,
Gainesvillian George Bradley won his fourth
National Championship when he did almost
226 lbs. to win the Master’s Men's 67.5 kg.
50-54 year old division. Gainesville's Tim
Moon won raw Best Lifter Awards in the
Master's and Open’s Men's classes with his
bench of almost 408 lbs.
Other IronDawgs who did full-power and
won gold medals include Winder’s A1 Hunter
in the Master’s men’s 45-49 year old, 125
kg. class with his total of over 1714 lbs. The
husband-wife duo of L.B. and Svetlana Baker
of Bogart also performed well. L.B. totaled
over 1,058 pounds to win in the Master’s men's
70-74 year old 90 kg. class, while Svetlana
totaled over 650 lbs. in getting the award for
the Master’s Women’s 55-59 year old 48 kg.
class.
“I don't get to work with everybody on an
individual basis, but I work with a lot of them,”
said IronDawg team Captain Mike Kidd of
Gillsville. “We should be taking a very good
team to the World Championships in France
this September. With all of these national and
world records we had this past weekend, we
ought to be very competitive.”
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