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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 2010
JACKSON COUNTY 10-AND-UNDER TEAM WINS DISTRICT
The Jackson County 10U softball all-stars recently won the District 6 title in Dawson
County. Pictured are (front row, Lto R) Joni Lott, Casey Hubbard, Alanna Dorsey, Lacey
Beauchamp, Brooke Simmons, Kate Woodall, (middle) Alexis Lester, Kristen Bowen,
Brooke Kibbe, Mary Hollis, Serina Bergeron, Taylor-Ann Pruett, (back) assistant coach
Lane Woodall, head coach Tommy Hollis and assistant coach Bobby Hubbard.
Sports Shorts
Jackson Co. TD
club golf tourney
is July 19
THE JACKSON COUNTY
Panther Touchdown Club will hold
its 10th annual golf tournament
Monday, July 19, at Chateau Elan
Woodlands Course.
Registration begins at 8 a.m.,
with a shotgun start at 10 a.m.
Lunch will be provided. Individual
and team slots are still available at
$100 per player. Corporate pack
ages and hole sponsorships are
also still available.
Call Lianne Daniel at 770-536-
3344 (Monday through Friday
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) or send an
email to lianne.daniel@gmail.com
to register or obtain sponsorships.
“The JCCHS Touchdown Club’s
purpose is to support and promote
the Jackson County Panther High
School football program,” organiz
ers said.
JCCHS hosting
football camp
July 21-23
A FOOTBALL CLINIC will be
held July 21-23 at Jackson County
Comprehensive High School from
6-9 p.m. Cost is $50 for players in
grades 1-8.
Pre-registration ended July 1.
The camp will accept “walk-ups,”
but t-shirt sizes were needed by
July 1.
Contact coach Billy Kirk at 706-
410-5835 or email bkirk@jackson.
k12.ga.us to register.
JHS track
closed in July
THE JEFFERSON High School
track will be closed for most of
July due to resurfacing.
The public will not be able to use
the track during the renovation
process.
David continued from IB
“My father was a high school
football coach, and he retired
from Georgia (to Arizona), and
that's how I ended up out there,”
David said.
She moved back to Georgia
last summer, and worked as
an assistant coach under coach
Manson Hill.
“I wanted to look for a head
coaching job, and Manson
helped me,” David said. “He
was constantly trying to see
what was out there, and East
Jackson became available. I
happen to live in Jackson
County so it worked out.”
David said so far, her experi
ence at East Jackson has “been
great” and she's excited about
the upcoming season.
“I'm ready for the season to
come, but I’m not wishing my
time away,” she said. “We’re
constantly working on more
skills, so the more time we
have to prepare, the better.
That’s what I’ve been saying
all along. Maybe you want
to go on vacation, maybe you
want to go to the lake, but we
need you here.”
She said the team’s goal for
the season is to win double
digit games.
“We have Elbert in our
region now. Hart in our
region, Jackson County in our
region,” she said. “They're
all going to be solid. You
still have to contend with
Jefferson and North Oconee.
If we want to make an impact
now, if we want to make
some changes, you have to
get in the gym.”
To prove that, David said
she is trying to lead by exam
ple. She was married earlier
this summer, but cancelled
her honeymoon so she could
spend every day with her team.
“I’m supposed to be in
London for 10 days, and I didn't
go because it’s that important to
me.”
David said she has also
stressed to her players the mea
sure of success.
“Is success to you winning
20 games? Well, that may not
be obtainable this season,” she
said. “We're going to have to
measure success in our improve
ments and in meeting our goals
each day. Our goals are going
to change. We’d love to win 20
games, but it's probably not a
realistic goal for us. I'm trying
to set some realistic goals for
the team that we currently have
and establish leadership among
our seniors.
“We’re anxious to get under
way.”
Jefferson Rec continued from IB
“It just goes on and on,” Green
said of JPR's list of activities. “I
mean, it never slows down.”
For about four consecutive years, JPR
saw double-digit percentage increases
in its athletic program participation.
Baseball, softball and soccer have grown
into multiple season sports, while programs
like track and field and swimming have
come into the fold. Adults have options
now, too, with flag football, co-ed softball
and soccer leagues (adult soccer is played
at JRP but not run by the department).
Meanwhile, JPR’s diverse schedule of
classes — taught by independent instruc
tors who earn whatever they can generate
off registration fees — have grown into
a major part of the department's service
package. Green basically puts the word
out that the department seeks individuals
in the community with a skill who want
to teach a class. In return, JPR can offer
that class at no cost to the taxpayer.
This has allowed JPR to offer a little
bit of everything. In addition to classes
like Zumba and acting, JPR offers les
sons in art, digital photography and
aikido among others. Pilates and Spanish
classes are set to begin this fall.
“Anytime someone wants to do a
program, if we have the space, we're
going to make it happen,” Green said.
All this keeps the traffic in and
out of the JPR complex — which
Green said acts as a true commu
nity center — pretty steady.
The 4,500 annual usage figure, Green
said, is a conservative estimate, but an
impressive stat for a town Jefferson’s size.
“We’re proud of that number,” he
said. “Because you look at what the
population is for the city and the par
ticipation rate and the percentage of
people involved versus the number
of people who live here, it’s some
thing we really take pride in.”
Racing
Strong field expected Saturday at GMP
AROUND THE TURN
Jason Hogan (92) and Greg Simpson (10) race side-
by-side off of turn two during Gresham Motorsports
Park’s June 19 Super Late Model event. Both are
expected to be back for Saturday’s CRA Super Late
Model event at the Jefferson track.
Photo courtesy GMP Media
A FULL FIELD of top
Super Late Model cars and
stars will be on hand this
Saturday when the US Auto
Sales 100 CRA Super Series
takes the green flag at Gresham
Motorsports Park in Jefferson.
Heading the list of pre-entries
for the event will be Augie Grill
and Jimmy Garmon. Grill, a
Hayden, Ada. native, won the
season-opening CRA event
at GMP on March 13 while
Garmon, of nearby Hoschton,
was the most recent Super Late
Model division winner on the
half-mile oval on June 19.
With their victories, both
drivers earned an automatic
starting spot in the World Crown
300 at Gresham Motorsports
Park on Sunday, November 14.
Saturday's US Auto Sales 100
winner will also be awarded a
spot in the fall racing classic.
Several other top drivers will
be joining Grill and Garmon for
the US Auto Sales World Series
of Speed at GMP this Saturday.
Included in that group will be
rising young star Ryan Blaney,
son of NASCAR driver Dave
Blaney, current NASCAR
K&N Pro Series driver Jody
Lavender, NASCAR Camping
World Truck Series veteran
Ryan Lawler, and Georgia
racer T.J. Reid, who will pilot a
Kyle Busch Motorsports entry.
Additional entries have been
filed by Bubba Pollard, Jeff
Fultz, Jason Hogan, Russell
Fleeman and Stephen Nasse.
In all, drivers from eight
states have already entered
the US Auto Sales 100.
According to CRA officials,
several additional entries are
expected to be filed by the
time the green flag drops
Saturday.
In addition to the CRA
headline event, Saturday's
US Auto World Series of
Speed at GMP will include
Outlaw Late Models, Trucks,
Renegades, Mini-Stocks and
Mini-Cup feature races.
There will also be a spe
cial motorcycle thrill show
by the Habitual Stunters to
round out the night.
Gresham will host an
open test Friday for all rac
ers competing in Saturday’s
US Auto Sales World Series
of Speed. Racer gates open
at 4 p.m. and Friday's test
will be from 6-9 p.m. Fan
viewing of the test from
the GMP Trackside Parking
area is free of charge.
The Main Grandstand and
Trackside Parking gates
at Gresham Motorsports
Park will open at 2 p.m.
Saturday.
For more information, call
706-367-9461 or go online
to www.greshammotor-
sportspark.com.
East Jackson continued from IB
Caputo said. “We know that
they’ve got a tremendous
amount of athletes. They've
got good support, and they
have a new coach who I’m
familiar with as a friend, so
that will be interesting.”
The Eagles will then move
on to face the defending
region champion Jefferson
Dragons at Jefferson on Oct.
29, a game that garnered
much attention in 2009
when the two teams faced
off to decide who would be
the region champions.
The regular season wraps
up on Nov. 5 with the region
play-in game.
For the Eagles, the prepa
ration for a new season con
tinues.
“Anytime you start a new
schedule and you’ve got
new teams, you have to
gather information and see
what makes them tick,”
Caputo said.
The work goes on as
the clock continues to tick
down to game time on Aug.
27.
World Series continued from IB
fields all year long in anticipation of the six-
day 13-year-old world series. They've also
removed the portable mounds and built dirt
mounds.
Fields have also been fertilized pretty heav
ily over the past few months to accommodate
the world series, then recover in time for fall
sports.
Sanders notes that with three to four games
being played per day, that’s eight to nine
hours of baseball — or in other words, a lot
of sets of cleats on the turf.
“Some of the fields will really take a
pounding,” Sanders said.
To host a world series, a park or recreation
department must bid for it. Jackson County’s
winning bid for the 13-year-old world series
was $2,000.
“We wanted to do this for our local kids
more than anything ... We want to help
them,” Sanders said.
Younger age groups tend to cost more. In
fact, Jackson County’s winning bid for last
year’s 11-year-old world series was $12,500.
The department grossed $8,000 last year
after all expenses, including staff costs and
the $12,500 bid fee. Meanwhile, local busi
nesses saw increased foot traffic with all the
out-of-towners.
“Making money is not our main focus,”
Sanders said. “It’s for the community and the
businesses and to help the local economy.”
Sanders said JCPR is considering whether
to bid on the 7-year-old world series next year
or pursue hosting rights for a state tourna
ment.
The bid for the seven-year-old world series
tournament, which would draw around 60
teams, would likely cost around $30,000, but
the winning facility would probably gross
around $100,000.
13-year-old World Series
•What: Dizzy Dean 13-year-old World Series
•When: Opening ceremonies are July 15. Games
are July 16-21.
•Where: Lamar Murphy Park
•Admission: $6 for adults, $4 for children 6-12, kids
under 5 are admitted free, a tournament pass is $24 for
adults and $12 for kids 6-12
•Times: Friday — 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.; Saturday
— 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.; Sunday — 1 p.m., 3
p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m.; Monday —10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.;
Tuesday — 10 a.m., noon; Wednesday — champion
ship, 10 am.
•What else: a home run derby is set for Friday at 4
p.m.; all players receive free admission to Gresham
Motorsports Park’s “World Series of Racing”
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