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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017
THE JACKSON HERALD
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Jackson County Parks and Recreation Department announcements
Football, cheerleading
registration run
through Friday
Football and cheerleading registration
will run through Friday, June 2, at the
Jackson County Parks and Recreation
Office located at 441 Gordon Street in
Jefferson.
Football is offered for 5-12-year-olds.
The cost is $140 per player. The fee
includes a game jersey, game pants,
T-shirt, shorts and the use of a helmet and
shoulder pads.
The Jackson County Parks and Recre
ation Department is not responsible for
incorrect sizes. Parents can stop by the
office to size their child.
A $100 equipment deposit (postdated
for Nov. 18) is due by July 29, the equip
ment and uniform pickup issue day.
Limited sizes of girdles and practice
pants are for sale for $10 each.
The late registration fee, if space is
available, is $165 beginning on June 5
The first practice without pads is Mon
day, July 31. The first practice with pads
is Saturday, Aug. 5. The jamboree and
pictures are scheduled for Saturday, Aug.
19. Games begin on Saturday, Aug. 26.
Cheerleading is offered to 5-12-year-
olds.
The cost is $120 and includes a top,
skirt, bloomers, pom-poms, practice
T-shirt and shorts. The Jackson County
Parks and Recreation Department is not
responsible for incorrect sizes. Parents
must size their child for this activity.
For 2016 cheerleading participants, the
registration costs will be lowered if the
child’s uniform still fits.
The late registration fee is $145 after
June 2 if space is available.
Practice starts July 31. Uniform issue
day is Saturday, Aug. 5. Jamboree and
pictures are scheduled for Saturday, Aug.
19. Games begin on Saturday, Aug. 26.
No refunds for football or cheerleading
will be given after June 2. Birth certifi
cates are required for children who have
not previously played with the Jackson
County Parks and Recreation Department.
Alliance Soccer Club
announces tryout,
camp dates
Boys’ and girls’ tryouts for Jackson
County’s Alliance Soccer Club will run
through June 1 for Academy U9-U12
players and June 6-8 for Classic and Ath
ena U13 and up.
The Alliance Soccer Club Camp will
then be held July 17-20.
For more information, contact Mark
Acosta at macosta@jacksoncountygov.
com or www.alliancesc.us.
Alliance Soccer Club
partners with CFA
Jackson County’s Alliance Soccer Club
has recently announced a partnership with
Correcaminos Futbol Academy (CFA) to
combine club resources.
Alliance Soccer Club and CFA will
share in coaching training, curriculum and
information with monthly staff training.
The two organizations will also com
bine forces for tournaments and friendly
matches.
One of the main goals of the partnership
is to make fees affordable while devel
oping a professional coaching staff and
administrators.
Each of the clubs will be run the same
way with monthly coaches' clinics, col
lege ID camps and targeted age group
training along with coach and player eval
uation each season.
As part of community outreach pro
grams, the Atlanta Silverbacks will host
a free clinic to recognize and support the
new partnership of Alliance Soccer Club
and CFA.
Jackson Co. Parks and
Rec announces camps
The Jackson County Parks and Rec
reation Department will host several
camps this summer. They include:
•Volleyball camp, June 12-15, 9 a.m.
to noon daily. The camp is open to girls
ages 7-14. The cost is $60 and includes
a T-shirt. The registration deadline is
Friday, June 9.
•Golf camp, June 19-22, 9 a.m. to
noon daily. The coed camp is open to
kids ages 7-14. The cost is $70 and
includes a T-shirt. Registration deadline
is Friday, June 16. Participants are asked
to bring their own equipment, but JCPR
will provide equipment if needed.
•Basketball camp, July 10-13, 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. daily. The registration deadline
is Friday, July 7.
•Panther summer camps: Boys’ bas
ketball, June 5-8; baseball, June 12-15:
cheerleading, June 26-29; softball, June
27-29; wrestling, July 10-13; volleyball,
July 17-18; and football, July 25-27.
Register at www.jcpantherathletics.com.
•Commerce School of Dance summer
camps, June 12-16 and July 10-14. The
camps are open to children ages 3 and
up. The cost is $60 and includes instruc
tion crafts and materials and a snack. For
more information, call 706-335-7543 or
email commercedance@yahoo.com.
•Classic Soccer Academy, June 12-15.
For more information, go to www.class-
icsocceracademy.com.
Correction
These photos were incorrectly identified in last week’s edition of The Jackson Herald. Here are the correct
identifications.
TOURNAMENT TIME
Justin Hanfman races down the first base
line for the 10U West Jackson (Cole) base
ball team during a recent playoff tourna
ment for teams from West Jackson, East
Jackson, Banks County and Commerce.
ON THE MOUND
Jackson Cole pitches for the West Jackson (Cole)
baseball team during a 10U tournament game against
Banks County.
POWER PITCHING
Keaton Maxwell delivers a pitch recently for the 10U
West Jackson (Cole) baseball team in a tournament
that included teams from West Jackson, East Jackson,
Banks County and Commerce. Photos by Charles Phelps
Jefferson state golf ••• continued from Page IB
Jefferson, St. Pius X and West Hall
were added by the state committee.
The Lady Dragons made the most
of the opportunity by finishing in
the top 10 in their first year in Class
4A.
“We were definitely very, very
pleased with where we finished,”
Sims said.
Sims hopes this bodes well for
next year as Jefferson loses no
seniors off the team.
“As far as putting in the work.
I think they got a taste this year
finishing where we did,” Sims said.
“Hopefully that will provide some
motivation for us to get even better
going into next year.”
CAREER ROUND
Jefferson’s Caroline Martin, shown here earlier in the year, shot a
career-best 75 at state last week to finish as the Class 4A runner-up.
She finished one shot off the lead and helped the Lady Dragons take
eighth place in Class 4A. Photo by Charles Phelps
Commerce state golf ••• continued from Page IB
a 91, Cade Tootle shot 106 and Tanner
Lumpkin a 112.
“I was real proud of the guys,”
head coach Matthew Lund said. ‘They
competed. They’ve had a great attitude
this year.
“They’ve worked hard and they’ve
done what they were supposed to do
as far as putting in the extra work and
everything. I'm really looking forward
to next year and the year after that.”
Like the Lady Tigers, the boys’ team
is young and will have only one senior
returning for next year.
It was the first time in at least seven
years the Tigers had a player break 80
in a tournament. Lund added.
“( Jeremy) was playing with a lot of
confidence and a lot of swagger.” Lund
said. “He was playing some really
smart golf.
“I think he’s somebody to watch
out for.”
Lund said making it to the state tour
nament made the season a “success.”
“I was going to be very surprised
if we even made it to state because
our area is so strong,” he said. “Every
single one of the kids improved this
year.”
Gregg...
continued from Page IB
of kids to different schools.
We’ve got to do a good
job of keeping our own
kids here and developing
them and getting that con
tinuity going, starting all
the way in middle school.”
After the first two days
of seeing the team prac
tice, Gregg said he was
“pleased” from an athletic
standpoint.
“Skill wise, we’ve got a
lot of work to do,” he said.
“They work really hard.
I was very proud of that.
There’s some really good
kids. Commerce has great
kids. Always has.”
Gregg’s college experi
ence. both playing and
coaching, began at South
ern Wesleyan University as
a player. His first coach
ing job came at only 23
years old as an assistant
at Anderson University
in South Carolina. From
there, he went to Lander
University as an assistant.
Gregg’s first head-coach
ing job didn’t come until
Erskine College called in
2011, where he had been
the head coach until leav
ing for Commerce. He
posted a 76-96 record over
six seasons. Gregg brought
three-consecutive winning
seasons to Erskine from
2013 through 2015, some
thing that hadn’t been
accomplished since 1978
through 1981. Rex had
been his son’s assistant at
Erskine for the last three
seasons.
The opportunity to return
home, though, brought he
and his wife closer to their
families. They also have
a son.
“The opportunity for my
son to come back to Com
merce and grow is excit
ing.” he added.
He also said it will be
“special” to be back around
coaches that he went to
school with.
Randolph
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something right in raising
those young men to not
only be great players but
outstanding young men
as well.” Cathcart said.
Randolph wasn’t a
major part of Jefferson’s
offense last year, catching
three passes for 62 yards,
although he did haul in a
26-yard touchdown recep
tion in the Dragons’ state
quarterfinals win over Cairo.
He stands to play a much
bigger role this season.
“Instead of being a com
plementary player on the
team, he should end up being
one of the major forces that
handles most of the stress for
us along with Colby (Wood)
and some of those other guys
that we’re certainly counting
on to be some of our main
play makers.” Cathcart said.
Randolph poses a poten
tial matchup quandary
for opposing defenses.
Linebackers trying to
cover Randolph generally
don’t have the speed to
stay with him and comer
backs are at a consider
able size disadvantage.
The Dragons hope to
exploit that mismatch as part
of their passing offense.
“I certainly think he’s
somebody, for us to have the
kind of year we’re hoping
to have, he’s got to have a
monster year,” Cathcart said.
As for the recruiting
process, Randolph is still
waiting on his first college
offer and doesn’t have any
more visits scheduled at this
point. His summer plans
include spending quality
time in the weight room.
“Get big — like 230
( pounds) — gain some
weight and get bigger, faster
and stronger,” Randolph said.
As Randolph awaits
offers, he said he has
no dream school and is
looking forward to what’s
in store for him during
the recruiting process.
“I’ve never really done
this before, so it’s going
to be fun,” he said.
Meanwhile. Jefferson’s
coaches eagerly await what
Randolph will do over
his next two seasons.
“He’s very coachable,”
Cathcart said. “He expects
a lot out of himself and he’s
hard on himself. We’re just
anxious to see exactly how
high he can go because cer
tainly he has all the tools and
ability necessary to reach
whatever goal he has.”
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