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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017
THE JACKSON HERALD
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AT WORK ON THE COURSE
Jefferson’s Caroline Martin, the Class 4A girls’
golf state runner-up, puts in three to four hours
of practice four to five days a week at the Georgia
Club. Photo by Ben Munro
East Jackson
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ly offense and have three
candidates working to earn
the starting nod this fall.
Hunter Hardwick, last
year’s backup, has the best
grasp of the “big picture
of things,” according to
Wilkins. Greg Hubbs, a
rising freshman, possess
es size and strength but is
still getting acclimated to
the speed of high school
football. Kobe Haley, an
all-region basketball player
for East Jackson, presents
a third option, possessing
athleticism and a natural
throwing motion. Wilkins
calls Haley a “wildcard”
at the position. If Haley
doesn’t play quarterback,
he’ll play receiver.
The summer 7-on-7
schedule will allow Eagle
coaches valuable evalua
tion time for all three sig
nal callers.
“It’s a great opportu
nity to find out who can
do what,” Wilkins said.
“We’ve got some guys
who have come out that
are pretty good skill guys.
That’s exciting. Now we’ve
got to find them a guy who
can get them the football
in space.”
The 7-on-7 slate not
only aids the Eagles with
their offensive changes.
East Jackson has a new
defensive coordinator in
J.R. Ragan and will show a
slightly different defensive
look this fall.
“We’re also changing
our defense a little bit. so
we get a chance to intro
duce what we want to do
defensively and then start
using to defend people,”
Wilkins said.
East Jackson, coming off
a 4-6 season under former
coach Christian Hunnicutt,
will open the year Aug.
18 at home against Hebron
Christian Academy.
Martin
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been that fun of a round in
the rain.”
Martin said she was ulti
mately happy with the sec
ond-place finish. She consid
ers the performance at state
to be the high point of her
career so far.
The career round was
well-timed as a few college
coaches were on hand to see
it. She even had the oppor
tunity to talk with a coach
from the University of Ala-
bama-Birmingham.
“It was pretty exciting,”
she said. “I was hoping she’d
be there.”
Martin now has a full slate
of golf ahead of her this sum
mer in the junior golf circuit
with multi-day tournaments
and hours of practice. Martin
puts in three to four hours a
day four to five days a week
at the Georgia Club. She
believes most are unaware
how much time and dedica
tion golf requires.
“I took my friend out here
the other day and she’s never
played golf before,” Martin
said. “She was like, ‘Wow,
I didn’t know it was this
hard.’”
Martin’s goal heading into
her senior season is to draw
more attention from college
recruiters and play Division
I golf. She also has her sights
on surpassing her junior year
marks and improving on
her area-tournament perfor
mance as the round of 92 still
doesn’t sit well with her.
“I’m pretty excited,” she
said. “I feel like it’s going to
be a good season. I feel like
I can hopefully win (area).
This year I wasn’t happy
with how it turned out. but
next year I’m going to be
better and come back stron
ger.”
Of course, she’ll return for
her season knowing she was
a mere stroke away for tying
for a state title as a junior.
“It gives me something to
work for,” she said.
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who won 14U girls’ 50-yard
backstroke (37.81).
“We had many great
showings from other swim
mers in each age group
with many top-5 finish
es and personal bests,”
coach Tess Nunnally said.
“I am so proud of our swim
mers for their great efforts,
attitudes, and sportsman
ship,” Nunnally added. “A
big shout out goes to our
Sea Dragon parents as well
for their volunteer work
and fostering their child’s
swimming career. We have
a great swim family and
I am so blessed to be part
of it.”
BACK IN THE POOL
Jefferson’s Lindsey Kelley compete in the back-
stroke on Saturday during the season-opening
Splash Meet in Habersham County. The Jefferson
Sea Dragon swimming team won the meet by 540
points. Submitted photo
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