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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018
ALL-STARS
Commerce’s Josh Campbell (left) and McKenzie
McRee (right) pose with Tiger coach Matthew
Lund (center) during the recent Georgia High
School Golf Coaches Association’s annu
al North-South All-Star Tournament this past
weekend in Moultrie. Submitted photo
Commerce’s
Campbell, McRee
compete in All-Star
golf tournament
By Charles Phelps
The Commerce boys' and girls' golf teams had
strong 2018 seasons.
Just because the school year ended didn’t mean
the play stopped as Josh Campbell and McKenzie
McRee competed in the Georgia High School Golf
Coaches Association’s annual North-South All-Star
Tournament this past weekend in Moultrie. The
tournament was at the Sunset Country Club.
“This was such a fun and well-run event and I
hope that I can continue to recruit others from our
area to it,” Tigers’ head coach Matthew Lund said.
Lund coached the North team.
“It gave the kids an opportunity to be around
the top players in the state, on and off the course,
and created camaraderie with players from rival
schools.”
The tournament was a two-day team and individ
ual competition with the North winning the Ryder
Cup-style event 14-11. On day one, Campbell was
paired with Tucker Windham from Gordon Lee.
The duo defeated a Statesboro-LaGrange tandem.
McRee was paired with McCall Miller from Gordon
Lee. The duo lost its team match.
After day one, the North trailed 6.5 to 5.5 but
scored 8.5 points in individual play to claim the
title. The North team is now 6-5 in the All-Star
tournament.
The tournament also included a formal dinner on
Wednesday night where all the participants were
recognized and shared their favorite golf memory
or story.
COMMERCE FOOTBALL CAMPERS
Former Commerce football player Lane Sorrow guides Tiger youth football camp participants in a
jumping drill last week. Photo by Charles Phelps
Sports shorts
East Jackson announces summer sports camps
East Jackson Com
prehensive High School
(EJCHS) has announced
several youth sports camps:
•Wrestling: June 18-20
from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
for grades 1-5 and 1 p.m. to
4:30 p.m. for grades 6-12.
Camps for both age groups
will be held at the EJCHS
gym. The cost for each is
$30. For more information,
contact EJCHS wrestling
coach Forrest Garner at
fgamer@jcss.us.
•Baseball: June 25-26
from 9 a.m. to noon for
grades 1-4 and June 27-29
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for
grades 5-9. The grade
1-4 camp costs $60. The
grade 5-9 camp costs $80.
The camps will focus on
fundamentals for all ages.
Each camper will receive
a T-shirt. Awards will be
given throughout the camp.
A concession stand will
be available for campers
to purchase drinks and
snacks.
For more information,
contact EJCHS base
ball coach Tedd Sims at
tsims@jcss.us. According
to Sims, no child will be
turned away for financial
reasons. Contact Sims to
make arrrangements.
•Volleyball: June 25-28
from 9 a.m. to noon at the
EJCHS gym. The camp is
open to players in grades
6-8 and costs $50. For
more information, contact
EJCHS volleyball coach
Kortney Kurtz at kort-
neykurtz @ gmail.com.
•Football: July 16-19
from 5-7 p.m. at EJCHS
stadium. The camp is open
to players in K-7 and costs
$40. For more informa
tion. contact EJCHS foot
ball coach Scott Wilkins at
swilkins@jcss.us.
EJCHS baseball team
hosting chicken que
The East Jackson baseball team will host its
annual chicken que Saturday June 30 at the East
Jackson baseball field concession stand. Pickup
will run from noon to 5 p.m.
A single plate costs $12. Two plates cost $20.
EJCHS basketball teams selling
smoked Boston Butts
The East Jackson basketball pro
grams will sell smoked Boston butts
Saturday, June 16, from noon to
3 p.m. as a fundraiser for both the
middle school and high school pro
grams.
Pickup will be held at the EJCHS
basketball gym.
Tickets cost $25 and can be pur
chased from any player or coach.
For more information, contact boys’
coach David Akin at 706-207-4497.
East Jackson football... continued from page IB
its summer work.
The 7-on-7 sessions
come as East Jackson
searches for a new starting
quarterback for a second
straight year.
Last year’s starting quar
terback, Gregg Huggs, has
transferred, but Wilkins
reported a solid outing last
week at Athens Christian
from Hunter Hardwick,
who returns after missing
all of last season with an
injury.
“He threw the ball where
he needed to throw it,”
Wilkins said. “He didn't
try to force things, and he
didn't throw mistakes. Not
every ball was a perfect
ball, but he’s making the
right reads and he’s throw
ing in the direction that we
want it thrown.”
But with Hardwick out
this week, Eagle coach
es will get a long look
at freshman quarterback
Dylan Jones this week.
“It will be really good
work for him,” Wilkins
said. “He’ll get a lot reps.
We film everything we do.”
As for the passing tar
gets, Caleb Adair caught
the ball well out of the
backfield last week,
according to Wilkins,
while Eli Walden and Kah-
lil Watkins also “showed
some good things.” R.J.
White, despite being only
a rising 10 th grader, is
one of the more seasoned
receivers and defensive
backs on the Eagle roster.
He “showed a lot on both
sides of the ball,” Wilkins
said.
Defensively, newcomer
Jacob Prater made several
plays on the ball at safety.
Wilkins added that Trey
Bradshaw “did some good
stuff.”
East Jackson enters its
second year in its more
pass-oriented offensive
scheme installed last year
by offensive coordinator
Rickey Bustle.
“That, I think, will help
us,” Wilkins said. “There’s
a little bit of continuity,
some carryover. We're still
going to be a very young
team, but we're going to
be a little bit older than we
were last year because last
year we were infantile.”
East Jackson is using a
3-4 defensively with a new
coordinator, Mike New
ton. Newton worked under
Bruce Miller at Gaines
ville for several years —
he was on-staff for the Red
Elephants' 2012 state title
run — before becoming
the defensive coordinator
for Gainesville. Newton
comes to East Jackson
from Fannin County.
“He's hit the ground run
ning and is doing a really,
really nice job of getting to
know what we did last year
and slowly going forward
with what he wants to do,”
Wilkins said.
While his team is at
work on the practice field
in advance of the fall sea
son. Wilkins made sure to
note some off-field strides,
pointing to the team’s aca
demic success during the
spring semester.
He said several on the
roster earned Beta Club
and honor roll distinction,
while offensive lineman
Dakota Norris scored a
perfect 100 on the Mile
stone test in U.S. History.
“I haven’t seen that,”
Wilkins said of Norris.
“That doesn’t happen very
often.”
Multiple Eagles are
also dual enrollment stu
dents this summer, taking
college classes and then
coming to football work
outs.
“There’s a lot of stuff
that's really good that’s
going on here, and we’re
dang proud of it,” Wilkins
said.
East Jackson, which
will scrimmage Com
merce Aug. 3 opens the
season Aug. 17 at home
against Lumpkin County.
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Josh Campbell and McKenzie McRee
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Commerce golfers Josh Campbell and McKenzie McRee both participated in the
Georgia High School Golf Coaches Association’s annual North-South All-Star
Tournament this past weekend in Moultrie.
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