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December 22, 2016
Basketball teams take on region foe Heritage
Randy Lewis/photos
Mykenzie Weaver drives the lane on the Heritage Generals.
The Dragons hosted the
Heritage Generals starting
out the week against a famil
iar region foe. The Nettes
started the action and came
out hot and built a quick 19-
10 lead at the end of the first
quarter. In the second quarter
the Generals managed to
fight their way back and
closed the deficit to one point
at 27-26 as the half came to
an end. As the second half
was underway the teams
showed just how evenly
matched they were as they
closed the third tied at 39.
The fourth quarter proved to
be the equalizer as the Gen
erals were able to hold off the
Nettes and came out victori
ous 53-46. The Nettes were
led in scoring by Autumn
Young who put in 11 points
and also had a team high
three steals. Mackenzie
Hampton added six points
and seven rebounds, while
Ashley Nelson had five
points and five rebounds.
The Dragons started the
game against Heritage with a
solid first quarter and found
themselves down by one 14-
13. The second quarter saw
the Generals build on their
lead and extend it to six with
a halftime score of 29-23.
When the teams came out for
the second half Heritage con
tinued their push and
outscored the Dragons by six
to finish the quarter with a 12
point lead at 45-33. The
fourth quarter saw some
good defense from both sides
in a very low scoring quarter
that ultimately led to the
Generals winning 54-35.
Avery Luke led the Dragons
in scoring putting up 11
points and Joseph Gossett
was right behind him with
10.
The weekend started with
the Dragons traveling to
Rossville to take on the
Ridgeland Panthers. As the
Dragons took the court both
teams looked good early and
it showed on the scoreboard
as the Panthers managed a
two point lead at the end of
the first quarter 19-17. In
the second quarter the Pan
thers were able to ease ahead
as they took a 10 point lead
into the half 36-26. The sec
ond half was fairly even but
the Dragons were unable to
claw their way out of the hole
Jacob Brumby lays in a basket in last week’s Her
itage game.
they were in, they found
themselves down 51-40 at
the end of the third quarter.
The fourth quarter saw both
teams score 16 points which
allowed the Panthers to come
out onto in the Region
6AAAA match. Joseph Gos
sett led the way with 17
points, Avery Luke and Jacob
Brumby each added 10 more.
Blake Gorth led the team in
rebounds with eight.
New Year's Resolution? Walk Georgia
ready to help Georgians get fit in 2017
By Merritt Melancon
For almost a decade,
Georgians have been getting
active with University of
Georgia Cooperative Exten
sion’s Walk Georgia. The
statewide health and wellness
program has impacted more
than 100,000 people, and it
has spurred whole schools,
workplaces and communities
to get out and explore their
state.
“When we started plan
ning this program, the obe
sity epidemic was just
starting to make headlines,”
said Maria Bowie, director of
Walk Georgia. “We wanted
to build a program that would
get Georgians moving and
encourage them to explore
the state, but we never knew
how far that would take us.”
Launched in 2008, Walk
Georgia is one of the nation’s
first online Cooperative Ex
tension programs to address
the obesity epidemic. By of
fering free, online fitness
tracking and social network
ing capabilities, Walk Geor
gia offers an easy-to-use
motivational system to get
Georgians on the path to fit
ness.
With the support of a
grant from The Coca-Cola
Foundation in 2013, Walk
Georgia’s popularity surged
over the past three years. Al
most 20,000 Georgians use
the program’s fitness tracking
website. The program’s blog,
with fitness and nutrition
tips, has 16,000 followers.
More than 86,000 partici
pants have taken part in com
munity fun runs, walks and
fitness events over the last
three years. Walk Georgia
has become part of commu
nities across the state.
The program has been in
tegrated into workplace well
ness programs at the Georgia
Department of Public Health
and the city of Moultrie, and
into programs that teach stu
dents the importance of phys
ical activity, like those in
Bibb County schools. In ad
dition to structured programs,
thousands of participants
have built their own net
works of fitness friends using
Walk Georgia’s online plat
form. It is a rallying point in
each Georgia county for peo
ple who want to become
healthier.
Walk Georgia brings
whole communities together
to support one another as
they get fit, and that is the se
cret to Walk Georgia’s suc
cess, Bowie said. Walk
Georgia brings a sense of fun
and competition to the chal
lenge of becoming and stay
ing fit into today’s hectic
world.
In addition to fostering
personal networks, one of
Walk Georgia’s most impor
tant successes has been build
ing a network of partner
agencies that are all working
to make Georgia healthier,
Bowie said. Partnerships
with local school systems,
the Association County Com
missioners of Georgia, Geor
gia Municipal Association,
Georgia State Parks, Georgia
electric membership corpora
tions (EMCs) and countless
county and city governments
give Walk Georgia a
statewide reach.
“From downtown Atlanta
to downtown Moultrie,
we’ve had tremendous sup
port for our efforts to make
healthy living a daily priority
for employees, families, busi
nesses and community or
ganizations,” Bowie said.
“One of our goals for the
Walk Georgia program is to
make it applicable and acces
sible to everyone in Georgia,
and that is only possible by
working with our local UGA
Extension offices in each
county.”
For more information
about joining Walk Georgia
or to find more information,
visit www.walkgeorgia.org
or contact your local UGA
Extension office at 1-800-
ASK-UGA1.
PHS Basketball Schedule
Wed
12/28
TBA
Fannin Floliday Tournament
Away
—
—
Thu
12/29
TBA
Fannin Holiday Tournament
Away
—
—
Fri
12/30
TBA
Fannin Holiday Tournament
Away
—
—
Tue
1/3
6:00
Sonoraville
Home
Girls
4:30
Fri
1/6
7:00
*SE Whitfield
Away
Both
4:00
Sat
1/7
6:00
Adairsville
Home
Both
3:00
Tue
1/10
6:00
*LaFayette
Home
Boys
4:30
Fri
1/13
7:00
* Gilmer
Away
Both
4:00
Tue
1/17
6:00
Adairsville
Away
Boys
4:30
Fri
1/20
7:00
*NW Whitfield
Away
Both
4:00
Sat
1/21
3:00
Sonoraville
Away
Both
12:00
Tue
1/24
6:00
* Heritage
Away
Girls
4:30
Fri
1/27
6:00
*Ridgeland
Home
—
—
Sat
1/28
—
Creekview (JV girls only)
Away
Girls
11:30 a.m.
Tue
1/31
6:00
*SE Whitfield (Sr. Night)
Home
—
—
Mon
2/6
TBA
Region Tournament
TBA
* denotes Region contest
photo/ UGA Extension Service
UGA Cooperative Extension's Walk Georgia program has hosted more than 100 fitness events around the
state over the past three years.
Sports
Fanatic
By Tommy Gartrell
Columnist
Christmas Wishes
With two weeks of action remain
ing, the NFL playoff picture is moving
into focus, and the Atlanta Falcons
control the NFC South by a game over
Tampa and firmly hold the third seed
in their conference. Is your team play
off bound? What scenario would make
your Christmas list complete?
As if the news that UGA running
backs Sony Michel and Nick Chubb
decided to return to Athens for 2017
did not fully enrich my holiday
dreams, the sweet topping on my
Christmas desert is the Falcons' con
tinued success.
We move into the final days of the
NFL season with Atlanta a game away
from clinching the division and a legit
imate shot at several home games din
ing the playoffs. If the Falcons take
care of business at Carolina on Sunday
and handle the Saints in Atlanta on
New Year's Day in the Georgia Dome,
their 11-5 record should secure hosting
round one and possibly round two
games.
It is that frantic time of year when
we rack our brains to process the post
season consequences of a win here and
a loss there. We try to calculate the im
pact of final scores in virtually every
game as it relates to seeding, matchups
and home field advantage. It becomes
like a game of chess although more
confusing.
AFC
Patriots (12-2, AFC East)
Raiders (11-3, AFC West)
Steelers (9-5, AFC North)
Texans (8-6, AFC South)
See Gartrell on Page 2B