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Pickens “Krush” - the U14 soccer competition
Our local U14 UFA Pickens Krush
soccer team had a phenomenal sea
son capped by a Rec Roundup Tour
nament victory to cap the season.
The spring edition of the UFA
Pickens Krush began the season fol
lowing an unbeaten fall campaign.
They picked up where they left off
with dominant wins early in the sea
son leading up to a match-up with
fellow undefeated UFA Reign out of
Forsyth County. Last season, the
Krush and Reign met with both teams
undefeated and the Reign having yet
to allow a goal. Krush knocked off
top seed Reign 1-0, giving them their
first goal against and then finished
the season undefeated. The spring
season rematch was much the same
as Reign came to Jasper. Krush yet
again edged past Reign 1-0. They fol
lowed that with an 11-0 win over
UFA Hailey from Gwinnett and a 9-
0 win over UFA Crew from Forsyth.
Pickens Krush was able to partic
ipate in the closing Rec Roundup
tournament this time, setting up a 3rd
and final contest between Krush and
Reign to advance to the tournament
finals. Krush left no doubt with a 3-1
win and followed that with a 3-0
shutout in finals over UFA Fusion out
of Gilmer.
The Pickens Krush posted some
impressive stats over two seasons, a
22-0 record, 144 goals scored, and
only 7 goals allowed.
UFA Pickens Krush Roster: Bree
Jewell, Brooklyn Cobb, Chloe
Nadolski, Emma Gable, Hayden Pad
gett, Heidi Thompson, Julianne
Nadolski, Kelsey Blankenship, Mol-
lie Thomas, Piper Johnson, Quincy
Flatt, Reese Davis, Ruby Flatt, Skylar
Lathem, Teagan Deering, Toccoa
McGraw, Coach Sam Thompson,
Coach Brandon Thomas.
Pickens U14
“Old fashioned field day” for varsity athletes
PHS Varsity Field Day
Pickens Athletics hosted
an old school field day for
varsity athletes at PHS. Inter
ested varsity athletes from
9th-12th grade signed up and
were sorted into eight teams.
About 88 students partici
pated in a variety of games
from “poop the potato” to the
traditional three-legged race.
Each team was led by a PHS
coach with the top three
teams receiving Olympic
style gold, silver, and bronze
medals and the coaches for
the lowest scoring teams
were pied in the face. Points
were also awarded for spirit
and sportsmanship.
Congrats to the Yellow
team led by community
Coach Josh Lanford for win
ning gold. The Green team
led by head football coach
Grant Myers took silver and
the Pink team led by Coach
Sarah Pinson secured bronze.
Wrestling coach Brandon
Tippens and football/basket
ball assistant Jordan Shaw
led the lowest scoring teams
and were good sports about
getting pie in the face.
PHS athletics would like
to give a huge thank you to
volunteers from Revolution
Church, Young Life, and
Woodstock Church Jasper for
helping put on the event.
Racing Across America
Race Recap - coca-coia 600
By Alex Korowotny
Racing Sports
Correspondent
Longest race ever in
NASCAR history, and we
were there.
The Coca-Cola 600 is a
crown jewel race in
NASCAR. It is the longest
race in NASCAR in terms of
distance and because of that,
it’s a very big endurance race
for all the drivers since they
have to race for 600 miles.
Since the new NextGen
car is really tough to drive, it
made this race even more of
a challenge for the drivers,
which is a good thing since a
race that is challenging can
lead to some great racing.
This was a very grueling race
for the drivers, but did it turn
out good or did it turn out
like Texas last week? Let’s
find out what happened.
The race began at 6:24
p.m. with Hamlin on pole.
He would lose the lead to
Kyle Busch before lap 10.
There were many cautions in
this race, so I’ll just go over
several of them so I won’t
sound too repetitive. Busch
continued leading until
Suarez got by him for the
lead on lap 46. Busch imme
diately spun out right after
wards by getting loose
behind Suarez after he com
pleted the pass on Busch.
During pit stops
with around 30 to go in the
stage, Elliott won the race off
pit road and held onto to win
Stage 1. Elliott started Stage
2 in the lead before Chastain
passed to take the lead a few
laps later. On lap 127, Wal
lace spun out from 4th place,
bringing out the 6th caution.
With 9 laps to go in Stage 2,
a big wreck occurred when
Blaney got loose underneath
Harvick, spun out, and col
lected drivers like Byron,
Kurt Busch, Keselowski, and
Wallace. Suarez would pass
his teammate Chastain just
after the next restart to win
Stage 2. Chastain though
dominated and won the 3rd
stage, so he and Suarez
showed that they had proba
bly the two best cars in the
race.
Stage 4 officially started
on lap 308 with Reddick now
in the lead after being the
first one off pit road. Reddick
led for about 15 green flag
laps before Chastain got the
lead back. With about 60 to
go, Reddick had a flat left
rear tire which brought out
the caution for debris. Right
after the next restart, Suarez
spun out when he tried to
block Briscoe a little too late
when Briscoe was barely
next to him.
The wreck also involved
Gilliland and Buescher, the
latter flipping over several
times in the infield grass. The
race restarted with 48 laps to
go and a lap later, Larson
drove past Chastain to take
the lead. Briscoe got to 2nd
and started to gain ground on
Larson and with just 2 laps to
go, Briscoe tried to pass Lar
son but got loose and spun
out, setting the race into
See Racing on Page 3B
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Eighty-eight athletes at Pickens High participated in the field day where they competed
in old fashioned fun games.
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Murph Challenge honors veterans
on Memorial Day
Photo/Southern Muscle Company
Trainer Jeff Burnett and member Carter Gurley, an
Army veteran who completed the Murph first in this event
at Southern Muscle Company. Gurley came in under an
hour.
By Angela Reinhardt
Staff Writer
areinhardt@pickensprogress.com
It wasn’t a typo like I’d
thought. Southern Muscle
Company Trainer Jennifer
Clayton confirmed that par
ticipants in their first Murph
Challenge completed what
seemed to me like an impos
sible feat - 100 pullups, 200
pushups and 300 squats,
back-to-back. These in addi
tion to a one mile run both
before and after.
The series of impressive
physical challenges was part
of the Southern Muscle Com
pany’s first “Murph Chal
lenge,” an event gyms across
the country hold to honor
Navy SEAL Michael P. Mur
phy who was killed in
Afghanistan by the Taliban in
2005. After he joined the
Navy, Lt. Murphy developed
his own CrossFit-style work
out called “BodyArmor,”
which involved doing a vari
ety of workouts in a weighted
vest. It became a popular
workout routine with SEALS
See Murph on Page 4B
Sports
Fanatic
By
Tommy
Gartrell
Columnist
Highest Paid
Athletes
Recently Forbes
Magazine compiled a list
of the top paid athletes
for 2022. The top ten
stars combined for earn
ings which total just
under a billion dollars
during the last year
alone.
Lionel Messi: the Eu
ropean soccer player to
taled $130 in earnings
which includes $75 mil
lion for soccer and $55
million for off the field
endeavors from endorse
ments, personal appear
ances and private
investments. Once con
sidered the best player in
his sport, his athletics
performance declined re
cently, but he’s rolling in
dough at age 34.
LeBron James: the
American basketball
icon earned $121.2 mil
lion. The 37-year-old
garnered $41.2 million
from the LA Lakers and
$80 million off the hard
wood.
Christiano Ronaldo:
the 37-year-old Por
tuguese soccer player
earned $115 million. He
received $60 million as a
member of legendary
Manchester United and
$55 million from other
sources.
Neymar: this Brazil
ian soccer player totaled
$95 million ($70 million
from soccer and $25 mil
lion from investments
and endorsements) at
age 30.
Stephen Curry: the
American basketball
player became the most
prolific 3 point shooter
in NBA history and led
his team into the finals.
At age 34, he earned
$45.8 million from the
Golden State Warriors
and $47 million from
other projects for a total
of $92.8 million.
Kevin Durant: an
other American basket
ball player earned $92.1
million ($42.1 and 50
million) at age 33.
Roger Federer: the
40-year-old Swiss tennis
player earned just
$700,000 on the court
but a whopping $90 mil
lion in endorsements in
cluding deals with Rolex
and his own shoe brand.
Canelo Alvarez: this
31 -year-old Mexican
boxer grossed $85 mil
lion from boxing and $5
million from other en
deavors for a total of $90
million.
Tom Brady: the age
less, 44-year-old Ameri
can football player
earned a total of $83.9
million which included
$31.9 from the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers and $52
million from multiple
businesses including his
own production com
pany.
Giannis Antetokoun-
mpo: yet another NBA
star makes the list with
$80.9 million in earn
ings. The 27-year-old
native of Greece led the
Milwaukee Bucks to an
NBA Championship
while earning $39.9 mil
lion there. He grossed
another $41 million from
multiple endorsements.