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TheTrue Citizen, Wednesday, December 9, 2009 — Page 11
Region to shake up for Burke County
By Anne Marie Kyzer
annemariek @ thetruecitizen .com
Burke County will be back in
a region with teams from the Au
gusta area next year.
The Georgia High School As
sociation released region realign
ments last week that will be in
effect for the next two years.
Burke County will play in Region
3A-AAA against Butler. Cross
Creek, Glenn Hills. Hephzibah
and Washington County.
The Bears took a two-year hia
tus from Augusta in 2008-2009,
playing a region comprised of
teams mostly south of here. The
schedule was travel heavy, requir
ing trips as far south as Hinesville.
The new Region 3-AAA is sub
divided, and the top two teams
from each sub-region will earn a
spot in the state playoffs. Region
3B-AAA includes Grovetown,
Harlem, Josey, Richmond Acad
emy, Thomson and Westside.
Some fans are saying Burke
County could have a little lighter
load thanks to realignment, but
Bears head football coach Eric
Parker isn’t ready to make those
predictions.
“A lot of people are speculat
ing,” he said. “You always have
a sleeper in Richmond County, so
you never really know.”
Burke County has played re
gion schedules against Augusta
schools more years than not, and
the realignment pits the Bears
against teams they played consis
tently in the 1990s.
Coach Parker said the only
drawback he sees to the new re
gion is one that affects teams
across the state - sub-region set
ups.
“The drawback I have with
sub-regions is that a lot of times,
things aren’t decided on the
field,” he said.
Because two teams from each
sub-region go to the state play
offs, teams with similar records
would have to use tie-breaker
rules and guidelines to determine
seeding for the playoffs.
In the end, though. Coach
Parker said regions don’t matter
so much if a team is good.
“It really doesn’t matter who is
in our region,” he said. “We just
have to go back and get ready to
play football.”
OUT WITH THE OLD
(2008-09: Region 3-AAA)
Burke Co.
Baldwin (moved to 2A-AAA)
Richmond Hill (moved to 2A-AAAA)
Liberty Co. (moved to 2A-AAAA)
Washington County
Thomson (moved to 3B-AAA)
West Laurens (moved to 2B-AAA)
IN WITH THE NEW
(2010-2011: Region 3A-AAA)
Burke Co.
Butler (from 3-AAAA)
Cross Creek (from 3-AAAA)
Glenn Hills (from 3-AAAA)
Hephzibah (from 3-AAAA)
Washington Co.
Spartans take season openers
ByTres Bragg
tresbragg @ bellsouth. net
The one-week transition from
football to basketball seemed to
have gone well for the Spartans.
Last week, the Edmund Burke
Academy Spartans started their
basketball season with two victo
ries, both to single A schools.
The Spartans won their season
opener against Thomas Jefferson
Academy, 58-30. Senior Boyd
Lively had a huge night and
posted his first double-double of
the season with 26 points and 18
rebounds. Alex Sturkie had 11
points, 5 rebounds and 2 steals.
Senior Tyler Rowland made 8
points and had 2 steals of his own.
During the first half, the Spar
tan defense held Thomas
Jefferson to just 6 points. The Jag
uars scored 14 in the third quarter
but Edmund Burke answered with
21 points of their own in the fourth
to give them their first win of the
season.
“I thought our defense was key
during the game,” head coach
Wes Parker said. “We played
good team defense and rebounded
the ball well. Lively had a double
double night because our guards
did a good job locating him in the
post. I’m glad that all players were
able to get a hand in the team
win,” he added.
Edmund Burke had their first
home game last week against the
Briarwood Academy Bucs.
Lively led the Spartans again of
fensively with 17 points. He had
nine rebounds for the night. Fel
low senior Nathan Kittrell had 10
points and Michael Taylor had six.
At the half, the Spartans were
on top 27-13. They scored 17
more points in the second half to
Briarwood’s 12 and took the 44-
25 win.
“I was proud of our guys, be
cause they paid attention to de
tails and cut down on our turn
overs,” Parker said after Friday
night’s win. “We had trouble
working the ball inside to Lively,
but our guards did an excellent job
of hitting shots. Alex Sturkie and
Jake Evans did a nice job on the
glass.”
The Spartans had then - first re
gion match-up against the No. 1
ranked team in the state, Robert
Toombs Christian Academy
(RTCA), yesterday. However, re
sults weren’t available at press
time. Edmund Burke will have school David Emanuel Academy
two more home games before Friday at 8 p.m. and Brentwood
heading to Lyons for the RTCA on Monday at 7:30.
tournament. They play single A
Senior Boyd Lively jumps over a defender and sinks a one-
handed lay-up.
Lady Spartans lose first two games
ByTres Bragg
tresbragg @ bellsouth .net
It was a rough start for the Lady
Spartans.
Last week, the Edmund Burke
Academy Lady Spartans lost their
first two games of the season to
single-A schools Thomas
Jefferson and Briarwood Acad
emy.
The Lady Spartans were down
by just 3 points to the Lady Jag
uars after the first quarter. How
ever, Thomas Jefferson responded
with 22 points in the second quar-
Spartans
receive
football
honors
ByTres Bragg
tresbragg @ bellsouth .net
ter while Edmund Burke managed
just 10. The Lady Jags also
outscored the Lady Spartans in the
third and fourth quarters to take the
44-24 win.
‘ ‘Thomas Jefferson played man-
to-man defense all over the floor,”
head coach Ray Miller said. “At
times, we handled their pressure
very well, but when we had a
breakdown in our positioning and
spacing, they capitalized and made
some easy baskets,” he added.
Ansleigh Dickey led the Lady
Spartans with 12 points and 3
steals. Amber Bowman had 6
points and Hallie Murray had 3.
“Ansleigh had a good game of
fensively,” Miller said. “We had
some shots that didn’t fall. In or
der for our offense to be effective,
we must get the ball to our post
players inside.”
Edmund Burke’s troubles con
tinued when they hosted
Briarwood Academy for their first
home game of the season. The
Lady Spartans managed just 8
Ansleigh Dickey drives to the basket.
points the first half to Briarwood’s
26. The Lady Bucs went on to win
the game 49-20.
“We continue to struggle on the
offensive end of the court,” Miller
said after the loss. “All fifteen
players saw action in the game and
they continue to play hard on both
ends of the floor. We had several
opportunities to close the gap, but
a number of good shots would not
fall.”
The Lady Spartans played their
first region game against Robert
Toombs Christian Academy yes
terday, but results weren’t avail
able at press time. They will host
David Emanuel Academy Friday
at 6:30 p.m. and Brentwood on
Monday at 6 p.m.
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Ten of Edmund Burke
Academy’s football players were
honored for their performances on
the field this season. Tyler
Rowland, Torey Flowers, Boyd
Lively, Alex Sturkie, Michael Tay
lor, Clint Saxon and Brandon
Sharpe were all named to the all
region team. Fellow teammates
Nathan Kittrell, Jake Evans and
Cameron Towler were selected
honorable mention all-region.
Lively, Sturkie and Taylor were
also selected as all-state players.
Lively led the Spartan defense
with more than 50 tackles and
nearly 30 assists during his last
season at Edmund Burke. Sturkie
had more than 400 yards receiv
ing and averaged more than 23
yards per catch. He also averaged
nearly eight yards per carry and
led the team with seven intercep
tions.
Taylor was the only sophomore
in classification AA to receive all-
state honors. He led the Spartans
with more than 700 rushing yards
and 11 touchdowns. He also had
over 50 tackles.
NOTICE
CITY OF WAYNESBORO
The City of Waynesboro does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at City Hall located at 628 Myrick Street, Waynesboro, Georgia on December 28,
2009 at 10:00 a.m. and persuent to the requirement of O.C.G.A. 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current years's tax digest and levy, along with the history
of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2009 TAX DIGEST AND 5-YEAR MILLAGE HISTORY OF LEVY
City of Waynesboro, GA
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Proposed 2009
Real Estate & Personal
90,948,893
91,273,662
100,054,151
102,945,976
106,941,094
109,771,698
Motor Vehicles
7,799,760
7,697,970
7,773,260
8,281,870
8,708,340
8,710,580
Mobile Homes
340,565
334,521
304,719
290,323
413,232
311,509
Timber - 100%
-
-
-
-
-
-
Heavy duty Equipment
-
-
-
2,582
14,142
-
Gross Digest
99,089,218
99,306,153
108,132,130
111,520,751
116,076,808
118,793,787
Less M&O Exemptions
10,454,016
8,296,179
11,367,368
10,627,074
10,484,464
10,240,944
Net M&O digest
88,635,202
91,009,974
96,764,762
100,893,677
105,592,344
108,552,843
Gross M&O Millage Rate
0.017
0.018
0.016
0.018
0.017
0.017
Less Millage Rate Rollbacks
0.005
0.006
0.005
0.007
0.006
0.006
Net M&O Millage Rate
0.012
0.012
0.011
0.011
0.011
0.011
Net Taxes Levied
1,063,622
1,092,120
1,064,412
1,109,830
1,161,516
1,194,081
Net Taxes $ Increase
18,154
28,497
(27,707)
45,418
51,685
32,565
Net Taxes % Increase
1.7%
2.7%
-2.6%
4.2%
4.9%
2.9%