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Page 10A — Wednesday, February 17, 2021, The True Citizen
Edmund Burke wraps up season,
prepares for region tournament
DIANA ROYAL
jdianaroyal@gmail.com
The girls and boys varsity
basketball teams at Edmund
Burke Academy picked up
some wins and losses as they
wrapped up the regular season
last week.
On Feb. 9, the girls fell 53-34
to Briarwood.
“We learned a lot against a
good Briarwood team,” head
coach Daniel Hannah said.
“I was proud of the way we
began to handle their full
court pressure. I thought we
improved our positioning and
our decision making from our
previous game. We’ve got to
continue to improve our ability
to score consistently, but I’ve
been encouraged by the work
our girls having been doing
outside of practice and our
improvement over the last few
weeks.”
Kelsey Jaquess was the top
scorer with 8 points and 3
rebounds.
Against TJ, Hannah said the
Lady Spartans played some
of their best basketball of
the season. He commended
the guards for handling the
ball well and said the eighth-
graders have done a fantastic
job coming in and giving a
spark off the bench.
In the 50-45 victory, Jaquess
and Morgan Clark led the Lady
Spartans with 13 points each.
Clark also had 10 rebounds,
and Jaquess had 5 rebounds,
3 steals and 3 blocks. Marlee
Mobley and Zaylor Baker each
added 9 points apiece. Baker
also contributed 8 rebounds
and 3 steals.
“We came out a little tight
against Augusta Prep early, had
stretches of the game where
we did our job on defense and
turned them over,” Hannah
said of the girls’ 61-44 loss on
Friday. “We have to continue
to improve on the defensive
end of the floor and turn those
turnovers into points for us.”
Leading the effort were
Jaquess, with 12 points and 8
rebounds, and Clark, who had
12 rebounds and 6 steals.
The Lady Spartans played
Briarwood in the first round of
the AA region tournament last
night (Tuesday), but results
were not available at press
time.
The Spartans were able to
pick up two wins last week,
first defeating Briarwood 78-
71. “They played well, but we
struggled rebounding against
a bigger team and need to
improve our positioning on
our box outs in order to secure
more rebounds,” Hannah said
following the game.
Carson Woods put up 18
points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists
and 5 steals, followed by
Brantley Jones with 13 points,
5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2
steals and Parker Oliver, 13
points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists
and 3 steals.
“It was good to get a win
against a scrappy TJ team,”
Hannah said of the boys’ 69-57
win over the Jags. “Our seniors
played well on both ends of
the court. We hit six threes in
the first quarter to come back
from a 13-1 deficit and tie it
up. If we can clean up some
of our missed close shots and
hit more consistently from
the free throw line we could
potentially make a run in the
region tournament.”
Leading the Spartans on
the night were Woods with 22
points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists
and 3 steals and Jones, 19
points,5 rebounds and2 steals.
The Spartans fell 45-39
against Augusta Prep.
“We got down early and
made a great run to get back
into the game,” Hannah said.
“The guys made some good
adjustments on defense and
stopped giving up easy entry
passes. We're playing better
basketball; we just have to keep
improving and hopefully we're
peaking at the right time.”
Woods led the effort with 14
points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists
and 3 steals.
The region tournament starts
for the boys on Wednesday
against Monsignor Donovan.
Bears baseball on deck
The Burke County High School
Bears will officially kick off their
season this week after a 13-3
scrimmage game win against
Jenkins County last Tuesday. “This
season will be one to remember,”
said head coach Billy Marchman.
“There will be many hurdles to
jump and adversity to overcome
with all the adjustments due to
COVID protocols, but we have a
mature group and some leaders
that we are counting on to be an
extension to our coaching staff
as player coaches on and off the
field. I hope we stay healthy and
that our seniors enjoy a season
that is not promised.” Pictured is
junior Jahkari Howard. The Bears
are scheduled to host Jefferson
County today (Wednesday).
National Optimist Day
On February 4, the Waynesboro Optimist Club celebrated National Optimist Day. The proclama
tion was made by Waynesboro Mayor Greg Carswell, at left, and presented to club president
Ashley Moore Jr., at right.
It's a love story
The love story of Missy Jones and her “Precious” (husband Rick Jones) touched the hearts
of our readers and earned them a Valentine’s Day prize package of goodies from some of our
favorite local spots. The couple received a fresh flower arrangement from The Bloom Room and
chocolate covered strawberries and strawberry shortcake lattes from SoulBean CoffeeHouse.
They’ll be treated to a nice meal later this week, compliments of Fish Eye Grill in Girard. The
Joneses tallied 147 of the 298 total votes in the online contest for best love story. Coming in a
close second place were Erin and Brian Saxon with 120 votes. The Joneses, center, are pictured
with their flowers and sweet treats, alongside SoulBean owner Brianna Roberson, at left, and
Shaquanda Jones of Tootie’s Sweet Treats and Catering, far right.
Bowls
Continued from front
A variety of bowls handcrafted by Hargrove.
In a biographical sketch written inl982,
Waynesboro native Albert M. Hillhouse said
Reynolds kept “his beautiful grounds around his
house and became a good woodworker, including
reproductions of old furniture and remodeling
rooms in his home (including) paneling one room
with (long-leaf pine) lumber saved from the old
Munnerlyn House.”
The Munnerlyn House, one of Waynesboro’s
oldest, was a two-story frame structure on the west
side of Liberty Street south of Sixth Street, not far
from the Reynolds house, that, sadly, was tom down
to make way for a service station/convenience store.
George Washington was said to have stayed in the
house during his Southern tour in 1791.
Hargrove spent time in Reynolds’ shop honing his
woodworking skills. At one point, when Hargrove
purchased a grandfather clock kit, he sought
Reynolds’ help in building the complicated clock.
The handsome clock, with its German Emperor
Clock Co. mechanical parts, sits in the Hargrove’s
living room. It keeps good time and chimes every
quarter hour.
Hargrove said he enjoyed a “beautiful relationship”
with his woodworker friend and mentor who died
in 1984 at the age of 91.
“We had a great time together. He taught me about
wood. I learned about people of Waynesboro and the
Field Trials. We would go to lunch at the Anthony
Wayne Hotel.”
Hargrove, who works for an engineering firm in
Augusta, has no plans to make a business selling
his bowls.
“I want to enjoy making bowls. If it became a
business, I wouldn’t enjoy it,” he said.
(For more photos and information, visit
billhargrove woodenbowls @ facebook .com)
Hargrove with the grandfather clock built with the help of his
mentor Joe Reynolds Jr.