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The True Citizen, Wednesday, February 24, 2021 — Page 9A
SPORTS
Jefferson Energy Foundation Scholarship Applications Available
Capt. Frank Bowman
Capt. Frank Bowman and his wife
Jenepher reside in his hometown of
Augusta. Bowman began his career
with Burke County EMA in July 2002.
Recently, Bowman was promoted to
Training Captain on shift 3. EMA
Training Captains are stationed at EMA
headquarters where they ensure
proper training is completed by all first
responders in the agency. As Training
Captain, Bowman also responds to
emergencies in the rescue truck. He is
a certified firefighter and paramedic.
Bowman is a Hazardous Materials
Technician and is a SCBA Repair
Technician. Captain Bowman is also a
Coast Guard veteran.
We greatly appreciate your service to
Burke County Capt. Bowman!
Burke County EMA Office
Sgt. Robert South
Sgt. Robert South began his law
enforcement career at the Richmond
County Sheriff’s Office in 2010. While there
he worked in the jail and then attended the
East Georgia Regional Academy in Blythe
to become a certified officer. South has 10
years of experience, four of which have
been spent serving Burke County. He
worked on the Crime Suppression Team
before being promoted. The team focuses
on proactive patrol removing guns and
drugs from the street. South is also a
member of the Burke County Special
Response Team (SRT).
South and his wife Jessica have two
daughters, Kinsley and Emma. During his
spare time, he enjoys playing golf,
watching football and spending time with
his family and friends.
Sgt. South we thank you for your service!
Burke County Sheriff’s Office
Season ends for Bears,
Lady Bears move to state
DIANA ROYAL
jdianaroyal@gmail.com
The Lady Bears have ad
vanced to the Georgia High
School Association (GHSA)
State Playoffs while the Bears
ended their season on the court.
Last week, both of Burke
County High School’s var
sity basketball teams suffered
losses in the region tourna
ment, but finishing the regular
season as second seed secured
the girls a spot in the state tour
ney. They also picked up a win
in the region playoffs against
Hephzibah.
They played at Tattnall
County last night (Tuesday)
in the first round of the GHSA
State Playoffs, but results were
not available at press time.
Against Morgan County in
the region tournament semifi
nals, the Lady Bears fell 43-34.
Dy’mon Webb earned 13
points and 7 rebounds for
Burke County, while Chanter-
iea Hankerson had 11 points
and 3 steals. Against Hephzi
bah, the girls took a 52-41 vic
tory with Hankerson racking
up 16 points and 13 rebounds
and Alayla Denmark, 11 points,
3 rebounds and 6 steals.
“The game versus Morgan
County was a little disappoint
ing for us as we did not play our
best basketball in the second
half of the game,” Lady Bears
head coach Leslie Lawrence
said. “However, as we reflect
back, we are thankful that we
are still playing. Against Hep
hzibah in the consolation game,
we started a little slow and then
we were able to put together
a series of runs to make the
difference in the ball game.
Our defense was our staple in
that game. I felt like we had
several strong offensive plays
that really helped us get going,
and we turned up our defense.”
The Bears finished up their
season with a 62-42 loss in
the quarterfinals to Thomson.
Though trailing by just 8 at the
half, the Bulldogs outscored
Burke County 31-11 in the
third quarter, deepening their
lead to one the Bears couldn’t
overcome.
“The kids gave a good ef
fort , but at the end of the night,
they just didn’t have the legs to
finish as strong as we wanted
to,” head coach Purvis Dukes
said, adding that they shot the
ball 13/33 from inside the three
point line and 2/13 from the
three point line. “It was tough
for them the last two weeks
of the season playing eleven
games in fourteen days.”
Kobe Brown and Bobby Lit
tle led in scoring with 11 points
apiece, while Brown and Avian
Allen added 3 assists each.
Edward Wimberly grabbed 6
rebounds, and James Mable
had 4 blocked shots.
Bears lose three on the diamond
On target
Fifth-grader Miley Jones showed off her archery skills recently
when she placed second in the S3DA State Championship.
She is the daughter of Rick and Missy Jones of Waynesboro
and is pictured with her coach, Tony Troxel.
FCA sports
award
Faith Christian Academy held
its middle school winter sports
banquet on Feb. 9. Haven
Brannen won the MVP award
for the Middle School Eagles.
He averaged 18.2 points per
game, 8 rebounds, 3 steals,
4 assists and 3 blocks. Bran
nen played point guard and
helped to lead the middle
school team to a winning 5-2-
1 season.
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The deadline to submit applications is
March 26,2021. I
DIANA ROYAL
jdianaroyal@gmail.com
Three losses last week left
the Bears’ baseball team more
determined than ever to turn
things around.
“We will fight back,” head
coach Billy Marchman said at
the week’s conclusion in which
the Bears fell 8-5 to Jefferson
County, 9-4 to Oglethorpe and
6-5 to Oconee.
“We got off to the worst start
that you can even imagine,”
Marchman said of the game
against Jefferson, adding that
the Bears spotted their oppo
nent 7 runs in the first inning
by not executing pitching and
making two errors. “We held
them scoreless for five innings
to follow and fought our way
back but just could not over
come the seven-run inning at
the beginning of the game.”
Burke had a total of 4 hits
and 2 errors to Jefferson’s 9
hits and 5 errors.
Lead hitters were Evan Rich
ardson with 2 singles, an RBI
and 2 stolen bases and Jahkari
Howard who had a single,
2 runs, 2 walks and 2 stolen
bases.
Against Oglethorpe, March-
man praised the Bears’ pitch
ers, who allowed only 3 walks
and struck out 10 batters.
“They scored nine runs and
only three were earned due
to four defensive errors that
allowed five unearned runs,”
he said. “Offensively, we left
five runners on base ... We ul
timately beat ourselves in this
game with no consistency.”
Burke had a total of 7 hits
and 4 errors, and Oglethorpe
had 6 hits and no errors.
Top hitters were Tripp Cibak,
a double and 3 RBIs; and Phil
lip Hodges, a single, a run, an
RBI, a fielder’s choice and 2
stolen bases.
Richardson allowed 4 hits,
2 walks and 6 runs (3 earned)
over 3 innings and struck out 6
batters, while Marshall Flow
ers, who also pitched 3 innings,
allowed 2 hits, a walk and 3
unearned runs. He struck out 4.
Oconee County had 7 hits
and 5 errors against the Bears,
who had 4 hits and 2 errors.
Richardson, Beckham
Ramirez and Seth Meador all
hit doubles, with Richardon
also getting walked and scor
ing a run and Ramirez bringing
an RBI.
In pitching, Hodges had 5
hits, 3 walks, 4 strikeouts, 5
runs and 4 earned runs, while
Howard had 2 hits, 4 walks, 8
strikeouts and an earned run.
“We had a rough week in the
win/loss column but hopefully
with all the chats we had after
each game, the team will learn
from our mistakes,” Marchman
said. “We are just really incon
sistent, and we have to find
what it is that we hang our hat
on moving forward. We have
thrown a number of pitchers
and have kept their pitch count
down to protect arms early in
the season and with the weather
being so cold. We have played
nearly everyone that dresses
out and are beginning to col
lect enough data to figure out
what our starting nine will look
like entering region next week.
With all the substitutions, this
maybe is one reason we cannot
get into a flow, but I feel it is
important to play guys early to
find the right makeup for when
it counts. The best part about
losing games early in the year
and not winning games is we
can hold ourselves more ac
countable with what we are do
ing and if it’s not good enough,
we can to work harder in many
areas to make these losses turn
into wins.”
he Jefferson Energy
Cooperative Foundation
is accepting scholarship
applications. Forms are available
at local Jefferson Energy offices,
as well (10066726-001) as the
guidance offices at local high
schools. Applicants must be a
member of Jefferson Energy
Cooperative, The deadline for
submitting applications is March
26, 202 1. Please contact Suzanne
Saunders at (706) 547-5055 for
more information.
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