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Page 12— Wednesday, November 3, 2021, The True Citizen
SPORTS
Bears clinch second place in region
City closes off part of
Barron Street to trucks
BEN ROBERTS
benroberts@bellsouth.net
Burke County beat a physi
cal Morgan County team last
Friday in a cold, wet, road
game 32-7. That win clinched
second place in Region 4-AAA
for the Bears, ensuring they’ll
play at home in the first round
of the Georgia Fligh School
Association (GFISA) playoffs
in two weeks.
While Morgan’s offense
has struggled this season to
put points on the board, their
defense could be described as
stingy and Bears’ head coach,
Eric Parker, warned his team
to take the Bulldogs seriously.
“We told our defense, they
couldn’t sit around and wait on
the offense to get everybody’s
juices flowing,” he said. “We
had to go out and we might
have to do it without the of
fense having a lot of success
and I just think that’s what
good defenses do.”
The Bears held Morgan
County to just 34 yards of
total offense with 9 passing
yards and 25 rushing yards.
The Bulldogs lone score came
after a Burke County fumbled
punt deep in their own red
zone. Morgan County scored
from the Bears’ 9 yard line one
play later.
“I thought it started last week
against Elephzibah and then
continued this week,” Parker
said. “We just played well
defensively all game long. The
lone score came on a miscue
by special teams. Other than
that, we didn’t let them put
any drives together. We did
what we needed to do. We’re
real pleased with the defense.”
The Bears move to 4-1 in Re
gion 4-AAA play, behind only
Thomson who has clinched
the region championship and a
first-place seed in the playoffs.
Burke County will face a strug
gling Academy of Richmond
County (ARC) next week in
the final game of the regular
season. ARC picked up their
first region win over Cross
Creek last week after winning
the region last season. The
Musketeers are just 2-7 overall
this year.
“They’ve been eliminated
from the playoffs,” Parker
said of ARC. “They’ve had a
rough go of it. But the thing
that jumps out to you on him is
that they still have a handful of
kids that are pretty explosive.
You can’t ever take anybody
for granted and we’re not
good enough to just show up
and beat people. We’ve had
some success this year because
we’ve worked hard and we’ll
need to do it again Friday
night.”
Burke County will honor
their seniors before Friday’s
game as well as commemorat
ing the ten-year anniversary
of the 2011 AAA State Cham
pionship team at half time. All
members of that year’s team
are encouraged to attend Fri
day’s game.
“It’s been ten years but it’s
still a pretty big deal around
here,” Parker said of the an
niversary. “I think people will
enjoy [the kids] coming back
and hanging out and being
recognized at half time.”
Morgan County (2-3 region,
3-6 overall) was able to hold
the Bears scoreless through
the first quarter. The only other
team to do that this season has
been Thomson.
Early in the second quarter,
however, junior safety, Kohen
Rogers, intercepted a Bulldogs ’
pass, his first of two on the
night, to set Burke County up
on the Morgan 15-yard line.
Two plays later, Rogers caught
a Marshall Flowers pass in the
endzone for Burke’s first score.
Blake Burden’s extra point
kick put the Bears up 7-0.
The Bears’ next score came
in the third quarter on a 21 -yard
run by senior running back
Eldrick “Tiger” Williams.
Junior Jaylen Golphin scored
late in the third quarter on a
42-yard pass and run to put the
Bears up 19-7.
Freshman running back
A’merre Williams scored later
in the fourth quarter on a 13-
yard run. Fellow freshman,
Will Lovett, kicked the suc
cessful extra point.
The Bears’ final score came
on a pick-six interception and
return by senior defensive
back, Jaedon Golphin for the
final score of 32-7.
“We had little things that we
wanted to do that were game
plan sort of things,” Parker
said. “Our kids executed and,
this time of year, that’s big
because I think that’s what
good teams can do. They can
understand what they’re trying
to do and what they’re trying to
take away and we did a good
job with that.”
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
Trucks trying to maneuver
from Barron Street are back
ing up traffic as they turn onto
Liberty Street.
Public Works Director Jody
Ellison said the stop sign and
the storm drain has been dam
aged several times. Last week,
a gas vent got run over. Ellison
pointed out that it could have
been a more serious situation
if a line had gotten pulled out
of the ground.
“It’s too close of a turn
for tractor trailers to make,”
Councilman Bill Tinley said.
“Whenever you have a out-
of-town trucker who picks up
com or peanuts, and wants to
come out of there, it backs up
traffic on both sides of Liberty
Street.”
In response, the City Council
voted to close off approximate
ly 50 yards of Barron Street
from where it meets Man-
nau Lane to Liberty Street, to
tracks. They will now have to
utilize Mannau Lane heading
toward the fair grounds.
“It’s more a safety issue,”
Ellison said. “It’s hard for two
passenger vehicles to get in
and out of there, much less big
trucks. They can’t really make
that turn. They run over the
curbs and have damaged a lot
of our property already.”
The problem is mostly with
out-of-town truckers who are
following the directions pro
vided to them by GPS systems,
Ellison said.
CALLING ALL 2011 BEARS
Once a Bear, always a Bear
is the motto the Burke County
High School football players
uphold. That motto is being
put into fruition next Friday,
November 5, 2021, at 7:30.
That night, Burke County
High School will recognize
the 2011 BCHS Football
State Championship Team at
halftime. Burke County High
School is asking all members
of the 2011 State Champion
ship team to come join in on
the festivities. For more infor
mation, contact Burke County
High School at 706-554-6691.
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Spartans take region win,
prepare for Backyard Battle
From Staff Reports
The Spartans (3-6) added
a region win under their belt
last week.
On Friday night, they de
feated Augusta Prep 31-20, and
head coach Aaron Phillips said
he’s seeing improvement with
execution.
“Some of our young play
ers had some good carries,
and I thought they ran the ball
hard,” Phillips said, adding that
Edmund Burke’s quarterback
Evan Hirschauer and running
back Lane Waters put in some
good plays. “I thought both of
them executed well. Evan was
able to check us into the right
play at the line pretty good all
night. Defensively, we had a
great game plan, and I thought
we executed well for the most
part. The only way Prep was
able to really move the ball
was due to offensive turnovers,
which we gave them on a short
held. It’s hard to defend anyone
when they’re inside the red
zone.”
This Friday night is the cov
eted Backyard Battle against
Briarwood Academy, this year
on the Bucs’ turf in Thomson.
BA has an overall season re
cord of 6-4, and Phillips said
they’ll be rough.
“This is a rivalry and region
game,” he said. “They are
very good football team and
are ranked third in the state
right now. In order for us to
have a chance to compete,
we’re gonna have to cut down
on some of the turnovers. I
like the direction our team is
headed. I like the way they
have responded, and hopefully
we can put a good game plan
together, go out and execute,
take care of the football and be
competitive.”
Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A petition for zoning amendment has been filed with the Burke
County Board of Zoning Appeals, requesting the zoning of this prop
erty: 2654 SEVEN OAKS RD., WAYNESBORO, GA 30830 Map/
Parcel: portion of 100-014 be changed from zone A1 to zone R3.
A public hearing will be held at The Burke County Court House,
located at 602 North Liberty St. Waynesboro GA. 30830 on 11/23/21
at 7:00 p.m. All those in favor of or objecting to this petition should
be present to voice their support or objection.
For more information call
(706) 554-8758
Burke County Planning Commission
DO NOT REMOVE UNDER PENALTY OF LAW
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Meet Burke County’s
First Responders
Pvt. Savannah Rachels - Burke County EMA Office Cpl. Gary Jenkins - Waynesboro Police Deptartment
Pvt. Savannah Rachels began her career
with Burke County Emergency
Management Agency in June of 2021.
She began fire class upon employment
and is now a state-certified firefighter: she
will begin EMT school in January. Pvt.
Rachels is currently stationed at Burke
County EMA headquarters on shift 3. Pvt.
Rachels still resides in her hometown of
Augusta When not working, she enjoys
playing various instruments and various
types of music. She is an avid coffee
drinker. When asked what she enjoys
about her job, she said she likes helping
others. We appreciate your service to
Burke County. Pvt. Rachels!
Cpl. Gary Jenkins began his career in
law enforcement at the Burke County
Jail in 2006 and later went to the police
academy in 2008. He has been with the
Waynesboro Police Department for two
years and currently supervises the
Community Sevices Department, the
WPD’s outreach division. Cpl. Jenkins
also holds a degree in criminal justice.
A father of two daughters, Jenkins was
bom and raised in Waynesboro, where
he still resides. When asked what his
favorite thing about the job is, he
replied, “They say once you find a
career you love, you’ll never work a day
in your life. It’s true: My job is to talk
and teach, and I love them both." Thank
you, Cpl. Jenkins, for your dedication to
your hometown!
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