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Page 14, Wednesday, January 12, 2022 — The True Citizen
SPORTS
Burke County takes down Harlem
From Staff Reports
Burke County High School’s
varsity girls and boys basket
ball teams pulled out victories
against Harlem last week.
First, the Lady Bears de
feated the Lady Bulldogs by a
whopping 53-19.
“We played a very good
defensive game against Har
lem,” said head coach Leslie
Lawrence. “Our defense was
able to create extra offensive
opportunities throughout the
game. We believe that if we
defend at a high level, we can
compete with anyone. Offen
sively, when we were in our
half court sets we were very
patient, and that allowed us to
get scoring opportunities. We
believe that if we defend and
have patience on offense, we
will be successful.”
Leading the Lady Bears’ ef
fort was Jalia Johnson who hit
14 points and grabbed just as
many rebounds. Other leaders
included Tre ’ yonna Jones, who
had 11 points,4rebounds and 3
steals; Danielle McClendon 8
points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals;
and Destiny Odom, 10 points
and 5 rebounds.
The boys followed with a 58-
42 win over the Bulldogs, with
Kinte Gross leading the pack
with 13 points and 9 rebounds.
Dantavian Allen posted 11
points, 7 rebounds, 2 blocks
and a steal, and Tykevian Hiers
had 9 points, including 2 three-
pointers, as well as 4 rebounds
and 2 steals.
“The ids played a solid game
for the first region win of
the year,” head coach Purvis
Dukes said, adding defensive
ly, the Bears guarded well and
that on the offensive side they
were solid. “Kobe (Brown) did
a great job of managing the
game for us as he had a career
high 9 assists on the night.”
Burke County played region
foe Thomson Tuesday night,
but results were not available
at press time. They’ll play
Hephzibah at Friday, Jan. 14,
at home, and travel to Morgan
County Tuesday, Jan. 18.
BC Wrestling
Saturday morning, Burke County High School’s wrestling team traveled to Harlem to compete with Morgan County, Hephzibah
and Harlem. The star wrestler and sole senior was unavailable due to selection in to the Border Bowl. Several of the boys won
their match but the highlight of the meet for the Bears was the last match of the day when Ruby Wade beat her opponent,
pictured above, right. The wrestling team and coaches are pictured above, left.
Lane
the city,” he said humbly and
added that he values the op
portunity to show people that
it is possible to attain whatever
goal they aspire to achieve.
Even when it is pointed out that
he is a local history maker, he
downplays the personal aspect
of the accomplishment.
“It is an amazing moment to
be able to step into that area,
to be the first to have accom
plished something in your city,
even though it’s not the first
in the world. But, to see the
change happening in your city
is amazing,” he said.
Winning the election was
not the hardest part, he said.
Deciding to run was the biggest
challenge. He defeated incum
bent Carol Edmunds with 161
votes to her 58.
“I think the challenge is
when we don’t go for things
ourselves,” he said. “The peo
ple knew what they wanted.”
Lane and his wife Linda
have four adult children and
three grandchildren. Although
his kids were raised in Sardis,
none of them currently reside
in the city. Like most millenni
al, they left the small town of
their upbringing seeking other
opportunities. Part of Lane’s
vision includes growth that
inspires Sardis natives to return
to their childhood home in their
later years. He knows there has
to be something to draw them
back home.
“That is what I’m going to
work on so that Sardis can be
a place that not just my kids,
but a lot of people who left to
make careers, can come back
home and live out the rest of
their lives,” he said.
Councilwoman Rolene Oli
ver believes Lane’s Filing the
role of mayor will be a great
benefit. She is adamant there
is a synergy that exists between
the two. She fondly refers to
him as a “running partner” with
whom she can bounce ideas off
of and brainstorm. She credits
him with getting the city back
on track financially.
“When he came on the coun
cil, it was uplifting to me,” she
said. “He is a very intelligent
man. We are very blessed to
have Roger.”
Lane and Oliver both agree
that the current panel consists
of members who are motivated
to make changes. With the
addition of Councilman Terry
Winston, Oliver believes they
are set to tackle some of the
city’s most important issues.
“We can agree to disagree on
things, but at the end of the day
we are still friends,” she said.
“We have to do what is best
for the citizens, what’s best
for Sardis and when you have
a leader who has a vision and
know what he wants, it helps
us as a council and makes us
work harder.”
Lane’s vision includes a
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Sardis that offers residents
more choices. He wants to
see more restaurants move
into town, more activities for
children and increased struc
tured programming for its
senior residents. His mission
is to help create a place where
people want to visit. He desires
to see new entrepreneur-type
ventures. Sardis has a Develop
ment Authority that has fallen
to the wayside. He would like
to see it reinvigorated. He has
a few more ideas he is not quite
ready to disclose.
“This is the city I grew up in
and I want to see it prosper,” he
said. “I am very excited about
the task I have in front of me. I
am the kind of person that there
is nothing that I can’t do. To
see this happening will bring
joy to me.”
Lane will attend his first
council meeting as mayor
Jan.11.
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effect on all who participated.
As the artwork was being dis
mantled, some cut out sections
of themselves to keep as me
mentos. One young man with
a swastika tattooed on his face,
decided that symbol no longer
represented who he was and
later had it removed.
There was a profound impact
at the various sites where JR
created his artwork with the
involvement of “forgotten”
people.
There are sections of Burke
County that whites are afraid
to enter. Some years ago, an
interracial group of gardeners
decided to organize a com
munity garden on the vacant
grounds adjacent to the Pilgrim
Way apartments. The Housing
Authority granted permission
and several residents agreed to
participate. As we arranged for
members of the garden group
to start breaking up the land,
one elderly member said she
would not participate because
she was afraid to enter Pilgrim
Way. Her reaction reflected
a fear that certain portions
of our community were too
dangerous to enter. Somehow,
the people who lived in the
housing project were different
from her and that she would be
a target. A visit to each home
would have likely changed her
opinion.
While some individuals
who live in those areas commit
crimes, even they are not gen
erally disrespectful or would
seek to harm a little old white
lady working in a garden. They
might have talked with her or
even helped her break up the
ground.
Our ultimate desire was to
engage the community in par
ticipating in growing some of
their own food and encourage
those who were raised on farms
to share their gardening knowl
edge. We also felt this would
provide an excellent opportu
nity to break down the walls
that separate us. Our efforts
were less successful than we
hoped, but our intentions were
valid then as now. A divided
community benefits no one.
We must search our hearts and
accept our common humanity
as children of God.
Lady Spartans
continue streak
From Staff Reports
The Lady Spartans (11-2)
dominated the competition
last week, defeating all three
opponents as they started up
the post-holiday season.
They began 2022 off with
a 46-25 win over John Han
cock Academy on Jan. 4.
“Our girls played hard on
defense and really worked
well in our press,” said
head coach Daniel Han
nah. “Kelsey Jaquess had
a great game for us on the
boards and scoring. I was
pleased with how well our
girls played off the bench.
Hannah Posey, Carleigh
Woods, Braelyn Reeves and
Addie Riggs brought a lot
of energy off the bench and
kept the tempo up for us.”
Jaquess led the effort with
13 points, 11 rebounds and
3 steals
On Friday, Woods and
Avery Wiggins helped lead
the Lady Spartans to a 61-54
victory over Augusta Prep,
with both girls putting up
14 on the board. Jaquess had
another impressive night
with 17 points, 11 rebounds,
3 steals and 5 blocks.
“Augusta rep played ag
gressive defense and played
at the pace that we like
to play,” Coach Hannah
said, adding that Wiggins,
Woods and Jaquess had a
great night shooting. “I was
proud of the composure our
girls had down the stretch,
and I’m excited for the po
tential we have as this team
matures throughout this
season.”
On Saturday, the girls
continued their winning
streak as EBA took on
Thomas Jefferson Academy.
“After our overtime game
with Augusta Prep on Fri
day, we came out sluggish
against TJ early on, but
picked up the tempo as the
game went on,” Hannah
said. “I was impressed with
how well Leila Eastmead
ran our offense and how
well Zaylie Baker played
on defense throughout the
game. In the 50-13 win,
Eastmead earned 16 points
for the Lady Spartans, and
Reeves had 6 rebounds.
Up next, EBA plays Gate-
wood on the road Friday and
hosts Monsignor Donovan
at home Saturday.
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