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Page 14, Wednesday, January 26, 2022 — The True Citizen
SPORTS
Spartans go 1-2 on the court
From Staff Reports
The Edmund Burke Acad
emy boys basketball team
resumed its season last week,
going 1-2 with a win at John
Hancock sandwiched between
losses at Briarwood and Gate-
wood. Tuesdays affair at Bri
arwood found the Spartans
on the wrong side of a 47-29
score. The score remained
close through the half, and the
Spartans closed the half with a
beautiful runner by freshman
From Staff Reports
The Lady Spartans continue
to power through long weeks
of games and practice and
maintain a 5-2 record in region.
Last week they fell to Bri
arwood 51-44, beat John Han
cock 41-35 and lost one to
Gatewood 41-25. Their overall
record is 12-3.
Against Briarwood, head
coach Daniel Hannah said the
girls did not get into the pass-
Aden Hickman over Brai-
rwood’s 6’6 center. EBA nar
rowed the score
to a 10-point
game late, but the
Buc's closed on a
10-2 run to win
the region contest.
Braydon Tin-
dell led the scor
ing with 14 on
some great as
sists from his
teammates, and senior Evan
Hirschauer returned from an
injury and contributed 4 points,
ing lanes on defense and were
never really able to get rolling
like they are capable of. Kelsey
Jaquess led the effort with 12
points while Zaylie Baker and
Leila Eastmead each put up 7.
Jaquess also had 4 steals, while
Eastmead had 8 rebounds and 3
steals, and Baker pulled down
7 rebounds.
The game versus John Han
cock did not start out with
promise. “We came out really
sluggish, and they did a great
while Owen Redd had 3. Soph
omore Harrison McClellen,
making his first
start, scored a
bucket from the
floor. The second
road game of the
week found the
Spartans in the
vacation destina
tion of Sparta vs
John Hancock
Academy. The
Spartans started quickly with
numerous turnovers on the
press creating baskets for Grant
job of pressuring our guards,”
Hannah said, add that Baker
had a great game on both ends
of the floor and EBA’s post
players did a better job of
rebounding against a physical
John Hancock team than they
did against Briarwood. “I was
proud of our second half effort
and ability to fight through a
tough night offensively.”
On the night, Baker posted
19 points and 6 steals, while
Braelyn Reeves and Jaquess
Mobley (11 points) and Tindell
with 12. John Hancock would
claw their way back and lead
39-38 late in the fourth quarter
before free throws from Parker
Oliver and Redd gave the
Spartans a 43-39 win. William
Hood came up with a steal at
the end of the game to secure
the win.
The last game of the week
was in Eatonton against region
leader Gatewood. Tindell led
the Spartans with 11 points.
region
each had 8 rebounds.
“We did not play up to our
level of intensity on defense
and struggled to put the ball in
the basket on Saturday,” Han
nah said of the Lady Spartans
battle against Gatewood. “They
did a good job of pressuring us,
and we did not handle it well.”
Baker had 6 points; Jaquess,
8 rebounds; and Eastmead, 5
steals.
Both varsity teams will cel
ebrate Senior Night this Friday.
Lady Spartans 5-2 in
Burke County basketball playing hard
From Staff Reports
The Lady Bears picked up a
win and a loss last week while
the Bears claimed one of each
and then defeated ARC in over
time on Monday night.
The Lady Bears defeated
Morgan County 45-32 in what
head coach Leslie Lawrence
called a consistently played
game. “Our defense was stel
lar and held a good Morgan
County team to thirty-two
points,” she said.
Alayla Denmark posted 15
points, 13 rebounds and 6
steals; Tre’yonna Jones, 9
points and 7 rebounds; and
Jalia Johnson, 9 points and 5
rebounds.
“We came out flat against
Cross Creek,” Lawrence said
of the girls’ 61-35 loss. “We
had some trouble scoring in the
first half which led to a half
time deficit. Though we played
better in the second half, the
deficit was insurmountable.
Cross Creek is a good team
and it showed in this contest.”
Denmark again led the Lady
Bears’ effort, earning 18 points
and 8 rebounds.
On the boys side, the Bears
pulled a 64-62 win over Mor
gan County. Leading the effort
were Tykevian Hiers with 15
points, including 3 three-point
ers, Isam Anthony and Kobe
Brown, with 13 points each;
and Dantavian Allen, 11 points.
Allen, Brown and Hiers each
had 3 steals, and Kinte Gross
had 5 rebounds and 2 blocks.
The Bears fell 54-48 to Cross
Creek on Jan. 22, but stats were
not available at press. On Mon
day night, they defeated ARC
61-58. Leading scorers were
Gross with 15 points; Anthony,
12; and Hiers, 11.
“This puts us at 11-5 overall
and 4-2 in the league,” said
head coach Purvis Dukes. “The
kids are playing extremely
hard and that will keep them in
games. This league is a grind,
and we have to continue to
improve each day. Several guys
are contributing and that makes
for a good team.”
The Lady Bears also defeat
ed ARC 67-29, but stats were
not available at press time.
Old Sapp
Place is recognized by group
On December 18, 2021,
the National Society Colonial
Dames XVII Century Richard
Warren GA26 Chapter, of
Waynesboro, Ga., placed a
marker at the Old Sapp Place,
just outside of Sardis, Ga.
The Sapp Plantation is a
significant example of a "Plan
tation Plain" Structure of the
early 19th Century.
It was one of the largest plan
tations in Georgia prior to the
Civil War. The family raised
"Indian Corn" rather than cot
ton or livestock. The house was
built about 1810 to 1820.
To this day, it is still a pri
vately owned home. It was
placed on the National Register
of Historic Places on February
8,1980.
Shown here with the marker are RW-GA26 Chapter Treasurer Marilyn Cochran, Chapter President
Dot Cauley, GA State CDXVIIC President Amelia Pelton, Chapter Registrar Catherine Fouche
and Chapter Vice-President Nell Headley.
DOT announces funding for repaving Hwy 25 North
The Georgia Department of
Transportation (GDOT) an
nounced that Burke County
would be receiving funding
to repave a portion of US 25/
State Route 121 for 9.5 miles
from Peachtree street to the
Richmond County line.
“As Georgia continues to
experience rapid economic
growth, it is critical that our in
frastructure is upgraded to keep
pace,” said Sen. Max Burns
(R - Sylvania). “This repaving
project will better ensure that
goods travelling by road from
the coast up to Augusta and be
yond are able to complete their
journey safely and efficiently. I
am grateful that GDOT has ad
dressed this need in our district
and I look forward to working
to bring additional projects to
District 23.”
The daily traffic count in
the project area ranges from
10,000 to 12,700, with truck
traffic making up 13 percent
of daily traffic. The project is
estimated to be completed by
October 31,2022.
You can find more infor
mation here: http://www.
dot .ga.gov/About GDOT/
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CORRECTION
In an article titled Iconic Departure last week, it was
incorrectly stated that Chip Dixon was the nephew of
Robert Bell. He is a distant relative. He is the nephew
of Hardy Bell. We apologize for the misunderstanding.
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