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Page 12 — Wednesday, November 9, 2022, The True Citizen
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Bears clinch third seed, face LaGrange Saturday
BEN ROBERTS
benroberts@bellsouth.net
The Bears closed out their
regular season last week with
a win over Southeast Bulloch
17-7 in Brooklet. In doing so,
they clinched the number three
seed and will travel to face the
Region 4, number two seed,
LaGrange Grangers, this Sat
urday in Calloway Stadium.
This marks the 16th straight
season that Burke County has
advanced to the Georgia High
School Association (GHSA)
playoffs under head coach
Eric Parker. However, Parker
will not be on the sidelines
after suffering a heart attack
last Monday during the Bears’
game against Wayne County.
Assistant head coach and de
fensive coordinator, Anthony
Williams, is overseeing coach
ing duties during Parker’s
absence.
Region 4 has shown itself to
be a tough division with four
of its teams ranked in the top
15 in class AAAA in recent
weeks. For its part, Region
3 has had the three teams of
Benedictine, Burke and Wayne
County ranked for several
weeks as well.
LaGrange was in danger of
missing the playoffs but their
upset of Troup last Friday night
allowed the Grangers to take
the second spot.
“LaGrange - that name has
some prestige behind it,” said
Coach Williams. “They’ve had
some great teams in the past.”
Just like Burke County, La
Grange is 8-2 in the regular
season with their two losses
coming from fellow region
opponents. Williams ticked off
a list of issues the Bears will
have to contend with Saturday
night.
“We’re expecting a hard-
fought game. Watching them
on him, they’ve got some ath
letes all over the place, some
size. So, we’re expecting a
battle. We’ve been in a couple
of those this season and we’re
expecting no less in the first
round,” he said.
Friday’s win over Southeast
Bulloch capped the end of a
tough two weeks where the
Bears played their final three
region games, two of which
were on the road, and watched
helplessly when Parker col
lapsed on the sideline in Jesup.
Williams said he believed
the kids had been able to put
that behind them now and are
focused on what lies ahead for
the team.
“I think the kids have
bounced back. I think with
them seeing Coach Parker
Thursday and also Friday be
fore we left, that put their
minds at ease. And he’s doing
well, he’s recovering. If we
keep this thing moving, maybe
he’ll get a chance to stand on
the sidelines with us,” Wil
liams said.
Burke County scored on its
first drive Friday night against
Southeast Bulloch (SEB) on a
1-yard run by Charlie Dorsey.
The point after kick and a
33-yard field goal by Blake
Burden later in the first quarter
put the Bears up 10-0 early.
The Yellow Jackets refused to
lay down however, and neither
team would score again until
late in the fourth quarter.
With just under 6 minutes
to play, SEB would score their
only touchdown. The success
ful point after would close the
gap to 10-7.
The Bears would find the end
zone again to ice the game with
2:28 left to play on a 2-yard
score by Marshall Flowers.
Burden’s kick would secure the
final score of 17-7.
Williams admitted the score
and the game were closer than
he would have liked but he
hadn’t expected SEB to lay
down in their final game.
“They were pretty good on
defense. We really couldn’t
get a rhythm going. We had
a couple of kids that were
out. Just really couldn’t find
a rhythm. When we got one
gong, we would miss a pass
here or there or something
like that. Their record does
not indicate how good they
are. Their defense played us
tough,” Williams said.
The Bears had 298 yards of
total offense compared to the
Yellow Jackets’ 123. Burke
County held SEB to just 47
passing yards and 76 rushing
yards. The Bears had 132 yards
through the air and 166 on the
ground.
Flowers was 9 of 17 passes
for 132 yards and one intercep
tion. He had 11 carries for 29
yards and 1 touchdown. Dorsey
had 134 rushing yards and 1
touchdown.
The number one seed from
Region 3, Benedictine, will
face Region 4 number 4 seed,
Whitewater. Region 4 number
3 seed, Trinity Christian, will
travel to face number 2 seed
Wayne County and Region 3
number 4 seed, New Hamp
stead, will travel to face Troup,
the number 1 seed from Region
4. All three of those games are
set for this Friday night.
Burke County at LaGrange Grangers
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, at 6 pm
Calloway Stadium
801 Dallis Street, LaGrange, GA 30204
Tickets are $8 and only available at www.gofan.co.
Bears’ Parker on the mend
BEN ROBERTS
benroberts@bellsouth.net
After collapsing on the side
lines at Wayne County just
over a week ago from a sud
den heart, Burke County head
football coach, Eric Parker,
is home and recovering and,
even, doing a little bit of work.
“I’m on Tight desk duty’,”
Parker said. “I can’t have any
thing to do with the day-to-day
coaching and on-the- held stuff
and games. That part is hard,
that’s always tough. I am help
ing watch a little him, on the
phone with coaches, met with
coach Williams this morning.
We looked at a few things that
LaGrange likes to do and we
kind of discussed them a little
bit; but that’s pretty much what
I have been reduced to for the
rest of this football season -
I’m almost like an analyst.”
Medical staff administered
CPR to Parker on the sidelines
in Jesup and he was alert and
responsive when he was loaded
in an ambulance on the held.
Parker was taken to Wayne
Memorial Hospital and was
airlifted to St. Joseph’s/Candler
hospital in Savannah.
Parker said doctors deter
mined he had a 90-percent
blockage of one of his main ar
teries and they inserted a stint.
Parker was home two days
later and even attended the
team’s Thursday devotional the
following morning.
Parker said he had a chance
to discuss with his players the
fact that when times get tough,
your tendency is to fall back
to your training and what you
know.
“I think our training and
conditioning has been pretty
good. That’s why the kids have
been able to battle though a lot
of adversity,” he said. “And
when I talk about adversity,
I’m talking about, you look at
the schedule we played, you
look at the number of people
that won their region that we
played or are getting ready to
go to the playoffs. Then you
look at the fact that we had to
take three games and play them
in 9 days. Then there were
distractions and injuries. There
was my distraction. It was a lot.
So, this group is battle tested,
and they came out of this thing
8-2. To be honest with you, I
think we hit the bottom of our
conditioning and training and
we’re still in pretty good shape
so that’s a testament to the kids
and the coaches.”
Parker said he has full con
fidence in his team and his
coaches as they prepare for the
first round of state playoffs this
weekend in LaGrange.
“We’re in great shape with
those guys in charge. We’ve
got a core staff that’s been to
gether for a while. We’re fine.
My biggest concern going in,
is, have our kids been able to
recover from that grind of the
last couple of weeks,” he said.
Parker said he was blown
away by the level of support,
not just from Burke County,
but across the state, as well as
from so many other schools.
“I appreciate the whole com
munity. The support was just
unbelievable. It starts remind
ing you how old you are and
how many people you know
because they start coming out
of the woodwork. It was a real
outpouring of people that think
a lot of you and that means a
lot.”
EBA heads to playoffs
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
The Edmund Burke Acad
emy Spartans head for the
playoffs this week after a tough
rivalry matchup that resulted in
a 10-17 loss Friday, November
4 against Briarwood.
"Our defense stepped up
throughout the game making
fourth down stops and caus
ing two Briarwood turnovers,”
said Head coach Andy Wood
ard. “Our team is improving
throughout this season and
is learning the importance of
playing every play. It was a
special night at Rogers Field
as we were able to recognize
our Seniors Wesley Wall, Gar
ret Jenkins, Braxton Meyers,
Case Harris, and Cody Reeves
at halftime. Our team has
earned the right to play in the
playoffs and we are excited
for the start of the playoffs this
week at home against Georgia
Christian at 7 p.m."
Displaying grit during the
backyard battle, Cody Reeves
had six tackles with three tack
les for a loss. Kade McGill had
19 tackles and Aiden Hickman
had 17 tackles. Alternating
between offensive and defen
sive moves, Parker Oliver had
three catches for 25 yards and
10 tackles. Owen Redd had
two catches for 41 yards. On
defense, he had three tackles,
one interception and one pass
breakup. Additionally,Connor
Syms had 10 rushes for 110
yards and 1TD. On defense
Connor had 16 tackles with 1
tackle for a loss.
Other highlights of the game
included,Marc Owen Chancey
completing nine passes on 19
attempts for 102 yards. Garrett
Jenkins had 10 tackles and 1
tackle for a loss on defense. On
offense Garrett had one catch
for 14 yards. Bray den Tindell
made one extra point and a 19
yard held goal.
The City of Sardis will hold a Public Meeting to entertain discussion concerning the
Millage rate for 2022 Property Taxes on November 15th, 2022 @ 6:00 p.m. The City of
Sardis Governing Authority do hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a
regular meeting that will be held at 1209 Ellison Bridge Road on November 15 th , 2022
immediately after the public hearing. Pursuant to the requirements of the O.C.G.A.
48-5-32 do hereby publish the following presentation of the current year’s tax digest
and levy along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five (5) years.
CURRENT 2022 TAX DIGEST AND 5-YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
City of Sardis, GA
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Real & Personal
9,937,529
10,016,589
10,261,700
11,115,032
11,198,102
13,106,772
Motor Vehicles
543,140
427,580
378,290
415,330
235,320
226,800
Mobile Homes
281,493
300,832
328,889
311,630
282,364
379,938
Timber - 100%
0
2,100
7,671
0
0
0
Heavy Duty Equipment
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gross Digest
10,762,162
10,745,001 10,968,879
11,841,992
11,715,786
13,713,510
Less M&O Exemptions
Net M&O Digest
10,762,162
10,745,001
10,968.879 11,841,992
11,715,786
Gross M&O Millage
13.2
13.2
13.2
13.2
13.2
13.2
Less Rollbacks
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.2
Net M&O Millage
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
Net Taxes Levied
129,145
128,400
131,626
142,103
140,589
164,562
Net Taxes $ Increase
829
-745
3,226
10,477
-1,514
23,973
Net Taxes % Increase
2.3
0.9
1.11
2.50
7.9
17.1
NOTICE
The Burke County School Board does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the Burke County Board of
Education Meeting Room at 789 Burke Veterans Parkway, Waynesboro, Georgia on November 23, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. and pursuant to the
requirements of O.C.G.A. Section 48-5-32 does hereby publish the following presentation of the current year’s tax digest and levy, along with
the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2022 TAX DIGEST AND FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
School Digest & Levy
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Real & Personal
3,758,874,794
3,914,582,411
4,560,328,395
5,617,322,187
6,564,361,840
7,268,777,308
Motor Vehicles
20,491,420
16,570,400
14,706,290
14,599,280
10,265,660
9,433,570
Mobile Homes
9,333,790
9,559,011
10,216,503
9,880,855
10,763,240
12,548,231
Timber -100%
9,979,270
6,596,470
7,394,471
11,144,535
8,479,865
13,865,913
Heavy Duty Equipment
11,013
4,440
0
0
26,007
0
Gross Digest
3,798,690,287
3,947,312,732
4,592,645,659
5,652,946,857
6,593,896,612
7,304,625,022
Less M&O Exemptions
177,627,139
181,914,198
183,716,784
189,369,509
193,128,715
207,314,158
Net M&O Digest
3,621,063,148
3,765,398,534
4,408,928,875
5,463,577,348
6,400,767,897
7,097,310,864
Gross M&O Millage
13.702
13.701
13.701
13.634
13.628
13.526
Total School Taxes Levied
49,615,807
51,589,725
60,406,735
74,490,414
87,229,665
95,998,227
Net Taxes $ Increase
1,973,918
8,817,009
14,083,679
12,739,251
8,768,562
Net Taxes % Increase
3.98%
17.09%
23.31%
17.10%
10.05%