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Members of the state champion Trion Bulldogs wrestl
ing team are, from left, in front, Dustin Starkey, Bruce
Hale, Dustin Cordell, Jason McWhorter, Brian Colbert,
Cody Kirk and Eric Brock; in back, statistician Michelle
Trion Bulldogs Champs
Wrestling Team Wins State Honors
By BUDDY ROBERTS
Sports Editor
It was some kind of sight to
see.
Jeff Daffron was cheering
and jumping around on the
wrestling mat before the
referee had even blown his
whistle.
His wrestler hadn't official
ly won the match yet, and there
was still one more to go, but
Daffron — and a cheering sec
tion that was thrilled absolute
ly out of its mind — had seen
all he needed to see.
The whistle blew, the
referee’s palm slapped the mat,
and that was it.
The Trion Bulldogs were
state champions.
It was a considerably
balder Coach Daffron who
stood before a student
assembly at Trion Monday
morning to attribute the win to
faith, determination and
courage. He had kept a promise
to his team, allowing them to
shave his head if they won the
state Class A title.
FAITH, COURAGE
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Senator Addresses Chamber
U. S. Sen. Sam Nunn addressed the an
nual banquet of the Chattooga County
Chamber of Commerce this week. From
left are W. E. “Eddy” Ellenbt;r& 1994
chamber president; Gary Mé¢Connell,
director of the Georgia Emergency
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ment this week,” he said to
members of Trion’s basketball
teams, “With the same spirit of
determination and courafle
that these guys went to the
state tournament with, and
you go with faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ, because throufh
him all things are possible,
you’ll be winners. That’s why,
without a doubt, these guys are
state champions.”
Trion boasts three in
dividual state champions from
last weekend’s tournament at
Armuchee. Jason McWhorter
was the first, finishing at the
top of the 125-pound weight
class. A senior, McWhorter
was the state runner-up each of
the past three years.
Eric Brock was the cham
pion at 140. His upset of Ar
muchee’s Brad Burns, the area
chamgion, in the semi-final
match was key to Trion’s team
victory.
Shawn Harris, a
sophomore, clinched the title
for Tricn with his pin of Ron
ny Yeagy of Dacula in the
160-pound championship.
Stacy Blalock of Trion
finished second in the state in
Management Agency; Holly Sprayberry,
1993 chamber president; Sen. Nunn;
Suzan Spivey, executive vice president of
the chamber; and U.S. Rep. George
“Buddy’’ Darden, who intro«fuced Sen.
Nunn. (Staff Photo).
SUMMERVILLE, CHATTOOGA COUNTY, GEORGIA — THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1994
Harris, Stacy Blalock, Jimmy Dale Hensley, Danny
Johnson, coach Jeff Daffron, Randy Moon, Shawn Har
ris and Brandon Veatch. (Staff Photo).
the heavyweight class, and
Bryan Colbert, placed third at
130.
FIRST PLACE
The Bulldogs won the tour
nament with 107.5 team
points, followed by Dacula
with 99. Armuchee finished
third with 93 points.
Having finished second in
the area and ranked second in
the state behind Armuchee, the
Bulldogs were trailing Dacula
bg' 8.5 team points as the
championship round started.
“We've put ourselves in a
Bosition to win this,” a nervous
affron said during the con
solation finals. He was a little
less nervous after Colbert
defeated his Dawson County
opponent to finish third in the
state.
The Bulldogs edged closer
to Dacula when McWhorter
Einned Allen Giles of East
aurens in the second period of
the 125 chamxionship. The win
boosted McWhorter's season
record to 25-1.
Brock gave Trion the lead
with his 7-2 win against Travis
Wade of Brookstone. The
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Bulldogs led Dacula, 101.5-99,
leaving the state title to be
decided by the 160 final, which
gjtted Harris against Dacula’s
eagy.
Harris pinned him 3:30 in
to the match.
Blalock’s heavyweight final
was the last match of the day.
He was fiinned by David
Butler of Macon County, the
defending state champion, for
a second place finish.
“EXCITED”
“I'm so excited,” Daffron
said after Harris’ win. The
coach had raised his fists in vic
tory, locked Harris in a
bearhug, and been descended
upon by other wrestlers and
fans for more hugs and
handshakes.
“I'm {'(\Jlst tickled to death
for the kids. They wrestled
their hearts out. AIYI asked of
them was to give themselves
the chance to win. I told them,
‘Guys, the only matches we
need to worry about are the
ones we wrestle.’ And they
wrestled their hearts out.”
St togl;dus 20 nf:ir;lutes to
et everybody out of the gym,
gnd we stopped at McDonald’s
in Summerville on the way
home. We stayed there about
45 minutes and had a real good
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American Culture Erodes
Sen. Nunn Describes Problems, Outlines Ideas
By TOMMY TOLES
Editor
“Our culture in America is
erod.t:g' "’ U. S. Sen. Sam Nunn
warned business leaders in
Chattooga County this week.
He decried the breakdown
of the two-parent family,
violence by teen-agers, unwed
mothers, fathers who don’t
support their children and sex
and violence on television.
Senator Nunn closed his ad
dress to the annual banquet of
the Chattooga Chamber of
Commerce with his sugges
tions on how to reverse the
cultural erosion. He also com
mented on foreign affairs and
defense policY during his talk.
Eddy Ellenburg, 1994
chava:;r presidentél officially
received a giant gavel as a sym
bol of his o%ca fll officers and
Jdn‘ec’ tors v:'iere installed_ in
anuary and were recogued
Monday evening. olly
Acquitted Molester Hit
With More Sex Charges
A convicted child molester
who was acquitted this past
fall on molestation charges has
been arrested again in Chat
tooga County on additional
molestation charges.
. His brother has also been
arrested on a molestation
count.
Dewey Dewayne Hogue, 26,
North Congress Street, Sum
merville, was arrested Sunday,
according to Chief Inv. P. R.
Hill of the Chattooga County
Sheriff's Office. Hogue was
charged with sodomy and ag
gravated child molestation for
allegedly molesting two young
boys.
The alleged incidents took
place on Martin Street in Sum
merville between Feb. 5 and
Saturday, reports indicated,
and involved both anal sex and
oral sex. The boys are ages 4
and 8, jail documents
indicated.
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DALE MURPHY GIVES PLAQUE TO “COUNTRY”
Only Chattoogan To Be So Honored
‘Country’ Brown Honored
Magistrate Only Local Hall Of Fame Inductee
By TOMMY TOLES
Editor
ATLANTA — He said he
was nervous but Ralph “Coun
trK;’ Brown didn't show it
when he rose from his chair and
walked about 20 steps to be in
ducted into the Georgia Sports
Hall of Fame.
Wearing a special light blue
Sprayberry, 1993 president,
presided at the banquet.
QUAYLE?
Sounding someéwhat like
former Vice President Dan
Quayle, who was criticized
heavilav in 1992 for his remarks
on “Murphy Brown” and on
family values, Senator Nunn
cited statistics about unwed
mothers, violence, and the
breakdown of two-parent
families to support his
conclusions.
Some 2,000 teen-agers were
moriegin 0% N o
ight of 1 i
become the victim of a serious
crime in their lifetime, One of
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r uring their life,
add:(red
On average, 2,680 teen
agers are charged with murder
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with rape, 38, »
and 58,000 with assault.
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ed incidents of molestation
took place within a week, jail
recorSS stated.
ACQUITTED
Hogue was acquitted by a
Chattooga County criminal
court jurly in another unrelated
child molestation case on Sefit.
8, 1993, court records show. He
had been charged with
molesting a teen-age boy.
Hogue pled guilty to a
charge of child molestation
against a girl on Aug. 9, 1985
and was sentenced to 20 gears
in prison by Superior Court
Jugge Joe Tucker. The
molestation took place in April,
1985.
The Georgia Board of Par
dons and Paroles commuted
Hogue’s sentence after he had
served ‘‘only a few years” of
the 20-year sentence, according
to the office of Ralph Van Pelt,
district attorney.
sports jacket and ring award
ed to all Hall of Fame in
ductees, Brown shook hands
witléelgalefi\llurph]y and then ac
cepted a hu aque naming
him to the lfea.llp He's the only
person from Chattooga Coun
ty to be so honored.
Looking over the crowd of
about 1,000, Brown, 72, unfold
Police officers have told him
that teens who commit crimes
today are more callous than in
past years, display little if any
remorse for their actions, and
commit crimes l'ant:lomlg:l.i One
youth cited by Nunn as vmg
murdered someone said he di
it because “he was having a
boring day.”
Thirty years ago, there
were 2;13.000 gcll:;ldren with uln
married sin parents. In
1992, there were six million
children with unmarried single
parents, Sen. Nunn sid.
Children in single-parent
homes are three times more
likely to flunk out of school and
three and one-half times more
likely to commit crimes than
are the children of two-parent
families, he continued. Nunn
said he was not criticizing
single parents who are single
not as a matter of choice.
There is a direct correlation
between high test scores and
In another matter, Howard
Eugene Hogue. 39, Cullman,
Ala., was charged with child
molestation Monday evening,
Chief Inv. Hill said. He was
Trion Man Arrested After
Alleged Tryst At His Home
A Trion man has been
charged with engaging in
sodomy with a 16-year-ol§ boy
at his home this past Sunday.
Chief Tony Gi'ljleland of the
Summerville Police Depart
ment said Emmett Leon Scott,
60, 9 Gray St., Trion, was
charged with sexual exploita
tion of children, solicitation of
sodomy, and oral sodomy after
his arrest about 2 a.m. Sunday.
Scott was charged with
picking up a 16-year-old boy at
a local all-night restaurant and
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RALPH “COUNTRY” BROWN GRINS
Named To Sports Hall Of Fame
ed his brief speech Saturday
evening and expressed his ap
preciation for having received
the honor. The banquet was
held at the J. W. Marriott hotel
at Lenox Square in Atlanta.
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About 3G local residents at
tended the affair, including
Brown’s wife, Curtis, their son,
two-parent families, contrasted
with low scores of children in
one-parent homes, the senator
said.
Too many children are
ch?eroned by television, he
said, and too many fathers
abandon their children.
By age 18, he continued,
children will have watched
18,000 hours of television,
which features an average 26
acts of violence per hour.
“That combination, ladies
and gentlemen, is lethal,” he
asserted. ‘“The Bible says we
reagwhat we sow.”
Government at all levels
must confront the cultural pro
blems on a long-term basis, he
said. He recommended more
early childhood education, bet
ter school training and educa
tion, ‘“the ‘;ight kind of welfare
reform,” confronting drug
and alcohol mlum as far
down as the third, fourth and
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charged with molestin%la tgirl
on Dogwood Circle in the fall,
1993. Hogue was also charfed
with drunk driving on Sunday.
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enticing him to have sex, the
chief said. Scott allegedly car
ried the boy to his home in
Trion, where they engaged in
oral sex, the chief said. Scott
allegedly then paid the boy sls
before dropping him off at
Dowdy Park in Summerville,
Gilleland said.
Scott’s home was searched
by Inv. Charles Elsberry of the
Chattoo%la County Sheriff’s Of
fice, Lt. Harold Tucker, and Of
ficers Phillip Cox and Tim
Fulmer Tuesday morning.
Marty, and other relatives and
friemi’s.
Brown, who has been called
“Country’’ since his baseball
playing days in Tan:ipa, Fla,,
was both pleased and amazed
at all the attention he received
Frida[\; night, all da%: Saturday,
andlt at evfenifilg. he loudest
ause of the evening was
:gs%rved for the Summerville
resident, although eight others
were inducted into the hall.
He was interviewed on
WSB radio Saturday evening
and earlier in the day by
several sports writers who
would cover the banquet.
Brown sat at the head table
with Joe Gerson, hall of fame
chairman between 1970 and
1993. The 2vent this year was
held in honor of Gerson’s con
tribultitmo the hall o&ame.d'l
% ly apprecia
this,” Brown said after the
banquet. ‘‘l was nervous,
though, and I'm glad it’s over
now.” His comments were in
terrupted by handshakes and
hugs grom fans, and by signing
autographs. :
“COMEBACKS”
Murphy, a former member
of the Atlanta Braves who has
retired, joked with John
Schuerholz, head of the Braves
organization, about making a
“‘comeback.”
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