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THE BANKS COUNTY NEWS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008
Outdoors With Skipper
Father, son and friend each enjoy success
High School Football
Leopards to lose offensive coordinator
T hough we are several
months away from our
fall deer hunting sea
son, I thought I might get you
thinking about it early with this
story.
It all took place on Friday,
Nov. 30, of last year. It was a
cool morning as Tyler Sims, and
his dad, Jerry Sims, entered the
power line in Banks County to
hunt on opposite ends.
As Tyler walked to his ladder
stand, he jumped a deer that had
been bedded down. As day
light appeared, he heard a deer
crossing the power line about
midway. Legal shooting time
had arrived, and in the foggy
morning mist, it looked to him
like a buck.
Getting it lined up in his
scope, he saw that it was a nice
buck. When it turned broadside
to him, he squeezed the trigger
and the deer ran off. Waiting an
hour or so he
went look
ing for it, but
couldn’t find
blood or any
sign that he
had hit the
deer.
Walking
back to his
tree stand, he
discovered
the buck.
Tyler then hollered to his dad
to get down and come see it.
They got it loaded in the truck,
and Tyler quickly began calling
friends to let them know about
his deer.
This was the biggest one he
has ever shot. He called his
best friend Russell Sparks, who
replied that he also shot a nice
one. Then they got to teasing
about whose deer was the big
gest.
“How big is yours?” Back and
forth on the phone they would
go. Turned out that Tyler’s had
a 15 % inch spread for his eight-
pointer and Russell’ s deer had a
15’1/2 inch spread.
But to be fair about it all,
Russell’s deer weighed more. I
guess we will call them even,
a tie. Tyler is going to mount
his deer himself and also his
friend’s.
Not to leave dad out, Jerry
went the next day, and shot an
eight pointer with a 13 inch-
spread the from same power
line. Three nice deer all from
Banks County. Call me with any
outdoor stories.
Skipper Smith is an outdoors
columnist for The Banks County
News. His column appears
weekly. Let him know about
your hunting or fishing adven
ture at 706-677-1520.
skipper
smith
DEER HARVEST ONE MORE
Russell Sparks (left) and Tyler Sims show off their deer from a Jerry Sims added to the suc-
hunt last fall. cess hunting outing.
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The Banks County Republican Party will be holding a
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Legion Hall in Homer, Georgia from 10:00 a. m. to 2:00
p.m. Barbecue plates will be available for $6.00, and will
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located on Historic Homer Highway in Homer, Georgia.
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BY CHRIS BRIDGES
While the Banks County High
School football program is losing an
offensive coordinator, coach Blair
Armstrong is losing a long-time
coaching colleague and friend.
Carl Cole, who came to BCHS
with Armstrong from Peachtree
Ridge High School a year ago, is
leaving the Leopard program to take
a similar position at Jackson County
High School in Jefferson. The move
became official last week.
“Carl is an outstanding young
coach and he feels this will be the
best route for him to be a head coach
again,” Armstrong said Sunday.
Cole has been a head coach
before although he has worked with
Armstrong at three schools includ
ing BCHS, Peachtree Ridge and
Johnson High School.
“I have really enjoyed my time at
Banks County,” Cole said Tuesday.
“The school has some great positive
direction and will continue to get
better. I was given the opportunity
at Jackson County to continue to
work as an offensive coordinator
and teach a weight training class.”
MOVING ON
Carl Cole will be the offensive
coordinator at Jackson County
in 2008.
Photo by Chris Bridges
Cole noted each school has only
one or two teachers in weight train
ing classes.
“This is a job hard to get,” he said.
“This opportunity was something
that I was looking for and because
of the limited opportunity, I need to
take this one. I want to thank all the
parents, players, administration at
Banks County for their support.”
Armstrong acted quickly in filling
the assistant coaching slot created
by Cole’s departure. The hiring of
Paul Hoch, an assistant at Peachtree
Ridge, was approved by the Banks
County Board of Education Monday
night. Hoch, who was part of
the 2006 state champion team at
Peachtree Ridge with Armstrong,
will be the defensive coordinator
for the Leopards. Armstrong, who
oversaw the defense last season,
will move to the offensive side of
football for 2008.
“Coach Hoch and I know each
other very well,” Armstrong said. “It
was always my plan to being him to
Banks County but it didn’t work out
until now.”
In other coaching news, Armstrong
said Chuck Hudson, who was the
offensive line coach last season,
will be the offensive coordinator.
Hudson also worked with Armstrong
at Peachtree Ridge.
Gridiron Leopards to begin spring practice May 1
BY CHRIS BRIDGES
The Banks County High School
football team will return to the prac
tice field May 1 for the beginning of
spring drills.
Second-year head coach Blair
Armstrong said the team will have
10 days of work although they will
not be on consecutive weekdays
because of end-of-the-year testing at
the school.
The Leopards are set to practice
May 1 and May 2 before taking
the following Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday off. The players will
return to work May 8 and May 9 and
then resume a regular schedule.
The spring scrimmage is set for
Saturday, May 17, at 7 p.m.
“The offseason program has gone
well,” Armstrong said. “We have
seen a lot of improvement since last
last year. We still have the entire
summer to go.”
The head coach said there will be
plenty of new faces on the practice
field this spring.
“We are hoping to start out at a
higher level of intensity,” Armstrong
said. “The positive tone of the off
season and our strong coaching staff
is helping give the players a chance
to believe they can be sucessful.”
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