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PAGE 2B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 19. 2009
Soccer
Sports Shorts
MCHS baseball BBQ
set for Feb. 28
The Madison County High
School baseball team will hold
its annual barbecue chicken sale
Saturday, Feb. 28, at the MCHS
freshman academy building (the
old middle school building) from
4-6 p.m.
Meals cost $7 a plate. Orders are
available for pick-up only.
Bass Masters Club
seeking new members
The Madison County Bass
Masters Club, the only federated
bass masters organization in the
county, is seeking new members.
The group meets the last
Thursday of each month at the
Madison County Government
Complex and fishes the first
Saturday of the month.
The group welcomes those
wanting to learn how to fish or
fish competitively.
Members of the club fish as
individuals, and the top fishermen
from the organization have the
opportunity to compete against
members of other federated bass
master clubs in the state.
Those interested can contact club
president Wendell Smith at 706-
247-6073 or vice president Darren
McElroy at 706-340-2024.
Spring Soccer
Registration
runs through Feb. 27
Registration for the Madison
County Recreation Department
spring soccer leagues runs until
Feb. 27 Mondays through Fridays
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the recre
ation department’s main office at
1345 Highway 98 West.
The recreation department will
offer the following divisions: a
12-and-under co-ed division and a
15-and-under co-ed division.
The age control date for spring
soccer is Jan. 1, 2009. Players
must be 10 by that date and cannot
turn 16 before Jan. 1, 2009.
A copy of the player’s birth
certificate at registration must be
provided at registration. The reg
istration fee is $25 per participant.
This includes their game T-shirt.
Out-of-county participants will
pay an additional $25. For more
information, contact the recreation
department at 795-6270.
Recreation depart
ment T-ball, pitching
machine registration
runs through Feb. 27
Registration for the Madison
County Recreation Department’s
T-ball and pitching machine
leagues runs until Feb. 27 Mondays
through Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. at the rec department's main
office at 1345 Highway 98 West.
The recreation department will
offer a non-competitive co-ed
league for players ages 5-6, a
pitching machine league for boys
ages 7-8 and a pitching machine
league for girls ages 7-8.
The age control date for T-ball
is May 1, 2009. Players must be
five by that date in order to play
and cannot turn 7 before May 1,
2009.
The age control date for the
boys' and girl’s pitching machine
leagues is May 1, 2009. Players
cannot turn 9 before May 1,
2009.
The May 1 age control date has
been adopted to be in line with the
Little League age control date.
A copy of the player’s birth
certificate at registration must be
provided at registration. The reg
istration fee is $25 per participant.
This includes their game T-shirt.
Out-of-county participants will
pay an additional $25. For more
information, contact the recreation
department at 795-6270.
Madison Co. TD club
hosting ‘battle zone
paintball’
The Madison County Touchdown
Club invites all Madison County
High School students and the rest
of the community to its first "bat
tle zone paintball" Feb. 28 from
noon until dark.
Those wishing to signup can
contact coach Mike Haynes at
Madison County High School at
706-795-2197.
The cost is $35 to use paint from
the battleground. The fee is $45
for those bringing their own.
Paint guns can be rented for $5.
Those interested can also sign
up at Sports and More or contact
Greg Adams, 706-543-6950; or
Ricky McElroy, 706-789-2305.
Madison Co. Cruisers
schedule starts April 18
The Madison County Cruisers
— a local automobile organiza
tion — starts its schedule April 18
at the Danielsville City Park, the
first of six shows in 2009 at that
location.
All shows run from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. "All makes and mod
els are welcome — rats, finished
and unfinished,” organizers said.
"As long as it has wheels and an
engine, it’s invited. We want to
see it all.”
Other show dates are May 16,
June 20, July 18, Aug. 15, Sept. 19
and Oct. 17. The October date is a
special cruise-in, organizers note.
The registration fee for all shows
is $5. For more information, con
tact J.J. at 706-255-2196 or James
at 706-795-2645.
Rec Dept, offering
spring leagues
The Madison County
Recreation Department will offer
the following spring leagues:
MEN’S CHURCH
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
The rec dept, will offer a men’s
church softball league accom
modating up to 12 teams.
Games will be played at Mize
Park on Tuesday and Thursday
nights beginning in late March
and early April. The fee is $425
per team.
To receive a team registration
packet, contact the recreation
department at 706-795-6270.
The deadline for team entries is
Wednesday, March 18, at 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S CHURCH
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
The rec dept, will offer a
women's church softball league
accommodating up to six teams.
Games will be played at Sammy
Haggard Park on Monday nights
beginning Monday, April 6. The
fee is $425 per team. A mini
mum of four teams is needed to
form a league.
To receive a team registration
packet, contact the recreation
department at 706-795-6270.
The deadline for team entries is
Wednesday, March 18, at 5 p.m.
MEN’S OPEN
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
The rec dept, will offer a men’s
open softball league accommo
dating up to six teams.
Games will be played at Mize
Park on Monday nights begin
ning late March and early April.
The fee is $425 per team, with
a $20 per out-of-county player
fee or a maximum out-of-county
team fee of $75. Four teams are
needed to form the league.
To receive a team registration
packet, contact the recreation
department at 706-795-6270.
The deadline for team entries is
Wednesday, March 18, at 5 p.m.
WOMEN’S OPEN
SOFTBALL LEAGUE
The rec dept, will offer a
women's open softball league,
accommodating up to six teams.
Games will be played at
Sammy Haggard Park on
Tuesday nights beginning April
7. The fee is $425 per team,
with a $20 per out-of-county
player fee or a maximum out-of-
county team fee of $75. A mini
mum of four teams is needed to
form a league. To receive a team
registration packet, contact the
recreation department at 706-
795-6270. The deadline for team
entries is Wednesday, March 18
at 5 p.m.
Boys’ Soccer
Raiders rout Jefferson with balanced attack
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
With four different Raiders
scoring, Madison County
whipped Jefferson 6-1 last
Thursday.
Ben Ortman scored two goals
and Crew Mayne, Ian Webster,
Brandon Wilson and Detrick
Yamasato each scored one as
Madison County (1-1) got into
the win column.
‘‘I was also happy to see multi
ple people scoring goals,” Raider
coach Trevor Mangan said. "It
shows we have more offensive
balance than last year.”
Ortman now has three goals
this year, followed by Webster
and Yamasato, who both have
two.
Ben Ortman leads Madison
County with three goals this
year.
Other than what Mangan
described as “a sloppily conceded
penalty kick” that gave Jefferson
its only score, the coach said his
team played well in earning its
first win.
‘‘We did a much better job
possessing the ball and staying
more organized defensively,"
Mangan said.
Madison County came into
the game following a 6-2 loss
to Eastside Feb. 10.
‘‘We let in several soft goals,”
Mangan explained. “The goal
keepers did not have a good
night.”
The Raiders couldn’t capi
talize on many of their own
chances to score, Mangan
noted.
Ortman and Patrick Stewart
supplied the two goals.
“I was not happy with how
we played,” Mangan said.
“We’re a better team than we
showed that night.”
Madison Go. girls have big shoes to fill
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
Lady Raider soccer coach
Susanna Hawley eyes this
spring as one of those “prover
bial rebuilding years.”
The Madison County girls’
soccer team is tasked with
improving upon last year's
4-9-1 mark without several
key performers from 2008.
The Lady Raiders — off to
an 0-1-1 start — field a team
with just five returning starters
and eight who are new to the
varsity.
Hawley calls her team “very
inexperienced."
“I expect that we will
improve drastically over the
course of the season, but
unfortunately those growing
pains may not translate into as
many wins as we'd like," the
seventh-year coach said.
Gone this year are defen
sive standout Kendra Marin,
a four-year varsity player,
and Amber Pass, last year’s
offensive catalyst and leading
scorer.
The Lady Raiders also lost
leaders in Brittany Ellisor,
SUSANNA HAWLEY
Molly Atkinson and Carolyn
Mahoney, who all graduated.
Brianna Butler, another key
offensive player, transferred.
Madison County now
moves forth with junior
keeper Morgan Pierce;
Leanna Canup, a senior who
moved from midfield back
to sweeper; senior defend
ers Priscilla Pruett and Sarah
Robertson; senior forwards
Bonnie Walker and Danielle
Kindley: and midfielders
Stephanie Power (senior),
Jessie Cunningham (junior)
and Erin Gibson (junior).
The team also hopes for
early contributions from
newcomers Brianna Dills and
Brittany Wood — both juniors
— and a very large contingent
of sophomores. That group
includes Abby Atkinson,
Maria DesJardines, Chastin
Dobbs, Renee Ellisor, Jenna
Jansen and Rebecca Smith.
With the region realigned
and reformatted, Madison
County will again play a full
region schedule.
That means the Lady
Raiders face the daunt
ing trio of Conyers schools
— Heritage, Salem, and
Rockdale — and Loganville
as well.
Salem was ranked no. 4 in
Class AAAA preseason.
“As with last season, we will
likely have better success in
non-region play," Hawley said.
Madison County has been
shut out in both of its games
so far, a 5-0 loss to Eastside
and a 0-0 tie with Jefferson.
The Lady Raiders' only goal
of the season came unoffi
cially as Renee Ellisor scored
in an exhibition match against
Johnson.
Lady Raiders
a quarter and 18-17 at the half and didn’t
assume command of the game until the third
quarter, using a 10-0 run to take a 30-24 lead
into the final period.
Courtney Freeman led the team with 15
points and Shantydra Arnold added 10 as the
Lady Raiders won their 11 th -straight game.
There shouldn’t be any lack of inspiration for
Friday’s affair, however.
The power struggle between Madison County
and Clarke Central, separated by just 20 miles,
has turned this rivalry up a notch.
“Especially after last year,” Lampe said.
Madison County broke a long losing streak
to Clarke Central with a 65-59 win on the Lady
Gladiators’ home floor in 2008.
“They were upset about that one,” Lampe
said.
So much, that Clarke Central made a
Youtube video of its celebration weeks later
when it avenged that loss with a 72-63 win
in Danielsville. The Lady Gladiators then, of
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Courtney Freeman has scored 35 points in
Madison County’s two region tournament
victories. Jessica Brown/MainStreet Newspapers
course, went on to beat Madison County in the
region finals.
Madison County will try to prevent any more
Youtube moments Friday and return the region
title to Danielsville.
The Lady Raiders couldn’t be better
acquainted with their competition.
“It’s definitely a rivalry,” Lampe said. “A lot
of our girls know each other.”
Wrestling...
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set for Saturday at 5 p.m.
Cody Phillips (112-lb.),
Michael Kilpatrick (130-lb.),
Chris Savage (140-lb.), Issac
Smith (145-lb.) and Tyler Adams
(215-lb.) all finished in the top
eight in the newly-implemented
East State Sectionals over the
weekend to qualify for state.
Wrestlers had to win two
matches to advance.
Adams and Savage both went
3-3, earning six seeds in their
weight classes for the Class
AAAA tournament.
Phillips, Kilpatrick and Smith
went 2-3 and will enter their
brackets as no. 8 seeds.
Madison County could have |
sent a sixth wrestler, but Kyle
Bates (135-lb.) blew out his
knee in his second match.
The sectionals were intro
duced this year as an added
step — and challenge —
toward earning a spot in the
state tournament.
In years’ past, the top four
wrestlers in each region
advanced directly to state,
making for a 32-man bracket
in each weight class.
With the sectionals, only the
top 16 wrestlers in each weight
class move on to state now.
“I would say it definitely adds
some difficulty in getting there,”
Houston said. “Instead of hav
ing one step to get there, you
have two steps to get there."
Still, both Madison County
and the region were well-rep
resented.
Thirty-eight wrestlers out of
8-AAAA advanced to the state
tournament, which Houston
said speaks volumes about the
Raiders’ competition.
“I think our region is so much
tougher than the other ones from
top to bottom,” Houston said.
And with five represent
ing Madison County at the
Gwinnett Arena, perhaps the
Raiders earned some respect as
well.
“Hopefully, it says a lot to
people about our kids," Houston
said.
The coach noted that three of
the five Raiders headed to state
return next season, which has
him excited about the direction
of the program.
“We’re trying to get to the
next level and, hopefully, we'll
get there soon,” he said.
Michael E. Beasley, ORA
Income Tax Prepared
706-795-3939
2009
"Adopt-A-Highway" Sign-tip/Renewals
Sign-up sessions far the “Adopt-A-Highway'’ end county road program
sponsored by Keep Madison County Beautiful will be held from 9:DC- to
'1:30 a.m. or 2:C3 to 4:QD p.m. on Friday, February 23 and Saturday,
February 21, 2009 or tram 2: DO to 4:M p.m. Wetfrresday, February 25,
2009 at the “Keep Madisan County Beautiful" office located at 21QD
Colbe't'Canie sville Road ar you car mail your contract to
KMC E-'Adopt-A-1- gnway
ATTN# Wanda HLMnar
P.O. Box 293
Danielsville, Ga. 30633
Keep Madison County BeautihJ will have every adoption arganizaticirt
renew its contract each year in order tn heap cur program strong
For more information, conlact Sandra Webb ar Wanda Hianan at Keep
Madison County Clean and Beautiful at 7D6-795-5151.
Pteaae keep m mind that your current 'crarge* card wHi expire on
fltercri 7, 2009 and contracts must be renewed in order to reverse a new Tslue ' card.
1850 Epps Bridge Pkwy. * Athens, GA
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