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PAGE 2B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. APRIL 9. 2009
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Sports Shorts
MCYA football,
cheerleading signups
ahead April 18
The Madison County Youth
Association (MCYA) will hold
signups for football and cheerlead
ing April 18 from 1 to 4 p.m.
at the Madison County Recreation
Department.
Registration will be located at the
recreation department football field
building. This is the only day the
“$5 off coupon" is valid, accord
ing to organizers. The coupon is
available through Madison County
Schools or parents can print a copy
from the MCYA website, www.
leaguelineup.com/mcya-raiders.
Football registration is $60 and
cheerleading is $30.
The MCYA will use a new cheer
leader uniform this year. Uniform
costs with pom-poms for returning
cheerleaders are $80 and $105 for
new cheerleaders. "We also provide
payment plans,” organizers said.
For football questions, call Sherry
at 706-795-3978.
For information regarding cheer
leading, contact Wendy at 706-788-
3830. Additional information is also
available at the MCYA website.
Madison Co. Cruisers
schedule starts April 18
The Madison County Cruisers —
a local automobile organization —
starts its schedule April 18 at the
Danielsville City Park, the first of
six shows in 2009 at that location.
All shows ran from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. “All makes and models are
welcome — rat rods, 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, contact
J.J. at 706-255-2196 or James at
706-795-2645.
Rec Dept, summer camp
offered again
The Madison County Recreation
Department is again offering five
one-week sessions of summer camp
for children 6-12, Mondays through
Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The sessions are June 1-5, June
8-12, June 22-26, July 13-17 and July
27-31. Extended care, pre-camp and
post-camp is also available. Parents
can call 706-795-6270 for details.
Activities include arts, crafts,
sports, special events, indoor games
and outdoor games.
The cost is $55 per child, which
includes a camp T-shirt, for one week
of camp and $50 for each additional
week of camp. An additional $20
fee will be added for out-of-county
participants. There will be a $5 dis
count for multiple children of the
same household registered during
the same weeks.
Space is limited and pre-registra
tion and prepayment are required.
Parents must register their children at
the recreation department. No regis
tration will be taken over the phone.
Due to an overwhelming demand
for summer day camp, participants
will only be allowed to sign up for
three weeks at a time until April 15.
Starting April 16, parents may call
the recreation department to check
for available space remaining.
For more information or a regis
tration packet, contact the recreation
department at 706-795-6270.
Madison Co. Rec
Dept, to offer tennis
lessons
The Madison County Recreation
Department is offering youth and
adult tennis lessons for a six-week
session beginning Tuesday, April
21.
The lessons will be held on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings at
Sammy A. Haggard Park on Hwy.
98 in Danielsville. The fee is $45 per
person and the registration deadline
is April 20. Those signing up after
that will be charged an additional
$5 late fee.
Participants must pre-register and
prepay at Sammy A. Haggard Park.
Participants need to bring their
own racquet, but balls will be pro
vided. The rec dept, will have junior
and adult tennis racquets available
for $12 each, but they must be paid
for separately.
Christina Fortson instructs the
class, teaching the fundamentals
she’s learned through years of
attending clinics. She has been a
USTA league tennis player for seven
years. The time slots are as fol
lows: beginners 6-8, Tuesday, 5:30-
6:30 p.m.; beginners 9-12, Tuesday,
6:30-7:30 p.m.; beginners 13-18,
Tuesday, 7:30-8:30 p.m.; beginners
19-and-over, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30
p.m.; advanced lessons for all ages,
Thursday, 4:30-5:30 p.m.; ages 6-8
beginner overflow, Thursday, 5:30-
6:30 p.m.; ages 9-12 intermediate,
Thursday, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; ages
13-18 intermediate, Thursday, 7:30-
8:30 p.m.; and ages 19-and-over
intermediate, Thursday, 8:30-9:30
p.m. For more information, call
the recreation department at 706-
795-6270.
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 want
ing to learn how to fish or fish
competitively.
Members of the club fish as indi
viduals, and the top fishermen from
the organization have the opportu
nity to compete against members of
other federated Bass Master clubs
in the state.
Tennis ... continued from page IB
The Raiders beat Cedar Shoals 4-1 a day earlier,
with three of those victories — no. 2 singles and both
doubles spots — coming in straight-sets.
Boys’ winners
MCHS 4, Apalachee 1 (April 7)
•No. 2 S Branson W, 6-1, 6-4
•No. 3 S Boleman W, 6-2, 6-0
•No. 1 D Scarborough/Dove W, 6-2, 6-1
•No. 2 D Hancock/Dooley W, 7-6,4-6, 6-1
MCHS 4, Cedar Shoals 1 (April 6)
•No. 2 S Jeffrey Branson W, 6-2, 6-3
•No. 3 S Boleman W, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
•No. 1 D Scarborough/Dove W, 6-3, 6-4
•No. 2 D Hancock/Dooley W, 6-0, 6-0
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Baseball... continued from
Aided by a huge fourth inning
and a monstrous day from Seth
Fleming, Madison County dis
posed of the last-place Jaguars.
The Raiders led just 2-0 heading
into the bottom of the fourth before
pushing seven runs across the plate.
Madison County tacked on insur
ance scores in the fifth and sixth
innings.
Seth Fleming was the offensive
star of the night with two homeruns
and three RBIs in a 3-for-3 perfor
mance from the plate.
Turner added two hits and two
RBIs, and Matthew "Raybo"
Robinson also had two hits and an
RBI.
Ben Morris, who hadn't pitched
in weeks, overcame a slow start to
earn the win. The senior pitched
five innings, allowing four hits, one
earned mn and two walks while
striking out six.
Madison County also provided
solid glove work behind Morris.
“We played great defense,"
Griffeth said.
RAIDERS DOWN ‘DOGGS
Madison County pushed back
its first pitch an hour and a half
Friday, hoping winds would dry a
rain-soaked field, but nothing could
dampen the Raiders’ 2009 fire,
as the Region 8-AAAA leaders
tacked on yet another “W.”
Madison County topped visiting
Winder 3-1 Friday, extending its
winning streak to 11 games.
The home squad jumped on top
early, with Bo Dalton blasting a
second-inning solo shot over the
right field wall.
Winder, which failed to score in
the top of the third, despite loading
the bases with one out, brought
home its lone mn in the top of the
fourth, which knotted the score at
one.
But Madison County pulled
page IB
ahead with two runs in the bot
tom of the sixth. With the bases
loaded. Dalton hit a soft grounder,
which was misplayed by the
Winder shortstop, allowing J. Ben
Hardman to score. Seth Fleming
later crossed the plate on a wild
pitch.
Jack May went the distance for
the Raiders, giving up six hits,
while striking out five and walk
ing none. — report from Zach
Mitcham
Sports roundup
Golf: MCHS teams
endure windy rounds
Madison County’s golf teams
managed little luck against both
the elements and Elbert County
Monday.
The boys’ and girls’ teams both
lost on a blustery day at Sunrise
Golf Course,
On the boys’ side, just two
Raider golfers shot 50 or below
as the team lost 163-206 to the
Blue Devils.
Lee Morgan shot a 48 and Alex
Faulkner carded a 50.
Boys' coach Chris Smith said
he started several of his younger
players.
"It didn’t hurt playing them and
getting them experience because
they’re all back next year.”
The windy, cold weather
was somewhat a factor in the
team's score, Smith said, noting
that many on the roster haven’t
played in those conditions.
"A lot of it was mental,” he
said.
The coach did notice one
improvement from his team.
"We picked up our play; we
played a lot faster,” Smith said.
Madison County played
Wednesday against Banks
County (results weren’t avail
able at press time), and has just
two regular season matches
remaining before the 8-AAAA
tournament. The Raiders won't
make up the rained-out Madison
County Invitational from March
28.
On the girls' side, the Lady
Raiders lost 96-104, with Cortney
Boggs leading Madison County
with a 49.
Kelsey Hochstetler added a
55.
Lady Raider coach Doug
Kesler noted that his team was
still a bit rusty upon its return
from spring break.
Of course, windy conditions
didn’t help matters. “It was bru
tal," Kesler said. “It was tough. Of
course, their girls (Elbert County)
had to play in the same thing.”
Madison County played Banks
County Wednesday at Hammers
Glenn (results weren't available
at press time) and has a Tuesday
match with North Oconee at
Lane Creek. An April 15 match
up with East Jackson at Double
Oaks near Commerce follows as
the Lady Raiders gear up for the
Region 8-AAAA tournament.
“So we’re playing on three
pretty nice courses,” Kesler said.
NINTH AT STATE
This year’s Madison
County rifle team mem
bers are (back row, L to R)
coach Doug Butts, Dalton
Crumley, Ryan Bridges,
Jacob Holliman, Garrett
Cook, Wade Threlkeld,
coach Jeff Brantley,
(middle row) J.S. Fielding,
Hanna Moon, Tiffany
Brown, (front row) Nathan
Coker and Casey Brown.
The team finished the reg
ular season unbeaten and
finished ninth in the state.
Five Madison Co.
drivers place at Lavonia
Five local drivers finished near
the top of their respective divi
sions during weekend racing
action at Lavonia Speedway.
In FASTRAK Crate competi
tion, Royce Bray, Hull, finished
third, and Madison County’s
Shane Strickland was fourth in
the Beginner Four Cylinder race.
Bubba Russell, Comer, took
fourth in the Limited Late Model
Class, finishing one spot ahead of
Ha's Brant Carey.
Comer’s Jimmy Little was fifth
in Stock Four Cylinder competi
tion.
MCHS girls’ soccer
team falls 5-0
The Lady Raiders (2-9-2)
returned from a 14-day layoff
and suffered another shutout loss
Monday, falling to new region
foe Apalachee, 5-0.
It was the team’s first game
since March 24.
The Madison County girls’
team took on Loganville
Wednesday, but results weren’t
available at press time. The team
has two games remaining —
April 10 vs. Cedar Shoals and
April 13 against Winder-Barrow.
Sports Notes
Brantley named top scholar-athlete
Tyler Brantley, a senior
at The University of the
South (Sewanee) and a 2005
graduate of Athens Academy,
was recently named Middle
Tennessee's top scholar-
athlete at the National
Football Foundation's Middle
Tennessee Chapter 43 rcl annu
al awards dinner in Nashville.
Brantley, who is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. John
T. Brantley, Danielsville,
received the CR Bickerstaff/
Coach Bill Pace University
Scholar-Athlete Award for
his “scholarship, sportsman
ship and value to the team.”
Brantley is also a Charles W.
BRANTLEY
Hawkins and Joe C. Davis
Collegiate Scholar-Athlete.
Brantley is a natural
resources major and has
played defensive back for
the Sewanee Tigers for
four years, during which
time he was named to the
Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference’s academic honor
roll every year.
At Sewanee, he is a Wilkins
Scholar and a member of the
Order of Gownsmen, and he
has served as president of
the Honor Council and VP of
the Student-Athlete Advisory
Committee. Brantley also
taught schoolchildren in
Tanzania, climbed Mount
Kilimanjaro, and volunteers
through his fraternity and his
church.
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