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PAGE 2B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JULY 16, 2009 Sports shorts Diamond Club Hitting camp is Saturday The Diamond Club Sports Academy will sponsor a hitting camp on Saturday, July 18, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m„ which will include a video analysis and breakdown by Jon Armitage, (San Francisco Giants and UGA baseball) and Justin Holmes (Cleveland Indians, UGA coach and UGA team captain). The cost is $35 for younger players and $50 for advanced players. Call 706-795- 2HTT or 706-498-1842 to sign up or for more information. MCYA cheerleading camp ahead July 20-21, 23 The Madison County Youth Association (MCYA) will host a three-night camp July 20-21,23 at the Madison County Recreation Department for ages 4-14. The cost is $15. A light snack will be served each night. For more camp or cheerleading information, contact Wendy Barker at 706-788-3830. Rec dept, offering sports conditioning camps this month The Madison County Recreation Department will offer its final sports conditioning and speed development camp date for ages 7-and-up on July 20. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at the main park on Hwy. 98. “Participants of all ages will per form better in any sport they play after participating in this camp,” organizers said. The camp is based on improv ing one’s core strength and sprint fundamentals. The instructor is Aaron James, a former University of Georgia track coach, who is the speed development coach at Athens Christian School. His coaching experience includes work with national champions, All-Americans and Olympic med alists — including gold medal ists Sheryl Swoopes (basketball), and Michael Johnson and Shawn Crawford (track). The cost is $50 per participant. Registration is at the rec dept., Monday through Friday, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. For more information or to obtain a registration packet, call 706-795-6270 or go to www.mad- corec.com. Rec dept, soccer registration starts Aug. 3 Madison County youth soccer registration starts Monday, Aug. 3. Signups run Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the meeting room of Haggard Park located at 1345 Highway 98 West. Extended hours are Thursday, Aug. 13, and Friday, Aug. 14, run ning from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. An additional signup date is Saturday, Aug. 15, with hours from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The soccer leagues are coed and as follows: •Pee-Wee League, ages 5 and 6. •Midget League, ages 7 and 8. •Intermediate League, ages 9 and 10. •Major League, ages 11-13. •Senior League, ages 14-16. This league requires 48 partici pants registered to be offered. The age control date is Sept. 1, 2009. All players must turn 5 by this date and no player can turn 17 before this date. A birth certificate is required for all youth program registration. The registration fee is $25 per child, with an additional $25 fee for any out-of-county par ticipants. For more information, or to vol unteer to coach a team, call the rec reation department at 795-6270. MCHS softball alumni game ahead Aug. 8 The Madison County High School softball program hosts its third biannual alumni softball game Aug. 8 at 4 p.m. Any girl who played fast-pitch softball her senior year is invited to participate at no cost. There is no admission charge. Family members and friends are invited to attend. Those interested in playing need to contact Raider softball coach Doug Kesler at dkesler5@msn. com. Madison Co. Cruisers schedule continues The Madison County Cruisers — a local automobile organization — continues its schedule with shows on July 18, Aug. 15, Sept. 19 and Oct. 17. The October date is a special cruise-in, organizers note. Shows are at Danielsville City Park, run ning from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “All makes and models are welcome — rat rods, finished and unfin ished,” organizers said. "As long as it has wheels and an engine, it’s invited. We want to see it all.” The registration fee for all shows is $5. For more information, contact J.J. at 706-255-2196 or James at 706- 795-2645. 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. REC DEPT. HOLDS FIRST TENNIS CAMP The Madison County Recreation Department recently concluded its first tennis camp. Christina Fortson instructed the clinic, assisted by Colby Phillips and Erica Fortson. This year’s participants learned the fundamentals of tennis including serving, volleying, ground-strokes and returns. A water day was also part of the camp. This year’s campers were AbbyAlewine, Kristen Alford, Caroline Barrett, Brady Bates, Ben Bray, Karis Brown, Clay Christian, Dyson Christian, McKenna Coile, Cason Collier, Chase Craig, Kennedy Culbertson, Ella Czaplinski, Hayley Daniels, Karissa Embry, Mark Epps, Walker Johnson, Lexi Jordan, Luke Perdue, Sam Perdue, Storey Reynard, Thomas Stephenson, Emma Strickland, Adrianna Watson and Sammy Williamson.Those wanting their child to attend next year’s camp can contact the recreation department at 706-795-6270 for an information packet. Those also interested in tennis lessons can call the recreation department about fall lessons. All-stars... continued from page IB Franklin County July 10 in the district tourna ment semifinals. Madison County went 1-1 in pool play, beating Habersham National 7-6 and losing to Toccoa 11-1. PAST WEEK’S SCORES •Little League baseball (district tournament): Madison Co. 7, Habersham National 6 (July 6) Toccoa 11, Madison Co. 1 (July 8) Franklin Co. 6, Madison Co. 4 (July 10) •Junior League softball (state tournament): Madison Co. 9, Western Little League 1 (July 11) Madison Co. 5, Pioneer Little League 4 (July 12) Pioneer 13, Madison County 1 (July 13) Pioneer 5, Madison County 3 (July 14) DISTRICT TOURNAMENT RECAP •9-and-10-year-old baseball: 3-1, lost in semifi nals •Little League baseball: 1-2, lost in semifinals •Junior League baseball: 1-2, eliminated in loser’s bracket •Senior League baseball: 2-2, lost in finals •9-and-10-year-old softball: 0-2, eliminated in pool play •Little League softball: 4-0, district champions •Junior League softball: 2-0, district champions little League softball... continued from page IB to keep my head in line with one game at a time,” Pridgen said. “I don’t want to get too spread out.” But those really wanting to thing big and look ahead, the Little League softball World Series is in Portland, Ore. Aug. 13-19. Should Madison County somehow get that far, its players would miss a week of school. “That’s what keeping them driving,” Pridgen joked. “Every time I see them getting a lazy, I’m like, 'y’all want to got to school the first week of school don’t you?'” Support Madison County SHOP LOCALLY Sponsored by The Madison County Chamber of Commerce Athens Kidney Center is proud to announce the public opening of its 2 new state-of-the-art dialysis treatment centers! Commerce Kidney Center Madison Kidney Center 592 Ridgeway Road 1311 Atlanta Highway Commerce, GA Madison, GA under the medical directorship of BEZE ADOGU, MD, PhD, FACP KHUDR BURJAK, MD Harini Chittineni, ID Dr. Adogu was educated at University of Jos and Cambridge University. England. He graduated top of his class in medicine & surgery, as well as biochemistry and obstetrics/gynecology. A Cheve ning scholar, he was appointed Her Majesty’s scholar in medicine at Cambridge, and has published multiple research papers as well as a popular textbook of kidney diseases, “Pocket Nephrology”. His PhD thesis was on the mechanisms of diabetes mellitus. Post-graduate medical training continued at Brown University (Pharmacology), York Hospital (Medicine). Medical College of Georgia (Kidney Diseases & Transplantation) and Massachusetts General « Hospital (Transplantation). He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and ? Nephrology/Hypertension, and was also elected FACP. being the first doctor 5 elected from Athens since 1953. Dr. Burjak was educated at American University of Beirut, with postgraduate medical training at Tulane University, LA. He has over 15 years of dialysis and research experience, having published in lupus disease amongst kidney patients (Kraner. Burjak et al. American J Kidney Diseases 1999) and is board-certified in Kidney Diseases & Hypertension. Dr. Chittineni was educated at Ghandi Medical College, with post-graduate training at Winthrop University Hospital, where she worked both as a nephrology research assistant and clinical instructor. She has completed important research into acute kidney failure (Chittineni et al. American J Nephrology, 2007) and is board-certified in Internal Medicine. Athens Kidney Center • 1440 North chase street, Athens • 706-227-2110 To Learn More About Your Kidneys, Visit www.athenskidneycenter.com