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PAGE 2B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JULY 23, 2009 School News FFA members participate in Banks goat show First-time shower Shyanne Bruce is pictured with her second in weight class goat and ribbon. Sports shorts 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, running 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 The Madison County High School Raider wrestling team attended the ASU wrestling camp July 15-18 in Boone, N.C. The team went 7-1-1, in dual meets and finished in second place to Ragsdale High School 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 organiza tion — continues its schedule with shows on 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. from High Point N.C. The Raiders also competed in an indi vidual tournament on the last day with over 550 entered. Top records went to Cody Phillips 12-1 (second place at 125), Colton Phillips The group welcomes those wanting to learn how to fish or fish competitively. Members of the club fish as individuals, and the top fisher men 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. Chamber sporting clays tourney set for Aug. 21 The sixth-annual Madison County Chamber of Commerce Sporting Clays Tournament will be held Friday, Aug. 21, at Brush Creek Sporting Club in Colbert. Registration will be from 8-9 a.m., with competition from 9 a.m. to noon. Lunch will be pro vided. There will be four-person teams with a cost of $100 per person. The first place team will win $500. Second place will receive $200 and third place $100. Shooting station sponsorships are available at $50 each. There will be door prizes. And the highest score wins a membership to Brush Creek Sporting Club. Hearing and eye protection are required. For directions to Brush Creek, check www.brushcreekfarm.net or call 706-788-2910. For a registration form, contact the Madison County Chamber of Commerce at 706-795-3473. (11-2), Issac Smith 12-1 (sec ond place at 152), Kyle Gordon 10-2, Tyler Adams 10-2, Max Nash 8-3, and Caleb McCain 8-3, Will McCarty and Josh Cronic had good tournaments also. The Madison County Goat show team traveled July 11 to the Banks County Agriculture Center in Homer for one of the first goat shows of the show season. There were 125 goats in attendance to compete for champion goat. Four of those students were 4-H and FFA members from Madison County. Each exhibitor started in showmanship. The showmanship competition is judged on the exhibitor's ability to show their goats to the judge and answer questions on their projects. Showmanship is divided by age and grade level. Six year old Lily Crane started the day in showman ship from Madison County 4-H. Crane placed second in her showmanship class out of more than 10 exhibitors. After showmanship each stu dent competed in their goat's weight class. Shyanne Bruce, a sixth grade FFA member at Madison County Middle School, placed second in her weight class out of 13 exhibi tors, and this was her first time showing. She also got to be a part of the championship drive. Crane placed third in the same weight class. Garrett Whitworth, a sophomore FFA member at Madison County High School, placed fourth with his project in a class of more than 12 goats. Levi Simmons and Lily Crane were in a weight class together and placed sixth and seventh with their projects. Those interested in show ing goats can contact Trisha Lastly, the Freshman Academy FFA Advisor, at 229-894-0507 or the Career Technical and Agriculture Education office at (706) 795-2173. The show sea son just began and will run through the end of October at the State Show in Perry. MCHS wrestling team attends ASU wrestling camp The Madison County Little League 11-12-year-old softball all stars were scheduled to face Harris County Wednesday evening, with the winner facing Warner Robins Thursday. State ..cont’dfrom IB the ball” Tuesday, but hit it right at Robins fielders. The squad tallied eight hits on the evening and stranded seven base run ners. Madison County scored its lone run on the night when Ivie Drake tripled and was driv en in by a Cheyenne Pridgen single. Alexis Damron took the mound for Madison County, farming five in five innings. The girls, who blasted Harris County 8-0 in the opening round Sunday, were scheduled to face Harris County again Wednesday evening, with the winner matching up against Warner Robins at 8 p.m. Thursday. Results of that game were not available as of press time. If Madison County or Harris County manages to down Warner Robins Thursday, they’ll have to turn around and do it again Friday, since Robins has yet to lose in the double elimination tournament. Pridgen said he felt confident his team could defeat Harris County, adding that Warner Robins is a great team, but not unbeatable. “It (the Tuesday loss) was a growing experience for them,” said Pridgen. “It might make them buckle down.” Pridgen said the team has had a great time on the road trip. “Oh, they’ve had a blast,” he said. “They’re swimming in the pool, running around the hotel room, you know, just goofing off and acting like a bunch of 12 year old girls.” But the squad has put the relaxing and vacation atmo sphere aside when it comes time for business, putting in a couple of hours of practice a day. Pridgen said the team is not distracted from the task at hand. “These girls want it bad,” he said. Garrett Whitworth is pictured with his fourth place in weight class goat and rib bon. 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