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PAGE 2B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JULY 30, 2009
Football
continued from page IB
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 Flighway 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 participants reg
istered 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 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.
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 to 9
a.m., with competition from 9 a.m.
to noon. Lunch will be provided.
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.
some of the factions that we’ve had in the
past that we were trying to pull together
and get on the same page,” he said. “It’s
been encouraging."
The team left Monday for West Georgia
and was scheduled to return Wednesday.
Owens said he’s seen better chemistry
throughout off-season workouts, which
included several passing league dates and
weightlifting sessions throughout June and
July.
He hopes that bodes well for the 2009
season, which kicks off in a mere 29 days.
“I think the best way to say it is that
we’re working with a group of kids that
genuinely like each other for the most
RAIDER FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Aug. 28 Rockdale Co. 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 4 @Winder-Barrow7:30 p.m.
Sept. 11 @Monroe Area 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 18 Cedar Shoals 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 25 Salem 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 2 @ Hab. Central 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 9 Loganville 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 16 @Heritage 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 30 Apalachee 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 6 @Clarke Central 7:30 p.m.
Notes: Madison County has an Aug. 21
home scrimmage with Franklin County.
part,” he said.
FOOTBALL NOTES
•Owens liked what he saw in his team’s
seven-on-seven passing league sessions the
past two months, though Madison County
was rarely at full strength due to sev
eral players with multi-sport obligations.
"Getting everybody on the same day was
probably more challenging than usual,”
Owens said.
•Preseason practice starts Aug. 3, but
no two-a-day workouts are planned. The
GHSA has implemented rules to steer
teams away from two-a-days and more
towards heat acclimation amid concerns
about heat-related exhaustion. So Madison
County decided to scrap two-a-days alto
gether. “We said, let’s just don’t battle it,”
Owens said. “Let’s just go one-a-days.”
little League softball all-stars... continued from page IB
team, which included seven play
ers off last year’s runner-up squad,
was held to three hits.
"It seemed like every hard ball
we hit ... it seemed like they held
on to it," Pridgen said.
Friday’s contest was the rub
ber match between the two most
dominant teams at the state Little
League softball tournament.
Madison County fell to host
Warner Robins 3-1 July 21, but
rallied out of the losers’ bracket
and beat Warner Robins 6-4 in a
marathon 10-inning game July 23,
forcing the "if necessary" game
Friday.
The teams were then deadlocked
at 0-0 for the first three innings in
the decisive contest.
Madison County squandered an
opportunity in the bottom of the
second, putting runners at first and
second with no outs, but failing
to score.
But Warner Robins misfired, too,
stranding five runners during the
first three frames. It also saw a bas-
erunner gunned down in the fourth
inning after a well-timed relay
from centerfielder Jorden Williams
to shortstop Brianne Carr to third
baseman Kristen Moran.
But Warner Robins, which had
nine hits, ended the scoreless tie
later that inning with a two-out
RBI single.
The District 5 champions then
piled on five more scores in the
fifth to put Madison County away.
"They were a well-coached,
well-managed, well-hitting team,”
Pridgen said. “I think that’s what
gave them the upper hand in the
end."
Madison County Little League softball all-star third baseman Kristen Moran looks to make
a tag in Friday night’s state championship game in Warner Robins. Ben Munro/staff
Of course, this group won’t rest
for long.
Pridgen noted that every player
on the roster except one will turn
her attention to the middle school
softball team, which is under the
direction of new coach Phillip
Archer.
"They’ve been practiced plenty,"
Pridgen said. "He’s going to have
a team that’s ready to jump on the
field and start winning some ball
games.”
Pridgen added that Warner
Robins has a strong talent pool
from which to draw in Houston
County.
“There are six middle schools
they pull girls off of; we’ve got
one,” Pridgen said.
Pridgen’s team didn’t go quietly
before the final out, however, on
Friday.
After getting on the scoreboard
in the final inning, Madison
County loaded the bases with one
out before Warner Robins eventu
ally retired the side.
“Bases loaded in the end and
they were still pushing forward,”
Pridgen said of his team’s late-
game surge. “They just couldn’t
get it to click.”
Despite falling short of a state
title, Madison County enjoyed
another prolific summer in the
Little League softball ranks, going
7-2, winning another District 7
championship and outscoring its
foes by an aggregate 93-15.
“They were upset, of course, but
they realized they had a long run,”
Pridgen said. “They beat every
team in the state except that one.”
City of Ila
^ PUBLIC MEETING
The City of Ila, Georgia hereby gives notice of a Public
Meeting 6 P.M. August 18, 2009 at City Hall in Ila,
Georgia.
The purpose of the public meeting is to:
1) Inform the public of the need for improvements to
the City’s water system.
2) Comply with the requirements of the Georgia’s Rules
for Safe Drinking Water and with the public
participation requirements of Georgia’s Drinking
Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
Environmental Review Process.
3) Encourage public involvement in the development of
a plan to improve the water system.
During the public meeting the City will attempt to
identify public preferences for alternative methods of
improving the City’s water facilities. These
alternatives will be evaluated and included in the
City’s Facilities Plan and Environmental Information
Document, the major planning document covering the
water system.
Public participation is considered essential to the
selection and development of the final plan to be
adopted prior to its approval by the State of Georgia,
Department of Natural Resources.
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