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PAGE 2B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. AUGUST 27. 2009
Sports shorts
Rec Dept,
offers women’s
self defense class
The Madison County Recreation
Department will offer a women's
self defense class on Thursdays from
Sept. 17 through Oct. 29 from 6-7:30
p.m. at the old Colbert gym.
The fee is $40.
The recreation department notes
that the holiday shopping season
is nearing and points out the need
for women to protect themselves.
Instructor Jess Croya will teach
women how to get out of an arm
attack, get away from someone that
has a hold of their shirt and proper
self defense kicks. Croya will also
teach women how to use car keys in
self defense. No martial arts experi
ence is needed to take this class.
Participants must pre-register by
Tuesday. Sept. 15. by going to the
recreation department or calling it at
706-795-6270.
Raider softball team golf
tourney is Saturday
The Madison County softball
team will host its annual golf tour
nament Saturday at Highland Walk
Golf Course.
Proceeds benefit the Raider soft-
ball program. For more information,
contact Matt Boggs at 706-783-
2400, or email him at mattboggs@
madison.kl2.ga.us.
Rec Dept, offering tennis
lessons for six weeks
The Madison County Recreation
Department offers a six-week ses
sion of youth and adult tennis lessons
beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8.
The fee is $45 per person. The reg
istration deadline is Sept. 4. Anyone
signing up after this is charged an
additional $5 late fee.
The lessons will be held on Tuesday
and Thursday evenings at Sammy
A. Haggard Park on Hwy. 98 in
Danielsville at the following times:
TUESDAY
•5:30-6:30 p.m. — ages 6-8 begin
ners.
•6:30-7:30 p.m. — ages 9-12
beginners.
•7:30-8:30 p.m. — ages 13-18
beginners.
•8:30-9:30 p.m. — ages 19-and-
over beginners.
THURSDAY
•4:30-5:30 p.m. — advanced les
sons for all ages
•5:30-6:30 p.m. — ages 6-8 begin
ner overflow.
•6:30-7:30 p.m. — ages 9-12 inter
mediate
•7:30-8:30 p.m. — ages 13-18
intermediate
•8:30-9:30 p.m. — ages 19-and-
over intermediate
Participants should bring racquets,
but tennis balls are provided. The
recreation department has junior and
adult tennis racquets available for
$12 each, but they must be paid for
separately.
The instructor is Danielsville’s
Christina Fortson, a USTA league
tennis player for seven years, who
teaches fundamentals she's learned
through years of attending tennis clin
ics. Participants must pre-register and
prepay at Sammy A. Haggard Park.
To register or for more information,
call the recreation department at 795-
6270.
Rotary hosts charity golf
tourney Sept 19
The Madison County Rotary Club
will sponsor a charity golf tournament
at Sunrise Golf Course in Colbert
Saturday, Sept. 19, with a shotgun
start at 8:30 a.m. The event will end at
12:30 p.m. Zeb’s BBQ will be served
at the course following the tourney
with recognition of winners and door
prizes.
The tourney will be a four-person
Lauderdale format and winners will
be determined from 9-hole blind draw
by a course pro.
Cash prizes will be awarded to
the winning teams and there will be
prizes for the longest drive and clos
est to pin, along with numerous door
prizes. A special hole-in-one prize (a
Ranger boat, motor and trailer valued
at over $25,000 and provided by
Bond’s Marine Sales) will be award
ed, and prizes will also be given away
for a hole-in-one on all par 3's.
Entry fees are $75 per entrant and
$300 per foursome. Individual or
team registration is accepted. A $150
sponsor fee includes one player and
a tee sign. The fee includes lunch,
greens fees, cart and participant gift
packs.
Tournament proceeds will go to
benefit Madison County Rotary's
support of local charities and ser
vice activities performed by the club,
organizers said.
For registration forms or questions,
cafi Jeff Dillard at 706-206-5724 or
emailjsdillar@southemco.com
Touchdown Club
offering $10,000
giveaway Oct. 24
The Madison County Touchdown
Club will hold its 23 rd annual “$ 10,000
Giveaway” Oct. 24 at the Danielsville
Volunteer Fire Department.
Contact Ricky McElroy at 706-
789-2305 for tickets.
The touchdown club is also selling
911 signs, while spots for the Raider
Wall of Fame (located on the back of
the press box) are still available.
Sunrise Golf Club
holding scrambles
Sunrise Golf Club is holding a
flighted scramble Friday mornings
at 9 a.m.
Men and women of all ages and
skills are welcome.
All players receive discounted
prices and prizes will be awarded.
For more information, call Sunrise
Golf Course at 706-788-2720.
Quarterback ... continued from
page IB
Either way, the coach said
he's less concerned about who’s
starting at the position and more
about devising a plan to beat the
Bulldogs.
"The bottom line is what is it
going to take to beat Rockdale
County?” coach Owens said.
The coach said he doesn’t plan
to tailor tire offense much if Turner
does start.
"There might be a few things
we drop out before it's over with,”
Owens said. "But for the most
part, it’s going to be about what we
would have done either way.”
Turner, normally a receiver and
free safety, took over the first team
snaps Friday against Franklin
County and led the Raiders to a
second-quarter score, throwing
a 20-yard touchdown to Patrick
McCrary.
What Turner may have lacked in
style points, he made up for with
grit, coach Owens said.
"He was rough, but the biggest
thing was the attitude more so than
the physical performance,” he said.
"He exhibited a lot of confidence.
He didn’t back down one step."
As forthe incumbent quarterback,
Jacob Owens’ concussion appears
to be "very, very" mild, according
to coach Owens. The plan was to
hold Jacob out of at least Monday’s
practice and then re-evaluate him to
make sure there were no lingering
symptoms of a concussion. As for
the shoulder injury, coach Owens
said he’s approaching it similarly
to tlie concussion.
“It's kind of like the head, we'll
see — continuing therapy and see
ing how far it goes,” he said.
Injuries aside, Madison County
goes into the Rockdale County
game coming off what was gener
ally a solid scrimmage against the
Lions.
Defensively, the Raiders shut out
the Lions and picked up four turn
overs. Offensively, Jamal Cooper
accounted for Madison County’s
other score, taking an option pitch
41 yards for a touchdown in the
first quarter.
Though Madison County com
mitted its share of penalties and
mistakes, all errors seemed "real
correctable,” Owens said.
More than anything, the coach
was impressed by the Raiders'
energy level for a practice game.
"Tire biggest thing about the
scrimmage, I was really pleased
with the effort; I was really pleased
with the intensity level of our kids,”
he said.
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STRICKLAND PART OF THIRD-PLACE SOUTHERN SECTIONAL TEAM
Madison County’s Ben Strickland (far right in picture) is a member of Team Djokovic,
14-and-under intermediate tennis team that finished third in the Southern Sectional
Tournament in Mobile, Ala. Aug. 21-23. The squad went 3-1 in a tournament that includ
ed state champions from Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana and Tennessee. The
team’s victories came over Arkansas, Alabama and Louisiana.
Softball... continued from page IB
Madison County’s victory over
Habersham sets up a huge early
season subregion matchup today
(Thursday) at Apalachee.
The Wildcats won the north sub-
region last year.
"We start off with the two best
teams right off the bat," Kesler
said. "If we can win that one
(today), we’ll kind of be in the
driver’s seat.”
Prior to the Habersham Central
win, Madison County went 5-1
and finished as runners-up in the
gold division of its own Leadoff
Classic at the Madison County
Recreation Department.
"It was a good weekend for us,"
Kesler said.
The one blemish was Madison
County’s first loss of the season.
The Raiders fell 4-1 to North
Oconee in the fifth game of the
tournament.
But Kesler called his team’s
14-2 win over Franklin County
in the fourth game its “most com
plete game so far.”
The Leadoff Classic offered him
plenty to assess.
"That’s why it’s so good to play
that tournament early," he said.
"You not only get to see good
things, but you get to see things
that you need to work on.”
MCHS 3, Oglethorpe Co. 1
MCHS 000 200 1 — 3
OCHS 000 000 1 — 1
Hitting: Duncan 2-3; Gibson 1-3,
2-run HR; Peeples 1-3
Pitching: Smith (W) 7IP, 4H, 1 ER,
3K, 0BB
MCHS 14, Stephens Co. 2
MCHS 720 5 — 14
SCHS 0110 — 2
Hitting: Peeples 3-4, RBI; Bolin
2-2, HR, 2RBI; Osborne 4-4, 2RBI;
LaZear, Ducan, Atkinson, Whieldon
all with one hit
Pitching: Boggs (W) 4IP, 3H, 1 ER,
2BB, 8K
MCHS 8, Elbert Co. 0
ECHS 000 00 — 0
MCHS 004 04 — 8
Hitting: Osborne 3-3, RBI; Duncan
2-3 RBI; Bates 2-2; Gibson 1-2;
LaZear 1-3; Mann 1-2; Boggs 1-3
Pitching: Smith 2IP, OH, 0ER, 2BB,
2K; Boggs 3 IP, 1H, OR, 4K, 0BB
MCHS 14, Franklin Co. 2
MCHS 030 056 — 14
FCHSOOO 110 — 2
Hitting: Gibson 2-3, RBI; Osborne
2-4, 2RBI; Bates 2-3; Atkinson 1-4;
Skelton 1-3, 3RBI; Bolin 1-2, RBI;
Peeples 1-4, RBI; LaZear 1-4
Pitching: Gibson (W) 6IP, 4H, 2ER,
2BB, 6K
North Oconee 4, MCHS 1
NOHS 110 001 1 — 4
MCHS 000 010 0—1
Hitting: LaZear 1-4; Bolin 1-3;
Duncan 1-3; Osborne 1-2; Bates 1-3,
RBI
Pitching: Gibson 7IP, 7H, 4ER, 2BB,
2K
MCHS 13, Lumpkin Co. 7
LCHS 000 070 — 7
MCHS 104 170—13
Hitting: Gibson 2-3, RBI; Osborne
2-3, 3RBI; Bolin 1-4; Ducan 1-3;
Skelton 1 A; Atkinson 1-3; Boggs 1-1
Pitching: Boggs 4 2/3IP, 5H, 1ER,
2BB, 4K; Smith (W) 1 1/3IP, 2H,
0BB, OK
MCHS 2, Hab. Central 1 (9 Inn.)
HCHS 001 000 000 — 1
MCHS 001 000 001 — 2
Hitting: Peeples RBI single; LaZear,
Bolin, Duncan and Bates all had one
hit
Pitching: Gibson 9IP, 4H, 1ER, 5K,
IBB
Rockdale County ... continued from page IB
“On every series action, you've
got inside running game, outside
running game, misdirection and
some form of play action pass,
all built off the same action,”
Owens said.
Owens said Madison County's
challenge last year was sim
ply chasing down Rockdale
County’s speedy running backs.
Now, the Bulldogs appear to be
doing a better job of concealing
the football, based on scrimmage
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footage,
“Last year, they didn’t really
do as good a job of hiding who
had the football, but the chal
lenge was just catching them,”
Owens explained. “This year,
crap, not only do you have to
catch them, you've got to figure
out who’s got the dam thing.”
Of course, a team must have
the right players to make the
wing-T work, but Rockdale
County appears to have those
pieces in place,
“You’ve got a certain amount
of speed and talent to make it
effective, and they’ve got that,”
Owens said.
The Madison County defense
goes into the season opener hav
ing shut out Franklin County,
13-0, this past Friday.
The Raiders seek the pro
gram’s first victory in nearly a
year, having last won Sept. 12,
2008, against Monroe Area.
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