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PAGE 2B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8. 2009
Loganville at MCHS, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Kendrick Butler breaks loose for a 68-yard touchdown last week in Madison County’s
35-6 victory over Habersham Central. Ben Munro/staff
FRIDAY’S OPPONENT
■ Who: Loganville (3-2) at Madison Co. (5-1)
■ When: Friday, 7:30 p.m.
■ Where: Danielsville
■ Series: Madison County leads 4-1
■ Last year: Loganville 13, Madison Co. 10
■ Last week: Madison Co. 35, Hab. Central 6; Loganville 35, Heritage 24
■ Opponent’s coach: Eric Godfree (6th season, 29-27)
■ What else: Madison County’s defense has already racked up 19 sacks this year ... With 33 wins in
five and a half seasons, Randell Owens is now the winningest coach in Madison County history, surpass
ing Tom Hybl’s victory total of 32 ... Loganville’s Storm Johnson is a major college recruit who played on
Buford’s Class AA state title team last year before transfering to the Red Devils ... Loganville won the
region title last year, the first since 1991 for the Red Devils.
Defense
continued from page IB
Two weeks ago against Salem,
the Raider defense produced
a memorable goal line stand,
stopping the Seminoles on six
plays inside the five-yard line.
That defensive series helped lift
Madison County to a 21-16 vic
tory.
Then against Habersham, the
Madison County defense was all
over the field, forcing three take
aways and limiting Habersham
Central to just five first downs on
the evening. Jeremiah NeSmith
led the defensive effort with nine
tackles, including two sacks. He
already has eight sacks on the
season.
Coach Randell Owens credited
his defensive staff's preparation
and his players' week of practice
for the Habersham game success.
"We had the best week of prac
tice since I’ve been here," Owens
said.
And the Raider defense is
playing the best it has all season.
Madison County’s defense has
demonstrated a marked improve
ment since the beginning of the
year. The Raiders surrendered 28
points in their season-opening
loss to Rockdale County and 29
• • •
the following week in a close win
over Winder-Barrow. But Madison
County allowed just one touch
down last week to a Habersham
Central team that scored 42 points
in its previous outing.
The resurgence is partly a prod
uct of simply being healthier.
The Raiders were ravaged by
sickness and injuries at the start
of the season, but Owens said his
team was the healthiest it's been
all year during preparation for
Habersham Central.
As for this week, most everyone
on the sick and injured fist — as
of Monday — is available, save
for two players, who fall into the
"probable” category.
"So we’re probably the best
shape we've been in all year at this
point," Owens said.
The offense has helped, too, by
keeping the defense off the field.
Owens noted a 14-play drive
during the first quarter against
Habersham Central. Though
Madison County scored no points,
it did keep the defense on the side
lines for quite a long stretch. And
for those who play both ways, a
long offensive drive is much less
draining than a long defensive
stand, Owens said.
"Our offensive plan meshed
well,” he said.
Madison County hopes the
same factors come into play
Friday when the Raiders face
Loganville.
Madison County, which held
Habersham Central to just 23
rushing yards, must stop Johnson,
who is a four-star recruit who
recently de-committed from LSU.
Owens said Loganville is talented
athletically.
"They've had some situations
where they’ve turned the ball over
in crucial situations that have cost
them,” Owens said. “But they're
scoring a lot of points against
everybody.”
Madison County’s defense
hopes to reverse that trend.
Because if it can, the Raiders
have a shot to earn their sixth win
of the year.
That would clinch a winning
season and secure one part of
Madison County’s two-part goal
this season.
"Have a winning season and get
to the state playoffs, and then any
thing can happen,” Owens said.
"And that's the mantra.”
Munro ...
couldn’t when the year started. They've become a
group that you don’t want to bet against.
So end the end, maybe all we know is just this: The
last four games will be very compelling.
Given the way Madison County's first six games
have gone, we wouldn’t expect any less.
Let the coffee shop talk begin.
Georgia has a surprise ally in the blown call con
troversy.
Apparently, Florida coach Urban Meyer thought
the refs erred on an excessive celebration penalty
assessed to Georgia’s A.J. Green Saturday.
If you missed it, Green caught a go-ahead touch
down pass late against LSU and was flagged for ...
well, we're not sure.
continued from page IB
“That's just awful,” Meyer told reporters in
Gainesville, Fla. “I can’t stand that when then hap
pens. I just think that’s wrong.”
The Bulldogs eventually lost, thanks in no small
part to this penalty that set the Tigers up in prime
field position for their game-winning drive.
Meyer's defense was all the more surprising given
that it was Georgia which committed the mother
of all celebration penalties when it stormed the
field after scoring a first-quarter touchdown against
Meyer's Gators in 2007.
So if Meyer has sympathy, that means this must
have been a really, really bad call.
Ben Munro is a reporter for The Madison County
Journal
Subvarsity football.. • continued from page IB
“The guys did a good job of coming out hard and
played a better second half,” Drake said.
MCHS freshmen lose,
junior varsity game canceled
Madison County’s freshmen team fell 21-0 to
Clarke Central last Thursday (Oct. 1), dropping the
squad's record to 0-3.
With the night’s junior varsity game between the
two schools canceled, Clarke Central included some
10 th graders on its ninth grade squad.
"Our team played ninth and 10th graders, but we
did a great job,” coach William Trimier said. "We are
getting better and we are working hard in practice.”
Madison County shoots for its first win of the year
today (Thursday) at 5 p.m. at Monroe Area. The
junior varsity team plays Monroe Area following the
freshmen game.
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Touchdown Club
offering $10,000 prize
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.
Youth basketball
signups start Oct 12
Registration for Madison County
Recreation Department youth bas
ketball leagues begins Monday,
Oct. 12.
Signup days are Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Extended hours for registration
are Thursday, Oct, 22; Friday, Oct.
23; and Saturday, Oct. 24. The
extended Thursday and Friday
sign-up times are from 9 a.m. to
7 p.m. and the extended Saturday
sign-up time is from 10 a.m. to
1 p.m.
Visit the main office at Sammy
Haggard Park located at 1345
Highway 98 West for all sign-ups
during the designated times. There
will be no late sign-ups.
Leagues are offered in both
boys and girls divisions for 7-and-
8-year-olds, 9-and-10-year-olds,
11-and-12-year-olds and 13-and-
14-year-olds.
The age control date is January
1, 2010. All players must be seven
by that date and cannot turn 15 by
that date. The registration fee is
$25 per child. A birth certificate is
required for registration. The out
of county fee is an additional $25
per child. For more information
on the youth basketball program,
call the recreation department at
706-795-6270.
Rec Dept.
offering tennis lessons
The Madison County Recreation
Department is offering four-week
youth and adult tennis lessons
beginning Tuesday, Oct. 27. The
lessons are Tuesday and Thursday
evenings at Sammy A. Haggard
Park on Highway 98 in Danielsville
at the following times:
•Tuesday: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for
ages 6-8; 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for ages
9-12.
•Thursday: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. for
ages 13-18; 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. for
ages 19-and-over.
The fee is $45 per person.
Registration deadline is Oct. 26.
Anyone signing up after this is
charged an additional $5 late fee.
Participants should bring their own
racquet, but tennis balls are provid
ed. Junior and adult tennis racquets
available for $12 each but must be
paid for separately.
Christina Fortson of Danielsville
instructs the class. Fortson has
played USTA league tennis players
for 7 years and will teach the fun
damentals she has learned through
years of attending clinics.
Participants must pre-register
and pre-pay at Sammy A. Haggard
Park. To register or for more infor
mation, call the recreation depart
ment at 706-795-6270.
Rec Dept
soccer scores week 2
Here are scores from week 2
youth soccer action at the Madison
County Recreation Department:
Intermediate League:
•Chargers 2, Kickers 0
Goals: Joe Gordon, Holly
Glenn,
•Silverbacks 1, Cougars 0
Goals: (Silverbackers) Kaitlyn
Padgitt
•Legends 4, Typhoons 0
Goals: (legends) Sidney Arnold
(2), Jaylan White, Calina Croy
•Chargers 4, Chiefs 0
Goals: Noah Dobbs (2), Jared
Wiley (2)
Major League:
•Stingers 8, Terminators 0
Goals: (Stingers) Tyler Terrell
(2), Eli Dixon (2), Chandler Hart,
Tyler Angel, Leah Gearing, Alex
LeVines
•Steelers 4, Spartans 1
Goals: (Steelers) Ryan Greene
(2), Bethany Lee, Sam Chandler
Senior League:
•Tornadoes 4, Blazers 3
Goals: (Tornadoes) Jenna Jansen
(2), Donnie Harper, Joel Kellum
(Blazers) Michael Wells, Michael
Garrett, Wyatt Gearing
Softball
• •• continued from page IB
record in subregion play, Madison County earned
hosting rights for the final rounds of this year’s
softball 8-AAAA tournament.
After a rainout on Tuesday, Madison County
was scheduled to start postseason play this past
Wednesday against Heritage at 5 p.m. at home,
though morning rains threatened to delay the
tournament.
Results of any games played Wednesday weren’t
available at press time.
As of Wednesday morning, the region champi
onship contest was slated for Friday at 2 p.m. at
MCHS. The “if needed” game is at 4 p.m.
The times were adjusted to avoid a conflict with
Madison County High School’s home football
game with Loganville that night at 7:30 p.m.
“Just all the traffic and everything and with us
being right there next to the football field,” MCHS
softball coach Doug Kesler explained.
The Raiders entered the postseason boasting
the most impressive regular season resume in
school history, going 22-1 and winning their last
16 games.
Madison County’s last loss came all the way
back to Aug. 22 against North Oconee in the
Raiders’ Leadoff Classic.
The team beat its opponents by an average score
of 9-1 during the regular season and won the cov
eted Shaw Invitational Tournament in September.
But due to an inordinate amount of rain in
September, Madison County has played just five
games since Sept. 12.
Included in the cancellations were several of
Madison County’s subregion matchups. Since all
games couldn’t be made up, subregion seedings
for the region tournament were based on the just
first five games of divisional play. Madison County
was 5-0 during that stretch.
The Raiders did add two games to their schedule
to recoup some of the time lost with the rainouts,
which Kesler said helped his club shake off some
of the rust.
Madison County closed out a 22-win regular
season with a pair of victories against two non-
region foes, beating Morgan County 9-1 and
Alcovy 10-2 at Morgan County last Wednesday
(Sept. 30).
Kesler said the double header served as good
preparation for the region tournament.
“It really was,” Kesler said. ‘They’re both pretty
good teams.”
Elizabeth Whieldon heads for third in
a recent Madison County softball game.
The Region 8-AAAA tournament started
this week.
RECENT BOX SCORES
MCHS 9, Morgan Co. 1 (Sept. 30)
MCHS 201033 —9
Morgan 100000 — 1
Offense: LaZear 3-3; Peeples 2-3; Osborne 2-4,
3RBI; Duncan 2-4; Bolin 2B, 3RBI
Pitching: Gibson 5IP, 3H, 1R, 2BB, 5K; Boggs
IIP, 1R, IK 2BB
MCHS 10, Alcovy 2 (Sept. 30)
MCHS 0241103 —10
Alcovy 0010001 —2
Offense: Peeples 2-4; Osborne 2-3; Atkinson 1-1,
2RBI; Duncan 2-4, RBI
Pitching: Smith 5IP, 3H, 1R, 7K 2BB; Boggs 2IP,
1R, IK 2BB
CITY OF ILA
CURRENT 2009 TAX DIGEST
AND 5-YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
The Ila City Governing Authority does hereby announce that the millage rate
will be set at a meeting to be held at the City Hall on October 5, 2009 at 7:00
p.m. Pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. 48-5-32, does hereby publish
the following presentation of the current year’s tax digest and levy along with
the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
Current 2009 Tax Digest and 5-Year History of Levy
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Real & Personal
3,994,212
4,583,796
6,518,480
7,168,482
6,499,041
6,222,769
Motor Vehicles
666,930
655,940
642,270
603,660
568,180
491,460
Mobile Homes
156,756
83,872
62,693
80,484
112,319
62,371
Timber - 100%
0
0
0
0
0
0
Heavy Duty Equipment
0
0
0
0
0
0
Gross Digest
5,407,482
7,348,655
7,223,443
7,852,626
7,179,540
6,776,600
Gross M&O Millage
13.00
13.00
13.00
13.00
13.00
13.00
Less Rollbacks
9.08
9.08
9.08
9.08
9.08
9.08
Net M&O Millage
3.92
3.92
3.92
3.92
3.92
3.92
Net Taxes Levied
21,197
28,806
27,823
30,044
27,491
26,142
Net Taxes $ Increase
1,272
7,609
-983
2,221
-2553
-1,349
Net % Increase
0
0
0
0
0
0