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PAGE 2B — THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24. 2009
Madison Co. JV boys enter Christmas break at 2-4
MILLER
CATCHES
10 LB.
BASS
Madison
County’s
Grant Miller,
9, recently
caught this
10 lb. 2 oz
bass. He was
fishing in a
private pond
in Warren
County and he
caught it on a
purple Culprit
plastic worm.
Sports shorts
Madison Co. youth
basketball score
update
Here are the scores from
week one basketball action at
the Madison County Recreation
Department.
WEEK ONE
8-and-under girls:
•Pink Panthers 10. Lady Dawgs
5
•Lady Hawks 8, Peaches 4
8-and-under boys:
•Comets 10, Panthers 8
•Bulldogs 10, Eagles 9
•Gators 11, Raiders 8
•Yellow Jackets 10. Hawks 8
10-and-under girls:
•Lady Dawgs 23, Dazzling
Divas 12
•Tomboys 20, Dynamites 16
10-and-under boys:
•Tigers 17, Buzzards 12
•Raiders 46, Blazers 14
12-and-under girls:
•Ninjas 21, Shooting Stars 11
•Lady Tigers 22, Sparks 9
12-and-under boys:
Tar Heels 42, Jackets 27
Gladiators 49, Hawks 17
Gladiators 31, Spurs 7
WEEK TWO
8-and-under girls:
•Pink Panthers 10, Peaches 1
•Lady Hawks 10, Lady Dawgs
0
8-and-under boys:
•Eagles 18, Comets 15
•Bulldogs 19, Hawks 3
•Raiders 16, Panthers 9
•Gators 20, Yellow Jackets 9
10-and-under girls:
•Lady Dawgs 12, Dynamites-8
•Tomboys 21, Dazzling Divas
12
10-and-under boys:
•Tigers 22, Raiders 13
•Buzzards 32, Blazers 12
12-and-under girls:
•Shooting Stars 18, Sparks 14
•Lady Tigers 19, Ninjas 13
12-and-under boys:
•Jackets 37, Hawks 31
•Tar Heels 30, Spurs 14
•Gladiators 39, Jackets 36
Basketball 101
starts Jan. 5
The Madison County Recreation
Department will offer Basketball
101 again for four weeks on
Tuesday nights at Hull-Sanford
Elementary School beginning
Jan. 5. Classes run from 6:15 to
7:15 p.m. The fee is $35, which
includes a basketball. The class is
open to 5-and-6-year-olds.
Class participants work on
drills designed to improve their
ball handling and teach them dif
ferent types of passes and the
correct shooting form.
Theresa Bettis will again
instruct the class. Space is lim
ited and pre-registration and pre
payment are required. For more
information, contact the recre
ation department at 706-795-
6270.
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.
Sunrise Golf Club
holding scrambles
Sunrise Golf Club is holding a
flighted scramble Friday morn
ings at 9 a.m.
Men and women of all ages
and skills are welcome.
All players receive discounted
prices and prizes will be award
ed. For more information, call
Sunrise Golf Course at 706-788-
2720.
Minor Leaguer,
former UGA pitcher
available for lessons
Stephen Dodson, a former
University of Georgia player and
current minor league pitcher, has
joined the staff of the Diamond
Club, a local baseball and soft-
ball instruction facility.
Dodson went 7-1 with a 2.45
ERA in 25 appearances for the
Asheville Tourists, a single A
affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.
Dodson will work with the
Diamond Club until March when
he has to report for spring train
ing.
Dodson pitched for UGA’s
2008 team that advanced to
the College World Series and
finished second in the nation.
He was a second-team All-SEC
selection that year.
Colorado drafted him in the
10 th round in 2008.
The Diamond Club is locat
ed on Hwy. 29, just south of
Danielsville.
Subvarsity Basketball
The Madison County junior var
sity boys’ basketball team heads
into the Christmas break on the
heels of one of its most complete
performances of the year.
Madison County moved to 2-4
with a 72-40 rout of Loganville
last Tuesday (Dec. 15) behind 21
points from Trey Carruth. Alex
Jordan added 14 points, including
four three-pointers.
“Although that (2-4) is not
where we want our record to be,
we played pretty well the last few
games before our break,” coach
Bryan Bird said.
Madison County’s stout defense
helped set up its offense in the
32-point romp over the JV Red
Devils.
“Against Loganville, we put
Patrick McCrary also had 15
points and Trae Burton scored 10
as Madison County won its third
straight game.
Crouse enjoyed the rowdy road
element of the game, noting that
50 to 75 Aquinas students filled
the stands just as the boys' contest
tipped-off.
"They were cheering and they
were on us from the get-go ...
I thought this would be a great
atmosphere for us to play in,”
Crouse said.
Madison County built a 41-30
lead after three quarters and was
able to hold off Aquinas (4-2).
Crouse again praised his team's
defensive effort as it held another
foe under 60 points.
"Our defense was again big for
us,” Crouse said. ‘The press was
working for us. We were getting
the ball in transition.”
The night wasn't without
areas for improvement. Madison
County still turned the ball over
too many times, didn’t hand out
many assists and didn’t convert
in transition as much as Crouse
would have liked.
But it was still another win for a
program that’s off to its best start
in at least a decade. Crouse noted
that there was plenty of red in
the stands for Friday's game, too,
despite it being two hours away on
a rainy night.
it all together offensively and
defensively,” Bird said. "We were
aggressive on defense and on the
boards, which led to a lot of easy
transition baskets for us.”
With a comfortable lead, the
team was able to play its entire
roster. Everyone who dressed out
scored.
“It’s a great feeling for a team
when everyone is able to contrib
ute that way,” Bird said.
Madison County entered the
game following recent losses to
Rockdale County (Dec. 11) and
Franklin County (Dec, 12).
Against Rockdale County,
Carruth scored 22 points and
Quinton Thomas added 17 in a
56-52 loss.
“Eventually, their (Rockdale
Reserve post player Terrell
McCrary puts up a shot dur
ing a recent Red Raider vic
tory. Ben Munro/staff
“Our people showed up two
hours away,” Crouse said. "They
were very, very supportive.”
Madison County shoots for its
fourth straight win upon its return
from its Christmas hiatus when it
faces Athens Academy Monday.
Crouse is not sure exactly yet
what he'll see from the nearby
Spartans, other than a sound bas
ketball team coached by former
University of Georgia standout
James Banks.
“Their kids will be very fun
damental and very disciplined,”
Crouse said.
Offensively, Athens Academy
possesses “kids capable of shoot
ing it,” Crouse said.
And considering that Aquinas
did a good job keying on McCrary,
County’s) size inside took
over for them on the offensive
boards, and that was the differ
ence in the game,” Bird said.
"We could not keep them off
the offensive boards.”
Against Franklin County,
Curruth scored 15 points and
Jordan added 12 in another
four-point loss.
Madison County strug
gled against the Lions’ zone
defense,
"We got off to a hot start in
the first half, but their 2-3 zone
got to us in the second half,”
Bird said. “We did not attack
the basket aggressively enough,
and our outside shots that went
in the first half did not go in the
second half.”
Crouse expects opposing defenses
- including Athens Academy —
will continue to focus on the 6’5”
post player who has over 1,000
career points.
“I think we're going to need to
be prepared for that more as time
goes on,” Crouse said.
The winner of the Madison
County-Athens Academy game
faces the winner of Oconee County
and Providence Academy.
Should both the Red Raiders
and Oconee County advance in
the winners' bracket, Madison
County would face former Red
Raider player and assistant coach
Michael Youngblood, who’s now
head coach at Oconee County.
“That would be a tough reunion
of sorts,” Crouse said, noting that
the two have coached against each
other, but only in scrimmages.
The Oconee tournament
field includes two Region
8-AAAA teams, Monroe Area
and Apalachee, and two Class
AAAAA squads, Collins Hill and
South Gwinnett.
“We could end up playing some
one in our region,” Crouse said. “It
will be a good tournament.”
MCHS 61, Aquinas 52
MCHS 14 16 11 20 — 61
Aquinas 9 15 6 22 — 52
Scorers: Raines 19, P. McCrary
15, Maxwell 13, Burton 10, T.
McCrary 4
Boys’ basketball.. • continued from page IB
Girls’ basketball.. • continued from page IB
to Louisville.
With 6’3” center Christy
Robinson to compliment McCurty
in the frontcourt, Madison County
faces a huge obstacle in this open
ing-round game.
“Absolutely,” Lampe said. “It
will be a good test for our posts
and our help side, too.”
But Northwest Whitfield isn’t
one-dimensional. The Bruins have
outside shooters to accompany
their inside attack.
“They have good three-point
shooters,” Lampe said. "If you let
them loose, they’11 light it up.”
The Lady Raiders and Bruins
have one common opponent,
Loganville,
Northwest Whitfield lost its
season opener to the Lady Red
Devils, 50-45 in overtime, while
Loganville routed Madison County
64-47 in Danielsville Dec, 15.
Northwest Whitfield’s only
other loss came to Parkview.
Madison County is coming of
its 67-12 obliteration of Class A
Aquinas over the weekend, but
that victory offered little substance
for Madison County to build on.
“We didn’t get anything out of
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that game really ... We did what
we were supposed to do,” coach
Dan Lampe said.
Kayla Freeman scored 17 points
to lead Madison County. Lauren
Smith added 13.
If nothing else, the Aquinas
game gave Madison County a
chance to get back on the court
after the Loganville loss.
“That was good,” Lampe said.
“We had worked on some things
in practice that we hadn’t tried in
a game. So from halftime on, we
worked on stuff we hadn’t done
yet.”
Madison County's game against
Northwest Whitfield will be its
fourth against a ranked foe this
year. The Lady Raiders are 2-1 in
its three previous games against
ranked competition. Madison
County also beat Salem 58-39 this
year, which was unranked at the
time, but has since risen to no. 7 in
the Class AAAA poll.
Lampe said he enjoys Christmas
tournaments because they allow
his team to play schools from out
side Madison County’s region and
outside northeast Georgia.
He also hopes it can serve as a
The Madison County Solid Waste Transfer
Station holiday closures are as follows:
CHRISTMAS
Thursday, December 24,2009
Friday, December 25,2009
NEW YEAR’S
Friday, January 1,2010
springboard for the 2010 portion
of the schedule.
Madison County starts subre
gion play Jan. 8 following the
holiday tournament.
The goal is for the Lady Raiders
to be playing their best basketball
by February when the 8-AAAA
tournament starts.
Madison County is 19-3 during
the month of February the last
three seasons.
“We hope that tradition con
tinues,” Lampe said. “We really
haven’t hit our stride yet. We’ve
seen glimmers.”
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Heart Center in Gainesville,
Georgia. He performs all invasive
cardiology procedures at the
Ronnie Green Heart Center at
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
Clinic.
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• Accepts most insurances.
Commerce Cardiology Clinic
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