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Mill Creek’s spring practice ends

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Thursday, May 22. 2008

Mill Creek High School ended spring football practice Saturday with an inter-squad scrimmage. Mill Creek head coach Shannon Jarvis said practice went very well. “All in all, across the board, it was probably one of the best spring practices we’ve ever had,” he said. “We’re very excited about the summer.” Approximately 200 players ... [Full Story »]

Dragons fall in state quarterfinals

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Thursday, May 22. 2008

The Jefferson Dragons’ dream of a Class A state title was crushed after facing Pacelli. The quarterfinal series was in Columbus on Tuesday. The Dragons, coming out of a three game series against Eagles Landing Christian last week, knew that the road to the finals was tough. Jefferson was shutout in the first game of the double header after ... [Full Story »]

Panthers finish spring practice

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Thursday, May 22. 2008

JCCHS ended spring football practice with a day of events including an alumni game, fund-raiser and scrimmage game. Charles Smothers IV, won a 50” plasma screen TV as part of the Jackson County football fund-raiser, May 17. The TV was donated by W.A. Kendall and Company. As part of the end of the spring practice, the Jackson County ... [Full Story »]

Kull commits to Piedmont College

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Thursday, May 22. 2008

Jamie Kull has committed to play golf at Piedmont College. Piedmont College has a nationally ranked NCAA Division-III men’s golf team. Kull will join the Piedmont College golf team in the 2008-2009 season. The program has just completed its fourth year of team competition and has been ranked as high as 22 in the nation among all Division-III ... [Full Story »]

Column: SuperTex Was The Master Of Indy

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Thursday, May 22. 2008

When NASCAR made their first appearance at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first Brickyard 400 back in 1994, a group of fans up in the stands held up a sign with a simple message. “NASCAR, Welcome to the house that Foyt built!” You would be hard pressed to find someone who would argue with that sentiment. Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr., ... [Full Story »]

Vintage Racers Return To Peach State Saturday

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Thursday, May 22. 2008

The National Vintage Racers Association (NVRA) will bring its touring series to Peach State Speedway’s half-mile oval Saturday. The NVRA is an organization of owners and drivers of 1929-1968 vintage circle track stock cars. Entering its twelfth year, the NVRA "Vintage Thunder" Racing Series is the largest touring vintage stock car racing ... [Full Story »]

Gary Signs To Play Golf At Piedmont

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Thursday, May 22. 2008

Commerce senior Taylor Gary has committed to play golf for the Piedmont College men’s golf team in the 2008-2009 season. Gary will join head coach Dusty Rogers’ nationally ranked NCAA Division III men’s golf team. The program just completed its fourth year among all Division-III schools. “Piedmont is a good school,” Gary said. “I ... [Full Story »]

Eagles Wrap Up Spring Practice

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Thursday, May 22. 2008

The East Jackson Eagles wrapped up spring football practice on Friday, and according to head football coach Frank Caputo, it was a productive session. “We were able to figure out some depth issues that we had,” Caputo said. “We had quite a few kids participate, which was good. We found some kids that we actually didn’t expect to do as ... [Full Story »]

BCHS players have busy summer set

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Wednesday, May 21. 2008

Blair Armstrong has plenty of pride in what he does. The Banks County High School football coach has pride in his program, pride in his players and pride in the progress the Leopards made last fall. Therefore, it should come as no surprise the BCHS summer football program is called “Pride of Summer.” The detailed summer schedule is outlined ... [Full Story »]

Massey Resigns As Head Baseball Coach

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Tuesday, May 20. 2008

Following a rough year for the Commerce Tigers baseball program, coach Walt Massey has announced he will no longer be the head coach for the program. Massey will continue to teach math at CHS, but says he will not be involved in the athletic side. “I just couldn’t honestly do the job as well as it needs to be done, as far as the time ... [Full Story »]

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