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Bethlehem Christian Academy football coach Lance Fendley knew Community Christian would present a challenge for his Knights even if his team played well last Friday night.

A combination of events beginning with a poor week of preparation culminating with five turnovers when the game was played and made for a long night for BCA which suffered its first loss of 2016.

Community Christian eventually won a 47-14 contest although BCA was still in the contest for a half, despite the number of miscues it had.

“When you practice bad you are going to play bad,” Fendley said. “It was just a crummy week of preparation on our part. It was bad coaching, bad everything.” [Full Story »] 

The Apalachee High School cross country team began a new season this past weekend, running at the Saucony Kickoff Classic in Savannah.

“I think we ran pretty well,” said AHS coach Alex Holmes. “The course changed from the previous two years and times were significantly slower. In 2015, Marietta’s boys averaged a 16:07. This year, they averaged roughly a 17:30 with three of their top five runners returning. We averaged a time in the 18:00 in 2015. But this year we averaged a 19:30.”

Fabian Martinez ran a 17:58 in 2015 for AHS but his time was 19:06 this year, his coach noted.

The Wildcat varsity boys finished in seventh place overall among 30 teams.

“We had the fastest 1-5 split among all of the team with a 38-second split,” Holmes said. “That was good to see." [Full Story »]