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TRACK AND FIELD: Jefferson girls’ middle school team brings home state gold

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Wednesday, April 25. 2018
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The Jefferson girls’ middle school track and field team perhaps provided a glimpse of the future by winning a state championship at the Georgia middle school meet this past Friday and Saturday at Parkview High School.
The Dragons finished with 86 points, finishing 16.66 points ahead of second-place Carrollton.
“Everything came together at the right time for this incredible group of hard working young ladies,” Jefferson coach Lori Alexander said. “The future is bright for the track Dragons, and I can’t wait to watch them for years to come.”
Seven different athletes scored points for Jefferson, including three state champions — Deshona Gaither (400 meters), Katherine Law (3,200 meters) and Jada Pittman (long jump) — in securing the title.
Four of the team’s six relay teams also recorded points.
“It truly was a total team effort to take first place in the state across all classifications,” Alexander said.
For the rest of this story, see the April 25 edition of The Jackson Herald.

Jefferson mountain bike team seeks more members

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Wednesday, April 25. 2018
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The Jefferson Mountain Bike team looks to add more members to its roster heading into its second season this fall.
The team is open to anyone in middle or high school, regardless of experience level. No tryouts are involved.
The program completed its inaugural season with 19 bikers. Coach Bob Kerr hopes to have at least 30 riders for this year’s team.
In addition to seeking more bikers in general, the team is also trying to recruit more female riders. One female biker participated in the program last year.
There’s also an effort to grow the sport county-wide with riders being sought for a Jackson County composite team. The Jefferson and Jackson County teams, though separate, would hold joint practices.
Practices will be held in Jefferson on a course Kerr constructed on his property and on trails in Commerce, Chicopee and Fort Yargo and at Road Atlanta.
Practices begin July 1. The first meet will be held on the first weekend of September.
For those needing financial assistance, loaner bikes are available. The state league also offers scholarships.
The team also seeks more local sponsors to help cover expenses for the riders.
Jefferson finished 30th out of 47 teams in the league during its inaugural season with multiple top-10 finishes from individual riders.
For more information, contact Kerr at 678-438-6004.

Jefferson alum entering wrestling hall of fame

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Wednesday, March 7. 2018
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Local wrestling official William Howington has been elected to the Georgia Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame for lifetime service to the sport of wrestling. A long-time coach and educator, who retired from teaching in 2004, Howington has over 40 years in service to wrestling.
He is a graduate of Jefferson High School.
Howington was instrumental in keeping the junior high program going at his alma mater ultra-successful Jefferson, where he was a varsity letterman in football, wrestling and track. He was one of the first coaches of his first cousin, present Jefferson coach Doug Thurmond, who is also in the Hall of Fame. Howington also founded the wrestling program at Winder-Barrow High School in 1979, and was coach of Dawson County’s first team state title in any sport when the Tigers won the State wrestling championship in 1987. Dawson was runner-up in 1988 and Howington was selected the Class A Wrestling Coach of the Year in both 1987 and 1988.
The Class of 2018 will be recognized and formally inducted at the NWHOF banquet Sunday, May 6.

BASKETBALL: BC middle school girls claim league championship

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Friday, January 26. 2018
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The Banks County Middle School girls' basketball team won the league championship on Thursday night.


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WRESTLING: Jefferson wins middle school state dual title

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Tuesday, January 23. 2018
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Jefferson doesn’t just win state wrestling titles at the high school level.
The Dragon middle school program, which feeds the most historically successful program in the state, won the state duals title Jan. 6 at Woodland High School in Cartersville. The team downed Carrollton (61-24) and Trion (47-36) before beating Clear Creek, which feeds Gilmer County High School, 45-36 for the championship.
“Our team wrestled very well and with a ton of grit,” head coach Lucas Redd said. “We had to battle back from being down in both the semis and the finals due to some forfeits we had to give.”
Wrestlers going unbeaten in the tournament were Davis Dollar (94 pounds), Creed Thomas (110), Luke Cochran (139), Grant Hamilton (147) and Tyler Belin (180).
“Again, I’m super proud of all the guys on our team,” Redd said. “Dual state includes all wrestlers, even the guys in the practice room that are working hard to get better and challenging the starters. Everyone has a part in this and I know these guys are proud to bring a state championship back to their middle school.”
The state duals championship ended the middle school team’s season since there is no traditional tournament for the middle school level.

Local racer talks about 2017 hall of fame induction

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Tuesday, January 2. 2018
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Perhaps the only thing missing from Mike Love’s illustrious racing career was hall of fame recognition.
But that changed in 2017.
Love, who is from Maysville, was inducted into the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame in Dawsonville in November for a career that included over 450 wins and 26 series championships.
“It’s like it’s not real,” the 64-year-old Love said of the honor. “We raced for fun mostly but we raced to win. I never dreamed of anything like being in the hall of fame. I don’t even know the words for what an honor that is for us.”
For the rest of this story, see the Jan. 3 edition of The Jackson Herald.

Barrow 7U team tops Gainesville 13-12 for league championship

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Tuesday, November 21. 2017
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When he started coaching for Barrow County Leisure Services two years ago at the 5U level, Shun Brower said he wanted his team to be the first to make it to a “Super Bowl” in the North Georgia Youth Football Association.
Two years later, Browner’s 7U team has done just that — and won it.
Amari Gaudlock scored on an 80-yard touchdown run in the final minute and then ran in the deciding extra point as Barrow County upended top-seeded Gainesville 13-12 in the NGYFA 7U Super Bowl at Madison County High School on Saturday morning.
The win capped an undefeated, 11-0 season for second-seeded Barrow County and marked the first time a Barrow team has ever won a championship in the league.
“I’m extremely happy for the kids and Barrow County,” Browner said Sunday. “When Barrow County first got involved in this league, a lot of the teams were getting their butts handed to them at first and we wanted to turn that around. We wanted to put Barrow County on the map. A lot of teams didn’t know who we were but they do now.”
Last year, Browner’s team reached the semifinals and this season they went all the way. That was due in large part to a stellar defense shutting a vaunted Gainesville offense down. Gainesville, which came into the game undefeated at the 6U and 7U levels the last two years, was averaging over 40 points a game (including a 55-0 semifinal) win but was held in check by Barrow.
“They were a very good team that likes to spread it out a little bit,” Browner said of Gainesville. “We stuck with our defense, though, and made them play our game. They like running to the outside, but not the inside so much. Once we shut down the outside, that forced them to go inside and it played right into our hands to slow them down enough.
“Our offense did a good job of moving the ball throughout the game and keeping it out of their hands.”
See the full story in the Nov. 22 edition of the Barrow News-Journal.

JMS football team dominates competition in perfect season

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Wednesday, November 15. 2017
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Behind a dominant offense and an equally imposing defense, the Jefferson Middle School football team recently wrapped up a 6-0 season.
The Dragons outscored their competition 267-32, scoring over 40 points in five of their six wins. Jefferson shut out four opponents in its six games this season.
“This is a special group of young men on and off the field,” coach Wayne McCarty said. “They have a great mix of athleticism, size and leadership which is a recipe for success. I joked with them all season saying that the only thing they need is a good bus driver to get them safely to and from the games and they would handle the rest. The bus driver was me.”
The team beat Davis (41-0), Youth (49-0), Gainesville (42-12), Commerce (45-0), Lakeside (55-0) and Gainesville (35-20) once again to close the season.
McCarty said he’s excited to see what the group will accomplish at the high school level.
“I can tell you the future is bright if they stay together and stay hungry,” he said. “(This is) hands down one of the most talented group of middle school kids from top to bottom that I’ve seen in my 16 years of coaching.”

Youth football: 7U group becomes 1st Barrow team to make youth-league finals

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Wednesday, November 15. 2017
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The Barrow County Leisure Services 7U youth football team defeated Oconee County 25-7 last weekend in the semifinals of the North Georgia Youth Football Association playoffs.
The win makes the team becoming the first-ever team from Barrow to make it to the finals of the league, which includes more than 25 teams.
Barrow, the No. 2 seed, will face Gainesville, the No. 1 seed, at 10 a.m. Saturday at Madison County High School in the “Super Bowl” for the league title. See next week’s edition for the results of the game.

West Jackson Middle School caps successful volleyball season

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Wednesday, October 11. 2017
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The West Jackson Middle School volleyball team recently closed out a nine-win season which included a runner-up finish in the Winder Area Tournament. [Full Story »] 
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