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High school players, coaches hold recreation clinics Last Updated: 9:36 AM 09/03/10 - The Butts County Parks & Recreation Department was a busy place on Saturday morning, as high school athletes and their coaches took time to instruct and inspire their younger counterparts on recreation cheerleading, football, and soccer teams. From 9:30 until 11 a.m., they held clinics to teach skills and fundamentals. (Full Story)

Red Devils drop opener to Mary Persons 0 Comments Last Updated: 8:59 AM 09/03/10 - The Red Devils of Jackson High School bit the Bulldogs of Mary Persons first in the 63rd playing of the Backyard Brawl, but couldn't catch up after losing the lead just before halftime. (Full Story)

Jackson High volleyball season starts 0 Comments Last Updated: 8:53 AM 09/03/10 - The Jackson High School volleyball team is back on the court. (Full Story)

Softball team off to 2-0 region start 0 Comments Last Updated: 8:40 AM 09/03/10 - The Jackson High School Lady Devils softball team faced its first region opponent Tuesday, Aug. 24, at Henry County High School in McDonough, and came away with a shut out, 8-0. (Full Story)

Furman Bisher: Braves go through struggles, but luck keeps them in first place 0 Comments Last Updated: 8:22 AM 09/03/10 - Let’s begin at the beginning. It’s spring. The Braves need a first baseman, when they could have had Adam LaRoche, but he was too expensive. So they re-tool Troy Glaus, who has been a third baseman all his life, hand him a first baseman’s mitt and play ball. (Full Story)

Henderson nabs overtime win from Lamar Co. 0 Comments Last Updated: 8:21 AM 09/03/10 - In an overtime win, Henderson Middle School’s football team took a victory in its first game of the season, Aug. 25, against Lamar County Middle School in Barnesville. (Full Story)

Lady Devils lose to Mary Persons; Softball team goes 2-2 in Spalding Tournament 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:27 AM 08/26/10 - The Jackson High School Lady Devils softball team played its first home game of the 2010 season against the Lady Bulldogs of Mary Persons High School on Tuesday, Aug. 17. In spite of the evening’s oppressive heat, there was a crowd of fans vocally supporting both teams at the Jackson-Butts County Parks & Recreation Department Bob Ryan Softball Complex. (Full Story)

Lady Tigers snare win over Lamar 0 Comments Last Updated: 9:25 AM 08/26/10 - The Henderson Middle School Lady Tigers softball team started off its 2010 season with a win against the Lamar County Lady Trojans in Barnesville on Friday, Aug. 20. (Full Story)

Red Devils tested in scrimmage against Wolverines 0 Comments Last Updated: 11:43 AM 08/20/10 - Jackson High School took on Union Grove’s Wolverines in a scrimmage Monday evening in McDonough that saw Red Devils Head Coach Mike Parris’ three young quarterbacks take turns behind center. (Full Story)

Furman Bisher: Twice Upon a Time, So the Story Goes 0 Comments Last Updated: 11:38 AM 08/20/10 - There was enough plot for a movie in the look on Chipper Jones’ face. I’d seen if before, in the photograph in the morning paper, as he lay sprawled on the ground in Houston. Now a thick wrap was woven around his left knee. Same knee, same surgeon. The difference was, he was 23 years old then. (Full Story)

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Griffin Daily News: Sports Headlines

Jags hang tough in defeat The Spalding High football team’s bid to pick up its first win of the season will have to wait nine more days. That’s the time between their 22-7 home-opening loss to LaGrange on Thursday night... Warriors start slow, lose suspended game 44-24 The CrossPointe Cavaliers scored 22 straight first-half points to turn an 8-0 Skipstone lead into a 22-8 halftime deficit and the Cavs never looked back, blitzing the Warriors 44-24 Thursday n... SPORTS FEATURE: Bugg’s message to youth: Work hard To say Bob Bugg has a passion for swimming is an understatement. The fact of the matter is Bugg, 52, actually loves to race in the pool and that is what drives him to train as hard as he can. ... Longest rivalry renewed With Griffin High off to a fast start after last week’s 40-0 win against cross-town rival Spalding, tenth-year head coach Steve DeVoursney would love nothing more than for his Bears to continu... FOOTBALL PICKS: Is the way we think of high school sports changed forever? Did the shooting incident last week signify the end of an era for local high school football and sports in general? While no one knows what the long-term fallout will be, you can hardly blame peopl...

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Gwinnett Daily Post: Sports Headlines

Perfect start: Panthers start football program with win ATLANTA — For the two years since Georgia State announced it was starting a football program until Thursday night’s debut game, a popular T-shirt has bore the slogan, “Still Undefeated.” For at least another nine days until the second game, that slogan is still accurate. Panthers’ football debut at Dome ‘electric’ ATLANTA — The debut of football at Georgia State on Thursday was expected to create a party-like atmosphere at the Georgia Dome. But even the most optimistic of Georgia State’s athletic department and administration probably couldn’t have dreamed the response from the GSU community. Getting to Know ... Lara Sikes Lara Sikes is in her 11th year as a teacher and full-time certified athletic trainer at Collins Hill High School. She previously worked as a graduate assistant for University of Georgia’s basketball program and in the Barrow County school system. BISHER: Hudson had a long road to Cy Young contender Now and then a column subject rises up and smacks me right in the chops. It may not be something new, it’s just that there’s something so mild, so becalming, almost righteous about it that you say, “Does this belong in sports?” PREP ROUNDUP: Tuttle triplets triple in Stars win LILBURN — It’s probably safe to assume that there have not been many triplets to have hits in the same game for one Gwinnett school. But it might be a first for all three sisters to rip a symbolic triple.

Albany Herald: Sports News

2-0 for Monroe With its starting quarterback on the bench, Monroe’s offense takes off under the wing of freshman QB Charles Strafford, who throws for 204 yards and three touchdowns as Monroe hammers Northeast, Macon, 32-6, to get off to a 2-0 start to the 2010 season at Hugh Mills. WESTOVER VS. ALBANY: Can Indians win two in a row for first time in eight years? It’s been a long time since the Albany High School football program has won two games in a row, but that’s exactly what the Indians will try to do tonight when they take on Westover at Hugh Mills one week after stunning city rival Dougherty. HIGH SCHOOL PREDICITION COLUMN: How do you pick against Albany? Albany Herald high school beat writer Mike Phillips breaks down the biggest match-ups this week and gives his take on how he sees each one going down. Wow-zer, Westwood!: Wildcats beat Tiftarea, win second straight game in final seconds John Vereen catches a TD pass from Mason Worsham in the final seconds to cap off a Wildcats rally — and complete their second heart-stopping win of the 2010 season. Bainbridge-Cairo rivalry enters 65th year tonight The Bearcats and Syrupmakers will line up across from one another tonight for the 65th time since the fierce rivalry first began in 1922.

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