Madison County 22 Rockdale 21
Prince Ave 48 Social Cir 0
Athens Christian 21 Riverside Military 10
Hart County 44 Oglethorpe County 26
Elbert County 14 Jefferson 0
North Oconee 57 East Jackson 3
Oconee County 35 West Hall 31
Loganville 42 Winder Barrow 7
Cedar Shoals 36 Salem 10
Clarke Central 37 Apalachee 28
Flowery Branch 21 Heritage 13
Gainesville 41 Monroe Area 21
Friday, October 14, 2011
MC Middle School Basketball Schedule
Nov 29 Malcom Bridge (Boys) 4:30
Nov 29 at Malcom Bridge (Girls) 4:30
Dec 6 Elbert County (Boys) 5:00
Dec 7 Elbert County (Girls) 5:00
Dec 9 at Hart County (Both) 4:30
Dec 13 at Franklin County (Girls) 4:30
Dec 15 West Jackson (Both) 4:30
Dec 16 at Stephens County (Both) 4:30
Jan 7 Malcom Bridge (Both) 10:00
Jan 13 Hart County (Both) 4:30
Jan 14 at West Jackson (Both) 10:00
Jan 17 at Elbert County (7th grade) 5:00
Jan 19 Franklin County (Boys) 4:30
Jan 19 at Franklin County (Girls) 4:30
Jan 20 Stephens County (Both) 4:30
Jan 23 at Elbert County (8th grade both) 5:00
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Lady Raiders sweep first round of state playoffs
It was a damp cold night at Raider Field but that didn't stop the Madison County Lady Raiders from sweeping their way into next week's round 2 of the state playoffs. Madison County got 3 homeruns from former Prince Ave star Randee Bettis, one of which hit the American flag in deep center field, to cap off the sweep in the best of three series against Johns Creek. The Ladys Raiders took game one by a 9-0 score and won the nightcap 8-0. Both wins were run ruled games ending after 5 innings. Bettis was the winning pitcher in game one and Gabby Gillespie tossed the game two win.
The Lady Raiders await the winner of Marist and Kell who split their first two games of their three game series. If Kell wins that series they will visit Raider Field next week in round two of the AAAA state playoffs. A Marist win would have the Lady Raiders playing at Marist next week. Bri Carr had an outstanding night in by turning 3 double plays on the Raider infield.
The Lady Raiders await the winner of Marist and Kell who split their first two games of their three game series. If Kell wins that series they will visit Raider Field next week in round two of the AAAA state playoffs. A Marist win would have the Lady Raiders playing at Marist next week. Bri Carr had an outstanding night in by turning 3 double plays on the Raider infield.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Prediction Time
Ok here are my picks for the week....
Clemson's quarterback Tajh Boyd will return this week against Maryland after taking a nasty blow in last week's win over Boston College. Boyd left early in the second half. So with that said, I'll pick Clemson to win by 15 over Maryland. It's still a scary game because this is one of those teams that can slip up and ruin your perfect season. Fingers crossed.
Georgia vs Vandy
I'll go ahead and make some of my friends mad but Georgia has another easy team to play this week. Last week's game with the Vols was pretty boring and not too impressive. I hear this all the time from my friends when they say the ACC is weak. Well the Dogs should know how that feels because their side of the SEC is terrible. South Carolina is about the only team that seems to be tough-depending on what week it is. Should the Gamecocks slip up and lose another conference game, Georgia will be in the drivers seat because they don't have anyone left to play that shows any threat. Vandy-weak, Florida lost their QB and have been lifeless the past few weeks and Kentucky-well I'll let you fill in the blank on them. Consider yourself lucky if you wear the red & black-lucky that you are not on the other side of the conference. 20 points wouldn't cut it.
Georgia over Vandy by 23.
Madison County vs Rockdale
The Red Raiders are hoping to rebound and try to grab one more win before facing those hated teams from Athens the next two weeks. Rockdale stands in the way of the Red Raiders' hopes of posting win number 2. Trae Burton continues to be Madison County's main threat but it might not be enough again this week.
Rockdale wins by 12.
Clemson's quarterback Tajh Boyd will return this week against Maryland after taking a nasty blow in last week's win over Boston College. Boyd left early in the second half. So with that said, I'll pick Clemson to win by 15 over Maryland. It's still a scary game because this is one of those teams that can slip up and ruin your perfect season. Fingers crossed.
Georgia vs Vandy
I'll go ahead and make some of my friends mad but Georgia has another easy team to play this week. Last week's game with the Vols was pretty boring and not too impressive. I hear this all the time from my friends when they say the ACC is weak. Well the Dogs should know how that feels because their side of the SEC is terrible. South Carolina is about the only team that seems to be tough-depending on what week it is. Should the Gamecocks slip up and lose another conference game, Georgia will be in the drivers seat because they don't have anyone left to play that shows any threat. Vandy-weak, Florida lost their QB and have been lifeless the past few weeks and Kentucky-well I'll let you fill in the blank on them. Consider yourself lucky if you wear the red & black-lucky that you are not on the other side of the conference. 20 points wouldn't cut it.
Georgia over Vandy by 23.
Madison County vs Rockdale
The Red Raiders are hoping to rebound and try to grab one more win before facing those hated teams from Athens the next two weeks. Rockdale stands in the way of the Red Raiders' hopes of posting win number 2. Trae Burton continues to be Madison County's main threat but it might not be enough again this week.
Rockdale wins by 12.
Monday, October 10, 2011
Spurs softball reunion
Still sporting the swings of old that helped the Spurs collect several tournament trophies, most of the former players had their children, spouses and parents watching from the other side of the fence.
The Spurs team was formed back in the mid 90's made up at that time of mostly high school players either from Madison County or surrounding counties. Coached by George Holloman, the Spurs took part in numerous tournaments in and around Madison County. The Spurs ended their long string of years together in the mid 2000's but the memories live on and the photos of those days on the diamond are tucked away in numerous photo albums.
In the next few weeks I'll be writing my about these days of old in my column in the Madison County Journal.
Pictured in the photo above: Front Row L-R: Kim Ott, Dee (Epps) Reynolds, Heather (Daniels) Westbrook, Kim Johnson, Melissa (Tyner) Malaier, Jamie (Whitsel) Williams, Gina (Griffeth) Dickens. Top L-R: Adrienne (Holloman) Simmons, Beth Holloman, George Holloman, myself, (not pictured): Jimmy Tyner, Amy (Lance) Brown, Tara (Moon) Thomas, and Allison (Hayes) Daniels. Several other coaches and players were absent at the reunion.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
NCAA AP Rankings
AP Top 25 | |||
RK | TEAM | RECORD | PTS |
1 | LSU (40) | 6-0 | 1450 |
2 | Alabama (10) | 6-0 | 1405 |
3 | Oklahoma (8) | 5-0 | 1382 |
4 | 5-0 | 1243 | |
5 | Boise State (1) | 5-0 | 1222 |
6 | 5-0 | 1176 | |
7 | 5-0 | 1164 | |
8 | 6-0 | 1080 | |
9 | 4-1 | 1000 | |
10 | 5-1 | 921 | |
11 | 6-0 | 868 | |
12 | 6-0 | 741 | |
13 | 5-1 | 659 | |
14 | 5-1 | 642 | |
15 | 5-1 | 608 | |
16 | 6-0 | 594 | |
17 | 5-0 | 580 | |
18 | 5-1 | 414 | |
19 | 5-1 | 410 | |
20 | 4-1 | 308 | |
21 | 3-2 | 251 | |
22 | 4-1 | 216 | |
23 | 4-1 | 181 | |
24 | 4-2 | 156 | |
25 | 6-0 | 142 | |
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