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5It’s About TeamworkGreenbrier volleyball fi ghts through adversity to build a winning team

6Reclaiming a TraditionCoach Ashley Harden leads Butler football program to a winning season

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Winning in the ClutchJosey plays determined football and wins in the clutch4

GHSA CheerLocal squads show thier winning spirit at Putnam cheerleading competition

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- Acute Injuries

- Heart of Coaching

- The Sweaty Sock

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Playin’ for PrideJosey wins in the clutch

Playin’ for PrideJosey wins in the clutch

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JV Team of the Month

Going into their last game of the 2010 regular season against Harlem on October 29, Josey’s record was 3-5. Since the Eagles could not clinch a post- season playoff berth with a victory against Harlem, this game was all about pride. It ended up being one of the most exciting games of Josey’s season! Josey came into the game prepared to dominate, scoring a touchdown in the fi rst 3 minutes. Josey’s quarter-back, Markquis Burton, and running back Anthony Wise, who racked up 162 yards in rushing for the night, would lead Josey to a 19 – 6 score at the end of the 1st half. Josey’s pride faced a tough test in the 2nd half, however. Harlem, after making some key adjustments at the half, came out and scored 12 unanswered points in the 3rd quarter, giving Josey only a 1 point advantage going into the 4th quarter. The Eagles’ defense held and scored Josey’s only points of the2nd half, with an 11-yard fumble return by Johnny Franklin. Harlem would score its last touchdown with only 5:14 left in the game, but could not put up any more points against a stingy Eagles defense. The Eagles of Josey ended their 2010 football season with a satisfying win.

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It ’s All About TeamworkGreenbrier Volleyball

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Sports Medicine

Basketball season is approaching, and my thoughts are turning to lay ups, rebounds, and tendon-itis, specifically patellar tendonitis. Tendonitis is an overuse injury characterized by inflammation of a tendon, the connective tissue between muscle and bone. Commonly called Jumpers’ Knee, patellar tendonitis causes tenderness and pain along the patellar tendon. The patellar tendon con-nects the quadriceps muscle group to the lower leg to allow knee extension. Because of constant running and jumping, basketball players are at greater risk for patellar tendonitis. Pain often occurs at the beginning of practice, subsides as the body warms and stretches, and recurs after practice or games.

To prevent, manage, and/or reduce the pain of patellar tendonitis, an athlete should follow three simple steps: warm-up, stretch-out, and ice-down. A proper warm-up includes active stretching and leaves the athlete sweating with an elevated heart rate. Once warm, the athlete should stretch the quadriceps and hamstrings, holding each for 15-30 seconds. Repeat stretches after practice, then immediately ice for 15-20 minutes.

Athletes with tendonitis should discuss taking an anti-inflammatory medication such as ibuprofen with his/her parents and physician. Commercially available products can be worn over the patellar tendon to provide support and ease the discomfort of tendonitis.

- Jessica Kirby, MEd, ATC, Doctors Hospital Sports Medicine

Greenbrier High School continued the tradition of great vol-leyball in 2010. The Lady Wolfpack was outstanding this year, mak-ing it all the way to the state playoffs. There they beat Clark Central, but failed to advance to the Elite 8 due to a loss against Pope, a squad that is arguably the best in Georgia. Here’s what team mem-ber Sarah Sather had to say about being a part of this elite group of players:

“The definition of team is a number of persons associated in a joint action; however, it means much more than that. Becoming part of a team takes sacrifice, determination, and heart. Volleyball is a very team-oriented sport. Each position is just as important as the other. The pass depends on the block, the set depends on the pass, and the hit depends on the set. Working together is an essential key to the game.

Making the Greenbrier High School Varsity volleyball team as a sophomore was a dream come true. The team’s record last year was 43-5, and ended number eight in the state. The varsity team lost nine seniors and we had a lot to live up to this year. We had to learn about each other and how to play together as a team. We were such a young team, but we made it to the sweet sixteen which was unexpected by every-one. Together, we learned how to work together, trust each other, and never give up.

I believe the most important factor a team can have is dedication. Dedication can help you win, but also can help you lose. Our coach taught us to be ‘gamers’, and to have our whole heart in each game. By her saying this, it helped us focus on each play and keep our minds in the game. Using what I learned this year, I hope to build on it the next two years playing volleyball at Greenbrier. Being on the varsity volleyball team has not only taught me volleyball skills; it has taught me life lessons. The main thing I learned this year is that with teamwork, anything is possible.”

Jumpers Knee


Reclaiming a Tradition Butler Football

Reclaiming a Tradition Butler Football

Reclaiming a Tradition

Butler High School has had a memorable 2010. For the fi rst time in 7 years, the Bulldog football team recorded a winning season. In fact, the Bulldogs have won more games this season then in all of the seasons combined since 2003. This is an impressive turn around for any team. Undoubtedly, the hire of Ashley Harden as head football coach has been a key factor in the team’s newfound success. When you watch the team play, you can tell that the players have bought in to what the coaches are doing. After their loss against Washington County, Coach Harden stated that he was proud of his Bulldogs for not quitting. He would see the same fi ght in his players in their late rally against Hephzibah. This is what makes this team different from the ones in the past: they play with purpose and they don’t quit.

Although Butler’s Cinderella story ends without the team advanc-ing to the playoffs, they should be proud of how far they have come. The future looks bright for the Butler Bulldogs.


Here to StayGrovetown Volleyball

In only two short years since the opening of Grovetown High School, the Lady Warriors clinched the 2010 Region 3-AAA championship in volleyball. The Warriors went on to set more records for this young program, winning their first round in the state playoffs against North Atlanta and advancing to the second round. Although Grovetown put up a great fight, their impressive advance in the tournament was stopped abruptly by Cartersville. The story of Grovetown’s success is a very unlikely one. First of all, the team is very young, comprised mainly of freshmen and sophomores. With the short existence of the program in mind, it is amazing the level of talent that Coach Amy Slagle has assembled on this team. The Warriors have come a long way in their play and understanding of the game and have improved tremendously since their first matchup against Clarke Central. In the first half of the 2010 season, Grovetown only won 42% of their games, but increased that percent-age to 60% in the second half. When you ask the fans following this extraor-dinary group of young ladies, they express nothing but excitement about the future of this program. This team is strong, talented and young. Watch out, Region 3-AAA - Grovetown is here to stay!


Tre IsomGrade: 11th

School: Westside

Active Sports: football, basket-ball, track

What is Your Favorite Sport and Why? football - I have been playing football ever since I can remember. I think I am better at football

Who had the Biggest Infl u-ence on You and Why? my dad, because everyday he is working with me. He does not sugar coat anything and he tells me what he thinks and he keeps me straight

How do you prepare for games? sit at my locker and think about my assignments and what I am sup-pose to do

What is your season goal? to end the season with about 700 yards and about 4 more touch-downs

What do you plan to do after high school? play ball in college

What’s in your mp3 player? hip hop, rap, gospel

Edward SheGrade: 9th

School: Lakeside

Active Sports: swimming

What is Your Favorite Sport and Why? football, it is fun to watch and a very competitive sport

Who had the Biggest Infl uence on You and Why? my mom, because she pushed me hard to do swimming

How do you prepare for games? I practice hard, eat a balanced diet and get good sleep

What is your season goal? to make state

What do you plan to do after high school? become a computer engineer at MIT

What’s in your mp3 player? Rock

Derek JonesGrade: 12th

School: Butler

Active Sports: football

What is Your Favorite Sport and Why? football is my favorite sport because it teaches you how to be competitive

Who had the Biggest Infl uence on You and Why? the biggest infl uence on me is Julia Freeman. She taught me to do my best in everything I do

How do you prepare for games? I sit to myself and think about the game. I think about certain plays and different situations I will be put in

What is your season goal? to do whatever my teams needs me to do

What do you plan to do after high school? either play college ball or further my education in electronics

What’s in your mp3 player? LiL Wayne

Chris LeeGrade: 10th

School: Evans

Active Sports: baseball, swim-ming

What is Your Favorite Sport and Why? baseball, because its a good competitive sport that’s fun

Who had the Biggest Infl uence on You and Why? it would have to be my coach because he sup-ports you and teaches you

How do you prepare for games? I pray before each game and listen to music

What is your season goal? to do the best that I can and play hard

What do you plan to do after high school? to go to med school

What’s in your mp3 player? country, rock, everything

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What’s in your mp3 player? hip hop, rap, gospel


Christy DarracottGrade: 11th

School: Westside

Active Sports: volleyball, swim-ming, soccer, track and maybe tennis

What is Your Favorite Sport and Why? soccer, because I have played club since I was 9. It is what I am consumed with all of the time and I love it

Who had the Biggest Infl u-ence on You and Why? my coach Tommy Garcia, because he not only coaches us soccer, he sometimes sits us down and teaches us life lessons

How do you prepare for games? make sure that I eat well and I always try to stay focused

What do you plan to do after high school? I might try to play somewhere small, maybe somewhere I can walk on or play intramural league

What’s in your mp3 player? everything, but country is my favorite

Kyle FeeGrade: 12th

School: Lakeside

Active Sports: track and fi eld

What is Your Favorite Sport and Why? pole vault, because its a sport that hardly no one does or attempts to do How do you prepare for games? stretch and listen to music

What is your season goal? to break the record at Lakeside in pole vault and 300 hurdles

What do you plan to do after high school? attend Georgia Tech and become an architect

What’s in your mp3 player? christian rock

Matt ChieraGrade: 9th

School: Greenbrier

Active Sports: football, golf

What is Your Favorite Sport and Why? football - a lot of hit-ting and it teaches you discipline

Who had the Biggest Infl uence on You and Why? my dad, he helps me everything

How do you prepare for games? listen to music that pumps me up

What is your season goal? to kick a 55 yard fi eld goal

What do you plan to do after high school? college football

What’s in your mp3 player? country and hard rock

Daquan PughGrade: 11th

School: Butler

Active Sports: football

What is Your Favorite Sport and Why? football, because its fun and competitive. It helps you become a better person in life

Who had the Biggest Infl uence on You and Why? my biggest infl uence is Ray Lewis, because he plays my favorite position on the fi eld

How do you prepare for games? I relax and listen to my ipod

What is your season goal? to do whatever it takes to better myself and my team

What do you plan to do after high school? I plan to attend a 4 year college and major in sports medicine

What’s in your mp3 player? LiL Wayne


Putnam CheerThe following schools participated in the Putnam War Eagle Spirit Cheerleading Competition in Eatonton, Georgia. The competition had some of the best squads in the area. All of the Augusta area schools performed well and Evans took 3rd place in their division.

EVANS

Westside

Lakeside

Harlem


New Team in TownWestminster Football

Congratulations Westminster on a great first year of Varsity Football!!


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Sports Medicine

An acute injury has a sudden onset of symptoms: “I rolled my ankle, and now my ankle hurts.” The treatment for most acute injuries follows the RICE principle. Each step in the RICE principle helps to reduce the body’s inflammatory response in order to decreases pain and quicken recovery.

R-RestI-IceC-CompressionE-Elevation

Rest allows the damaged tissues to heal without risk of re-injury.

Ice decreases pain and reduces swelling. Apply ice in 20-minute increments with 40-60 minutes between applications. Do NOT apply heat to an acute injury within the first 48-72 hours. Heat will increase blood flow, which increases swelling and decreases function.

Compression with an elastic bandage (i.e. ACE) will help control pain and reduce swelling. The compression wrap should be slightly tighter at the bottom and loosen helping to force the fluid back toward the heart. The bandage should not be so tight decreases sensation to the injured area.

Elevate the area above the level of the heart so gravity helps force the fluid back toward the heart.

- James Hildebrand, ATC, Doctors Hospital Sports Medicine

Treatment of Acute Injuries


Tough DawgsHarlem Softball

UnbelievableGreenbrier Softball

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Harlem softball, under the direction of Mike Leverett, is no stranger to successful seasons. Harlem has made it into the post season for the last several years but for some reason this year seemed different. Maybe it was the way that the girls played inspired fast-pitch or maybe it was the fact that the Lady Bulldaw-gs put up solid numbers consistently all season? Maybe this year was different because it was just a feeling you got when you watched them play? This is what is known – the girls that play for Harlem are driven and they played that way during the season and into the state-playoffs.

The road to the state championship started with Harlem handily beating Cairo in two straight games (8-0, 16-1). Harlem would then have to travel for the 3nd round of the playoffs to West Laurens and they gave the Raiders more than they wanted. Harlem would set the pace by winning the fi rst game 4-2 but lost the second game that evening 1-6. That set up a must win situation for the Wednesday matchup. Harlem took West Laurens to 8 innings but lost in with a score of 3-4. This would end their impressive season but this will not be the end of Harlem’s dominance in their division. The Lady Dawgs are a very young team with only two seniors and two juniors, so the future looks very bright for Harlem softball.

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After their game against Whitewater, Coach Black ad-dressed his girls and ended the talk with, “now let me go get hotel rooms” as cheers erupt from his team. The Wolfpack just clinched a place in the State Elite 8 and a trip to Colum-bus to possibly play for the championship. After the talk, an emotional Coach Black told us that the girls’ determination was “unbelievable, just unbelievable.” Their journey has been uphill the whole way. This team persevered through all of the doubt and adversity to make it to the State Champion-ship. Even though they did not win state, the journey was “unbelievable.” Congratulations, Greenbrier, for making us all proud!


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Coach Ozwa “Ozz” Collier loves the game of basketball. He has played the sport since he was a boy, but it was his participation in the AAU (Ama-teur Athletic Union) in 1993 that would get the attention of those around him. Averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds a game, his performance earned him a spot on the Aiken Tech Knights basketball team in 1995. Unfortunately, a heart condition would prevent him from continuing his career there. Determined to persevere, he walked on at Georgia Southern, but was unable to pass his physical. It was at that time that a coach was born – “Coach Ozz.” Ozz joined the coaching staff at Georgia Southern, then coached for several college intramural leagues, before feeling the call to work with younger youth. After returning to Augusta, he became the director of the Georgia-Lina H.E.A.T. (Heart, Effort, Attitude and Toughness), a division of AAU.

A motto often used in the AAU is “Saving our youth, one game at a time.” This creed is exemplifi ed by Coach Ozz every day. He sees the game of basketball not only as a sport for kids to learn, but also a place for kids to belong and to learn life lessons. Coach Ozz inspires at every turn. His coaching style is one of intense motivation and interaction with his players. The players really respond to Ozz’s coaching and anyone can tell that they have great respect for the man. He hopes that through basketball, he can help kids stay off the streets and out of trouble. He explained to us that as kids develop meaningful relationships with others in the program, they become like family, encouraging and supporting one another.

Coach Ozz is really proud of his kids. He spent a signifi cant amount of time bragging on how far some of his boys have come over the years. He has reason to be proud, because he has been a huge part of their success. Thanks, Coach Ozz, for being s selfl ess warrior for our youth and mak-ing such a positive difference in their lives. We also commend those student athletes for their efforts and dedication in his program.

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• Fastpitch softball dates back to a cold, windy day in November 1887 in Chicago, Illinois. A group of Yale and Harvard alumni, led by George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, decided to play a game of “indoor baseball” in a local gymnasium. Hancock created 19 special rules to adapt the outdoor game to the indoor version. The game was soon adapted for outside play on fi elds too small for baseball. The Amateur Softball Association (ASA) was founded in 1933 and gave the sport a consistent set of rules, allowing it to grow steadily in popularity.

• The fi eld of play for softball is fl at, no raised mound, and has a “skin” (dirt) infi eld. The reason softball is played on a skin fi eld is because it is essentially a faster game than baseball. Grass slows down the speed of ground balls.

• The NCAA softball championship (Women’s College World Se-ries) was fi rst held in 1982. Softball is one of only 2 sports in the NCAA which are exclusive to women, the other is Field Hockey.

• The longest recorded volleyball marathon by two teams of six is 75 hours 30 minutes at Kingston, North Carolina in 1980.

• Most volleyball players jump about 300 times a match. • On a global basis, volleyball ranks second behind football in par-

ticipation sports; there are over 800 million players worldwide.• Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan at the

Holyoke, Massachusetts YMCA. The fi rst version called “mint-onette” was created as a recreational activity for local business-men to enjoy during their lunch hours. The fi rst rules allowed for unlimited players per side and unlimited contacts.

• In the early 1920s, Bulgaria became the fi rst country in the world with a governing body of volleyball.

• The fi rst net was only 6’6”! • The fi rst game of “volleyball” was played on July 7, 1896 at

Springfi eld College. • The set and spike offense was invented in the Phillipines in

1916. A kill was called the ‘bomba’ The hitter was called the ‘bomberino’. This same year the NCAA altered the rules of the game and initiated the sport into colleges and other schools as a part of the standard physical education courses and intramural programs.

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