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Injuries took a toll on the Yankees, who were passed by the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East and had to settle for the wild-card game. But so did late declines by many of their veteran players. McCann hit just .175 in his last 28 games, dropping his season batting average to .232. The Duluth graduate and Suwanee resident was able to avoid the injuries that set him back in his final seasons with the Braves, but catching a long seasons means a lot of wear and tear for a 31-year-old. Atlanta made no attempt to re-sign McCann as a free agent and he received a five-year deal worth $85 million from the Yankees prior to last season. Although his batting average was the same this year as in 2014, most of his other numbers were up. He had a .320 on-base per- centage thanks to 52 walks and posted a .437 slugging mark. One of his last big games at the plate in the regular season, though, came in his first back at Turner Field on Aug. 28, when he homered and drove in four runs against the Braves. At the time, the Yankees were in first place and McCann was happy to have bounced back from a sometimes trying first season in the American League. “Last year was obvious- ly rough for me,” McCann said then. “But I’m back to driving the baseball again. I’m back working counts, things that I always did when I was here.” The rest of the season, though, didn’t go as hoped in New York, leaving the Yankees in the AL wild- card game. BY GUY CURTRIGHT Staff Correspondent New York Yankees catcher Brian McCann (34) hits a two-run home run against the New York Mets during a game this season at Citi Field. (Photo: Brad Penner/USA Today Sports) Francoeur finds niche as pinch-hitter Pinch hitting is not an easy task for a free swinger like Jeff Francoeur, but the 31-year-old mastered the role this year with the Philadelphia Phillies. The former Parkview two-sport sensation led the majors part of the season and finished batting .367 (11-for-30) with a homer and 11 RBIs. “I’ve enjoyed the heck out of playing in Philadel- phia and I think the role I have is a good one for me,” he said. Seeing most of his time in right field when a left-hander was starting, Francoeur batted .258 with 13 homers and 45 RBIs in 119 games. Those numbers don’t come close to those the former Atlanta Braves first- round pick put up early in his career, but they repre- sent a bounce-back season. Francoeur spent almost all of 2014 in the minors and had to make the Phil- lies as a non-roster player in spring training. The Phillies became his seventh major league team and the Suwanee resident isn’t guaranteed a spot for next year. Philadelphia is rebuild- ing and needs roster spots for its young players. But Francoeur is valued for his clubhouse presence, as was shown late this season. Francoeur was pulled back off waivers after be- ing claimed by a contender rather than being part of a trade. The Phillies wanted to keep him around in September. “I know I want to stay in baseball in some role after I finish playing,” he said. “But I hope that’s down the road.” BY GUY CURTRIGHT Staff Correspondent Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Jeff Francoeur (3) looks at umpire Kerwin Danley (44) after being called out on strikes this season against the Miami Marlins at Citizens Bank Park. (Photo: Eric Hartline/USA Today Sports) Central much longer, yet steady, build-up since Wofford took over the program in 2010, and it hasn’t always been easy, with three los- ing marks in his first four seasons. He brought some radical changes to the program both on offense, where he shifted to a wide-open spread attack, and defense, which more recently switched from a 4-3 to a 3-4 set. More importantly, he brought a different culture that filtered all the way down through the Central varsity, junior varsity and freshman programs and even into the school’s feeder program in the Lawrenceville Youth As- sociation. “Coming from the youth association, it was like, ‘I don’t really know about Central,’” Adams admitted. “But Coach (Wofford) really started changing these guys’ minds and hearts. … Me and my parents had a lot of patience with Coach Wofford and his staff,” Adams said. “So, we stuck with them.” That loyalty has finally begun to pay off. Those seventh-graders have grown into a very talented senior class in many different ways. 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That’s understandable, given the fact that Central is still two wins away from securing back-to- back winning seasons for the first time since having three straight winning campaigns from 2004-06. The Black Knights are also trying to change perceptions of outsid- ers, some of whom view them mainly as a finesse team that has relied the past few years on strong- armed quarterbacks like Micah Maxey, as well as prolific receivers like Major Bellamy. But the Black Knights have shown plenty of ability to get physical, whether it’s short-yardage situations on offense or especially on defense, where hard hitters like Adams (42 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INTs) and Tim Gary (team-high 46 tack- les, 4 sacks) have begun to flex their muscles. The ability to go nose to nose in the trenches will come in handy as the Black Knights attempt to demonstrate they belong among the region’s elite with showdowns with state-ranked Grayson and Archer following Friday’s game with Brookwood. “We get that a lot. We get that all the time that we’re a finesse team and we’re not physical up front,” Gary said. “We wanted to change that, especially these last two years. We’ve got lineback- ers that like to hit. We’ve got (defensive) linemen that are moving around, and even (defensive backs) that come down and make a hit, too.” •From Page 1B We get that all the time that we’re a finesse team and we’re not physical up front. We wanted to change that, especially these last two years.” — Central Gwinnett’s Tim Gary

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McCann, Yanks did well but faded

Brian McCann set a career high with 26 homers for the New York Yankees this season and matched his best RBI season with 94.

Like his team as a whole, though, the former Atlanta Braves catcher wilted down the stretch.

Injuries took a toll on the Yankees, who were passed by the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East and had to settle for the wild-card game. But so did late declines by many of their veteran players.

McCann hit just .175 in his last 28 games, dropping his season batting average to .232.

The Duluth graduate and Suwanee resident was able to avoid the injuries that set him back in his final seasons with the Braves, but catching a long seasons means a lot of wear and tear for a 31-year-old.

Atlanta made no attempt to re-sign McCann as a free agent and he received a five-year deal worth $85 million from the Yankees prior to last season.

Although his batting average was the same this

year as in 2014, most of his other numbers were up. He had a .320 on-base per-centage thanks to 52 walks and posted a .437 slugging mark.

One of his last big games at the plate in the regular season, though, came in his first back at Turner Field on Aug. 28,

when he homered and drove in four runs against the Braves.

At the time, the Yankees were in first place and McCann was happy to have bounced back from a sometimes trying first season in the American League.

“Last year was obvious-

ly rough for me,” McCann said then. “But I’m back to driving the baseball again. I’m back working counts, things that I always did when I was here.”

The rest of the season, though, didn’t go as hoped in New York, leaving the Yankees in the AL wild-card game.

By Guy CurtriGhtStaff Correspondent

New York Yankees catcher Brian McCann (34) hits a two-run home run against the New York Mets during a game this season at Citi Field. (Photo: Brad Penner/USA Today Sports)

Francoeur finds niche as pinch-hitter

Pinch hitting is not an easy task for a free swinger like Jeff Francoeur, but the 31-year-old mastered the role this year with the Philadelphia Phillies.

The former Parkview two-sport sensation led the majors part of the season and finished batting .367 (11-for-30) with a homer and 11 RBIs.

“I’ve enjoyed the heck out of playing in Philadel-phia and I think the role I have is a good one for me,” he said.

Seeing most of his time in right field when a left-hander was starting, Francoeur batted .258 with 13 homers and 45 RBIs in 119 games.

Those numbers don’t come close to those the former Atlanta Braves first-round pick put up early in

his career, but they repre-sent a bounce-back season.

Francoeur spent almost all of 2014 in the minors and had to make the Phil-lies as a non-roster player in spring training.

The Phillies became his seventh major league team and the Suwanee resident isn’t guaranteed a spot for next year.

Philadelphia is rebuild-ing and needs roster spots for its young players. But Francoeur is valued for his clubhouse presence, as was shown late this season.

Francoeur was pulled back off waivers after be-ing claimed by a contender rather than being part of a trade. The Phillies wanted to keep him around in September.

“I know I want to stay in baseball in some role after I finish playing,” he said. “But I hope that’s down the road.”

By Guy CurtriGhtStaff Correspondent

Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Jeff Francoeur (3) looks at umpire Kerwin Danley (44) after being called out on strikes this season against the Miami Marlins at Citizens Bank Park. (Photo: Eric Hartline/USA Today Sports)

Central

much longer, yet steady, build-up since Wofford took over the program in 2010, and it hasn’t always been easy, with three los-ing marks in his first four seasons.

He brought some radical changes to the program both on offense, where he shifted to a wide-open spread attack, and defense, which more recently switched from a 4-3 to a 3-4 set.

More importantly, he brought a different culture that filtered all the way down through the Central varsity, junior varsity and freshman programs and even into the school’s feeder program in the Lawrenceville Youth As-sociation.

“Coming from the youth association, it was like, ‘I don’t really know about Central,’” Adams admitted. “But Coach (Wofford) really started changing these guys’ minds and hearts. … Me and my parents had a lot of patience with Coach Wofford and his staff,” Adams said. “So, we stuck with them.”

That loyalty has finally begun to pay off.

Those seventh-graders have grown into a very talented senior class in many different ways.

From a physical standpoint, Adams has blossomed from a small, speedy running back into a 6-foot, 230-pound line-backer, and other Black Knights have undergone similar transformations.

More importantly, every class in Central’s program has now grown up in, and has become well-schooled in, Wof-ford’s systems and his philosophy, which he says has built the necessary continuity in the program.

“It’s been a process,” Wofford said. “I met all those (seniors) at the L.Y.A. (six years ago), and it’s cool to see how they’ve developed. Now we don’t have to teach (the system) as much as we did five or six years ago. It’s a matter of learning the verbiage and learning what’s expected of them.”

There are other corners

to be turned for the Black Knights, who still think of themselves as hav-ing something to prove as they head down the stretch.

That’s understandable, given the fact that Central is still two wins away from securing back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since having three straight winning campaigns from 2004-06.

The Black Knights are also trying to change perceptions of outsid-ers, some of whom view them mainly as a finesse team that has relied the past few years on strong-armed quarterbacks like Micah Maxey, as well as prolific receivers like Major Bellamy.

But the Black Knights have shown plenty of ability to get physical, whether it’s short-yardage situations on offense or especially on defense, where hard hitters like Adams (42 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INTs) and Tim Gary (team-high 46 tack-les, 4 sacks) have begun to flex their muscles.

The ability to go nose to nose in the trenches will come in handy as the Black Knights attempt to demonstrate they belong among the region’s elite with showdowns with state-ranked Grayson and Archer following Friday’s game with Brookwood.

“We get that a lot. We get that all the time that we’re a finesse team and we’re not physical up front,” Gary said. “We wanted to change that, especially these last two years. We’ve got lineback-ers that like to hit. We’ve got (defensive) linemen that are moving around, and even (defensive backs) that come down and make a hit, too.”

•From Page 1B

“We get that all the time that we’re a finesse team and we’re not physical up front. We wanted to change that, especially these last two years.”

— Central Gwinnett’s Tim Gary