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Wednesday, June 5, 2002

All State East team featuring local players places third

Several high school baseball players from Fayette County made the All State East team and played in the Georgia Dugout Club's All State Tournament.

Pioneers get top finishes in district meet

The Southside Pioneers Track Club competed at the Georgia Games Fourth District Sports Festival at McIntosh High School over the weekend. The team, made up of some of the finest local high school, middle school, elementary and homeschool students in Fayette, Coweta and Clayton counties, performed very well and had a number of top three finishers in a variety of age groups. This weekend the team will compete in the Georgia Association Junior Olympics Qualifier in Atlanta.

Local woman rising in Bandolero racing

When Fayetteville resident Tina Johnson unloaded her Bandolero car for the first time, she had no idea how it ran, how to set it up, or even how to drive it. She had no race experience, no practice laps, nothing ­ except the determination to be a racer.

Fayette Mud Dog named 2001 Player of the Year

Miles Head of the Fayette Mud Dogs 11-year-old travel baseball team has been voted 9/10-year-old Player of the Year in Georgia for 2001 by the American Amateur Baseball Association (AABC). The AABC made the announcement last spring and presented the award to Head at a recent game in Fayetteville. Head led the Mud Dogs to the Georgia State Championship as the team finished with a record of 65-15. Head batted .495 with 21 homeruns and 102 runs batted in.

Tigers' golf team has end of season honors banquet

The Fayette County High School boys golf team recently held their end of the season awards banquet at Wings n' Things in Fayetteville.

Racing Is A Family Business for Clanton

Hello Georgia race fans. This past week the Steve Dale Motorsports team traveled to Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan. We had a great car, but unfortunately the No. 83 Camp Fire USA Georgia Council Chevrolet had a wild ride off the backstretch and into a foam and tire barrier. I brought the No. 83 Steve Dale Motorsports entry into the pits and my team quickly went to work. Their efforts paid off, I was able to complete 276 of 300 laps.

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