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State
baseball playoffs start Friday
The
state baseball playoffs are set to kick off Friday, with three of the
Georgia High School Association's five classifications represented by
local team in the first round.
Soccer
teams move to quarterfinals
Due
mainly to the dates of the games, the Starr's Mill Panthers boys soccer
team was the first local squad to reach the state quarterfinals after
Monday's 3-2 win over Windsor Forest.
Chiefs
in state tennis semifinals
Fayette's first
Final Four representative in spring high school sports is in.
Booth
girls win MMSAL title
The track teams
at J.C. Booth Middle School finished the season in impressive style,
with the girls taking first place in the Metro Middle School Athletic
League meet and the boys finishing third. A total of 11 teams from Fayette
and Henry counties competed.
Perdue
proclaims Safe Boating Week
Governor Sonny Perdue
recently proclaimed May 17-23 as National Safe Boating Week, a campaign
that encourages people to wear life jackets at all times when in and
around the water. Life jackets have proven time and again that they
can save lives when they are worn. Last year in Georgia 46 people drowned
on waterways according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
Wildlife Resources Division. The majority of these deaths could have
been prevented if the person had been wearing a life jacket before they
went in the water.
Community
sports briefs
The Soccer Centre
in Fayetteville is accepting registrations for the summer indoor youth
soccer leagues for Muppets (Under 6), Under 7, Under 8 and Under 10,
both boys and girls. Applications will be taken for teams and individual
players. These leagues are for recreational players only and will kickoff
the week of June 2 and end the week of July 26. There will be no games
the week of July 4
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