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Boot camps offered to get kids in shape, both physically and mentallyCarla Allen, owner of Fit 4 A new life Fitness in Fayetteville, offered a successful weight loss boot camp for women earlier this year. The camp got local women participating in aerobic exercise, gave them instruction in proper nutrition and created an encouraging support system for everyone involved. Allen now hopes to do something similar for children. Two wheeled winners
Local talent Russell Bobbitt and Andrew Matusek have one big thing in common, their passion for off-road motorcycling. Friends on and off their bikes, they train together and occasionally race together, traveling to near and distant places across the U.S. Sandy Creek grad growing in Brewer's farm system
Sandy Creek graduate Brent Brewer is just past the middle of his first full season with the West Virginia Power, a Class A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. He is the starting shortstop for the Power, which won the South Atlantic League Northern division for the first half of the season, and is playing well while adjusting to the game at the minor league level. Michael Boylan: Take the "drive" to Greenville Are you ready for some football?The 2007 football season is on its way and there are many preparations to be made for players, coaches, fans and media. Tennis tournament will benefit dog parkThe Peachtree City Dog Park and the Peachtree City Tennis Center will present the Dog Park Open tennis tournament at the Peachtree City Tennis Center, 10 Planterra Way, Peachtree City on August 18 at 9 a.m. McIntosh golfer places high in title huntHigh school golfers from around the country battled for the national title at the Brunswick Golf Plantation’s course in Calabash, N.C., last month. Local Special Olympians set sail in regatta in Charleston
Five athletes from Fayette County Special Olympics recently braved the choppy waters of the Atlantic Ocean in a sailing regatta in Charleston, South Carolina. Seventy-six teams from Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina competed for medals and ribbons June 8-10. Hall of Famer Bob Feller coming to Fayetteville on SaturdayHall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller will be signing autographs at Sports Cards and Collectibles in Fayetteville on Saturday, June 30 from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Citizens turn to self-defense and martial arts in face of violent crime increase in U.SMurders in the United States jumped 4.8 percent last year, and overall violent crime was up 2.5 percent for the year, marking the largest annual increase in crime in the United States since 1991, according to figures released June 12 by the FBI. Senoia Speedway has big night plannedThe popular winged sprint cars of the O’Reilly Auto Parts United Sprint Car Series Asphalt Thunder tour will headline the first “Firecracker 150” event scheduled for this Saturday, June 30 at 7 p.m. at Senoia Raceway in Senoia, Ga. Three Patriots join Grissom's team
Three of Sandy Creek’s finest, Christian Gaston (pitcher/third base), Zackery Drummond (outfielder) and Ricky Harris (third base/pitcher), along with a host of other young men of valor, have stepped up to make the ranks of the Marquis Grissom Association ELITE baseball team. Thursday Thunder nears the halfway point of the seasonThe fourth race of the Thursday Thunder season took place at Atlanta Motor Speedway last week and local racers once again strutted their stuff. A crusade to the nationals
The Tri-County Lady Crusaders 10 & under AAU basketball team, coached by Tyler Jones, finished as the runner-up in the 2007 State Championship Tournament, qualifying the team for the Nationals in July 2007. Michael Boylan: Saturday night's fights were all rightSS Pioneers have two state champions, will send 11 to Region 3 Championships, July 13The SouthSide Pioneers competed in the 2007 Georgia Association Junior Olympics State Championship meet this past weekend at Mill Creek High School. The team produced two state champions: Kendra Newsome, Intermediate Girls Discus Throw, and James Mathis, Young Men Javelin Throw. Smith on target to be Eagle Scout after building courseAlex Smith is set to bring a unique and exciting sport to Fayetteville. Looking to fulfill his requirements to earn the Eagle Scout rank, the highest advancement rank in Boy Scouting, Alex Smith, a Fayette County Boy Scout, came up with an idea that will provide hours of enjoyment for the citizens of the county: an 18-hole disc golf course at McCurry Park. Tickets still available for Brooking Foundation tailgate eventKeith Brooking’s 4th annual Great Tailgate Kickoff will take place at the Newnan-Coweta County Airport this Saturday. Fayette team takes second at state shooting championshipsThe Fayette County Bunny Busters placed second in the junior varsity division, grades 9-12, of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Georgia Skeet and Sporting Clays State Championships. Fayette County Bullets competing for national title in Cooperstown, NY
The Fayette County Bullets from Fayetteville have been selected to play in the Cooperstown Dreams Park and American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament during the week of June 9 in the Magical Mythical Home of Baseball... Cooperstown, NY. Local Special Olympians do Fayette County proud
Becky Cook. Photo/Special.
Forty-two athletes represented Fayette County at the State Summer Special Olympics, held at Emory University May 25-27. Nine area players selected by teams in 2007 MLB draft
McIntosh graduate Trevor Pippin was recently drafted by the LA Angels of Anaheim. Photo/Special.
Hall of Fame soccer coach retires from AFC Lightning
David Chadwick runs behind Pele'. Photo/Special.
David Chadwick, the former technical director of coaching for AFC Lightning who was inducted into the Georgia Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001, is stepping away from the game he loves. Chadwick announced his retirement recently and is in the process of moving to Cumming, Ga. to be closer to his children and grandchildren. Mike takes on junior golfers at Wendell Coffee camp
The sport of golf may be, as someone once succinctly summarized, a “good walk spoiled,” but it has put it hooks in to me. I love the challenge of trying to improve on my last game and my last shot. While I often play against my father or my friends, golf is more about me trying to best myself.
East Coweta's Reid and Starr's Mill's Fletcher taken in later rounds of 2007 draftEast Coweta's star pitcher Rico Reid was drafted by the hometown Atlanta Braves with the 768th pick. Reid is a right handed pitcher and an ace on the Indians staff this season. Former McIntosh star Trevor Pippin drafted by Anaheim AngelsFormer McIntosh and Middle Georgia College standout Trevor Pippin was drafted Thursday by the Anaheim Angels with the 148th overall pick in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball Draft. Another former McIntosh standout draftedFormer McIntosh and Lipscomb University standout John King was drafted Friday by the San Francisco Giants with the 524th overall pick in the 17th round of the Major League Baseball Draft. Former Starr's Mill standout draftedFormer Starr's Mill and Lipscomb standout Casey Bond, an outfielder, was drafted Friday by the San Francisco Giants with the 764th overall pick in the Major League Baseball Draft. Local schools place well in GADA Director's CupThe Georgia Athletic Directors Association (GADA) released the final standings for the schools in the GADA Dodge Director’s Cup. The purpose of the GADA Dodge Directors Cup is to recognize those athletic departments in all GHSA classifications that have excelled and shown superior performance. The award is based on points earned at GHSA state playoffs and championships.  
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