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Local
soccer player heads to training program for Under 17 national team
Many
Fayette County youths will head back to school this week but Eric Vogl
has a few weeks of summer left. Vogl, a freshman at Fayette County High
School last year, will be attending the Under 17 National Residential
soccer training camp in Bradenton, Fla. this fall. He is a member of
the rising Under 17 team, which is training for the world championships
that will take place in Finland in 2003. The team will live and go to
school in Florida until then, training daily.
Thursday
Thunder racing series concludes tomorrow night
Brad
Horne broke a deadlock in the Semi-Pro B division Thursday by earning
his second win of the season and taking a comfortable lead heading into
the final week of Thursday Thunder racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Horne held off a charging Cindy Anderson to take a 20-point lead over
Ron Johnson, who finished third. Horne had been tied with Grant Enfinger
headed into Thursday night, but Enfinger spun out on the final turn
of the final lap, basically conceding the championship to Horne.
AFC
Lightning hires new coach
AFC Lightning soccer
club is proud to announce the hiring of Shane Jeanfreau as the newest
member of the coaching staff. He comes to Lightning from New Orleans
where he coached for the Lafreniere Gamblers and was a head coach for
the Louisiana Olympic Development Program. Shane played for the Baton
Rouge Jaguars, who were the first team from Louisiana to represent that
state in the National finals. He went on to play college soccer at Wright
State University where he was All-Mideast, and professionally, he played
with the New Orleans Gamblers. He holds a US National Youth License
and a USSF "B' license.
Fayette
trackster is a national champion
Fayette County resident
Eddie Rush III just started running track this past year. He was introduced
to the sport by his sister, Bianca, and he was introduced to the Quicksilver
Track Club by Evander Holyfield. Recently, Rush captured the national
championship in the 100 meter dash and fourth place in the 200 meter
dash in the 14 year old age group of the USA Track and Field National
Championship Junior Olympics held in Sacramento last month.
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