Johns finishes junior golf tourney
TIFTON — Ocilla’s Matt Johns carded a final round 76 to finish in a tie for 34th on Wednesday at the 44th annual Georgia Junior Championship, which was held at Sea Island Golf Club’s Retreat Course in St. Simons Island.
Johns finished with a three-day total of 224 at the Georgia State Golf Association tournament.
St. Simons Island native Scott Wolfes, a rising junior at Glynn Academy, set a new 54-hole scoring record with a 15-under 201. Ollie Schniederjans of Powder Springs was second, four shots off the pace.
Hahira’s Ty Howze finished tied for ninth after a 76 in the final round.
TCTC looking for members
TIFTON — The Tift County Touchdown Club has kicked off its membership drive for the upcoming season. Four levels of membership are available.
T-Devil ($100) levil includes a Tift car decal, and reserved Silver parking.
Blue Devil ($250) level will include the decal, parking and one Blue Devil polo shirt.
Silver Devil ($500) level entitles a member to the car decal, parking, two shirts and two reserved seats for the season.
The Super Devil ($1,000) package includes a car decal, four polo shirts, four reserved seats and reserved Super Devil parking.
For more information, contact TCTC President Richard Payne at 392-5339, Shirley Wilson at 392-5659, or Tift County head coach Jay Walls at 391-6907.
Local Sports
June 26 — Sports briefs
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Former Blue Devil hopes to be picked in MLB draft
In less than two weeks, from June 4-6, Major League Baseball will be holding its 2012 draft, fulfilling the dreams of several athletes who have worked for that moment most of their lives.
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Mesoraco’s slam sends Reds over Braves 6-3
Rookie catcher Devin Mesoraco capped a series full of homers with his first career grand slam on Thursday night, leading the Cincinnati Reds to a 6-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves.
The Reds completed their first four-game sweep of the Braves in Cincinnati since 1980 at Riverfront Stadium. They’ve won six straight, their longest winning streak since August 2010 when they started their push toward the NL Central title. -
Williams’ annual basketball camp coming up
The annual “Bouncing Through the Community with a Vision Fundamental Basketball Clinic" will be held June 23 at at the Tift County High Arena.
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Barrentine does well on junior rodeo circuit
Brady Barrentine competed this past weekend in the Southern Junior Rodeo Finals in Ocala, Fla. This was his first year competing in the SJRA's rodeo season. He competed all year long in the breakaway roping, tie-down calf roping, team roping, ribbon roping and chute dogging.
- Local athletes compete in Special Olympics Georgia
- Purple Hurricanes wind up spring practice, hold spring game
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Blazers win NCAA Division II national softball title
The Valdosta State Blazers are the 2012 NCAA Division II Softball National Champions after an impressive 4-1 victory over defending champion UC San Diego. The championship is Valdosta State’s sixth overall championship and first in softball. The win also marks the first softball national championship for the Gulf South Conference.
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Blazers advance to final day of the season
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Beachy throws shutout, Braves beat Marlins 7-0
Brandon Beachy threw a five-hit shutout, the first of his career, to improve the major leagues’ lowest ERA and the Atlanta Braves beat the Miami Marlins 7-0 on Thursday night.
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Courtney Albritton named All-American
Albritton took VSU and the entire Gulf South Conference by storm in just her freshman season. She was named the GSC's Freshman and Player of the Year while leading the conference in most categories. She is first on the VSU squad in runs scored (68), hits (91), doubles (19), triples (3), home runs (15), RBI (58), slugging percentage (.752) and stolen bases (13-13). - More Local Sports Headlines
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