Mid-Week Updates – The varsity softball team’s game
against Social Circle slated for this past Tuesday was canceled due to rain as
was the middle school game against Commerce.
The middle school game has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 13th.
Varsity softball travels to Johnson of
Gainesville today. The last time these
two teams met two weeks ago OC came away the victor 11-1.
All of high school cross country will be
at Athens Academy Thursday, September 30th, at 4pm. These meets usually have eight or ten schools
involved. Good luck guys.
The middle school softball team will be
Athens Christian Thursday, September 30th, to play the Eagles.
Of course, Friday, the Patriot varsity
football team travels to Johnson of Gainesville, (3305 Poplar Springs Rd,
Gainesville, GA) to take on the Knights in the first regular season football
game. Johnson (8-AAAA, 0-10 last year)
defeated West Hall (7-AAA, 2-8 last year) 19-13 this past Friday night. According to the Gainesville Times, their senior
running back, Cedric Harris, had 39 carries for 178 yards. Knight’s quarterback Zach English had 138
yards passing and 81 yards rushing. This
win stops a 12 game losing streak for the Knights. The Knights also have a new head coach this
year.
This game, unlike OC’s scrimmage against
Georgia Military, was the home opener for Johnson. They will be looking to add another check in
the win column. Hope to see you there.
Golf coaches Robert Goodwin and Ed Rock
sent out an email this week highlighting the 5th Annual Patriot Golf
Fundraiser tournament to be held Saturday, October 20, 2012, at Jennings Mill
Country Club. Lunch will start at noon
for all participants and the will be a shotgun start at 1pm. The tournament will be Lauderdale/best ball
with 4 person teams. That is, everyone
will hit their ball but will only county the best ball of the four.
Cost to enter the tournament is 70 for
individuals or $280 per team. First and
second place will be awarded prizes as well as closest to the hole and longest
drive. There will be door prizes and a
putting contest.
This is the main fundraiser for both the
middle school and high school golf teams.
Due in part to the great success of OC’s varsity golf team last year,
who came in third in the state tournament just one stroke behind the second
place team, the middle school has nearly 30 golfers on their team. The varsity will be returning four of the six
golfers from last year’s team, so great things are expected this year.
But as in all things sports, winning
takes funding. Funding doesn’t come from
the Board of Education; it comes from fundraisers like this one, and the hard
work of parent volunteers. So when a
kind comes to your door to sell you a coupon book, or a raffle ticket or asks
you to participate in a golf tournament, please be as generous as you can.
Come back tomorrow when I’ll post the
last part of Talking with the AD.
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