Athletic Adventures

Mr. Cliff Cole, Superintendent

Mr. Don Breedlove, Director of Safety/Athletics

Winter POYs Recognized

The Winter Players of the Year were recognized at the April

21st meeting of the PCSD Board of Education. Congratulations

to the winners.

Volume 3, Issue 25
April 24, 2015

In this edition:
Winter POYs
South Tennis

Garnigan Signs

Region Baseball
SPHS Anderson
PCSD Softball

Weekly Scores

Summer Camps

Character Ed. Corner

Wellness Tip

From left to right: Jordan Neiswender/NPHS-Swimming, Michael Farmer/

SPHS-Wrestling, Bradley Bitting/NPHS-Wrestling, Kelsi Fizer/SPHS-Girls
Basketball, and Jalen Browder/EPHS-Boys Basketball

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Athletic Adventures

South Tennis Advances

The South Paulding boys tennis team finished as runner up in the region 5-AAAAA

tournament and advanced to the GHSA State Tournament. Tuesday, the Spartans
defeated SW DeKalb by a 5-0 score to advance to the second round of the state

tournament. They will face Cambridge in the second round at Cambridge. Congratulations Spartans!

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Hirams Garnigan Signs

Athletic Adventures

Sydney Garnigan of Hiram HS recently signed to play basketball at Georgia Highlands College.

Front row: Patrick Garnigan, Father, Sydney Garnigan, Alicia Garnigan, Mother
Back row: Andy Dorsey, AD, Demetrius Colson, Asst. Coach at GHC, Michelle Caldwell, Head Coach, Christy Wade, Asst. Coach, Melissa Little, Asst. Coach

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Region Baseball

Athletic Adventures

The Baseball season is winding down with all PCSD teams wrapping up of Region
play. Updated standings are:

4-AAAAAA

Region

Region %

Overall

Overall%

Kenn. Mtn.
Harrison
Hillgrove
NPHS
Marietta
McEachern
N. Cobb
Osborne

10-3
9-3
8-5
6-4
6-6
4-8
4-7
0-11

.769
.750
.615
.600
.500
.333
.364
.000

18-6
15-8
15-10
9-10
9-15
9-14
7-15
0-15

.762
.600
.600
.474
.375
.391
.318
.000

16-1
14-3
10-5
10-6
8-7
8-9
7-8
6-11
2-14
0-17

.941
.824
.667
.625
.533
.471
.467
.353
.125
.000

23-2
19-5
12-9
13-10
10-12
11-11
12-9
8-12
3-15
1-19

.920
.792
.571
.565
.455
.500
.571
.400
.167
.050

5-AAAAA
Allatoona
EPHS
Alexander
Hiram
SPHS
CHHS
PCHS
Villa Rica
NMHS
Lithia

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Makenzie Anderson of SPHS

Athletic Adventures

Makenzie Anderson of South Paulding is a student athlete who displays maturity

beyond her years. She was nominated and selected to be Northwest Atlanta's Positive Athlete for tennis this year. She is a senior at South Paulding High School this
year with plans to attend West Georgia next year. Makenzie served the tennis team
as captain this year, where she motivated the girls through wins and losses. Her
coach states It has been nothing short of an honor and privilege to have coached
Makenzie. She is encouraging, resilient, and determined. Congratulations
Makenzie on your nomination.

Makenzie Anderson on left

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PCSD Well Represented at

LaGrange

Athletic Adventures

Paulding County was well represented as the LaGrange College Panther Softball
Team captured the USA South Conference Championship this weekend in Rocky
Mount, NC. The Panthers will now move on to the NCAA Regional's on May
8th. Pictured are Ashlan Bloodworth (North Paulding 2014), Kaitlin Lovins (East
Paulding 2014) and Kalin Oglesby (South Paulding 2012)

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Weekly Scores

EPHS

Varsity Baseball

vs. New Manchester won 11-1, 8-1

vs. Alexander won 5-1
Secured 2nd seed in 5-AAAAA and will host 1st round playoff game on May 1

Junior Varsity Baseball

vs. SPHS won 5-1 (County Championship)

Girls Lacrosse

vs. River Ridge lost 5-17

Boys Lacrosse

vs. South Cobb won 18-1

vs. River Ridge won 16-2

Girls Tennis

vs. Dunwoody lost 0-3

Hiram

Baseball

vs. Alexander lost 3-12

Boys Soccer

Vs. Osborne lost 2-6

vs. Lithia Springs lost 4-7

Girls Soccer

Vs. Osborne lost 1-2

Vs. McEachern tied 1-1

NPHS
Baseball

vs. N. Cobb won 8-2

vs. Kenn. Mtn. won 2-1

Boys Lacrosse

vs. EPHS won 25-4

*scores supplied by local schools

Athletic Adventures

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Top Performers

Athletic Adventures

NPHS
Girls tennis team advanced to 2nd round of state playoffs

SPHS
Region 5-AAAAA Track Meet

Jacob Wilson won the boys pole vault. Tanner Holcolm (boys shot put), Erica Earwood (girls discus) , Jacob Wilson and Jared Acreman (boys pole vault) have qualified for Sectionals

*Top performer nominations are made by the local schools

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Summer Camps

Athletic Adventures

The following camps are being offered by our local high school sports
programs. Please contact the school or the schools athletic websites for
information.
EPHS
Fastpitch Softball Camp June 2-4
Volleyball June 15-17
Baseball Camp June 8-10
Youth Cheer Camp June 15-17
ES Football Camp June 22-23
MS Football Camp June 15-17
Hiram
Lady Hornets Volleyball Camp June 8-10
Youth Cheer Camp July 27-31
NPHS
Blue Collar Basketball Camp June 8-11
Hoops School June 22-24
Youth Football Camp June 8-011
Junior Football Camp June 13-16
Fastpitch Softball Camp June 15-19
Girls Basketball Skills Camp June 15-17
SPHS
Fastpitch Softball Camp June 8-10
Track Camp June 8-11
Basketball Youth Camp June 8-11
Basketball Team Camp June 8-11
Volleyball Skills Camp June 15-18
Youth Volleyball Camp June 15-18
Spartan Cheerleading Camp July 20-23
Great South 7 on 7 HS June 16
Spartan MS 7 on 7 June 13

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Character Education Corner

Athletic Adventures

You don't always get what you wish for, you get what you work
for. Time to go to work! - Tony Boyd

Change your Perspective

Perfection is in the eye of the beholder and
that beholder is you! Believing that a so-called
negative personality trait has a positive side can
help you turn that shortcoming into a strength.
Take impulsivity as one example. In a recent
study, researchers divided participants who believed they were impulsive into two groups. They
told one group that studies linking impulsivity to
creativity were well founded; they told the other
group that the impulsivity-/creativity link was
rubbish. The researchers then tested the subjects creativity. Guess what? The people who
believed impulsivity made them more creative
actually did better on the tests. This phenomenon
doesnt work just for impulsivity. For example, if
you admonish yourself for being indecisive and
slow to act, try thinking of yourself as patient instead. If you wish you werent so shy, pat yourself
on the back for being modest. Turning your trait
around is all in how you look at it. So open your
eyes to a whole new view of you!

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