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lan Bettis was escorted by his father Phil Bettis. Bettis Jordan Carr was escorted by his parents Matt and Kellie Madeline Copeland was escorted by her parents Clay ',i
has lettered in tennis for one year. He plans to join the U.S. Cart. Carr has lettered in tennis for three years. He plans and Charlotte Copeland. Copeland has lettered in tennis for.-.
Air National Guard and attend culinary school, attend flight school at Middle Georgia State University. four years. She plans to attend the University of Georgia.
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Cadi Seit'z was escorted by her parents Dave and Gini Seitz Seth Smith was escorted by his father RJ. Smith. Smith
and sisters Halle and Kylie. Seitz has lettered in tennis for three has lettered in tennis for three years. He plans to attend
years. She plans to attend Middle Georgia State University Mercer University with plans to be a lawyer.
before transferring to Georgia Southern to study nursing.
MP GOLF
Continued from Front
One day earlier on March
26, the MP boys competed in
the Cougar Invitational tour-
nament in Newnan, finishing
seventh out of 12 teams with a
team score of 341. Freshman
Cannon Newberry recorded
MP's top score of 80. Other
counting scores were posted
by Proctor with an 83, Dylan
Steed with an 86 and limbo
Finch with a 92.
MP head coach Clint Ash-
more said his boys squad has
more depth than the program
has had in recent years with
his top eight players only
separated by a total of about
six shots per 9-hole round.
Ashmore said the biggest pos-
itive is that there's still room
for improvement, especially
in terms of concentration
throughout the round.
He said of the boys squad:
"We haven't played our best
gotfyeC'
On March 22, MP
squads captured a match
at Hickory Hill Golf Club
in Jackson with the MP
boys taking a three-team
battle with rivals Jackson
and Monticello and the MP
girls defeating Jackson in a
two-team match. The Bull-
dogs easily defeated the other
squads with a team score of
159, dominating second-place
Monticello, who finished
with a 211, and third-place
Jackson, who finished with a
227. Cannon Newberry shot
MP's top score of 38, edging "
Proctor, who finished with a
round of 39. MP's other two
counting scores were posted
by Steed and Josh Cobb, who
each shot 41.
Meanwhile, the MP girls
fired a 165, beating Jackson's
188 by 23 strokes. Senior
Payton Poland was the low
medalist with a 53, edging her
younger sister Molly Po-
land, who shot a 54. Hughes
recorded MP's other counting
score of 58.
One week earlier on March
15, both MP squads took first
place in their opening home
match of the season at Forsyth
Golf Club.
The MP boys posted a total
Of 159, defeating second-
place Pike County with 172
and third-place Tattnall
Square with 184. Steed shot
an impressive 37 to take low
medalist honors. Cannon
Newberry recorded MP's
second-best score of 39 while
Cobb and Proctor also posted
counting scores of 41 and
42, respectively. Meanwhile,
the MP girlS dominated Pike
County by 23 strokes with a
team score of 149 compared
with the Lady Pirates 172.
Hughes was the low medal-
ist with a round of 48. MP's
other counting scores were
posted by Molly Poland with
49 and Payton Poland with
52.
The MP girls golf team is
next scheduled to compete
in the 18-hole West Georgia
Golf Classic in LaGrange oia
Monday, April 9.
Continued PAGE B2
Christopher Swars was escorted by his mother Susan :':
Swars. Swars has lettered in tennis for two years. He plans:"
to enlist in the U.S. Army as a combat medic. :~'
Humans have long used the tree's
strong, hard, fine-grained wood to
make all sorts of tools and other
implements. Tool handles, knit-
ting needles, roller skate wheels,
wheel cogs, golf club heads and even
harrow teeth have been fashioned
from dogwood lumber. The wood
was also once used to make the
thousands of shuttles employed in
the manufacture of textiles. In fact,
some historians estimate as much as
90 percent of the dogwood lumber
cut during the 19th century was
used for this purpose.
Native Americans were the first to
use dogwood for medicinal pur-
poses. They concocted a number of
remedies, to alleviate headaches and
sore mu des, to treat diarrhea, and
offset the effects of poisons. They
also discovered dogwood would
reduce fever. "[his ability proved to
be extremely important during the
Civil War.
Malaria is a disease that devas-
tated many Confederate and Union
soldiers during the Civil War. Some
historians estimate one million
Union soldiers alone came down
with the disease. ,
Treating the malady was a major
problem for the Confederate Army -,
due to the fact the only two compa-
nies that manufactured quinine, the
drug used to treat the disease, were :,
located in the North. Consequently, >,
quinine had to be smuggled into the .
South. However, when even smug-
gling eventually could not meet the
demand for the drug, quinine sub,
stitutes were use to quell malaria-
induced fever. This necessitated the .
use of quinine substitutes such as
finely ground dogwood bark, bone,
set, chinquapin; Willow, yelI6
popular in place of quinine.
With our countryside awash
in glorious flowering dogwood
blossoms, there is no better time
to ponder on the truth of the old
cc
adage, Beauty is often more than
skin deep.
Terry Johnson is retired Program ':
Manager of the Georgia Nongame-
Endangered Wildlife Program. He
has written the informative column "
'Monroe Outdoors'for the Reporter
for many years. Email him at
tjwoodduck@bellsouth, net.
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third, but senior Cameron
Agnew was gunned down
at home plate trying to tag
up from third on Aaron
Mocks flyoutl to center.
One inning later, MP was
able to pad its lead when
senior Ladondre Buckner
provided the game's biggest
blast with a two-out triple
to left-center on a 3-1 fast-
ball that got over the head
of the Spalding leftfielder,
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3-0 lead.
The Jaguars mounted
a rally in the top of the
fifth, but Moore stranded
the bases loaded with a
strikeout looking to keep
his shutout intact. MP then
added what turned out to
be a critical insurance run
in the bottom of the sixth
on an RBI double down the
leftfield line by Jeramiah
Andrews, scoring Knight
and giving the Bulldogs
what seemed like a com-
fortable 4-0 lead.
Needing just three outs
for the victory, MP third
baseman Austin Mock and
shortstop Agnew made
back-to-back throwing
errors to start the top of
the seventh. Moore then
sandwiched an RBI single
with a pair of strikeouts to
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move one out away from a
win. Instead, Spalding got
back-to-back two-out RBI
singles on a blooper to left
and a line drive to right, re-
spectively, putting the tying
run in scoring position and
the go-ahead run on base.
But Moore pitched out the
jam, forcing the groiandout
to second, and the Bulldogs
escaped with a much-need-
ed 4-3 win.
Moore got the complete
game victory, throwing
seven innings while giving
up eight hits and three
runs, all unearned. He
also struck out nine Jaguar
batters while yielding just a
single walk.
Two days earlier, on
March 26, MP lost 6:1 to
Spalding on the road in
Game 1 of the Best-ofo3
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MP scored its lone run in
the top of the first inning
before the Jaguars an-
swered back with four runs
in the bottom of the second
to seize a commanding 4-1
lead. Spalding then added
to its advantage with two
more runs in the bottom of
the fifth inning for the 6-1
final margin.
Junior Alex Kite took the
loss for the Bulldogs, giving
up six runs on six hits over
five innings while striking
out five. MP's defense didn't
do Kite any favors, com-
mitting three errors, in-
cluding several costly ones
during the Jags' four-run
second inning explosion.
Andrews, Aaron Mock
and J.D. Richards tied for
the MP team lead with two
hits each.
The MP baseball squad
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will next host West Lau-
rens in Game 2 of the key --
Best-of-3 region series at ;
5:55 p.m. on Wednesday ,
before traveling on the road
to face the Raiders in Game-
3 at 5:55 p.m. on Friday.
MP will then host Perry on,;
Monday, April 9 in a Game ,
1 of a Best-of-3 set against ,
the region foe Panthers. T
Also, the MP JV baseball
team will host Perry in its
home finale at 4 p.m. on
Monday, April 9 prior to
the varsity game. ::
Meanwhile, the Monroe
County Middle School
baseball team was sched-
uled to compete in the first
round of the area playoffs ,
at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, -:
April 11. The C-Team
Bulldogs' opponent and
game location has yet to be
determined.
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