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April 9
st=t= sdm supt.
ndick te to speak
to Blue B lge
Sid Chapman, candi-
date for Georgia State
School Superinten-
dent will speak to the
' Monroe County Blue
Bridge Society meeting
on Monday, April 9 at
7 p.m at the Forsyth
Presbyterian Church
Parrish Hall on N Jack-
son Street. Chapman is
currently the president
of the Georgia Associa-
tion of Educators (GAE),
having served G.AE as
president since 2014
and as vice president
from 2010-14.
After trying to enter "
Georgiffs workferce as
!a dropout; Chapman
GED fhen
SID CHAPMAN
his college degree and
entered the teaching
profession. He taught
at Griffin High School,
Griffin Tech and Mor-
row High School for
15 years before he
became president
of Clayton County
Education Association,
when he served as
p esident from 2002-14
before moving on to
the state level organi-
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Bolingbroke's Corbitt will be on the field when
Macon's new baseball team starts the season
natural, and he and Con-
ner's coaches were amazed
when he hit the ball over
the fence as just a small
boy.
Conner continued to play
baseball and football all
through school.
He finally decid-
ed baseball is his
chosen sport. He
has been playing
summer base-
ball and regular
season baseball
since he was six.
He even created
(with the help
SMITH of his dad and
coaches) a travel
ball team with some of the
best local players, and they
have stayed connected ever
since.
Conner graduated from
Stratford Academy in
Macon and set numer-
ous records there that put
him in the school's history
books. He is Stratford's all-
time double leader with 16
doubles in one season.
After high school, Con-
ner wanted to study crimi-
nal justice because he wants
to become a U.S. Marshal.
He visited Wake Forest
University, where he played
in a weekend, Georgia
All-Star Invitational event.
He liked Wake Forest but
thought the drive was little
far from home.
On a whim, he and his
family stopped at Univer-
sity of North Georgia in
Dahlonega on the return
trip. He liked the school,
and he now is a junior play-
ing on the school's baseball
team.
His dad told me the pros
can't recruit players until
they are juniors in col-
lege. I think all eyes will be
upon Conner at the Macon
Bacon games this smrfmer.
Very likely the next time I
asebaU season is
almost here, and
! this year Middle
Georgia will have
a brand new team called
"Macon Bacon." When
june 1st kicks offtheir
inaugural season,
Bolingbroke's
own Conner
Corbitt will be
out on the field
as an official
player.
Macon Bacon
is part of the Col-
legiate Coastal
Plain League.
The scouts will VICKI
be present watch-
ing the teams, searching for
draft picks to play profes-
sional baseball.
Conner began his base-
ball career at the young
age of four playing T-Ball
at North Macon Park. His
dad (and biggest fan), Matt
Corbitt said he is just a
Conner Corbitt of Bolingbroke
has impressive statics playing
for the University of N~ Ga. in
Dahlonega. This summer, folks
in Monroe County can see him
play for the Macon Bacon at
Luther Williams Field as the new
team welcomes fans
for its first season.
Some ticket
packages are
already sold
out.
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Conner Corbitt and Andres Perez celebrate as teammates
after a University of North Georgia game. The two plan
to be celebrating after their games this summer as Macon
Bacon teammates.
write about Cohner, it will
be because he got recruited
to a pro team.
Conner is what they
call a "five tool" player.
This is a description of a
player with above average
skills at hitting, hitting for
power, fielding, throwing
and running. A "complete
ballplayer" who contribtites
in all aspects of the game.
Conner bats 4th in the
lineup and this is known
as "the cleanup" spot. I
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