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Josey Allen --
: Player Award
Varsity Most Improved Karsin Bass -- Varsity Academic Award Emma Cantrell
-- Varsity Coach's Award
Reagan
Award
Dorrity -- Varsity Team Player
Finch -- Varsity Team Spirit Award
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pro-
: gram record 25-win season. Mathis 25-9
,squad reached the AAAA Sweet 16 for
F the first time since 2013 and captured the
program's first region title since 2011.
Six more Bulldogs were named to the
7 ! : Region 2-AAAA First Team squad. Senior
catcher Alex Kite earned First Team
; all-region honors while leading MP with
', a .469 batting average, a .575 on-base
'. percentage, 38 RBIs and 16 doubles. Kite's
batting average was the second-highest in
:, program history for a single season while
', his RBI total was also the second-highest
Single season mark in program history.
', Junior first baseman Nate Howard also
, earned First Team all-region honors while
Becky Kenirey -- Varsity Headliner Micah Wilson
Award
-- Varsity Headliner Award
};
batting .404 with 28 RBIs. Senior second season runs record with 43. Snow finished
baseman Camden Claxton also made the second on the squad in batting average at
First Team while batting .402 with 24 RBIs. .444 while hitting i homer and 25 RBIs
Claxton was also third on the team in in- while tying Moore for the program record
nings pitched with 44 1/3, going 5-3 with a with 18 stolen bases.
2.05 ERA and recording a team-high three Two other Bulldogs received All-Region
saves. Junior designated hitter Jeramiah honors. Sophomore outfielder Thomas
Andrews also was a First Team all-region Willingham was named Second Team
member while batting .310 with 3 hom- All-Region while batting .386 with 2 RBIs
ers and 24 RBIs. Junior outfielder Conner while junior outfielder Wyatt Currie was
Watson also made the First Team while named Honorable Mention All-Region
batting .274 with 1 homer and 11 RBIs. while hitting .286 with 3 RBIs.
Watson was also a mainstay in MP's pitch- Other new team single-season statisti-
ing rotation, hurling 48 1/3 innings while cal records set by MP in 2019 included:
compiling a 5-3 record and a 3.45 ERA highest team batting average (.380), games
with 48 strikeouts, played in a season (34), doubles (67) and
Joining the veterans on the First Team triples (13).
was freshman shortstop Eric Snow, who MP will hold its annual baseball awards
set a program single-season record for base banquet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at Cross-
hits with 52 in his first varsity campaign link Meadows farm on Hwy. 42 North.
while trying the previous school single-
CGTC to
smnmer camps
The Central Georgia Technical
College (CGTC) men's basketball
program will host two separate
boys basketball camps in summer
2019.
The Fundamentals Camp for boys
ages 6-11 will take place June 10-13
from 9 a.m.-2 p.m while the Elite
Skills Camp for boys ages 12-17
will be July 8-11 from 9 a.m.2
p.m. Both camps will be hosted at
CGTC'S Larry Walker Arena, locat-
ed on the Warner Robins campus at
80 Cohen Walker Drive. The cost to
participate is $80 per camper.
The camps are designed to teach
the fundamentals of basketball to
beginning level players and develop
skills with advanced level players
through station work and com-
petition. Areas of focus include
shooting, ball handling, individual
offense, and individual defense.
Campers will be divided by age and
skill level to ensure the best experi-
ence for each participant.
Reco Dawson, CGTC men's
basketball head coach, will lead the
camp along with Byron Mincey,
men's basketball assistant coach,
and current CGTC players.
Lunch will be available daily for
campers for an additional $5. All
participants are encouraged to dress
appropriately in shorts, t-shirts,
socks, and basketball shoes.
More details about the summer
camps is located at www.cgtctitans.
corn/information/Summer Camps.
For more information, contact
Reco Dawson at (478) 757-4360 or
rdawson@centralgatech.edu.
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Whitfield, who jumped 6 feet, 4
inches. Williams tied Westover's
Micheal Todd Isler for the third-
place position.
Two Other Bulldog individu-
als plac'ed among the top eight
individuals and scored points
state. William Stewart placed
eighth in the 100-meter finals
witha time of 11.37 seconds.
Stewarfalso finished eighth in
the 100-meter preliminary heat
with a time of 11.14 seconds.
Junior Rico Harden placed sixth
in the 200-meter finals with a
time of 22.39 seconds. Harden
also finished sixth in the 200-me-
ter preliminary heat with a time
of 22.28 seconds. In addition,
Harden finished in eighth place
in the long jump with a leap of 21
feet, 5 inches.
Also, MP's No. 1 4 x 100-me-
ter relay team of Wilson, Wyatt
Currie, Stewart and Rico Harden
placed fourth with a time of 42.58
: seconds, which was just over
three-tenths of a second slower
than first-place Shaw's winning
2* time of 42.24 seconds. MP's top 4
x lO0-meter relay team finished
with the sixth-fastest qualifying
time of 42.59 seconds in the pre-
-* liminary round despite Mnning
its heat.
MP boys athletes who com-
- peted at state but failed to score
points by placing in the top eight
included: Stewart, who placed
10th in the preliminary heat
of the 200 meters with a time
of 22.60 seconds, and Connor
Battles, who placed 15th in the
1,600-meter finals with a time of
4 minutes, 44 seconds.
Burdette said he was thor-
oughly satisfied with his squad's
performance at state.
"It is extremely difficult to
qualify athletes for the state meet,
much less score 37 points" Bur-
dette said. "I was really pleased
with everyone's performance and
effort. It is an honor to make it to
the podium for the team awards
at the end. Our main goal this
year was to go after the region
title, and by doing that we put
ourselves in position to have
more success. After sectionals
and seeing where we stood, our
goal was to be on the leaderboard
when the dust settled on Satur-
day; and that's where we were.
The kids were really excited about
that. Almost everyone that made
the trip contributed to the point
total, and that's all you can ask.
Burdette, who is in his second
season as the Bulldogs' head
man, said he inherited an already
successful track program and has
been blessed with a nucleus of
skilled veteran athletes.
"The talent we have this year
can make you look like a good
coach;' Burdette said. "We just
happened to have a lot of depth
Mary Persons sophomore Justin Wachtel (center) stands atop the podi-
um after capturing the 3,200 meters at the AAAA state meet in Albany
on Thursday. Wachtel is MP's first boys individual state champion since
Nick Davis won the 100 meters in 20]3. (Photo/Kip Burdette)
in the sprints, jumps and relays, score in almost all facets. This has
We have an extremely talented definitely been a special group
stable of distance runners, and that has prided itself in team vic-
our throws have improved. It is tory. The nucleus of returners is
a well-rounded squad that can strong, and we are really excited
to see if we can go after one of
the bigger trophies they had on
display next year"
Meanwhile, the Mary Persons
girls track team failed to score
points at the AAAA state meet in
Albany for the second consecu-
tive season.
For the third straight year,
Chapel Hill was the girls meet
champion with 85.5 points, fol-
lowed by Sandy Creek in second
place with 60.5 points. Wood-
ward Academy came in third
with 44 points.
MP girls athletes who com-
peted at state but failed to score
points by placing in the top eight
included: Campbell Brown, who
placed 16th in the preliminary
heat of the 200 meters with
a time of 26.77 seconds, Ava
McKallip, who placed 1 lth in the
1,600-meter finals with a time of
5 minutes, 44 seconds and placed
10th in the 3,200-meter finals
with a time of 12 minutes, 30
seconds, Maradeth Leverett, who
placed 12th in the 1,600-meter
finals with a time of 5 minutes, 51
seconds and placed 1 lth in the
3,200-meter finals with a time of
12 minutes, 31 seconds, Cheyla
Tafolla, who placed 13th in the
pole vault finals with a vault of 8
feet, Precious Gaines, who placed
12th in the shot put with a heave
of 32 feet, 9 inches, and J'Mya
Mann, who placed 9th in the
discus with a throw of 102 feet,
10 inches.
