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City clerk files lawsuit against Snellville

By Joshua Sharpe

joshua.sharpe @gwinnettdailypost.com

Snellville City Clerk Phyllis Richardson filed a federal lawsuit against the city Wednesday.

The suit, filed in U.S.

District Court, asks for a jury to weigh allegations that members of the city council, as well as City Manager Butch Sanders, violated her constitutional rights and the terms of an employment agreement by fighting her appointment.

In the suit, Richardson’s attorneys, Harry Daniels and Charles H. Cauble, said the amount of her compensation should be decided in court.

Previously, the embattled employee unsuccessfully demanded a $1 million settlement to avoid legal

action.

Mayor Kelly Kautz, who brought Richardson on to replace sitting clerk Melisa Arnold in January 2014 against the wishes of the council, couldn’t be reached for comment immediately Wednesday night. She has

previously said she didn’t support the clerk’s threat of legal action.

Tom Witts, the former mayor pro tem seeking to take Kautz’s job in the Nov. 3 election, was at a loss for See SUIT, Page 7A

Phyllis Richardson

Kelly Kautz

Ringleader in fatal home invasion gets life in prison

By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

Those in attendance roam through the inside of the newly constructed nutrient recovery facility at the Wayne F. Hill Water Resources Center during the opening ceremony in Buford on Wednesday. Visitors encountered white bags filled with fertilizer produced at the facility when they walked through its doors. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

‘A miracle product’

Robert Kennedy Jr. helps county open eco-friendly fertilizer facility at water plant

By Curt Yeomans

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Gwinnett County leaders have long praised the F. Wayne Hill Water Treatment Plant in Buford for the clean water it produces every day.

They gathered at the plant with environmentalist Robert Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday to praise the facility for something else it will now begin putting out — fertilizer.

The dignitaries cut a green ribbon to open the plant’s new 12,000-square-foot Ostara Nutrient Recovery Facility. The building will take minerals and chemicals, mainly phosphorous, used in the cleaning process and turn it into pellets which can be used to help plants grow in gardens and on farms.

“What you’re creating here is really a miracle product that is going to help us not only prevent

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds up the fertilizer produced by the newly constructed nutrient recovery facility at the Wayne F. Hill Water Resources Center during the opening ceremony in Buford on Wednesday.

discharges of phosphorous directly from this facility, but also from farms and gardens all over the state,” said Kennedy, a member of Ostara’s board of direc-

tors. “It’s going to tremendously reduce Georgia’s, and Gwinnett County’s, carbon footprint.”

The facility is Ostara’s eighth nutrient recovery facility in the

world. Gwinnett County Water Resources Deputy Director of Facilities Jeff Boss said it will be the largest of those operations though because of the massive amounts of water the Hill plant can treat and send to Lake Lanier each day.

The facility is already known in the water treatment circle for using biological and membrane processes to clean used water before sending it back to Lake Lanier. The nutrient recovery facility will give it another reason to be known for its approach to water treatment.

“We’re mighty proud of this plant and we just keep adding new things to it that make it See FACILITY, Page 7A

Planning director leaving for Gainesville spot

By Curt Yeomans curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

The man who oversees planning and development in Gwinnett County is leaving to become a top city administrator in Hall County.

Gainesville officials announced Bryan Lackey as the sole finalist for their city manager position. He was among 76 people who applied for the posi-

tion and the city council is set to formally vote on approving his appointment at its Nov. 3 meeting.

“Going to the next level, to a management position, is something Bryan Lackey that’s been a goal of mine for a while, but I didn’t want it just be any place. I wanted it to

be a place that was right fit and I think Gainesville is that place,” Lackey said.

Lackey said his last day with Gwinnett County will be Nov. 20. That will put him two weeks shy of reaching 20 years of employment with the county, he added.

He is expected to begin his new job in late November, but how much money he will make has not been determined. Mayor Danny Dunagan said the candi-

date is in talks with Gainesville’s human resources department about a salary for the position.

Dunagan said city leaders interviewed Lackey twice for the position and were impressed with him for a few reasons.

“We just felt like he’s the right man for the job,” Dunagan said.

“He came across as very easy to talk with, and he was very knowledgeable about municipal See PLANNING, Page 7A

LAWRENCEVILLE — Brian Brewner hung his head Wednesday afternoon and clinched his teeth as a Gwinnett County judge spoke the words to send him to prison forever.

“I can’t justify anything but” life without parole, Judge Timothy Hamil told the 29-year-old, who orchestrated the August 2014 home invasion that led to the murder of 37-year-old Adam Schrier in Duluth.

With the gravity of Hamil’s statement, Brewner’s reaction would seem subtle.

But it was remarkable considering the emotionless expression he wore during the rest of the day’s proceedings, even as the prosecutor played a tape of a jailhouse phone call in which Brewner See SENTENCED, Page 7A

Brian Brewner, left, listens in court Wednesday during his sentencing for the murder of a Duluth man. Brewner’s attorney, Scott Drake, center, failed in an attempt to keep his client from receiving a sentence of life without parole. (Staff Photo: Joshua Sharpe)

Deputy gets arrested on meth charge

By Joshua Sharpe joshua.sharpe@gwinnettdailypost.com

A Gwinnett County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested Wednesday after co-workers spotted drugs at his home, the agency said.

Deputies were “serving” paperwork at Trenell Bullock’s house when they observed “what appeared to be methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia in plain view,” said Deputy Shannon Volkodav, spokeswoman for the agency. It wasn’t clear what the paperwork was.

A 15-year veteran Trenell of the sheriff’s office, Bullock Bullock was held in the county jail Wednesday afternoon on $5,700 bond, charged with a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. “Deputy Bullock has been placed on administrative leave pending the conclusion of the ongoing investigation,” Volkodav said in a news release. “It is our policy to document, investigate and prosecute, when appropriate, any instance of employee misconduct.”

She said further information wasn’t available Wednesday afternoon.

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Taste of Home returning with cooking demo, prizes

By Katie Morris

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The Taste of Home Cooking School returns to the Infinite Energy Center with food vendors, product samples and a two-hour cooking demonstration on Thursday.

The event kicks off at 4 p.m. with a pre-show expo allowing attendees to browse an array of vendors and sample products.

Culinary expert Michelle “Red” Roberts will return for her 11th

Antique, Holiday Festival planned Downtown Braselton will present its semi-annual Braselton Antique and Holiday Festival this weekend featuring more than 100 different vendors.

The Antique and Holiday Festival showcases vintage antiques, collectibles, artwork, pottery and more with certain items available for purchase. The free festival also includes food and live music.

The festival will be open from noon to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25.

The Braselton Antique and Holiday Festival will be at the downtown Braselton

Taste of Home cooking demonstration at 7 p.m., preparing several new recipes from start to finish while offering helpful pointers and techniques for the audience. Roberts’ two-hour demonstration is geared toward home cooks with all levels of food experience.

There will be more than 70 door prizes given out throughout the evening including two trips to Daytona Beach, Fla., and a three-piece KitchenAid package. All attendees will receive a gift bag that has the Taste

GWINNETT GAB park, located at Harrison and Frances Streets. For more information, visit downtownbraselton.com or call 706-824-7204.

Michelle “Red” Roberts gives a cooking demonstration on stage as hundreds of expo attendees watch on during the 2014 Taste of Home Expo at the Infinite Energy Center in Duluth. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

of Home Cooking School magazine as well as coupons from participating national and regional food companies and promotional items.

Tickets for the 11th annual Taste of Home Cooking School, presented by the Daily Post, are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. A limited number of VIP tickets are available for $60. The Infinite Energy Center (formerly Gwinnett Center) is located at 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway in Duluth. For more information, visit http://scnievents.com/tasteofhome.

Georgia” received $7,500 to aid in covering fees that will enable indigent women to participate in 12 month programs that help with addiction.

The last $5,000 was Charities get $22K granted to the “Partnership from Jackson EMC for Gynecological Cancer,” a During its Septemnonprofit that provides assisber meeting, the Jackson tance to women experiencing EMC Foundation board of financial difficulties during directors awarded more than treatment for gynecological $67,000 in grants, includcancer. ing $22,962 to agencies that The Jackson EMC serve Gwinnett residents.

Foundation is funded by An award of $10,462 was Operation Round Up, which given to “Interlocking Com- rounds up the monthly munities,” a Lawrenceville electrical bills of more than organization that upgrades 180,000 participating memcomputers, purchases new bers. This “spare change” equipment and employs an has put $102 million back English as a second language into local communities since instructor and sustains em2005. Organizations can ployment. apply to receive a grant at The “Angel House of jacksonemc.com/foundation-

guidelines.

‘Muslims for Life’ plan blood drive The Atlanta Chapter of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women Association is sponsoring a blood drive in cooperation with Cafe Raik which will take place from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 31.

The sponsored blood drive is a part of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community’s national campaign, “Muslims for Life.” The campaign’s focus is to continue to save lives of Muslims as well as honor and remember all of those who were victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Upon arrival at the Cafe Raik blood drive, guests who donate blood will receive Cafe Raik coupons and Muslims for Life campaign giveaways. Cafe Raik is located at 1160 Old Peachtree Road in Duluth. For more information, visit muslimsforlife.org.

GCPS Foundation names new director

By Keith Farner

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One executive board member of the Gwinnett County Public Schools Foundation is moving into a newly created position to help build capital and an endowment.

Norcross resident Aaron C. Lupuloff was announced this week as senior executive director of the foundation, and comes with experience in forming the Norcross High School Foundation.

“We are so fortunate to have a person with this type of expertise at a point in his career where he can devote his time exclusively to public education and philanthropy,” GCPS Foundation President David Seago said in

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Lupuloff spent more than 20 years as senior managing director for Bear Stearns/JP Morgan, managing director with Raymond James and most recently with Fifth Third Street Bank Securities.

With the Norcross foundation, he served as president, treasurer and vice president. He was also a booster club officer.

Lupuloff is also a founding member of the GCPS foundation. He also is a founding and past board member of the Georgia Tech Parents Advisory Board.

Lupuloff earned his degree in business administration from the University of Alabama and has worked in the financial services industry since 1982.

Lupuloff and his wife, Jan, support Partners Against Domestic Violence, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, Camp Twin Lakes, and were inducted in the NHS Foundation Hall of Fame in 2011.

They have four children, including NHS graduates in 2007 and 2009 and a senior currently at the school.

gwinnettdailypost.com Political Notebook

Curt Yeomans

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 • 3A

Isakson to Obama: Sign defense authorization bill Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., called on President Barack Obama to sign a defense bill on Wednesday that includes funding for projects at four military bases in Georgia.

Obama has reportedly threatened to veto the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016,

but Isakson, R-Ga., stood before his colleagues in the Senate and called for a reconsideration.

“If he vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act, he is convincing and confirming for Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un, the Chinese government, the Ayatollah of Iran and

the rest of the world that America is relegating itself to a spectator on the sidelines of world affairs rather than the beacon of hope for the oppressed, those in search of democracy and those who are at the foot of dictators,” Isakson said in a speech from the Senate floor.

“It is time that we have made sure our military was funded and authorized to the levels that are necessary to confront the world’s challenges which are more today than I have ever seen them.”

Isakson’s office said the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 would

fund the A-10 mission at Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta and Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins. Funding for veterans transition programs and housing benefits for dualmilitary recipients and families is also included in the bill.

It would also fund upgrades for Stryker armored fighting vehicles at Ft. Benning near Columbus and expansion of the U.S. Army Cyber Command at Ft. Gordon in Augusta, according to the senator’s office.

Perdue, Isakson vote for stalled sanctuary cities funding bill Isakson and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., were among the senators who supported a bill to block so-called “sanctuary cities” from receiving federal funding this week, but that act was itself blocked from advancing.

“Sanctuary cities” is a term used to describe cities that critics claim are allowing illegal immigrants to stay in their boundaries in spite of federal immigration laws.

Fifty-four senators voted in favor of the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, but senate procedures required support from 60 senators to advance.

“So-called ‘sanctuary cities’ undermine the rule of law, and they are simply unacceptable,” Isakson said in a statement. “Our immigration laws must be followed, and I stand in full support of cities and local communities that work with federal officials to enforce these laws.”

Perdue added, “Sanctuary cities have become safe havens for criminals in the United States illegally.”

Political Notebook appears in the Thursday and Sunday editions of the Gwinnett Daily Post

Dacula H.S. student harms self in gym, dies

By Keith Farner

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Students at Dacula High School plan to meet outside the gym Thursday morning following a tragic incident that happened at the school on Wednesday.

Principal Bryan Long wrote in a letter to the community posted on the school’s website that a student “who attempted to harm herself at school … did not survive.”

Administrators cordoned off the gym areas as police and emergency personnel responded to assist the student. No other students were involved, Long wrote.

“As an educator and a parent this type of situation is very difficult,” Long wrote.

“If your student has concerns about what occurred today and wishes to speak with someone, please encourage them to contact our school counselors.”

Additional counselors will be at the school on Thursday. A gathering for prayers and a moment of silence is scheduled for 6:45 a.m. on Thursday.

The school’s senior class Twitter account tweeted on Wednesday afternoon, “This is a time where Dacula needs to come together as a family and support each other.

Prayers go out to family #onefamilyonedacula” with a heart emoji.

Social studies teacher and volleyball coach Jason Berube also tweeted, “To all parents: Hug your children as soon as you seen them today. Let em know they’re special and how much they are loved.”

4A • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 To Your Good Health

Keith Roach

Radiation doesn’t make cancer spread DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband had prostate cancer in 2013. He was treated with radiation, and was thought to be cured.

Well, one year later, he found out he had cancer in his liver. He lived eight months before going into hospice for his last 15 days.

Do you think the radiation of the prostate spread the cancer to his liver? If he had had only surgery, would the cancer not have spread? I am still grieving and questioning.

— B.V. ANSWER: Both radiation and surgery can both provide a good chance for cure in most patients with prostate cancer that is localized, meaning that it has not already spread.

It is not clear which is better, and for any given man, radiation might be better than surgery, or vice versa, which is why the choice needs to be carefully individualized by the experts managing the prostate cancer, including a urologist, radiation therapist and possibly medical oncologist.

Radiation doesn’t cause cancer to spread, so I think you can stop feeling that your husband did not get the correct treatment.

It’s likely that a few cancer cells had already spread to the liver before he got radiation treatment. (That is, if the liver cancer was indeed from the prostate, since you haven’t told me enough to know for sure that it was.

Many cancers can spread to the liver. Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common cancer of the liver itself.)

If he had elected to have surgery, the cancer cells still would have already been in the liver, he likely would have had the same outcome, and you probably would be wondering whether the surgery had caused the cancer to spread.

I have found that after someone passes from cancer, their family and loved ones often secondguess their treatment: What if they had gone to a better hospital? What if they had tried a different diet or supplements?

There is an endless list of things you might have done to try to change the outcome. However, the vast majority of the time, there is nothing for a family member to blame him- or herself for. There is no situation so bad that adding guilt on top of it can’t make it worse, and the guilt doesn’t help anything.

I mentioned medical oncology — some early trials suggest that chemotherapy given in addition to radiation therapy may improve cure rates in some men with high-risk prostate cancer.

Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu or request an order form of available health newsletters at 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Greater financial freedom should be your goal. List your expenses and go over your personal DEAR AMY: Our elbehavior to any of his aisle at her wedding (while papers in order to find a Ask Amy derly father has had longpartners. your respective spouses way to save money. One term, concurrent relationIf he wants to plan and wait for you in the front of your skills can bring in ships with multiple women pay for multiple funerals pews) could be a very extra cash. in the same city for many to continue this deception powerful experience for all TAURUS (April 20-May years. It seems clear that after his death, then you of you, but especially for 20) — You will get back the women are not aware. might be able to respect his your daughter. Children what you give out. If you Each acts as if she is his wishes. If he is not willing who grow up in chaotic are demanding or stubmain companion. to plan and finance this, and divorced families are born, you can expect to We respect our dad’s then you should welcome often very eager for peace face opposition. Be helpful decision to lead his own everyone to a celebration and reconciliation — you and agreeable in order to Amy Dickinson life and have no judgments of his complicated life. Do and your ex would be gain allies. of him that he chooses to not make choices between demonstrating that this is GEMINI (May 21-June have multiple partners. would want to continue people that your father possible.

20) — You will be rewarded However, we are uncomsome form of relationship isn’t willing to make.

DEAR AMY: I’m refortable with his deception with us after he dies. We DEAR AMY: My sponding to the letter from for your dedication. Don’t slack off just because your regarding his partners and would value your opinion daughter is getting married “Respectfully Disrespectcolleagues are doing less have had related conversa- and recommendations. and I have a dilemma: She ed,” the 19-year-old who than you are. Your fine tions with him about this.

— Concerned Adult wants me and her father, was going through genreputation and strong work He made it clear that he Children who have been divorced der transition and whose ethic will serve you now will not make any changes DEAR CHILDREN: for 10 years, to walk her parents were struggling and in the future. to how he handles these You are doing a very good down the aisle together. with it.

CANCER (June 21-July dynamics. This puts us in job of maintaining boundWe are both remarried, I appreciated your re22) — If you share your awkward situations — for aries between your father’s he has a baby with his new sponse, but would add that concepts with peers and example, when they ask us multiple deceptions, versus wife and we had a very it’s not a bad idea to wait friends, you’ll discover a questions about why they your responsibility to stormy marriage: lots of a few years for the gender don’t see us more often maintain them. When a infidelity and abuse from reassignment surgery. That way to turn something you or why they can’t visit similar situation happened him to me. is a very drastic step, even enjoy doing into a paying gig. Romance is on the him during his occasional in my own life (multiple I have forgiven him if you are sure you want horizon. hospital stays. people arriving at the ICU and we have a peaceful, it (says the 59-year-old LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) Of course, we encourage claiming to have a special civil relationship, yet this woman who never got her — A personal struggle them to ask him quesrelationship with my fam- walking her down the aisle ears pierced). is apparent.

Don’t try to tions instead of us. These ily member) hospital work- together feels wrong to me.

— Unpierced pretend that nothing is women are nice and kind ers told me they see this Your take?

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We wonder what to do to visit. tice is preferable to a father on Twitter @askingamy or 22) — Change is heading in the event of a significant You are not your father’s “giving away” a daughter “like” her on Facebook. your way. A partnership health issue and how to gatekeeper and you are not to another man).

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WORLD Vatican denies reports Francis has brain tumor VATICAN CITY — The Vatican denied an Italian newspaper report on Wednesday that Pope Francis has a benign brain tumor, saying the 78-year-old pontiff was in good health and denouncing the article as “inexcusable.”

In one of three increasingly tough denials issued as the story spread around the world, the Vatican called the report in Quotidiano Nazionale daily “a grave act of irresponsibility, absolutely inexcusable and unconscionable.”

Quotidiano Nazionale reported on its front page on Wednesday that a Japanese doctor and his team had secretly flown from Tuscany to the Vatican on a helicopter bearing the Holy See’s whiteand-yellow flag to examine the pope “some months ago.”

Under the headline “The Pope is Sick”, it said the Argentine pontiff was diagnosed with “a small dark spot on the brain.” but that it was curable without surgery.

Mystery deaths in Sierra Leone spread fear of Ebola relapses FREETOWN/DAKAR — Throughout the two-year Ebola epidemic, thousands of West African survivors have been shunned by their communities, prompting governments to sponsor messages stressing their complete recovery in a bid to counter fear and paranoia.

But the case of Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey — the first known Ebola survivor to have an apparently life-threatening relapse — has revived concerns about the health of some 17,000 survivors in Sierra Leone, neighboring Guinea and Liberia.

Doctors and health officials in Sierra Leone told Reuters that a handful of mystery deaths among discharged patients may also be types of Ebola relapses, stirring fear that the deadly virus may last far longer than previously thought in the body, causing other potentially lethal complications.

Biden will not seek candidacy

By Jeff Mason Reuters

WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he would not run for president in 2016, ending months of indecision and removing one of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s biggest potential obstacles to the party’s nomination.

Biden, who had been pondering a run since August, appeared in the White House Rose Garden with wife Jill and President Barack Obama to say the window for mounting a successful campaign had closed.

“While I will not be a candidate, I will not be silent,” Biden said. “I intend to speak out clearly and forcefully to influence as much as I can where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation.”

Biden, 72, had been wrestling with doubts about whether he and his family were ready for a grueling campaign while still mourning his son Beau, who died of brain cancer in May. His son had urged him to run.

His decision was a boost for Clinton, whose prime challenger now is U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont. A self-styled democratic socialist, Sanders has galvanized the party’s left wing but

NATION Obama to target nation’s heroin problem on trip

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — President Barack Obama will seek to draw attention to the growing U.S. heroin problem on Wednesday on a trip to West Virginia, which has the nation’s highest drug overdose death rate.

The president’s visit to the state, which is politically conservative but tends to elect Republicans and Democrats, will be his first in more than five years. In that time, heroin abuse has worsened.

Obama will visit CharlesProtesting South ton, the state capital. In African students nearby Huntington, seen as stormed by police West Virginia’s heroin hub, police reported seizing 5.5 CAPE TOWN — South kilograms of heroin in 2013, African riot police fired stun up from 395 grams in 2010. grenades on Wednesday at Law enforcement and hundreds of protesting stuhealth care workers in dents who stormed the parlia- Charleston and Huntington ment precinct in Cape Town said that unemployment, a to try to disrupt the reading high injury rate among coal of Finance Minister Nhlanhla workers and poor access to Nene’s interim budget. drug abuse treatment proAs chaos erupted around grams have made the state the building, Nene, standing ground-zero of a national calmly at the podium inside heroin problem. the chamber, continued to Obama is expected to read his speech, which gave a announce plans for fedgloomy outlook for Africa’s eral agencies to ensure that most advanced economy. training is provided for The speech was delayed prescribers of opiate-based by 45 minutes as MPs from painkillers, which are often the opposition Economic a gateway to heroin.

Freedom Fighters party raised multiple questions of Treasury’s Lew: order, arguing the budget U.S. debt limit should be delayed because of student protests over a wrangling may planned hike in 2016 tuition cause ‘accident’ fees.

Scuffles broke out as WASHINGTON — U.S. parliamentary security guards Treasury Secretary Jack were eventually called in to Lew said on Wednesday he remove the EFF members by is worried that brinkmanforce. ship in Congress on raising — From wire reports the nation’s debt limit could

PEOPLE Chris Rock to bring edgier feel as Oscars host

LOS ANGELES — Comedian Chris Rock will host the Oscar ceremony for a second time next February, producers said on Wednesday, bringing what is expected to be an edgier feel to Hollywood’s biggest night.

Rock, a stand-up comedian and former cast member of the long-running sketch show “Saturday Night Live,” last hosted the live Academy Awards telecast in 2005, winning mixed reviews for his pointed remarks on politics and race and helping to draw an audience of some 41.5 million American Vice President Joe Biden announces he will not seek the 2016 Democratic presidential viewers. nomination during an appearance in Rose Garden of the White House in Washington The hosting job is reon Wednesday. Standing with Biden are President Barack Obama and the vice presi- garded as one of the biggest dent’s wife, Dr. Jill Biden. (Reuters/Carlos Barria) honors in the entertainment industry. But it is also one has yet to prove he can lizes the race. There will in the Rose Garden. “The of the most difficult, as it broaden his appeal. be no late entries. There process doesn’t respect requires mixing comedic “It’s an easier path for will be no more what-ifs,” or much care about filing monologues, keeping a Hillary Clinton now,” said Democratic strategist deadlines or debate or three-hour plus show movDemocratic strategist Bud Rodell Mollineau. primaries and caucuses. ing and entertaining both Jackson said. “Most polls Jumping into the race But I also know I couldn’t the movie industry’s biggest players in the audience as reflect that without Biden so late would have been a do this if the family isn’t well as viewers at home. in the race, it’s more benhuge challenge to Biden, ready.” eficial to her.” who would have had to Biden, who is popular His decision also ends quickly build a fundraiswith white, working-class Adele tweets new a highly public, monthsing network and campaign voters, could still play a album is “25,” no long “will he or won’t he?” structure ahead of the first major role and become political guessing game nominating contest in Iowa a valuable surrogate for release date set about Biden’s intentions on Feb. 1.

Democrats against the LONDON — British which had shadowed Clin“Unfortunately, I believe Republican nominee in the ton’s campaign and frozen we’re out of time, the general election campaign. singer Adele announced on the support of Democratic time necessary to mount a He urged Democrats to de- Twitter on Wednesday that her new album, her first in activists and donors. winning campaign for the fend and run on Obama’s four years, would be called “It solidifies and crystal- nomination,” Biden said record.

“25.”

The singer won six Grammy awards for her 2011 House contender Hillary album “21” and an AcadClinton heads into Thursemy Award for the theme day’s congressional hearing on the 2012 Benghazi attacks song for the last James Bond movie, “Skyfall.” with most U.S. Democrats “My last record was a agreeing with her accusation that the Republican-led probe break-up record, and if I had to label this one, I would is politically motivated, accall it a make-up record,” cording to a Reuters/Ipsos Adele said in the statement poll. posted on Twitter, which did Fifty-four percent of the 598 Democrats surveyed said not reveal a release date.

“Making up for lost time. they believed the U.S. House Making up for everything I of Representatives investiever did and never did,” she gation into the attacks and U.S. President Barack Obama speaks while hosting a Clinton’s actions was entirely added. community discussion on drug addiction during a visit or mostly about discrediting to Charleston, W. Va., on Wendesday. Obama will seek the former U.S. secretary of ‘Escape rooms’ to draw attention to the growing U.S. heroin problem on state.

Wednesday on a trip to West Virginia, which has the naTwelve percent of Demo- challenge visitors tion’s highest drug overdose death rate. (Reuters/Kevin crats surveyed online from with a puzzling Lamarque) Oct. 16-19 said the hearings experience cause an “accident” as the sought by the city to gen- were mostly a valid invesWASHINGTON — United States edges closer erate revenue, the Ameri- tigation that had become Dental lab technician toward default. can Civil Liberties Union politicized.

Jon Choi and his friends Speaking at a policy said in a federal lawsuit celebrated his birthday conference in Washington, filed on Wednesday.

Disney’s ESPN this month under pressure: Lew also said the risk of an The group said the Gulf to eliminate over they were locked together unforeseen circumstance Coast city known for its in a small “escape room” would rise if Congress did casinos and white-sand 300 positions and had to solve a series not act in time, adding that beaches locks up hunWalt Disney Co.’s sports of puzzles to achieve their the debt limit issue should dreds of indigent debtors network ESPN is reorganiz- freedom within 60 minnot be used as a weapon in each year for days or ing and eliminating over utes. negotiations on a separate weeks at a time without 300 positions, according to They finally made it out budget deal. access to a court hearing a person familiar with the with one minute to spare.

The United States is cur- or lawyer, a violation of Choi avidly plays comrently scraping just under their constitutional rights. situation.

The reorganization was puter games with the same its $18 trillion legal debt “People are being jailed announced Wednesday setup, but had never visited cap and the Treasury Debecause they’re poor,” morning in a memo to a physical escape room partment expects to exhaust ACLU attorney Nusrat before. The experience was its borrowing authority by Choudhury said. “There’s employees from ESPN president John Skipper, seen both fun and tough enough Nov. 3. no chance for them to

by Reuters. that he is now planning to “What I am most worried explain that their inabilESPN is making the try other similar rooms. about … is an accident, and ity to pay is because of changes as part of a shift in He has plenty of options. accidents can happen when poverty.” strategy to enhance its sales Escape rooms are the latest you play this last-minute Biloxi spokesman and marketing by using data entertainment phenomena brinkmanship game,” Lew Vincent Creel said the said. city “treats all defendants and invest more in emerging to seize the United States, fairly under the law” and technology, according to the where people break out of memo. locked rooms using their that its courts have orMiss., city sued The reorganization comes smarts, or any that the dered community service over jailing of friends, family members for people who could not after Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger said in or strangers interred with pay their fines. poor who miss August it was seeing declines them may possess. There court payments in ESPN subscribers as are more than 100 across Democrats back viewers move to cheaper the country, according to Poor people are bethe Escape Room Direcing illegally arrested and Clinton, Benghazi digital platforms. That sent shares down over 9 percent tory, charging between $20 jailed in Biloxi, Miss, be- probe all politics to $110.53. and $30 for the experience. cause they cannot afford — From wire reports — From wire reports to pay court fines and fees WASHINGTON — White

Parents key to kids’ success in therapy for behavior disorders

By Lisa Rapaport Reuters

Children with disruptive behavior disorders may respond best to therapy when their parents participate, too, a research review suggests.

These disorders, which include behaviors such as temper tantrums, interpersonal aggression and defiance, impact an estimated 3.5 percent of kids and teens, researchers note in the journal Pediatrics.

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range of psychosocial interventions for children, not just those aimed at alleviating disruptive child In their analysis of previous stud- behavior,” said lead author Richard ies of interventions, they found that Epstein, a research fellow at the while any therapy was better than Chapin Hall Center for Children none, the children didn’t respond at the University of Chicago who as well to treatment on their own as did the analysis while at Vanderbilt they did to approaches focused on University in Nashville. their parents.

Parents had the biggest impact “Common sense and research on the outcomes of therapy for preevidence suggest that parent schoolers and for kids in elementainvolvement is important to a wide ry school rather than for teenagers,

the study found.

Many studies included in the analysis lacked outcomes data from independent observations of children by researchers who didn’t know what type of treatment the kids received, the authors acknowledge. And few of the studies directly examined child-only approaches.

Even so, the authors conclude that parent involvement, either alone or in combination with other

components of therapy, is more likely to help children improve their behavior than leaving parents out of the mix.

“Disruptive child behavior doesn’t occur in a vacuum, and parent-child interactions are the primary context within which child development unfolds,” Jonathan Comer, a researcher at the Center for Children and Families at Florida International University in Miami, said by email.

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Open season on the police In recent months there have been a series of cases reported in the media, where some teenage thug — white, black or Hispanic in different cases — has been stopped by a policeman for some routine violation of the law and, instead of complying with lawful instructions, such as “show me your driver’s license,” chooses instead to defy the policeman, resist arrest and finally ends up physically assaulting the cop.

In the most recent case, the teenager happened to be white, but the story doesn’t seem to change much, whatever the complexion of the guy who violated the law. Nor does the sad ending change, with the young wise guy shot dead. Nor do the reactions of the media and the parents vary much.

“He was only a kid” is an almost automatic reaction of the parents and the media.

“He didn’t deserve to be killed” over a traffic violation, or because he didn’t drop a toy gun when ordered to, or some other miThomas nor infraction.

Are we so Sowell addicted to talking points and sound bites that we can’t be bothered to use common sense? If you are killed by a teenager, you are just as dead as if you had been killed by the oldest man in the world.

It doesn’t matter how minor the law violation was that caused the young guy to be stopped. He wasn’t shot for the violation — which could have been jay-walking, for all the difference it makes. He was shot for attacking the police, after having foolishly escalated a routine encounter into a personal confrontation.

Irrational statements by the young man’s parents may be understandable when they discover that their son is dead. But for media people to make such mindless statements to a nationwide audience is just grossly irresponsible.

In an atmosphere where second-guessing policemen has become a popular sport in the media, as well as among politicians, there is always someone to say that there must have been “some other way” for the policeman to handle the situation.

Utter ignorance of what it is like to be in such situations does not seem to make the second-guessers hesitate. On the contrary, ignorance seems to be liberating, so that “excessive force” has become an almost automatic comment from people who have no basis whatever for determining how much force is necessary in such situations. You can’t measure out force with a teaspoon.

The truly tragic cases involve some really young kid — maybe 10 years old or so — who has a very realistic-looking toy gun, and has removed the red plastic attachment that is supposed to show that it is not a real gun. When he turns his realistic-looking toy gun on a policeman, and refuses to drop it, that can turn out to be the last mistake of his young life.

Someone in the media recently complained that a policeman shot a boy who had a toy gun “within seconds” of arriving on the scene. When someone has a gun, and refuses to drop it, a policeman can be killed within seconds. A dialogue under these conditions can be a fatal luxury he cannot afford.

There is something grotesque about people sitting in safety and comfort, blithely secondguessing at their leisure what a policeman did when he had a split second to make a decision that could cost him his life, leaving behind a widow and orphans.

You cannot have law without law enforcement. If cops are supposed to back down whenever they are confronted by some brassy young thug, that may indeed save a few lives among the thugs. But that just means that a lot of other lives will be lost under “kinder, gentler” policing.

After this year’s widespread indulgences in anti-police rhetoric by politicians, the media and race hustlers, how surprised should we be by the dramatic upsurge in murders after law enforcement had been undermined?

Laws without law enforcement are just suggestions. Imagine if highway speed signs are replaced by signs that say, “We suggest you not drive faster than 65 mph. please.” Do you doubt that many more lives will be lost on the highways?

Maybe the parents who are so bitter over the loss of a son in a wholly unnecessary confrontation with a policeman doing his job might ask themselves if they did their job, when they raised a child without teaching him either common sense or common decency.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www. tsowell.com.

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Trump’s ‘SNL’ invite an insult to Latinos CHICAGO — In an ideal world, it wouldn’t matter that “Saturday Night Live” has decided to give its weekly platform to a tin-eared jerk who fans the flames of hatred toward immigrants, minorities and women.

“SNL,” once a vanguard of pop cultural relevance, veered off the tracks years ago and has been struggling with ratings ever since. Lately, “SNL” has garnered nearly as many headlines for its missteps in the diversity department as it has for its comedy sketches.

Last year, after “SNL” hired its first female black ensemble member since 2007 and only the fifth in the show’s 40-year history, U.S. News and World Report’s Danielle Kurtzleben noted that the show’s paltry ratings “suggest that ‘SNL’ simply doesn’t have the culturally central place that it once did.

It’s not simply that people aren’t watching as much TV; among those who do, far fewer are watching ‘SNL.’” Kurtzleben went on to ask, “If ‘SNL’ has indeed shrunk as a cultural force, the phenomenon then raises a question akin to the age-old problem of the tree falling in the forest: If ‘SNL’ pushes for more diversity and no one is there to watch, does it matter?”

Unfortunately, it does.

People don’t need to tune into “SNL” to see the best bits from the show — the video clips start

“SNL” and NBC executives, and impassioned statements from Hispanic advocacy organizations, have begun circulating via email. A MoveOn.org petition sponsored by the immigration reform group America’s Voice is asking NBC to dump Trump.

Esther At the heart of their comCepeda plaints is that, in June, NBC stated it was ending its business making the rounds on Sunday relationship with the candidate mornings and are shared widely. after Trump referred to Mexican At the beginning of this week, immigrants as “rapists” and it seemed like you couldn’t go “murderers.” onto any major newspaper’s “At NBC, respect and dignity website without running into for all people are cornerstones at least one clip of former cast of our values,” NBCUniversal’s member Tracy Morgan’s first press release stated. appearance since his horrific car So why, aside from a windcrash in 2014. fall of PR, did this stance seem Ordinarily the best reaction to disappear just three months to “SNL’s” decision to invite after it was announced?

Donald Trump onto the show I can’t say because, when on Nov. 7 would be to ignore contacted, NBCUniversal’s the spectacle rather than feed press relations department told into the publicity machine that me they are “not commenting” both ‘SNL’ and the Republican on the matter. presidential candidate are bankWhether Trump reprises his ing on to make the episode a hateful rhetoric on the comedy success. show or harmlessly buffoons his But it’s not enough to simply egomaniacal persona in an efdeclare that if Trump is on, His- fort to burnish his “straight-talkpanics should boycott “SNL” ing” brand matters little. What’s and NBC. The headlines and at issue is that unless “SNL” attention the episode will garner disinvites him, it is effectively will make the absence of what- giving a stamp of approval to ever paltry Latino viewership his hateful views. the show might currently enjoy Odd, considering that “SNL” a nonissue. creator Lorne Michael’s global So far, action alerts containmedia company, Broadway ing contact information of top Video, in conjunction with

NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, recently announced the launch of a digital comedy channel aimed at Englishspeaking Latino audiences.

“We constantly look for new ways to connect with Hispanic audiences,” said Peter Blacker, NBCUniversal’s executive vice president of digital media.

The National Council of La Raza’s Janet Murguia called “SNL’s” Trump invitation a “slap in the face” to the Latino community, but that’s not quite right.

A slap in the face could be seen as a passionate outburst — an intimate gesture implying an affront within a relationship.

‘SNL’s’ paltriness in the Hispanic ensemble member department — two Latino males in 40 years — and a complete dismissal of Hispanics’ complaints over an offensive 2014 skit featuring a white comedienne portraying a ditzy, overly accented Latina sexpot tell you all you need to know about “SNL’s” relationship with Hispanic audiences.

If “SNL” and NBC choose to continue their plan to have Trump host SNL we should see the gesture for what it is: A big “[expletive] you” to the overwhelming majority of a 55 million-strong community who have clearly articulated their disgust with The Donald.

Esther Cepeda’s email address is estherjcepeda@ washpost.com.

Jeb Bush takes the (political) bait from Trump WASHINGTON — It might be time for Katie Couric to ask Jeb Bush what he reads.

Not this column, obviously, where last May I sagely, if humbly, urged him to hug and then walk away from his brother, to whom he should refer to as President George W. Bush.

Alas.

He can’t seem to stop talking about the sibling who beat him to the White House. At least Jeb hasn’t figured out how to talk about him without becoming enmeshed in a web from which he seems unable to escape.

One is tempted to suggest that Mother Bush knew of what she spoke when she said about Jeb’s possible run, “We’ve had enough Bushes.” A mother knows her boys best, and Barbara Bush may have feared that her second son might be too sensitive for the job.

The man’s greatest flaw is his finest quality — he’s all heart.

Standing alongside Donald Trump in debates, he seems almost innocent. Guileless.

He’s also loyal to the bone — and don’t think Trump hasn’t noticed.

If there’s anything the megalomaniacal mogul recognizes, other than his own fabulosity, it’s an opponent’s vulnerability.

He has a predator’s instinct for old injuries, the better to maximize the crippling effect of a well-aimed dart. He fires with such shrugging nonchalance that it’s easy — and wrong —

mother tell you to ignore bullies? It infuriates them!

Would that Bush had simply turned to the camera and, rolling his eyes, said, “There he goes again.” (It’s worked before.)

Trump’s thin skin would have flushed crimson as it usually Kathleen does when he’s rebuked. InParker stead, Trump got under Bush’s skin — and he was just warmto assume that, hey, he’s just ing up. sayin’. Every message Trump Next came a Bloomberg delivers is ruthlessly crafted and News interview during which intended to be psychologically Trump insinuated that George devastating.

W. Bush was to blame for 9/11.

Thus, when he recently went He probably doesn’t believe after Bush 43’s Iraq War record this, but the anticipation of Jeb’s and the attacks of 9/11, he was likely reaction must have been plainly baiting Jeb. Plainly, that irresistible. is, to everyone but Jeb, who “He was president, OK?” grabbed the hook and practiTrump said. “Blame him, or cally leapt in the boat. don’t blame him, but he was This all began during the sec- president.” ond GOP debate when Trump Bingo. Ever the faithful remarked that George W. Sherpa to his brother and his Bush was to blame for Barack baggage, Jeb didn’t exactly Obama’s victory “because it take it like a man and, well, he [Iraq] was such a disaster those tweeted. Trump’s remark was last three months that Abraham “pathetic,” he wrote. No, Trump Lincoln couldn’t have been tweeted back, “you’re pathetic.” elected.”

(I told you no good would come “There, take that, Jebbie,” he of Twitter.) To borrow from might as well have added. But it those two, the entire exchange wasn’t necessary. Deleteriously was pathetic. polite and defensive, Bush was Then it got worse. already on auto-react: “You On Sunday’s “State of the know what?” he said. “As it Union,” CNN’s Jake Tapper relates to my brother, there is asked Bush the inevitable: “If one thing I know for sure, he your brother and his administrakept us safe.” tion bear no responsibility at Jeb, Jeb, Jeb. Couldn’t you all, how do you then make the see it was a dare? Didn’t your jump that President Obama and

Secretary Clinton are responsible for what happened at Benghazi?”

Well, there you go.

What started as a debate taunt escalated into a Twitter war that has become a quagmire of Bush’s own making. Trump, meanwhile, has triumphed by making Bush look weak and virtually complicit in his brother’s war. Tapper further forced Bush to elaborate on an unwinnable position, while essentially setting up a plausible exit for Hillary Clinton just days before her scheduled Benghazi testimony.

One both admires and pities Bush, who surely deserves a worthier adversary than Trump.

Once upon a time, it was assumed he’d eventually have one in Clinton, who continues to benefit from Republican infighting.

Alas.

For what it’s worth, a few more words of advice: Before next week’s debate, Bush should study Clinton’s debate performance, especially when she was asked if she wanted to respond to an opponent’s charge against her. Affecting boredom, she won the day with one syllable: “No.” And note: No one challenges Hillary about Bill’s actions as president. It’s history — and so is your brother.

Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@ washpost.com.

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Two local parents named to education advisory panel of Georgia Department of Education representatives based on their responses to questions on engagTwo Gwinnett parents ing parents and building were among 30 members parent capacity for student of a parent advisory council success. Once selected, and among six who remembers serve a two-year ceived leadership awards. term on the council.

The parents, appointed The Gwinnett represenby State School Superinten- tatives are Ann Malkoc, dent Richard Woods, were a Lawrenceville resident nominated by their local serving her second year, school districts and selected and Crystal Eplin, a Snelleach year by a committee ville resident who was a

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leadership award recipient.

“Parents are a child’s first teacher and they are no less influential once that child enters school,” Woods said in a statement. “It is essential that we partner with parents to ensure we’re providing the best possible education for every child.”

The members of the council will meet three times during the school year with Woods to discuss

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the opening ceremony of the newly constructed nutrient recovery facility at the Wayne F. Hill Water Resources Center in Buford on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

for the minerals and chemicals which had previously formed pipe-clogging struvite. That buildup caused a “maintenance nightmare” for crews and reduced efficiency and water flow.

share the outcomes of the meetings and serve as advisors and ambassadors in their local schools and districts.

The six 2014-15 winners of the Georgia Parent Leadership Awards serve as honorary, one-year members on the PAC. The council also includes representatives of Georgia PTA, Communities in Schools of Georgia, Georgia Family Connection Partnership,

Parent to Parent of Georgia, United Way of Greater Atlanta, and Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning.

Members will speak with Woods in a group forum, hear presentations on various educational programs and engage in collaborative work groups to provide input on the statewide Family Engagement Conference scheduled for Feb. 4-6 in Athens.

chemicals are sent to the Ostara facility for processing into the fertilizers “This is where we’re creating the struvite now,” Boss said. “These are the generators.”

That is key when it comes to the health of Lake Lanier.

“One fact that people leave out a lot of times is that Lake Lanier holds 65 percent of the storage for the entire ChattahoocheeFlint-Apalachicola basin,” Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Chairman Boyd Austin Jr. said. “We’re not just talking about water supply locally or for greater Atlanta area.

“It’s 65 percent of the water supply for the entire area, all the way to the outlet in Apalachicola Bay (in Florida).”

Kennedy said phosphorous in water has made

Lake Lanier “an impaired water body” by causing algae blooms that produce aflatoxins. When it’s mixed with chlorine, it can also produce cancer-causing chemicals, he said.

“It’s not just bad for fish, it’s also bad for human health,” Kennedy said.

Gwinnett County Commission Tommy Hunter said he saw the new facility as a conservation move by the county because it finds positive uses for the byproducts of the treatment process rather than letting it flow into Lake Lanier.

“We’ve got a lot of things here to be proud of (such as) parks, roads, schools, lots of things, good people, everything we talk about to be proud of, but if we don’t have … sustainable water, then none of that matters,” Hunter said.

Kennedy said the company was attracted to the Hill plant because of Gwinnett County’s approach to water treatment.

“Gwinnett County has been a visionary in terms of investing in the best technology at this plant for a long time,” Kennedy said.

“They were one of the first plants we demonstrated the technology to because we knew they were interested in state-of-the-art (processes).”

Austin said Gwinnett’s involvement made sense though.

“It was no surprise at all when I heard that Gwinnett County was right there on the leading edge of finding a way to generate revenue and also to save some money by selling a byproduct that we had to take out of the water anyway,” he said.

the defendant, who didn’t testify during the trial, told the judge just before Hamil handed down the sentence.

“This whole event has really struck me to the core. I just want to say I’m sorry. I truly am.

“I’m not good at speeches, judge.”

Several of the dead man’s family members gave more passionate statements.

“I never in my life thought my family would

have to endure something like this,” said sister Angie Ward. ”The magnitude of the loss that Adam’s mom and I feel is indescribable,” said Schrier’s stepfather, the Rev. William Jerome McNeese.

The mother, Debbie McNeese, dabbed tears after the hearing. But she saw a hint of hope in the moment.

“It won’t bring my son back, but justice was done,” she said.

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•From Page 1A better and better,” Gwinnett County commission Chairman Charlotte Nash said. “As all of you may know, this is one of the most advanced facilities of its kind anywhere in the world and we’re here to celebrate the addition of one other finishing touch that adds a totally different aspect to the plant.”

Ostara will pay the county about $255,704 per year for 10 years to take the phosphorous and other chemicals from the water at the plant and turn it on-site into a slow-release fertilizer called Crystal Green that it will sell to the public.

“We’re producing about a ton-and-a-half per day right now,” Boss said.

Boss said the addition of nutrient recovery facility produces a detour of sorts

public education in the state. Their primary focus will be increasing parent and family engagement to foster academic success for students, particularly in Title I schools.

The first meeting will be held on Monday.

The council allows parents to gain information and provide feedback on new educational policies and projects that affect students and families, then

He explained phosphorous, magnesium and ammonia are removed from the water that comes out of the biological processes used to remove solid waste byproducts created at the plant. The

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stormed her house, gunning down Schrier and admitted to joining a white shooting the girl and her supremacist group. mother.

Another lapse of the de“Judge,” the child wrote, fendant’s stoic stare came a “why do people have to be few minutes earlier, when so mean to each other?” prosecutor Nigel Lush read Brewner closed his eyes aloud from a letter another for a moment. of the victims in the home Then he just looked invasion wrote to the court. straight ahead as the hearThe author was Schrier’s ing continued. surviving girlfriend’s A jury convicted Brewndaughter, who was 8 when er Friday night of 22 counts a robbery crew seeking a in the man’s death, includstash of methamphetamine ing murder. The conviction

relied on Georgia’s party to a crime statute, which makes those who plot criminal acts just as guilty as those who commit them.

The prosecution acknowledged from the outset of the trial that Brewner didn’t take part in home invasion, but maintained that he facilitated it. His four co-defendants have yet to go to trial.

Brewner’s attorney, Scott Drake, argued in the trial and sentencing hearing

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Hoover Hammond Mr. Hoover Daniel Hammond (Slim) age 80 of Snellville, Ga. Passed away peacefully in his sleep on the morning of October 19, 2015. Home going services will be held Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 1:00 pm at Tom M. Wages Funeral Chapel (Snellville). Interment at Raymond Hill Baptist Church Cemetery (Snellville). Viewing of body Friday October 23, 2015 from 12:00 pm - 6 pm.

Wake from 6pm - 8pm.

Hoover (Slim) leaves to cherish his precious memories, a loving and devoted wife of 61 years, Mrs. Annette Hammond, Daughter: Dorothy Ann Howard, Debra Hammond, Wilma Jean Hammond (deceased), Betty Sue Hammond Hayes (Samuel), Annie Deloise Hammond Reynolds, Sherry Lennette Hammond, Lorrie Hammond Johnson (A.J). 15 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren, Sister: Isabelle Hutchins, and a host of other relatives, friends and acquaintances. Condolences may be viewed or sent to www.wagesfuneralhome.com Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, “A Family Company” Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200, has been entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

William Chester “Gump” Lee 12/2/1931 - 10/22/2011 It has been four years now that you left us to join Mom, Dad and Curtis.

We all miss you greatly Now that you’re in Heaven, the sky is a more vibrant blue, the rain more refreshing and the nights not quite as long.

We will never forget you and love you always.

The Lee Family WINDER

Teddy Parker Teddy Hugh Parker, age 67, died Saturday October 17, 2015 after an extended illness. A native of Clarke County, Mr. Parker was the son of the late Hugh Dorsey and Daphne Mitchell Parker of Statham. During his thirty-year career, Mr. Parker coached and taught in Jasper County, Hall County and Barrow County school systems.

A Celebration of life will be held Saturday October 24, 2015 at Winder First United Methodist Church at 2:00pm. Pastor Phillip Carter will officiate. Burial will follow at Barrow Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 6-8pm.

Survivors include his daughters and their families; Hayley Huggins (Jerald) of College Station, Texas and Betsy ( ) f kli

(Trey) Broome of Franklin, Tennessee; grandchildren; Parker Russell Broome, Sawyer Reynolds Broome, and John Eaton Huggins; sister; Patricia Hendrix of Statham and several extended family members.

Smith Funeral Home, Winder, has charge of arrangements.

JEFFERSON

Norris Swaim Norris E. Swaim, age 81 of Jefferson, formerly of Lilburn, died Monday, October 19, 2015. Bill Head Funeral Home and Crematory, Lilburn/Tucker Chapel. 770-564-2726.

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Wednesday that his client implored the other men not to take guns to the robbery. He said Brewner was deeply offended and hurt when he learned of the murder and the shooting of the girlfriend and girl.

Drake also told the court he’d instructed Brewner to keep his emotions to himself. Even Brewner saw that his demeanor might seem odd.

“I do have emotions and I do have feelings,”

•From Page 1A regulations.”

Lackey joined Gwinnett County government in 1995 as a division director for storm water management. He was named the county’s planning and development director six years ago.

Dunagan said that background — and the fact that it was in a neighboring community — made Lackey an attractive candidate.

This is the third time the city has turned to someone who has a community development background, according to the mayor.

It wasn’t just his planning and development background that made him attractive to Gainesville officials though.

“He’s also got experience with stormwater utilities, which is some-

Sidney Williams Sidney L. Williams, age 56, of Duluth, GA, passed away on October 19, 2015. Tim Stewart Funeral Home: 300 Simonton Road SW Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. 770-962-3100.

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•From Page 1A words at the news — briefly.

“If she has a complaint with anyone it would be with the mayor — not us,” the candidate, who has also criticized Richardson’s job performance and said the mayor didn’t have the authority for the appointment, told the Daily Post on Wednesday night. “As far as I’m concerned, the appointment was illegal.”

Asked if he would seek to fire Richardson if elected, Witts said he hadn’t thought through matters of city personnel yet, that he’s more concerned with winning the race at the moment.

City Attorney Chris Anulewicz, who was hired after the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Kautz could fire the previous attorney, said he couldn’t comment until he had a chance to see the suit. But asked about the

Planning thing that we’re looking at starting up here,” Dunagan said.

Gwinnett County Chairman Charlotte Nash said officials were not caught off guard by the news.

“Bryan gave us a bit of (a) heads up regarding his status with City of Gainesville before the news broke publicly,” she said. “While I hate to see him leave employment with Gwinnett, I am excited that he is getting a chance to move to a city manager position. I know that this has been his objective, and I am certain that he will do well.

“Gainesville is fortunate in gaining an individual of Bryan’s caliber, integrity and experience to lead its staff.”

Lackey said the city faces some of the same challenges and shares many of the same attributes as

Gwinnett, which will help in the transition. There are differences too, however, including the smaller scale at the city level, the farther distance from Atlanta and the fact that Hall County is not part of the Atlanta Regional Commission footprint.

Lackey has ties to the area. His parents grew up there and his grandparents still live in the Gainesville area, he said. He plans to move there in late spring or summer after his oldest son, a senior at Dacula High School, graduates.

Saying goodbye to his colleagues in Gwinnett won’t be easy though.

“It is hard to make a big change like this,” Lackey said. “I don’t like making big changes in my life.

Change is a big thing for me so it had to be a move to the right place.”

allegations the clerk made in the settlement demand, which are similar to those in the suit, he said: “We just respectfully believe that it doesn’t have any merit.”

The suit focuses on Richardson’s experience with the accused officials in the months after her appointment.

It argues that they kept her from performing her duties. Specifically, the suit claims Richardon was hindered in her work when denied access to her office, records and the computer system. Throughout the ordeal, Richardson claims the defendants violated her rights, the employment agreement and the city charter.

Arnold is also accused of failing to turn over the city seal until June 2014, when Arnold resigned during the trial for a lawsuit the mayor filed against the city.

Such “intentional and reckless actions have caused the plaintiff to suffer both economical and non-economical damages,” Richardson’s attorneys argue in the suit.

In a separate complaint, Richardson, who is black, has also accused Snellville officials of treating her poorly because of her race.

Officials have maintained that their treatment of the woman was only due to her qualifications and the fact that Kautz hired her against objections.

Witts repeated that position Wednesday night.

“As far as I’m concerned, this thing with Miss Richardson and the clerks’ job was never about Miss Richardson,” he said. Rather, it was about Arnold, a 24-year employee of Snellville who Witts and other officials said was mistreated by the mayor.

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Playmakers don’t get much better than Bellamy, Williams There is truth in what we all read about football players getting bigger and bigger by the year, a trend we see regularly at the high school level in Gwinnett.

There aren’t too many 185-pound offensive guards left in this Will football-crazed county.

Hammock Most starting linemen here are 240 pounds or more, with plenty hovWright of Grayson, and ering around 300, too. receivers, like 220-pound There are big linebackers, Kyle Davis of Archer. like 240-pounder Denzel Size isn’t everything,

though, in terms of weight and height.

The two most dynamic playmakMajor ers in Gwin- Bellamy nett, maybe in the state, don’t even crack 5-foot-10 or 170 pounds.

It’s tough to find more exciting high school football players than Central

Gwinnett’s Major Bellamy, listed at 5-8, 155 pounds in the preseason, Jamyest and Williams Archer’s Jamyest Williams, all of 5-9 and 165 pounds. Both players impact a game as much, or more, than the behemoths they share the football field with every

Friday.

Both remind me of Tim Wansley, still maybe the best Gwinnett athlete I’ve ever seen. The former Buford star was so impressive in the Georgia-Florida AllStar Game as that “quick dude” in a showcase that never lacked for high level performers. He was a playmaker at defensive back at Georgia and in the NFL, and watching both Bellamy and Williams remind me of Wansley in a lot of ways,

both with their stature and their skill set.

Through seven games, Bellamy already has 57 catches for 925 yards and nine touchdowns. He can stretch defenses or turn a short pass into a massive gain, as he did recently in a 14-catch, 253-yard game against Brookwood. He also has 230 kickoff return yards, but only 10 returns because teams rarely kick

See STARS, Page 4B

Change For The Better

Wesleyan’s Jordan Argilagos poses for a photo at the Wesleyan School in Peachtree Corners on Tuesday. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Switch to running back boosts Argilagos, Wesleyan

By David Friedlander david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

PEACHTREE CORNERS — It was about this time two years ago that Wesleyan’s football program had hit a low point rarely seen since it began Georgia High School Association play in 1998.

The Wolves had just suffered a 35-14 loss to Westminster en route to

a 2-9 season — matching the worst campaign in GHSA play in the program’s proud history.

However, that game also served as a key point in helping them turn things around.

A large group of sophomore slowly, but surely, began to grow up and provide the leadership that has been a cornerstone to Wesleyan’s return to the state playoffs last year and

a 7-0 and No. 3 ranking in Class AA so far this season.

But it is the development of one of the current senior class in particular, Jordan Argilagos, that seemed rather unexpected at the time, yet has proven to be critical to the Wolvles’ resurgence.

Through midseason of 2013, he was a backup at receiver and cornerback who had battled through

injuries and was looking for a chance to get on the field.

Since, the 5-foot-10, 185-pounder has become not only an indispensable part of the Wesleyan offense, but one of Gwinnett County’s top running backs.

That’s something neither Argilagos nor head coach Franklin Pridgen ever expected when the latter made what seemed like a

minor decision at the time.

“He began the year, actually, with a really deep thigh bruise,” Pridgen recalled. “He was a receiver (at the time). He started the season in 2013 kind of unable to practice. It was very touch and go. We thought maybe he would help in our defensive secondary and weren’t real sure what we were going See ARGILAGOS, Page 4B

North Gwinnett strikes out 22 in sweep Archer comes up clutch in sweep of Lowndes County

By Scott Smith

Senior Correspondent

SUWANEE — A tunesmith is proficient in writing songs, while a silversmith is an artisan with that precious metal.

But what do you call someone whose specialty is the strikeout?

Kylee and Rachel.

North Gwinnett pitchers Kylee and Rachel Smith combined for 22 strikeouts on Tuesday against South Cobb in the second round of the Class AAAAAA state finals, leading the Bulldogs to a 3-1 and 4-0 sweep of the Eagles.

Both starters delivered complete games, with Kylee striking out 12 in the opener with one unearned run on one hit in the 3-1 win in Game 1.

North Gwinnett’s Makenna Dowell (22) makes contact on a pitch during Wednesday’s second round state softball game against the South Cobb Eagles at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

Rachel was just as efficient in the night cap, fanning 12 with two hits in the 4-0 series clincher.

Both hurlers combined to face just five hitters over the minimum.

“We just knew this

was our last game on this field and we wanted to go out with a bang,” Kylee Smith said. “We wanted to get to Columbus. It’s amazing to be able to get this far with this team.

We are all a huge family.”

The two wins for the Bulldogs (32-2) sends North to the quarterfinals, which begin this week in Columbus where North will open with the winner of the Harrison-Cherokee series.

“Last year when we got put out by Archer, it’s been our goal to get back to Columbus,” North head coach Randy Black said. “The Smith girls have worked their backsides off and were so focused tonight. I asked Kylee at the end of the first game how she felt because I had someone ready to go. She told me that she wanted it, and I could see it in her eyes.”

The opener turned into a pitcher’s duel between Kylee Smith and Emily

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By David Friedlander david.friedlander@ gwinnettdailypost.com

LAWRENCEVILLE — When it came to the big moments in its secondround Class AAAAAA state softball doubleheader against Lowndes, Archer was up to the task when it needed to be the most.

Madison Abell and Kailyn Berry each tossed shutouts while Sydney Willhite had two hits and five RBIs as the Tigers swept past the Vikings 4-0 and 11-0 Wednesday at Archer.

Brittany Marasette, Jacqui Switzer, Alia Booth and Terrica Williams each

drove in a pair of runs on the day as the Tigers (255) advanced to the state tournament in Columbus for the third time in the last four years.

But it was when those big moments came that made the final scores more comfortable than they could have been.

“The main thing was, (the players) were saying, ‘We’re not going to play on Thursday,’” Archer coach Eric Stoker said of his team’s determination not to be taken to a third and deciding game in the series.

“They had it in their minds

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Heyward, NFL reach compromise on controversy over eye black fine The Sports Xchange Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end and Peachtree Ridge grad Cameron Heyward and the NFL reached a settlement on fines for his eye-black tributes to his late father, Craig “Ironhead” Heyward.

Multiple media reports indicated that the league agreed to reduce the amount of his fines, and Heyward subsequently announced that he would no longer put the words on his eye black.

“I consider myself a team player and someone who puts others before myself, and I don’t want to be a distraction to my teammates or the Steelers organization,” Heyward wrote on his Twitter account. “With that, I will not be writing on my eye black going forward anymore. I will be honoring my father in other ways on and off the field.

“I will continue to wear plain eye black and that gesture will always be in memory of my Dad.” Craig Heyward, an NFL fullback for five teams from 1988-98, died of cancer at age 39 in 2006. His son put “Iron” under one eye and “Head” under the other during an Oct. 12 game against the San Diego Chargers, drawing a fine of $5,787 from the league for violating the uniform policy.

When Cam Heyward repeated the tribute Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, he was due to be docked $11,576 as a two-time offender.

Heyward announced Tuesday that he is teaming with EyeBlack. com to sell “Ironhead” eye black to benefit his foundation, The Heyward House. Money then will be donated to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and to the Southeastern Brain Tumor Foundation.

Pittsburgh Steeler and Peachtree Ridge grad Cameron Heyward (97) and the NFL reached a settlement regarding the fines for his eye black honoring his late father on Wednesday. (Photo: Kyle Hess)

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Sports Calendar

BASEBALL

Ongoing through Nov. 5: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County’s final registration deadline is Nov. 5 for its winter programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18. All skill levels are welcome and practices and games are on the same day. Games are held at Chestnut Mountain Church, Bogan Park gym and North Gwinnett Middle School and start in early December. For more information or to register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

Ongoing through Dec. 31: Whitner Hitting Clinics are being held at Jack City Sports Center. The clinics are ongoing and cost $75 for five weeks. To sign up, email jackcitybaseball@ aol.com or call 770-6330948.

BASKETBALL

Ongoing through Nov. 5: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County’s final registration deadline is Nov. 5 for its winter programs for boys and girls ages 3 to 18. All skill levels are welcome and practices and games are on the same day. Games are held at Chestnut Mountain Church, Bogan Park gym and North Gwinnett Middle School and start in early December. For more information or to register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

FOOTBALL

Ongoing through Nov. 5: I9 Sports of Northwest Gwinnett and Hall County’s final registration deadline is Nov. 5 for its flag football program for boys and girls ages 3 to 18. All skill levels are welcome and practices and games are on the same day. Games are played at Gary Pirkle Park and begin in early December. For more information or to register, go to www.i9sports.com or call 678-472-2142.

LACROSSE

Ongoing through Nov. 6: The Gwinnett Lacrosse Academy and the Georgia

Swarm Professional Indoor Lacrosse Team will host indoor lacrosse clinics and its Winter Indoor Lacrosse League at the Silverbacks Indoor Sports Center in Suwanee. League games begin Nov. 7 for firstthrough 10th-graders. Register as a team or as an individual player. For more information, go to www. gwinnettlacrosseacademy. com.

SOFTBALL

Nov. 13-15: Former Shiloh and University of Georgia standout Megan Wiggins, now playing softball professionally, will host Big Wig’s Skills Clinic and Showcase at the Harbins Park Baseball Complex in Dacula. Nov. 13 is a clinic and Nov. 14-15 is the college showcase with scrimmage games included. The event is open to girls softball players ages 12 to 18. Cost is $250 per player. The event’s instructors will be pro softball players and college coaches, and several top Division I schools have committed to attend already.

For more information, go to www.meganwiggins.com or email bigwigsevents25@ gmail.com.

VOLLEYBALL

Ongoing through Nov. 8: ProLink Volleyball will host Open Gym Sundays at Otwell Middle School in Cumming. The sessions, open to girls and boys, are free of charge and feature only live scrimmages.

Individual players or teams are welcome. Oct. 11, 18 and 25 sessions are 1 to 3 p.m. from 15-and-under to 18-and-under, 3 to 4:30 p.m. for 13-and-under and 14-and-under and 4:30 to 6 p.m. for 12-and-under (12-and-under starts Oct. 18). Nov. 8 sessions are 1 to 3 p.m. for 15-and-under to 18-and-under, 3 to 4:30 p.m. for 13-and-under to 14-andunder and 4:30 to 6 p.m. for 12-and-under. For more information, go to plavolleyball.com.

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excused for personal reasons, so I’ll just leave Landry Jones is preparit at that,” coach Rex ing to start for the PittsRyan said Wednesday in burgh Steelers but will do Hertfordshire, England, so in the shadow of the declining to say how much team’s franchise quartertime Harvin might miss. back.

Ryan said Harvin’s Ben Roethlisberger situation isn’t related to plans to wrap his injured the hip. knee and participate fully “No, I think right now in Wednesday’s practice. this is a personal thing Coach Mike Tomlin said right now,” Ryan said.

Tuesday that Jones is pre“That’s where it is. ... We paring to start. know he was battling the “He’s the one that’s hip and things but this is a healthy,” Tomlin said. personal issue.”

Roethlisberger is reRunning back Karlos covering from a sprained Williams and right tackle medial collateral ligaSeantrel Henderson are ment and bone bruise. both dealing with concusIf he practices without sions and didn’t make the limitations and is cleared trip, along with defensive medically, Tomlin would tackle Kyle Williams after not stand in the way of his he suffered a knee injury return. during the 34-21 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Falcons add LB Wheeler, back Karlos Williams part with S Godfrey (concussion) and wide The Atlanta Falcons receiver Percy Harvin signed linebacker Philip (hip). During the game, Wheeler and released they lost receivers Sammy safety Charles Godfrey on Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Marcus Gilbert (77) and quar- Watkins (ankle) and Marterback Landry Jones (3) celebrate a touchdown against quise Goodwin (ribs) and Tuesday. the Arizona Cardinals during the fourth quarter at Heinz offensive tackle Seantrel Wheeler, a Georgia Field. (Photo: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports) Tech product, spent the Henderson (concussion). past two seasons with eight in Kansas City is Wednesday.

On defense, tackle Kyle the Miami Dolphins and still looking for his first Shorts missed time with Williams (knee) went started 20 of 31 games catch. a shoulder injury earlier down in the fourth quarter, he played in, posting 164 Bowe has been inactive this season and is now joining safety Aaron Wiltotal tackles, including for three games and was a dealing with a hamstring liams (neck), who is on 118 solos. He began his healthy scratch in two of issue. short-term injured reserve. career with the Indianapo- them.

Jackson has a sprained Watkins, Harvin and lis Colts in 2008 and had “We’re going to need ankle and McKinney is Kyle Williams will be ab141 tackles in 61 games Dwayne at some point still in the NFL concussent this week and Goodand 24 starts. this year, there’s no doubt sion protocol after suffer- win was placed on injured In 2012, Wheeler signed about it,” offensive coordi- ing the injury against the reserve. with the Oakland Raiders nator John DeFilippo said. Jacksonville Jaguars last and started all 16 regular- “It’s a long season. I don’t Sunday.

Colts re-sign LB Herrera season games, finishing count games. We a have Jadeveon Clowney to practice squad with 109 tackles, three 10 games left. We just missed last week with a Inside linebacker Amasacks and two forced have to keep going and I sprained right ankle and rlo Herrera was re-signed fumbles. see progress from Dwayne O’Brien said the outside to the practice squad by Godfrey started his every week.” linebacker is day-to-day the Indianapolis Colts on career with the Carolina Bowe is on a two-year this week.

Wednesday.

Panthers as a third-round $12.5 million contract Herrera, 6-1 and 249 draft pick in 2008 and with $9 million guaranHarvin not in London pounds, was signed to spent six years there teed. for ‘personal reasons’ the Colts 53-man roster before signing as a free The Buffalo Bills travfrom the practice squad agent with the Falcons in Texans’ Shorts, Jackson, eled to London for this on Saturday and assisted October 2014.

McKinney likely week’s game without wide on a special teams tackle out this week receiver Percy Harvin be- against the New England Browns still have plans Houston Texans wide cause of “personal issues.” Patriots on Sunday night. for WR Bowe receiver Cecil Shorts, corHarvin was out of the He spent the first five BEREA, Ohio —The nerback Kareem Jackson Bills’ lineup last week weeks of the season on the Cleveland Browns claim and linebacker Benardrick with a hip injury and isn’t practice squad after bethey haven’t given up on McKinney are likely out expected to be available ing selected by the Colts Dwayne Bowe, but the for Sunday’s game against Sunday against the Jackin the sixth round of the wide receiver in his first the Miami Dolphins, sonville Jaguars.

2015 NFL Draft out of year with Cleveland after coach Bill O’Brien said “He’s pretty much Georgia.

IN BRIEF Locals Fry, Im win Hurricane Junior Golf Tour Championships

with a 2-under-par 70 for a three-shot win in the boys 15- to 18-yearold division. Im won the girls 11-14 division with Hunter Fry of Dacula rounds of 82 and 80. and Sara Im of Duluth Suwanee’s Takafumi won age group titles at the Shimoji (sixth, 79-78) Canongate Series Invitaand Hunter Hatsavongsa tional, a Hurricane Junior (10th, 86-76) also finished Golf Tour stop at Bentwa- in the top 10 of boys 15ter Golf Club.

18.

Fry, down three enterIn boys 13-14, Dacula’s ing the final round after Shyam Joshi (78-74) was an opening 77, closed second, Norcross’ Liam

Shinn (78-76) was third and Suwanee’s Brandon Cho (84-83) tied for ninth.

Jordyn Sims of Berkeley Lake shot 76 and 83 to finish second in girls 1518 while Lawrenceville’s Harmanprit Kaur (81-82) was third. Duluth’s Esther Park (89-83) tied for fifth and Duluth’s Loren Kim (88-92) was 10th.

Lilburn’s Thienna Huynh (93-82) was third in girls 11-14.

Jack City Sports Center hosting a Halloween bash

Jack City Sports Center in Dacula is hosting a Halloween bash this Saturday from 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.

There will be a haunted house with carnival games. Admission to the haunted house is $7 and you can buy 20 tickets for carnival games for $10.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 • 3B

gwinnett grads IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS

Collins Hill grad Quentin Jones starts at safety for Lehigh. (Special photo)

Jones plays key role for surging Lehigh

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

The Lehigh football team’s 2014 record didn’t look like Quentin Jones, or any of his teammates, wanted. A 3-7 mark was disappointing for a program that made the FCS playoffs as recently as 2011 and had won doublefigure games three of the previous four seasons.

But the Collins Hill grad moved into a starting role last season as a true freshman and the Mountain Hawks came back this season hungry a better season. They have improved already with a 3-3 mark and more importantly are 1-0 in the Patriot League after a win over Bucknell.

“It’s been a lot better than last year,” Jones said.

“This year we’re much tighter, much closer as a team than last year. Our whole motto is family in everything we’ve done from winter to spring to summer to now.”

Jones has done his part as a starter in the secondary, manning the strong safety spot for most of the season. An injury forced a switch in the last game against Bucknell and Jones made the start at free safety.

Through six games, he has 19 tackles, an interception and a forced fumble — both turnovers he forced came in a win over Yale.

He also had eight tackles against Princeton.

“At this point last year, I’m a lot better,” said Jones, now 190 pounds, up from 175 as a freshman.

“I’ve got a year under my belt and I’ve got my head in the game more mentally.

And physically I’m bigger, faster and stronger, too.

Being through a college season I know what to expect now, all the little things that people don’t see.”

Though he’s better, Jones still emerged as a starter during his freshman season while playing mostly cornerback and nickel.

He finished with 20 tackles (two for losses) and eight pass breakups in a season highlighted by a game at Georgetown where he had six tackles and blocked a field goal.

“Kids are bigger, stronger and faster (in college), but coming from Gwinnett County you see (the kind of) kids you’re going to play against already (in college), so it’s not that big of a transition,” Jones said.

“You’re already seeing some of the top kids in the nation in Gwinnett, so that intimidation factor doesn’t kick in when you get to college.”

Jones and the Mountain Hawks play their second Patriot League game Saturday in the Bronx against Fordham.

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The senior had 10 tackles (six solos, one for loss) in Quick hits Wingate’s 24-14 win over Peachtree Ridge grad Lenoir-Rhyne, ranked 16th Jordan Ellis scored the in NCAA Division II. He game-winning touchdown leads the team with 51 tackwith a 3-yard run in triple les this season. overtime as Virginia defeated “Eric really played well Syracuse 44-38. … Appala- Saturday,” Wingate head chian State’s Marcus Cox, a coach Joe Reich said. “The Dacula grad, had 23 carries inside linebacker position for 122 yards and two TDs is so critical when playing in a 59-14 win over Louisian option team. He really ana Monroe. Central Gwin- mastered what we were trynett’s Malachi Jones also ing to do.” had a 43-yard TD catch for App State. … Buford grad BASKETBALL Joshua Thomas had seven carries for 33 yards and a DeShields voted All-SEC touchdown, but Iowa State Diamond DeShields lost 45-21 to third-ranked hasn’t played a game in TCU. He also had a pair of a Tennessee uniform, but receptions. her past success was good John Russ of Mill Creek enough to earn a spot on the completed 17 of 26 passes preseason All-Southeastern for 269 yards and three TDs, Conference Team. in addition to running for The Norcross grad was 49 yards and another score, one of six players voted to lead Mercer’s 52-0 rout to the team and she also of East Tennessee State. received player of the year … Peachtree Ridge’s Nick votes by SEC and national Perrotta intercepted a pass media members. DeShields and Lanier’s Izzy Sam had sat out the 2014-15 season a sack and tackle for a loss after transferring from North in Kennesaw State’s 12-7 Carolina, where she earned win over Gardner-Webb.

ACC and national freshman Perrotta’s interception at the of the year honors. goal line with seven seconds DeShields averaged 18.0 left clinched the victory, points, 5.4 rebounds 2.6 asthe Big South Conference sists and 1.7 steals per game opener for KSU. for UNC. She scored 648 points, made 248 field goals, Hosch on national player attempted 582 field goals of the year list and scored in double figures Harvard senior quartera remarkable 32 times in back Scott Hosch was one of 2013-14 — all ACC fresh32 players named to the Col- man single-season records. lege Football Performance Awards Midseason FCS SOCCER National Performer of the Year Watch List this week.

Marshall wins The North Gwinnett grad conference award is the first Harvard quarterOglethorpe midfielder back to start his career 11-0, Topher Marshall, a freshgoing 6-0 last season and 5-0 man from Brookwood, was this year. He ranks eighth in named the Southern Athletic the nation in passing yards Association offensive player per completion (15.3) and of the week on Monday.

15th in passing efficiency Marshall had six points (157.2), guiding an offense the previous week, including that has scored 221 points two goals and an assist in a through five games — the 6-0 win over Hendrix that most in Harvard history clinched the SAA regularsince scoring 231 through season title. He also had the five games in 1892. assist in a 1-1 tie last week Hosch has completed 80 against Rhodes. He ranks of 136 passes (58.8) percent second in the SAA with six for 1,224 yards and 10 assists and has four goals touchdowns with just one (two game-winners), putting interception. him fifth in the league in points.

Blanchard earns “Topher has proven conference honor himself to be a very danCollins Hill’s Mitchell gerous attacker over the Blanchard, the punter at course of his freshman year,” Berry College, was named Oglethorpe head coach Jon the Southern Athletic Asso- Akin said. “He’s extremely ciation special teams player creative and has acclimated of the week on Monday. very quickly to the college Blanchard punted six game. With how hard he times for a 42.3-yard averworks on his technique, age with a long of 59 in the I know he’ll continue to Vikings’ 27-24 win over enjoy greater success in the Hendrix. He placed one punt future.” inside the 20-yard line for Mill Creek’s Nick MunteBerry, which is 6-1 overall an (10 goals on the season) and 5-0 in the conference. and Brookwood’s Ekow Annan also scored in the vicMapoles wins SAC tory over Hendrix, helping defensive honor the Stormy Petrels improve Wingate linebacker Eric to 10-2-2 on the season.

Mapoles, a Brookwood grad, was named the South Fincher honored by A-Sun Atlantic Conference defenKennesaw State junior sive player of the week on and Brookwood product Monday.

Kim Fincher was named

the Atlantic Sun Conference player of the week on Monday.

Fincher, a transfer from Alabama-Birmingham, scored two goals the previous week in a victory over North Florida. She now has a team-high six goals and two assists for 14 points. She has started all 16 games for the Owls.

Hamryka off to nice start Greater Atlanta Christian grad Will Hamryka’s freshman season at Washington and Lee is off to a solid start.

The midfielder scored the game-winning goal this past weekend in a 1-0 win over Randolph-Macon, scoring for the second straight game. He also had his team’s lone goal in a 1-1 tie with Lynchburg on Oct. 14. He has three goals and two assists on the season.

SWIMMING Locals named to UGA leadership academy Brookwood’s Aidan Sweeney and Wesleyan’s Nick Salyers were two of the 25 athletes inducted into the University of Georgia Student-Athlete Leadership Academy during a Monday ceremony.

Inductees are chosen based on academic and athletic success, leadership, campus and community service involvement and the recommendation of head coaches and academic counselors. The previous honorees include six-time Olympic gold medalist Allison Schmidt and NFL quarterback Aaron Murray.

Along with encouraging leadership development and providing resources to compete for awards and scholarships, the academy’s student-athletes will have a chance to meet with local, state and industry leaders.

It is one of the program’s goals to have the studentathletes visit a company where superb leadership has had a visible impact on the organization and/or surrounding community.

Additionally, the studentathletes will be provided with resources to be competitive for conference and national awards and postgraduate scholarships, such as the NCAA Top VIII award, NCAA Woman of the Year award and the SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Postgraduate Scholarship.

Participants also will have the opportunity to compete for a highly coveted graduate assistantship position within the UGA Athletic Association.

Gwinnett Grads is a column that runs on Thursdays spotlighting achievements of past Gwinnett standouts. Coaches and parents are urged to send suggestions via email to will.hammock@gwinnettdailypost.com.

A quick look at where to watch former Gwinnett standouts on TV in this week’s college football action: TODAY 7:30 p.m. — Georgia Southern at Appalachian State, ESPNU For Georgia Southern, Peachtree Ridge’s R.J. Murray (No. 2) is a defensive back, Meadowcreek’s Rayquan Sam (No. 39) is a defensive back, Wesleyan’s Zander Yost (No. 41) is a defensive back, North Gwinnett’s Tony Bradford (No. 44) is a linebacker, Mill Creek’s Cody Rediger (No. 46) is a tight end, Parkview’s Patrick Flowe (No. 48) is a linebacker, North Gwinnett’s Andy Kwon (No. 60) is an offensive lineman, Norcross’ Ryan Northrup (No. 62) is an offensive lineman, Parkview’s Jakob Cooper (No. 64) is an offensive lineman, Shiloh’s John Freeman (No. 78) is an offensive lineman, Duluth’s Myles Campbell (No. 81) is a wide receiver, Brookwood’s Andre Sims (No. 84) is a wide receiver, Mill Creek’s Eric Ritland (No. 88) is a wide receiver, Norcross’ J.B. Kouassi (No. 93) is a defensive end, North Gwinnett’s Jeff Ward (No. 96) is a tight end and Collins Hill’s Jake Banta (No. 97) is a long snapper. For Appalachian State, Peachtree Ridge’s Alex Gray (No. 3) is a defensive back, Central Gwinnett’s Malachi Jones (No. 7) is a wide receiver, Norcross’ Josh Boyd (No. 8) is a running back, Shiloh’s Austin Exford (No. 9) is a defensive back, Mill Creek’s Daniel David (No. 12) is a quarterback and Dacula’s Marcus Cox (No. 14) is a running back.

9 p.m. — California at UCLA, ESPN Collins Hill’s Chris Palmer (No. 96) is a defensive tackle for Cal. SATURDAY Noon — Houston at Central Florida, ESPN News Buford’s Dontravious Wilson (No. 7) is a running back, Buford’s Tre Neal (No. 33) is a defensive back and Shiloh’s Cam Stewart (No. 83) is a wide receiver for Central Florida.

Noon — Kansas State at Texas, Fox Sports 1 Buford’s Ryan Mack (No. 13) is a defensive back and Central Gwinnett’s Tyler White (No. 37) is a linebacker for Kansas State.

Noon — Pittsburgh at Syracuse, ESPNU Collins Hill’s Jonathan Thomas (No. 23) is a linebacker, Central Gwinnett’s George Morris (No. 27) is a running back and Mountain View’s Kielan Whitner (No. 25) is a defensive back for Syracuse.

Noon — Northwestern at Nebraska, ESPN2 Buford’s Steven Reese (No. 33) is a defensive back for Northwestern. Norcross’ A.J. Bush (No. 6) is a quarterback and Grayson’s Mohamed Barry (No. 18) is a linebacker for Nebraska.

Noon — Iowa State at Baylor, ESPN Buford’s Joshua Thomas (No. 1) is a running back and Archer’s Jaypee Philbert (No. 56) is an offensive lineman for Iowa State.

Noon — Auburn at Arkansas, SEC Network Parkview’s Kenny Flowers (No. 33) is a linebacker, Brookwood’s Keenan Sweeney (No. 42) is a fullback, Mill Creek’s Kaleb Kim (No. 54) is an offensive lineman, GAC’s Darius Slayton (No. 81) is a wide receiver and Duluth resident Nick Ruffin (No. 19) is a defensive back for Auburn.

Noon — Clemson at Miami (Fla.), ABC Grayson’s Wayne Gallman (No. 9) is a running back, Grayson’s Nick Schuessler (No. 12) is a quarterback, Grayson’s Ryan Carter (No. 31) is a defensive back and North Gwinnett’s Mitch Hyatt (No. 75) is an offensive lineman for Clemson. Norcross’ Christopher Herndon (No. 23) is a tight end and Peachtree Ridge’s Tyler Murphy (No. 32) is a defensive back for Miami.

Noon — Southern Miss at Charlotte, WATL Peachtree Ridge’s Walden Davis (No. 5) is a defensive back for Southern Miss.

12:30 p.m. — Boston College at Louisville, WUPA Parkview’s G.G. Robinson (No. 94) is a defensive lineman for Louisville.

1 p.m. — Tulane at Navy, CBS Sports Network Archer’s John Gillis (No. 15) is a defensive back, Brookwood’s Josh Brown (No. 44) is a running back and Wesleyan’s Tony Taylor (No. 53) is an offensive lineman for Navy.

3:30 p.m. — Penn State at Maryland, ESPN North Gwinnett’s Jalen Brooks (No. 43) is a linebacker for Maryland.

3:30 p.m. — Indiana at Michigan State, ABC/ESPN2 Brookwood’s Nick Tompkins (No. 32) is a running back for Michigan State.

3:30 p.m. — Duke at Virginia Tech, ESPNU Shiloh’s Jeremy McDuffie (No. 9) is a defensive back, Grayson’s Jordan Hayes (No. 13) is a defensive back, Archer’s Deondre Singleton (No. 33) is a defensive back, Buford’s Grant Hall (No. 38) is a defensive back and Collins Hill’s Christian Harris (No. 70) is an offensive lineman for Duke. Norcross’ D’Andre Plantin (No. 62) is an offensive lineman for Virginia Tech.

3:30 p.m. — Tennessee at Alabama, CBS GAC’s Micah Abernathy (No. 3) is a defensive back, Norcross’ Alvin Kamara (No. 6) is a running back, Buford’s Austin Smith (No. 11) is a linebacker, Norcross’ Jason Croom (No. 18) is a wide receiver, Grayson’s Jayson Sparks (No. 37) is a running back, Wesleyan’s Jaye Rochell (No. 38) is a wide receiver and Buford’s Quay Picou (No. 55) is a defensive lineman for Norcross. Buford’s Dillon Lee (No. 25) and Central Gwinnett’s Adonis Thomas (No. 17) are linebackers for Alabama.

3:30 p.m. — Texas Tech at Oklahoma, ABC/ESPN2 Norcross’ Demetrius Alston (No. 43) and Grayson’s Zach Barnes (No. 12) are defensive linemen for Texas Tech.

Peachtree Ridge’s Orlando Brown (No. 78) is an offensive lineman for Oklahoma.

3:30 p.m. — Kansas at Oklahoma State, Fox Sports 1 Parkview’s Chris Carson (No. 32) is a running back for Oklahoma State.

4 p.m. — Washington State at Arizona, Pac 12 Network Grayson’s Jack Banda (No. 92) is a defensive lineman for Arizona.

4 p.m. — Missouri at Vanderbilt, SEC Network North Gwinnett’s Nate Brown (No. 2) is a wide receiver and Buford’s Thomas Wilson (No. 8) is a defensive back for Missouri. Parkview’s Bryce Lewis (No. 30) is a defensive back, North Gwinnett’s Caleb Scott (No. 9) is a wide receiver, Shiloh’s Stephen Weatherly (No. 45) is a linebacker, Norcross’ Jared Pinkney (No. 80) is a wide receiver and Shiloh’s Darion DeBrossard (No. 70) is an offensive lineman for Vandy.

4:30 p.m. — Connecticut at Cincinnati, CBS Sports Network Norcross’ Kevin Mouhon (No. 48) is a linebacker and Norcross’ Silverberry Mouhon (No. 92) is a defensive end for Cincinnati.

7 p.m. — Florida State at Georgia Tech, ESPN2 For Tech, North Gwinnett’s C.J. Leggett (No. 30) is a running back, North Gwinnett’s Roberto Hinojosa (No. 38) is a running back, Buford’s David Curry (No. 39) is a linebacker, Greater Atlanta Christian’s Tyler Cooksey (No. 43) is a linebacker, Norcross’ Clinton Lynch is a running back, Brookwood’s Bailey Ivemeyer (No. 62) is an offensive lineman, Central Gwinnett’s Francis Kallon (No. 92) is a defensive lineman and North Gwinnett’s Anree SaintAmour (No. 94) is a defensive lineman.

7 p.m. — Texas A&M at Ole Miss, ESPN Grayson’s Denzel Nkemdiche (No. 4) is a linebacker and Grayson’s Robert Nkemdiche (No. 5) is a defensive lineman for Ole Miss.

7 p.m. — Western Kentucky at LSU, ESPNU South Gwinnett’s Dennis Edwards (No. 64), Peachtree Ridge’s Miles Pate (No. 63) and Buford’s Hunter Holland (No. 77) are offensive lineman for Western Kentucky.

Buford’s Reid Ferguson (No. 50) is a snapper, Buford’s Blake Ferguson (No. 53) is a snapper and Buford’s Vadal Alexander (No. 74) is an offensive lineman for LSU. 7:30 p.m. — Kentucky at Mississippi State, SEC Network Norcross’ Nathan Swanson (No. 59) is a snapper for Mississippi State.

7:30 p.m. — Utah at USC, Fox Buford’s Ryan Dillard (No. 28) is a defensive back and North Gwinnett’s Daniel Imatorbhebhe (No. 49) is a tight end for USC. 10:30 p.m. — Colorado at Oregon State, Pac 12 Network Brookwood’s Afolabi Laguda (No. 8) is a defensive back for Colorado.

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FSU looks for 29th straight ACC victory The Sports Xchange After Georgia Tech’s remarkable 2014 campaign that ended just short of an ACC title (thanks to Florida State), most Seminole fans figured the rematch during the 2015 regular season might wind up being a battle of Top 25 unbeatens staking their claim on the conference crown.

Come Saturday, that scenario is still alive and well — but only for one.

No. 9 Florida State (6-0 overall, 4-0 in the ACC) still has a lot at stake Saturday when it faces the Yellow Jackets in Atlanta, where the Seminoles will look to stay perfect and remain on a crash course for a date in the ACC Championship game in December.

As for Georgia Tech?

Well, at 2-5 overall — and 0-4 in ACC play — the Yellow Jackets will simply be looking for a win in what’s been a woeful defense of the Coastal Division title.

And unfortunately for Florida State, a desperate team is often a dangerous team.

“I think all games are about toughness,” Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher said Monday. “But this one especially is.”

Toughness would be a good way to describe what the Seminoles demonstrated in the face of adversity, both mentally and physically, last Saturday.

After falling behind 7-6 at halftime to Louisville at Doak Campbell Stadium, Florida State came out of the locker room a completely different team, scoring on all five of its second-half drives and capping each with a touchdown to turn what looked like an upset into a 41-21 blowout.

Former Florida State quarterback and Heisman

•From Page 1B to do with him and what he could do for us, where he would fit.

“As the season went on, about three-quarters of the way through the season, he got better and he slowly started getting back into practice. But he did not distinguish himself on either side of the ball at receiver or corner.

I remember distinctly one day, we were short at scout team tailback. We tossed him in there, and he started creasing us every which way. So, we immediately moved him to running back full time.”

That decision would prove to be a wise one, as Argilagos demonstrated by running for 141 yards and a two touchdowns in the loss to Westminster that week, before leading the Wolves in rushing as a junior last year with 489 yards and seven TDs on 88 carries.

Still, few people really knew how effective he would make the move at the time, even Argilagos himself, though he said it didn’t take him long to realize he had found a new home in the Wesleyan backfield.

“I actually played running back before when I was younger,” Argilagos said. “My (first) thought was, ‘OK, this is something I know how to do.

I should be good at it. I should get it fast enough.

I’m just going to give the starters a good look (as a scout team member).

“I didn’t think I would be playing running back permanently. I just thought it would kind of help out with our starters.

I realized it wasn’t very hard. It was like becoming instinctive. It kind of came naturally. (The Westmin-

FSU running back Dalvin Cook (4) is a big reason the Seminoles are going for their 29th straight ACC victory on Saturday against Georgia Tech. (Photo: Glenn Beil-USA TODAY Sports)

winner Jameis Winston, the No. 1 overall pick of the Tampa Bay Bucs earlier this year, was even on hand to witness yet another Seminoles comeback against the Cardinals — albeit slightly less prolific than Winston’s.

It was Winston who last year led Florida State back from a 21-0 hole to topple Louisville in the program’s biggest comeback win in school history. And Fisher was glad to see him and several other former players come back for the weekend to support the team in what ended up being the program’s 28th straight ACC win.

“He ain’t changed a lick … that knucklehead,” Fisher said of Winston, who was also joined on the sidelines last Saturday by two other former Florida State stars: current Atlanta Falcons starting running back Devonta Freeman and Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrance Brooks.

Florida State enters as only a five-point favorite, but that’s likely only due to the unpredictability of star running back’s Dalvin

Cook’s hamstring, which he pulled two weeks ago in the first quarter against Wake Forest and has become tight — causing him to head to the sideline for treatment — during both games since. Cook, a Heisman Trophy contender, has amassed 955 yards and 11 total touchdowns so far this season.

The Seminoles will have a chance to tie the ACC record for consecutive wins — a record it set from 1992-95 — Saturday at Georgia Tech, which is on a five-game skid and hasn’t won a game since beating Tulane on Sept.

12. That’s pretty stunning considering the Yellow Jackets — who rose to No. 14 in the AP Top 25 poll after season-opening blowout wins — were the near-consensus pick to win the ACC title this season during ACC Media Days over the summer.

“I wish the outcomes had been different, but they haven’t,” said Yellow Jackets head coach Paul Johnson, whose program will be guaranteed a losing ACC season for the first time in 20 years if it can’t find a way to pull

the upset Saturday. “We’re sitting here, I think the last five teams we’ve played are 27-4 and we got another one coming in (in Florida State) that’s Top 10 and 6-0, so that makes (the opponents’ record) in the last six games 33-4. We’re playing good teams, the games are close … but we just have to find a way to break through and win one.

“So maybe it’s this week.”

Or maybe Florida State — just like it did in 1995 when it won its record 29th straight against, coincidentally, Georgia Tech — will make the Yellow Jackets a footnote to history once again.

“I feel like we’re the best defense in the country and nobody can stop what we do or what we bring,” said Florida State linebacker Jacob Pugh, who has been one of the shining stars on a unit that ranks ninth in the nation in scoring allowed at 15.2 points per game and is coming off a five-sack outing against Louisville.

“We’re going to keep on bringing it every week and every Saturday”

Argilagos

Wesleyan’s Jordan Argilagos poses for a photo at the Wesleyan School in Peachtree Corners on Tuesday. (Staff Photo: David Welker)

ster game) was the first time I actually stepped on a varsity (game) field and got reps.”

But even as much progress as Argilagos made as a junior, it’s nothing compared to the jump in production he’s made this fall during his senior campaign.

He not only leads Wesleyan in rushing, but is among the top five among all Gwinnett running backs in total yards (703) and yards per game (100.4) while posting a career high in yards per carry (6.6) and matching his career high with seven touchdowns.

Argilagos believes that the his big jump in production is a function

not only of Wesleyan’s commitment to be more balanced between the run and pass this season, buthis growing confidence at the position as well.

“I think it’s kind of a mixture of both,” Argilagos said. “I think a lot of it depends on who we’re playing (each) week. But I think with the two years I have under my belt, the coaches are starting to realize how comfortable I am back there and they’re not afraid to put me in position (to run the ball more) and help us be successful.”

Pridgen certainly has no hesitation about getting Argilagos more involved.

And the more he sees of his young running

back, the more he likes what he brings to the offense.

“He fits our scheme very well,” Pridgen said.

“He’s very explosive.

He’s a great cut-back runner. He has good vision and sees openings and is able to very quickly change directions. (His) lateral quickness is some of the best I’ve seen, and his open-field running is very good. He catches the ball extremely well. He is a complete back without having the height and the weight that jumps off the page at you. “As far as his skills are concerned, I think he’s as good as anybody in the county. If he was 6-2, 220 doing what he’s doing, he’d probably have a dozen (college) offers or more.”

As it stands, Argilagos does have plenty of interest from colleges, though ones that are known as much or more or their academics than football, such as Harvard, Columbia, Dartmouth, Princeton, Wofford, Furman and The Citadel.

Even the one major conference Division I program that has shown interest, Northwestern, is one known for its high academic standards.

That’s not a surprise given Argilagos’ success in the classroom, something that has been emphasized to him his entire life, and something that has helped in on the football field, as well.

“My parents always told me that education was the top priority,” Argilagos said. “So, I think that studying instinctively helps me become smarter at football. The more you watch, the more you’re able to pay attention to detail and observe. Things become easier for you.”

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Tigers

they wanted to be done (Wednesday) night.”

There were moments in each game in which they could have forced the Tigers to put in the extra work if not for some clutch play, particularly in the nightcap.

Despite taking a 1-0 lead after Booth hustled out an infield hit with two outs in the top of the first to bring home Switzer, Lowndes (19-12) twice looked poised to at least tie the game, if not take the lead.

Back-to-back hits by Sophie Sumner and Haley Fowler put two Vikings runners on base with only one out in the bottom of both the first and third innings.

Perhaps it was the sight of Game 1 starter Abell beginning to warm up both times that gave Berry (100) extra incentive, but the freshman right-hander bore down both times.

She struck out Rylin Hedgecock for the second out of each inning, then retired Madison May on a pop up to short in the first and a strikeout in the third to keep Lowndes off the scoreboard.

“The first (inning), I did (see Abell warming up), so I tried to pick it up a little,” Berry admitted.

“Also knowing that it was (possibly) our seniors’ last (home) games, I wanted to give them something to remember. So, I just pushed through it.”

And after Archer stranded four runners over the previous two innings with chances to pad the lead, including leaving the bases loaded in the second, Willhite got in on the clutch act in the top of the fourth.

Once again, the Tigers loaded the bases with two outs, the senior catcher fouled off several pitches — including missing an extra-base hit by inches down the left field line — to stay alive.

Finally, she got the pitch she wanted and rifled a liner up the alley for a double that cleared the bases, and gave Archer breathing room at 4-0.

“The inning before, Kailyn came up to me and said, ‘I’m feeling really nervous.

We should really get some runs here,’” Willhite said. “I wanted to do it for her and my teammates. So, I did everything I could.”

Willhite’s clutch hit opened the floodgates as Booth followed with an RBI single and Williams blasted a two-run home run

to left that capped the sixrun inning, and left Archer with a much more comfortable 7-0 lead.

Another two-out rally led to four more runs in the fifth — including Willhite’s two-run single and an RBI single by Switzer — to push the lead to 11-0.

That allowed Berry to relax as she closed out her five-inning, six-hit shutout with four strikeouts to send the Tigers on to Columbus, where they will take on East Coweta in the opening round beginning next Thursday.

Abell (15-4) kept Lowndes in check most of the opener, allowing the Vikings just four hits and striking out four in the complete-game performance.

Her only serious trouble spot came in the fourth inning — the only inning Lowndes managed to advance a runner past first base.

Sumner legged out an infield single, went to second on a wild pitch and advanced on Fowler’s ground out to second to stand on third base with just one out.

But Abell induced Vikings clean-up hitter Hedgecock to pop out to short and induced an inning-ending fly out to right to escape the jam.

Meanwhile, Fowler was doing a pretty good job of controlling Archer bats but ran into trouble with the Tigers’ pesky No. 9 hitter Jasmine Moore in two different innings.

First, the freshman laid down a bunt for a single and stole second with one out in the bottom of the third before coming home on Marasette’s RBI single up the middle to put Archer up 1-0.

Two innings later, the speedy right fielder ignited another one-out rally by legging out an infield single and advancing to second on a throwing error.

Once again, Marasette was able to drive her in, this time with a double, to extend the Archer lead.

Switzer followed with an RBI single and Kinley Stewart added an RBI single later in the inning as the Tigers struck for three runs to push the lead to 4-0 and ride Abell’s pitching to the Game 1 victory.

For the day, Booth finished 3-for-5 while Switzer and Stewart were each 3-for-6. Marasette, Williams and Moore each went 2-for-5.

Central Gwinnett receiver Major Bellamy (2) runs in front of Grayson’s Demetrius Mason (9) during last Friday night’s game. (Photo: Karl L. Moore)

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Stars

leges already have flooded Williams, a junior, with to him. offers, while the recruitWilliams is a star on ment has come slower for offense and defense for Bellamy, a senior. Some Archer, though most of school will get a huge steal his acclaim has come on with the Central wideout. offense this season. He has Fans who haven’t seen 700 rushing yards and 16 these two play yet should TDs on 104 carries in a take the time in the near season that included 176 future, it will be well yards and two TDs against worth the trip. And this Grayson’s stout defense.

Friday is perfect for it — The speedster also had they’ll both be on the same three rushing TDs and a field when Archer hosts 94-yard interception return Central. for another score against Will Hammock can be Parkview. It’s easy to see reached via email at will. why he made the all-tour- hammock@gwinnettdainament team at Nike’s The lypost.com. His column Opening this past summer appears on Thursdays. For as one of the few junior archived columns, go to invitees. www.gwinnettdailypost.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015 • 5B

Mill Creek sweeps Alcovy, advances to Columbus

By Manny Fils

Staff Correspondent

COVINGTON — A combination of Mill Creek hitting and Alcovy mistakes put the Hawks in the championship bracket of the Class AAAAAA softball tournament in Columbus on Wednesday with a 10-0 win in six innings and a 9-1 win in five innings.

“We treasure every opportunity we get. That’s the name of the game at this point in the year,” said Mill Creek head coach Paul Pierce. “I think our girls played hard and played fast.”

The Tigers have been denied a trip to Columbus for the past three seasons, losing the second round series each time.

“We practice when we put them in situations but

the bottom line is we don’t go out there and play,” said Alcovy head coach Brandy Keeter. “We played them earlier in the season and we won in eight innings so we felt we had a pretty good chance. But honestly, we just didn’t come out ready to play.”

Alcovy pitcher Kalia Johnson had a rough going in the first game giving up 12 hits while striking out four, walking three and hitting one batsman, but came back strong in the second game. Johnson gave up seven hits and walked two batters in the second game.

Alcovy had six errors in the two games which led to extra runs by Mill Creek.

“That’s been the problem all year, making errors then being able to bounce back from them,” said

Keeter.

Mill Creek pitcher Skylar Hayward had no trouble against Alcovy’s hitters striking out 16, walking four and allowing two hits in the series. She had nine strikeouts, three walks and one hit in the first game.

Raven Smith got Alcovy’s only hit in the first game of the series coming in the first inning with two outs. The other hit Hayward gave up came in the fourth inning of the second game.

“She did a good job.

Alcovy has some good players, our hats are off to them and the way they competed,” said Pierce.

Triples were abundant in the first game of the doubleheader for the Hawks with Hannah Adams getting one, Amanda Natsch hitting two and Maddison

Koepke hitting one to go along with her inside-thepark home run. Koepke, a freshman, also added a double in the second game to lead Mill Creek in extra-base hits.

Kayla Nichols led the Hawks at the plate for the series with four hits, followed by Sydney Grimes, Natsch and Koepke with three hits each.

“The Lord smiled on us.

We had some opportunities and we were able to get some hits and put some balls in play. It’s softball,” said Pierce. “Sometimes you hit the ball hard and get outs and sometimes you hit one off the end of the bat and everyone is shaking your hand. I’m just very proud of the girls and the way they played.”

Playing small ball worked for Mill Creek as they put runners in scoring

position with one out on three straight bunts. However, Alcovy’s defense was able to get the other batters out keeping the Hawks from crossing the plate.

The Tigers had consecutive errors followed by a Koepke, who is a freshman, triple to give Mill Creek a 2-0 lead in the top of second with no outs.

After Johnson loaded the bases on three walks, she came back to strikeout Koepke keeping Mill Creek from furthering its advantage.

Mill Creek finally got the flood gates to burst scoring five runs in the fifth on five hits including a Natsch RBI triple and a two-run Koepke home run and three more in the six with Adams and Natsch getting three baggers.

Like the first game, an Alcovy error in the bottom

of the second inning of the second game sparked a Mill Creek scoring barrage crossing the plate four times.

A bad throw on a stolen base allowed the runner to head to third base before Smith’s throw to hit the umpire allowing the runner to make it 5-0 in the third inning.

The Tigers refused to quit as Johnson made it a four-game with a solohome run, her seventh of the season.

“There was stuff we could’ve done better on,” said Keeter. “We tried to make adjustments in the second game by moving Raven to center field just to see if that would help.

I think it did because she got to balls we normally don’t get to but at the end of the day it wasn’t enough to hold down their bats.”

Blue Jays force Game 6 in the ALCS with 7-1 win The Sports Xchange TORONTO — Marco Estrada pitched into the eighth inning, Troy Tulowitzki had three RBIs and the Toronto Blue Jays staved off elimination with a 7-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series.

Estrada (2-1) faced one batter above the minimum before Royals catcher Salvador Perez homered to right with two outs in the eighth inning.

When left fielder Alex Gordon followed with a single, right-hander Aaron Sanchez replaced Estrada.

Right fielder Alex Rios singled and shortstop Alcides Escobar flied to right to end the inning.

Estrada allowed one run, three hits and one walk with five strikeouts in 7 2/3 innings.

The Royals lead the best-of-seven series 3-2,

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marco Estrada (25) reacts with catcher Dioner Navarro (30) during the eighth inningin game five of the ALCS at Rogers Centre. (Photo: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports)

with Game 6 scheduled for Friday at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. Tulowitzki doubled with the bases loaded against right-handed reliever Kelvin Herrera for the only hit in the four-run sixth inning.

Royals right-hander Edinson Volquez (1-2) did not retire a batter in Toronto’s

four-run sixth. He allowed five runs, three hits and four walks and hit a batter in fiveplus innings.

Estrada retired Escobar on a grounder to third on the first pitch of the game. It was the first time in the ALCS that Escobar failed to lead off a game with a hit. The four straight games with a

leadoff hit are a postseason record.

First baseman Chris Colabello homered with one out in the second inning to give the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead.

It was his second postseason homer.

After Colabello’s homer, Volquez allowed a walk in the second inning and infield hits in the fourth and fifth.

Estrada retired the first nine hitters before Escobar led off the fourth with a single, but he was erased when second baseman Ben Zobrist grounded into a double play.

The Royals were having little luck with Estrada, although Perez brought a gasp from the crowd with a long fly open the sixth that center fielder Kevin Pillar caught at the warning track.

Left fielder Ben Revere led off the Toronto sixth with a walk and third baseman Josh Donaldson was hit by a pitch.

Right fielder Jose Bautista

fouled off four 97 mph fastballs on a full count before walking to load the bases.

Designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion walked on a full count to force in a run and give Toronto a 2-0 lead.

Herrera replaced Volquez, who was not pleased with some of the calls. Herrera struck out Colabello, but Tulowitzki cleared the bases with a double to center and Toronto led 5-0.

Estrada allowed his second runner of the game when he walked center fielder Lorenzo Cain with two outs in the seventh but ended the inning when first baseman Eric Hosmer flied out to left.

Cain was 0-for-3 to end a 13-game postseason hitting streak.

The Blue Jays added a run in the seventh on doubles

by Donaldson and Bautista against left-hander Danny Duffy. Toronto scored again in the eighth on a single by Tulowitzki and a double by

Pillar, who was out trying for a triple.

NOTES: With 15 hits in each of Games 3 and 4, the Royals became the fourth team in postseason history to have 15 or more hits in consecutive postseason games and the first since the Los Angeles Angels in Games 2 and 3 of the 2002 World Series. … The Royals’ four sacrifice flies in their 14-2 win on Tuesday set a postseason record. SS Alcides Escobar became the sixth player with two sacrifice flies in a postseason game. … The 14-2 loss in Game 4 marked the second time the Blue Jays have allowed 14 runs in a postseason game.

In Game 4 of the 1993 World Series, they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 1514. … Blue Jays INF Cliff Pennington became the first position player to pitch in the postseason in the ninth inning on Tuesday when he allowed two hits in one-third of an inning.

PREP ROUNDUP

Buford softball sweeps Thomas County Central to advance From Staff Reports BUFORD — Buford swept its way to the Class AAAA State Softball Tournament next weekend in Columbus. The Wolves (26-6) defeated Thomas County Central 3-0 and 1-0 to advance to the Elite Eight.

In the opener Logan Caymol earned the win in the circle. Caymol pitched a complete game and allowed three hits and struck out five. Drew Puckett led the offense with two hits and scored a run and recorded an RBI. Baylee Sexton also had two hits and scored

a run, Samantha Thomas had a hit, a run and an RBI while Breanna Gutierrez had a run scoring hit for Buford.

In the closeout game, Kennedy Kotula pitched a complete game and drove in the game’s only run to earn the victory in the circle.

Kotula allowed four hits and struck out six. In the fourth inning, Thomas singled and stole second before Kotula knocked in the deciding run.

SOFTBALL SOFTBALL Brookwood splits LEESBURG — Brookwood will face a decisive game three in the Class AAAAAA State

Softball Tournament. The Broncos defeated Lee County 4-0 in Gam 1 but fell 7-5 in Game 2 on Wednesday.

Amanda Ablan picked up the win by tossing a complete game and striking out 11 and allowing only two hits. She also helped her own cause with a hit and an RBI. Kayla Louie had a perfect four hits in four trips to the plate while Kamryn Tillman had two hits and drove in two runs.

With a chance to clinch a spot in Columbus, Brookwood jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning against the Trojans. Lee County rallied and tied the score in the second before the Broncos regained the lead, 5-2 in the bottom of the inning. Ablan couldn’t hold the lead for Brookwood (23-10).

Ablan finished with 14 strikeouts while contributing two hits and three RBIs. Tillman had three hits for the Broncos, who will face the

Trojans today at 5 p.m.

Wesleyan rallies for split PEACHTREE CORNERS — Wesleyan split its second round games with Bryan County in the Class AA State Softball Tournament on Wednesday. The Wolves dropped a 3-0 decision in the opener but rallied to take the nightcap, 2-0. The deciding Game 3 will be held Thursday at 4 p.m.

Bryan County blasted a threerun home run in the top of the first inning of Game 1 off of Wolves starter Cassie Henning. That was all the Redskins would need as they shut down the Wesleyan offense. Henning completed the game allowing only the first inning runs, eight hits total and struck out eight. She also accounted for two of the four hits that the Wolves managed.

Facing elimination, and being the visting team in Game 2, the Wolves broke on top in the top of

the first. Jameson Kavel singled and stole second. Kavel came in to score on a base hit by Savannah Sommer to give Wesleyan a 1-0 lead. The score remained the same until the seventh when Gabby Hernandez reached on an error. Sucessive sacrifice bunts moved her to third, where Kavel drove her home with a single.

Henning went the distance again, allowing only one hit and striking out seven to force today’s game to determine who advances to the state tournament in Columbus.

Collins Hill falls SHARPSBURG — Collins Hill fell 12-4 and 5-1 to East Coweta in the second round of the Class AAAAAA State Softball Tournament on Wednesday. The Eagles ended their season at 21-12 and a runner up finish in Region 7-AAAAAA.

VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL Buford earns top seed in Class AAAA Buford was awarded the topseed in the Class AAAA pairings announced on Wednesday.

The Wolves (38-0) will host Walnut Grove in the Quarterfinals on Saturday.

In Class AAAAAA a trio of Gwinnett teams found out their seeding and opponents.

Norcross (34-14) is the No. 6 seed and will travel to face Harrison. Mountain View (31-17) is seeded seventh and will go to South Forsyth while Peachtree Ridge (28-16) is the eighth seed and will face top-seeded Walton.

In Class AA, Wesleyan (2621-2) is seeded second and will host Gordon Lee. Greater Atlanta Christian (36-10) is the No. 3 seed and will host Lovett.

SPORTS AT A GLANCE Baseball MLB LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP (Best-of-7 x-if necessary) American League Kansas City 3, Toronto 2 Friday, Oct. 16: Kansas City 5, Toronto 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: Kansas City 6, Toronto 3 Monday, Oct. 19: Toronto 11, Kansas City 8 Tuesday, Oct. 20: Kansas City 14, Toronto 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: Toronto 7, Kansas City 1 Friday, Oct. 23: Toronto at Kansas City, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Toronto at Kansas City, 8 p.m.

National League New York 3, Chicago 0 Saturday, Oct. 17: New York 4, Chicago 2 Sunday, Oct. 18: New York 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday, Oct. 20: New York 5, Chicago 2 Wednesday, Oct. 21: New York at Chicago, late x-Thursday, Oct. 22: New York at Chicago, 8 p.m. x-Saturday, Oct. 24: Chicago at New York, 4 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 25: Chicago at New York, 8 p.m.

Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA New England.. 5... 0... 0.1.000...183...103 N.Y. Jets.......... 4... 1... 0...800...129.....75 Buffalo............. 3... 3... 0...500...145...139

Miami.............. 2... 3... 0...400...103... 111 South

W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis.... 3... 3... 0...500...126...147 Houston.......... 2... 4... 0...333...128...155 Tennessee...... 1... 4... 0...200... 112...129 Jacksonville.... 1... 5... 0.. .167... 113...176 North

W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati........ 6... 0... 0.1.000...182...122 Pittsburgh........ 4... 2... 0...667...145...108 Cleveland........ 2... 4... 0...333...141...158 Baltimore........ 1... 5... 0.. .167...143...162 West

W L T Pct PF PA Denver............ 6... 0... 0.1.000...139...102 Oakland.......... 2... 3... 0...400...107...124 San Diego....... 2... 4... 0...333...136...161 Kansas City.... 1... 5... 0.. .167...127...159 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East

W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia.... 3... 3... 0...500...144... 110 N.Y. Giants...... 3... 3... 0...500...139...136 Dallas.............. 2... 3... 0...400... 101...131 Washington..... 2... 4... 0...333... 117...138 South

W L T Pct PF PA Carolina.......... 5... 0... 0.1.000...135.....94 Atlanta............ 5... 1... 0...833...183...143 Tampa Bay...... 2... 3... 0...400... 110...148 New Orleans... 2... 4... 0...333...134...164 North

W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay...... 6... 0... 0.1.000...164... 101 Minnesota....... 3... 2... 0...600.....96.....83 Chicago.......... 2... 4... 0...333...120...179 Detroit............. 1... 5... 0.. .167...120...172 West

W L T Pct PF PA Arizona........... 4... 2... 0...667...203... 115 St. Louis.......... 2... 3... 0...400.....84... 113 Seattle............ 2... 4... 0...333...134...125 San Francisco.2... 4... 0...333...100...160 Thursday, Oct. 22 Seattle at San Francisco, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 25 Buffalo vs Jacksonville, at London, England, 9:30 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m.

Atlanta at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Houston at Miami, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m.

Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Carolina, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 26 Baltimore at Arizona, 8:30 p.m.

College The Coaches Poll

Record Pts Prv 1. Ohio State (45)........... 7-0.....1,547........1 2. Baylor (12).................6-0.....1,488........2 3. Texas Christian (4)..... 7-0.....1,417........3 4. Michigan State........... 7-0.....1,334........4 5. Louisiana State (1).....6-0.....1,324........5 6. Clemson.....................6-0.....1,271........6 7. Utah (1)......................6-0.....1,258........7 8. Alabama.....................6-1.....1,123........9 9. Florida State..............6-0..... 1,111........8 10. Notre Dame..............6-1........924......13 11. Stanford....................5-1........898......16 12. Oklahoma State.......6-0........839......15 13. Iowa......................... 7-0........833......17 14. Florida......................6-1........751......11 15. Oklahoma................5-1........665......19 16. Texas A&M...............5-1........623......10 17. Memphis...................6-0........544......22 17. Michigan...................5-2........544......14 19. California..................5-1........370......23 20. Toledo......................6-0........322......25 21. Duke.........................5-1........305......24 22. Houston...................6-0........289.... NR 23. Mississippi...............5-2........201......12 24. Temple.....................6-0........163.... NR 25. Georgia....................5-2..........95.... NR Others receiving votes: Mississippi State 38, Wisconsin 37, Pittsburgh 32, UCLA 30, North Carolina 30, Texas Tech 14, Navy 9, Brigham Young 9, Illinois 5, Oregon 5, Washington State 5, Utah State 5, Western Kentucky 5, Northwestern 4, Marshall 3, Arizona 2, Boise State 2, Bowling Green 1.

College Football Schedule Tuesday, Oct. 20 MIDWEST Arkansas State 37, LA-Lafayette 27 Thursday, Oct. 22

SOUTH Temple (6-0) at East Carolina (4-3), 7 p.m.

Georgia Southern (5-1) at Appalachian State (5-1), 7:30 p.m.

WEST California (5-1) at UCLA (4-2), 9 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 23 MIDWEST Memphis (6-0) at Tulsa (3-3), 8 p.m.

WEST Utah State (4-2) at San Diego State (4-3), 10:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 24 EAST Pittsburgh (5-1) at Syracuse (3-3), Noon Southern Mississippi (4-3) at Charlotte (2-4), Noon Tulane (2-4) at Navy (4-1), 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh (5-1) at Nebraska-Kearney (0-6), 2 p.m.

North Texas (0-6) at Marshall (6-1), 3 p.m.

Toledo (6-0) at Massachusetts (1-5), 3 p.m.

Duke (5-1) at Virginia Tech (3-4), 3:30 p.m.

Penn State (5-2) vs. Maryland (2-4), at Baltimore, MD, 3:30 p.m.

Ohio (5-2) at Buffalo (2-4), 3:30 p.m.

Ohio State (7-0) at Rutgers (3-3), 8 p.m.

SOUTH Army (2-5) at Rice (3-3), Noon Iowa State (2-4) at Baylor (6-0), Noon Kansas State (3-3) at Texas (2-4), Noon Tennessee (3-3) at Alabama (6-1), TBA Texas A&M (5-1) at Mississippi (5-2), TBA Clemson (6-0) at Miami (4-2), TBA Florida State (6-0) at Georgia Tech (2-5), TBA North Carolina State (4-2) at Wake Forest (3-4), Noon

Houston (6-0) at Central Florida (0-7), Noon Wheaton (6-0) at North Carolina (5-1), 3 p.m.

Virginia (2-4) at North Carolina (5-1), 3:30 p.m.

Middle Tennessee (3-4) at Louisiana Tech (4-3), 3:30 p.m.

Missouri (4-3) at Vanderbilt (2-4), 4 p.m.

Southern Methodist (1-5) at South Florida (3-3), 4 p.m.

Old Dominion (3-3) at Florida International (3-4), 6 p.m.

South Alabama (3-3) at Texas State (1-4), 7 p.m.

Western Kentucky (6-1) at Louisiana State (6-0), 7 p.m.

Florida Atlantic (1-5) at Texas El Paso (2-4), 7 p.m.

Kentucky (4-2) at Mississippi State (5-2), 7:30 p.m.

MIDWEST Kansas (0-6) at Oklahoma State (6-0), TBA Auburn (4-2) at Arkansas (2-4), Noon Northwestern (5-2) at Nebraska (3-4), Noon Boston College (3-4) at Louisville (2-4), 12:30 p.m.

Bowling Green (5-2) at Kent State (3-4), 1 p.m.

Miami (Ohio) (1-6) at Western Michigan (3-3), 2 p.m.

Central Michigan (3-4) at Ball State (2-5), 3 p.m.

Texas Tech (5-2) at Oklahoma (5-1), 3:30 p.m.

Indiana (4-3) at Michigan State (7-0), 3:30 p.m.

Eastern Michigan (1-6) at Northern Illinois (4-3), 3:30 p.m.

Wisconsin (5-2) at Illinois (4-2), 3:30 p.m.

Connecticut (3-4) at Cincinnati (3-3), 4:30 p.m.

WEST Fresno State (2-5) at Air Force (3-3), 2 p.m.

Wagner (0-6) at Brigham Young (5-2), 3 p.m.

Washington State (4-2) at Arizona (5-2), 4 p.m.

Hawaii (2-5) at Nevada (3-4), 4 p.m.

UL Monroe (1-5) at Idaho (2-4), 5 p.m.

New Mexico (4-3) at San Jose State (3-4), 7 p.m.

Utah (6-0) at Southern California (3-3), 7:30 p.m.

Troy (1-5) at New Mexico State (0-6), 8 p.m.

Wyoming (1-6) at Boise State (5-2), 10:15 p.m.

Colorado (3-4) at Oregon State (2-4), 10:30 p.m.

Washington (3-3) at Stanford (5-1), 10:30 p.m.

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Points Leaders Through Oct. 19 1. Joey Logano, 3095 points.

2. Denny Hamlin, 3082.

3. Kurt Busch, 3077.

4. Carl Edwards, 3076.

5. Jeff Gordon, 3071.

6. Brad Keselowski, 3071.

7. Kevin Harvick, 3071.

8. Martin Truex Jr., 3070.

9. Kyle Busch, 3064.

10. Ryan Newman, 3062.

11. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3039.

12. Matt Kenseth, 3035.

13. Jamie McMurray, 2154.

14. Clint Bowyer, 2136.

15. Jimmie Johnson, 2134.

16. Paul Menard, 2109.

17. Aric Almirola, 821.

18. Kasey Kahne, 811.

19. Kyle Larson, 757.

20. Greg Biffle, 753.

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•From Page 1B Cagle, whose pitching styles couldn’t have been more different.

While the hard-throwing Kylee kept the South Cobb bats silent, North had some luck against the softer Cagle but couldn’t take advantage of several early scoring chances.

The Bulldogs had at least one base runner in every inning, but Cagle kept finding ways to wiggle out of trouble, especially in the second inning when she worked out a bases loaded and no outs situation.

Those missed chances looked like they would come back to haunt North when South Cobb (2213) pushed across an unearned run in the top of the fifth.

Dezirae Rhodes opened the frame with a solid single to right for South Cobb’s only hit in the the opener.

Adrian Felton came in as a courtesy runner and wandered too far off the bag when a sacrifice attempt failed by Mariah Byk. In an attempt to get Felton in a rundown, the throw down to second from the catcher was wild and rolled far enough in to right center to allow

North Gwinnett’s Makenna Dowell (22) catches an errant throw to second during Wednesday’s second round state softball game against the South Cobb Eagles at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee.

North Gwinnett’s Kylee Smith (12) delivers a pitch during Wednesday’s second round state softball game against the South Cobb Eagles at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee. (Staff Photos: David Welker)

Felton to score.

Kylee rallied to retire the side but left the inning trailing 1-0 with just two innings left for the offense to find some runs.

The Bulldogs finally broke through in the

sixth when Allison Roach led off with a single to center.

Haley Short followed with a sacrifice attempt that was bobbled just long enough by Cagle to allow her to reach, put-

ting runners at first and second with no outs.

Haley Griffith attempted another sacrifice bunt, but South Cobb couldn’t cleanly field it, giving North another shot with bases loaded and no outs.

This time North cashed in, getting its first run on a sacrifice fly to center by Kylee Smith. The throw from Kiera Dudley to home was close, but courtesy runner Lakshanna Hall slid in just ahead of the tag to tie the game at 1-1.

Coach Black turned to his bench and brought in Savannah Chunn, who came through with a line shot just inside the left-

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Cagle, who allowed eight hits, two walks and three runs in the opener, also took the circle in Game 2, but this time the North bats had finally adjusted their timing.

North scored three runs in the second, getting the inning off to a start when Griffith tripled off the fence in right with one out.

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A ground out to second from Bailey Martin made the North lead swell to 3-0, giving Rachel Smith all the room she needed.

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field line, rattling around in the corner to plate Short and Griffith for the 3-1 lead.

“When she hit that ball, I was pleading for it to be fair,” Black said after several hard hit balls earlier in the game were nullified

by South Cobb’s defense.

“When it hit and went into the corner, I was like, OK, way to go.”

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FURNITURE/ HOUSEHOLD GOODS DINING ROOM SET; dresser & night stand; waterbed 8’ knotty pine custom china cabinet, 6’ table w/18” leaf, 6 upholstered arm chairs on casters. Orig. $3,000+, asking $750; double dresser w/mirror, 2 drawer night stand $75.

King size waterbed, complete with waveless mattress, double drawer pedestal, heater $350.

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MISC. FOR SALE ITEMS FOR SALE: Dining Table All wood 5’ round $45, Loveseat w/ blk & whi cover $45, Sofa Bed Burgundy corduroy, like new $250, Ikea bed frame white queen $45, Bed Frame full/queen $35.

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COLEMAN POP UP CAMPER, 2000, MERCEDES BENZ 450 SL, 1975.

ONE OWNER 108.9K MILES. (DOCUMENTED) Owner got married in July 1975 and bought this car in December of 1975. Built a special brick garage for the car that symbolized their marriage.. WOW..

Time Warp...Fabulous white with blue leather.

This car was loved and it is a nice as you will find. Two tops. Have original title. Hagerty Classic Car Guide values this car at $21,000-$37,500. This super car should rise rapidly in price, selling for only $12,500.

770-895-7161

Smells clean, great condition, no leaks, cold air, sleeps 7-8, $2,200. 678-381-1366 I AM SOLICITING FINANCING to directly purchase, lease purchase, or rent to own, a new or used, nice, clean, full width, 41 feet or longer 5th wheel camper with multiple slide out sections. Must be fully equipped, ready to set up and be occupied in a camper park.

Credit is poor but rent is paid on time as I work to improve my financial life. Phone Larry at 470.248.5275 leaving your name, financial institution and a phone number. My attorney will review all paper work.