I once heard a co-worker talk about how excited she was about her upcoming family vacation. The main attraction she beamed; the all you can eat fried seafood buffet. How many times have you or someone you know purposely lost weight before vacation, only to go on holiday to deliberately gain it back? Some plan…
Piedmont Academy’s B-team golfers had the chance to compete and take center stage against Central Fellowship and Nathanael Greene Monday. P.J. Leonetti was low medalist for the Cougars with a round of 40. Also contributing to the victory were Chandler Burrell, with a season low 47; Hunter Pope with a career low of 52 and…
The Shiloh Christian Academy (SCA) baseball team lost to Strong Rock Christian 9-7 on Monday. SCA led by six runs in the second inning, but Strong Rock came back and put together a furious comeback to steal the victory, 9-7. Sam Mitchell racked up two RBIs on two hits for Shiloh Christian. He tripled in…
Piedmont Academy’s varsity soccer teams both qualified for the GISA Class AA state tournaments, which began this week. The Piedmont boys hosted Georgia Christian Monday as a result of their No. 2 seed. The Cougars were playing without several key team members, including leading scorer Nick Adamczyk, and fell 2-1 in overtime to see their…
Logan Partenza earned first place in the 400-meter dash last week during a meet hosted by Gatewood School in Eatonton. In addition, Partenza was fourth in the long jump and helped the team’s two relay teams finish third. Partenza joined Hank Strickland, Gaven Edge and Barrett Whitaker for third-place showings in the 4×100-meter relay and…
It was another region victory for the Piedmont Academy baseball team Tuesday afternoon. Coach Danny Camp’s team defeated Brandon Hall 9-0 in a home contest as Mac Brittain went the distance and recorded another victory. Brittain had 11 strikeouts in Tuesday’s game. The Cougars are now 10-1 in region play and 17-5 overall. “It was…
The varsity baseball Hurricanes dropped a heartbreaking loss Monday to Bleckley County 6-4 with Tyler Seawright having a great day on the mound for the ’Canes, earning five strikeouts several ending the Bleckley batting. Offensively, the ’Canes out hit their opponent but left too many runners on base during their seven innings. Bleckley Co. started…
The Piedmont Academy Middle School baseball team battled John Milledge close in both games of a doubleheader before eventually falling in each contest. In game one, John Milledge took a 5-3 win. Wyatt Galloway worked four innings on the mound for Piedmont with a strikeout and one walk. Michael Edwards pitched an inning in relief.…
William Frank Williams, 51, of Madison, formerly of Monticello, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Morgan Memorial Hospital in Madison. Mr. Williams was born in Athens. His father was the late James Harold Williams. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. He loved his church and loved to read his Bible. He took great…
Fitz Roy Wilmot, 82, died April 16, 2013. Mr. Wilmot was born on May 21, 1931 in St. Mary, Jamaica West Indies to the late Miriam Smith-Wilmot and the late Mr. Wilmot. Mr. Wimot grew up in St. Mary where he remained until completing high school. He later moved to United States in mid 1960s.…