Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The camp is for boys and girls ages seven to 16.
The Atlanta Hawks Summer Basketball Camp will make a stop at Fair Oaks Recreation Center, May 28 to June 1, and Sprayberry High School, June 4 to June 8. The camps are open to boys and girls ages 7-16, and, according to the Hawks' release, "offer a high-energy opportunity for young players and fans to improve their skills, play the game, meet friends and have fun." Features of the camps include Atlanta Hawks guests and trainers, a 2012-13 regular season Hawks game ticket and Hawks gear, the organization said. The cost for each camp is $200. Other Atlanta Hawks Summer Basketball camp locations and dates are: May 28-June 1 South Cobb Recreation Center: Austell Fair Oaks Recreation Center: Marietta June 4 – June 8 Berkmar High School: Lilburn…
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The high school junior earned a spot at the national finals by winning MVP honors at Friday's regional football camp.
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Marietta High quarterback Anthony Jennings was named MVP of Friday's Atlanta regional Elite 11 quarterback camp, ESPN HS reported. The talent experts at the camp in Buford, including former NFL quarterback Trent Dilfer, rated the junior Blue Devil's performance better than nearly 100 other quarterbacks, mostly in the Class of 2013. That means Jennings gets a spot in the national finals in July in California while other acclaimed local quarterbacks, such as Lassiter's Eddie Printz, do not. After playing through a knee injury most of last football season and all basketball season, the Marietta star appears healthy and is impressing the experts, ESPN says. ESPN had Jennings rated as the 13th-best dual-threat quarterback in next year's senior …
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Friday, April 13, 2012
This East Cobb and Northeast Cobb bicycle retailer easily broke away from the sporting goods peloton.
This week's Readers' Choice winner in the sporting goods category started pedaling early and never looked back. Free-Flite Bicycles of East Cobb was the easy winner, according to readers in East Cobb, Northeast Cobb and Marietta, garnering 14 votes. No other sporting goods establishment had more than two votes. While the sporting goods industry has changed in recent years -- the superstore Sports Authority chain left the area years ago -- the devotion to a locally-owned hub for cycling gear and service remains strong. Free-Flite, located at 4177 Roswell Road, has been in business since 1978, and also has locations at 2949 Canton Road in Northeast Cobb and 1437 Riverstone Parkway in Canton. Loyal customers know it's much more than a …
Tiayra Green averaged 18.7 points per game this season for Guy Coleman’s squad, second in the GCAA and 14th in NJCAA Division I.
Chattahoochee Tech women’s basketball standout Tiayra Green signed a scholarship with NCAA Division II Wingate University. Green, a 6-foot guard/forward who spent her sophomore season with CTC, will have two years of eligibility remaining for the Lady Bulldogs. Green averaged 18.7 points per game this season for Guy Coleman’s squad, second in the GCAA and 14th in NJCAA Division I. She also averaged 5.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.9 steals per game while shooting 42 percent from the field and 71 percent from the free-throw line. She was named to the GCAA Second Team after this season and was honored as GCAA Player of the Week for Week 14. Green came to CTC as a sophomore after one year at NCAA Division I Tulsa, a member of Conference USA. …
After several shots at the NFL, defensive back Thad Turner is restarting his career with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
Marietta High alumnus Thad Turner signed with the Canadian Football League’s Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday. The signing was an early birthday present for the Marietta native and 2005 Marietta High grad, who turns 25 on April 30. He was one of four players Hamilton added Thursday, including another Atlanta-area player, North Atlanta High grad Justin Boddie. Turner is a defensive back who signed with the Indianapolis Colts two years ago after completing his college career at Ohio University. Cut by the Colts in the 2010 preseason, he spent the year on the New England Patriots’ practice squad. The Patriots cut him last August, and he spent the preseason with the Arizona Cardinals but was released Sept. 2. Bleacher Report had an entertaining…
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Jeff Larimer is following in the wake of his paddling father Mike Larimer, who narrowly missed out on competing at the 1992 Olympic Games.
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Having qualified a full allotment of slalom boats for the London 2012 Olympic Games, U.S.A. canoe and kayak athletes will now take to the rapids this weekend in hopes of filling the five Olympic boat slots and fulfilling their dreams. Jeff Larimer, of Marietta, and Eric Hurd, of Woodstock, earned the C-2 slot by placing first at the 2012 Pan American Championships in March in Brazil. Hurd and Larimer are both following in the wake of their paddling fathers, Mike Hurd and Mike Larimer. The elder Hurd and Larimer trained with each other on the Chattahoochee River. Mike Hurd was also a high school All-American basketball player. Mike Larimer narrowly missed out on competing at the 1992 Olympic Games, but he was able to coach Team USA at the …
Monday, April 2, 2012
David Archer is currently in his first season as assistant men’s region director of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association.
Chattahoochee Technical College athletic director David Archer was unanimously voted in as the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association men’s region director for the 2012-13 athletics year. Archer, who also coaches the men’s basketball team at Chatt Tech, currently is in his first season as assistant men’s region director of the GCAA. “It’s going to carry more responsibility with the GCAA and its member teams,” said Archer in a press release. “I also welcome the challenge of working more closely with the NJCAA.” The previous men’s region director, Charles Mullis of Middle Georgia College, will be vacating his position on July 1 as MGC begins its merger with Macon State College and exits the GCAA. Moving up to assistant men’s region director…
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Here are the places Patch users prefer for fitness.
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Patches in Bartow, Paulding, Douglas, Cherokee and Cobb counties asked you where you like to work out, and you let us know in the past week's Readers' Choice poll. Check out your choices below, as well as the picks from some other Patches nearby: Next up for Readers' Choice is the best local place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. You can make your pick any time from 5 a.m. Monday to 9 a.m. Friday. Help Marietta Patch pick your favorite places each week with Readers' Choice. And keep up with all the news you care about by subscribing to our free email newsletter, liking us on Facebook and following us on Twitter.
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Jeff Larimer and his partner still have to compete to be named the U.S. athletes to fill the men’s C-2 boat in London.
Jeff Larimer of Marietta and Eric Hurd of Woodstock won the gold medal and earned a 2012 Olympic boat quota slot for Team USA in the men’s C-2 final Saturday at the 2012 Slalom Pan American Championships in Foz do Iguassu, Brazil. “It feels good to qualify the Olympic spot for the U.S. It was a full team effort, and it’s good to know that USA will be represented in C2 at London," Larimer said in a release. The duo finished in 107.13, 2.16 seconds ahead of the second-place finishers from Brazil. Larimer, 30, and Hurd, 25, entered Saturday ranked second among eligible boats after two qualifying heats, trailing the Canadian duo of James and Adam Cutts. Hurd and Larimer moved ahead of the Canadians with a semifinal time of 105.76, including …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Golden Eagles finish the season at 19-12 overall, improving on the team’s 17-14 record last year, its first as an NJCAA member.
Chattahoochee Tech’s men’s basketball team fell in the final seconds of the first round of the GCAA tournament, losing 57-56 to Albany Tech on the road at nearby Darton College. The Golden Eagles, who took a 56-53 lead after an Asauhn Dixon-Tatum put-back dunk with 30 seconds remaining, lost the lead when ATC hit a 3-pointer to tie with 12 seconds to play. A free throw by Jamorris Gaines of Albany Tech with 1.7 seconds gave the Titans the one-point advantage, and a long CTC inbounds pass was intercepted to end the game. Chatt Tech, the No. 5 seed, got 23 points, nine rebounds and three blocks from the 6-foot-11 sophomore Dixon-Tatum, who shot 7-for-8 from the field and a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line in his final game as a …
