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>>SPARTAN BOOSTER #307

>>February 6, 2006

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TODAY! MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6

4:30pm 8th grade girls basketball: GAC vs. Jefferson at Buford Middle School

Tournament; Buford

7:30pm Varsity boys basketball: GAC vs. Providence at Buford HS; Region 8-AA

Tournament

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7

4:00pm Varsity girls basketball: GAC vs. Banks County at Dawson County HS;

Region 8-AA Tourney

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

1:00pm State Diving Meet; Westminster School

[If GAC wins Monday's game vs. Providence, then Spartans play the following

game.]

8:30pm Varsity boys basketball: GAC vs. Lumpkin County at Buford HS; Region

8-AA Tourney

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9

GHSA State Wrestling Championships; The Arena at Gwinnett Center

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10

GHSA State Wrestling Championships; The Arena at Gwinnett Center

5:00pm State Swimming Meet - Preliminaries; Westminster School

6:00pm Girls lacrosse: Intra-squad scrimmage; Spartan Stadium

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11

GHSA State Wrestling Championships; The Arena at Gwinnett Center

1:30pm Varsity girls soccer: GAC vs. Providence, Holy Innocents & Wesleyan

at Providence Jamboree

6:00pm State Swimming Meet - Finals; Westminster School

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>BASKETBALL

REGION HOOPS TOURNAMENT STARTS TODAY

Coach Ronald Bradley's varsity boys basketball team plays Providence

Christian today in the first round of the Region 8-AA tournament. The game

starts at 7:30pm at Buford High School. During the regular season the boys

split the two games with the Stars.

The Lady Spartans open region tournament play against Banks County tomorrow

at 4:00pm at Dawson County High School. Coach Mike Mitchell's squad routed

Banks 81-28 in a regular season game.

COACH MIKE MITCHELL REPORTS:

Please congratulate Kiara Swanier for being selected to the Gwinnett County

Tip-Off Club Team of the Month. Kiara was honored at a banquet Saturday

morning for her efforts.

The Lady Spartan basketball team finished the regular season with an

exciting win over Buford Friday night. Their record is 19-6 and they are

ranked #7.  D'Nay Daniels led the offense with 15 points, and Bria Smith had

13. The girls will play Banks County Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 at Dawson

County in the first round of the region tournament.

LADY SPARTANS RECORD (19-6)

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GACS 46-55 Marist

GACS 74-30 Chestatee

GACS 75-58 Shaw

GACS 75-35 Lovett

GACS 49-22 Paideia

GACS 81-28 Banks County*

GACS 57-51 Cartersville

GACS 67-12 Union County*

GACS 67-22 Rabun County*

GACS 76-40 Jefferson

GACS 57-39 Buford*

GACS 57-28 Walton

GACS 43-53 South Gwinnett

GACS 55-63 Spartanburg SC

GACS 40-38 East Hall*

GACS 41-25 Dawson County*

GACS 60-34 Chestatee

GACS 43-61 Wesleyan*

GACS 60-36 Providence Christian*

GACS 62-38 Lumpkin County*

GACS 44-45 East Hall*

GACS 51-45 Cartersville

GACS 48-57 Wesleyan*

GACS 92-57 Providence Christian*

GACS 60-57 Buford*

*Region games (10-3)

VARSITY BOYS RECORD (10-14)

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GACS 60-47 Cross Keys

GACS 63-53 Blessed Trinity

GACS 54-47 Blessed Trinity

GACS 69-52 Banks County*

GACS 61-71 Union County*

GACS 96-44 Rabun County*

GACS 55-79 Jefferson

GACS 64-63 Buford*

GACS 68-54 Habersham Central

GACS 56-64 Mill Creek

GACS 67-36 Jackson County

GACS 65-70 Christ the King School (NC)

GACS 59-60 Marist

GACS 68-62 Westminster

GACS 60-75 East Hall*

GACS 54-64 Dawson County*

GACS 49-69 Chestatee

GACS 40-50 Wesleyan*

GACS 54-42 Providence Christian*

GACS 52-53 Lumpkin County*

GACS 74-98 East Hall*

GACS 37-60 Wesleyan*

GACS 55-68 Providence Christian*

GACS 72-79 Buford*

*Region games (4-9)

BOYS CLASS AA

COACHES' POLL

[Source: www.gasports.com]

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1. East Hall*

2. Greenville

3. Dublin

4. Lovett

5. Manchester

6. Buford*

7. Wesleyan*

8. Darlington

9. Greene County

10. Albany

*Region 8-AA team

LADY SPARTANS, WESLEYAN & BUFORD DOMINATE CLASS AA TOP 10

GIRLS CLASS AA

COACHES' POLL

[Source: www.gasports.com]

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1. Wesleyan*

2. Laney

3. Model

4. Screven County

5. Dodge County

6. Holy Innocents'

7. GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN*

8. Buford*

9. Calhoun

10. West Laurens

*Region 8-AA team

JV GIRLS BASKETBALL

COACH TONY MCDONALD REPORTS: JV Lady Spartan Basketball Finish Season

Unbeaten 18-0

Our JV girls basketball team put the final touches on an incredible

undefeated season at Buford last Friday evening.

After starting the game down 12-0, and battling back, then to be down again

by 12 in the 3rd quarter, the team came from behind to win convincingly

49-40. This was a very exciting contest, back and forth, but the Spartans

relentless pressure finally prevailed.

The team was led by a fantastic game by Briana Jordan, leading us with 20

points, and wooing the crowd several times with some amazing moves to the

basket. Anjelica Wilcox, Chaney Means, Stephanie Pendleton, Hope Wooster,

and Heidi Tabor, all turned in great performances with tremendous effort.

Thanks to everyone for all the support and consideration given to our

program in a season that created many memories!Team Members include:

10 Meredith Thomas Sophomore

11 Heidi Tabor Sophomore Captain

12 Briana Jordan Eighth Grade

14 Abby Baines Freshman

15 Kelsey Gainey Freshman

20 Angelica Wilcox Freshman

30 Elizabeth McMurray Freshman

32 Rachel Roughgarden Freshman

33 Chaney Means Eighth Grade

34 Clarke Boards Eighth Grade

40 Stephanie Pendleton Sophomore Captain

42 Hope Wooster Freshman Captain

43 Gracie Julian Freshman

51 Lauren Hodge Sophomore Captain

54 Jordan Overman Sophomore

8TH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL

COACH CHAN MEANS REPORTS:

The 8th grade Lady Spartans ended their regular season a perfect 17-0 with a

win over the Buford Wolves.  Briana Jordan, 12pts, Clarke Boards 10 pts,6

rebounds and Chaney Means 9pts, 9 rebs. 5 stls.  The Lady Spartans will be

playing in the Buford Invitational vs. Jefferson today, Monday Feb. 6th, at

4:30, and then hopefully in the championship game on the Feb. 11 at 10:00am.

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>WRESTLING

COACH JEFF HARSH REPORTS:

The Spartan Varsity Wrestling Team competed in the 4-AA Area Tournament this

weekend at Oglethorpe County HS and finished in fifth place out of fourteen

schools.

Coming home as champion of his weight class was senior co-captain Andrew

Deneen (189 lbs) defeating Wesleyan’s Kelby Smith 7-2. Coming in as

runner-up was freshman Locke Hoover (103 lbs) losing in overtime to Lovett’s

Matt Hines.

Bringing home third place medals were freshman Travis Elrod (112), and

juniors Mason Deal (119) and Ben Hixson (135). Drew Schoepf (HWT) finished

with a fifth place medal and will be an alternate to the state tournament

this coming weekend while the other five wrestlers will be in the tournament

itself at the Gwinnett Arena. Congratulate your Spartans on a wonderful

season and wish them well as they compete in the state tournament.

Also, last Tuesday the varsity wrestling team competed in their last dual

meet of the season at Dunwoody. The meet came down to the last couple

matches and the Spartans won one out of the last three to leave defeated

34-40.

Having wins for the Spartans were Locke Hoover (103), Travis Elrod (112),

Mason Deal (119), and Alex Davis (130). Travis and Alex had very exciting

matches last night. Travis Elrod wrestled against a former Spartan and

defeated him in overtime when he earned the first takedown. Alex Davis has

been sick for the last few days and was healthy enough last night to come

back in the third period and defeat his opponent by a score of 11-7.

Coach Jeff Harsh said after the meet, “Everyone wrestled real well tonight

and we look forward to our Area tournament this weekend down in Oglethorpe

County. We seem to be peaking as a team and I foresee several of our

wrestlers that will make it to State this year.” Congratulate your Spartan

wrestling team as they finish the season with a record of 8-15.

CSS to Televise GHSA Wrestling

Comcast Sports Southeast (CSS) will televise action from the GHSA

Traditional Wrestling State Championship in a taped two-hour program to air

Thursday, Feb 16th at 9:00 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 17th at 12:30 p.m.  The

2006 state tournament will be held on Feb. 9-11 at The Arena at Gwinnett

Center featuring the first time consolidation of all five classifications

competing at a single site.  This is the eighth season that CSS has

broadcast GHSA wrestling, which first aired in 1999.  The announce team of

Matt Stewart and Gordon Pritz will deliver the move-by-move commentary.

[reprinted from www.ghsa.net]

2005-06 SPARTAN ROSTER

Name / Grade

Alex Davis  10

Andrew Classon  11

Andrew Deneen  12

Ben Golden  10

Ben Hixson  11

Chris Alston  9

Christian Fretz  10

Cody Davidson  9

Corbin Reynolds 9

Drew Schoepf  9

Locke Hoover  9

Mason Deal  11

Michael Phelps  11

Travis Elrod 9

Head Coach: Jeff Harsh

Asst. Coach: Bob Harsh

CLASS AA WRESTLING

COACHES' POLL

[Source: www.gasports.com]

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1 West Laurens

2 Dublin

3 LaFayette

4 Cook County

5 Lovett

6 Wesleyan

7 Pepperell

8 Toombs County

9 Darlington

10 Calhoun

VARSITY WRESTLING SCHEDULE

Feb. 9-11 Traditional State Tournament; The Arena at Gwinnett Center

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>SWIMMING & DIVING

GACS SWIMMING STATE QUALIFIERS

[Source: www.gasports.com]

EVENT.....GENDER....SWIMMER OR

TEAM....GRADE...TIME...SCHOOL....CLASSIFICATION

200 MedRel F Greater Atlanta Christian Relay 12 1:56.47 Greater Atlanta

Christian AAAA-A

200 MedRel M Greater Atlanta Christian Relay 12 1:48.84 Greater Atlanta

Christian AAAA-A

200 Free M John Toll 12 1:47.82 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

200 IM F Emma Eisler 9 2:19.68 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

200 IM M John Toll 12 2:03.02 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

50 Free F Ali Slack 11 24.42 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

50 Free F Annalise Peters 12 26.07 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

50 Free M Michael Hughes 12 21.77 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

50 Free M John Toll 12 23.26 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

100 Fly F Ali Slack 11 58.13 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

100 Fly M John Toll 12 53.67 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

100 Free F Ali Slack 11 53.37 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

100 Free F Jessica Pate 12 56.27 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

100 Free F Annalise Peters 12 57.18 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

100 Free F Emma Eisler 9 57.65 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

100 Free M Michael Hughes 12 49.54 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

100 Free M John Toll 12 49.75 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

500 Free M John Toll 12 4:56.65 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

200 FrRel F Greater Atlanta Christian Relay 12 1:46.41 Greater Atlanta

Christian AAAA-A

200 FrRel M Greater Atlanta Christian Relay 12 1:34.48 Greater Atlanta

Christian AAAA-A

100 Back F Jessica Pate 12 1:02.33 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

100 Brst F Emma Eisler 9 1:10.64 Greater Atlanta Christian AAAA-A

400 FrRel F Greater Atlanta Christian Relay 12 3:55.20 Greater Atlanta

Christian AAAA-A

400 FrRel M Greater Atlanta Christian Relay 12 3:38.96 Greater Atlanta

Christian AAAA-A

2005-06 SWIMMING & DIVING SCHEDULE

Day / Date /  Meet / Type / Opponents / Location / Start

Wednesday Feb. 8  Varsity Diving at State Championships at Westminster

1:00pm

Friday Feb. 10  Varsity Swimming Preliminaries at State Championship at

Westminster 5:00pm

Saturday Feb. 11 Varsity Swimming Finals at State Championship at

Westminster 6:00pm

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>SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW

BASEBALL: Spartans will play at Turner Field

The Spartans need the help of the entire GACS Family from Kindergarten to

High School to help Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA). Children's

Healthcare has long been a leader in pediatric medical healthcare. Their

doors have always been open to all members of the community.  Now, it is OUR

TURN to help them.

CHOA, again for the third year, will be hosting the Spring Baseball Classic.

Money raised from these baseball games will benefit their Brain Tumor

Services department. The funds are being allocated to purchase an

intra-operative MRI machine, the purpose of which is to provide guidance

during neurosurgical procedures. This kind of surgical navigation systems

orients and guides the surgeon based on pre-operative and operative imaging.

Using the intra-operative MRI minimizes the invasive nature of surgery for

brain tumors, enhances the overall safety of brain procedures, and reduces

hospital costs (like length of stay).

We need the support of GACS families and GACS family-owned businesses.

Please plan to buy tickets for your family and employees to attend this

game. The Spartans play against Wesleyan at 4:00pm followed by the long

standing rivalry of Georgia vs. Georgia Tech.

Game Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2006.

First game: GAC Spartans vs. Wesleyan Wolves at 4:00pm.

Second game:  UGA vs. Tech at 7:00pm.

Location: Turner Field.

Tickets are $10 each.

Seating is general admission.

For questions about this event, please contact Joe Chapple at 404-663-9453

or

Chapple@wpyba.org

SOCCER

SPARTANS AND LADY SPARTANS ARE AMONG TOP TEN TEAMS IN PRESEASON RANKINGS

BOYS AA/A

1. Aquinas

2. Walker

3. Savannah Christian

4. Savannah Country Day

, 5. Lovett

6. GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN

7. Brookstone

8. Buford

9. Grady

10. Providence Christian

GIRLS AA/A

1. Lovett

2. Providence Christian

3. Pace Academy

4. Decatur

5. GREATER ATLANTA CHRISTIAN

6. Holy Innocents' Episcopal School

7. Walker

8. Wesleyan

9. Paideia

10. Aquinas

[Source: Georgia High School Soccer Coaches Association & reprinted from

AJC]

SPRING SPORTS: First matches

Girls lacrosse: Feb. 13 Northview at GAC; Spartan Stadium

Varsity girls soccer: Feb. 14 Grady at GAC; 5pm

Varsity boys soccer: Feb. 14 Grady at GAC; 7pm

Boys lacrosse: Feb. 17 Chattahoochee at GAC; Spartan Stadium

JV tennis: Feb. 20 GAC at Parkview

JV boys soccer: Feb. 21 GAC JV at Lovett

JV girls soccer: Feb. 21 GAC at Westminster

Varsity tennis: Feb. 23 GAC at Woodward Academy

Junior High boys soccer: Feb. 24 Walker at GAC

Varsity baseball: Feb. 27 GAC vs. St. Pius at Oglethorpe University

Junior High girls soccer: Feb. 27 Buford at GAC

Varsity track & field: Mar. 2 Pace, Paideia & Rabun County at GAC

JV baseball: Mar. 13 GAC JV at Holy Innocents'

Junior High track & field: Mar. 16 Marist & Pace at GAC

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>THE BEST OF GAC ANNOUNCEMENTS [reprinted from

>www.greateratlantachristian.org]

On Tuesday, February 7, Parents And Teachers Together (PATT) will meet in

the H.A. Fincher Lecture Hall of the Lyles Media Center.  Doors open for

sign in and handouts at 7:00.  The program lasts from 7:20 to 9:00.  Our

speaker will be our own Brenda Walker, M.ED.   She will moderate a panel of

successful students with learning disabilities and ADHD who will share

strategies that enable them to do well in school and in life.  Students are

also invited to this program.

Before PATT begins, the GACS Dyslexia Network will meet at 6:30.  Norma Jean

McHugh, current president of the International Dyslexia Association/Georgia

Chapter and veteran teacher at the Schenck School, will discuss

transitioning between private/public schools and schools for students with

learning disabilities.  Parents, older students, educators, and counselors

are encouraged to attend.

2006 SCHOOL CALENDAR

February 17-21 Winter Break

March 23 & 25 Spartan Spectacular

March 31 Grandparents' Day (noon dismissal)

April 3-7 Spring break

April 28 Junior/Senior Banquet

May 5 Celebration Dinner

May 25 Commencement

See the school calendar online at

http://63.243.64.130:84/default/d01/01/2006?display=M&style=B&positioning=A

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|                 KING'S GATE THEATRE

|

|  Feb. 10-11............FRESHMAN FOLLIES

|  Mar. 10-11............DINNER THEATRE

|  Mar. 17-18............VISION SHOWCASE

|  May 11-13............COMEDY OF ERRORS

|

|The “Freshman Follies” will be performed this Friday night at 7:30.  The

production is an |opportunity to showcase the talents of the freshman drama

students.  The scenes will relate

|to life as a freshman in high school with humor and drama combined. Tickets

are $5.00 each

|and will be on sale at the door. Faculty and staff may use your activity

pass.  Come and enjoy the |show. [reprinted from Senior High Announcements]

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ALUMNI IN THE NEWS

KATIE AGIN, Class of 2005

Furman University

Former GAC Lady Spartan basketball star center Katie Agin had one of her

best games this past Saturday. She played 22 minutes, scored 6 points, 7

rebounds, and 3 block shots. Plus started the 2nd half for the 2nd straight

game. Katie has been working extremely hard, and played some great floor

games lately, working her way into some great opportunities at Furman.

[photo below]

>SPARTAN PHOTOS ONLINE

Martin Photography link

http://martinphotography.morephotos.com/mp_includes/index.asp

Gwinnett Daily Post link

http://gwinnettdailypost.mycapture.com/mycapture/index.asp?view=yes&groupingid=2649

---------------- PHOTO GALLERY BELOW ---------------

1. Katie Agin, Class of 2005, is a freshman at Furman University.[photo from

furman.edu]

2. Spartan varsity wrestling team and coaches [photo by Martin Photography]

3. Spartan varsity swim team and coaches [photo by Martin Photography]