Sports Digest

Published 3:38 am Monday, July 23, 2007

By Staff
JDCC basketball duo earns academic honors
Two members from this past season's Jefferson Davis Community College Warhawks basketball team have landed spots on the Alabama Community College Conference All-Academic Team for that sport.
Tim Rodgers, a 6-2 sophomore forward from Valdosta, Ga., and Micah McKinney, a 6-5 sophomore forward from Birmingham, were named to the squad along with Bevill State-Fayette's Robbie Cross and Oliver Mansour and Faulkner State's Jeremy Banks.
Rodgers and McKinney were the only JDCC athletes named to any of the ACCC teams.
The ACCC Baseball Academic Team included Peyton Basinger, Craig Kelley, Jeff Parker and Matthew Brown of L.B. Wallace, Stephen Stork, Maurice Mitchell and Joel Beason of Faulkner State, Eric Mahler and Marc Mahler of Gadsden State, and Jason Dorsey of Calhoun.
ACCC Academic Softball members include Mallory Meadows and Meagan Jackson of Faulkner State, Rebecca Thomas of Bevill State-Sumiton, Kim Haney, Jenia Stephenson and Lacey Keenum of Calhoun, Meaghan Kick of Chattahoochee Valley and Kendra Buczynski of L.B. Wallace.
ACCC Academic Volleyball members include Mallory Meadows and Kim Gardner of Faulkner State, and Bevill State-Fayette's Jessica Boler, Moriah Ford, Julie Phillips and Ashley Hughes.
Registration underway for YMCA fall soccer
Registration is now underway for the Brewton Area YMCA fall soccer league.
Registration will last until Aug. 20. Sign-up fee is $35 for members and $70 for non-members.
Players will be divided in age divisions of kindergarten/age 4-5, first through third grades and fourth through eighth grades.
Evaluations for players in first through third grade and fourth through eighth grade will be Aug. 21 at 5:30 p.m. First through third grade players should report to the front field, while fourth through eighth grade players should report to the back field. Teams will be assigned after evaluations.
Practices for all three age groups will begin Aug. 27 and will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Regular season play will begin Sept. 10. Teams will play two games per week, Mondays and Thursdays, at the Brewton Area YMCA. The date the season ends will be announced after the teams have been picked.
For more information contact Jason Snider at 867-9622 or at 363-2053.
Brewton Youth Football
accepting registration
The Brewton Youth Football League is still accepting player registration for the upcoming season.
Practice begins July 30. Registration will be accepted until Aug. 8. Players age 6-12 are eligible.
For more information, contact Thomas Watson at 867-7715.
TRM QB Club to meet
Monday at Fieldhouse
The T.R. Miller Quarterback Club will hold its next meeting Monday at 6 p.m. at the Fieldhouse.

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