The County Record, NOVEMBER 29, 2006, Page 6




Teeny Mites make it to Superbowl


Congratulations


 to the fine athletes

shown at left on their

 7-1 winning season!


Members of the Calhoun County Teeny Mite football team include (top row) #88 Shad Johnson, #2 Derek E
Thomas, #7Ayers Hassig, #66 Seth Brown, #43 Devin Hackel, #55 Drew Martin, #53 Sawyer O'Bryan, #16 Ker
D'Montee Williams, #48 D'Ante Williams, #79 Blake Prescott (middle row) #99 Vaughn Pelham, # 49 Trevon M
Pickron, #51 Camden Skinner, #34 Patrick Barwick, #10 Bryson Horne, #80 Brody Hall, #67 Cavan Hanna, #60 La
Dravin Hartzell (bottom row) # 4 Tristen Wood, #28 Shamaon Mosley, #26 Garrett Starr, #36 Santana Lee, #87 Ni(
Nickell, and #69-Gage Stone, Coaches are Rick Johnson, Lee Brown, and Chris O'Bryan.

After 20-0 win over Chattahoochee in play

Teeny Mite Tigers fall to St. Joe in champi


 The Calhoun County
Teeny Mites ended their reg-
ular season with a 6-0
record! This sent them to the
playoffs facing
Chattahoochee on November
4th for a chance to play in
the Superbowl. They pulled
it off with a win of 20-0.
 Their next mission was
Port St. Joe on November


Slth playing on their field.
The Tigers held the'. lead at
half-time by 6 points, but by
the 3rd Quarter, Port St. Joe
had scored a touchdown and
got a two point conversion.
The Tigers fought hard to get
the next touchdown and were
inches and seconds away,
but ran out of time.
 These kids poured their


heart and soul into this sea-
son and we are so proud of
them.
 The parents of our team
would like to thank Coaches
Lee Brown, Rick Johnson,
and Chris O'Bryan for their
dedication, hard work, and
many, many hours spent
practicing and developing
this phenomenal team.


 GO
TIGERS!!!!!


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Public vs. private-


 BHS Principal Keith
Summers was appointed last
year to serve on the legisla-
tive body of the Florida High
School Athletic Association
(FHSAA) and says the issue
has been a heated one among
members. "The FHSAA is not
the problem," Summers
remarks. "FHSAA
Connis-.ioiier John Stewxart
oga e t.: the representative
assembly in January of 2006
a very comprehensive new
rule on students transferring
from one school to another
after their ninth grade year.
Part of that was, they'd have
to play on the junior \ar-sity
level for one year. There are
like 10 exceptions to the rule
that still respected school
choice that are matters that
are important to the legisla--
ture. The.public schools over-7
whelmingly voted for it. The
private schools also voted in
favor of it and that included a
representative from Trinity
Catholic who voted for it.
Now, there's a small' vocal
minority and I feel it's com-
ing from the private school
and home school sector that
feels it is unfair and they
went to the state legislature.
The legislature set up a task
force and they met three or
four times. It was made up of
people for and against it.
They met in the
Tampa/Clearwater area, but
people from North Florida
attended the meetings.
Basically what happened, the
task force has asked the
FHSAA to rescind that bylaw
- even though a large majori-
ty supported it. The bylaw
has now been set aside."
 Following Friday night's
scene and others over the
years in nearly every sport -
Summers is ready to take an
aggressive stance to get the
rules changed and level the


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while hunting with Is Grandpa
Shelby Hires. He killed a 6-'
point with a 17 inch spread,

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playing field.
 "I'm encouraging people
who were at the game to
please contact your state leg-
islators Rep. Marti Coley,
Sen. Al Lawson, and
Governor-elect Charlie Crist -
and let them know how you
feel about this. Send a copy
of the letter to me' and I'll
take them to the riex-t FHSAA
board of directors meeting in
January. I'd love nothing
more than to have 10 or 12
stacks of letters "
 Superintendent Mary' Sue
Neves is also fed up and is
taking action. She contacted
Bill Montford. a Calhoun
County native who serves as
CEO of the Florida
Association of District School
Superintendents, about the
matter. At her request. he is
organizing 'a meeting of, the
school superintendents
around the state to strategrze
about solving this problem.
 "He said he received a lot
of phone calls from the gener-
al public in Calhoun County
after the ballgame," Neves
tells The County Record.
 What bothers Neves most
is the message students are,
'receiving when they are
forced to play unevenly
matched games. "We tell kids
if they work hard and keep
up academics, they've got a
great chance of winning
state. And that's not even
realistic anymore. We've got
to change this. There's no
way we can compete with
these private funded
schools."

 Contact your
 legislators
 about the public
 vs. private
 school issue:

 Rep. Marti Coley
 Suite G
 4440 Lafayette Street
 Marionna, FL 32440-3411
 Phone (850) 718-0047
 Fox. 850-718-0002

 Sen. Al Lawson
 Room 210
 Senate Office Building
 404 South Monroe Street
 Tallahassee FL
 32399-1100
 (850) 487-5004
 Email.
 lawson alfred web@
 fisenate gov

 Governor-Elect
 Charlie Crist
 Office of Atty. General
 The Capitol PL-01 -
 Tallahassee, FL 32399-
 1050

 'Remember to send a
 copy to BHS. Principal
 Keith Summers for FHSAA


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