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IS THE WAY IT'S DONE - Callaway's Head Football Claude Giddens shows senior Nick White the way to
and tackle as the CAVS gear up for LaGrange Friday night at 7:30 at Cailaway Stadium.
rs Win Opener, 6-0
JODY HALE
A new era for Callaway football
ushered in at Villa Rica High
last Friday as the Callaway
downed the home standing
6-9 in Callaway head coach
inaugural game as
chief of the Cavaliers.
"I'm thrilled for our kids," said
'fib come out here and play
team and win is big. Our play-
stepped up and accepted the chal-
and fortunately we came out
With a n."
Despite the opening game jitters
the expected early season mis-
it is a team
,. Thisis espe-
true for the defense. Time after
Villa Rica moved the ball into
y territory but the stingy
not allow the
score.
"We put our defense in a bind sev-
times, but they withstood every
challenge," said Giddens. "I'm just
really pleased with the way the
dere responded.
li,Calllaway offense moved the
ball in the first half
but scored just one touch-
Fumbles cost them
scoring opportunities
twice and the Wildcat
defense stymied another
scoring threat midway
through the second quar-
ter.
The Cavs lone touch-
down, a $7-yard pass
from quarterback
Kowalski Patterson to
running back Chris
Tigner, came in the closing minutes
of the first half. The TD pass was
'huge' according to Giddens.
.That play was just what we need-
ed headed into the locker room at
halftime. It gave us momentum and
confidence," said Giddens.
On the play, Patterson rolled to
his right and brought the Villa Rica
defense with him. Tigner slipped out
of the backfield uncovered and
Patterson's pass found him wide open
in the seam of an over-
pursuing Wildcat
defense.
"We noticed their
defense biting on our
play action, so we
took one of our backs
and streaked him
down the middle of
the field against the
grain," said Giddens.
"Chris caught it and
took the ball to the
end zone."
The play turned
out to be huge, as Callaway's offense
could not threaten in the second half.
That left things up to the defense and
it responded by shutting down the
Wildcats including a big fourth down
stop deep in Cavalier territory late
See CAVALIERS, Page 2-A
Jailed
Troup County man is being
the Troup County jail after
recel information on
male was grow-
uana in his back yard.
at 105Marchman
stated they could see
view what appeared to be
azld half feet marijuana"tree"
- they parked on Eichelberger
states the plant was
about ten feet from the back
of the home.
Nathan Avery, 39, of 105
Drive was arrested by
after going to his place of
and having him accompa-
to his residence.
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Dip Slightly
For Troup
By BRYAN GETER
Troup County 2002 high
school graduates scored an
average four points lower on
the Scholastic Assessment
Test this year than in 2001,
but the score is still higher
than the system's three-year
average.
The scores are from 2002
seniors who took the college
entrance exam during the
2001-2002 school year.
The SAT tests students on
their verbal and math skills
with a perfect score being
1600.
Most colleges and uni-
versities require students to
take the SAT before one can
enter into the school.
Troup County averaged
958 - 477 in verbal and 481 in
math according to the datsa
released last week
Some 266 or,53 pcrnt of
the cotmty.
Georgia students, 53,72O,
average a 980 score - 489 in
the verbal and 491 in the math
section.
The national score was
1,020 - 504 verbal and 516 in
math. More than 1.3 million
students took the test nation-
wide.
Math scores increased
countywide from the three-
year average by eight points,
but the verbal scores
decreased by one point from
the three year average.
SAT Averages
Troup County
Superintendent Roy Nichols
said that Troup County
Schools have increased
faster than the state, but, "we
can't get satisfied."
"Eventually we'll catch up
and pass the state," he said,
"that's our plan."
Administrators and
teachers also are working on
a systemwide K-12 vocabu-
lary initiative to increase ver-
Schools continue to
provide teachers with a pri-
oritized curriculum, encour-
age students to, take rigor-
ous classes and increase their
test taking skills.
Georgia's SAT scores put
the statye in last S0th place
among the states, outscoring
Washington D.C.
Experts say that states
with high participation usu-
ally score lower on the SAT.
Georgia participation
See SAT, Page 2-A
Police Investigate
Burglary, Cruelty
By BRYAN GETER
Hogansville Police
Officers arrested Charles
Alfred Edwards, 23, of
Hogansville and charged him
in connection with the august
17 burglary of a residence in
the 2000 block of Blur Creek
Road in HogansviIle where
about $12,000 worth of items
were taken.
Deputies are looking for
two suspects in the case.
Twenty.five precent Of the
items have been recovered
according to police.
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*In a separate incident,
police arrested a Hogansville
woman on a misdemeanor
charge of cruelty to aninals.
Officer Kathy Duffey
said the suspect's labrador-
mix dog had a collar so tight
q couldn't get my finger
under it" and there was a scar
all the way around her neck.
The dog's puppy which
was hooked on the same line
died after the collar became
tangled in the line.
Duffey said the puppy
could not drink from the large
bucket since it was too small.
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PROUD OF THE NEW SIGN - Mombers of the Hogansville Senior Center stand with center director Unda Prescott (back row, second
from left) as they admire their new sign out in the front of the center.
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