Bishop steered scholarships to family
Tweet By JOHN BRESNAHAN | 9/9/10 10:23 PM EDT POLITICO.COM Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) awarded three scholarships from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to his stepdaughter and wife’s niece between 2003 and 2005, according to records from the nonprofit group. Bishop is the second Democrat found to have funneled CBC Foundation scholarship funds to relatives, [...]
Read More →Deerfield: Area’s last man standing
Tweet Metro Albany’s last team standing not only will play for a shot at history the night after Thanksgiving, but also end the season with the same team that started it. Deerfield-Windsor earned the right to play for back-to-back GISA Class AAA state championships with a 39-25 win over Pinecrest in state semifinal action at [...]
Read More →The biggest fan: DWS William Rose
Tweet Fan may not be a big enough word to describe William Rose. Teammate might be a better fit. For the last three seasons he has run onto the football field with the team, endured long bus rides and stormed the sidelines yelling encouraging words to the Deerfield-Windsor School Knights As he roams the sidelines [...]
Read More →DWS Knights: Outside the box
Tweet Box? What box? As the Deerfield-Windsor School Knights prepared for their semifinal championship game against the Pinecrest Paladins, Bobby Joiner (thank you) came in and delivered the pre-game devotion. And what a devotion it was. Bobby discussed and shared scripture relating to being able to play “outside the box.” One needs to be able [...]
Read More →Prep football recap: Week 12 in review
Tweet And then there was one. Only one metro Albany team is still playing football going into the third week of November, and that’s the Deerfield-Windsor Knights. D-W (11-2) won its 10th straight game Friday, defeating First Presbyterian Day (Macon), 35-21, in quarterfinal round GISA Class AAA playoff action at Webb Stadium. The Knights are [...]
Read More →Semi showdown: Deerfield vs. Pinecrest
Tweet The Deerfield-Windsor Knights will face the Pinecrest Paladins on Friday in the semifinals of the AAA GISA playoffs at Webb Memorial Stadium. The defending state champions need one more win to return to the finals on Nov. 27. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. After avenging an early season loss to First Presbyterian last week, [...]
Read More →DWS Coaching decisions key to Knights’ run
Tweet Just how far have the Deerfield-Windsor Knights come since that stormy August night that started the 2009 campaign? Last Friday, we learned the answer to that question. The Knights advanced to the state semifinals with a 35-21 victory over First Presbyterian Day. This was the best game played by any DWS team since last [...]
Read More →DWS Football Game Playoff Highlight Photos
Tweet Photos from the Deerfield-Windsor School Playoff Game against First Presbyterian on Nov. 13. …
Read More →High school football recap: Week 10 in review
Tweet Just one week remains in the GHSA regular season, while both of Albany’s GISA teams enter the playoffs as region champions. Let’s take a quick look at the week that was in local high school football. 1-AAA ROUND-UP: The Monroe Tornadoes (7-2, 4-2 Georgia High School Association Region 1-AAA) rallied from a 14-6 halftime [...]
Read More →Editorial: Giving God glory is not unsportsmanlike
Tweet High school football referees don’t put up with unsportsmanlike conduct on the football field, and that’s a good thing. But sometimes they can go too far. Young players shouldn’t be allowed to dance around and draw attention to themselves like so many self-absorbed millionaire professional athletes. They need to learn to win and lose [...]
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