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TX RTS .COM JUNE 16, 2016 THE ADVOCATE
Blue defender Hunter Creasey (55), a former Georgetown Eagle, hurries in to help tackle south running back Lawrence Hill (42) during the Blue’s 24-10 victory on Friday night at the GISD Athletic Complex. Photo Vince Curletta
Initial FCA All-Star Game a Success “If anybody is in doubt about the quality of young people in Central Texas, I can tell you these guys are incredible.” — East View head coach Rob Davies on the players in the FCA All-Star Football Classic.
By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor
The reviews surrounding the first Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Football Classic this past Friday night at the GISD
Athletic Complex were strongly positive—some nearing the altitude of raves. Maybe not “My Fair Lady,” “Hello Dolly,” or “Hamilton,” but well worth clipping and saving. A firm foundation for future endeavors in this field. Davies, who served as an assistant for the Gold team, may have best described the constituency of a project designed to reward recently graduate student-athletes and, in many cases, giving them a final hurrah in the 100-yard war that was a major fixture in their development into young men; the final slide of cleats across an artificial surface into the reality of adulthood. The North won the game 24-10, but the process was the all-encompassing winner. The game was solid, but the sum of the
Truslow, Markee Shine In All-Star Baseball By Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor
A sacrifice fly to right field by the South’s Wyatt Ward of San Marcos scored Sam Mitchell of Austin Anderson in the top of the ninth inning to deadlock the 17th annual Austin Area Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Game on Sunday night at the Dell Diamond. The North failed to score in the bottom of the ninth inning and the contest ended in a tie despite the late-game heroics of East View designate hitter Corbin Truslow, who was playing in his second all-star contest in 48 hours. Truslow, who played as a defensive lineman in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
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All-Star Football Classic on Friday night, walked and scored the North’s third run in the sixth, singled to drive in his team’s fourth and tying run in the eighth, and then scored his team’s fifth run— and, at the time, leading run— on a single by Rylan Cox. His efforts enabled Truslow, who will attend Colorado School of Mines this fall, to be named the North’s Gold Bat recipient in a game in which each team had only five hits, and no player had more than one. Nine of the hits were singled with the only extra-base blow being a double by the South’s Carrett Boes of Austin SFA in the first inning. Truslow, who also had two steals, said, “I’m just trying to get on base and move the runners over. It certainly was a surprise (the Gold Bat). It was an honor to play with all these great players.” Truslow has signed to play football for the Division II Orediggers, but added that he also plans to walk on to play baseball for the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference school. “It was a great night for GISD baseball— especially at our end,” said East View Truslow cont. on B4
parts deserved the salute. Hoping for a crowd of 1,500, the organizers man have gotten two to two and a half times as many fans. “Eighty players and 15 coaches met on Tuesday and formed a powerful bond of Christian brotherhood by Friday night,” said Steve Vittorini, FCA area director. “It truly was an example of the impact and influence of Godly coaches. A huge ‘gratitude shout out’ to the coaches, Todd York and all his amazing people, our volunteers, and our host homes, who worked with such excellence to create such a wildly successful first-year event!” York, the GISD’s athletics director, said, “Things went really well. Just looking at the stands, we could have had close to East View’s Corbin Truslow was named the North’s Gold Bat Award winner in Sunday night’s game. Photo Russell Rinn
4,000. They (the organizers) did a really nice job of pulling everything together. I don’t think they could have found a better set of coaches.” Georgetown head coach Jason Dean, who coached the winning North, was extremely pleased with the way the initial chapter of project, which has established itself in places such as Waco, Abilene and Tyler, and also advanced into other sports. “We just had four practices with the teams before the game, but we had a whole lot of fun,” Dean said. “To an experienced viewer in the stands, it probably resembled a first scrimmage. We had great kids and FCA cont. on B2