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Certification of election results postponed Gwinnett to have final count Thursday

BY CURT YEOMANS

curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Gwinnett County elections officials are not expected to have a final count on ballots cast for candidates for various offices during last week’s general election until Thursday

afternoon.

County elections board chairman Stephen Day said provisional ballots were counted Tuesday, but it will take the county’s elections office a couple of days to comply with a federal judge’s order to count additional absentee ballots.

There are more than 300

additional absentee ballots that will have to be counted under the judge’s order, according to Day. The elections board chairman said the total number of votes that will have to be counted was not immediately clear, though.

The ballots will be counted over a two-day period and

the board is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Thursday to certify the election results.

“We’re going to take the signature (and birth date) mismatches and they’ll be treated like the provisional (ballots), but they’ll be in a separate category, and they’ll be added in at that time,” Day said as the elections board waited for the

Brian Kemp supporters hold up signs opposing what they deemed ‘illegal votes’ in Georgia’s gubernatorial election during a meeting of the Gwinnett County elections board Tuesday. (Staff Photo: Curt Yeomans)

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Inmates send condolences after death of Officer Toney

BY ISABEL HUGHES isabel.hughes@gwinnettdailypost.com

championship with momentum having previously placed first in their sectional competition taking place at Peachtree Ridge on Nov. 3.

“We proved the week before state in the competition leading up that if we did our best we’d be pretty hard to beat,” senior Bri Bachmann said.

Other members of the team included Kenzie Day, Jackie Rodriguez, Evan DiLoreto, Cameron Cochran, Melina Taddei, Kaylee Breaux, Abby Lane, Addison Vitt, Cammey Townsend, Taylor Coggins, Ellie Gallien, D.J. Hawthorne, Raelyn Ferraro, Jaden McCutchen, Hannah Stokes, Anna Enser, Jailynn Bryant, Acacia Whyte and Lauren Visintainer.

For senior Jackie Rodriguez,

When news about the shooting death of Gwinnett County Police Department Officer Antwan Toney first broke, it spread like wildfire, quickly reaching national and international news outlets.

In the days following, the Gwinnett community and beyond mourned the loss of the 30-year-old, with expressions of condolences pouring in from Antwan Toney across social media sites and news outlets.

Now, a letter of sympathy from more than a dozen Gwinnett County Jail inmates to Toney’s family and local law enforcement has gone viral.

In the letter, which the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office uploaded in a Facebook post Saturday morning, the inmates write that Toney’s death “was a tragic incident that never should have occurred.”

“Though law enforcement and criminals may be considered Your service opposites, and sacrifice the intrinsic make the value of a huworld a better place man life tranfor all …THANK scends those YOU.” boundaries by — Gwinnett inmates to far,” the letter local law enforcement and the family of fallen said. “Right Officer Antwan Toney is right and wrong is wrong, no matter the color uniform. It is from this standpoint, in a spirit of gratitude and utmost respect, that I submit this letter to honor all police officers, military personnel and first responders.

Your service and sacrifice make the world a better place for all …THANK YOU.” The letter concludes with, “In tribute to your courage and dedication, we present this communication that may serve to bring healing, restoration and forgiveness to the lives of all affected

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Mill Creek won its first coed competition cheer state championship in Columbus on Friday. (Photo Courtesy Georgia High School Association)

Mill Creek competition team wins first coed state title

BY TREVOR MCNABOE trevor.mcnaboe @gwinnettdailypost.com

Mill Creek’s coed competition cheer team walked off the mat Friday night, hopeful it had done everything it could to clinch its first state championship in the coed category.

“We knew we wanted the team to finish the routine and be proud walking off the mat,” Mill Creek coach Ashley Taube said. “The past three years, we had a strong coed team, but any errors can really set you back in a competition like this.”

Nerves, focus and excitement were felt by the team as they waited for eight other groups in the 16-team format competition to perform their routines.

“There were a lot of competitive teams in this competition,”

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It finally clicked and they bought in as a team.

If you work hard and put the time in, it’ll pay off.

Three weeks ago, they came together as a team and pushed themselves.”

— Mill Creek cheerleading coach Ashley Taube

Taube said. “We felt like it was good enough to put our name in the mix. You never know just how the judges were going to score it.”

The Cheerhawks, as they’re known at the school, narrowly edged out defending state champion Milton by .17 points to clinch their historic title.

“We really thought about doing our own job, and it really never entered our minds that we had to be better than (Milton),” senior Madison Claflin said.

“Our coaches said that if we did our job it would be hard for

anyone to beat us.”

Mill Creek has a history of success for competition cheerleading, winning three state championships in 2008, 2009 and 2011. However, the announcement late Friday night securing a fourth competition cheer title stood out to Taube.

“It finally clicked and they bought in as a team,” Taube said. “If you work hard and put the time in, it’ll pay off. Three weeks ago, they came together as a team and pushed themselves.”

The team came into the state

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Applications still being accepted for Buford superintendent

BY ISABEL HUGHES

isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

The search for the next Buford City Schools Superintendent is well underway, having already amassed more than 80 applications for the position.

Sue Morris, vice chair of the search committee, said at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting that

applications are continuing to flow in, with five new submissions having been received between Friday and Monday, bringing the total number to 81.

Potential candidates for the position, which will succeed Interim Superintendent Joy Davis’ appointment — Davis took over following Superintendent Geye Hamby’s resignation in late August after audio

recordings surfaced of him allegedly spewing racist rants — must submit their applications by end-of-day Thursday.

The committee will meet Friday, Morris said.

“When I came into the meeting (Monday night), the number (of applications) was up, so I suspect that by Friday morning we’ll have a few more,” Morris told the Daily Post on Monday.

“Surely we can find some wonderful candidates.”

The search for the next superintendent is not the only application deadline that is rapidly approaching, however; Friday will be the last day for community members to submit requests to join Buford City Schools’ Diversity and Inclusion Advisory and Service Council.

The council, which is being headed by Lacrecia

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Smith, was formed in light of the Hamby scandal with the goal of promoting diversity and inclusion within the Buford community.

As program manager, Smith said Monday she has already been working with Buford High School students

and will, in the next several days, also provide Buford Elementary School and Buford Academy teachers and staff with training as part of an ongoing effort to promote dialogue throughout the district.

“What I’m going to do in the (45-minute) sessions throughout the day is talk to (staff), do some activities

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Sunday morning fire damages Grayson church’s sanctuary

BY CURT YEOMANS

mand, heavy smoke was found on the backside of the Tabernacle,” Strother said. “Upon entry, heavy A fire that heavily dam- flames and smoke were aged the World Aflame found where the sanctuTabernacle Church in ary is located. The strucGrayson on Sunday ture was unoccupied and morning is believed to locked upon arrival with have begun in or near its crews having to force baptismal pool, according entry. Multiple lines were to Gwinnett County fire deployed to make a stop officials. on the fire’s advancement.”

Firefighter Driver Investigators have not Engineer Donald Strother yet determined the cause said firefighters discovof the fire, but they talked ered the church on fire to a representative of the while they were on their church Sunday morning. way to a different call No one was reported to in Lawrenceville at 8:17 have been injured by the a.m. The church, which is fire. located on the 2255 block “Per the investigator, of Loganville Highway, is the point of origin appears across the street from a fire to be by the baptism pool station. in the sanctuary,” Strother “Per Incident Comsaid. curt.yeomans @gwinnettdailypost.com

Left, Gwinnett County firefighters discovered the World Aflame Tabernacle Church in Grayson on fire Sunday morning while they were responding to a call at a different location. Above, Burn marks can be seen around the edge of the roof of World Aflame Tabernacle Church. (Special Photos)

Georgia election officials to review thousands of provisional ballots

BY SOPHIE TATUM AND KAYLEE HARTUNG

This includes using “all available registration CNN documentation” from voters to verify their identity, A federal judge has instead of solely relying on blocked the Georgia the voter registration list. secretary of state from The Secretary of State’s ofcertifying election results fice has reported that more before Friday, as the state’s than 21,000 provisional governor’s race remains ballots were cast. unsettled.

Totenberg has ordered Late Monday night, the state to establish a hotJudge Amy Totenberg line for voters to determine ruled that state and local whether their provisional officials must conduct a ballots were counted — “good faith review” of all and if not, the reason why. provisional ballots that Totenberg’s ruling does had been rejected because not require the extension of a voter’s name was not any certification deadlines. found on the voter registra- Counties in Georgia had a tion list.

5 p.m. deadline on Tuesday

to certify their results. The ruling, however, does bar the secretary of state from certifying election results before Friday, giving the state more time to address various issues stemming from the election.

The state must certify the results by 5 p.m. Nov. 20.

As the deadline for Georgia counties to certify their election results passed, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams’ campaign asked a federal judge to order all counties to count absentee ballots even if voters failed to include their date of

birth and provisional ballots cast by eligible voters outside of their county.

A previously filed court order mandated only Gwinnett County count all absentee ballots with missing birth dates.

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones said he would deliver a ruling by noon today and declined to delay Tuesday’s deadline for counties to verify their results.

“Whether or not it results in a run-off is to some extent just one point of this,” said Abrams campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo outside the

federal courthouse.

She said the campaign “remains steadfast on our mission to use the courts, to use all aspects of our campaign on this mission, which is so simple, to count every vote. And we will not be deterred however long it takes.”

“While Democrats attempt to undermine Brian Kemp’s convincing victory seven days ago, we remain confident in the local elections officials who are certifying the results,” said Kemp campaign spokesman Cody Hall.

Monday night’s ruling comes in response to a

lawsuit filed the day before the election by the group Common Cause Georgia.

The legal battles come as Georgia’s governor’s race between Republican Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams remains undecided. Currently, CNN has not projected a winner, but Kemp is leading Abrams with 50.3 percent of the vote, while Abrams has 48.8 percent, and fewer than 60,000 votes differentiating the two. Abrams has refused to concede, with her campaign believing there are enough votes still remaining to force the contest into a Dec. 4 runoff.

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Toys for Tots drop-offs, Additional locations including the Duluth Police across Duluth and Gwinnett Department.

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City Hall on Main Street, The goal of the campaign

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Master drop sites include all Georgia State Patrol locations, county offices and QuikTrip convenience stores. Publix supermarkets will also collect toys beginning in December.

The third annual Red, Blue and You first responder thank-you event will be held Thursday. (File Photo)

First responder thank-you event back again Thursday

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Michael Duncan (who was paralyzed in a helicopter crash) a new wheelchair,” What: Red, Blue and You Sale said. “This year, we’re When: 11: 30 a.m.

Raymer Sale gave himgoing to pay tribute to Thursday self two months to plan the Gwinnett County Police Where: Buford Arena, inaugural Red, Blue and Officer Antwan Toney 2795 Sawnee Ave, You, a thank-you event for and present a check to the Buford first responders.

Gwinnett Police FoundaCost: Free, but dona“I started planning it, tion for a scholarship fund tions are encouraged from scratch, 60 days from they are setting up in the For more information: the (scheduled date),” Sale name of Toney. We’re Visit redblueyou.org said. “I think I got told going to make sizable conabout a half a dozen times You has been held at Cool- tribution to that scholarship that no one would show up, ray Field the last two years, as well as to the Gwinnett Fire Employees Benevolent but it drew over 250 people Thursday’s event will be Fund.” and raised enough money held at the Buford Arena The event is free, though to make a donation to the beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Sale said people are enGwinnett Police FoundaThe event will begin tion.” with a short ceremony and couraged to donate; Red, Blue and You has received That was in 2016. culminate in a free lunch donations from $25 to On Thursday, the event for first responders and is back again for its third their families. The public is $2,500, Sale said.

For more information, to year, and has already raised encouraged to attend. register or to donate, visit $18,000.

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Buford City Schools

Elementary, middle CCRPI scores second highest in state of 89, compared to the state high school score of 75.3 and Gwinnett County Public Schools’ high school Buford City Schools score of 79.7. received the second highest Buford Middle School, College and Career Ready which came in just behind Performance Index scores Trion City’s middle school for the elementary and score of 93.6, received a middle school levels in the score of 93.4, which was state, the district announced more than 17 points higher at a Board of Education than the state middle school meeting Monday night. average of 76.2 and nine CCRPI scores, which points higher than GCPS’ show how well a school is middle school score of doing at preparing students 84.5. for post-secondary educaBuford Academy tion and/or the workforce, obtained a score of 92.6, also show how much which was just behind Jefimprovement schools are ferson City’s elementary making while providing school score of 93, while a way to hold them acBuford Elementary School countable for meeting state had a score of 96. education standards.

Both Buford elementary This year, Buford High schools were above the School received a score state elementary school

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average of 77.8 and GCPS’ score of 84.6.

Buford City Schools received an overall score of 91.7, compared to the state’s overall score of 76.7 and GCPS’ overall score of 83.

While scores can generally be compared from year to year, CCRPI underwent a change this year in how the test was scored.

“The 2018 CCRPI uses an updated calculation approved as part of Georgia’s state plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act,” the Georgia Department of Education said of this year’s numbers. “2018 scores are not comparable to any prior year. Any comparison or statement that a school or district’s scores have ‘risen’ or ‘dropped’ is incorrect.”

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DEAR DR. ROACH: My son is a kidney transplant recipient. Is it safe for transplant recipients to get the new Shingrix vaccine?

— J.O. ANSWER: Because the Shingrix vaccine is not a live vaccine, it is thought to be safe. It is licensed for immunocompromised people, like your son, but transplant recipients were not included in the published trials. As such, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not made an official endorsement as of this writing.

However, many experts do recommend the vaccine for people on the kind of immune-suppression drugs used for solid-organ transplant recipients. People with profound immune system disease, such as those receiving chemotherapy or people with very advanced HIV disease, may not respond to the vaccine. People taking lower-dose immune system modifying drugs (such as a dose of prednisone that’s 20 mg or less a day, low-dose methotrexate or azathioprine) generally should receive the vaccine, but the jury is still out for people with diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, who are taking biologic therapies such as rituximab (Rituxan) or adalimumab (Humira).

Studies are ongoing, and the ACIP and other advisory groups will make new recommendations as data become available. Until then, your son should talk with his transplant doctors about the vaccine.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 58-year-old male who has never had chickenpox. Ten years ago, after bloodwork to confirm no exposure to chickenpox, my doctor gave me the required two sets of the chickenpox vaccine in order to build immunity.

My question is this: Since you can get shingles only if you have had chickenpox in the past, should I consider getting the new Shingrix vaccine? I also should say that I am HIV-positive for 22 years with no symptoms, and no opportunistic infections.

— B.D. ANSWER: Unfortunately, people who have not had chickenpox but who have had the varicella vaccine (the live vaccine usually given to children to prevent chickenpox) still may get shingles. The risk is low: For every 50 people given the varicella vaccine, about one person will get shingles in 20 years. However, the risk in someone with HIV infection would be expected to be somewhat higher.

You definitely should consider the Shingrix vaccine. It reduces your risk of shingles from fairly small to very small. You, personally, have possibly less risk because you had the weakened vaccine strain of chickenpox rather than “natural” or “wild-type” chickenpox, but then you have a slightly higher risk due to your HIV infection. You also reduce your risk of post-herpetic neuralgia, a potentially devastating complication that lasts weeks to months and dramatically reduces quality of life.

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Prince of Wales; Condoleezza Rice (1954- ), former secretary of state; Yanni (1954- ), musician; Patrick Warburton (1964- ), actor; Curt Schilling (1966- ), baseball player; Josh Duhamel (1972- ), actor.

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Dear Amy: When I was 16, our family had a foreign student come live with us on a summer exchange program. He was also 16.

He wanted to stay beyond his visa, so my parents arranged to take legal guardianship of him.

It was very stressful having him move into our family. My mom and I constantly fought about his presence in our home.

Six months following the guardianship, my dad moved out and my parents divorced.

Eventually, my siblings and I grew up and all left home, except the boy, who lived at home with our mother until he was 24.

My siblings and I all moved on from this stressful, fracturing time in our family.

The now-adult guy recently contacted me over Facebook to apologize for “ruining my family,” disclosing that he was my mother’s boyfriend during his time with our family.

In shock, I called my mother, and she insisted that this relationship was consensual, and that the relationship occurred “only after the guardianship had ended” (when he had turned 18 years old).

I don’t understand why he found it necessary to tell me about their relationship.

I feel shocked, hurt and betrayed — oscillating between considering that my mom is a child predator (grooming and taking

mother’s behavior on his own life.

Do you think a foreign student who was basically in a powerless situation — legally and physically — was able to fully consent, even if he was 18 when the actual sexual relationship started? Or does this man believe that he manipulatAmy Dickinson ed and used your mother?

(It’s a possibility.) guardianship of him), to Don’t let your mother’s realizing that she must normalizing or denial have had very strong feel- negate your own natural ings for him to choose him reaction. over me and our family.

Yes, communicate with My mom and I used her. Be honest about your to talk once a week. I conflicted feelings. But haven’t spoken to her in your biggest job is to find six months. a way to accept the truth Do you have any advice and to cope with it. A for me for how to move therapist could help. forward?

Dear Amy: I’m — Still in Shock recently divorced. I have Dear Still in a longtime friend who is Shock: Of course your currently going through mother’s feelings for this legal proceedings to end boy were “strong!” Having his common-law relationstrong feelings does not ship. justify her behavior.

I’ve always had feelings Because she was his for him — that “Too bad I guardian, with all legal didn’t meet him first” kind parental control over him of feeling about him. until he turned 18, what Now that we are (alyour mother did was most) in the same place, creepy, wrong and possiI wonder how to let him bly illegal. And regardless know I’d be interested in of the legality, her actions more than just friendship. also seem to have directly I definitely feel firmly led to the breakup of your entrenched in the friend family. zone. How can I find out Your mother’s former if he would even entertain lover may have contacted the idea? you because he is hav— Friends Forever? ing his #MeToo moment.

Dear Friends: Perhaps he is trying to This is delicate, because take responsibility for the you’re both newly single. impact of his own behavContinue to see (or be in ior, while also grappling touch with) him, and let with the impact of your your friendship grow. Try

to pick the right moment to use your line: “During my marriage, I definitely had that ‘too bad I didn’t meet you first’ feeling about you.” This is honest on your part, but doesn’t box him in.

His reaction will reveal the zone where he has parked your relationship.

Dear Amy: When I read the letter from “Sad Mom,” I recognized my younger self: A parent of an undiagnosed autism spectrum child, and a healthy newborn.

The behaviors Sad Mom described do not sound to me like a toddler acting out for attention, but rather one who cannot control his behavior.

I would recommend an evaluation to determine if the child is on the spectrum.

Early intervention is key. Sad Mom should not blame herself for not bonding with her first child. She may need to learn a new reality.

— Older and Wiser Dear Wiser: Thank you for sharing your perspective. While to me this toddler’s behavior seemed in the normal range for a child who was stressed, yes — he should be evaluated.

You can contact Amy Dickinson via email: askamy@amydickinson.com.

Readers may send postal mail to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24Nov. 22) — Understanding will help smooth any disagreement or ease stress that is building between you and someone you deal with regularly. Honesty will be necessary if you want to alter your lifestyle.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You’ll be tempted to exaggerate in order to stand out or to get your point across.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Refuse to take the bait. If someone does something you don’t like or that disrupts your plans, take a different path.

Success, not anger, is the road to victory.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20Feb. 19) — If you share your thoughts and feelings, you’ll accomplish what you set out to do. A personal change will reinforce who you are and where you are headed. Romance will improve your life.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Don’t drift away from the truth.

Question anyone you think may be feeding you misleading information. A financial matter should be handled with care. Precision will count for much.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Follow your gut feeling when discussing matters that can affect your position, status or reputation. An unexpected change will turn out to be beneficial.

Romance is on the rise.

TAURUS (April 20May 20) — Don’t let the actions of others disrupt your plans. An offer of help should be made for the right reason.

Ulterior motives on your or someone else’s part will muddy the waters.

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Your success will come from managing your time, not from rushing to get things done.

CANCER (June 21July 22) — Don’t limit what you can do. Where there’s a will, there’s a way. If you look for an alternative route, you will surprise everyone with your keen perception.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Reflect on the past to gain insight into how best to handle others. A change at home or to your feelings about someone is apparent.

VIRGO (Aug. 23Sept. 22) — Keep your distance if someone is aggressive or indulgent. Align yourself with people who have similar interests and who can help you reach your goals. Arguing will be a waste of time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — If you talk to a trusted party about a personal situation, you will be offered an interesting take on how best to move forward. A contract or partnership change looks promising.

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Police: Man driving 118 mph said he was ‘testing’ new car part

BY ISABEL HUGHES

Hemraj immediately A Lawrenceville man stopped who was clocked going 118 and was mph on Duluth’s Peachtree coopIndustrial Boulevard told erative Kenny police that he had “just with the Hemraj had a part replaced” in his officer, BMW and was “testing the the report said, and told the vehicle out to ensure that officer that his 2007 BMW it was running properly,” a just had a part replaced. report says.

Hemraj “could not give According to the Duluth a valid legal reason as to Police Department incident why he was traveling at that report, shortly after 8:15 speed,” though, the report p.m. on Oct. 17, 23-yearsaid, and was arrested for old Kenny Hemraj was reckless driving — a miszooming down Peachtree demeanor criminal offense Industrial Boulevard in — and speeding — a misa 45 mph zone when an demeanor traffic offense. officer pulled him over for He later bonded out of speeding. the Gwinnett County Jail. isabel.hughes @gwinnettdailypost.com

Local trainer receives national award

BY MADISON GREER Staff Intern

James Williams, a Gwinnett Medical Center and Georgia Gwinnett College athletic trainer, was recently honored as the Association of Independent Institutions’ 2017-18 Athletic Trainer of the Year.

The recipient of the award, which is given by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, is determined by other collegiate level athletic trainers.

“We value James’ contri-

butions and knowledge he brings in this role and are proud of this recognition,” James said Nish Williams Patel, vice president of operations at GMC-Duluth. “As a not-forprofit hospital, it’s important that we remain relevant to the community in which we serve. Based on that and the role that athletics play in our community, it’s paramount

that we continue to place certified, skilled trainers such as James into local and college settings to empower young athletes.”

Williams, a first-time recipient, has more than 19 years of experience in his profession and served as the assistant athletic trainer for both the Cleveland Browns and Atlanta Falcons before joining the GGC athletic department in 2012.

“GGC is fortunate to have some of the best athletic trainers in the company,” Associate Vice President of

State OKs new Children’s Healthcare hospital

BY ANDY MILLER

Georgia Health News

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has received state approval for its planned 446-bed hospital in Brookhaven.

The approval of the certificate-of-need application was announced late last week. The project was not opposed by any other hospital system.

The project features additional beds and expanded services that allow Children’s to relocate from Egleston Children’s Hospital, on Clifton Road in Atlanta, to the North Druid Hills property in Brookhaven.

“We are pleased that the Department (of Community Health) recognized the long-term value of this new hospi-

tal for Georgia’s current and future generations of children,” Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta CEO Donna Hyland said in a statement Friday.

“We remain laser-focused on top-quality patient care and operational excellence at all of our facilities as we plan to start construction on the new hospital in early 2020.”

The $1.5 billion project for the North Druid Hills campus would be the largest hospital construction plan, in terms of cost, in the history of the Georgia certificate-ofneed (CON) program, ex-

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Athletics Dr. Darin Wilson said. “The A.I.I. recognition is well-deserved for the outstanding job that James does on a daily basis. James is the ultimate professional who goes above and beyond his normal job duties to treat our student-athletes with the utmost care.”

Williams was honored as Gwinnett Medical Center Athletic Trainer of the Year in 2013 and is currently in the running for the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce’s 2018 Healthcare Professional of the Year award.

perts say. It will continue Children’s dominance in pediatric care in the region.

Health system officials said that visits to Children’s, including Egleston, are increasing faster than overall population growth, causing the need for additional beds.

By 2025, the North Druid Hills campus will include the relocated hospital, two support staff buildings, the Center for Advanced Pediatrics, more than 20 acres of greenspace, and walking trails and paths on and around the site. Children’s also has committed to improving the surrounding area by investing more than $40 million in traffic and infrastructure improvements.

Completion of the support buildings in 2020 will enable Children’s employees to vacate current offices on the site of the planned hospital, allowing construction to begin. After the construction of the new hospital is complete, Children’s will no longer operate an inpatient facility at Egleston.

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The fish were being held in a tank behind the store, photos show, Something fishy reand the owners believe cently occurred at a Law- at least 80 different fish renceville garden store.

— including several koi, On Saturday, Randy’s which can cost as much as Perennials and Water $1,000 — were taken.

Gardens, which is located Because there were no on West Crogan Street, surveillance cameras, the posted a plea on Facebook owners do not have any asking for help locatgood leads on suspects, ing the person or people though said whoever stole responsible for stealing the fish had most likely thousands of dollars worth been to the store previof live fish from the busi- ously and was familiar ness. with its setup, given the “Please be on the look- suspect(s) used equipment out for our fish,” the Face- and materials already onbook post said. “Someone site in order to catch and stole around $8,000 worth remove the fish. of Koi and Goldfish on While little informaThursday night (or) Friday tion was immediately morning. We have filed available, the store said in a police report and have its post that many of the taken additional measures fish have unique patterns to secure our property and — meaning the owners

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would likely be able to identify the fish as theirs, should they be recovered.

“Please do a little research when acquiring any fish online or from a private party as to where the fish came from,” the Facebook post said.

“Buy only from reputable sources. If you have any information regarding the stolen koi and goldfish you may call the nursery and speak to David or Lawrenceville Police at (770) 963-2443. You can remain anonymous.”

Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for any information that leads to an arrest and indictment in the case. Tips can be made anonymously through facebook.com/StopCrimeATL or by calling 404577-8477.

Police ID suspect in altercation that led to Duluth bar shooting

BY CURT YEOMANS

finding Songsy.

Police responded Gwinnett County police to the have identified a suspect shootin an altercation that led ing at to a shooting at a Du2:30 a.m.

Samuel luth bar that left two men Saturday.

Songsy dead.

Early reAn aggravated assault ports indicated there was warrant has been taken an altercation on the sideout for Samuel Songsy, walk in front of the bar 23, of Forest Park. Police that led to the shooting. also want to question Malik Jett, 26, and bar him about the shooting at co-owner James Kim, 47, the Prime Bar and Grill, were shot by an unidentiwhich is located at 1960 fied suspect, according to Day Drive in Duluth. police.

Detective Sam Flynn said It is believed Kim investigators are asking was not involved in the for the public’s help in altercation and got caught

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in the crossfire. It is not known to what extent Jett was involved in the altercation, according to police.

Anyone who has information about the shooting is asked to call detectives at 770-513-5300 or Crime Stoppers, which allows tipsters to remain anonymous, at 404-577-8477 or www.crimestoppersatlanta.org. Crime Stoppers offers a reward of up to $2,000 to tipsters whose information leads to an arrest and indictment.

Anyone who wants to provide information is asked to reference case number 18-104435.

Suwanee insurance, investment expert releases his second book

BY CURT YEOMANS

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A Suwanee-based insurance and investment expert who has worked with Gwinnett County retirees and residents who are planning for retirement for the last 27 years has written a new book of financial planning advice.

The Lloyd Group’s Mark Lloyd recently released “Composing Your Own Financial Symphony.” It’s his second book, and it is based off the experience he has gained over the last quarter-century. The book examines fives concerns that Lloyd has noticed retirees have and offers strategies for addressing them.

“I’m really excited to make this book available as a way to help people

Trust Dale’s Dale Cardwell, left, poses with Suwaneebased insurance and investment expert Mark Lloyd at the recent launch for Lloyd’s new book, “Composing Your Own Financial Symphony.” It is Lloyd’s second book. (Special Photo)

who are struggling with how to be financially prepared for retirement,” Lloyd said. “In it, I cover these five concerns retirees face today and the strategies to address

them.”

Anyone interested in obtaining a copy of “Composing Your Own Financial Symphony” can buy a hard copy or Kindle version through Amazon.

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High school senior’s Taste of Gwinnett fundraiser draws hundreds

By Madison Greer Staff Intern

As the Gwinnett Symphony Jazz Orchestra lowered its harmonious notes to a hum, Taste of Gwinnett attendees turned their attention to the stage of Duluth’s Infinite Energy Center, where 18-year-old Taste the Charity Inc. CEO Sunil Reddy welcomed the crowd to the county’s newest and largest tasting event.

“The moving Sunil Reddy parts, ticket sales, marketing, restaurant and sponsor pitching and infinite amount of work to do was a bit overwhelming,” Reddy said, “but I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything.”

More than a year in the making, Saturday’s event was the product of seven Gwinnett County students’ collaboration, which started in spring 2017 when they came together to raise funds for Relay For Life, the American Cancer Society’s largest annual fundraiser.

While Gwinnett’s Relay event was ultimately canceled due to severe weather, Reddy, who is now a senior at the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, didn’t give up on trying to find a way to support the American Cancer Society.

“Relay for Life’s (cancellation) definitely affected me and other people around me, and I still cared about the cause,” Reddy said. “I wanted to keep (fundraising), so later on, someone gave me the idea of doing a Taste of GSMST.”

•From Page 1A with them and show some short video clips about diversity and inclusion,” Smith said. “We’re going to be talking about the importance of recognizing how diverse our school system has become — as far as our student population, our staff and parents — how we can make sure that we respect diversity and ways that we can always include everybody.

“When you talk about inclusion, you want people to feel welcomed, you want them to feel valued and you want their voices to be heard and to be utilized in some way.”

While Smith will continue with staff training and student sessions after Thanksgiving break, she said

Though the school ultimately turned down Reddy’s proposal for a “taste of” event, he didn’t let that stop him, soon forming Taste the Charity Inc. He then recruited a team of students, who hail from GSMST and Peachtree Ridge High School, to help. “(That eventually became) Taste of Gwinnett,” Reddy said. “I kind of just hit the ground running after that.”

It wasn’t easy going, though, and throughout summer 2017, Reddy and his team pitched sponsorship proposals to hundreds of restaurants — most of which said with no.

Finally, nearly a year later, Reddy and Chief Operating Officer Ryan Lynch caught a break.

“In May, Ryan and I were pitching to Marlow’s Tavern and we talked to the owner who was like, ‘Send me an email,’ which we (understood as), ‘probably not,’” Reddy said. “When we were walking out, this one man — his name is Johnny Barrett — came running after us and he just wanted to help us out.

He was like, ‘I heard your pitch. I heard exactly what you guys were doing. Tell me a little bit more about it.’

“We told him all about our endeavors and he said, ‘I want to help you guys.’”

From there, the pieces began falling into place, with a little help from the skills Reddy picked up at a Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce marketing boot camp event.

“At that point, we had no fear (pitching to restaurants),” Reddy said. “(We realized) it’s just a question and there’s no harm in asking. I remember at our first (few) sponsorship meetings we were nervous, but after a while it just became natural

and we could hold our own.”

The final pieces for Taste of Gwinnett came together in September and October of this year, Reddy said — weeks before the event.

“By that time, we had a pretty good website, a lot of supporters on our back and a lot of people advocating for us,” he said. “We were a bunch of kids doing something pretty cool, and at that point, we had credibility.

Those restaurants that we went to in the past, those four or five hundred that we

Buford the feedback she’s received from students thus far has been positive.

“It’s started off with small groups, but what we’ve done first instead of just jumping right into (heavy) diversity and inclusion topics is talked to the students about how to agree, respectfully disagree or remain neutral on a topic,” Smith said. “Last week, we did some role playing with (opinions on) pizza toppings and at first I thought, ‘Well, this is a little elementary,’ but they actually had a really good time just having an opportunity to role play.”

This week, Smith said, the meetings, which are optional and are held at the high school at 7:10 a.m., will be “getting more into some of the things (students) want to talk about.”

“I wanted to start out the way (I did) so they would know how to address those hard issues,” Smith said. “We’re calling it ‘courageous conversations’ because sometimes those things are kind of hard to talk about, but you have to do it.”

Because the council is so new and the superintendent search is also still in its early stages, Smith said there hasn’t yet been talk about collaboration between the committees, though the district is not ruling out any possibilities for collaboration.

Those interested in joining the council can download an application at bufordcityschools.org/diversity-and-inclusion-councilapplication.

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Lawrenceville

Halston Michelle Mize

age 29 of Lawrenceville, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2018.

A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 14, 2018, in the Lawrenceville Chapel of Tim Stewart Funeral Home with Rev. Derek Spain officiating.

Halston loved all animals and she adored her kitty cats. She was exceptionally talented in many areas. Halston played the violin, spoke fluent French and was an avid reader.

She was an accomplished writer and artist in her own right. Halston was proud of her Irish heritage

and beautiful red hair. She graduated from Peachtree Ridge High School in 2007 before continuing her studies in Science, Technology, and Culture at The Georgia Institute of Technology. Before her illness, she was an event planner at The Atlanta Botanical Garden. Halston was preceded in death by her mother, Joni (Brannan) Mize in 2011; maternal grandparents, James F. and June (Wages) Brannan, Jr.; and paternal grandparents, Charles and Carol (Webb) Mize. She is survived by her father and step-mother, Jeff and Lisa Mize of Lawrenceville; grandmothers, Malinda Brannan of Lawrenceville, and Louise (Lance) Givens of Lawrenceville; step-brother and sister-in-law, Tyler and Laura Bielstein of Lawrenceville; step-brothers, Matthew Bielstein and Seth Bielstein, both of

Lawrenceville; aunt and uncle, Susan and Larry Sloan of Greensboro, GA; uncle and aunt, Chris and Chrissy Mize of St. Petersburg, FL; uncle, James F. Brannan, III of Dacula; cousins, Lauren and Drew Mize, Carrie Sloan, Chrissy Sloan, Kathy Shafer; and a host of other beloved friends. Halston was very active in the Dear Jack Foundation. In lieu of flowers the family request that donations be made in her name at www. dearjackfoundation.org.

The family will receive friends 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 and 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 at Tim Stewart Funeral Home, 300 Simonton Road, S.W., Lawrenceville, GA 30046. 770-962-3100.

Please leave online condolences at http://www. stewartfh.com.

pitched to, they were like, ‘we were nervous at first but now we’ll join.’ Then it kind of just took off.”

Taste of Gwinnett has come a long way since Reddy’s initial idea more than a year and a half ago; Saturday’s event featured dishes from 29 restaurants, including 15 local businesses, and entertainment from GSMST pianist JJ Choi in addition to the Gwinnett Symphony Jazz Orchestra.

Many vendors were new to the tasting event scene,

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restaurants that they may pass by every day.”

In total, more than 2,000 samples were given out on Saturday, including dishes from Mak & Jack’s BBQ, The Melting Pot, Firenza Pizza, Crave Pie Studio, Phat Gurl Problemz Catering and Uncle Jack’s Meat House.

Popular plates of the night included liquid nitrogen ice cream, homemade Swedish meatballs, banana pudding, specialty pizzas, pulled pork macaroni and cheese, poppy seed muffins, cotton candy and smoked chicken wings, all items Marsha Graham, a Gwinnett resident who attended the event with her two friends, said contributed to an all-around good time.

“This is my first time, so I’m hoping to just try as Above, repremuch as possible, and it’s sentatives from for a worthy cause, too, so Old Fountain that’s (great),” Graham said.

Tavern serve up “We’re helping small busisamples to attendees at Taste nesses (too), so we’re doing of Gwinnett. a good thing.”

Left, attendees As for Reddy, he said he browse restauwas pleased with the event’s rant selections success. at Taste of Gwin“It’s pretty crazy how far nett on Saturday. we’ve come — sure, as an (Photos: Madiorganization — but just as son Greer) students and individuals, too,” he said. “Because of this experience, I definitely want to go into the public with Taste of Gwinnett being their first opportunity to service sector, but I also showcase their business and want to go into management get out into the community. or business. I love networking, getting people’s cards, “We’ve never done an adding them on LinkedIn event this large before and and then reaching out to we always want to encourage people to feed back into them later.

“My dream is to study at their local community by UPenn at Wharton (busisupporting their local businesses,” said Melissa Wood, ness school) for undergrad general manager of Dacula’s — we’ll see how that goes, (given) I applied early. But Old Fountain Tavern. “You I definitely want to go into have a lot of people in Gwinnett County that don’t management, business or have the opportunity to ven- sales because of (this experiture out and come to smaller ence).”

Mill Creek

Taube said the state championship is a credit to winning state sets the the team and coaching staff benchmark for future teams. that includes Katie Fowler “Teams will look to be as and Austin Sorrells and the good as them or strive to be work put in throughout the better,” Rodriguez said. “It’s year. like a building block for “We’re encouraging the teams to look back on.” kids to work in the off-

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season and keep this feeling going,” Taube said. “One of the best things about high school athletics is it encourages disclipine and sportsmanship, both of which are valuable traits for members of our team as they continue to grow and develop.”

Results

Gwinnett County argues that it uses ‘all the inforcounting of provisional mation on the ballot enballots Tuesday night. velope’ to verify a voter’s The delay in getting identity, this Court does final results in Gwinnot find that a year of birth nett comes as a statewide is material to determining battle continues over the a voter’s eligibility when counting of ballots, a war such information is not primarily waged by the uniformly required across campaigns of gubernatori- the State,” May said in her al candidates Brian Kemp order. and Stacey Abrams.

During the elections The state Democratic board meeting, Democrats and Republican parties pushed for the ballots to have been weighing in be counted while Republisince Sunday through cans protested against that a lawsuit the Georgia happening in a debate that, Democratic Party filed at times, got heated.

Sunday.

“We believe every The Democratic Party legally cast vote should sought to delay the certifi- count,” Debbie Dooley, cation of statewide results a Republican, said. “We while additional ballots also believe people that are counted. The Georviolated Georgia law ….” gia Republican weighed “Nobody broke the in with a brief Tuesday, law,” Duluth resident however, asserting that Dana Bowers said in rethe Democratic Party’s sponse, prompting another request “not only flies in person in the crowd to the face of Georgia law begin repeatly chanting but is untimely.”

“Nobody violated the Meanwhile, a standing- law.” room-only crowd of ReThe county’s elections publicans and Democrats board had been schedfilled the meeting room uled to meet and discuss at the Gwinnett County various lawsuits that have elections office Tuesbeen filed regarding last day afternoon after U.S. week’s general election, District Court Judge Leigh and they were expected to Martin May issued the certify results of the elecorder making the county tion. The board quickly count absentee ballots that went into a lengthy exwere rejected because of ecutive session that lasted birth date mismatches. more than hour to discuss May’s order was issued pending lawsuits. in response to a motion After the board came filed by 7th Congressional out of executive session, District candidate Carolyn Republicans and DemoBourdeaux on Sunday. crats who live in Gwinnett “While Defendant addressed the board about

the counting of ballots.

Meanwhile, county staff scanned and counted provisional ballots.

Day said, overall, Gwinnett had about a 64.12 percent turnout for the Nov. 6 general election, where several races were decided by close margins, including the gubernatorial race, the 7th Congressional District race, the Gwinnett County Board of Education District 2 race and a few local races for seats in the state legislature.

Abrams picked up 1,505 provisional votes, compared to 668 for Kemp and 3,816 for Metz.

Over in the school board District 2 race, Wandy Taylor picked up 102 provisional votes compared to 89 for Steve Knudsen, but Knudsen still led by a margin of 50.09 percent to 49.83 percent.

Bourdeaux picked up 810 provisional votes, but incumbent U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall picked up 442 votes as well. That cut the 901 vote gap between them down to 533 votes.

Now, only the remaining absentee ballots need to be counted.

The Bourdeaux campaign praised May’s decision but continued to press for additional ballots to be counted in Gwinnett.

Woodall’s campaign told Daily Post news partner FOX 5 on Monday that it was being patient and trusting in the work of elections officials.

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World Draft Brexit deal agreed upon by negotiators British and European Union negotiators have agreed on a draft Brexit deal, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s office said Tuesday, more than two years after the country voted in a divisive referendum to withdraw from the bloc.

May called an emergency Cabinet meeting for Wednesday to discuss the draft deal, her office announced, after months of tortuous negotiations and marathon talks in recent days.

A Downing Street spokesman said that the Cabinet would meet at 2 p.m. local time to “consider the draft agreement the negotiating teams have reached in Brussels, and to decide on next steps. Cabinet Ministers have been invited to read documentation ahead of that meeting.”

U.S., China revive trade talks ahead of Argentina meet American and Chinese negotiators have revived trade talks in the hopes of reaching a draft agreement before President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet face-toface on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Argentina.

Chinese negotiators will arrive in Washington “shortly” with the aim of ironing out an informal deal, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Tuesday at a panel event in Washington, though he did not specify an exact time frame for a meeting.

The fresh momentum comes after months of widening stalemate between the world’s two largest economies over trade, a key issue for Trump.

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said later Tuesday morning on CNBC that the restart of talks “a good thing.”

world&nation CNN sues president, top W.H. aides Lawsuit seeks to reinstate press access of correspondent

By Brian Stelter CNN

CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s access to the White House.

The lawsuit is a response to the White House’s suspension of Acosta’s press pass, known as a Secret Service “hard pass,” last week.

The suit alleges that Acosta and CNN’s First and Fifth Amendment rights are being violated by the ban.

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning. It was docketed and assigned to Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee. CNN is seeking a preliminary hearing as soon as possible.

Both CNN and Acosta are plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

There are six defendants: Trump, chief of staff John Kelly, press secretary Sarah Sanders, deputy chief of staff for communications Bill Shine, Secret Service director Randolph Alles, and the Secret Service officer who took Acosta’s hard pass away last Wednesday.

On Wednesday evening, Sarah Sanders, not pictured, released a statement announcing that the White House had revoked the hard pass, a credential that permits speedy entry to the White House grounds, held by CNN’s chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, left. In response, CNN is suing President Donald Trump and several White House aides. (CNN)

The six defendants are all named because of their roles in enforcing and announcing Acosta’s suspension.

“This is not a step we have taken lightly. But the White House action is unprecedented,” CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker said in an internal memo to staff.

Sanders responded to the suit by saying that CNN is “grandstanding” by suing.

She said the administration will “vigorously defend” itself.

In a statement on Tuesday morning, CNN said it is seeking a preliminary injunction so that Acosta can return to the White House right away, and a ruling from the court preventing the

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is pictured in a file photo from June. Sources close to the White House say Nielsen may soon be dismissed

by President Donald Trump.

(CNN)

Nation Trump considers replacements for Kelly, Nielsen

President Donald Trump has been eyeing potential replacements for several senior positions in his administration — both inside the West Wing and across the Cabinet, multiple officials familiar with the matter said.

With the exception of his family working inside the White House, few aides feel completely secure as he Tanzania loses considers a major shakeup, $300M loan due the officials said.

Kirstjen Nielsen, his secto pregnant retary of the Department of student bans Homeland Security, is potenThe World Bank has tially the next to go, multiple pulled a planned $300 officials with knowledge of million educational loan the matter said. to Tanzania amid concerns Trump could ask Nielsen about the country’s policy of to resign in the coming days, banning pregnant girls from multiple officials familiar going to school. with the matter predicted, The $300 million prodescribing the president’s gram was meant to help continued frustration at her Tanzania’s Ministry of handling of his signature isEducation improve access to sue: immigration and border quality secondary educasecurity. tion. It was scheduled to Meanwhile, chief of staff be approved by the bank’s John Kelly is also on the management late last month, list of possible resignations, but a source within the bank despite Trump saying earlier told CNN the program was this year he is welcome to instead withdrawn and will stay in the post until the not be going forward. end of the president’s term.

Tanzania’s policy of Trump has been discussing expelling pregnant girls a handful of replacements, from schools was one of the including Nick Ayers, Vice reasons for the loan to be President Mike Pence’s chief withdrawn, the source said. of staff.

The practice dates back to the 1960s, but it has been Maryland argues more widely applied since Rod Rosenstein President John Pombe Magufuli took office in 2015. should be acting Last June, Magufuli went attorney general a step further, announcing Maryland’s Attorney that pregnant students would General on Tuesday filed not be allowed to return to papers asking a federal judge school after giving birth.

— From wire reports to replace Matthew Whitaker

White House from revoking Acosta’s pass in the future.

“CNN filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration this morning in D.C. District Court,” the statement read. “It demands the return of the White House credentials of CNN’s Chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta. The wrongful revocation of these credentials violates CNN and Acosta’s First Amendment rights of freedom of the press, and their Fifth Amendment rights to due process. We have asked this court for an immediate restraining order requiring the pass be returned to Jim, and will seek permanent relief as part of this process.”

The White House Corre-

as acting U.S. attorney general with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

Brian Frosh argues Whitaker was not properly appointed and his appointment violates the Attorney General Succession Act in addition to the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.

His court challenge seeks a preliminary injunction that would stop the Justice Department from proceeding in defending a lawsuit involving the Affordable Care Act unless Rosenstein replaces Whitaker.

Maryland, along with more than a dozen other states, are seeking rulings that the Affordable Care Act remains enforceable despite the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle it.

Since Maryland’s lawsuit named former Attorney General Jeff Sessions as a defendant, the state now says the judge overseeing the lawsuit should declare that the proper defendant as attorney general is Rosenstein, not Whitaker.

Unhappy worker allegedly caused Tenn. oil spill Multiple agencies are working to clean up 10,000 gallons of oil and a mixture of antifreeze and soapy wa-

ter in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

According to Murfreesboro EMA, a disgruntled employee is responsible for the spill, which happened around 2 a.m. Tuesday on Cannon Avenue.

The employee has reportedly been taken into custody and is being charged with vandalism.

Ill. security guard killed by police while ‘doing his job,’ lawyer says A suburban Chicago, Ill., police officer responding to a shooting Sunday at a bar killed a security guard who was just “doing his job,” an attorney for the slain man’s family said.

An officer from Midlothian fatally shot Jemel Roberson, a 26-year-old security guard working at the bar, Cook County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Sophia Ansari told CNN. Law enforcement agencies responded to the shooting around 4 a.m. at Manny’s Blue Room Lounge in Robbins, about 20 miles south of Chicago, Ansari said. Three people and an alleged shooter were injured, she said.

Then, after Roberson had apprehended an alleged gunman, the Midlothian officer

spondents’ Association said it “strongly supports CNN’s goal of seeing their correspondent regain a US Secret Service security credential that the White House should not have taken away in the first place.”

CNN also asserted that other news organizations could have been targeted by the Trump administration this way, and could be in the future.

“While the suit is specific to CNN and Acosta, this could have happened to anyone,” the network said.

“If left unchallenged, the actions of the White House would create a dangerous chilling effect for any journalist who covers our elected officials.”

People Justice Ginsburg works from home after fall in office Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will not be on the bench for Tuesday’s non-argument session, according to the Supreme Court.

Last week, Ginsburg, 85, fell in her office and fractured three ribs, but by the end of the week had been released from the hospital.

Ginsburg is continuing to improve and is working from home on Tuesday morning, Supreme Court Public Information Officer Kathleen Arberg said.

According to the court, Ginsburg experienced discomfort after going home following the fall and was admitted to George Washington University last Thursday for observation and treatment.

Monica Lewinsky set to appear in TV series about Clinton affair

Monica Lewinsky said Monday that she decided to participate in a new documentary series about her infamous 1990s affair with then-President Bill Clinton so that she could ensure that her experience “never happens to another young person in our country again.”

In a Vanity Fair essay published early Monday, Lewinsky outlined her decision to participate in shot Roberson outside the the three-night series, “The bar, according to a federal Clinton Affair,” which will lawsuit filed Monday that premiere Sunday on A&E. calls the fatal shooting “exThe series, according to the cessive and unreasonable” network, “weaves together and says it violated Robernever-before-seen archival son’s civil rights. footage with exclusive new “We all yelled. ‘He’s a interviews to examine the security. He’s a security,’ biggest political scandal of and without … giving any thought, they shot him,” Har- a generation and its lasting ris told the station. “The vest influence and reverberasaid security as well … and tions on our country.”

“I hope that by particithey shot him in the side.” pating, by telling the truth about a time in my life — Hurricane-force a time in our history — I gusts fuel one can help ensure that what Calif. fire; another happened to me never happens to another young perblaze leaves 42 son in our country again,” people dead Lewinsky wrote.

As one wildfire inflicted Lewinsky also said more tragedy in Northern she decided to particiCalifornia, millions of pate in the series because people in Southern Califor- “throughout history, women have been traduced nia faced treacherous fire and silenced.” conditions Tuesday.

The area has been ravaged by the Woolsey Fire, ‘Game of Thrones’ which has charred more final season is than 93,000 acres and destroyed 435 structures. coming in April But on Tuesday, hurricaneHBO has announced that force gusts — 74 mph or the final season of “Game greater — hit canyons and ridgetops, fueling an already of Thrones” will premiere in April 2019. catastrophic blaze, Hennen There is still no specific said. release date.

So far, two people have The premium cable netdied from the Woolsey Fire work made the announce— both in Malibu. ment in a teaser trailer In Northern California, for the long-awaited final the Camp Fire has left 42 season, which will consist people dead. It’s now the deadliest and most destruc- of six episodes.

As “Game of Thrones” tive wildfire in the state’s prepares to take its bow, recorded history.

HBO is already planning But there’s a shred of good news in Butte County, for the next incarnation of the series. which has been largely anOver the summer, HBO nihilated by the Camp Fire. confirmed a pilot order for Winds were dying down an in-development prequel Tuesday, giving exhausted series, which does not yet firefighters — including have a title. Naomi Watts some who lost their own homes — a better chance of was recently announced as the star. getting a grip on the blaze.

— From wire reports — From wire reports

New guidelines: Adults should be screened for unhealthy alcohol use

By Susan Scutti CNN

You can expect a “drinking checkup” when you visit the doctor. All adults, including pregnant women, should be screened for unhealthy alcohol use by their primary care physicians, the United States Preventive Services Task Force advises. For those patients who drink above the recommended limits, doctors should provide brief counseling to help them reduce their

Must read drinking, according to the new task force statement published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA. As far as teens, the independent panel of medical experts came up empty. The task force said it did not find enough evidence to make a recommendation for or against alcohol screening and counseling for those under the age of 18. The panel is calling for more research.

Unhealthy alcohol use means drinking beyond the recommended limits. No more than four drinks in a single day and 14 drinks in a week is the line drawn for men age 21 to 64, according to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. For women and older men, the institute advises no more than three drinks in one day and no more than seven drinks in a week.

There is no safe level of alcohol for pregnant women, according to the institute.

The negative consequences of too much alcohol include illness, injury and death — unhealthy alcohol use ranks as the third leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., according to the task force.

When pregnant women drink, birth defects and developmental problems in their children may follow.

The new recommendation is a simple update of the task force’s long-standing position. Since 1996, the task force has recommended doctors screen and briefly counsel

adults for unhealthy drinking and before that, in 1989, it recommended physicians ask their patients to describe how they use alcohol.

“Yet implementation of screening and brief intervention still remains quite low,” Angela Bazzi and Dr. Richard Saitz, of Boston University School of Public Health, wrote in an editorial in JAMA. “For example, in the United States, 1 in 6 patients reports having discussed alcohol with their physician.”

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“We’ve never seen a greater show of community support than we did as Officer Toney’s family led the procession following his memorial service,” the Facebook post said.

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It then adds a passage from John 11:25 that reads, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live.

And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die” and is signed by at least 20 people.

Toney, who was killed near a Snellville school on Oct. 20 — exactly three weeks prior to when the sheriff’s office posted the letter to Facebook — was responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle when the alleged shooter, Tafahree Maynard, opened fire through the car’s closed windows.

Thousands of law enforcement officers from across the state and country turned out for Toney’s funeral, while locals lined the procession route from the church to funeral home after Toney’s service.

In uploading photos of the letter to Facebook, the sheriff’s office said it did so because “we wanted to share yet another kind gesture with you today to honor Officer Toney and the incredible impact he’s

left on our community.”

“Sheriff Butch Conway received a heartfelt letter from the most unlikely group of citizens expressing their sorrow at our loss and their support of law enforcement,” the post said. “The return address on the envelope is our own because the letter was sent by a group of inmates currently housed in our jail.”

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Wesleyan’s Pridgen celebrates 100-win milestone

By Will Hammock will.hammock@ gwinnettdailypost.com

Franklin Pridgen’s Wesleyan coaching career began when the private school’s football program did in 1997.

He assisted mentor Will Jackson in building the foundation through 2000, then took a three-year hiatus for an opportunity in the business world. The school and the job drew

him back.

“I just missed coaching so deeply,” Pridgen said.

He rejoined Jackson’s staff in 2003, stayed on board through a rocky 2005 season with a different head coach and by 2006 he was in charge of the Wolves’ program. His first head coaching victory was the 2006 opener at Dawson County.

He added 99 more since that evening — all at Wesleyan — and reached the

100-win milestone in last Friday’s 10-8 playoff victory over Tattnall Square.

“I remember (my first win) vividly,” Pridgen said.

“I was terrified. It was Sept. 1, 2006, and we were at Dawson County. Our program, we were coming off a tumultuous period between the departure of longtime head coach and founding father of the program Will Jackson, who in 2004 retired after the season. We went through

a two-year period with a head coach who came in and left abruptly, a kind of thing that doesn’t happen here too often. I got the job sort of as the last man standing.

“In some ways, I felt we were ready, and in some ways, I felt we had a lot to learn. We had a young staff. … A lot of us were wet behind the ears. We beat Dawson

Wesleyan’s head coach Franklin Pridgen hit the 100-win mark last week. (Photo: Craig Cappy)

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Buford’s Charlie Darracott is part of the Daily Post’s 2018 wrestling Super Six team. (Photos: Dale Zanine)

By David Friedlander The second he steps on the mat and even before the referee’s opening whistle blows, Charlie Darracott looks very much the part of a standout wrestler.

And when the action starts, the Buford junior demonstrates plenty of ability that has made him not only a Class AAAAA state champion at two different

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• Gwinnett County team-by-team But when Darracott sheds his wrestling preview, 3B wrestling gear and dons school • The Daily Post’s complete wresclothes, including his glasses, tling Super Six selections, 4B he evokes a different image. weight classes over the first two Think of it as Clark Kent years of his high school career, syndrome, or maybe since he’s but also a favorite to win a title still a teenager, Peter Parker. Or at a third different class this perhaps even another popular year, as well as carrying a No. fictional character?

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“It catches people off guard, I’m sure,” Darracott said with a laugh. “I’m a Spider-Man fan, but definitely (heard) Harry Potter. I’ve gotten a couple (comparisons) like that.”

All kidding aside, Darracott excels as much in the classroom as he does on the mat, though it’s not because he switches modes from wrestler to student.

From his point of view, his approach to both school and wrestling don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

He brings the same studious approach that has helped him accumulate an excellent grade point average to the wrestling room every day.

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Getting to Know ... Brett McKenzie Cook Classic brings in strong field for 10th year

Brett McKenzie, a native of Ottawa, is in his first season as a professional hockey player and was assigned to the Atlanta Gladiators by their AHL affiliate in Providence. McKenzie has nine points in 10 games with Atlanta. The 21-yearold, who was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in 2016, played 328 games over five full seasons in the OHL, primarily with North Bay and put up 224 points.

In this installment of “Getting to Know …,” McKenzie talks with staff writer Christine Troyke about a variety of topics, including being the team’s comic relief, rooming with fellow Bruins prospect defenseman Olivier Galipeau and trying to beat head coach Jeff Pyle at cards.

CT: Other than sleeping, how do you pass the time on long bus rides?

BM: Gali and I will be playing cribbage. Usually a couple of us play Snarples. And a little bit of Netflix.

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puck during a game earlier this season at Infinite Energy Arena in Duluth. (Photo: Amanda Bingham)

10th Jared Cook Classic shows him dunking a taylor.denman@ basketball, something he gwinnettdailypost.com did often during games, acNorth Gwinnett grad and cording to his former head Oakland Raiders tight end coach Len Garner.

Jared Cook was fully com“If you see the picture mitted to of him they use every year, MORE continuing it’s with him dunking — INSIDE his football that was it,” the former Parkview coach said. “That was his Tipoff features career after high school, contribution. He was a rigorous girls, localized boys but he heck of a player.” slate, 2B might have Cook was part of a had an equally transcenNorth Gwinnett team that dent basketball career, had advanced to the Elite 8 but that been his choice. lost to a South Gwinnett The photograph used to promote North Gwinnett’s See COOK, Page 2B

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Parkview Tipoff features rigorous slate of girls games

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Parkview girls basketball coach Cynthia Cooper could have taken liberties and acclimated her team to the 2018-19 season with a more favorable opponent, but she opted to open the Panthers’ season at home against last year’s Class AAAAAAA Elite 8 team Collins Hill.

With two Super Six selections — Purdue commit Bria Harmon and Georgia commit Javyn Nicholson — the Eagles look like a state championship contender.

Parkview wants to prove it belongs among those teams as well, so the Panthers are testing themselves early.

“We’re just going to see just what we need to work on,” Cooper said. “We know it’s going to be hard (if we make a playoff run). We play hard teams now to make it easier for us down the road.”

Collins Hill isn’t the only imperial team in this year’s version of the Parkview Thanksgiving Tipoff.

Last year’s state finalist in Class AAAAAAA Newton is in the mix, along with semifinalist McEachern, Elite Eight qualifier Norcross, Class AAAAAA semifinalist Douglas County, Class AAAAAA runner-up Harrison, Class AAA runner-up GAC and Class AAAAAAA defending champion Westlake.

The Parkview Tipoff Classic is becoming a destination for state-playoff contenders to test their teams early in the season. “(We make the schedule) so teams can get experience under their belt, and we’re trying to get teams that made it to the Elite 8 and Final Four and state championship,” Cooper said. “We want a good turnout to get college coaches in here and try to get the top players from different regions.”

The girls side of the tournament is a showcase format with a few teams stopping by for one game next week. The first showcase games are set for Thursday and continue on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday, The boys format is a tournament with an emphasis on local teams. Buford and Douglas County will travel the farthest of the eight teams competing.

Both qualified for the Sweet 16 in last year’s Class AAAAA and AAAAAA tournaments, respectively. Tucker, Woodland and Stephenson, not far from Lilburn, were state playoff teams with first-round exits last year, while South Gwinnett is a Gwinnett County team looking to return to the playoffs after a first-round exit last year.

“I wanted to make sure we got a little bit of everything as far as teams go,” Parkview boys coach Jon Collins said. “I wanted to try to get more local teams in hopes that that would attract attendance

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PARKVIEW THANKSGIVING TIPOFF At Parkview High School Thursday Girls 4 p.m. — GAC vs. Newton 5:30 p.m. — Norcross vs. Rockdale 7 p.m. — Parkview vs. Collins Hill Saturday Girls Noon — Woodland vs. Decatur 1:30 p.m. Douglas Co. vs. Forest Park 3 p.m. — Stephenson vs. Norcross 4:30 p.m. — McEachern vs. Collins Hill 6 p.m. — Parkview vs. Tucker Boys 2 p.m. — Tucker vs. South Gwinnett 1:30 p.m. — Stephenson vs. Decatur 3 p.m. — Buford vs. Woodland 4:30 p.m. — Parkview vs. Douglas Co. Monday Girls 11 a.m. — Tucker vs. Woodland 12:30 p.m. — Decatur vs. Douglas Co. 2 p.m. — Norcross vs. Collins Hill 3:30 p.m. — SW DeKalb vs. Rockdale 5 p.m. — Wesleyan vs. Stephenson 6:30 p.m. — Parkview vs. McEachern Boys 11 a.m. — Consolation Game 1 12:30 p.m. — Consolation Game 2 3:30 p.m. — Semifinal Game 1 5: p.m. — Semifinal Game 2 Tuesday Girls Noon — Decatur vs. Tucker Noon — Stephenson vs. GAC 1:30 p.m. — Westlake vs. Rockdale Co. 1:30 p.m. — Douglas Co. vs Woodland 3 p.m. — Harrison vs. SWD 3 p.m. — Forest Park vs. Newton Boys 4:30 p.m. — Fifth-place game 4:30 p.m. — Seventh-place game 6 p.m. — Third-place game 7:30 p.m. — Championship game

and a good game atmosphere.”

The early-season showcase is an opportunity for both teams to improve on some inefficiencies both Parkview coaches noticed in their respective scrimmages.

Cooper and her squad know they’ll be able to score points, but the Panthers look to sharpen their prowess defensively.

“We want to focus on the fundamentals and making good passes,” Cooper said.

“Boxing out and playing good defense without fouling, that’s what we’re going to focus on in this game.”

Collins and the Parkview boys hope the offensive scheme will seem seamless after the first three games of the season.

“I just want to see us hustling a lot and get more consistent with our play,” Collins said. “We’re tweaking some things with our offense and we’ve been working on it since the summer and we want to see it translate so they aren’t thinking so much and playing based on reaction.”

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Gwinnett County teams involved, though the county 10TH ANNUAL squad that featured future features a large share of JARED COOK NBA Sixth Man of the the pool of talent — last CLASSIC Year Lou Williams. Cook year’s Class AAAAAAA At North Gwinnett went off to play football at semifinalist Grayson, Class High School South Carolina. Williams AAAAA state runner-up Saturday was the 45th overall pick Miller Grove and Class 2:55 p.m. — Archer vs. in the NBA draft.

AAA defending state chamLanier The showcase was pions Greater Atlanta Chris4:30 p.m. — Milton vs. originally a tournament tian and Meadowcreek.

Mill Creek called the Powerade Clas“Jared and I have been 6:05 p.m. — North sic, but the tournament lost boys since our high school Gwinnett vs. Etowah sponsorship when Powdays, and I’m thankful that 7:40 pm. — GAC vs. erade backed out. That’s he continues to support the Peachtree Ridge Monday when Garner, the father program that I now have 2:55 p.m. — Milton vs. of current North Gwinnett the fortunate opportunity Lithonia coach Matt Garner, apto lead,” Matt Garner said.

4:30 p.m. — Douglas proached Cook to inquire “We have had so many Co. vs. Archer whether he’d be interested state championship teams 6:05 p.m. — North in giving back. Cook’s compete at the event over Gwinnett vs. West request was to make the the last several years, with Forsyth tournament about raising Hall of Fame coaches, and 7:40 p.m. — Lambert funds for breast cancer major Division I talent. It’s vs. Peachtree Ridge research — Cook’s mother been great watching the 9:15 p.m. — Shiloh vs.

Mill Creek is a breast cancer survivor event grow into one of the Tuesday — and Garner graciously premier ones in the state 2:55 p.m. — Lithonia vs. accepted. each year.

Cedar Shoals A few signed footballs “On top of all the great 4:30 p.m. — Mt. Bethel

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“It’s grown tremenKomen Atlanta. Over the Meadowcreek dously,” Len Garner said. last nine years, we have 9:15 p.m. — Peachtree Ridge vs. Grayson “Eventually the classic raised almost $20,000 for rolled over to a showcase the organization in honor instead of just a tournaof Jared’s mom, Yulinda, ment. It has really gotten Since taking over as who is a breast cancer huge and thanks to (former head coach for the 2015-16 survivor.”

North coach and Dacula season, Matt Garner has This year’s tournament AD) Zach Smith and Matt kept up the competitive begins with games on and the teams they’ve been slate that makes the Jared Saturday and rolls over to able to get in there. A lot of Cook Classic an early-sea- Monday and Tuesday with times, scheduling is tough son destination for some of a full night of five games because teams need one or the state’s top teams. from 2:55 p.m. until the two games, so it’s easier This year’s showcase end of the final tipoff at when it’s a showcase.” features more than the 10 9:15 p.m.

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2018-19 GWINNETT COUNTY WRESTLING PREVIEW Region 6-AAAAAAA Collins Hill Eagles Head Coach: Nate Ethridge 2017-18 Dual Record: 15-8 Other results: Class AAAAAAA state duals semifinals; fourth at Class AAAAAAA state traditional tournament; Region 6-AAAAAAA duals and traditional meet runner-up Returning Starters: Clint Gilbert, Soph.

Lucas DeSilva, Jr. Tomari Fox, Sr. Cody Hutchinson, Sr. Joey Felix, Jr. Elijah Griffen, Jr. Jaquan Powell, Sr. Anthony Vinson, Sr. Brock Wheeler, Sr. Outlook: While the Eagles have been competitive over the past six seasons, they may be in the verge of elevating the program back to a level it was at when it was a consistent state contender for the decade of 2002-12.

Ethridge arrives after forging an impressive resume in Michigan that includes over 500 dual meet wins. And he has not only an experienced returning group that includes six state placers, highlighted by state champs and Super Six selections Gilbert and DeSilva, but also growing numbers of a high school program with more than 50 individuals to work with. All those elements have combined to raise the excitement level throughout the whole program.

Discovery Titans Head Coach: Jonathan Clifton 2017-18 Dual Record: N/A Other Results: N/A Returning starters: N/A Duluth Wildcats Head Coach: Rob Tomlinson 2017-18 Dual Record: 6-10 Other Results: Tied for 35th at Class AAAAAAA state traditional tournament Key wrestlers: 113 Aki Choates, Jr. 120 Ian McGhee, Sr. 138 Logan Chanthavong, Sr. 182 Christian ThompsonBrown, Sr. 285 Brennon Julio, Sr. Outlook: Only five starters from last year return, though one of them is a state qualifier in McGhee. Tomlinson is hopeful that the experience possessed by the returners can serve as an example to an up-and-coming younger core that can help the Wildcats climb the ladder in the hierarchy in both Region 6-AAAAAAA and Gwinnett County.

Mill Creek Hawks Head Coach: Nathan White 2017-18 Dual Record: 11-10 Other results: Fourth at Region 7-AAAAAA duals; tied for 28th at Class AAAAAAA state traditional meet Returning Starters: 126 Tate Thomas, Sr. 132 Nic Bachmann, Soph.

138 Zach Fix, Sr. 195 Luis Ayala, Sr. 285 Nico Prescott, Soph.

Outlook: In his second season as the Hawks coach, White welcomes back five starters from last year who will not only serve as the core for the team on the mat, but provide leadership for a group of younger wrestlers whose potential he likes. The main goal he’s setting for his team is to show significant improvement from the beginning of the season to the end. If the Hawks can accomplish that goal, it could mean a serious jump in their postseason fortunes.

Mountain View Bears Head Coach: Jim Gassman 2017-18 Dual Record: 16-6 Other results: Region 7-AAAAAAA duals and traditional champions; fourth at

Class AAAAAA state duals; seventh at Class AAAAAAA state traditional tournament Returning Starters: 106 R.J. Aguirre, Sr. 138 Drew Risley, Sr. 145 Josh Jones, Sr. or Kyle Austin, Soph.

152 Camden Drouault, Sr. or Fard Muhammad, Sr. 160 Chase Standridge, Sr. 170 Garrett Spikes, Jr. or Chase Lappert, Sr. 182 Luke Hennebaul, Sr. 195 Harrison Spikes, Sr. 285 Ismael Hdabe, Jr. or Garrett Jackson, Jr. Outlook: Celebrating its 10th season since the school opened up, the Mountain View program has grown into one of top ones in Gwinnett.

And it should bring another strong squad to the mat in 2018-19 with as many as 13 wrestlers who started at one time or another last year, including defending state champ and Super Six selection Harrison Spikes.

And with promising newcomers like freshman Armond Jones, sophomore Kennedy Shropshire and senior Mason Askew, expectations are high, even against a strong schedule highlighted by competition against some of the top teams from Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee.

North Gwinnett Bulldogs Head Coach: Kyle McKee 2017-18 Dual Record: 10-6 Other Results: Third at the Area 6-AAAAAAA duals; Third at the Area 6-AAAAAAA traditional meet; 17th at the Class AAAAAAA state traditional meet Returning Starters: Diana Holmes, Soph.

Collier Thigpen, Sr. Rex McDaniel, Jr. Lucas Haller, Sr. Corbin Hood, Soph.

Josh Early, Sr. Nathan Lucas, Soph.

Outlook: The Bulldogs bring an interesting mix of experience and youth into the 2018-19 campaign, and McKee is curious as to how that mix plays itself out. State placer McDaniel, sectional qualifier Haller and senior Thigpen figure to set the tone for the season. But a hungry group of youngsters could have an equal impact on just how far they go towards reaching their team goals.

Peachtree Ridge Lions Head Coach: Jared Harris 2017-18 Dual Record: 10-12 Other results: Third at Region 6-AAAAAAA duals; fourth at Region 6-AAAAAAA traditional tournament; Valdosta Wildcat Invitational runner-up; Gwinnett County Championships runner-up; 21st at Class AAAAAAA state traditional meet Returning Starters: 126 Cameron Smith, Jr. 132 Nakia Seay, Jr. 138 Brandon Cade, Soph.

145 Michael Torres, Soph.

152 Peter Jang, Sr. 160 Julian Morris, Sr. 170 Josh McClure, Sr. 195 Jack Stewart, Jr. 220 Anthony Varela, Sr. Outlook: The Lions took a bit of a hit by graduation, including losing several fouryear starters. But several other individuals did get some experience in key matches last year, and should be more battle-tested than expected. The return of four senior starters in Jang, Morris, McClure and Varela should be a big boost.

Region 7-AAAAAAA Berkmar Patriots Head Coach: Jake Sagel 2017-18 Dual Record: 12-14 Other Results: Third at Region 7-AAAAAAA duals and

traditional tournament; 24th at Class AAAAAAAA state traditional meet Returning Starters: 106 Ally Graham, Jr. 113 Christian Cruz, Sr. 120 Daniel Elessa, Soph.

132 Jean Francisco, Soph.

138 Terrence Lewis, Jr. 145 Raheem Wellington, Sr. 170 Bader Arman, Sr. 195 Kevin Montoya, Soph.

285 Stanley Hutton, Soph.

Outlook: The Patriots are still young, with at least four sophomores in the starting lineup. However, they are much more experienced than they were a year ago, and should be quite competitive, with senior captains and state qualifiers Cruz and Arman among the returners.

And the future looks even brighter, with large freshman classes in back-to-back years to help build depth in the program.

Brookwood Broncos Head Coach: Chris Cicora 2017-18 Dual Record: 16-9 Other Results: Fifth at Class AAAAAAA state traditional meet; Region 7-AAAAAAA duals and traditional champions; Class AAAAAAA state duals qualifier Returning Starters: 126 Vaughn Williams, Sr. 132 Matthew Wilson, Sr. 145 Chandler Mullis, Jr. 152 Camron Starks, Jr. 160 Chase Hornsby, Jr. 170 Gabriel Lee, Sr. 182 David Key, Sr. 220 Justin Oldknow, Sr. 285 Brian Cardona-Soto, Jr. Outlook: With a veteran roster led by nine returning starters, including defending state champion and Super Six selection Lee and national-caliber senior Key, plus some promising newcomers, aspirations and expectations are high for the Broncos in 2018-19. Accordingly, Cicora has upgraded the schedule in hopes of challenging each individual to help ready themselves to fulfill the standards being set for them.

Central Gwinnett Black Knights Head Coach: Kermit Robinson 2017-18 Dual Record: N/A Other Results: Tied for 37th at Class AAAAAAA state traditional meet Key wrestlers: 138 Valentin Frunza, Sr. 182 Jonathan Hernandez, Sr. 285 Jhony Galeas-Vasquez, Jr. Outlook: The Black Knights start out in a tough position with only three returning starters and many new faces. With that in mind, Robinson is keeping goals simple this season and is looking to help his young team learn, develop and grow.

Meadowcreek Mustangs Head Coach: Jose Helena 2017-18 Dual Record: 16-11 Other results: Area 7-AAAAAAA duals and traditional runner-up; Class AAAAAAA state duals qualifier; Tied for 32nd at Class AAAAAAA state traditional meet Returning Starters: 106 Bryan Chan-Menuez 113 Amir Abdul-Malik 120 Joelliuis Rodriguez 132 Jawon Young 195 Raul Ruiz 220 Daniel Guitierrez 285 Francisco Moreira Outlook: The Mustangs have quietly, but steadily established themselves as one of Gwinnett’s steadiest programs over the past few years, having finished runner-up in both of Region 7-AAAAAAA’s tournaments the past two seasons, and having qualified for state du-

als three out of the last five years. Helena is optimistic they can take another step forward by qualifying even more individuals for the state traditional tournament, led

by Rodriguez, who is on the verge of a breakout season in just his third year wrestling.

Norcross Blue Devils Head Coach: Jason Miller 2017-18 Dual Record: N/A Other results: N/A Returning Starters: 145 Justin Isaacson, Jr. 152 Andrew Mettler, Jr. Outlook: The Blue Devils are looking for a little stability this season, with Miller representing the fifth different head coach in as many years. They’ll have to develop it beyond two of the few experienced returning wrestlers in juniors Isaacson and Mettler, though Miller is likes the heart and potential from several newcomers.

Parkview Panthers Head Coach: Matthew Elakatt 2017-18 Dual Record: N/A Other Results: Tied for 32nd at Class AAAAAAA state traditional tournament Returning Starters: 113 Matthew Scott, Soph.

152Joey Thomas, Jr. 170 Gary Gamble, Sr. 195 Zachariah Hamilton, Sr. 285 Oscar Balog, Jr. Outlook: Five starters return, and look to become the cornerstone as the Panthers tried to build themselves back up into being a contender for postseason success. With the influx of some young talent, Elakatt is hopeful that building process won’t be a lengthy one.

Region 8-AAAAAAA Archer Tigers Head Coach: Keith Jannett 2017-18 Dual Record: 19-4 Other Results: Class AAAAAAA state duals runner-up, third at Class AAAAAAA state traditional meet; Region 8-AAAAAAA traditional champions; Region 8-AAAAAAA duals runner-up Returning Starters: Wade Hipp, Soph.

Cameron Sapp, Jr. Outlook: After a six-year run that saw them reach the finals in the state duals and finish in the top three in the state traditional meet, including four titles in each tournament, the Tigers face a major rebuilding job this year after being hit hard by graduation. While the bulk of the roster will be young, with only state qualifiers Hipp and Sapp returning from last year’s lineup, Jannett is pleased with the talent level and work ethic of his freshman and sophomore classes.

Grayson Rams Head Coach: Mike Stephen 2017-18 Dual Record: N/A Other Results: Third at Region 8-AAAAAAA duals; Fourth at Region 8-AAAAAAA traditional tournament Returning Starters: Jayden Maxwell, Soph.

Zachary Pearson, Jr. Aiden Ramelize, Soph.

Michael Dagenhart, Soph.

Jack Lake, Soph.

DeAntwahn Virden, Soph, Shakie Shaw, Soph.

Travaughn Bradford, Soph.

Lafayette Gurvin, Soph.

Tim Gatson, Jr. Outlook: An extremely young Rams team endured some struggles a year ago, and while still quite young (as many as eight sophomores in the starting lineup), should be more experienced this season. Stephen is very excited about the talent level on the team, and is hopeful for a major bounce back in

the region duals and traditional tournament.

Shiloh Generals Head Coach: Keith Cobb 2017-18 Dual Record: N/A Other Results: Sixth at the Region 8-AAAAAAA traditional meet Returning Starters: 132 Christopher Walker, Soph.

160 Caleb Walker, Sr. 195 Camron Reed, Sr. 220 Elijah Blidge, Jr. 220 Morgan McKinsey, Soph.

Outlook: “Competitiveness” is the key word this season for the Generals, who welcome back five starters, four of which should be quite competitive in the upper weight classes, including Reed, a sectional qualifier from a year ago. Three freshmen, pus two sophomore and two junior newcomers to the lineup, should also provide more depth, and perhaps lay the foundation for future improvement for the program.

South Gwinnett Comets Head Coach: Teri Choates 2017-18 Dual Record: 21-7 Other Results: Third at Region 8-AAAAAAA traditional meet Key Wrestlters: 106 Khalil Suhil 120 Santiago Velasco 126 David Richards 132 Lester James 138 Trevan Guthrie 152 Shakoi Lockhart 160 Leneal Thomas 195 Bruce Ferguson 285 Steve Fearon Outlook: The Comets look to climb higher in the standings in both region tournaments this season behind a more experienced and deeper squad that put in plenty of work during the summer.

Region 8-AAAAAA Dacula Falcons Head Coach: Wes Cooper 2017-18 Dual Record: 20-9 Other Results: Region 8-AAAAAA duals and traditional meet champions; tied for 20th at the Class AAAAAA state tournament Returning Starters: 120 Ethan Clark, Sr. 126 Andrew Lele, Sr. 138 Hunter Harrison, Jr. 152 Daniel Oertley, Jr. 220/285 Riley Adcock, Jr. 285 Jameel Abuziad, Sr. Other contributors: 120 David Mellott, Jr. 145 Calvin Blackmon, Jr. 160 Chris Hutchinson, Sr. 170 Andrew Davell, Jr. 182 Ivan Lupu, Soph.

182/195 Brian Garcia, Soph.

Outlook: Despite losing Noah Bullock, perhaps the team’s cornerstone the past two seasons, to graduation, the Falcons do have a solid group of experienced wrestlers returning to this year’s team. And if some newcomers can step in and make the impact Cooper is convinced they can, Dacula could once again be a serious contender for both area titles.

Lanier Longhorns Head Coach: Nick Brenner 2017-18 Dual Record: 16-13 Other Results: Third at both Region 8-AAAAAA duals and traditional meet; 32nd at Class AAAAAA state traditional tournament Returning Starters: 106/113 Chris Wheeler, Jr. 120/126 Justus Lawrence, Soph.

126/132 Richard Rannals, Jr. 132/138 Ioseph Nunez, Sr. 138/145 Alexander Clark, Jr. 145/152 Jadin Lawrence, Sr. 145/152 Sam Morden, Sr. 170/182 Joe Hipple, Sr. 195/220 Mason Ladd, Sr. 285 Kyle Emerson, Sr. Outlook: After taking a small step back in the region

tournaments last season, the Longhorns return a veteran nucleus of juniors and seniors this season, including three state qualifiers.

With a little more hard work and development, a return to the state duals and higher expectations in the state traditional tournament are achievable goals.

Region 8-AAAAA Buford Wolves Head Coach: Tom Beuglas 2017-18 Dual Record: 12-0 Other results: Class AAAAA state duals and traditional champions; Area 8-AAAAA duals and traditional champions; Southern Slam Champions Returning Starters: 113 Logan Ashton, Sr. 120 Nick Cambria, Soph.

126 Dylan Bozoian, Soph.

145 Nick Stonecheck, Jr. 152 Charlie Darracott, Jr. 160 Blaine Bergey, Jr. Outlook: The Wolves bring back five state finalists, led by state champs in Super Six selections Darracott and Stonecheck, plus runners-up in nationally ranked Stanford commit Ashton, plus Cambria and Bergey. The rest of the squad is quite young, with Ashton being the only senior. Still, there is plenty of talent among youngsters like sophomores Bozoian (a state qualifier last year), Evan Dimaggio and Jacob Smith and freshmen Nick Corday and Tyler Henley to combine with the solid nucleus to make Buford a contender for its third straight state traditional and dual titles.

Area 5-AAA GAC Spartans Head Coach: Jeff Harsh 2017-18 Dual Record: 10-15 Other Results: N/A Returning Starters: Na’im Moss Sam Marchiando Tyler Garrett Mason Bruning Hudson Higgins Elijah Pryor Bobby Kincade Outlook: With only a few upperclassmen returning, the Spartans appear to be in rebuilding mode this season.

There is some young talent, however, with sophomores Moss and Garrett returning after qualifying for the state tournament last season as freshmen.

Area 5-A Wesleyan Wolves Head Coach: Bryan St. James 2017-18 Dual Record: 31-6 Other Results: Class A state duals runner-up; seventh at Class A state traditional meet Returning Starters: 106 Matthew Morse, Soph.

132 Nathaniel Jackson, Sr. 145 Sam Schmitt, Soph.

152 Harrison Dearth, Sr. 160 Matthew Stainback, Sr. 170 Donald Conley Sr. 285 Tanner Bivins, Soph.

Outlook: There is a new coach and several new potential starters, but that doesn’t mean that everything will change for the Wolves. St. James served as an assistant the past few years under Dennis Stromie, whom he switches roles with to take over a program that still has a few familiar faces it. Among those familiar faces are three returning state placers, including three-time state placer Dearth, who moves up four weight classes to compete at 152, and Conley, who also placed third a year ago. There’s also a new area alignment, though St. James expects the Wolves to be well-positioned to contend for the title in both the duals and traditional tournament.

Tables turn as United score with urgency NYC lacked hard but still doable after NYCFC’s Maxime Chanot scored late in the first half to pull within 2-1.

The Atlanta United have When Martinez got past three MLS Cup Playoff NYCFC’s last defender matches under their belts in the 83rd minute, the in two seasons as a club, fatal blow was dealt. Even and are still yet to lose. though NYCFC had the The 2017 knockout better of play in the second round loss to Columbus in half, Atlanta United surpenalty kicks may have felt vived. like a defeat, but it official“We had the control, but ly goes down as a draw. it’s not enough,” NYCFC New York City FC encoach Domenec Torrent tered Sunday’s game need- said. “When you arrive to ing to beat Atlanta United the semifinals, you have to by one goal to advance. score. After that third goal, That was made difficult forget it. Everyone is tryfor NYCFC to do when it ing to score a goal and you fell behind one goal in the have two against two befirst half on a Josef Marcause one player broke the tinez penalty kick. It was line. It’s about mistakes.

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When you arrive in the semifinals, it’s about the team that doesn’t concede goals or make mistakes has the opportunity to play in the finals.”

NYCFC needed to score more than Atlanta United in Leg 2 in Atlanta, so the third-year franchise played aggressively for the majority of the match. Atlanta United possessed 26.5 percent of the second half, but managed to outscored NYCFC and hold the visitors to two shots on target out of seven total shots.

Guzan had to make his first save of the 2018 playoffs, but NYCFC couldn’t move the needle when it had to.

“In the first half you saw

the best team, especially, since we had more of the ball,” Atlanta United coach Tata Martino said. “We were able to get a couple goals advantage, and then they get a fortunate play and they were able to score at the end to cut the deficit.

In the second half, it was a little different. They had more of the ball and we were only able to get out on the counter-attack. I think the most important thing is we never lost our order.”

Atlanta moves on to the Eastern Conference finals leg against NY Red Bulls.

Game 1 is at 5 p.m. Nov. 25 in Atlanta. The second leg is 7 p.m. on Nov. 29.

Atlanta United’s Julian Gressel, left, and Franco Escobar salute the fans following Sunday’s match against NYCFC at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. (Staff Photo: Jason Braverman)

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SUPER SIX WRESTLING Charlie Darracott School: Buford Grade: Junior Projected weight class: 152 Noteworthy: • Class AAAAA state champion at 145 pounds as a sophomore last year • Was 40-2 in 2017-18 • Class AAAAA state champion at 138 pounds as a freshman in 2017 • Named first-team All-County by the Daily Post the last two seasons • Two-time NHSCA All-American • Ranked No. 7 nationally among juniors at 145 pounds by Flowrestling • Named preseason Super Six by the Daily Post in 2017 • Has 90-10 record for his high school career Favorite athlete: Khabib Nurmagomedov Nickname: C-Dott Best wrestler in the county who isn’t me: Logan Ashton Twitter handle: @cdcott Coach Tom Beuglas’ take: “He’s very meticulous about doing things the right way.

He knows a ton of technique. He’s probably one of the best we have on the team as far as technique. He takes a lot of pride in doing it the right way.”

Lucas DeSilva School: Collins Hill Class: Junior Projected weight class: 152 Noteworthy: • Class AAAAAAA state champion 145 pounds as a sophomore last season • Second-team All-County selection by the Daily Post last season • State runner-up at 132 pounds as a freshman in 2016-17 • Career 117-10 high school record

• Placed third at the National High School Coaches Association tournament as a sophomore • Second place at the Champ vs. Champ tournament as a sophomore, Southern Slam tournament champion as a sophomore, runner-up as a freshman • Named All-American at the Kansas City Stampede tournament freshman and sophomore seasons Favorite athlete: Dave Schultz Nickname: Gramby Master Best wrestler in the county who’s not me: Logan Ashton Coach Nate Ethridge’s take: “Lucas is just one of the most enjoyable wrestlers to watch in the South. Never a dull moment. (He’s) looking to repeat his performance from last season.”

Clint Gilbert School: Collins Hill Grade: Sophomore Projected weight class: TBA Noteworthy: • Class AAAAAA state champion at 106 pounds as a freshman last season • Named first-team AllCounty by the Daily Post last season • Named first-team All-County by the Gwinnett Takedown Club last season • Posted a 35-6 record last season • Named Daily Post’s Fan’s Choice Athlete of the Week for Feb. 15, 2018 Favorite athletes: Tom Brady, Juilan Edelman, Nick Chubb, Todd Gurley, Danny Amendola and Rob Gronkowski Best wrestlers in the county who aren’t not me: Powell Gilbert and Lucas DeSilva Coach Nate Ethridge’s take: “I’m excited to see how he does at larger weight. He has grown a ton. (He’s) real strong coming out of football. Not many guys can say they won a state title as a freshman, especially in

(Class) AAAAAAA.” Gabriel Lee School: Brookwood Grade: Senior Projected weight class: 170 Noteworthy: • Class AAAAAAA state champion at 170 pounds as a junior last season • Posted a 14-1 record last season • Three-time first-team All-County selection by the Daily Post • Class AAAAAA State runner-up at 160 pounds as a sophomore and freshman • Named preseason Super Six by the Daily Post in 2016 Favorite athletes: Daniel and Thomas Bullard Best wrestler in the county who isn’t me: David Key Coach Chris Cicora’s take: “Gabriel is the epitome of student-athlete excelling both on and off the mats. He possesses a high wrestling IQ and does a great job of breaking down his opponents’ weaknesses and exploiting them during a match. Our coaching staff is looking forward to being in his corner during his senior campaign.”

Harrison Spikes School: Mountain View Grade: Senior Projected weight class: 195 Noteworthy: • Class AAAAAAA state champion at 195 pounds as a junior last season • First-team All-County selection by the Daily post at 195 pounds last season • Area 7-AAAAAA champion, Class AAAAAA sectional champion as a sophomore in 2016-17

• Second-team All-County selection by the Daily Post in 2016-17 • 2015-16 Gwinnett County champion • NHSCA Academic All-American • Three-sport varsity athlete (baseball, football, wrestling) Favorite athlete: Freddie Freeman Nickname: Harry Best wrestler in Gwinnett County who isn’t me: David Key Twitter handle: @HarrisonSpikes Coach Jim Gassman’s take: “Harry is an outstanding student-athlete. Harry competes in three sports at a high level and has an A-plus average with his grades. Harry is a great teammate and great competitor.”

Nick Stonecheck School: Buford Grade: Junior Projected weight class: 145 Noteworthy: • Class AAAAAA state champion at 132 pounds as a sophomore last season • Class AAAAAA state champion at 126 pounds as a freshman • Two-time First-team All-County selection by the Daily Post • U.S. Nationals All-American • NHSCA All-American • Named preseason Super Six by the Daily Post as a sophomore last year • Career 92-8 record Favorite athlete: JuJu Smith-Schuster Best wrestler in the county who isn’t me: Charlie Darracott Nickname: Stone Twitter handle: @NStonecheck Coach Tom Beuglas’ take: “Nick’s greatest attribute is his toughness. He is not going to back down from anyone, and when you step in the circle with him, you better be ready for a fight, because he is going to go full speed for the entire 6 minutes.”

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nal have already secured a verbal commitment from It’s a philosophy Darhis Buford teammate Loracott has demonstrated for gan Ashton. a long time. “(Stanford) has the No. “He’s been wrestling 1 psychology program in since he was a kid, so he America, as well as one was pretty well-skilled of the top biomedical when he got into high programs,” Darracott said. school,” Wolves coach “I’m taking AP psychology Tom Beuglas said. “But right now. It’s one of my he’s very smart. He’s a 4.0 favorite classes — that and student. The same philoso- AP language because I’m phy he takes in the classfinally learning to be able room is kind of what he to write (well). Something takes in practice. He’s very I’ve been gifted with is meticulous about doing being able to understand things the right way. He people.” knows a ton of technique.

That ability to underHe’s probably one of the stand people has definitely best we have on the team come in handy when it as far as technique. He comes to his wrestling. takes a lot of pride in doing Whether it’s sizing up it the right way.” an opponent, dealing with Darracott’s attention to advice from his coaches or detail in both his schooleven understanding himself work and wrestling, as as he goes through match well his insistence on strategy, Darracott says doing things the right way, understanding how people has made him an attractive think has helped him on target for college wrestling the mat and beyond it. programs across the nation.

“Just being able to go That includes instituout there and being able to tions known for success stay calm in any situation both academically and no matter what,” Darracott athletically, such as the said. “It’s a lifestyle. It’s service academies and not only just that wrestling Stanford. aspect, it’s trying to be the He admits to being very best human being I can interested in Stanford, and possibly be. The outcome not just because the Cardi- of that comes into my

wrestling.

“In terms of mental preparations for a wrestling match, it was initially learning the habit to just keep working hard. As of right now, it’s so much easier because I’ve done it for so long.”

True, Darracott has developed his more intellectual approach to wrestling at an early age, and learned it from his family, who also taught him to be tough both physically and mentally.

And the latter is what Beuglas sees as being as big a part in Darracott’s success as the former.

“His dad was a wrestler in high school,” Beuglas said. “He wrestled for Cliff Ramos. It’s funny. When I’m around, his dad doesn’t put a lot of pressure on him. I think it’s just his personality. He wants to do good at everything he does.

But at the same token, he’s humble. He’s not conceited or anything like that. In practice, he’s great working with the other guys. “(Wrestling) is a pretty detail-oriented sport.

You’re not going to be successful doing things the wrong way, and he’s been doing it long enough

that he takes a lot of pride in what he’s doing. So it shows.”

And just like he has learned from others in forging his own approach, Darracott also relishes in passing on what he has learned to others.

Whether that means he will eventually go into coaching when his wrestling career is over remains to be seen, but based on what he’s seen, Beuglas believes he would be well

Buford’s Charlie Darracott is part of the Daily Post’s 2018 wrestling Super Six team.

(Photo: Dale Zanine)

WRESTLING ROUNDUP

Mountain View opened the wrestling season with a runner-up finish over the weekend at the 11-team Locust Grove Invitational. R.J. Aguirre (113 pounds), Mason Askew (120) and Drew Risley (138) won tournament championships for the Bears. Alvaro Reyes (106) finished second, as did Chase Lappert (170).

Kyle Austin (145) added a third-place

finish and Josh Jones (152) was fourth.

Buford’s Corday, Cambria win titles at Lassiter Invite

Buford’s Nick Corday and Nick Cambria won individual championships this past Saturday at the Lassiter Invitational.

The Wolves’ Todd Hill placed second in his weight class, Tyler Henley was third and Dylan Bozoian was fourth.

— From staff reports

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suited to the job.

“He’s great with the other guys.” Beuglas said.

“He’s always helping some of the other kids. Whoever his partner is for the day (in practice) is going to have a very good day. If he does things wrong, Charlie’s going to help him.

“He does a lot of camps.

He wants to learn. He wants to get better. He doesn’t avoid competition.

He always goes to the national tournaments, things

like that. He handles losses well. He’s only lost a few in high school, but when he does — like when we went to (the) Kansas City (Stampede tournament) when he was a freshman, he got beat up a little bit. He was fine. Sometimes those kids who were successful in youth (wrestling) have a hard time taking losses. He came back from Kansas City and said, ‘I’ve got to get better.’ So he’s got the make-up you look for.”

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Men Rush To Get Newly Approved Prostate Pill That Regains Bladder Control Day And Night •From Page 1B CT: Have you bingewatched anything lately?

BM: No, not really.

CT: You exhausted Netflix already?

BM: I’ve already watched all of “Shameless,” so that’s, like, nine seasons.

CT: Are you used to the bus rides from the OHL, though?

BM: Yeah. I mean, at least we have a sleeper bus so that makes it a lot easier.

CT: I still can’t believe in juniors they don’t do the sleeper buses.

BM: Some teams do, but the longest in the “O” is like eight hours. It is pretty long, but in juniors, I’d have my own seat so I could lie down.

CT: What was the farthest team from North Bay? BM: It was about eight hours to Windsor.

CT: What’s North Bay like?

BM: It’s more of a cottage town. Where my billets lived, I was always on the water. So on the outskirts of the city. Most of the guys don’t really live in the city because finding billets there is pretty hard.

CT: You spent 4 ½ seasons in North Bay, which is unusual. But then halfway through your overage year, you were traded?

BM: It was tough because I did all the same practices for 4 ½ years so it got long. I wanted to get traded my fourth year, trying to get to a team that was going to make the playoffs. That didn’t happen so I think being traded, even in my overage year, was nice to open my mind and see what other people can do. And even to go to a more offensive team with all the higher end guys there was nice.

CT: How was it coming to Owen Sound halfway through the season?

BM: I knew a couple of the guys so it wasn’t that bad. And I’d been playing against them for 4 ½ years. It was a good group of guys. I had a roommate, which was the first time for that. I was with (Jonah) Gadjovich and I had known him for five years, so it wasn’t too weird.

CT: What’s Owen Sound like? Another smaller city on the water?

BM: It’s pretty much the same as North Bay. CT: What was the toughest place for you to play as a visitor?

BM: Owen Sound. It’s a

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different rink. It’s so small and the boards are rocks.

It used to be the worst, but then when you start practicing there and playing there, teams come in and they tell you they hate it. We loved it. And the crowds are good.

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CT: So, good roommate?

BM: Oh, GREAT roommate.

OG: Best roommate.

CT: If I visit Ottawa, what should I do or see?

BM: Honestly, I’m never there. I spend the summer in North Bay with my billets. I love it up there. I’m at home, but even in the summer, we have a cottage in Quebec, so I’m there most of the time instead of Ottawa.

CT: How’s your French?

BM: Pretty good. I’m full bilingual.

CT: Is that why you have the roommate you have?

BM: We’ve known each other for years. I met him in Vancouver (development camp).

CT: Were you always a forward?

BM: Yes. CT: No desire to try goal or anything?

BM: I play goalie in the summer.

CT: How are you?

BM: I’m pretty good.

CT: Like maybe you missed your calling?

BM: Like I think I should play in the NHL. CT: It’s not too late.

BM: (laughing) It’s still early.

CT: Are there any pro players that made an impression on you as a kid?

BM: I looked up to Mike Fisher when he played in Ottawa. I saw him play a couple of times and I met him a couple of times.

CT: You got an assist in your first pro game. How have you felt about the transition from junior?

BM: You’ve got a lot more time (during the day), that’s for sure. We used to wake up at 10 and get in a workout, but I have the same routine as junior,

other than that I don’t practice at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. But I always end up going back to nap after the workout, which is perfect. And my roommate is great. We’re pretty much the same person anyway.

OG: (From around the corner) Oh, are you French?

BM: And we both love to joke around.

CT: I heard there was a good Halloween costume.

BM: Yes. We were “Dumb and Dumber” (in the orange and powder blue suits).

CT: Who decided on that?

BM: Uh, my girlfriend was visiting and Gali was like, “Let’s just watch ‘Dumb and Dumber.’” We both knew all the lines so we decided we were going to become them.

CT: If it’s nice weather, the windows are down in the car, what kind of music do you listen to?

BM: Oh, pretty much anything. Gali was listening to jazz on the way here (to catch the bus for last weekend’s road trip to Norfolk).

CT: Like smooth jazz?

BM: Like romantic jazz.

CT: There are so many young guys on the roster, do you let the vets in on the fun?

BM: Well, we had the Halloween party at our house. We like to hang out with the older guys. I play cards with them all the time. It’s a good group.

CT: Are you a usual winner at cards?

BM: No. Well, it depends. Everyone usually ends up winning. Gali loses a lot at crib, though.

He’s been playing since he was, like, 3. I just learned how to play, like, two weeks ago. But, you know what, we play as partners and we have not lost yet. I think Pyler is playing with us today. I think he’s not good at it.

CT: Jeff, are you any good at cribbage?

Jeff Pyle: Oh, no, I haven’t played very much. (winks) BM: Just like Snarps. (laughing) CT: Or ping pong.

BM: Everything. Every card game he seems to be good.

CT: I was going to ask who provides the laughs for the locker room, but it sounds like it might be you. And Gali?

BM: It’s both of us. We feed off each other. Like really well.

IN BRIEF

McClure, Georgia Force win playoff opener

The Gwinnett-based Georgia Force, a home-school football program, opened the Georgia Independent Christian Athletic Association state playoffs with a 33-0 victory over The King’s Academy of Woodstock last Friday.

Up 7-0 at halftime, the Force took control with a 17-point third quarter. Seth McClure rushed 26 times for 204 yards and four touchdowns, powering a rushing attack that racked up 342 yards. Teammate Jackson Lee had six carries for 78 yards.

The defensive shutout was led by 17 tackles (four for losses) by Luke Cieply, two interceptions and a fumble recovery

by Christian Rivera, an interception by Will Pritchett, three tackles for losses by Parker Fesperman and two tackles for losses by Cody Jordan.

Rivera also was 2-for-2 on field goals,

including a 45-yarder, and 3-for-3 on PATs. The Force host Community Christian on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Denmark High School for the GICAA Class AAA championship.

Archer’s Collins shines at Meet of Champions

Archer’s Myles Collins placed second this past weekend in the USA Track and Field Georgia High School Meet of Champions in Fayetteville.

Collins posted a 5K time of 15 minutes, 37.52 seconds in the top division of the race, which featured top runners and teams from all Georgia high school classifications. Grayson’s Chris Cherono was 12th in 16:02.86 in the top division.

In the girls championship race, Mountain View’s Chloe Hetherington was 22nd in 19:01.70.

— From staff reports

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Prep Schedule

Today

BASKETBALL

6 p.m. — Brookwood girls at Holy Innocents’ 6 p.m. — Chattahoochee at Berkmar

SWIMMING AND DIVING

5:15 p.m. — Hebron at Riverside Military Academy

WRESTLING

5:30 p.m. — Flowery Branch at Berkmar Thursday

BASKETBALL

• Parkview Tipoff Classic 6 p.m. — Wesleyan boys at Pinecrest Academy 7:30 p.m. — Brookwood boys at Lambert

SWIMMING AND DIVING

5 p.m. — Blessed Trinity, Holy Innocents’ at Wesleyan 5 p.m. — Buford, Lanier at GAC Friday

FOOTBALL

Second round state playoffs Class AAAAAAA 7:30 p.m. — Norcross at Grayson 7:30 p.m. — Mill Creek at Milton 7:30 p.m. — Archer at Parkview 7:30 p.m. — West Forsyth at North Gwinnett Class AAAAAA 7:30 p.m. — Harrison at Lanier 7:30 p.m. — Allatoona at Dacula Class AAAAA 7:30 p.m. — Kell at Buford Class AAA 7:30 p.m. — Westminster at GAC Class A 7:30 p.m. — Hebron at Savannah Christian 7:30 p.m. — Wesleyan at Prince Avenue Christian

The Home Teams

TODAY NEXT UPCOMING

Off

NY Red Bulls at NY Red Bulls Nov. 25, 5 p.m. Nov. 29, 7 p.m.

92.9-FM/TBD 92.9-FM/TBD at Denver at Indiana Thu, 9 p.m.

Sat, 7 p.m.

FSSE/92.9-FM FSSE/92.9-FM

Falcons

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Georgia

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UMass Georgia Tech Sat, 4 p.m.

Nov. 11, Noon SECN/95.5-FM SECN/95.5-FM

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Virginia Georgia Sat, 3:30 p.m.

Nov. 11, Noon 93.7-FM SECN/93.7-FM

United

Hawks

Gladiators

Tech

Norfolk Florida Fri, 7:35 p.m.

Sat, 7:35 p.m.

97.7-FM 97.7-FM Dallas at New Orleans Sun, 1 p.m.

Nov. 22, 8:20 p.m.

Fox/92.9-FM NBC/92.9-FM

FSSE = FOX Sports Southeast, FSSO = FOX Sports South

In Brief

NAIA opening round opponents set for GGC men’s, women’s soccer The NAIA men’s and women’s soccer tournament seedings and first-round opponents are set for Georgia Gwinnett College.

The No. 16-seeded men’s team will play Southeastern (Fla.) in the opening round Saturday and the No. 7-seeded girls team will host Columbia College (Mo.) on Saturday.

Both the men’s and women’s teams earned automatic bids to the tournament by winning their respective Association of Independent Institutions championship games Saturday night at the Grizzly Soccer Complex.

The women’s team is 16-3 on the season and is playing in its second consecutive NAIA tournament. It’s the third time the program has made the tournament since 2013.

Its opponent, Columbia, is the American Midwest Conference Champion with a 14-4-2 record.

The men’s team, 11-5-1 overall, is playing the Sun Conference tournament champion after qualifying for the NAIA tournament for the fifth time in program history. Southeastern is 12-3-2 overall.

— From staff reports

Sports Calendar FOOTBALL

Ongoing through Dec. 16: Lawrenceville Youth Association Football/Cheer will hold its annual association meeting and elections Dec. 16 at Rhodes Jordan Community Center. The meeting begins at 3 p.m.

LACROSSE

Dec. 9: Atlanta Storm Lacrosse, the new girls division of Thunder LB Lacrosse, will host tryouts for its girls teams Dec. 9 at Archer High School. The Dec. 9 session is from 5 to 7 p.m.

For more information, go to

www.thunderlb3lacrosse. com/storm.

Ongoing through Dec. 15: Gwinnett Lacrosse Academy is accepting registration for its winter indoor lacrosse leagues and clinics at the Silverbacks Indoor facility in Suwanee. Boys leagues are for secondgraders to eighth-graders and girls leagues are for third-graders to eighth-graders. Learn to play clinics are offered for grades 1-8.

For more information, go to www.gwinnettlacrosseacademy.com.

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GFL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDUP

Duluth, Mill Creek win two titles

By Ken Chrzanowski Staff Correspondent

SUWANEE — The youth organizations from Duluth and Mill Creek were the big winners Saturday in the Gwinnett Football League championship games, hosted at Peachtree Ridge High School.

Both Duluth and Mill Creek won two individual age group titles in the season-ending showcase featuring the feeder programs of Gwinnett’s high school teams.

Duluth won back-toback games early in the day to claim the 9- and 10-year-old championships. Mill Creek matched the Wildcats’ feat by winning the day’s final two age groups, eighth grade and 12-yearold.

The associations from Grayson (11-year-old), Peachtree Ridge (8-yearold) and Buford (6- and 7-year-old) also won divisions Saturday.

Eighth Grade Mill Creek NL South 13, Brookwood AL South 12 Mill Creek pulled out a dramatic 13-12 win over Brookwood with an impressive rally in Saturday’s finale.

Quarterback Hayden Clark and running back Caleb Downs were quite the duo down the stretch, combining for 129 rushing yards.

Brookwood running back Jordan Davenport led his team in rushing with 70 yards on 10 attempts.

On top of some offensive miscues on their first possession, the Hawks’ first punt of the game was blocked, which placed the Broncos in a perfect position to score inside the 35-yard line. Davenport carried Brookwood with 16 yards rushing, setting up a 14-yd touchdown run by Joseph Taylor for a 6-0 in the first quarter.

Just before the half, Mill Creek took over at the Broncos’ 35-yard line after a muffed punt. With a Downs rush for 14 yards and a 14-yard catch by Hamp Childs, the Hawks were at the 3-yard line, but a false start call pushed the offense back. They attempted two pass plays, but were forced into a turnover on downs by the Bronco defense.

After taking over, the Broncos pieced together a 63-yard drive behind a 36-yard pass from Dylan Lonergan to Miles Massengill. A couple of penalties kept the Broncos from tying and they failed on fourthand-13 on the 27-yard line.

The Broncos scored on their first possession of the second half. Davenport and Howard Copeland II combined for 60 rushing yards to set up a Lonergan 11-yard TD run.

Trailing 12-0 at the end of the third quarter, the Hawks fought back. Downs rushed for 42 yards before being tackled at the 15-yard line. Clark finished the drive with a 4-yard TD run.

Jacob Ulrich added the extra point.

A gutsy call to squib kick worked in the favor of the Hawks, who recovered a fumble on the kickoff. Mill Creek took advantage on a a 1-yard rushing TD by Downs, pushing ahead 13-12 with 4:42 left. The two-point attempt was no good.

On their last drive, the Broncos failed to get anything going and were swarmed with a huge sack and turnover on downs on fourth-and-20.

12-year-old Mill Creek NL North 26, Buford NL South 0 The Mill Creek offense exploded for nearly 300 yards rushing and also played well on defense in a 26-0 win over the Buford Wolves.

The Hawks’ star of the game was running back Cameron Robinson, who racked up 206 yards and three touchdowns.

Robinson was unstoppable from the start, accumulating 101 yards in the first quarter alone. J.T. Hornick also chipped in 49 yards for the game.

Robinson’s score was on a

Duluth’s Cameron Jones (10) fights off the tackle of Grayson’s Preston Glasco (21) in the Gwinnett Football League 9-year-old championship game Saturday at Peachtree Ridge High School. (Photo: Will Hammock) 93-yard run, racing through a huge opening created by the line for a 6-0 lead.

On the next possession, the Hawks faced first-and-40 on their own 9 because of two holding calls and a chop block penalty. They got out of the situation on the legs of Robinson, who brought life to the Hawks’ offense with a pair of runs for 27 and 11 yards. He rushed for a total of 48 yards on the drive and punched in his second TD from five yards out for a 12-0 edge.

After halftime, not much momentum shifted away from the Hawks. Robinson and Hornick directed the Hawks offense 47 yards and Robinson scored on a 16-yard TD with six seconds left in the third quarter.

Dominic Bambinelli added the two-point conversion.

With a 20-0 lead, the Hawks rushing attack drained the clock until Robinson’s 70-yard interception for a TD capped the win.

11-year-old Grayson AL South 21, Dacula NL South 12 The Grayson Rams were down but never out of the championship game, mounting a big comeback to defeat Dacula 21-12.

The Rams scored 21 unanswered points in the second half, including two touchdowns coming within six minutes left in the game. The Rams totaled 153 yards rushing between Amari Alston (65), Aaron Holloway (63) and Clifton Franklin (25). Franklin accumulated the least amount of yards, but his two TDs in the fourth quarter proved to be key runs in the Rams to victory.

Following a successful fourth-down conversion on its first drive, Dacula struck first with an 18-yard TD run by D’Narian Washington. The twopoint attempt failed.

The Falcons, facing thirdand-18 later in the half, added to the lead when Washington snagged a 47-yard TD pass over his defender. The two-point attempt failed, but the Falcons took a commanding 12-0 lead in the second quarter.

In desperate need of a quick response TD, Alfonzo Solomon scored on a 75-yard kickoff return, but it was called back due to a holding penalty. The call didn’t shake the Rams’ confidence and Holloway kept up his stellar play, converting on a fourth-and-five for a 20-yard gain and capping the drive with a 3-yard TD run.

Alston added the point after attempt, trimming the deficit to 12-7.

The Rams’ rushing attack continued to prey on the Falcons on another scoring drive, totaling 54 yards on the ground. Franklin gave Grayson the lead with a 5-yard TD run and Holloway added the PAT for a 14-12 edge.

Franklin added an exclamation point with an 11-yard TD run to seal the win. Bryce Hudson added the PAT.

10-year-old Duluth AL South 13, Parkview AL North 7 A huge defensive surge with 13 seconds left in the game sealed a 13-7 comeback win for the Duluth Wildcats over the Parkview Panthers. The Wildcats rallied from a 7-0 deficit.

The Panthers wasted no time on their first drive. Bryce Green found the end zone after a 39-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run. Green also added the PAT for a 7-0 lead.

The Wildcats responded with the help of Sedric Addison’s 31-yard run into the Panthers territory. The offense couldn’t take advantage, though, when Parkview’s Rashaan Isaac made an interception on the 8-yard line.

On the following drive, the Wildcats’ defense found a token opportunity to score again by scooping up a fumble.

Addison got the Wildcats on the board early in the second quarter, scoring on a 15-yard run. Rhari Thomas added the PAT with a run.

On their first drive after the break, the Wildcats got 36 combined rushing yards from Addison and Thomas. Daverin Geralds placed a lid on the drive with a 19-yard run, along with an 8-yard catch for a TD, to put the Wildcat lead to 13-7.

The PAT was no good.

Parkview had one more opportunity on its last drive, but two penalties and a bad snap created a third-and-26 situation. Two catches helped the Panthers get a first down — Green made a phenomenal catch over a defender to make it fourth-and-eight inside two minutes, and Delk caught a 13-yard pass despite being bumped off his route. But a fumble and a sack helped kill the comeback.

9-year-old Duluth AL South 14, Grayson AL North 0 Duluth capped an unbeaten season with a strong defensive effort in defeating Grayson 14-0.

The Rams (10-2) turned in the first defensive stand when they stopped the Wildcats in the first quarter on fourth-andgoal from the 4-yard line.

The game was scoreless until the first play of the second quarter when Brayden Tyson swept around the right edge for a 24-yard touchdown. Tyson also converted the PAT to give Duluth (12-0) a 7-0 lead.

In the third quarter, after a 41-yard run by Tyson to the Grayson 2, the Wildcats’ Cory McClain III added to the lead.

Faking a handoff to Tyson, and with the defense keying on the Duluth back, McClain kept the ball on a quarterback bootleg and scored. Tyson’s extra point increased the lead to 14-0 with 5:14 left in the third.

Grayson moved the ball into Duluth territory several times in the second half but was unable to convert the posses-

sions into points, giving the Wildcats the title.

8-year-old Peachtree Ridge NL South 19, Parkview AL North 14 Peachtree Ridge used a fourth-quarter touchdown to turn back Parkview in a battle of unbeatens in the 8-year-old finals.

The Lions’ Aiden Opore opened the scoring at 6:35 of the first quarter. Taking the shotgun snap, Opore raced around the right edge for the touchdown. The extra point was no good and Peachtree Ridge led 6-0.

Parkview (11-1) responded with 9:14 left in the first half when Dwayne Goldware scored from four yards out. Elijah Worrell converted the extra point to give the Panthers a 7-6 lead.

Peachtree Ridge (12-0) regained the lead just before halftime on a touchdown by Zain Belfield. Belfield’s quarterback sneak from the 1-yard line gave the Lions a 12-7 advantage at half.

The teams traded possessions in the third quarter but Parkview struck early in the fourth. Worrell scored from the 5-yard line and Goldware’s conversion put the Panthers up 14-12.

However, less than three minutes later, Opore’s 40-yard touchdown run put the Lions back on top 19-14 — after Jame’l Davis converted the PAT. Parkview had one final chance when it recovered a late fumble by the Lions, but it was unable to score.

6- and 7-year-old Buford NL South 13, Grayson AL North 12 Buford scored with 53 seconds left in the game to defeat Grayson 13-12 for the 6- and 7-year-old championship.

Cayden Gould’s 12-yard touchdown run off left tackle followed by Jeremiah Powers’ conversion of the extra point cemented the Wolves’ title.

Grayson opened the scoring with 4:37 left in the first quarter when D.J. Parks scampered 53 yards for the score. The extra point failed and the Rams led 6-0.

Buford (11-1) responded by driving inside the Grayson 5-yard line. However, the defense held and a fourth-down conversion attempt did not find the end zone, giving the ball back to the Rams.

The Wolves tied the game just before halftime when Gould ran 27 yards for the score. The PAT was no good and the teams went to halftime tied 6-6.

Grayson (11-1) regained its advantage at 7:40 of the third quarter when Jovanni Watts ran 50 yards for a touchdown.

Watts started at right tackle, then bent his rushing attempt back to the left and outran the defense into the end zone.

The conversion was no good, giving the Rams a 12-6 lead they held until the game’s final minute.

GFL presents scholarships, awards From Staff Reports The Gwinnett Football League awarded its scholarships and awards Saturday during the eighth-grade championship game at Peachtree Ridge.

Ethan Jones received the Kyle Maynard

Courage Award, and Doug Washington of the Lawrenceville Youth Association was named GFL Representative of the Year.

The GFL also presented college scholarships to high school seniors who competed in the league during the past.

Those scholarship winners are as follows: Baillie Brindle, Mountain View Amelia Clayborn, Buford Hannah Darby, Archer Christian Griffin, Buford Baxley Harris, Mill Creek

Reilly Kay, Mill Creek Grace Kennerly, Mill Creek Harris King, Mill Creek Strickland Palmer, Collins Hill Breanna Pierce, South Gwinnett Olivia Walls, Mountain View

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Election trouble in Fla., again MIAMI — Sen. Marco Rubio (RFL) had the best line when it comes to the latest Florida election in which contests for governor and the U.S. Senate are still undecided.

Rubio tweeted: “Bay County was hit by a Cat 4 Hurricane just 4 weeks ago, yet managed to count votes & submit timely results.

Yet over 41 hours after polls closed #Broward elections office is still counting votes?”

With lawyers Cal descending on the state in what looks Thomas to some like a replay of the 2000 “hanging chad” presidential election, an automatic recount has been triggered for both contests.

President Trump and other Republicans are crying foul and accusing Democrats of trying to “steal” the election. Given the history of voter fraud in this country and the heavily Democratic makeup of Broward and Palm Beach counties, their suspicions may be justified.

Vote-stealing isn’t new. After the initial vote count in the 1948 Texas Senate race, which saw Lyndon Johnson losing to his opponent Coke Stevenson by 20,000 votes, previously “unreported precincts” and other “adjustments” were made in the vote totals. Johnson came out the winner by a mere 87 votes, earning him the derisive title “Landslide Lyndon.”

In the 1960 presidential race, which saw the tightest popular vote margin since Grover Cleveland defeated James Blaine in 1884 by just 23,000 votes, Republicans claimed Richard Nixon was robbed. As Politico reported in a 2016 article, “In Illinois, (John F. Kennedy) won by just 8,800 votes, largely due to margins in Chicago, where Mayor Richard Daley — a Kennedy stalwart — tightly controlled the Cook County organization. In Texas, home of his running mate, Lyndon Johnson, the Kennedy-Johnson ticket won by a margin of 46,000. Had Nixon carried both states, he would have won the Electoral College, 270 to 252.”

In the 2008 Minnesota Senate race between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken, Coleman won the election by the narrowest of margins. According to CNN, “The initial count from the November 4 election put Coleman, a first-term senator, 215 votes ahead of Franken.”

The slim margin triggered an automatic recount. The canvassing board finally determined that Franken “won by 225 votes.”

After Franken was sworn in, a conservative group called Minnesota Majority began investigating claims of voter fraud. The group found 1,099 felons, all of them ineligible, had voted.

As John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky note in their book “Who’s Counting?: How Fraudsters and Bureaucrats Put Your Vote at Risk,” most felons favor Democrats when they can vote.

Which brings us back to Florida.

With vote margins in the races for governor and Senate so tight, Republicans are worried that history will repeat itself.

Brenda Snipes, the supervisor of Elections in Broward County, has held her job for 15 years. Her history, to put it charitably, has been checkered. Last May, a judge ruled that Snipes violated federal and state election laws when she destroyed ballots in the 2016 congressional race in which Tim Canova lost a primary contest to incumbent Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

In August, a judge ordered Snipes to stop opening mail-in ballots in secret.

Snipes has engaged in other behavior that has raised concerns about her competence and nonpartisanship, including again in 2016 when she “accidentally” posted election results 30 minutes before polls closed.

The recount process will be anything but pleasant. Snipes and others who are responsible for this dysfunctional, incompetent and possibly criminal behavior should be replaced, the sooner the better for Florida and for the country.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@tribpub.com.

After purple wave, relief yet to come WASHINGTON — It wasn’t a blue trickle, but nor was it a tsunami. Rather, the midterm elections brought a gentle, purplish wave of mostly centerleaning Democrats whose profiles suggest a welcome infusion of professionalism and balance to a disorderly House.

Unlike the tea party revolution of 2010, when Republicans gave Democrats a “shellacking,” as then-President Obama put it, this year’s victors seem more inclined to govern than to disrupt. Perhaps this is because so many of them are women, who tend to work well together, even when particular issues may place them on opposite political sides.

Sidebar: The worst thing to happen to women and, therefore, to the nation is the encroaching trend of unisex restrooms. Don’t you people know that half the world’s problems are solved when two or more women go to the “Ladies Room” together? Maybe when we’re in charge …

Indeed, in this election many of the tea party and Freedom Caucus Republicans — notably outgoing Rep. David Brat, R-Va., who came to office by defeating then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor — will be holding the door for up to 40 new Democratic members, depending upon final tallies in some races. This is a blessing in so many ways.

First, the Democrats’ takeover of the House brings much-

ing and animated — and just possibly much better. Since no one asked, I thought I’d offer some advice.

First, to Republicans: Change the soundtrack on immigration and make your voices louder than the president’s. Without a doubt, immigration is tough, Kathleen but it needn’t be apocalyptic. As Parker of now, the GOP is increasingly viewed as racist — not without needed balance to the Congress. reason.

It’s rarely, if ever, good for It is possible to enforce the country when one party borders and create rational controls all branches of govsolutions to handle people ernment, even if it means the entering the country illegally occasional gridlock. Sometimes without appearing to be antidoing less is more. immigrant. I know, it’s specious Second, a Democratic major- to conclude that tough policies ity in the House may well mean are anti-immigrant, but you a greater likelihood of comneedn’t respond so convincpromise on big issues such as ingly. Separating children from infrastructure, health care and parents — and watching mutely immigration. It isn’t just pretty as armed troops are sent to the to think so; it’s apparently what border to combat, literally, a President Trump is thinking as caravan of migrants, including well, counterintuitive though it some children — should be an seems. outrage.

Plainly, the surge in women To the president’s credit, micandidates on the Democratic nors will no longer be separated side was partly in response to from their parents, but more antipathy toward Trump — for than 200 children have yet to be all the familiar reasons. Yet, as reunited. Make this a conservaTrump said Wednesday during tive, family-values mission and a contentious news conference, demand an immediate resoluhe and Republicans now have tion. Also, make conservatism no choice but to work with cool again. Speak intelligently Democrats if they want to get to young Americans about anything done. Trump said he things like freedom as a counthought this more likely now terpoint to the socialist vision that the numbers will force both increasingly in vogue on the parties to the table. left. More government always Come January, this town is means less freedom, but maybe about to get lots more interestno one has explained this. Pag-

ing William F. Buckley, RIP. To Democrats: Resist the temptation to be worse than Republicans. If we keep this up, with each side bringing ever-more extreme views to the table, we won’t have a country.

We’ll have two countries. Don’t waste time on impeachment — either the president’s or Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s, as some are urging. Ultimately, this would rupture the country beyond repair. Not that politicians care about polls, but exit surveys showed that only 39 percent thought Democrats should seek to impeach.

Finally, Mr. President, with all due respect: You’re the commander in chief of the free world. This means that people will listen to you no matter what. Maybe no one has ever told you this before, but you absolutely have the option of being gracious, humble, generous, self-effacing and kind — while also being tough. Bury your TV personality and try to charm America, starting with the media. It’s so easy to make them eat out of your hand.

Smile. It so becomes you. Especially smile at your enemies, perceived or real. It infuriates them — and you’ll still get the last laugh. By no means least, leave Robert Mueller alone.

After all, you’ve nothing to fear.

Right?

Kathleen Parker received the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2010. Her email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com.

Effective wit is a dying art in politics Among today’s most regrettable trends is the dying art of effective humor and satire in politics.

During 1984’s second debate between President Reagan and Democratic nominee Walter Mondale, moderators rightfully asked Reagan, then 73, if he had enough stamina to carry out his duties.

Reagan answered, “I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.”

Nearly everyone, even Mondale, laughed. Reagan’s humor reassured America that he had his wits about him. He defeated Mondale in a landslide.

Humor, well executed, is a powerful thing.

A well-designed joke can cut to the heart of the matter better than any speech or law or government policy — slicing through political divisions and uplifting and uniting us like no other form of communication.

The art of political humor is faring poorly of late. No longer are we seeing the stylish political barb.

President Lincoln, possibly the best-spoken American politician ever, cut one opponent to

Tom Purcell the quick by saying, “He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas better than any man I ever met.”

In 1985, Jack Kemp, seeking to brand his political opponent as ill-informed and unfit for the highest office, said, “In a recent fire Bob Dole’s library burned down. Both books were lost.

And he hadn’t even finished coloring one of them.”

During her 1998 Democratic National Convention keynote address, then-Texas Gov. Ann Richards, trying to discredit Republican candidate George H.W. Bush by highlighting his upper-crust upbringing and tendency for political gaffes, said, “Poor George. He can’t help it.

He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.”

Now, the blunt insult has re-

placed the stylish political barb.

“Crooked Hillary,” “Lyin’ Ted” and “Crazy Bernie” are among President Trump’s nicknames for his opponents.

Though his supporters welcome his boldness against his political foes, it alienates independents and those who do oppose his policies.

Trump has the world’s largest platform. His choice of words sets the tone of “humor” in the country more than anyone else’s.

Regrettably, our professional comedians and humorists are following suit.

During less partisan times, libertarian humorist P.J. O’Rourke said, “The Democrats are the party of government activism, the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, taller, and get the chickweed out of your lawn.

Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work, and then get elected and prove it.”

O’Rourke’s “light-touch” humor clearly illustrates that Democrats versus Republicans isn’t the challenge. It’s us versus our politicians, and we must get past partisan silliness to keep them honest.

In contrast to O’Rourke, too many of our late-night comedians have gone hyper-partisan.

They use their platforms to self-righteously mock Americans who think differently than they do about politics — which further widens our divisions.

“As Americans, we must ask ourselves: Are we really so different?” says humorist Dave Barry. “Must we stereotype those who disagree with us?

Do we truly believe that ALL red-state residents are ignorant, racist, fascist, knuckle-dragging, NASCAR-obsessed, cousinmarrying, roadkill-eating, tobacco juice-dribbling, gun-fondling, religious fanatic rednecks; or that ALL blue-state residents are godless, unpatriotic, piercednose, Volvo-driving, Franceloving, left-wing communist, latte-sucking, tofu-chomping, holistic-wacko, neurotic, vegan, weenie perverts?”

The answer is that most of us do not. The trick is to get our politicians and comedians to embrace this truth and restore the art of effective humor and satire in politics.

Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Send comments to Tom at Tom@TomPurcell.com.

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Brookwood swims past North Gwinnett From Staff Reports Brookwood’s swimming and diving teams swept a meet with North Gwinnett over the weekend.

The boys won a close battle with North 153-147, while the girls team posted a 186-128 victory. The Broncos won all six relay races.

Aidan Stoffle won two races to help the Brookwood boys win, taking first in the 100-yard butterfly (50.34 seconds) and the 100 freestyle (48.72). Teammates Daniel Tran (100 breaststroke, 1:01.43) and Nathaniel Stoffle (50 free, 22.36) also had first-place swims.

The Brookwood girls team had three double-winners in Lily Burke, Emma Claire Cohen and Katelyn Morris.

Burke won the 200 individual medley (2:08.76) and 100 breast (1:07.77), Cohen won the 200 free (1:57.17) and the 500 free (5:10.52) and Morris was first in the 50 free (26.10) and 100 backstroke (1:01.64).

Other first-place finishers for the Brookwood girls were Jordan Wolfe (diving, 207.15), Lauren Diehl (100 fly, 1:00.09) and Maddie Cordle (100 free, 56.62).

Mikael Getahoun gave the North boys victories in the 200 IM (1:58.29) and the 100 back (55.15). Teammate Luke Han won the 200 free (1:49.02) and was a close second to Aidan Stoffle in the 100 free (48.85).

The Bulldogs also got event wins in the boys competition from Valentino Sorto (diving, 223.65) and Ethan Whiting (500 free,4:54.43).

Hawks, Lions split tri-meet The Mill Creek girls and Peachtree Ridge boys teams placed first in a tri-meet with Mountain View over the weekend.

Mill Creek’s girls posted 255 points to finish ahead of runner-up Mountain View (197) and third-place Peachtree Ridge (187). Peachtree Ridge won the boys division with 268 points to Mill Creek’s 223 and Mountain View’s 157.

Mill Creek’s event winners were Isabelle Andrews (girls 200 IM, 2:18.56), Nick Kalenik (boys 50 free, 22.70), Abigail Tashlein (girls 50 free, 25.72 and 500 free, 5:13.27), Hunter Misuraca (boys diving, 219.20), Mia Walters (girls 100 fly, 59.69 and 100 back, 1:02.84) and Bailey Williams (girls 100 breast, 1:11.42).

First-place finishers for Peachtree

Ridge were Evan McInerny (boys 200 free, 1:48.25), Shwan Ahn (boys 200 IM, 1:59.52 and 500 free, 4:47.90), Tyler Schroeder (boys 100 fly, 53.36), Charles Tu (boys 100 free, 51.94) and Jason Reichel (boys 100 breast, 1:03.82).

Mountain View got individual victories from Sarah-Grace Thompson (girls 200 free, 2:00.05 and 100 free, 53.15), Maggie Hennebaul (girls diving, 189.25) and Hayden Brown (boys 100 back, 55.36).

Archer victorious over Shiloh Archer defeated Shiloh in boys (133-47) and girls (167-101) competitions over the weekend.

The Tigers’ victors in boys events were John Murphy (200 free, 2:22.41), Andrew Swain (200 IM, 2:50.87), Christian Drummer (50 free, 26.73 and 100 free, 1:03.03), Christian Stewart (diving, 146.90), Alex Wood (500 free, 6:22.47) and Jacob Abney (100 back, 1:11.00).

Girls winners for Archer were Madilyn Hays (200 free, 2:30.08 and 100 fly, 1:12.18), Anna Scull (200 IM, 2:31.27), Alyssa McGuffie (diving, 160.20) and Haley Woodall (100 back, 1:20.19).

Shiloh got wins from Isabel Arscott (girls 50 free, 31.44), Parker Allen (boys 100 fly, 1:11.27), Toria Coffey (girls 100 free, 58.62 and 100 breast, 1:13.78), Evan Swain (girls 500 free, 6:02.60) and Ethan Holtzman (boys 100 breast, 1:18.54).

Wesleyan rolls to wins Wesleyan was dominant in sweeping a tri-meet with Mount Vernon and Galloway last weekend.

The Wolves won the boys division with 323 points (runner-up Mount Vernon had a distant 192) and won the girls competition with 319 (runner-up Mount Vernon had 175).

First-place finishers for the Wesleyan boys were Colton Villa (200 free, 1:59.78), Christopher Harrell (50 free, 22.94 and 100 free, 52.04), Jacob Price (diving, 224.70), Isaiah Erb (100 fly, 1:01.89 and 100 breast, 1:05.63) and Ian Venkatesan (100 back, 59.09).

The Wolves’ girls event-winners were Lindsey Rappe (200 free, 2:19.67), Hannah Wasmuth (200 IM, 2:17.20 and 100 back, 1:01.86), Jessie Parish (50 free, 24.85 and 100 fly, 58.18), Ansley Feininger (diving, 238.95), Carson Schiller (100 free, 57.59) and Sophie Villa (500 free, 7:27.01).

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PLAYOFFS

30-0 and it felt like it was 10-8.”

Pridgen’s milestone victory brought to mind not only win No. 1, but numerous other accomplishments and victories from No. 2 to No. 100.

“Thankfully, there have been a lot of big ones to remember,” he said.

Wesleyan has been in the state playoffs 11 times in Pridgen’s 13 seasons. The most noteworthy highlight was a 2008 Class A state championship (before Georgia’s smallest class was divided into public and private) with a roster that included the program’s only current NFL player, New England Patriots center David Andrews.

The coaching staff also included Jackson, who was talked into coming back as an assistant.

“In 2008, I restructured the (coaching) staff, and brought (Jackson) and Larry Sherrill on board to be the seasoned veterans with a bunch of young coaches,” Pridgen said. “It was no coincidence when I did that, we won the state championship.”

Those coaches, and others who have contributed to Wesleyan’s success over the years, were fresh on Pridgen’s mind when he was surprised with a post-game cake and celebration on the field Friday night.

“I am uncomfortable thinking of it as a personal milestone because I have so much support here, so many great coaches I work with now and worked with along the way, and of course our players,” Pridgen said. “I made it clear

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Friday’s second-round matchups in the state high school football playoffs: Class AAAAAAA Archer at Parkview Mill Creek at Milton Norcross at Grayson West Forsyth at North Gwinnett Class AAAAAA Allatoona at Dacula Harrison at Lanier Class AAAAA Kell at Buford Class AAA Westminster at GAC Class A Private Hebron at Savannah Chr. Wesleyan at Prince Ave. Chr.

that this is wonderful but it needs to be something we all share. I’m proud to have my name on this program as head coach, but I have a lot of help here.”

Rematches abound in second round Five Gwinnett playoff matchups in this week’s second round are rematches, either from earlier this season or from last year’s playoffs.

Both Greater Atlanta Christian and Wesleyan face teams they played — and lost to — earlier this season.

GAC gets another shot at Westminster, which beat the Spartans 22-21 on Aug. 24.

The two teams also played in the 2017 regular season, but GAC won that game 41-7.

Wesleyan travels to Prince Avenue Christian on Friday, hoping to flip the result from a 49-28 loss Aug. 31. That game was deadlocked 28-28 in the third quarter before Prince Avenue pulled away.

“I feel like we’re a much different, much better football team than we were then,” Pridgen said. “I’m sure Prince is, too.”

Another local Class A Private team, Hebron Christian, gets a chance to avenge a loss to Savannah Christian, which defeated the Lions 22-15 in last year’s state playoff opener.

Friday’s Dacula-Allatoona and Norcross-Grayson games also are rematches from the 2017 postseason. Allatoona defeated Dacula 14-13 in the second round last season, and Grayson defeated Norcross 3114 in last year’s first round.

Things going Wright Senior linebacker Christian Wright continues to put up big numbers as the leader of the Norcross defense.

Wright made 22 tackles — with a remarkable 21 solos — in the Blue Devils’ first-round playoff victory over Mountain View. Four of his tackles were for losses, and he had one sack and caused a fumble.

Through 11 games, Wright has 162 tackles (107 solos), 33 tackles for losses, three sacks and an interception.

Grayson’s Clark headed to Big Ten Grayson senior Jakai Clark announced his commitment to the University of Illinois football program Sunday afternoon.

Clark, a one-time Auburn commitment, chose the Illini over Arizona. The 6-foot-2, 305-pound center is rated as a three-star prospect and the No. 12 player at his position in the 247Sports.com composite rankings.