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From the Publisher Welcome to Upstate Game Day Wow, it sure is hard to believe that summer is here. Before you know it football season will be upon us, but before then, we hope you will enjoy this edition of Upstate Game Day. Inside, we highlight many of the accomplishments of our local athletes, several who won state championships. Lauren Duggar of Byrnes capped off her career not only as the S.C. 4A Softball Player but LES TIMMS III also as a state champion. Seventh-grader Trent Phillips just began what appears to be will be a very successful and long career in leading Boiling Springs to its first state golf title. The story of Wayne Tolleson and his sons Steve and Clint is sure to motivate and inspire. Wayne played football for Western Carolina in the 1970’s before embarking on a long and successful Major League baseball career. His sons grew up in Yankee Stadium alongside some of the legends of the game. Steve now plays for the Toronto Blue Jays. Clint recently ended a successful golf career at the University of South Carolina. We hope you will enjoy this issue. Please send along story ideas for future editions. Also, please support our advertisers. Game Day is a local magazine relying solely on sponsorships and advertising for publication costs. Contact us if you have a location you would like to see Game Day also.
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JACKETS STING HARTSVILLE FOR 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Union County swept Hartsville to win the Class 3A state softball championship. The Yellow Jackets went on the road and defeated Hartsville 8-5 to complete the twogame sweep and deliver the first softball championship in school history for the Yellow Jackets.
Summer is here, and that means swimming, golf, tennis, and the great American pastime, baseball are in full swing. The Spartanburg Summer Swim League was to get under way on June 10 and conclude its season with the championship meet on July 12 at the Middle Tyger YMCA. Meets are held each Tuesday at community pools around Spartanburg County. Teams include Boiling Springs, Carolina Country Club, Converse College Marlins, Country Club of Spartanburg, Fernwood, Hillbrook, Lantern Ridge, Spartanburg Athletic Club, and the Westside Club. For a complete schedule, go to www.sssl.us. >> The Swim Association Invitational League (SAIL) kicks off another season in Greenville County. Meets begin in late May and conclude mid-summer. For more info, go to swimsail.org.
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KNIGHTS CAPTURE FIFTH-STRAIGHT GOLF TITLE
Thomas goes to 49ers in NFL draft
The Oakbrook Prep golf team, from left to right: Back row, Thomas Hollingsworth, Will Hollenbach, head coach Ron Cisler, Connor Bruns, Matt Thorne; front row (kneeling), Andrew Pettit, Evan Bruns, Zach Lawter. Oakbrook Prep defeated second place Spartanburg Christian Academy 639-654 at Hackler Golf Course in Myrtle Beach recently.
Former Clemson and Dorman standout offensive lineman Brandon Thomas was selected with the final pick of the third round - No. 100 overall - by the San Francisco 49ers in this past week’s NFL Draft. Thomas, who suffered a knee injury during a workout with the New Orleans Saints and subsequently required surgery, was projected as a firstor second-round selection prior to the injury. Defensive end Corey Miller (Byrnes/Tennessee), who was listed at No. 48 among drafteligible players at his position by at least two scouting websites, was undrafted.
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Six Dorman atheltes signed letters of intent on May 19. Front row, from left: Jacob Rupp, The United States Coast Guard Academy, NaJarius (JJ) Green, Southern Wesleyan University. Back row: Bre Murphy, Newberry College, Dejah Surratt, Converse College, Julianne Cooper, Presbyterian College, and Zoie Reviere, Wofford College. 6 JUNE 2014 u GAME DAY
The 2014 Spartanburg County Amateur Golf Championships get under way with the Junior Girls and Boys teeing off on June 30 and July 1 at The Creek Golf Club. The Men’s Amateur takes place July 18-20 at Spartanburg Country Club, preceded by the Women’s and Senior Men’s at Woodfin Ridge, July 14-15. For more info, go to: thefirstteespartanburg.org .
SCA girls get SCISA track SIX-Peat
Riverside linebackers Jared Laymon, left, and John Freeman are both receiving attention for their academic and football accomplishments.
Riverside linebackers honored in classroom Riverside starting inside linebackers Jared Laymon and John Freeman have received academic honors as both are ranked among the top 10 in their class at Riverside. The rising seniors served as junior marshalls at Riverside’s graduation and were honored by the Greer/ Lyman/Taylors Rotary Club at its annual Top 10 banquet. Laymon is ranked ninth among 352 students in the class of ‘15, while Freeman is
ranked fourth. The two have also gotten attention on the gridiron. Laymon is being recruited by several Division I schools, including Stetson and Army. Freeman is being sought after by Ivy League schools, including Princeton, Penn and Cornell as well as Davidson and Bucknell. Both players are two-year lettermen for the Warriors.
The Spartanburg Christian Academy girls track and field team celebrated its sixth straight SCISA 2A state title last month in Columba. Logan Morris led the way for SCA with three wins, setting SCISA records in two events.
SCA’s boys finished as runners-up as Trinity Byrnes took a 51-38.5 victory. It was the highest finish in school history for the Warriors.
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STATE 4A GOLF CHAMPIONS
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Trent Phillips fired rounds of 70-6976--215 to capture medalist honors.
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hile conducting a routine bed check at his team’s Greenville hotel, Boiling Springs golf coach Rick Tate found there was no need to come up with a pep talk for his players.
SEVENTH-GRADER TRENT PHILLIPS helping Bulldogs lay foundation for future championships GWINN DAVIS / SPECIAL
Members of the Boiling Springs golf team are recognized following their victory in the Class 4A state golf golf championship in May at the Furman University Golf Course.
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Junior Trevor Phillips was already taking care of it. “He was talking to them about what they had to do,” Tate said. The Bulldogs responded where they faltered a year ago and went on to win the school’s first Class 4A state golf championship at the Furman University Golf Course. And a 7th grader led them. Trent Phillips, the younger brother of Trevor, became the youngest player to win the individual state title. The younger Phillips was one of three middle schoolers - along with Graham Corbin and Cole Hair - on the Bulldogs’ roster being counted on to compete for the Class 4A state championship that had eluded a more experienced team a year ago. “I was hoping we could double team it and one of them could give us around an 80 -- I felt like an 80 would be what we needed if our top three did what they were
Boiling Springs coach Rick Tate gives medals to brothers Trent (left) and Trevor Phillips. GWINN DAVIS / SPECIAL
expected to do,” Tate said. “If you’d told me we would’ve Graham Corbin did exactly followed that 298 with something that, shooting an 80-82 over the better, I wouldn’t have believed first 36 holes as the Bulldogs built it,” Tate said. “I was hoping mayan insurmountable 17-stroke lead be for a 305.” over second-place Easley. Trent Phillips followed his The top three performed opening-round 70 with a 3-under perhaps even better than antic69 before sliding with a 76 in the ipated -- Harfinal round. rison Corbin, “It’s pretty cool since He chipped older brother of in on No. 18 Graham, and the no one my age has won for birdie to Phillips brothers, (a state championship) secure medwere among the alist honors before. It’s awesome.” over two-time top six and each earned all-state runner-up honors. Jonathan > TRENT PHILLIPS The Bulldogs Hardee, a Rivshot a combined erside senior 298 over the first 18 holes and and Alabama signee. followed that up with a 297 in the “It’s pretty cool since no one second round. my age has won (a state champi-
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Tommy Biershenk congratulates Trent Phillips following the final round.
onship) before,” Trent said. “It’s awesome.” Trevor Phillips, who won a state title at Easley before moving to Boiling Springs, put together rounds of 72-73-77-222, while Harrison Corbin finished with a 76-73-77-226. “Last year really hurt a lot,” Trevor Phillips said. “We came
out determined. We just didn’t want to be denied this time.” Tate said the Bulldogs showed that determination long before arriving at the Furman course. “They knew they left one over there last year,” he said. “They weren’t going to let that happen again.” n
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sport-utility vehicle headed East on I-20 toward Spring Valley High School was adorned with the words, “Road to State” in white letters on the rear window. But a roadtrip hardly describes the odyssey Byrnes’ series with Bluffton for the Class 4A state
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S.C. State Player of the Year Lauren Duggar holds the state championship trophy after Byrnes defeated Bluffton 1-0 in a deciding game played in two cities over a two-day period after being postponed during a storm.
Duggar scores what proves to be the game- and championship-winning run in Game 3 of the series against Bluffton, a 1-0 Byrnes victory.
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Senior Bailey Pearson (18) notched both of Byrnes’ finals wins against Bluffton.
softball title became. After a Game 1 home victory, Byrnes headed to Bluffton and lost, but played the final three innings of the game under protest after a player was ejected for running to an occupied first base on a wild-pitch third strike. The S.C. High School League upheld Byrnes’ protest and ordered the final three innings of Game 2 be replayed at the site of Game 3 -- Spring Valley High School in Columbia. Bluffton held on to win Game 2 anyway, 4-3. Then after four innings of Game 3, the skies opened, bringing torrential rains, heavy winds and a hailstorm down on Spring Valley. Byrnes led 1-0 after Lauren Duggar scored on pitcher Bailey Pearson’s sacrifice fly in the first inning. The rain delay turned into a postponement. Game 3 would conclude a day later in another town -- Aiken at South Aiken High School. “We were ready to win it,” said Duggar, the state and Region II-4A Player of the Year. “It didn’t matter how many places we had to go, we had one goal.” Duggar said the team did the math -- more than 20 hours were spent on the team bus driving among the towns and cities of Duncan, Bluffton, Columbia and Aiken. “It was exhausting, traveling around everywhere to win,” said Pearson, who will play next year
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at Spartanburg Methodist. “But it was worth it. ... We thought we would have to play two games to win, but we didn’t think it would be all that.” The Furman-bound Duggar and Pearson were the only two seniors on the Rebels’ roster. Both were team captains. Duggar said their leadership skills were tested during the odd odyssey to a state championship. “It showed in that little chaos of events that we stepped up and kept everybody together,” she said. “(At Spring Valley), we said, ‘win or lose, this is our last day together, so we’re going to give it all we have.’ So, when the game was postponed, we looked at it as one more day we got to spend together as a team -- and one more day for me and Bailey to be there with the team. We tried to look at the positives.” On the diamond, Pearson’s sacrifice fly scored Duggar in the first for the only run of the
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deciding game. Then, Pearson and Byrnes’ youthful defense made that lone run stand up for six innings, more than 18 hours, and 150 miles and against a
good-hitting Bluffton team. “We knew it would be a close game, regardless,” Pearson said. “I didn’t think we’d score just one run -- but I’m glad we did.” n GAME DAY u upstategameday.com 11
Like Father, BASEBALL AND SPORTS HAVE BEEN FAR MORE THAN BACKYARD CATCHES AND LITTLE LEAGUE DIAMONDS FOR FAMILY TOLLESON. IT ONLY STARTED THERE FOR WAYNE AND SONS STEVE AND CLINT.
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rom Cobb to Puig; from Mickey to Chipper, from Feller to Kershaw, baseball has been the connective tissue that has held together generations of fathers and sons.
But for the family Tolleson -- father Wayne and sons Steve and Clint, it has been far more than backyard catches and little league diamonds. It only started there. Wayne Tolleson, a former two-sport star who went on to play for 10 seasons in the Major Leagues, and son Steve, a former South Carolina all-SEC performer now with his third Major League team, share big-league credentials. As a youngster, Clint assumed he too would pursue the family business -- uncle Mike and grandfather Jim also played professionally -- but a horrific childhood accident led the younger Tolleson to the golf course instead. “You can engage in the game with two gloves and a ball and start to play toss,” Wayne said of baseball. “You don’t have to put pads on or have a basketball goal. (Baseball) is just so simply done.” Of course, neither baseball nor golf is a simple game.
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Like Sons Only a select few of a million starry-eyed youngsters make it to the Major Leagues. Even fewer follow their father’s footsteps there. But Steve Tolleson, a versatile infielder who can play the outfield in a pinch, did just that. After a successful all-SEC career at South Carolina, Steve was drafted in 2005 by the Minnesota Twins. Five minorleague seasons later, Tolleson finally got his Major League “Dad has always break with the Oakland A’s in stressed putting God 2010. He has since bounced first. God never puts back and forth from the something in front of minors to the big-league us or puts in a position rosters of the Baltimore that we can handle. . Orioles in 2012 and this year with the Toronto Blue Jays. . . Through all the ups “I have a desire to play and downs with difthis game and a love for the ferent organizations, I game,” Steve said. “My wife, can honestly say that I Baileigh, has been a rock for know now that God put me. She’s the first one there me there for a reason.” for me if I get sent down and she’s the first one to hug me > STEVE TOLLESON when I get called back up.” That love for the game was born here -- and on the big league diamonds where his father toiled as an undersized shortstop for the Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees. “The father-son games at Yankee Stadium were really special,” Steve said. “I remember taking it so seriously, putting on the eye-black and running around out there while everybody else is just sort of hanging out having a good time.” And hanging around in the clubhouse with players who are now part of Yankees lore -- Don Mattingly, Dave
Above, Wayne Tolleson with sons Clint, left, and Steve in recent years, and top, with Steve and Clint during the elder Tolleson’s playing days with the Yankees.
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Wayne Tolleson, above, during his days in the 1980s with the New York Yankees, and Steve Tolleson, currently with the Toronto Blue Jays.
Winfield, Willie Randolph. Some 20 years later, Wayne Tolleson, who starred in football and baseball at Western Carolina before opting for a professional baseball career, would get a phone call from that serious kid with the eye-black and same dreams. After five years in the minors, the Oakland A’s had finally called Steve up to the big leagues. “I guess you could say that call I got from him was very humbling,” Wayne recalled. “Having been there myself and having made that call to my dad, I knew how special that was.” Steve’s Major League debut in 2010 came one year after the old Yankee Stadium where those memories were made closed to make way for a modern ballpark in the Bronx. “The one regret I have -- the one thing I missed was an opportunity to play in the old Yankee Stadium by one year,” Steve said. “The new ballpark is great, but just the mystique of the old stadium made it special. . . . I would’ve
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been really cool to step on that same field where my dad played.” As Steve worked his way toward the Major Leagues, Clint was becoming an all-star golfer at Dorman and went on to play at South Carolina. At the age of 11, he was run over by a golf cart and unable to walk for a year. After recovering from the accident, golf, not baseball became Clint’s pursuit. “Dad has always been a guy who was supremely supportive in whatever we did,” Clint said. “He just wanted us to work hard at something we cared about. I’d felt like I let him down a little bit because of what baseball was to our family, but he always supported me in golf.” After graduating from South Carolina, Clint spent about eight months playing on regional mini tours, and even scored a win on the Mountain Golf Tour. He also attempted the PGA Tour’s rugged Qualifying School. “With me, it was either the PGA Tour or bust,” Clint said. “My short game was just never at the level it needed to be to
get me there.” Eighteen months ago, he married wife Jean and now is a territorial manager for Dearybury Oil & Gas. Like Steve, Clint said his father’s influence has helped him through his shot at professional golf, into the private business sector and beyond. “Dad always been the guy who led from a faith perspective,” Clint said. “It started there and bled down to how you approach everything.” Now, Steve is a father himself and the lessons from father to son exceed simply baseball. Daughter Claire is two-and-ahalf and Baileigh is pregnant with the couple’s second daughter, due in August. “Dad has always stressed putting God first,” Steve said. “God never puts something in front of us or puts in a position that we can handle. . . . Through all the ups and downs with different organizations, I can honestly say that I know now that God put me there for a reason.” n
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ormer collegiate volleyball coach Corey Helle, now director of club volleyball at Upward Stars, has seen the value of summer sports camps increase over the years. Certainly, the experience can vary from camper to camper and sport to sport, but Helle, who formerly coached volleyball at Wofford College, sees summer camps as a near necessity for those serious enough about their sports to seek college scholarships. “As the kids get older, camp becomes a vital component of recruiting,” Helle said. “Those (serious) players need to get in front of college coaches. It may cost $300-$400 to go to the camp, but you may get a college scholarship out of it.
“That’s not the only way kids get scholarships, but it is an investment and sometimes that investment plays back huge dividends.” Helle added that while at Wofford, the vast majority of his players had attended his camps, so he was more able to assess their talent level and whether they would be a good fit for his program. Younger players, on the other hand, are able to make huge gains in fundamentals and the understanding of their chosen game. Helle compared it to learning a foreign language. “They get intense time of training and learning and being immersed in their particular sport,” he said. “It’s a very time-intensive immersion. Think about learning a foreign language and going to another country and being immersed in the language. Think
about how much quicker you pick it up.” Younger campers also learn to socialize outside of their usual groups and get to experience being away from home for few days. Still, Helle said parents should be picky about where they are sending their children for camps. They should also make sure their budding athletes want to go to camp. Before making the financial investment, parents should make sure their children are invested, he said. “Camp is worth it if your daughter or son prepares to make it the best camp possible,” said Helle. “It’s not worth it if they’re not really gung-ho about going to camp -it’s probably not worth it financially. “Whatever kids put into a camp is what they’re going to get out of it.”
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WOFFORD COLLEGE RON SWEET VOLLEYBALL CAMPS Date: July 5-8 (All Skills Camp) Age: 10-16 Cost: overnight $280, extended day $260. Position camp: July 9-11, ages 10-18. Cost: overnight $265, extended day: $250. Advanced camp: July 12-15, ages 13-18. Cost: overnight: $300, extended day: $275. Team Camp 1: July 17-20, ages 14-18. Cost: overnight $290, extended day: $265. Team Camp 2: July 22-25, ages 14-18. Cost: overnight $290, extended day: $265 Description: pass/set/hit drills, digging and blocking, practice games and more More info: 864-597-4152
WOFFORD COLLEGE ROD RAY TENNIS CAMP Dates: Session 1: June 3-6: Day camp or halfday; Session 2: June 8-12: Overnight Camp or Day (FULL); Session 3: June 15-19: Overnight Camp or Day; Session 4: June 22-26; Overnight Camp or Day; Session 5: June 29-July 2: Day Camp or half-day Cost: $649 for overnight camp; $335 for day camp; $199 for half-day camp Description: specializes in experienced players as well as though who arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t quite there yet More info: Rod Ray at rayra@wofford.edu , 864-597-4154 or 864-809-8827 WOFFORD COLLEGE RALPH LUNDY SOCCER ACADEMY Date: June 19-22 Ages 9-13, boys and girls. June 26-29: ages 13-18, boys and girls Description: builds a solid technical foundation and adds advanced tactics More info: ralphlundy.com
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PUTTING YOUR WAY TO A BETTER SCORE We have all heard the Statistically speaking, an saying, “Drive for show, putt average golfer who shoots 90 for dough”!!! This during a round of statement is true. The golf spends around key to a solid putting 40 percent of their stroke is quite simple. shots putting. Make a pendulum A tour player motion and go straight who averages back and through. 70 also averages When I teach, I use a 35-45% of their simple PVC training strokes putting. device to help with this. With this being I work on head stability said, short game KYLE and holding your finish is the least worked OWINGS with your head down. on aspect of the game for most In the photo at amateur golfers. right, you can see
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Young athletes need chance to rest, recuperate between seasons
oung athletes go hard these days. As a performance trainer and strength coach I am often asked ‘what are some things that a young athlete can do to get better’. Obviously this is a complicated question and requires a more thorough response than what I can provide in this column. However, one of the most obvious answers to that question is the one that is least likely to be followed these days: have an off-season. Wait! Before you stop reading, let me explain the importance of having an off-season particularly with a growing adolescence. First, parents and coaches remember the days when as a young athlete yourself there were four distinct seasons. No not winter, spring, summer and fall. No, the four seasons were football season, basketball season, baseball season and out of school season (summer). There were few if any opportunities to play baseball in the fall, football in the spring, and so on. We played one sport, and then moved on to the next one. This is a great development model, one that is largely ignored these days. By switching between sports you rest muscles that need to rest. In addition, when you change it Please submit your best pics to
up, you use muscles or legs. Obviously that are in need of deas a strength coach I velopment or weren’t am strongly in favor used as much in your of strength training. previous sport. Strength training is You see, football a vital part of develis a little different opment of a young from basketball, and athlete and when used basketball obviously properly and with very different from proper supervision baseball. can lead to less injury. KEN A young baseball But you can’t out train FINLEY player’s arm needs the constant strain on rest, and the demands a young athlete’s body on the legs from the basketball that never gets an off season. court make changing sports just Yes parents, there is a lot of what a young athletes needs to parent peer pressure to put your prevent overuse injuries that are child in year-round programs or skyrocketing out of control these to specialize at an early age. Please days. resist the temptation to put your If you’ve been paying attention child in those types of programs. to major league baseball this year Much more harm can be done, you will have noted that there and the little advantage that is are an alarming number of elbow gained from constantly practicinjuries among pitchers, most ing a skill year round is offset by requiring surgery. the injuries and lack of complete Admittedly there can be a development that occurs from year number of variables that account round training. for this trend. Most definitely That is where summer comes overuse of the pitcher’s arms while in as well. Take the time to allow playing in their youth leagues your athlete to recover from their which now extend from the spring sport season. With proper rest straight through the summer and (and nutrition, but that’s anothright into fall is one of them. er article altogether) this allows You might think more training healing of the body and growth needs to be done to strengthen a and development to take place young athlete’s arm, core muscles unfettered.
Summer is a great time to introduce a proper strength program as well that will help lay a foundation for more advanced strengthening programs once they reach high school and perhaps beyond. Yes that is work on the body but you are taking a break for the repetitive movements that a single sport can place on the body. Also a proper strength program will help a young athlete identify their weaknesses and give them a chance to correct any movement deficiencies that will lead to better performance and less injury in the future. Obviously there are many more sports that just football, baseball and basketball but you get the idea. Change up your sports frequently or take a break from competition altogether. A young athlete can use an emotional as well as a physical break. Watch them come back even more energized and excited to play ball next season. n Ken Finley is a physical therapist and certified youth speed and agility specialist. To learn more about his youth athletic development programs you can contact him at kfinley@finleypt.com.
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By KAREN L. PUCKETT Kids often use the phrase, “no sweat,” when a task is not difficult for them. Maybe that’s because it can be a difficult task for them to sweat to begin with. “Kids have a higher threshold for when they start to sweat compared to adults,” explains Dr. Eric Cole, Spartanburg family physician. “So they may not realize when they’re too hot and continue playing until symptoms become critical.” For this reason, parents need to take the proper steps to prepare their children for the heat before they hit the field, and coaches need to be ready to take action when heat illness strikes their players. “A lot of people don’t realize how much they need to drink before and during exercise and what they should drink,” says Dr. Cole. “The worst thing you can drink is soda. Caffeine acts as a diuretic and can cause you to lose fluid and become dehydrated. It’s terrible for kids because of the sugar and it’s a stimulant. They shouldn’t drink it period, much less when they’re working out.” Water is the natural fluid replacement, Dr. Cole said, but he adds that sports drinks, such as Powerade and Gatorade, are good supplements because they replace sodium and electrolytes. While it may not be pleasing to all palates, pickle juice is another good
sodium replacement. The amount the child should drink before heading out to the practice field varies, but a good rule of thumb, according to Dr. Cole is drink enough until it produces clear urine. Dark yellow or brown urine is a sign of dehydration. Also, the child needs to weigh before practice and after practice. The weight loss indicates how much water he needs to drink to keep his body hydrated. Another way to beat the heat on the playing field is make sure players avoid heat-related illness is getting them acclimated to the heat. Many such illnesses occur within the first few days of practice because children are not used to the hot environment after being indoors and used to cooler conditions. A safe way to acclimate them to the heat is to build up outdoor time gradually. In addition, they should wear lightweight, loose-fitting, light-colored fabrics. White and light colors reflect heat; dark and black colors absorb heat. Dr. Cole emphasizes that coaches and trainers need to monitor the weather as well as their players during practice. “They need to know the risk levels, the heat index charts,” Dr. Cole says. “As the heat and humidity rises, it’s harder for them to dissipate heat. Sweat needs to be able to evaporate from the skin to keep it cool, but humidity keeps the sweat on the body.”
One preventive measure on the field include taking frequent water and rest breaks in the shade. And they need to realize their young players produce more heat than they do because of a greater surface area-to-body ratio. In other words, kids get hotter faster than adults. However, kids may not realize their own increasing body temperature until other symptoms present themselves. That’s when conditions, such as heat exhaustion and heat stroke, occur. Heat exhaustion generally develops when a person is working or exercising in hot weather and does not drink enough liquids to replace those lost liquids. A more dangerous illness, heat stroke occurs when the body fails to regulate its own temperature and body temperature continues to rise, often up to 104 or 105 degrees Fahrenheit. “That’s a medical emergency,” Dr. Cole says of heat stroke. “Call 911 and rapidly cool the person, preferably in a tub of cold water or an ice pack on the neck, groin and arm pits.” Heat exhaustion and heat cramps, which occur in the muscles, can usually be treated on the sidelines with wet towels, ice packs, fans, shade and liquid replacement, but if the symptoms do not subside in about 30 minutes, then medical treatment may be considered, Dr. Cole says. GD
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s summer cranks into high gear, the barrage of summer camp opportunities flood the mailboxes and inboxes of almost every parent. Parents are faced with making decisions and many of them gear their response around determining which camp will best prepare their student for college opportunities. It is an amazing thing to hear of the challenges that many parents readily accept in an effort to position their son or daughter for college athletic scholarship opportunities. While there is no doubt that these camps can be beneficial, they contribute to what we see in our culture as the disappearing of “summer break” for student-athletes. The irony is that most high school coaches have the same concerns, but if they were to give their athletes the summer off (or at least part of it), they would fall behind other programs who use the summer to “get ahead”. This perpetual problem is one that will continue to control the schedules of families if it goes unchecked and there seems to be no help in sight.
The apostle Paul was well aware of the importance of physical training as he lived in culture where the ancient version of the Olympic games were a large part of the society. He wrote a letter to a young man, Timothy, who he was mentoring and said, “Physical training is good, but training for godliness is much better, promising benefits in this life and in the life to come.” 1 Timothy 4:8 (NLT). Here is where the challenge lies. Students are not born with a balanced understanding of what is good for them long term. They are to be trained in what is important, and unfortunately it seems that the message that is being sent to them is that sports is paramount in life. Most people who know me know that sports has always been a big part of my life and that I love seeing my boys strive to be the best that they can be. The older I get though I see that there are so many more life lessons that must be passed on that are easily confused if we only focus on being successful in sports. I recently attended the State Championship Softball game
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held at South Aiken High School in a game between Byrnes High School and Bluffton High School. At a crucial point in the game, Byrnes Centerfielder Lauren Duggar came up to bat and I heard her mother yell out to her, “OK Lauren, have fun out there….just have fun!” I thought to myself, wow… what an awesome perspective. We must teach out students the joy of the journey of life and to have fun…otherwise they might actually find themselves dreading the very activity that once brought them the greatest joy. As I close this article, I feel great conviction in my own
heart because I have struggled with each aspect of the journey that I have addressed. I must learn balance…and I pray that we all will strive to focus on those things that matter most….and have fun out there! Rev. Seth Buckley is Minister to Students at First Baptist Spartanburg.
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The Dorman Cavaliers brought home the title at the University of Georgia’s 7-on-7 tourney on June 6. The Hub City Heat 11U Major teams captured titles in the State Directors Challenge at Tyger River Park on May 18, above, and Spring Fling Championships at Heritage Park in Greenville, below, on April 28.
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