Jackets putting in the hours this summer
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| MARY MARLOW / Staff Levonte Larry lifts weights as others look on. |
STAFF REPORT
With a little more than a month left on summer break, many of Wayne County High’s athletes have been spending their summer working harder than ever.
The school has opened its gym and fields for several hours of weight lifting and conditioning each morning. Couple that with football passing leagues, summer baseball and basketball games and the young athletes have been kept very, very busy.
“We have about 100 football, basketball and baseball players that are here daily,” said athletic director Jody Grooms. “They split into groups daily and stretch, lift and run. There seems to be a greater sense of urgency among our athletes to improve and get better each day.
“Many of our kids have been involved in various summer football camps, basketball camps and baseball games. In spite of their full schedules, some of our kids have done some extraordinary things in the weight room. Jeremy Patterson set a personal best with a clean of 355 pounds last week. Glenn Welch, Michael Parr, Chase Donahue, Malique Jackson, Kelan Blash and several others have continued to show significant progress in flexibility, strength and agility.
The school has opened its gym and fields for several hours of weight lifting and conditioning each morning. Couple that with football passing leagues, summer baseball and basketball games and the young athletes have been kept very, very busy.
“We have about 100 football, basketball and baseball players that are here daily,” said athletic director Jody Grooms. “They split into groups daily and stretch, lift and run. There seems to be a greater sense of urgency among our athletes to improve and get better each day.
“Many of our kids have been involved in various summer football camps, basketball camps and baseball games. In spite of their full schedules, some of our kids have done some extraordinary things in the weight room. Jeremy Patterson set a personal best with a clean of 355 pounds last week. Glenn Welch, Michael Parr, Chase Donahue, Malique Jackson, Kelan Blash and several others have continued to show significant progress in flexibility, strength and agility.
“The new additions to our staff, Robert Cotton and Nygel Carter, have been instrumental in helping us improve our summer program.”
During the summer, the school has offered a morning session of weightlifting. On Fridays, the linemen have had an additional conditioning practice.
“Our strength and conditioning program is designed to improve core strength, flexibility and explosion,” said Grooms.
The kids playing football are using this time to get ready for the start of summer practices. Mini-camps are set to start on July 26 with full camp beginning on Aug. 1.
The football season begins with a Bradwell Institute scrimmage at home on Aug. 17. The Jackets will face a non-region schedule of Brunswick High (Aug. 24) at Georgia Southern University, Appling County (Aug. 31) at home and Glynn Academy (Sept. 14) at home. The Jackets then will play three sub-region crossover games against Butler High (Sept. 21) away, Richmond Academy (Sept. 28) at home and Burke County (Oct. 5) away. Sub-region play will begin against South Effingham (Oct. 19) at home, Liberty County (Oct. 26) away and Statesboro (Nov. 2) at home.
The 10th game on Nov. 9 will be either a region playoff game or a sub-region crossover game.
All games are set to begin at 7:30 p.m.
During the summer, the school has offered a morning session of weightlifting. On Fridays, the linemen have had an additional conditioning practice.
“Our strength and conditioning program is designed to improve core strength, flexibility and explosion,” said Grooms.
The kids playing football are using this time to get ready for the start of summer practices. Mini-camps are set to start on July 26 with full camp beginning on Aug. 1.
The football season begins with a Bradwell Institute scrimmage at home on Aug. 17. The Jackets will face a non-region schedule of Brunswick High (Aug. 24) at Georgia Southern University, Appling County (Aug. 31) at home and Glynn Academy (Sept. 14) at home. The Jackets then will play three sub-region crossover games against Butler High (Sept. 21) away, Richmond Academy (Sept. 28) at home and Burke County (Oct. 5) away. Sub-region play will begin against South Effingham (Oct. 19) at home, Liberty County (Oct. 26) away and Statesboro (Nov. 2) at home.
The 10th game on Nov. 9 will be either a region playoff game or a sub-region crossover game.
All games are set to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Courtesy of The Press Sentinel
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