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Beau and Ryan with a spotted bass.

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A lead core adventure

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Thursday, August 18, 2022

I’ll let you in on the secret of a highly soughtafter life of an outdoor writer… I’m kind of lazy. I don’t write like I should, and I rarely stick to any form of schedule. I know I should, I know my writing would get better if I did.

Gatewood math teacher Jeff Ratliff also serves as head coach of the football Gators.

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Gatewood Gators coach cautiously optimistic

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

With just four returning players from last year’s number-one squad, Gatewood Gators head coach Jeff Ratliff sees promise mixed in with a little uncertainty as he looks out at his 2022 team.

Senior safety Christopher Smith is among a small group of returning starters after several defensive players were drafted. TONY WALSH/UGA Athletics

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‘Locking in and locking out’:

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Georgia hit the practice fields last week and started fall camp. The Bulldogs suited up in full pads and started hitting on Thursday, Aug. 4 in Athens.

T. Michael Stone

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The old and the restless

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

You learn something when you listen to old people. They ain’t all fools. You don’t get to be old being no fool. Richard Pryor At 98-years young, Art Schallock is the world’s oldest former Major League Baseball player. George Elder (perfect name for it) – who pitched for the 1949 St.

Lance McCurley

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Football season is finally here

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

It’s been a long summer of attending 7-on-7 and padded camps, but now, as of this Friday, high school football in the state of Georgia is officially back. There were some scrimmages last week, but I’ve had Friday, Aug. 12, circled on my calendar for a while.

James K. Pressley

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Personality of a deer rifle

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Wednesday, August 10, 2022

In this age of advanced technology it seems we have but one throwback to the days of old left. The deer rifle. Now in every hunting camp, parking lot filled with pickup trucks and mud-stained BDUs, and every church parking lot in the South and Midwest after Sunday services, this topic is debated.

WINNER: AJ ALLMENDINGER

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XFINITY RECAP

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

The Xfinity Series Playoff is still six races away, but AJ Allmendinger has already clinched one title. With his victory in Saturday’s Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard, the driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet is the undisputed King of the Road. Allmendinger was a force at the 2.

WINNER: GRANT ENFINGER

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TRUCKS PLAYOFF OPEN

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Grant Enfinger picked a fine time to win his first race of the season. Charging to the front on fresh tires after the TSport 200 went to overtime on Friday night, Enfinger passed Zane Smith for the lead on Lap 206 of 207 and went on to win the first event in the Truck Series Playoff.

Tyler Reddick, driver of the #8 3CHI Chevrolet, leads the field during the Cup Series Verizon 200 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday. (Logan Riely/Getty Images)

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Brickyard road battle goes Reddick’s way

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Tyler Reddick survived a wild overtime battle against Ross Chastain—who, as it turned out, was under penalty for finagling the first corner—to win Sunday’s Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. Reddick’s Cup Series victory at the 2.

NEXT: FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400

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NEXT: FIREKEEPERS CASINO 400

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Wednesday, August 3, 2022

2 p.m. ET Sunday, USA ABOUT • Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than 1,400 acres approximately four miles south of the village of Brooklyn, in the Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan.

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