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Wednesday, July 25, 2012 B-1 E-Mail Sports Items to: sports@pressdispatch.net Sports Kiwanis Junior Golf Lessons Tidbits From the Mini Mac By Mike Johansen some and face more as I get older and face situations that are com- ing with age and partly because of how I treated my body years before. I try not to dwell on any of them because I know there are people in worse shape. I try to keep a positive outlook and keep fighting ahead in God's and Jesus Christ's names. My faith does a lot to help me. W e all have troubles and face difficult times. I have been having I have found a couple of inter- esting stories I want to pass along. This first one is for people of all ages. But, it makes you think and I hope maybe help someone. Here is a story titled "Just a Little Smile" by: John W. Schlatter, Source Unknown. It is from After Hours Inspirational Stories on the Internet. VIDEO NETedition Exclusive "Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked, Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend." "They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally, the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk." "Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mother's sleep- ing pills and I was going home to commit suicide. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many oth- ers that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life." The End! ******* Here is an item from Rick Ham- lin, Executive Editor, of Guide- posts, another inspirational story site on the Internet. It is called: "The Olympic Spirit: Our Most Inspiring Athletes". "I got pretty close once to the Olympics, but my father got even closer. I'll explain." partner won the North American Championship in their yachting class but finished a disappointing second in the Olympic trials—not good enough to get them to Rome that year. But Dad never seemed disheartened, let alone defeated." "Hope is what kept him compet- ing. In fact, on a shelf at home sat an old tarnished trophy. He "won" it as a boy after his first summer of competitive sailing in southern California. Race after race he came in dead last." "In 1960, Dad and his sailing "Sometimes he was so slow that the committee boat had already gone home when he crossed the finish line. But he finished every race and when all the other trophies were presented that year he got this one, "The Hope Cup." Dad was a winner after all." "He never did make it to the Olympics, but in 1984, when the Summer Games were in Los Angeles, he was in charge of the yachting venue." "That same year I had just been hired at Guideposts in New York. Going home for the Games was out of the question. In fact, Carol and I, newlyweds in a tiny Manhattan apartment, had to rent a TV to watch the events." "Dad had another suggestion. 'Maybe you could carry the flame on its way to L.A.,' he said. So he made some phone calls and that's just what I did." Continued on Page 2 Monday. The Petersburg Kiwanis sponsored youth golf lessons began with several boys and girls in fourth through senior high participated in the lessons. The lessons last through Friday to teach youth the basics of golf and to improve the game of those with more experience. Shawn Warner, left, watches as several golfers work on their iron play on the practice area at Prides Creek Golf Course and send her golf ball toward the No. 1 green on Monday. They players got a little taste of play after practicing swings and skills during the first morning of the Kiwanis Junior Golf Lessons at Prides Creek Golf Course. Brick Briscoe, above, watches one young lady take a swing during the Kiwanis Junior Golf Lessons at Prides Creek Golf Course. One young man, left, takes a mighty swing at his golf ball PCHS sports practices begin Monday season is fast coming to a close and fall sports are getting ready for a first day of workouts, despite really hot weather expected to last for some time. Not all coaches have announced Believe it or not the summer By Mike Johansen fall practice plans as yet, but be in touch with the coaches for boys and girls soccer, football, boys ten- nis, girls golf, girls volleyball and boys and girls cross country as they are having workouts and runs and will have practices and condi- tioning exercises the first week of August. must have a physical before they can participate in any practice and must get in 10 practices before they can participate in any game or meet. They also must have par- ent permission slips in and other paperwork on file before they can officially participate. If there are any questions, contact Athletic Di- rector Roger Stuckey at the high school after July 30. Team and senior photos for the yearbook, newspaper and for indi- vidual purchase will be taken on Monday, Aug. 6, starting at 2 p.m. The schedule will be announced in All participants in any sport the near future. A season preview will come out in The Press-Dispatch on Aug. 15. A few more girls interested in golf are needed for the Lady Char- gers golf team this fall. Coach Jar- rod Gideon has four players he is sure of and needs a couple more at least to fill out the team. Practices for girls golf will open officially on Friday, July 27, at Prides Creek Golf Course. Pike Central's first meet is at Prides Creek Golf Course against South- ridge on Tuesday, July 31, at 10 a.m. Coach Jarrod Gideon is work- ing with the girls in summer con- ditioning and will start practice on July 27. Anyone interested in the team should contact Coach Gideon. The remainder of the sports can begin on Monday, July 30, with football having a couple of days of conditioning before putting on the pads to begin practice in earnest. The preseason scrimmage is Aug. 10 at Pike Central against Wood Memorial at 7:30 p.m. and the season opener Aug. 17 at home against North Knox at 7 p.m. Volleyball will practice in the gym with times to be announced. Tennis is having morning drills and conditioning work for the boys now and begins in earnest on Aug. 1. The first match is Aug. 14 at home against Vincennes Lin- coln. They play at Washington on Wednesday, Aug. 15. Coach Brent Beck will announce a practice schedule soon for boys tennis. They have a scrimmage Aug. 11 at Loogootee and open the season on Aug. 13 at Northeast Dubois starting at 4:30 p.m. The first home meet is Aug. 15 against North Posey at 5:30. The girls soccer team under Coach Alisha Knight will start practice the first week of August as well at the soccer fields at Old Petersburg Gym field July 30. They have been working out this summer. The first match is Aug. 15 at home against North Knox at 5:30 p.m. The boys soccer team under Coach Tim Crow also has been working out. They begin official practices July 30 with the opening match on Tuesday, Aug. 14, at Tell City at 5:30 p.m. It is a Pocket Ath- letic Conference match. They will have evening practices at the Old Petersburg Gym field. The first home meet is against Princeton at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 16. The first official high school Tanner Gray sends the ball toward the net during a PCHS soccer workout last week. The team officially begins practice Monday evening at the soccer field at Old Petersburg Gym. cross country practice for boys and girls entering grades 9-12 will be on July 30 at Pike Central High School gym at 7 p.m. There will also be a parent meeting at this Continued on Page 2