May 8, 2019 - Page 4 of 6

Josh Frye

Find a role model; be a role model

Often, players refer to their coaches when asked about personal role models. Parents are, of course, factored into the equation, but coaches are usually the first thought that comes to an athlete’s mind when asked about people who have made a huge impact on their lives. T.J. Oshie, a friend who plays for the NHL’s Washington Capitals, refers to his father, Tim Oshie as ‘Coach.” Oshie’s father has always been…

Atmore Soccer’s 2019 season in full swing

By JOSH FRYE News Sports Writer As football teams take to the Spring practice field at local and area high schools, Atmore Soccer teams are preparing to kick goals. “We are now in full swing,” said Atmore Soccer Inc. President Alex Alvarez. “We have kicked off our season strong at the Atmore YMCA fields.” Atmore Soccer, part of the Alabama Youth Soccer Organization, operates in conjunction with USA Soccer. The…

ECHS girls, boys compete at Class 4A state track meet

News Staff Report ECHS’s boys and girls track teams competed May 2 at the AHSAA 4A State Track Meet in Gulf Shores. Several individual ECHS team members turned in respectable finishes, but none finished in the top-5 in the season-ending event. ECHS’s individual times and finishes were as follows: Girls 200 Meter Dash (Prelims) Elizabeth Thames, twenty-first, (28.86) 4×100 Meter Relay (Prelims) ECHS, tenth, (53.50) Long Jump (Finals) ShaKeerah Tossas,…

JUB boys, girls compete at AHSAA state meet

News Staff Reports J.U. Blacksher’s girls and boys track teams competed in the AHSAA 2A State Track Meet, held May 3 in Cullman. JUB had respectable individual finishes, but no single team member placed within the top-5 in any event, which marked the end of the 2019 track season. Blacksher’s individual results are as follows: Girls (Finals) 800 Meter Run Kayley Burgess, fourteenth, (2:45.79) 1600 Meter Run Kayley Burgess, eleventh,…

American values leave no room for Socialism

Last week, I was honored to address a group of newly naturalized citizens of the United States. It was an experience that gave me the opportunity to reflect on a question as old as our nation itself: “What does it mean to be an American?” In the United States, we don’t define citizenship as being part of the dominant ethnic group. And we do not define citizenship as being part…

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