Sports Briefs
By Staff
Franklin County Times
AHSAA forms partnership with Jason Foundation
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama High School Athletic Association, supported by Attorney General Troy King, announced Thursday a landmark partnership with The Jason Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization founded by Clark Flatt that addresses the national/state health problem of youth suicide.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death for youths age 15 to 24 and fourth for youths age 10 to 14 nationally. According to a 2005 Youth Risk Behavioral Survey in Alabama conducted by the Center for Disease Control involving students in grades 9 through 12, one in every seven students in Alabama has made plans to attempt suicide, and 28.5 percent, or one in every four students, suffered feelings of hopelessness and depression-over 93,000 Alabama youth. One in every six, 17.1 percent, seriously had considered suicide.
More detailed information regarding the subject is available at www.jasonfoundation.com.
ASWA State Poll
January 17
CLASS 5A Boys
No. 1 Williamson (15-1)
No. 2 Anniston (16-2)
No. 3 Butler (16-4)
No. 4 Russellville (17-0)
No. 5 Talladega (18-2)
No. 6 Wenonah (18-6)
No. 7 Eufaula (16-5)
No. 8 J.O. Johnson (16-8)
No. 9 John Carroll (16-5)
No. 10 Muscle Shoals (16-6)
CLASS 2A Girls
No. 1 Cold Springs (23-1)
No. 2 Reeltown (13-4)
No. 3 Samson (14-3)
No. 4 Piedmont (19-1)
No. 5 Red Bay (16-4)
No. 6 Westminster Chr. (18-4)
No. 7 Ider (14-6)
No. 8 Keith (13-7)
No. 9 White Plains (15-4)
No. 10 Mars Hill (12-7)
Prep basketball schedule
January 18
January 19
Franklin County tourney schedule
January 18 (NWSCC)
January 19 (NWSCC)
FCYBO jamboree
January 19
BELGREEN – The Franklin County Youth Basketball Organization will tip off the 2008 season with a jamboree Saturday, January 19. The games will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the new and old gymnasiums at Belgreen High School, and all 48 teams will play. The FCYBO regular season will start Jan. 26.
Run 2 Cavalry
2-Mile Run/Walk
TUSCUMBIA – The Run 2 Cavalry 2-Mile Run/Walk will be held Saturday, Feb. 2 at Calvary Baptist Church beginning at 9 a.m. The course is flat and fast, and will be certified by race day, and the race will benefit the church's youth group. For more information, contact Josh Aycock at (256) 314-4631 or (256) 415-1326.
