- DHS 2008 Alumnus Rosskopf Wins First National Jersey
- First Annual Alumni Soccer Game a Resounding Success!
- Summer Hoops for Middle School Boys
- Varsity Boys Lacrosse Loses to Lassiter in First Ever 2nd Round State Playoff Game
- Two DHS Juniors Selected for Rising Seniors Lacrosse All-Star Squad
DHS 2008 Alumnus Rosskopf Wins First National Jersey
Fort Collins, CO - Pfeiffer University's Male Athlete of the Year made school history this weekend at the Collegiate National Bicycle Championships/Fort Collins Cycling Festival. At the Colorado State University hosted event Joey Rosskopf, a freshman cyclist from Decatur, Georgia, was awarded with his first national jersey for being the overall top individual racer in the country.
Rosskopf began the weekend as a silver medalist in the national road race just behind the competitor from Princeton University. The brutal 70-mile course that ventured into the Rocky Mountains challenged all riders with 25-32 mile per hour wind gusts and downhill switchbacks that raced as fast as 60 miles per hour. "This was by far the most intense course I've ever witnessed," said Team Pfeiffer Cycling head coach Tommie Brock.
On Saturday morning, Rosskopf took fifth place in the downtown Fort Collins criterium. It is important to mention that as the ACCC men's A champion he was called to the line first for every race in which he participated in, earning the best starting position for each race. His combined wins, plus the fact that road race winner from Princeton was unable to beat him in the criterium gave Rosskopf the overall Division II title and his first national jersey.
Rosskopf is Team Pfeiffer Cycling's first national champion.
Congratulations to hometown boy, Joey, and to his very proud parents, Linda and Ken and sister Anna!!
First Annual Alumni Soccer Game a Resounding Success!
The First Annual Alumni Soccer Game was held on Friday May 8 at the DHS stadium. There was a very good turn out of alumni players from the 80/s, 90's and 2000's that showed up to play on our new stadium field.
The girls game was fielded with players from our teams of the past as well as players from 2009. Good time was had by all with lots of play time for everyone and a game ending score of 2 - 2; way to go.
The "boys" game was made of many players from the past as well as present with an abundance of substitutes. There definitely was major competition with the score ending 2 - 0 for Decatur!
Hopefully with the success of the first alumni soccer game , it will draw even more players from DHS' past that want to be part of such a fun night with many memories shared by all.
A very special thanks to Stephen Gathany and all the parents who participated in making the night happen and such a success.
WAY TO GO BULLDOGS!!!
Summer Hoops for Middle School Boys!
Decatur Active Living will offer a Summer Basketball team for boys. The league is designated for current 7th and 8th graders (i.e., rising 8th, and 9th graders). However, 6th graders (i.e., rising 7th graders) are welcome to try out.
This team will represent Decatur Active Living in the College Park Summer Basketball League. Due to limited roster space players will have to try-out for the team. Try-outs will be held on Thursday, May 14th at 6:30 p.m. at Decatur Rec. Make-up tryouts will be held on Monday, May 18th at 6:30 p.m. The league fee for each player will be $45.
For more information contact Stacy Green at 678-553-6549.
Varsity Boys Lacrosse Loses to Lassiter in First Ever 2nd Round State Playoff Game; 5 - 13 Loss
The 17 - 2 Lassiter Trojans hosted the Bulldogs in the second round of the playoffs and showed why they were ranked number 1 in the state for most of the season by dominating in a 13 - 5 win. Gabe Adams-Bogar, our feisty senior goalie playing in what would be his last game as a Decatur Bulldog, had 18 saves on 40 shots taken by Lassiter. Gabe had a great game and in usual Gabe-fashion, did not give up for one second.
Well, it's over nowŠthe 2009 season, but we finished 11th in the state with a 10 - 9 overall record; 3 - 1 in conference play and made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs - the deepest into playoff territory that we've been in our short history. At the half, the scoreboard was H-8 V-2, though the general consensus in the stands was "it seems closer than that." And it was for the most part true as we did score the first goal for them at 9:10 in the first quarter just to show that we are a generous bunch. Soon after, Henry Farley found the back of the Trojan net after being fed by defense-man Wytch Rigger at 8:32 in Q-1 looking so effortless that it appeared we were ready to take charge. However, Lassiter responded in Q-1 with scores at 5:02, 3:00, and 1:58 ending the quarter ahead, 4 - 1.
They took only 8 more shots than we (40 - 32), but were more accurate and successful. Their goalie had 8 saves so with our 5 goals, we were on target 13 of 32 times for a 41 percent on-goal accuracy - compare that with Lassiter's 13 goals (12 actual) plus Gabe's 18 saves and you might note that they were 75 percent on-goal accurate (30 of 40). We could go on about how good they were, but really, they were - and I should say are - not out of our "league." It should be recorded that not only were they fast and accurate with passes and execution, they were also BIG - as in their defenders were BIGGER THAN JEROME. To round out the stats - we were close in groundballs - they 52, we 46; they won 14 face-offs to our 8; had 18 forced turnovers to our 16; and succeeded in clearing 23 times while failing 5 to our 25 successful clears and 11 fails. On individual groundballs, 5 of our players had 6 each: Khalil Dapreis, Henry, Satrick Green, Vincent Pugh, and Isaac Seals. Four of our 5 goals were unassisted, 2 by Vincent and 1 by Satrick and Henry. The assisted goal was our first of the evening, Wytch to Henry.
As the clock wound down, the sky lit up, and shortly after the final horn we were running for cover from a May thunderstorm heading back to Decatur with chins up and looking forward to another exciting Laxdog season. I would like to personally thank the coaches for all of the effort it takes to teach, guide, and coax these young men. Thanks to the parents for all of their support in volunteering and cheering. Thanks to the stats-keepers (Marc Wisniewski, Bill Ainslie, David Weitnauer, Jeff Gold, Rich Wilinski and Scott Pendergrast) and a special thanks to the voice of the Laxdogs, the nearly legendary, Doug Aholt.
Two DHS Juniors Selected for Rising Seniors Lacrosse All-Star Squad
In addition to the seniors listed in yesterday's e-newsletter, two DHS juniors from the varsity boys lacrosse team, Connor Stubbs and Isaac Seals, were selected for the Rising Seniors Squad in the Georgia All-Star Lacrosse Classic. Their game will be played at Oglethorpe University on Saturday, 30 May at 6:00 p.m.
Congratulations to Connor and Isaac!!
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Vicki Ainslie, Communications, Decatur Bulldog Boosters, mailto:dbabc@dhsparents.org
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