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Venture Out journeys to ride Ocoee River rapids

College group Venture Out set out on their first excursion of the Fall semester. The group, made up of two instructors and six students, departed for their adventure from East Campus. Their final destination: Ocoee, Tenn. Graduate student Sarah Canatsey led the group. Canatsey is in the outdoor education administration program. Each Venture Out trip [...]

September 22nd, 2011 | Posted in Recreation,Sports | Read More »

Wakeboarding team looks to further development

What originally started out as a couple of guys that wanted to get together and wakeboard to keep their sport they played in high school going through college became the wakeboarding team of Georgia College. Freshman pre-engineering major Justin Fletcher is a member of the wakeboarding team and is influential in keeping the team organized.

April 21st, 2011 | Posted in Recreation,Sports | Read More »

Disconnected headed to Nationals

Junior Taylor Minch of Disconnected looks to fling the disc to an open teammate in their Division III regional match against Florida Institute of Technology. Georgia College defeated Florida Tech with a score of 15-2.

Club Ultimate team advances to Division III finals in Buffalo, N.Y. after claiming five regional wins Georgia College’s Ultimate club team earned the chance to compete in the Division III College Ultimate Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., in May. After defeating Southern Polytechnic State University, 15-4, in the final game of the Division III Southeast Regional [...]

April 21st, 2011 | Posted in Lead stories,Recreation,Sports | Read More »

Kayak enthusiasts hit Oconee rapids

Sophomore environmental science major Sam Ovett battles the up-river rapids of the Oconnee River.  The kayaking enthusiasts that enjoy the challenging waters of the Oconee could possibly lose this marvelous river and its white water rapids if a proposed coal fire power plant goes into effect.

There are many different recreation activities that Georgia College students can compete in. However, not every sport that students enjoy are available in collegiate or intramural teams. For those athletes, their main drive is not commitment to a team or a league, but pure love of the sport. A group of Georgia College students that [...]

February 28th, 2011 | Posted in Lead stories,Recreation,Sports | Read More »

Students sling discs at West Campus, Evergreen

Sara Wood, a senior art major at Georgia College, tosses her disc towards the basket of hole 1 of the Frisbee golf course of the Mrytle Ridge course located at West Campus.. The Mrytle Ridge Frisbee golf course, just like a regular golf couse is equipped with 18 holes. Frisbee golf is also similar to regular golf in that there are different discs designed for different areas of play, like short game.

Many Georgia College students have taken up Frisbee sports, whether Ultimate, Frisbee golf, or disc golf, many are actively involved. Senior psychology major Geoff Foster plays Frisbee golf at Evergreen Baptist Church. “We don’t have teams, we just play,” Foster said.

February 28th, 2011 | Posted in Recreation,Sports | Read More »

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