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Football and recruiting are viewed as the two most important sports in the southeastern

United States. College football’s top programs live in this region and each year they face the challenge of guarding their prized in-state tal-ent as programs cross state borders hoping to import championship-caliber talent back to their campuses. Fans stay glued to this drama year round, tracking official visits and watching the newest class of stars form for their favorite teams. The excitement, the drama and the the-atrics surrounding National Signing Day seem-ingly grows each season as more players make their decisions on national stages and more recruiting battles come down to the final hour.

BUMPER CROP ... The entire country flocks to the southeast-ern states for its talent, and this year that is es-

pecially true. In the state of Georgia, there are 19 different schools that have commitments from the Peach State’s top 50 recruits according to 247sports’ rankings. These 19 schools are from 12 different states, including Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, South Caro-lina, North Carolina, Missouri, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. While the southeast as a whole disperses throughout the country, in Georgia the trend is growing. Upstart programs like Kennesaw State, Mercer and a still young Georgia State program have added a new dynamic to re-cruiting as the schools aggressively pick up in-state talent. Mercer holds some serious talent in its first class of scholarship athletes and Kennesaw State has already grabbed 20-plus in-state players of its own for its inaugu-ral class, including AJC 2013 all-classification

player of the year Jaquez Parks from Griffin. Georgia State holds a top 100 recruiting class in the country by multiple recruiting sites and has commits from all over the state. As these in-state schools grab talent, it requires out-of-state schools to be more aggressive in their recruitment of the state. Georgia products al-ready dot rosters across the country and it is going to exponentially increase. Different schools hit different states harder than others and programs stick to what works for them. Auburn had 25 players from Georgia on its SEC championship team this season and the Tigers have eight Peach State products dotting this year’s recruiting class, including St. Pius X safety Nick Ruffin. UGA has found some of its talent in Florida in recent seasons as well as its usual bevy of in-state recruits, and will headline its 2014 class with five-star running back and Florida-product Sony Michel to compliment Georgia five-star running back Nick Chubb from Cedartown. Cornerback Malkom Parrish is another headliner in UGA’s 2014 class. Parrish started at quarterback during his high school career, but showed previews of his defensive domi-nance throughout the season and especially in camps over the summer. At the 2013 Ri-vals Camp Series, Parrish shut down receiver after receiver in one-on-one drills and won the defensive MVP of the camp. Afterwards,

the composite four-star became one of the 10 highest-ranked cornerbacks in the nation across almost every recruiting board. In the ACC, Clemson crossed into the Peach State often to build its recruiting class and just one of the Tigers’ 10 highest-ranked commitments is actually from the school’s home state, South Carolina. Gainesville quar-terback Deshaun Watson enrolled early with Clemson and the consensus five-star is Geor-gia’s all-time career leader for passing yards and touchdowns. Georgia is expected to produce more than 1,000 football signees this year and Gwinnett, DeKalb, Fulton and Cobb counties are all pro-jected to surpass the 100-signee marks with this year’s crop of recruits. The SEC, Southern Conference and the ACC each will likely place more than 40 Georgia products on rosters next fall and it looks like Georgia will also be well-represented in the Big South, Conference USA, Sun Belt and Gulf South for the next few collegiate seasons. This class showed us one of the most competitive football seasons the state of Georgia has seen last year and we will be able to track the career’s of these stars with the first-ever statewide signee database found at SigningDayFrenzy.com.

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

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THE PEACH STATE’S ANNUAL RECRUITING SPECTACLE

1. Kendall Baker DE Marist 2. Jeb Blazevich TE Charlotte Chr. (N.C.) 3. Keyon Brown DE Hardee Senior (Fla.) 4. Nick Chubb RB Cedartown 5. Detric Dukes LB Tucker 6. Jake Edwards OT Heard Country 7. Shattle Fenteng DB Grayson 8. Lamont Gaillard DT Pine Forest (N.C.) 9. Kendall Gant DB Lake Gibson (Fla.) 10. Gilbert Johnson WR Southridge (Fla.) 11. Rico Johnson WR Swainsboro 12. Shaq Jones DB Merritt Island (Fla.) 13. Sony Michael RB American Heritage (Fla.) 14. Jacob Park QB Stratford (S.C.) 15. Malkom Parrish DB Brooks County 16. Dominick Sanders DB Tucker 17. Dyshon Sims OT Lowndes 18. Shakenneth Williams WR Rutland 19. Isaiah Wynn OT Lakewood (Fla.)

1. Lance Austin DB Lamar County 2. Lawrence Austin DB Lamar County 3. Gary Brown OG Alonso (Fla.) 4. Step Durham DB Atlantic Coast (Fla.) 5. KeShun Freeman LB Callaway 6. Tre Jackson LB Lowndes 7. Jalen Johnson WR Oneonta (Ala.) 8. Matthew Jordan QB Jackson (Ala.) 9. Trey Klock TE Lower Dauphin (Penn.) 10. C.J. Leggett RB North Gwinnett 11. Terrell Lewis LB Ocoee (Fla.) 12. Andrew Marshall C West Forsyth 13. Tyler Merriweather DE Demopolis (Ala.) 14. Michael Preddy DE Porter-Gaud (S.C.) 15. Qua Searcy WR Lamar County 16. Antonio Simmons DE University Christian (Fla.) 17. Jake Stickler OT Manatee (Fla.) 18. Kenderius Whitehead DE Georgia Military 19. Jake Whitley OG North Augusta (S.C.)

1. Lorenzo Adger OT South Paulding 2. Dez Billingslea LB Newton 3. Cymeon Burden WR Eagle’s Landing 4. Chandler Burks ATH South Paulding 5. Austin Byrd DE Calhoun 6. Will Cape DB North Hall 7. Trey Chivers RB Carrollton 8. Ahmad Gooden LB Talladega (Ala.) 9. Taylor Henkle DB Kell 10. Luther Jones DT Union County 11. Jake McKenzie QB Monroe (Ala.) 12. Isa Muhammad DB Riverdale 13. Jaquez Parks QB Griffin 14. Justin Sumpter WR Sandy Creek 15. Corey Thomas C Newton 16. Ryan Warrior OG Sandy Creek17. Xavier Harper WR Jackson County18. Chiaza Nwadike OL Drew19. Brandon Sutton OG Callaway20. Marcus Thurman CB Bowdon 21. Braylon Young DT Alcoa (Tenn.)22. Devin Pughsley DL Spain Park (Ala.)23. Jace White S North Paulding24. Anthony Gore LB Statesboro25. Akebren Ralls ATH Mary Persons

1. Nick Arbuckle QB LA Pierce College (Calif.)2. Marcus Caffey CB Iowa Western C.C. (Iowa)3. Michael Ivory Jr. OT Coffeyville C.C. (Kan.)4. Steve Wolgamott OT Butler C.C. (Kan.)5. Taylor Evans OG Saddleback College (Calif.)6. Ed Curney ILB Carver-Atlanta7. Antreal Allen CB Auburn (Ala.)8. Malik Ricks OLB Stephenson9. Ari Werts TE Stephenson10. Sheldon Wynn S Hartnell College (Calif.)11. Emierre Scaife QB Mallard Creek (S.C.)12. Clinton Lynch WR Norcross13. Maaseiah Francis WR Norcross14. Krysten Hammon RB Dickinson (Texas)15. Ronald Peterkin S Stephenson16. Niemus Bryant DE Carver-Atlanta17. Chandon Sullivan WR Winder-Barrow18. Todd Boyd WR Colquitt County19. Lucas Johnson OT Cass20. Gabe Mobley OT Colquitt County21. Brandon Sullivan FB Parkview22. Nate Simon S Golden West College (Calif.)23. Michael Shaw ILB Lanier24. Jerome Smith CB Mays25. Evan Pantelf K Peachtree Ridge

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OUR TWO CENTSOur email newsletter is something we take a lot of pride in at Score. If you aren’t familiar with it, it is a high school sports-heavy publication that we produce each day to fill in our readers on the latest happenings in Georgia prep sports. We send it out Monday through Friday throughout the year and Monday through Saturday during the fall.

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Defense Peyton ManningFirst Recruiting Classes

Knowshon Moreno

Georgia Recruiting Richard Sherman

The Seahawks’ defense domi-nated the Super Bowl. It was amazing to see what they did to Peyton Manning and the Bron-cos. Seattle sat on the Denver running game (27 yards) and forced Manning into two in-terceptions and a fumble. The new NFL blueprint points to a young quarterback who gets paid minimally and frees up cap room for elite defenders.

In what could have been the final argument in his case to be considered one of the greatest quarterbacks ever, Manning laid an egg in the Super Bowl. Manning saw the opening snap of the game sail past his head and into the end zone. The Broncos never recovered and Manning added to his long list of big-game failures.

Mercer and Kennesaw State are each preparing for the first recruiting classes in their re-spective histories. The Bears have commitments from sev-eral in-state recruits, such as Jalen Penn of Harrison and Avery Ward of Chattahoochee. KSU, meanwhile, has com-mits from two dozen players and 10 walk-ons according to KSUOwlHowl.com.

The former Georgia Bulldog sim-ply did not show up for the Super Bowl. Moreno had 17 rushing yard and 20 receiving yards in the Broncos’ colossal failure of a game. It was a sad end to a bril-liant season for Moreno, who had career years in rushing yards, receiving yards and total touch-downs in his best season since coming into the league in 2009.

The Bulldogs nabbed several big-time early commitments and have moved in on a few attractive prospects late in the process. Ar-guably the top two players in the state, Nick Chubb and Lorenzo Carter, could sign with the Daw-gs. Chubb has been committed to UGA for months while Carter visited Athens this past weekend and is considered a Georgia lean.

Two weeks after taking all the credit for his team’s win in the NFC Championship game, Sherman was virtually invis-ible in the Super Bowl and eventually left the game with a high-ankle sprain. Although his team won a demonstra-tive victory, Sherman was left watching the final minutes on crutches. You have to wonder if he took credit for the win.

SCORE LISTBy Ricky Dimon

Consecutive years in which DeKalb County has produced more than 100 football signees.

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Consensus five-star players from Georgia in this year’s recruiting class.3Tackles for loss by DE Lorenzo Carter during Norcross’s two state championship seasons.

45Number of Taco Mac locations participating in the Signing Day Frenzy Event5Yards from scrimmage by KSU commit Jaquez Parks in the 2013 Class AAAA state championship game.

554Football conferences represented with a Georgia-commit before National Signing Day.

42Projected signees from two-time defending Class AAAAAA state champion Norcross.

29Rushing touchdowns by C.J. Leggett during his senior season at North Gwinnett.23

NUMBERSBy Craig Sager II

THE BIG DAYAt long last, National Signing Day is here. Score Atlanta will have you covered from start to finish all day Wednesday, reporting on the happenings at five Taco Mac locations throughout the metro area with tweets, broadcasts and other updates of all the student signings as they are made. Be sure to follow the frenzied action on the constantly-updating ScoreATL.com page.

As the saying goes on Super Bowl Sunday, “tomorrow we’re all undefeated.” Coming off a 4-12 season, that is music to the Atlanta Falcons’ ears. Full attention can be paid to the 2014 campaign and the focus from now until early May will be on the NFL Draft. Atlanta owns the sixth overall pick and could be in line for a stud offensive lineman.

ALL UNDEFEATED

PITCHERS & CATCHERSThe official end of football season is the unofficial beginning of baseball. Pitchers and catchers for some teams report this week, while the first group of Atlanta Braves is set to report next Thursday. The first offseason workout will take place next Friday before the position players arrive the following Tuesday Don’t look now, but spring is almost here!

HEADING FOR HOMEFollowing a Tuesday night road contest at Clemson, the Georgia Tech men’s basketball team will play four consecutive home games at McCamish Pavilion: Saturday vs. Virginia, next Wednesday vs. Boston College, Feb. 18 vs. Duke and Feb. 22 vs. Clemson. Interestingly, though, Tech has lost three straight at home but has won two of its last three on the road.

SUPER SATURDAYFebruary may not be heralded as the best month for sports, but Atlanta has a big event coming to town to help the cause. The Georgia Dome will host the eighth stop of the AMA Supercross season on Saturday, Feb. 22. Get your tickets now, because this motorcycle madness may be even more exciting than Chipper Jones’ snowstorm rescue of Freddie Freeman!

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2014 Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyFriday, Feb.7, 2014 | Buckhead Theater | 7:15 p.m.

WelcomeLarry Winter - President, Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame

Host IntroductionsSam Crenshaw - Sports Anchor, WXIA Channel 11Chuck Oliver - Sports Radio Host, 680 the FanKen Rodriquez - Sports Anchor, Fox 5 AtlantaLarry Smith - Sports Anchor, WGCL Channel 46

Parade of Hall of FamersIntroduction of all Hall of Famers

State of the HallLarry Winter- President, Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame

2014 Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame Induction1. Cindy Brogdon/Presented by Jackie Bradford2. Corky Kell/Presented by Bill Hartman3. Ted Turner/Presented by Larry Smith4. Antonio McKay/Presented by Mel Pender5. George Rogers/Presented by John Heisman6. John Smoltz/Presented by Pete Van Wieren

Wrap-up and Thank YouLarry Winter - President, Atlanta Sports Hall of FameCheryl Glisson - Secretary, Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame

ORDER OF EVENTS

MISSION STATEMENT THANKS TO OUR TABLE SPONSORS

THANKS TO OUR OTHER DONORS

THANKS TO OUR “FACILITATORS AND TICKET COACHES”

THANKS TO KELL HIGH SCHOOL FOR ART PROJECT

LIST OF CURRENT ATLANTA SPORTS HALL OF FAMERS

WHO IS ELIGIBLE AND HOW IS THE VOTING DONE FOR THE

ATLANTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME?

The Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame is dedicated to honoring Atlanta’s sports heroes, remembering great moments in Atlanta’s sports history and preserving the past from which future generations can learn and take pride.

Atlanta Braves

Greater Atlanta Christian

Kell High School

Turner Enterprises

University of South Carolina

Wheeler High School

Cheryl and Harrell Glisson

Coach Ronald Bradley

Dave Hunter

Dr. Homer Rice

Edith McGuire Duvall

Knox Culpepper

Larry and Selina Winter

Margaret Kleiman

Jackie Bradford - Member of the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame

Carey Brewer - Atlanta Gamecock Club

Bill Burton - Greater Atlanta Christian

Phillip Evans - Turner Enterprises

Steve Jones - Cobb County Athletics

Holly Price - Northview High School

Steve Tackett - George Rogers Foundation

Ed Wagner - PrincipalLaura LaQuaglia - Visual Art Department

Artists:Ana Carvalho ................................................................. Ted TurnerEva Ponce...............................................................Antonio McKayJackie Ducros ........................................................... all inducteesJacob Fournier ...............................................................Corky KellJenna Cory ............................................................. Cindy BrogdonKahori Guzman .......................................................... John SmoltzOlivia Wang ............................................................George Rogers

Hank AaronTommy BarnesGayle BarronSteve BartkowskiFurman BisherJackie BradfordRon BradleySkip CarayBobby CoxBobby CreminsBill CurryBobby DoddEdith McGuire DuvallBill ElliottWalt FrazierTom GlavineBuck GodfreyBill HartmanJohn HeismanEvander HolyfieldLou HudsonClaude HumphreyErnie Johnson, Sr.Bobby Jones

Calvin “Monk” JonesRoger KaiserSteve LundquistEarl MannDr. Phil McCraryJames “Red” MooreEdwin MosesDale MurphyLarry NelsonPhil NiekroTommy NobisMel PenderMark PriceRandy RhinoDr. Homer RiceDeion SandersJohn SchuerholzDr. Tim SingletonLouise SuggsJessie TuggleWyomia TyusJeff Van NotePete Van WierenDominique Wilkins

1. To be eligible for the Atlanta Sports Hall of Fame a nom-ination must be for an individual or team in the Greater Atlanta Area as defined by the US Census MSA (Met-ropolitan Statistical Area). This is a 28 county area.

2. A nominee must have been born in Greater Atlanta or resided in the Greater Atlanta area long enough to have attended high school, and/or participated in a sports activity in Greater Atlanta for at least four years.

3. Participated in their sport or activity for at least 20 years, or have been retired for 3 years, or in the event of a death an individual or team is immediately eligible.

4. Must be present at the Induction Ceremony to be in-ducted.

5. All nominees will go through a multi-tiered screening process. The final vote is done by the Honors Court.

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CLASS OF 2014 INDUCTEESCINDY BROGDON

CORKY KELL

ANTONIO MCKAY

GEORGE ROGERS

JOHN SMOLTZ

• Born and raised in Buford, she led Greater Atlanta Christian to 3 Georgia high school basketball championships (1972, 1974 and 1975)

• 4 time State of Georgia MVP High School Basketball Player (1972, 1973, 1974 and 1975)

• Started college career at Mercer University and made All-America while playing there in 1976

• First Georgian to be a member of the U.S. Olympic basketball squad, won 1976 silver-medal in the Montreal Summer Olympics

• Ranks second in University of Tennessee’s all-time scoring average, 20.8, and was a two-time Kodak All-American at UT (1978 and 1979). Featured in Sports Illustrated and Newsweek

• Inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2002

• Started the girl’s basketball program at Cobb County’s Wheel-er High School in 1965. Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Girls Basketball Coach of the Year for 1972

• Coached football at Wheeler High School for eight seasons. 4 time Georgia Athletic Coaches Association Football Coach of Year

• Athletic director for the Cobb County School District until his retirement

• In 1992 created the High School Football Classic that show-cased high school football teams in the Georgia Dome. The an-nual event is now known as the “Corky Kell Classic”

• Kell High School in Cobb County is named in his honor

• The Atlanta native was the 400 meter high school state cham-pion in 1980, 1981 and 1982 at Roosevelt High School in Atlanta

• In 1982 set the 400 meter state record and captured the State 200 meter title. He was a two time All-State football and 1982 All-State basketball selection

• Was a three-time NCAA All American while at Georgia Tech, and in 1984 was the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor 400 meter champion

• In the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, McKay was a member of the gold-medal winning 4x400 meter relay team. He also captured the bronze medal in the 400 meters in 1984

• Won the 400 meters in the 1986 inaugural Goodwill Games• 8 time USA Track & Field 400 meter indoor champion

• Graduated from Duluth High School in 1975, where he rushed for a school and Gwinnett County record of 2,286 yards his senior year

• Two time First-team All-American (1979 and 1980) at Univer-sity of South Carolina. Finished with school record 5,204 career rushing yards

• Rushed for 1,781 yards and 14 TDs as senior, and won the 1980 Heisman Trophy his senior year with the Gamecocks

• In 1981 the New Orleans Saints selected Rogers with the first overall NFL pick

• Won NFL rushing title as a rookie with 1,674 yards and had four 1,000-yard rushing seasons in NFL career

• Won a Super Bowl ring with the Washington Redskins in 1987, defeating the Denver Broncos 42-10 in Super Bowl XXII

• Finished seven year NFL career with 7,176 yards rushing and 54 TDs

• On August 12, 1987, he was traded to the Atlanta Braves• 8 time All-Star and 1996 Cy Young Award winner who was a corner-

stone pitcher for the Atlanta Braves for twenty years (1988-2008)• Part of a starting pitching rotation that led the Braves from last

place in 1990 to first place in 1991, setting the team on a record-setting run of consecutive division titles and World Series ap-pearances

• Won 1995 World Series with Atlanta Braves, 1997 Silver Slug-ger Award, 2002 Rolaids Relief Man of the Year, and 1992 NLCS MVP

• Finished career with 213 wins and 154 saves, making him the only pitcher in major league history to have more than 200 wins and more than 150 saves

• Is a member of the elite 3,000 strikeout club with 3,084 strike-outs

• The Braves retired his number (#29) in 2012

TED TURNER• Purchased the Atlanta Braves in 1976, and then he bought the

Atlanta Hawks in 1977• Won the 1977 America’s Cup as captain of the boat “Courageous” • Named Yachtsman of the Year four times• Created the Goodwill Games, a world-class multi-sport event

that took place every four years from 1986 to 2001• Turner’s 1995 Atlanta Braves won the World Series. Under his

ownership, the team won a record number of consecutive divi-sion titles

IN MEMORY OF TIM SINGLETONDR. TIM SINGLETON (DECEMBER 22, 1936 - JULY 31, 2013), ASHOF CLASS OF 2011

• In 1970 Tim Singleton started a legendary Atlanta tradition - the Peachtree Road Race. Tim became known as “Papa Peachtree.” He loved running and participated in 73 mar-athons.

• “In all of Atlanta sports history, there are only a few giants who have left behind a legacy so vast, wide and everlasting that it grows larger and more deeply ingrained into our city’s consciousness with each passing year. Tim Singleton was one of those giants.”……..quote from Author Tim Darnell

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2013/2014 ATLANTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME HONORS COURT

SOME SAMPLE EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND AWARDS PROGRAMS OF THE ATLANTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME

Lee Baker ........................................... Touchdown Club of AtlantaJohn Bednarowski .....................................Marietta Daily JournalJeff Beggs ................................................City of Atlanta AthleticsJackie Bradford ................................................... Member ASHOFRonald Bradley .................................................... Member ASHOFSoloman Brannan .................................. NFL Players AssociationMike Cammack .........................................................Shiloh HS ADDennis Caniglia ........................Atl Chapter-College Football HOFPaula Caray .......................................................... Member ASHOFAndy Carr ......................................................... Atlanta Track Club Steven Craft ........................................Fulton County Ath DirectorEric Douglas ....................................North Fulton/Forsyth TD ClubArt Eckman .......................................... Kennesaw State AthleticsMike Emery ............................. Gwinnett County Athletic DirectorBob Fiscella .............................................. Comcast Sports SouthBuck Godfrey ....................................................... Member ASHOFWill Hammock ................................................ Gwinnett Daily PostMike Haynes ...................................North Fulton/Forsyth TD ClubBob Hope ................................................................ Atlanta Braves

1................................................“Careers in Sports” Teen Summit2............Negro League/Black History Month Education Program3......................................... Speakers Bureau and Book Program 4........................................................Foster Kids Christmas Party

5.......................................................... “Tickets for Kids” Program6.............................................................. “Stars of Year” Program7..................................................................................Art Program

Bob Houghton ............................ Ga Association of BroadcastersRendell Jackson ......................................City of Atlanta AthleticsSteve Jones ................................... Cobb County Athletic DirectorRoger Kaiser ........................................................ Member ASHOFFrank Kleha ...........................................................Atlanta FalconsRalph Kytan .......................................................Retired Coca ColaKevin May ..........................................Clayton County Ath DirectorDr. Phil McCrary ................................................... Member ASHOFScott McFarlane ...............................................680 The Fan RadioTony McIntyre ........................................All American SpecialtiesTerrence Moore ...................................... Sports Writer/JournalistChuck Oliver............................................ 680 The Fan Radio/HostJim Owen ....................................Oglethorpe University AthleticsMike Perry .............................................. Alpharetta Parks & RecKen Rodriguez.......................................................Fox 5 TV SportsTrey Sanders ..........................................Atlanta Motor SpeedwayLarry Smith ..................................................... CBS Atlanta SportsMike Stamus ....................................................... Georgia Tech AAChristian Suttle ...........................................Hillgrove High School

2014 ATLANTA SPORTS HALL OF FAME ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND BOARD

Joel AltermanLee BakerBev BennettMargaret Billingsley (Events)Cheryl Glisson (Secretary)Rich KecklerMargaret Kleiman

Tony McIntyre

Jim Riley

Carolyn Serra

Greg White

Larry Winter (President)

Selina Winter (PR)

SPECIAL THANKSBuckhead Theatre - For a great facility and crewChip Emerson, R2R Media - For website supportCoca Cola - For soft drinksJoe Albano - Social mediaMargaret Billingsley - Events Chairman Margaret Kleiman - Volunteer CoordinatorOur Hosts - Sam Crenshaw, Chuck Oliver, Ken Rodriguez, and Larry Smith Redhouse Marketing - For invitations, banners, and postersScore Atlanta - For printed programTim Darnell - For plaque textCarolyn Serra - For bags and tomahawks

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The race for the 2014 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series Championship comes

through Atlanta with a competitive field of for-mer champions that will be racing on the big-gest stage the sport has seen. For the first time in history, the entire season is being televised live on FOX Sports and the Supercross tour around the country will continue to be tracked live with an estimated 291 hours of program-ming this season. The first half of the season has been highly-competitive as Ryan Villopoto, the defending Monster Energy AMA Super-cross Series Champion continues to pace the field as the man to beat in 450SX Class.

ALL-TIME GREAT ... The 25-year old became the first repeat champion in the sport since Ricky Carmichael did it in 2006 and has been the star of Super-cross over the past couple years. Villopoto’s blistering pace could eventually catch him up with racing great Jeremy McGrath for the top position on the all-time win list in Monster En-ergy Supercross at four career championships. In Villopoto’s first 75 450SX Class starts, he won 45 percent of his races and if Villopoto can claim a fourth championship, he will be joining elite company. James Stewart is a past champion who found success in Atlanta last year. Like most other riders, however, Stewart has struggled to gain prominence in the sport with Villopoto’s emergence and a deep field of riders. Stewart, the 2008 FIM World Champion, led all 20 laps in Atlanta last year and edged out Villopoto for first place by 1.468 seconds. Stewart sits in fifth place (80 points) in total points this season after the first five races and has bounced back from a disappointing four-point start in Ana-heim. Stewart will be slated as a contender in Atlanta with this year’s pool of 450SX riders. Villopoto has plenty of competition this season beyond Stewart in 450SX Class and 31-year-old Chad Reed posted back-to-back victories in Anaheim 2 and Anaheim 3 to put pressure on Villopoto. Villopoto and Reed each

won two of the first five races this season. Reed grabbed the lead from Villopoto on the first lap of the Anaheim 3 main event and held his lead against a trailing Ken Roczen to score his second win of the Monster Energy Supercross season. Villopoto still maintained his lead in the standings afterwards, but not by a comfortable margin. Reed’s 102 total points sat right behind Villopoto’s 104 total points through the first five races of the 17-race season.

TIE AT THE TOP ... In the 250SX West Class, Dean Wilson grabbed his first victory of the 2014 Monster Energy Supercross season at Anaheim. The win moved Wilson to third in the overall stand-ings. Jason Anderson and Cole Seely are locked in first place with 109 total points apiece. Last season in Atlanta, rider William Hahn domi-nated the 250SX main event and led all 15 laps in route to the win. During race day, the riders will hit the track for a walk-through before several rounds of qualifying practice runs. The opening cer-emonies begin at 7 p.m. and 20 riders will race in each of the first two 250SX heats. The top nine finishers of each heat make it to the main event and will be joined by the top four finish-ers of the last chance qualifier to make up a final field of 22 riders in 250SX. The 450SX riders have a slightly different schedule. The action starts with a pair of heats (20 riders each) and the top four finishers from their respective heats earn automatic spots in the main event. Finishers five through 20 from the opening two heats will split up (based on odd or even finish), forming two fields of 16 rid-ers for two semifinal races that will send the top five finishers from each race into the main event. There will be a last chance qualifier with 22 riders that will send the last four qualifiers for the main event with a short four lap race. The 450SX main event starts at 10 p.m. and boasts a field of 22 riders that will race for 20 laps. Photo courtesy of Frank Hoppen/AMA Su-percross.

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