More homeless are being evicted – this time from county property off of Navy Boulevard in District 2, Commissioner Mike Kohler’s district. Some have shared with Inweekly that this may be the largest homeless camp on the westside.
Families in the Jones Swamp have been notified that on Wednesday, Nov. 1, is being cleared under treat of arrest. We’ve have heard various counts on the men, women and children impacted. WEAR TV reported a dozen people; we’ve heard as many as 70 from social workers.
I was sent this email: “This camp sits partially on county land and partially on area housing land…We have no shelter beds for women and children with family pets either. Many of the men and women are also identified cases of serious mental illness.”
What will Opening Doors and its Continuum of Care do?
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Valdosta State Nudges Out UWF
Never was the old axiom about winning everywhere but on the scoreboard more apparent than in No. 18 UWF’s heartbreaking 31-28 loss to Gulf South Conference rival No. 24 Valdosta State Saturday night.
By most measures, the Argos (6-3, 4-2 GSC) outperformed the Blazers (8-1, 5-1 GSC). Yet, in the final tally, both on the scoreboard and in the GSC standings, Valdosta State came out on top.
UWF held the Blazers to minus-3 yards rushing and 272 yards of total offense while racking up 444 yards of offense (248 rushing and 196 passing), but a series of miscues – a fumble inside their own 5, a pair of missed kicks, a handful of passes that were ever so slightly out of rhythm, a key missed fourth-down conversion, and a few defensive hiccups – added up to three points too few.
“We’ve got to clean up mistakes,” head coach Kaleb Nobles said. “I’m looking at the stats and we won a lot of stats and did some good things, but there are no moral victories. Our guys have got to know. We’ve got to execute on third downs better. We’ve got to get them off the field better. On defense, we can’t give up drive-extending plays, and we’ve got to be better on special teams.”
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SEC Soccer: Auburn, Kentucky Win
Auburn completes comeback to down UT in first round
After falling behind early, the Tigers use two quick goals from Becky Contreas and Haley Duca to earn a 2-1 win over Tennessee and stay alive in the SEC tourney. Read more.
Kentucky outlasts LSU in PKs, advances to quarterfinals
Despite playing a person down in the second half, Kentucky advances to the quarterfinals of the SEC Soccer Tournament with a 0-0 (4-2) penalty shootout win over LSU. Read more.
The Southeastern Conference unveiled the soccer coaches’ postseason awards Sunday morning.
Arkansas’ Colby Hale was named SEC?Coach of the Year; Arkansas’ Bea Franklin and Auburn’s Anna Haddock were voted Co-SEC Scholar-Athletes of the Year; Franklin was also named SEC Midfielder of the Year; Arkansas’ Ava Tankersly was selected as SEC Forward of the Year; South Carolina’s Gracie Falla was voted SEC Defender of the Year; South Carolina’s Heather Hinz was picked as the SEC Goalkeeper of the Year, and Florida’s Megan Hinnenkamp and Georgia’s Summer Denigan were awarded Co-SEC Freshmen of the Year
First-team and second-team All-SEC honorees, All-Freshman team in addition to the individual awards were chosen by the league’s 14 coaches. Ties were not broken.
2023 SEC Soccer Awards
First Team All-SEC
Forward: Gianna Paul, Alabama
Forward: Ava Tankersley, Arkansas
Forward: Jordyn Rhodes, Kentucky
Forward: Kylee Simmons, Missouri
Midfielder: Cat Barry, South Carolina
Midfielder: Felicia Knox, Alabama
Midfielder: Bea Franklin, Arkansas
Midfielder: Macey Hodge, Mississippi State
Defender: Jordan Fusco, Tennessee
Defender: Gessica Skorka, Alabama
Defender: Daviana Vaka, Florida
Defender: Gracie Falla, South Carolina
Defender: Carolyn Calzada, Texas A&M
Goalkeeper: Heather Hinz, South Carolina
Second Team All-SEC
Forward: Anna Podojil, Arkansas
Forward: Megan Hinnenkamp, Florida
Forward: Ava Galligan, LSU
Forward: Sizzy Lawton, Tennessee
Midfielder: Anna Haddock, Auburn
Midfielder: Croix Bethune, Georgia
Midfielder: Summer Denigan, Georgia
Midfielder: Mia Pante, Texas A&M
Midfielder: Abi Brighton, Vanderbilt
Defender: Ellie Podojil, Arkansas
Defender: Grace Phillpotts, Kentucky
Defender: Maya Antoine, Vanderbilt
Defender: Hannah McLaughlin, Vanderbilt
Goalkeeper: Shu Ohba, Ole Miss
Goalkeeper: Maddy Anderson, Mississippi State
All-Freshman Team
Nadia Ramadan, Alabama
Avery Wren, Arkansas
Megan Hinnenkamp, Florida
Summer Denigan, Georgia
Kiera Staude, Georgia
Tanner Strickland, Kentucky
Ava Galligan, LSU
Avery Brown, Ole Miss
Reagan Schubach, South Carolina
Kate Runyon, Tennessee
Adysen Armenta, Texas A&M
Margo Matula, Texas A&M
Courtney Jones, Vanderbilt
Ella Eggleston, Vanderbilt
Coach of the Year: Colby Hale, Arkansas
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