- November 25, 2024
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Making the grade: Gilyard Group Foundation donates cleats
Scoring touchdows and making ground-shaking tackles are really fun. But members of Flagler Falcons PAL football know getting good grades in school is fun, too. And for making the grade, a group of 19 football players were given a free pair of cleats Friday from the Gilyard Group Foundation.
Mardy Gilyard, former standout football player at Flagler Palm Coast High School and wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, was in town to deliver the fresh kicks to the players who achieved high scholastic honors for the 2012-2013 school year.
This marks the third year in a row the Gilyard Group Foundation has given student-athletes a pair of clears for success in the classroom.
“This recognition proves to them at a young age that school is the foundation they will build their lives upon,” said Summer Kleinfelder, scholastic coordinator for Flagler PAL/Pop Warner. “Hopefully they will choose to embrace their academic achievement and do great things in their lives.”
The recipients are as follows: Sebastian Azevedo, Hayden Buckley, Andrew Butler, Kaleb Christensen, Austin Cochran, Jay-len Collins, Julian Del Castillo, Antonio Kes, Jacob Laura, Jyrius Lawrence, Jemon Little, Ryan Marsh, Jacob Miley, Jackson Norman, Victor Paci, Patrick Pilachowski, Sean Snyder, Cain Taylor and Kaevon Washington.
Signups and tryouts for middle school football
The Flagler Police Athletic League will hold tryouts for the middle school Pirates football team 6-8 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, July 22 to Aug. 1, at Matanzas High School.
For registration information, contact coach James Crockett 503-1367 or via email at [email protected]. Also, call Flagler PAL at 586-6300 or go to www.FlaglerPAL.org.
Flagler County NAACP to host golf tourney Aug. 10
The Flagler County NAACP will sponsor the 12th-annual Jacqueline A. Browne Memorial Golf Tournament Aug. 10, at the Pine Course, 400 Pine Lakes Parkway.
Browne revitalized the then-dormant Flagler County branch in 2000, after having been approached by individuals experiencing bias. She was a New York City educator, Flagler County Democratic Women’s Club president, board chairwoman of the African-American Cultural Society and president of the Public Works Committee of the Palm Coast Service District Advisory.
Registration begins at 7 a.m., followed by a shotgun start at 8 a.m. Cost is $75 per person for a four-person scramble and includes green and cart fees, awards, door prizes, breakfast and a luncheon.
For more information, contact Harry Davis at 437-5082 or Willard Anderson at 586-4053.
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