October - Giles High School

Spartans owned a nine stroke lead over Galax. After eating a quick breakfast, the Spartans headed out for the final round of the
tournament. Five of the six Spartans found the fairway of the 1 st hole. The first scores reported were 88, 81, 79, 82, 79, and finally a
74, for a team total of 313. The Spartans were not in the clear just yet, they still needed two more solid scores to finalize their
declaration. Junior Tanner Carbaugh hit his second shot on hole 15 within two feet to make a birdie to bring him to one over par for
the round.
The team now needed only for Trevor Myers to par in for the victory, but the senior had another finish in mind. After a drive of over
320 yards on the 17 th hole, he played his second shot to within about eleven feet for an eagle and just missed the putt. His next put was
for a birdie. Myers stood over a treacherous downhill putt of about ten feet for birdie. Perfectly still, Myers barely struck the putt, and
half-way to its destination began to lift his putter toward the bright clear blue October sky. Seconds later as the putt fell into the cup,
the GHS Spartans had made their Declaration, and claimed the 2009, Group A, State Golf title.
Senior Trevor Myers hits his last putt in his high school career.
This putt is known as “the putt heard ‘round the world” because it won the State Championship for the Spartans.
Coach W.R. Johnston holding the
T.R.D. Coach of the year award.
All Photos courtesy of Coach
Johnston.
This is Sparta! by Heath Wilson
The ancient Spartans were meaner than your
average ferocious tiger. During their time of reign
around 1200 B.C, these warriors were the most feared
of all the armies combined throughout Europe. You
might think to yourself that they were kind to their own
people, but the reality is that they enslaved their own
people as well as the people that
they conquered such as the
Ancient Greeks. How would you
have become a Spartan warrior?
Well, life would start off really
rough for you. As soon as you
were born your parents would
drop you off in the middle of
nowhere and would not come back
for you for three days. At the end
of the three days if you were still alive you were considered to become a great warrior. At
the age of nine, you were automatically sent of to a training camp to become a warrior.
The women of Sparta were treated no differently. While the women did hold certain
powers and responsibilities in ancient Sparta, the men of that time were considered more
dominant. The women were forced to cut their hair short and enter training camp to
become a warrior. When the women got married they were usually in their mid teens, and the men were usually in
their thirty’s. This was done in order to keep the male more dominant. The husband would pick his wife by the
woman’s working ability and toughness. After the husband had chosen his wife, the man would pay the woman’s
father for what he thought the woman was worth.
G.H.S. Varsity Golf
Roster
Trevor Myers 12 th
Michael Carbaugh 12 th
Chad Robertson 12 th
Chris Collins 12 th
Tanner Carbaugh 11 th
Caleb Tilley 11 th
Tyler Meredith 11 th
Andrew Epperley 11 th
Blake Martin 11 th
Casey Lucas 11 th
Taylor Dudding 10 th
Kyle Chafin 9 th
Breanna Farmer 9 th
Gunar Frazier 8 th
Kory Wilson 8 th
Jacob Hudson 8 th
The Spartans ruled until the Athenians took over. Those Spartans were not afraid of anybody or anything. The
Spartans strived to succeed in every way. GHS is just like those Spartans because we are not afraid of anybody or
anything. Our school strives to be the best at everything, so we can keep our Spartan name.
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