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2006 Class AAAA Final Four
2005 Class AAAA Elite 8
2002 Region 4 AAAA Champs
Coaches Corner:
Varsity Staff
Coach David Childress
Coach David Childress is a
graduate of Sprayberry High School. His College tour
includes Shorter College were he received his BS in
Mathematics in 1988. He received his Masters of Arts Degree
from the University Of Alabama in 2002. In 2006, Coach
Childress received his Education Specialist Degree in
Curriculum and Development from Piedmont College.
Coach Childress has been at
Etowah for 19 years, 17 of those as Head Coach of the Etowah
Eagles Baseball Program. He has been voted Coach of the
Year by local newspapers in 1995, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002,
2005 and again in 2006. His record as an Eagle is 273 wins
and 149 losses. Coach Childress also coaches the girls
Softball team.
Coach Childress is married to
his wonderful wife Michele and has two beautiful daughters
– Ashton 7 and Averi 5.
We are so very proud to have Coach David
Childress as our Head Varsity Coach. Thanks for all of
your hard work, Coach Childress!!!!
Coach Kevin Wall
A 1976 Sprayberry High School alumnus,
Coach Kevin Wall enters his eighth season of Etowah
baseball, third as varsity assistant. He is primarily
responsible for the pitching staff. Coach Wall graduated
from Kennesaw State with a B.A. in English and earned a M.A.
in journalism from the University of Georgia. He is a loyal
Bulldog.
Coach Wall began teaching and coaching
at Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville in 1993, then
moved to Prince Avenue Christian in Athens where he was the
head baseball coach for three years. He also spent two
fruitful years coaching pitchers at East Paulding High
School. His wife, Rachel, and two children, Parker (9) and
Elaine (4), are enthusiastic Eagle baseball fans.
Coach Gordon Swordsma
Coach Gordon Swordsma begins his second year with the Etowah
Baseball program. Gordon's responsibilities include being
the hitting instructor and catching coach for the 9th,
JV, and Varsity teams. This baseball season is his 13th
year of coaching baseball. Gordon currently teaches
Physical Education at Chapman Intermediate.
Gordon received his Specialist degree from Lincoln Memorial
University in 2000, and his National Board Certification in
2002.
Gordon enjoys playing golf and spending time with his wife,
Raelene.
JV Staff
Coach John
Crowers
College-----BS at University of Georgia, MS Pennsylvania
State University
Years
experience 30
Wife
Janet, Children-----Johnny (16), Mary (14), Andrew (5)
Math
Teacher. Spent most of high school coaching career as a
soccer coach. Won numerous region championships at
Walton and Pope. Last three years, I have been coaching
JV Baseball at Etowah. Baseball experience comes from
East Cobb Baseball (3 years) and work at Little League
International Headquarters as summer instructor (8
years).
Quote: “Baseball has been a passion of mine since my
youth and I’ve been very blessed at the end of my
teaching career to have spent time helping in the
development of young baseball players at EHS.”
Coach Ben Abner
Freshmen Staff
Coach Trip Holton
Coach Derek MacArthur
HOW IT WORKS, HOW MANY
TEAMS?
Every year you will see freshman playing
on the JV team and occasionally we have very talented freshman
on the Varsity team. We place our most talented players
on the Varsity and the next best on the JV. After these
teams are filled ( usually 15-18 players) we will determine if
we have enough freshmen to field a third competitive
team. All high school teams are limited by the GHSA to
the number of games each can play. Further, many schools
we compete against will not field freshman teams, so
scheduling games can sometime be difficult. This year we
will likely have two teams, however, we are anxiously awaiting
our player turnout to demonstrate to us, their overall talent
and desire.
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