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Gettysburg father and daughter launch 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail attempt
Updated 12:06 PM;
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Brian and McKenzie Long, of Gettysburg, have launched their thru-hike attempt on the Appalachian Trail. (Contributed photo)
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Gettysburg father and daughter Brian and McKenzie Long this morning stepped onto the Appalachian Trail at its southern terminus on Springer Mountain in Georgia. They hope to finish a thru-hike of about 2,200 miles sometime in September at the northern terminus on Mount Katahdin in Maine.
They had planned to make the trek last year, but like thousands of others opted to postpone in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy urged all hikers to stay off the trail last year.
PRESTON 64, SUGAR-SALEM 26
At Preston, the Indians poured in 24 points in the first quarter and put the clamps on Sugar-Salem (1-6) en route to a 64-26 drubbing of the Diggers. In the process, the Indians (4-0) extended their winning streak to 26.
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It was a balanced scoring effort from Preston, which got 12 points from Brecker Knapp, 10 apiece from Braden Hess and Cole Harris, eight from Tyler Lindhardt and seven from two more players. I liked our energy, Preston head coach Tyler Jones said. I thought it was a great start. We ve had some slow starts this year in our games and I thought our (defensive) pressure (was great). We got a lot of deflections, which led to easy baskets and transition baskets, and got us really going. And that was good to see because we haven t really done that in a game yet this year.