SNELLVILLE The Georgia High School Associations summer dead period ended Monday, yet dozens of Gwinnett County football coaches waited one more day before returning to summer workouts.

Thats because the eighth-annual Sports Medicine South and Gwinnett Touchdown Club Fellowship Golf Tournament took place Monday at Summit Chase Country Club.

The tournament featured 27 foursomes made up of four coaches from the majority of Gwinnett schools, a group of retired Gwinnett coaches (Dave Hunter, Kevin Maloof, Tally Johnson and Charlie Jordan) and a handful of tournament corporate sponsors with scoring at each hole mercifully capped at par to keep up the pace of play.

The money raised by the annual event goes toward the Linda Jones $1,000 scholarships handed out to each school in December at the Rivalries of Gwinnett All-Star Game. In total, Sports Medicine Souths event has now given away over $150,000 in scholarships to local football players, according to founder Dr. Gary Levengood.

Monday also served as an opportunity for new South Gwinnett head coach Steve Davenport to get acquainted with his county peers. Davenport is one of eight new head coaches in Gwinnett this fall, but one of the few who came from outside the county lines without any previous Gwinnett ties.

A lot of the guys I already knew, but the camaraderie was outstanding, Davenport said. Obviously you like to get out and play a little bit of golf, but the camaraderie and being amongst your fellow coaches is really special. Its an opportunity to meet each other and talk to each other outside of competition with each other. Its outstanding.

Im excited about the opportunity to be in Gwinnett. I understand the competitive nature that Ive entered, but apart form all of that, Im really excited about being a part of a group of guys that really care for, not only the game of football, but care for each other as well.

The true winners of the tournament each year are determined not by the scorecards, but during the luncheon raffle once play is finished.

Levengood and Sports Medicine South gave away prizes to the coaches that included iPads, hunting and fishing trips and Atlanta Braves tickets. Only head coaches were up for this years top prizes of a big screen 4K television and a Big Green Egg grill.

Parkview head coach Eric Godfree took home the TV for the second straight year, while Meadowcreeks Jason Carrera won the Big Green Egg.

Now teams will turn their attention to something more than just door prizes with the season only a month away.

This is the exciting time now, Davenport said. Obviously weve got to get prepared and everybody starts the season with tremendous expectations. It was good to get away, but Im looking forward to getting back with the guys.

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