Georgia safety Josh Harvey-Clemons was dismissed from the football team on Tuesday for violating team rules. This dismissal comes after Harvey-Clemons had already been suspended for the Gator Bowl and assessed another three-game ban for the 2014 season. It seems that the UGA staff had enough of the troubled safety and decided to end things for good. Harvey-Clemons had violated the team’s marijuana-use policy twice, which resulted in the suspensions.
He played in 11 games during the 2013 campaign and finished third on the team with 66 total tackles, including 5.5 for loss. Harvey-Clemons also had an interception, two forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. It was the sophomore who tipped the Hail Mary pass into the arms of Auburn’s Ricardo Louis in a heartbreaking 43-38 loss to the Tigers last season. Now, this is another heartbreaker for both fans and Harvey-Clemons.
TENNIS ACTION …
The No.4 Georgia men’s tennis team took to the courts at the ITA National Indoor Championships at the Galleria Tennis and Athletic Club in Houston last weekend. Georgia faced off against a tough 10th-ranked Texas Long-horns’ in the round of 16 and the overall match could not have been more competitive. Doubles action went well for the Bulldogs, who took a quick 1-0 lead in the match by win-ning the best-of-three doubles competition. The combo of Hernus Pieter and Ben Wagland won its set 6-3 before Nathan Pasha and Garrett Brasseaux also won 6-3 to give the Bulldogs a clean sweep of doubles.
Illinois, however, earned the first three singles wins to seize a 3-1 advantage before the Bulldogs pulled even at 3-3. That set the stage for Wagland’s decisive contest at the No. 3 singles spot. Late in the final set, the sopho-more was assessed a code violation that resulted in forfeiture of the match and gave Texas a 4-3 win. Wagland had an outburst following his dis-qualification and was subsequently suspended by the team for the remainder of the tournament. He later apologized for his actions.
“Texas was better,” head coach Manuel Diaz told the team website. “They were good, especially in the third sets that they won. Give them all the credit in the world. Our guys have to learn from this, grow from this, and try to be tougher tomorrow. It was an unfortunate way to lose today, but those are the rules.”
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