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Air Force Reserve Band Performs Last Show

The Air Force Reserve Band played their last tune Saturday night.

This band was eliminated after a series of budget cuts. 

In two performances at Mercer University, the band was joined by the Macon Symphony Youth Orchestra. 

About a dozen took the stage alongside 80 young musicians from the MSYO. 

In a nearly full house, the band performed twice. Once at 1:30 in the afternoon and the last performance ever was at 6:45 p.m.

"It's a little difficult and bittersweet. We've had such a great relationship with the community around Robins Air Force Base. We're sad to leave, but we also know that it's time to move on and go where the air force needs up to be," says Air Force Reserve Band conductor Thomas Gamboa.

The Air Force says airmen currently assigned to the band would be reassigned to other active duty bands.

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Prep Scores For Friday, May 3

Prep scores reported to 13WMAZ for Friday, May 3:

GHSA State Baseball Playoffs:

FPD 4  Christian Heritage 1 (Game 1)

FPD 2  Christian Heritage 0 (Game 2) FPD wins Series 2-0

Peach Co. 5  Swainsboro 1 (Game 1)

Swainsboro 1  Peach Co. 0 (Game 2)

Fitzgerald 5  Bleckley Co. 3 (Game 1)

Fitzgerald 2  Bleckley Co. 1 (Game 2) Fitzgerald wins Series 2-0

Veterans 11  Burke Co. 1 (Game 1)

Veterans 12  Burke Co. 1 (Game 2) Veterans wins Series 2-0

Houston Co. 5  Effingham Co. 2 (Game 1)

Houston Co. 9  Effingham Co. 6 (Game 2) HoCo wins Series 2-0

S. Effingham 11  Howard 4 (Game 1)

S. Effingham 4  Howard  2  (Game 2)  S. Effingham wins Series 2-0

Crisp Co.  11  Spalding 1 (Game 1)

Crisp Co.  8  Spalding 2  (Game 2)  Crisp wins Series 2-0

Eagle Springs Students Get Hands-On With STEM

Mix a little bit of polymer and some water and you've got yourself jelly orbs. That's just one of the experiments students at Eagle Springs Elementary in Byron made Friday to learn about STEM.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Fifth grader Emily Smith wasn't afraid to get hands on with the experiments. She went as far as sticking her hand in the jelly-orb filled jar. She says they felt squishy.

Like Smith, fifth grader Brantley Busch couldn't wait to be hands-on. His favorite part was making the snap circuit moon rover because he built something that could move.

"We were working as a team and looking at the sheet to tell us how to do it and all the objects in the right place. When we had a problem we just asked somebody and they helped us," he said.

Two Arrested After Warner Robins Food Mart Burglary

A man and woman were arrested after Pop's Food Mart on North Davis Drive was robbed around 4:34 a.m. Friday, according to a release.

On the way to the scene, officers were told that a male was seen exiting the closed business and got in a vehicle with another person and left.

They were able to head off the suspects at an intersection.

After a brief struggle, officers arrested 35-year-old James Wesley Morgan and 32-year-old Lisa Marie Roberts.

Morgan is charged with burglary, fleeing or attempting to elude, open container violation in motor vehicle, remove/affixing license plate with intent to conceal, obstruction of an officer, reckless driving, and driving while license expired.

Roberts is charged with party to the crime of burglary.

If you have any additional information for police investigators in connection to this case, call 478-918-2980

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Athlete of the Week: Malik Broughton

This season could prove to be a great ending to a track and field career for Veterans senior Malik Broughton. The Albany State football commit is competing at the state finals for the high jump and is the classification favorite.

"He's just a raw talent," says his coach Steve Ruzic. "He has the ability to jump. God gave him the ability to jump and he knows how to jump."

Broughton agrees, "It's a rush, especially when you make big gains and move to higher heights as quickly as I have."

Last week at sectionals in Statesboro, the 6'4 jumped a personal best 7'2. That leap of faith placed him in immediate elite status.

Broughton explains, "The secret is more repetitions and more reps will help you get your form better along with weightlifting. When you get strong, you can only increase."

Young Astronauts Day at the Museum of Aviation

Young Astronauts Day at the Museum of Aviation

A live hookup with the Kennedy Space Center in Florida will highlight the Annual Young Astronauts’ Day at the Museum of Aviation on Saturday, May 11.  The students will be welcomed by Colonel Mitch Butikofer from Robins Air Force Base.  The opening ceremony will feature Rachel B. Power, a NASA education specialist from Kennedy Space Center talking live to more than 200 first through eight-grade students on large digital learning network screens in the Century of Flight Hangar. 

Each student will then attend three different workshops around the Museum taught by Museum staff members and volunteer class leaders from Middle Georgia, Robins AFB and the Houston County School system. 

Young Astronauts Day sponsors are the Air Force Association, Belks, a NASA grant, Fort Valley State University Cooperative Development Energy Program, the NASA Regional Educator Resource Center and the Museum of Aviation Foundation.  

GHSA Boys Track & Field Results

Jefferson, GA - GHSA State Track Meet:  3 State Champions and 4 State runners up on day 1 of meet from the Middle GA Area

Thursday May, 2 (Day 1)

William Moore - Houston Co Wins Wheelchair Shot Putt Division1

Tyler Gibson - Peach Co- Wins Long Jump AAA

Malik Broughton- Veterans wins High Jump AAAA

Markiel Bowen - Rutland 6th in Shot Putt AAAA

Shamar Slappey - Bleckley Co 6th in Shot Putt AA

MacQuavious Searcy - Lamar Co. 3rd in Long Jump AA

Malcolm Lowe - Peach Co. 6th in Triple Jump AAA

Rodriquos Harris - WR 5th in Triple Jump AAAAA

Jam Morris - FPD 6th in High Jump A-Private

Kareem Sanders - Wilkinson Co. 4th in the High Jump A-Public

Micquavious Searcy - Lamar Co 4th in the High Jump AA

Montravius Adams - Dooly Co 2nd in the Shot A-Public

Micquavious Searcy - Lamar Co 2nd in the Triple Jump AA

Jerry Butler - Northeast - 4th in the Triple Jump AA