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Seniors 'baptized' in Eagle Creek
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Georgia Southern senior football players and head coach Tyson Summers stand in Beautiful Eagle Creek following Friday's practice. - photo by Georgia Southern AMR


   
    The Georgia Southern football team capped its Friday practice with a dip in Beautiful Eagle Creek , continuing the tradition of "baptizing" seniors of the program.
    In the fourth year of this tradition, head coach Tyson Summers waded into the "magical" waters of the creek along with the senior class.
    After practice, the players got down on a knee huddled around Coach Summers who offered praise of their camp -—which ends Saturday with the team's second scrimmage — while pointing out areas the team can improve.
    When Summers was done, the team headed over to the creek and gathered around the banks near the sign marking Beautiful Eagle Creek. The eight seniors on the team — Ross Alexander, Myles Campbell, Chris DeLaRosa, Matt Flynn, Demarcus Godfrey, L.A. Ramsby, Darrius Sapp and Chris Washington —joined Summers promptly followed in the celebration, taking a dip into the waters.
    After the team exited, the new coaches in the department and their staffs, as well as new Deputy AD Lisa Sweany took their dip into the water to officially become Eagles. Head swimming coach Laura Thomas, even though she's in her second year, took the event serious and she jumped all the way in like any good swimmer would.
    After a quick bite to eat back at the Ted Smith Family Football Center, the team broke up into six groups and dispersed around campus to help with Operation Move In, helping freshmen get all of their clothes, TVs, chairs, computers and whatnot into their new abodes. Coach Summers debuted the new "GATAlac" as he welcomed the new students to town.
    The team will wrap up camp today with an open scrimmage beginning at 9:15 a.m. at Paulson Stadium.