🌱 Georgia Shoot Medal Winners + Gwinnett Graduates In NCAA Tournament

Hello again, everybody! I'm back in your inbox this morning with your new copy of the Dacula Patch newsletter. Here are all the most important things to know about what's happening in town.

But first, your local weather:

• Wednesday: Warmer; frost in the morning. High: 60 Low: 28.
• Thursday: Partly sunny. High: 67 Low: 43.

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Here are the top three stories in Dacula today:

1. USA Shooting skeet athletes competed at the International Shooting Sports Federation, Shotgun World Cup from Mar. 4-13 and earned a total of five medals with three medal winners from the state of Georgia. Will Hinton of Dacula won a gold medal with partner Alicia Gough in the Mixed Trap Team event. Other Georgia winners include Vincent Hancock of Easton who won silver in the men's skeet and Samantha Simonton of Gainesville who earned silver in the women's skeet. Hinton and Simonton are also members of the U.S. Army's Marksmanship Unit. (USA Shooting)
2. Two things that come to mind during March are St. Patrick's Day and college basketball. For this year's NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, there are 38 women who are Georgia natives playing for their individual universities, and of the 38, three are Gwinnett graduates. Javyn Nicholson (UGA) and Jada Rice (Alabama) are graduates of Collins Hill, and Lazaria Spearman with the Miami Hurricanes is a hometown Dacula graduate. Good luck to these Gwinnett women and all Georgians in the tournament. (Subscription: Gwinnettdailypost.com)
3. This week's SBLive Georgia's Athlete of the Week went to Trinity Christian's own Conner DePriest on the boy's soccer team. DePreist received 55.12 percent of the votes across the state for his amazing weeklong stretch of scoring seven goals, assisting on two more goals, and leading his team to a 3-1 record over a four-game stretch. Congratulations to Conner and Trinity Christian high school, and to nominate an athlete, email or message @sblivega on Twitter or Instagram. (Scorebook Live)

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Today and tomorrow in Dacula:

Wednesday, March 15

• Music And Movement At Gwinnett County Public Library Hamilton Mill Branch (11:00 AM)
• Hamilton Mill Reading Buddies At Gwinnett County Public Library Hamilton Mill Branch (4:30 PM)

Thursday, March 16

• Mill Creek High School Theatre Presents Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella At Mill Creek High School (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Mrs. Hebratovic was Gwinett County Public School's Shine Staff Member of the Day on Mar. 12. She's a bus manager who comes to work every day with the biggest smile and an even bigger smile when her students are successful. Meet her and the other shining staff members here. (Gwinnett County Public Schools via Facebook)
• Congratulations to Dacula High School's band, orchestra, and chorus programs who bought home superior ratings from last week's Large Group Performance Evaluations. The wonderful teachers have done a great job leading these talented students. (Dacula High School via Facebook)
• Reminder to all students and staff, Friday, Mar. 17 is a digital learning day. Please adjust your schedule as needed with students not being in classes at Alcova Elementary School. (Alcova Elementary School via Facebook)

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Featured events:

• Homebuyer Blueprint Live Webinar (March 16)
• Christopher Smith & Daijun Edwards Public Autograph Signing (March 18)

Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you around.

— Danielle Fallon-O'Leary

About me: Danielle Fallon-O’Leary is a content manager with content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and assists Patch.com with community newsletter curation. Danielle also holds a Master’s Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and works part-time as a pediatric speech therapist.