Adel:  The Cook Hornet Baseball Club will once again face a tough non-region schedule in 2012 to prepare them for what hopes to be a deep playoff run to a state championship.  The region schedule remains the same with home and away meetings versus defending champion Berrien, Fitzgerald, Thomasville, Early Co., Albany, and Brooks.  Cook added three new opponents to the schedule for 2012, 4A South Forsyth, 5A Dacula, and 5A power North Gwinnett, coached by former Hornet head coach Frank Vashaw.  Cook will also play tough competition out of Region 1-AAAAA in Colquitt, Lowndes, and Valdosta.  Remaning on the schedule from previous seasons will be a couple elite programs in AA Jeff Davis, AAAA Thomas County Central, and AAAA Wayne County.  Cook will scrimmage Lanier County and open their season up in Valdosta against Wayne County.  Their home opener will be Saturday, February 25 at 4:00 vs South Forsyth. 

 Below is the link to the remaining schedule. 

http://ga.prepcountry.com/?t=5&wy=2012&s=21&sc=77&w=1

Adel:  The Cook Hornets have a long tradition of producing great starting pitching and on Wednesday that tradition was on display as two of their top pitchers signed scholarships.  Senior Palmer Betts signed with the University of Georgia and team mate Tyler Quick signed on with Valdosta State.  Both pitchers have played a huge role in the success of the program over the past three seasons.

     Betts will enter his senior season as a four year starter, three of those as a starting pitcher.  On the mound, he has posted 13 wins as pitcher, seven of those as a sophomore on the 2010 State Runner-Up team (7-2, 1.24 ERA).  Last season as a junior Betts was 6-3 with a 4.74 ERA.  Perhaps his most memorable start of his career came as sophomore in the 2010 State Quarter-Finals on the road at Pike when he shut down the Pirates in a 5-3 game three win that sent Cook to the Final Four.  Betts is also a .403 career hitter for the Hornets.

    Quick is a three year starter at first base and spent his first season in the starting rotation last season.  He worked some innings out of the Hornet bullpen in 2010 as a sophomore.  Last season as junior Quick posted a 5-0 record.  He was 1-0 as a sophomore earning his first victory in relief in game one of the 2010 Final Four vs Blessed Trinity.