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Written by Pam Traylor and Tina Tidmore
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August 25, 2009
Note: The following feature story ran in the Clay News in January 2004. See the end of the story for an update.
Clay’s champions are not all on the ballfield, according to Clay resident, James "Bo" Walter. Walter’s son, Joseph (2004 picture to the left), has been winning a personal battle since birth. Joseph Walter was diagnosed at age 18 months with a rare glycogen storage disorder, known as Pompe disease. Many who have this disease do not reach their first birthday. Joseph, a typical boy in many ways – with his schoolwork and Playstation – celebrated his 9th birthday on Monday, January 12, 2004, while on life support at his home.
Pompe disease, with infantile onset, is caused by a complete lack of an enzyme, called acid maltase, responsible for converting glycogen to glucose. If this enzyme doesn't work properly, glycogen builds up in the body's cells and leads to severe muscle damage, which affects the heart, skeletal, and respiratory muscles.
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Written by David Murray
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August 11, 2009
- CCHS athletic director Jerry Hood tells Clay News that he hopes to have a replacement for Marty Smith by the end of August. Hood expressed shock when Smith informed him August 10th, that he had resigned as the Cougars boys’ basketball coach. (See the August 14 Clay News.)
- Former Clay-Chalkville pitcher Adam Windsor finished the summer season with a 5-0 record and one save for
 Chain Baseball. Windsor has recorded 36 strikeouts in 24 innings and has allowed just two hits and no earned runs. Windsor is now officially enrolled at the University of Alabama and will play for the Tide next spring.
- Former CCHS and UAB pitcher Kyle Roberson (photo to the right) has appeared in 11 games for the Orem (UT) Owls, a minor league affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. He has a 1-1 record with one save and a 6.46 ERA. He has 12 strikeouts in 15.1 innings pitched.
- Clay native Tom Bridgewater, who has worked with the CCHS varsity soccer squad for the past several seasons, conducted a soccer coaching clinic at Springville Soccer Club this month. Many of Springville’s coaches are involved with the Clay adult soccer squad that practices on Friday nights and plays games on Sundays. Bridgewater was named director of coaching for Clay’s U-6 and U-8 divisions in July.
- Clay Softball will host the Thunder Rumble tournament September 26th. Meanwhile, Clay will debut their fall baseball league in a few weeks. The season will start the first Sunday in September and conclude the last Sunday in October. Clay will face teams from Springville, Irondale and Appalachian.
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Written by Tina Tidmore
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August 14, 2009
Clay Soccer Club hosted the Vitesse Soccer Camp during the first week of August. Vitesse is based out of Gray, Tennessee and operated by Michael Louter (pictured),  a native of Holland and a former Dutch League Soccer Player with the club AZ Alkmaar. The camp had participants from Clay’s U-10, U-12, U-13, U-14 and U-16 players.
“We did not have much time to put this camp together with the Clay Soccer program, but I would say that we had an overall successful week,” said U-13 head coach Bill Knapp. “We had to hold the camp this week due to the start of school and the fact that many of our players were on vacation right up the start of camp.”
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