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Jinwsttm JBatlg djmmtal TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2006 OUR SANPLOT ON DECK Today Major League Baseball ■ All-Star game, American League vs National League in Pittsburgh, 8 p.m., FOX BRAVES CORNER Braves 8, Reds 3 ATLANTA (AP) - Andruw Jones hit a two-run homer and the Atlanta Braves roughed up All- Star Bronson Arroyo in an 8-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Jeff Francoeur and Scott Thorman also hit solo homers for the Braves, who have won three straight series. Atlanta has won seven of 10 games overall, but it’s just 13-26 since May 28. Arroyo (9-6) lasted just 4 1-3 innings, allowing 10 hits, six runs and three walks in his shortest start of the season. The right hander, a first-time All-Star, struck out three. Starter John Thomson suc cumbed to shoulder stiffness and left with one out in the third, Villarreal (8-1) gave up three runs, four hits, one walk and struck out two in 2 1-3 innings. The right-hander was on the disabled list from June 16-July 3 with a blister on his right middle finger. Team spokesman Brad Hainje announced that Thomson isn’t expected to miss a start. IN BRIEF Youth center sets registration The Robins Air Force Base Youth Center’s sports registration will be held July 15. Parents may resister from 1-6 p.m, on that day and from 3-6 p.m. the following Monday-Friday. Youth may register for cheer leading ages 5-12, NFL flag foot ball ages 5-10, tackle football ages 11-12 and fall soccer ages 5-16. Registration will continue until teams are full. Also, the center is currently accepting applications for volunteer cheerleading/foot ball/soccer coaches. No experience is required. Training will be provided though the youth center. Apply in person at Robins Youth Center or call Ron Hayes at 926-2110. Cross country series dates set Warner Robins High School head cross country coach David Erpelding is hosting the Sixth Annual Middle Georgia Cross Country Summer Series at Pearl Stephens Elementary School in Warner Robins. The races - two have already been held - are open to everyone and the following race is left: July 20: 5000 Meters. The race is slated to start at 7:30 p.m. on the Thursdays listed above. Awards will be given for the top five in each age group male and female. 14-and-under, 15-19 and 20 and over. Runners register on race day. Contact Erpelding at 328-3208 or via e-mail at Erpelding@bellsouth. net for more information. The entry fee is $5. HLCC to host clinic, more Houston Lake Country Club will be holding a Junior Golf Clinic Tuesday-Thursday, 9:30-11 a.m. all three days. Each clinic is lim ited to the first 50 golfers to sign up. The cost is SIOO for members and $l2O for nonmentbers. The club will also have a Junior Club Championship July 27. Call the Pro Shop at 218-5252 to sign up or for more informa tion. In addition, the 25th Annual Ron Stafford Invitational Two-man Best Ball tournament sponsored by Coca-Cola will be held July 22 and 23 at the course. Sign up is in the pro shop. WR Rec to hold registrations The Warner Robins Recreation Pepartment will begin football and cheerleading registration July 15 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Registration will be held at the WRRD located at 800 Watson Boulevard. The fees are as follows: Cheerleading - City of Warner Robins, $75; county, $100; out of county, $l2O. Football: City, SSO; county, $103; out of county $177. Call 929-1916 for more. MGBL set for start of postseason By DON MONCRIEF HDJ Sports Editor Players for the Middle Georgia Baseball League will begin their postseason Wednesday. With four games still left to play this past Sunday and one Monday, who will play IS StHOLi, W \ W&jL k -li jilJ , .. a Hwt sjtj • ■ £■. n m ■ p ■'''BL 'vi JsSfia ENI/Gary Hannon A stop watch is used to test the speed of several runners recently. Warner Robins coach able to get most out of athletes By MATTHEW BROWN HDJ Sports Writer Size. Strength. Bad atti tude. All of those are needed to be a successful football player in college and the pros. But what is it that will really catch the eye of a scout or make a spectator gape in awe? Speed. Speed. Speed. It / : , HI 4 | ■Hip mL f \ •&; : ENI/C.ary Harmon Nortside’s assistant basketball coach braves the rain as she cheers on oT the runners oh. _ SBPHBBBWr aw jMjHBSaNi-., , ; HB- ENI/Gary Harinon The start of the cross country race which was held at Pearl Stephens School in Warner Robins. The course consists of plenty of trails which are next to the school. See page 2B for complete results. Sports who was yet to be deter mined - although the rest will be hard-pressed to keep the Nationals from taking the top spot. What is known however, according to league presi dent Chris Dunn, is how the brackets will line up to open. never goes in a slump, and it can’t be coached into you ... or can it? Warner Robins High School track and field coach Mark Taylor can’t make an athlete fast, just faster. Ever since Taylor used his techniques to help a cer tain Florida State Seminole who once played at Warner Seed No. 1 (as of Thursday the Nationals) will play seed No. 8 (the Astros, once again based on Thursday’s stand ings, but they still had two games left with a chance to change that). That game is slated for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Bibb County Robins High bring his 40- yard dash time down, other Houston County athletes have sought out his assis tance. “First, when they come to me, I’ve got to start off doing some conditioning,” said Taylor, who gath ers these athletes - most notably recent Pittsburgh Cross country delight Sports Complex. All games will be nine innings, Dunn said, “That’s what they voted. That’s what they wanted,” he said. Also on Wednesday, the No. 2 seed (currently the Red Sox) will play the No. 7 (currently the Angels). Their Steelers draftee Willie Reid - every weekday morning. “It depends on what they’ve been doing. Like Dominique Davenport came out of track, so he was already in track shape. “But with the other guys, what we’ll do for the first two or three weeks is a lot See FAST, page 3B 1 —.i ■■ —— ENI/Gary Harmon Karl Bruhardt, the overall winner, negotiates one of the trails as he heads to the finish line. \ . A r* mmr v l y, , ' > , £ ;,/ v fe.. A sos''' ENI/Gary Harmon Caroly Mauldin and her brother Adam register before the start of the race as their mom, Linda, looks on. SECTION B game is scheduled for 7 p.m. as well but at Peach County High School. Thursday, the third seed (currently the Tigers) will play seed No. 6 (the White Sox), also at 7 p.m. in Macon, while seed No. 4 (the Eagles See START, page 2B Part 5 from Media Day Call this part 5 of the four-part series on Matthew’s trip to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in Macon and the Peach State Pigskin media day for college football. While you try to figure out the irony of that first state ment, I will break for this little bit of sports humor: Well, he may have gotten off to a slow start, so much so he’s not even on the lead erboard, but I’m sure by the time the Tour de France gets to the : M i BBE ! Matthew Brown HHJ Sports Writer iriraß@fNnMwppFiCMi late mountain stages Lance Armstrong will be right back in the lead as always. Now that would be the true crowning achievement of his legacy, winning the race without even riding in it. Now I’m back. Yes, the Houston Home Journal just published my four-part series on interviews con ducted with some of the state’s top college football See PART, page 2B