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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL NEXT From page 1A team, the Penguins, will need. Williams’ position on the football field has always seemed to be a bit of a mys tery, even back in his days as a Northside Eagle. “At the end of (July), I’ll be going to Youngstown State so I can finish up my foot ball career,” said Williams after he worked out at Mark Taylor’s speed training ses sion at Warner Robins High. “When I talked to the coach es, they told me I would be playing receiver and I’d be doing punt returns and kick returns. “When I went there on a visit, (the coaches and play ers) showed me a lot of love. That’s what I needed at the time because I was going through some stuff with schools. When they came through, they really came through for me.” Williams said the Youngstown State coaches were following him through his final year at Georgia Military, which is the only PRO, COLLEGE BRIEFS AL rallies late against NL PITTSBURGH (AP) - No mat ter who’s on the mound, the National League can't find a way to close out an All-Star game. With the AL down to its final strike, Michael Young hit a two-run triple off Trevor Hoffman for a 3-2 victory that kept the Americans unbeaten for the past decade. Behind David Wright’s homer and some daring, old-style baserunning, the NL took a 2-1 lead into the ninth and brought in Hoffman to try to finish it. But the San Diego Padres’ reliever failed to put this one away. He gave up a two-out single to Paul Konerko, who was replaced by pinch runner Jose Lopez. Troy Glaus’ smash bounded over the left-field fence for a ground-rule double, perhaps preventing Lopez from scoring. He was held at third, but Young made that moot. Young earned the MVP award _ and MESS From pa ge 1A clad girl from certain doom. Well, you won’t see that. You have to make conversa tion. I like talking to Muffin and am more than willing to converse between the first 10 laps and last 10 laps of the NASCAR race. I’ll babble with the best of them during commercials of the Women’s College World Series or any baseball game. We can talk anytime dur ing tennis or golf, but we’re both bored into a stupor and incapable of any kind of intelligent conversation. That’s how you avoid those trying moments when WRAP From pa ge 1A he added in regard to the Team Georgia and Smyrna training, “is they’re all start ers who’ll be back. They’re all good kids and they all work hard. “(More importantly), WORLD From page 1A Goodwill NEEDS your Donations! Donation Locations 9 goodwill When you donate your clothing and household items to Goodwill Industries, the merchandise will be processed by trainees and resold at Goodwill stores to fund job training and placement services for people with barriers to employment. All donations to Goodwill Industries are tax-deductible. Building lives, families, and communities-one job at a time! junior college football pro gram in Georgia. Through the help of Jesse Hicks, the head football coach at Baldwin High School in Milledgeville, Williams got a look from Illinois and South Carolina State. The major issue was schol arship money, Williams said, where these other schools told him they would have to divide the money between him and other players. That’s the area where the Penguins made his decision easy. Williams spent the last two years at one of the win ningest junior college pro grams in the country. With his help, Georgia Military finished No. 2 in the find NJCAA poll in 2005. That was the Bulldogs fifth top five finish in the last 15 years. “That’s where it’s at,” said Williams. “They show you dedication. They show you how to be a family. They show you the little things you need to know about going to the next level. There are some real good coaches down there.” Williams had originally signed with Tennessee- the AL again earned home-field advan tage in the World Series. Player admits to insult MILAN, Italy (AP) - Marco Materazzi acknowledged he insulted Zinedine Zidane before the French captain head butted him in the World Cup final, but repeated his denial that he called Zidane a terrorist.” A Paris-based anti-racism group issued a statement Monday saying Materazzi had called Zidane, whose par ents emigrated to France from Algeria, a “dirty terrorist." Zidane and Materazzi exchanged words in extra-time of Sunday's final in Berlin. Seconds later, Zidane lowered his head and rammed Materazzi in the c Judge gives Hawks, Thrashers get more ftexaiftty in ruNng ATLANTA (AP) - The Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Thrashers on Tuesday were given significant added flexibility in their ability to negotiate trades and free-agent acquisitions. your minds on the game, and hers remains fixated on any excuse she can find to make you acknowledge her existence. Get her to watch with you. The way our conversation relationship is set up, we gather in the living room - me in the recliner, and Muffin on the couch. Muffin is knitting or cro cheting. Her leisure time is spent more constructively than mine. When the crowd roars, she looks up and catches the replay. The joy of watching sports with her is that she gets involved, ask questions and expresses opinions. The best part of her pres ence means that she can make conversation before the climactic moment and they’ve all done it ... pur sued it (the aforementioned training) on their own. “That makes me feel good. They’ve tasted a little suc cess and they want to con tinue to be successful.” Hornets, Bears take it easy As far as the status of Bacon and Brian Devoroux of Lee County, Colby Britt of Schley County, Frankie Davis of Stratford Academy, Trent Franzago of Peach County and Jared Reaves of Dodge County. • 2209 Moody Road • 115 Margie Drive * 1355 Sam Nunn Blvd. * Galleria Mall - 2922 Watson Blvd. www.goodwiliworks.org ■ - ' - - jjgiF Chattanooga out of Northside after his senior season ended in 2003. He accounted for 22 touchdowns as the Eagle quarterback that final high school campaign and had a 56-yard touchdown pass in the North-South All-Star Game. The Maryland judge who lass week ruled the teams could not begin negotia tions to sign a free agent to a deal longer than one year on Tuesday changed that maximum contract to four years. It was not known what prompted the new ruling Tuesday from Montgomery County (Md.) Circuit Court Judge Eric Johnson. Johnson also stipulated Tuesday that the Hawks and Thrashers could not sign players to contracts that would put the teams above the league's respective salary caps. Hawks and Thrashers president Bernie Mullin applauded the ruling. “We now have the needed flexibility to be able to enter into player transactions for both teams,” Mullin said Tuesday, added Hawks general manager Billy Knight and Thrashers general manager Don Waddell “are aware of the modifica tion and have expressed confidence in our ability to initiate and pursue the kinds of deals that will continue to improve our dubs." car washing never comes up. That is the key, dear read er. If you involve your signif icant other from the outset, you can limit interrupting conversation, and you can see that turning point of the game/program. Another alternative will lead to a happy ending and has worked for me for many years. Muffin gets disgusted or bored and goes to the computer in the other room. The disadvantage to that is the computer always breaks at the worst moment. In the end, it’s less expensive to just talk to the little woman. Remember, when she gets fed up, lawyer’s fees, court costs, child support and ali mony result in part-time jobs and no time to watch anything. a couple of other Houston County schools, Bears head wrestling coach Heath Burch said him mat men were tak ing this summer off. That was ditto for Westfield, said head coach Clint Humphrey, although he did add the Hornets were in the gym “lifting weights” and getting/staying in shape for football. Aged Hand-cut Steaks ms t-73 €Jlit 136 • 987-6877 3561 y SPORTS Georgia Military’s staff had the idea of using Williams as a wide receiver and kick returner. However, there were some problems with the slated starting quarter back at that time. Basically, this player wasn’t ready to handle the position, so head HORSESHOE SPRING LEAGUE FINAL STANDINGS PLACE NAME WIN LOSS AVE HCP RINGER 1 DAVE MCKIM 35 4 68 47 46.28 2 HOWARD KUEHN 28.5 10.5 60 54 38.27 3 LARRY MYERS 25.5 13.5 56 58 35.32 4 MARYANN GIBBS2O 7 66 49 44.91 5 BUDDY AYER 19.5 16.5 41 71 18.61 6 THOMAS CARTER 19 20 41 71 19.29 7 JOHN RACKLEY 18 16 53 60 32.43 8 CHUCK POOLE 16.5 19.5 49 64 26.18 9 DANE CLARK 14 22 58 56 36.11 10 DOYLE JOHNSON 13.5 14.5 59 55 35.18 11 JEROME KENNEDYI2 18 40 72 20.67 12 WAYNE WILDES 11.5 15.5 26 85 12.59 13 MAUREEN THOMPSON 9.5 11.5 35 76 14.76 14 JAN COLLIER 9 17 31 80 12.02 15 RICHARD THOMPSON 8 4 46 67 26.88 16 SUZANNE MILLER 7 2 37 75 16.67 17 BILL DEAN 6 6 16 94 3.96 18 RONNIE MILLER 4.5 4.5 51 62 24.44 19 MARCUS WATERS 4 2 49 64 22.08 20 WILLENE HALSTEAD 3 3 20 90 5.42 20 CAROLYN HILDENBRAND 3 6 49 64 23.33 20 TRACY HILDENBRAND 3 6 24 86 5.83 23 GORDON VANDERGRIEF 2 4 20 90 5.83 23 WOFFORD SINYARD 2 13 46 67 25.00 25 JOANNE KENNEDY 1 2 58 56 32.50 25 WAYNE LAWTON 1 5 18 92 6.25 27 TIMBOZMAN 0.5 5.5 17 93 3.33 28 TONY MATIAS 0 9 9 100 1.11 State. m"■ B I?.' ~ - A y i * #: H Jf JL* 0- 5 9Pl' IWBr Ilf w ti oV - "’ '•.-.>•* it?*'jyX 1357-D Sam Nunn Blvd. Perry, GA 31069 CbmSoiiii coach Bert Williams turned to Ferlando Williams. “We got us a nice ring (for the Golden Isles Bowl) and things like that,” said Ferlando Williams. “The coaches always come through for you when you need it.” Even at Northside, quar terback wasn’t the position Williams expected to be play ing for coach Conrad Nix. “Every school I’ve been too, it’s been the same thing,” he said. “I’m always supposed to be at another position, but I would have to step in and play quarter back. It’s all for the good, though. , “My senior year we went 11-1 and played against Newnan (in the playoffs) and lost. It really hurt us because we were a champi onship team. We just had little mistakes and couldn’t adapt to them like we were supposed to. We were never used to losing, so when you’re not used to losing, when those problems come you can’t adjust.” Sounds a bit familiar, like last season’s trek for Northside to the state cham pionship game, where lit tle mistakes here and there Ferlando Williams practices with Warner Robins speed coach, Mark Taylor, on Tuesday at McConnell- Talbert Stadium in Warner Robins. Harmon. ENI/Gary Harmon u w#eignDors THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006 cost the Eagles against Statesboro. “It was the little things, the plays a player’s supposed to make didn’t happen,” said Williams. “The ball wasn’t in their favor then.” Williams still remembers the lessons drilled into him from the Northside pro gram. “It was another process where they teach you how to be together, making sure you’re on time and make sure you are where you need to be and not doing the bad things,” said Williams. “Around here there are a lot of little things you can hurt yourself with. If you stay with the coaches and believe and trust what they say, you’ll be 0.K.” At Youngstown State, Williams will major in civil engineering. As a football player, he wants to continue the hard work that got him there in hopes that it will take him to the next level “like my boy, Willie Reid.” Reid is heading for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. 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