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THURSDAY,
JULY 13, 2006
OUR
SANPLOT
ON DECK
Friday
Major League Baseball
■ Atlanta at San Diego, 10:05
p.m., TBS
IN BRIEF
Memorial Stampede date set
The 2006 Jim Herrin Memorial
Stampede takes place Aug. 12.
The 5K and 10K runs start at
7:30 a.m., and the 1 Mile Fun
Run starts 8:15 at the Galleria
Mall in Centerville.
Each year, the Robins Pacers
Running Club sponsors a SK/10K
Road Race as a memorial to the
late Jim Herrin, past president of
the Robins Pacers.
The proceeds of this race will
be split evenly to fund two annu
al one-time scholarships for a
senior boy and a girl graduating
from a high school in Houston
County who has significant track
and field and/or cross-country
participation and college ambi
tions.
Entry fees are sls post
marked on or before Aug. 7, $lO
for participants 19 and younger
(anytime), $lB for Race Day reg
istration from 6:15-7:15, and $lO
for the One Mile Fun Run (any
time).
Refreshments will be avail
able for all participants after each
race.
There are awards for overall
top three male and female finish
ers in 5K and 10K, overall top
male and female masters in 5K
and 10K, top three finishers in
the following 5K and 10K age
categories:
9 and under, 10-14, 15-19,
20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-
44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64,
65-69, 70-plus, and overall top
male and female runner in the 1
Mile Fun Run
See robinspacers.org for
additional race information and
results. For further information,
contact David Erpelding at 328-
3208. Registration can be done
online at active.com.
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 cen
ter is currently accepting applica
tions for volunteer cheerleading/
football/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 fol
lowing 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 wrestlers training with the best
By DON MONCRIEF
HDJ Sports Editor
They’re as close to being
a member of Team Georgia
as you can get without actu
ally being a member of Team
Georgia.
They are a handful of
Warner Robins wrestlers.
They include Nathan
Campbell, who wrestled at
103 pounds last year, Jake
Locals
prep for
World
Series
By MATTHEW BROWN
HHJ Sports Writer
The Georgia Lightning
baseball club is in the midst
of preparing to bring a
World Series championship
to Middle Georgia.
Armed with a roster full
of Houston County players
and representatives of other
strong baseball communi
ties, the Lightning is set to
play in the IBC World Series
in Clearwater, Fla., July
22-30. This is the fourth
year in a row the Lightning
has earned a shot to play
in a World Series summer
tournament, and manager
Randy Willis said this year’s
team is by far the best col
lection of talent to wear the
Lightning uniform.
“We have about four
times as much pitching than
we’ve ever had,” he said.
“We’ve been to Orlando (for
the first two World Series
appearances), and last year
we played at the University
of Tennessee in Knoxville.”
The Georgia Lightning
actually qualified for the
IBC event back in the fall of
2005. The team placed sec
ond in the IBC Fall National
event held in Alpharetta.
Willis said the Lightning
is also battling to meet the
financial and transporta
tion needs associated with
making the trip to Florida.
Anyone interested in assist
ing the Lightning this sum
mer can contact Willis at
953-1041.
The Houston County play
ers on the Lightning ros
ter are: Chris Barnard of
Northside High, Jordan
Beatty, Matt Butterick,
Alex Fant, Matt Hvizdzak
and Scott Willis of Warner
Robins High; Kyle Davis and
Bo Fernandez of Houston
County High and Sullivan
deYampert of Perry High.
Also on the team are Matt
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Left, Golf coach, Bill Goggin, helps Noah Walker with his putting stance as Nicholas Chaloult looks on. The clinic is being held this week at
Statham’s Landing golf club in Warner Robins. Left center, Savanna Strunk lines up her put. Right center, Coach Bill Goggin helps Sarah Smith
with her stance before putting. Right, Tyger Tonlin practices what she is learning at the golf clinic.
Sports
Baughman who competed at
119, Jeffrey Kochera 112,
Devin Campbell 135, Justin
Barnwell 140 - all state
qualifiers last year and Nick
Fortman, also at 119;
They are currently train
ing alongside those who will
be representing the state as
Team Georgia wrestlers.
“They aren’t actually on
the team, ” explained Demons
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Ferlando Williams practices with Warner Robins speed coach, Mark Taylor, on
Tuesday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium in Warner Robins.
Former Eagles starndout
takes game to next level
By MATTHEW BROWN
HDJ Sports Writer
Last year, former
Northside High School
football standout Ferlando
Williams added a snippet
to his biography shared
only by a handful of oth
ers. He threw the game
winning touchdown pass
in a college bowl game.
With 1:10 left to play
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head wrestling coach Skip
Johnston. “It was kind of
like chance.”
“He (the head of the pro
gram) was putting on a clin
ic up there (Macon) and they
just started going (to that)
during the spring.
“He liked them so much he
asked them to come back.”
In addition those, Johnston
said he has a “lot” who have
in regulation, Williams
threw a screen pass from
the 20-yard line, and the
result was a touchdown
that gave Georgia Military
College a 21-17 victory in
the Golden Isles Bowl in
Brunswick. Williams had
236 passing yards and two
touchdowns in the game
against Coffeyville (Kan.)
Community College.
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been training at the wres
tling center in Smyrna and
under the tutelage of Arturo
Holmes, whom Johnston
called a “good friend.”
“I’ve known him for
years,” Johnston said.
Other than that, Johnston,
who is also the high school’s
strength and conditioning
coach and has been busy
with not only wrestling
Where Williams is going
now he won’t have the
opportunity to shine in a
bowl game, but he might
just be the key to bringing
an NCAA Division I-AA
program back to national
prominence. Williams will
attend Youngstown State
University in Ohio to play
whatever position his new
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but basketball and football
- more so for the latter this
time of year - athletes and
helping them to get/stay in
shape for the upcoming year,
said he hopes to be able to
put on a three- to four-day
clinic at home.
“Just to get the guys
together,” he said.
“The thing with them,”
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Messing
up the
moment
Women have an extra
sensory ability that
is seldom talked
about.
They know how to disrupt
the climatic moment of any
sporting event.
I have been dealing with
the phenomena for almost
28 years.
The Braves are down by
three runs. It’s the bottom
of the ninth with two on,
two outs and Andruw Jones
is at bat.
Muffin stomps in. “We
need to talk.”
“Couldn’t we have talk
ed in the fifth inning?” I
asked.
I wasn’t even watching the
game then.
Naturally, she answers in
the negative and proceeds to
plop onto the couch.
“When are you going to
wash the
car?”
It’s 9:30
at night
and sud
denly a
clean car
tops the
agenda.
O f
course I
missed the
end of the
game but
knowing
how the
Braves
have been playing, I can
assume they lost.
Still, how did she know
when to interrupt?
And it isn’t just with
games. Women have an
innate ability to disrupt that
moment on any TV show
where you’ve sat through
almost an hour of inane
action, waiting for that one
moment and the wife pops
in and wants to know why
you never talk to her.
That’s easy. She always
waits until the moment
you’ve been anticipating for
48 minutes: The good guy is
about to save the scantily-
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