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plauatot HlowmaJ 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 See WORLD, page 2B - SHHHn Jar s 6 . ' m Mk m . i ■ *v m WHmSMi ENI/Gary Harmon 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 ft, v ' / -• •'.J 'sta, I BraH ,Bmb - ! ~ .• ' ;• s ENI/Gary Harmon 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 The next Tiger or Annika? 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. =: * r- 1 WEhJ&e- , 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 See NEXT, page 2B Qp’' K 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,” See WRAP, page 2B 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- See MESS, page 2B Ills \. raHHr It jf w** * toL 1 sJmazmL '*js 1B Joe Sersey HHJ Correspondent rlnrurlfuffit mt MVWM JUU'fcyBU.HK