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Today
Major League Baseball
■ Atlanta at St. Louis, 8:10
p.m., Fox Sports Network
BRAVES CORNER
Braves 15, Cards 3
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The only
thing missing on another huge
night for the Atlanta Braves'
offense was an extra-base hit
from Chipper Jones.
Brian McCann hit a grand
slam and leadoff man Wilson
Betemit was 4-for-6 with a
homer and five RBIs in a
15-3 victory Monday night
that snapped the St. Louis
Cardinals’ seven-game win
ning streak.
Jones had to settle for a
share of the major league
record for extra-base hits in
14 consecutive games, set
tling for three singles and two
RBIs.
He shares the record set
by Pittsburgh’s Paul Waner in
1927. The Braves third base
man has a 17-game hitting
streak, and during his run he
had eight doubles, a triple and
seven homers.
Adam Laßoche was 4-for-4
with a homer and three RBIs,
Jeff Francoeur had three hits
and reliever Jorge Sosa hom
ered for the Braves, who have
won a season-high six straight
and scored in double figures
the last four games, totaling
51 runs in that span.
A season-high 20 hits
helped Ramirez (5-3) bounce
back from the worst outing
of his career with five solid
innings, the only damage
coming on Jim Edmonds’
12th homer in the fourth. He
gave up one run and two hits,
after lasting only one inning
and giving up seven runs to
Cincinnati on July 7.
Jones is 37-for-69 (.536)
with seven homers and 22
RBIs during his hitting streak.
IN BRIEF
Soccer association preps
for its Fall session
The Centra! Georgia Soccer
Association is gearing up
for its Fall session. All chil
dren ages 4-19 are invited to
join. Online Registration has
already begun. The website is:
www.gasoccer.org/cgsa.
For those who don't have
internet access, the office will
be open July 28 from 4-8 p.m.,
July 29 from 9 a.m.-noon and
July 31 from 4-8 p.m., for reg
istration.
In addition you can come by
and register during their normal
office hours Monday through
Friday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Registration closes July 31.
Contact CGSA’s Association
Administrator, Bette Dillon,
at 987-2455 or email her at
playcgsa@alltel.net for further
information.
WR Rec Department sets
softball signup dates
The Warner Robins
Recreation Department will
hold team registration for the
2006 Fall Softball League,
Aug. 7 and 8.
Teams may register between
the hours of 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
at the department, which is
located at 800 Watson Blvd.
They will register the first 28
coed teams and the first 21
men’s teams. League play will
be Monday through Thursday
for a 12-game season.
The entry fee is $348 per
team. The fall season will
open Sept. 5. They will play
all games at Peavy Park.
Participants must be 16 years
of age by Sept. 1.
Contact the department at
478-929-1916 for any ques
tions.
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 19, 2006
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NHRA
Competitors battle it out at the 2006 NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parks Jr. Drag Racing
League Eastern Conference Finals this past weekend at Bristol Dragway in Bristol,
Tenn. Among them were Parker and Schafer Suggs. The two brothers made NHRA
history by being the first siblings to win a trophy at the same event in the same
year.
Suggs make history
Brothers win big at NHRA event
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Managing Editor
A pair of local brothers
made history and brought
home a pair of Wally’s -
drag racing’s most sought
after trophy - at the 2006
NHRA O’Reilly Auto Parts
Jr. Drag Racing League
Eastern Conference Finals
presented by Pure Power
and held at Bristol Dragway
in Bristol, Tenn. this past
weekend.
Parker and Schafer Suggs
from Warner Robins each
won their age bracket. The
first won at the 12-year-old
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Under the watch of assistant coach Michelle Christesen, Houston County’s Lady
Bear volleyball players anticipate the arrival of the ball at the net during a summer
scrimmage at the Bear Den Monday.
HoCo Icbs first volley
Lady Bears use summer as tuneup for fall start
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
The status of the blood
and the tears is unknown,
but the Houston County
High Lady Bear volleyball
players are giving up a lot
of sweat this summer in
their efforts to raise the fall
athletic program to a new
level.
On these hot summer
afternoons, the Lady Bears
have gathered for volun
tary workouts that include
weight conditioning and a
working of their skills at
Sports
age group and the second in
the 13-year-old age group.
In doing so, it marked the
first time in the NHRA’s
history two siblings took
home atrophy at the same
event in the same year.
Each not only earned the
aforementioned Wally but
a $5,000 U.S. savings bond
to boot.
The duo was also rep
resenting Silver Dollar
Raceway in Reynolds and
contributing toward the
overall team title.
In the end, that went to
Pacemakers Team 1, win
and away from the net on
the floor of the Bear Den.
Before the program’s fifth
season begins in August,
the Houston County play
ers will travel to a team
camp for the first time ever.
That camp takes place next
week at the University of
Florida in Gainesville.
According to head coach
Tony Jones, the main goal
of summer workouts is to
get the players in shape.
One of the main models he
uses in structuring his pre
season rituals is Starr’s Mill
ning over Silver Dollar in a
double tie-breaker.
As far as Parker, he won
in the first round over Joey
Cameron of Pataskala, Ohio
- there were more than 600
competitors in all - with a ,
reaction time of .174, ET
of 8.845 and dial-in of 8.90.
Cameron’s reaction time
was -.063. His ET was 9.804
- he red-lighted - and dial
in was 9.85.
In the semifinals, Parker
faced off against Kyle
Camp of Terre Haute, Ind.
He won with a reaction
See SUGGS, page 3B
High School, the defending
Class AAAAA state cham
pions in volleyball from
Fayetteville.
“We spend one hour in
the weight room lifting
weights, getting stronger,
getting faster and working
on endurance,” said Jones.
“Then we work on basic
skills. A lot of the young
ladies who are out there
have never played before.
Those who have played
before, they’re instruct
ing ... they work on (the
See FIRST, page 3B
Wooten earns silver, Bold;
sets world record in bench
Special to the Journal
ROBINS AIR FORCE
BASE - John Wooten, an
avionics co-op trainee in the
402nd Maintenance Wing,
competed recently in three
categories at the National
Veterans Wheelchair Games
in Anchorage, Alaska, win
ning a silver and two gold
medals.
The 53-year-old received
a silver medal in the 200
meters and gold in the 100
meters wheelchair racing
events.
He won a gold medal and
set a world record in weight
lifting by body weight, com
peting in the masters (over
age 40) division.
Wooten can press more
than twice his weight and
set a world record at 330
pounds.
More than 550 athletes
from 46 states, Puerto Rico
and Great Britain competed
in the largest annual wheel
chair sports event in the
world.
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U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs
John Wooten prepares for competition. The 53-year-old
Robins Air Force Base avionics co-op trainee recently
earned two gold and one silver medal at the National
Veterans Wheelchair Games in Anchorage, Alaska.
Problems just seem to crop
up from sunflower seeds
I have long had doubts
about the notion of
evolution, but I am
now convinced that humans
evolved from parrots.
How
else can
anyone
explain
the human
ability to
separate
the sun
flower
seed from
its shell?
I’ve
never seen
apes do
it. I sus
pect it’s
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Joe Sersey
HHJ Correspondent
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because they don’t play base
ball. Nor have I seen felines
lap up a wad of sunflower
seeds and start shucking
and spitting.
I say cats because the only
thing I learned in college
biology was that cats’ jaw
bones most match humans,
and the swine circulatory
'Still, sunflower seeds are better than
the professional ballplayer's old standby,
chewing tobacco.'
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1B
Wooten lost both legs
in 1971 when he stepped
on a landmine while serv
ing in South Vietnam with
the 101st Airborne. In an
interview earlier this year,
Wooten said, “life is like a
competition. When I came
back from Vietnam, that’s
when I started lifting. I was
in the Veteran’s hospital in
Augusta, and I said, ‘Hey
I’m pretty good at this.’ And,
some others thought so too
and said I should get into
competing, and I did.” “I
love competing,” he said. “It
keeps me young. You’ve got
to do something right?”
The games are present
ed by the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs and
the Paralyzed Veterans of
America and were hosted
this year by the Alaska VA
Healthcare System. The
National Wheelchair Games
showcase the remarkable
athletic abilities and per
sonal achievements of the
nation’s disabled veterans.
system is much like Homo
sapiens.
Not once have I seen
Garfield with a wad of sun
flower seeds in his jaw, how
ever, nor did Napoleon the
pig consume the seeds as
part of his patrician diet.
Why then must humans
litter the stands at sport
ing events or players muck
up the infield with Planters’
residue?
I am a traditionalist.
What’s wrong with peanut
shells littering the ground?
They make cool crunching
noises, like stepping on cock
roaches, when I walk to my
seat at the ballpark.
Still, sunflower seeds are
better than the profession
al ballplayer’s old standby,
chewing tobacco.
And the shells don’t stick
to the bottom of my shoe
like gum.
One argument players use
for padding their cheeks with
some substance or another
See CROP, page 3B