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Major League Baseball
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BRAVES CORNER
Braves 14, Cards 5
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A few
days ago, Bobby Cox would
have laughed at comparisons
between his sub-. 500 Atlanta
Braves to a 1930 New York
Yankees team that featured
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig,
and he had never even heard
of the Boston Beaneaters.
Now he knows all about
those long-ago offensive jug
gernauts, because his Braves,
though they’re still four games
below .500, have been match
ing them.
Andruw Jones was 5-for-5
with two homers and matched
his career high with six RBIs,
helping the Braves become
the first team since the ‘3O
Yankees to score 10 or more
runs in five straight games
with a 14-5 victory over the St.
Louis Cardinals on Tuesday
night.
Adam Laßoche, Chipper
Jones and Brian McCann also
homered for the Braves, who
have scored 65 runs during
an offensive explosion that
includes two 15-run games.
The last time the franchise
reached double figures in five
straight games was in 1897,
when the Braves were called
the Beaneaters and they
totaled 61 runs.
Il Jhe l .6st runs jo five games
is the best by the .franchise
since those same Beaneaters
totaled 78, including 25 in one
game and 21 in another, from
May 31-June 3. The Braves
have 81 hits during their five
game run and 98 in their last
six, going back to an 8-3 vic
tory over Cincinnati on July
9, the last game before the
All-Star break.
Chipper Jones was 2-for-4
to extend his hitting streak to
18 games. He's batting .534
(39-for-73) during the streak
with eight homers and 23
RBIs. During their six-game
winning streak, they’ve out
scored their opponents 77-32
and they've hit 19 homers in
the last five games.
Tim Hudson (7-8) retired
the first 11 hitters and allowed
five runs and seven hits in 5
2-3 innings for the win.
IN BRIEF
Soccer association preps
for its Fall session
The Central 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 registration. In addi
tion you can come by and
register during their normal
office hours Monday through
Friday from 1.1 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 more.
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By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
Soon to be added to
Houston County
High School sports:
Lacrosse, gymnastics and
riflery.
Not really, or at least not
meant to mean there’s actu
ally a drive out there to have
either of those established.
But, it may take that to get
the Bears and Lady Bears
- as well as the rest of the
high schools in the coun
ty - over the hump so to
speak, and into the top 10
at least, in regard to the
Georgia Athletic Directors
Association Dodge Directors
Cup.
The Cup was established
during the 1999-2000 school
year and was designed,
according to the GADA
website to “recognize those
athletic departments in all
GHSA (Georgia High School
Association) classifications
who have excelled and shown
superior performance.”
The award, based only,
according to the website,
on points awarded for each
sport - 16 in all are consid
ered - at the state playoff
level (i.e. the state champion
earns 100 points, runner-up
80, third-fourth 60 and so
forth) is presented to the top
male and female program as
well as the top overall pro
gram in each classification.
Making it to the top of
the ladder is all that much
more difficult because, as
Houston County athletic
director Doug Johnson puts
it, “It’s hard to beat out
the Atlanta schools. Because
they compete in all those
things (meaning Lacrosse,
gymnastics, riflery and
everything else).”
Still he isn’t complaining
mind you, far from it.
In fact he’s celebrating the
latest results in which the
Bears finished 23rd overall
Sports;
DIRECTORS CUP
(out of 70 schools) in AAAAA
(with 290 points), 14th for
the boys (170 points and
tied for that position with
Valdosta, Glynn Academy
and Marietta) and 25th for
the girls (120 points).
“That’s still pretty good,”
he said, adding he believed
Houston County might have
had a better year in the
standings a couple of years
ago - based on his memory
of teams that competed at
state - but he never received
the final standings. “I was
real encouraged by it. I think
it says a lot about your over
all athletic program.
“It means the coaches
are doing their job and the
parents are chipping in like
they should.
“It gives the players an
extra sense of pride.”
Parkview - there again,
one of those “Atlanta”
schools, was first overall in
AAAAA with 410 points,
while Collins Hill took home
the top prize for both the
girls and boys (540 and 840
points, respectively).
As far as the Bears, their
point total was aided by
the soccer and baseball and
tennis teams making the
Elite 8 and the basketball
team making the Sweet 16.
(Imagine had the football
team not missed out on the
playoffs.)
The girls benefited from
the Lady Bears making it
to the Sweet 16 in soccer
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and basketball, along with
just as strong a showing ip
fast-pitch.
“Plus,” Johnson added,
“our swimming teams have
done real well.”
“I’m just extremely proud.
“That’s kudos for the coach
es for kids and the school.”
As far as the rest of the
county, Warner Robins
earned its share of glory in
its quest for the Cup.
In fact, the Demons and
Demonettes finished 18th
overall (out of 82).
They finished with 256.66
points and were aided pretty
much by strong state show
ings across the board - foot
ball, tennis, cross country,
track and field, basketball,
you name it. (Head coach
Bryan Way did not return
calls from his cell phone for
a comment on how proud
the school was of its effort.)
Marist finished first in
AAAA with 1,090 points.
As far as the boys, Warner
Robins was 15th (126.66)
and for the girls, it was 15th
as well (130 points). Marist
was also first for the boys
(560) and girls (530).
Also in AAAA, Northside
finished 26th overall (190
points), 35th for the boys
(90) and 23rd for the girls
(130).
In AAA, Perry finished
29th overall (90 points), 26th
for the boys (90) and 28th
for the girls (even though
they netted 180 points).
WRALL continues
its title tradition
From staff reports
After bringing home
some new additions to
the trophy collection case,
Warner Robins American
Little League clubs are tak
ing - or are about to take
- the next step in a run
towards World Series bids
in the state championship
tournaments.
According to information
gleaned from wrall.org, the
Minor Girls (9-10) softball
team faced a must-win
situation today (Thursday)
in the pool portion of the
state tournament held in
Oconee County. That was
due to a loss on Sunday to
Franklin County.
Kaylee Albritton made a
name for herself among the
state crowd Saturday with
a 15-strikeout pitching per
formance to lead her club
to a 6-0 opening-day vic
tory. Albritton earned a no
hitter while walking just
three of her opposing hit
ters. There were no errors
on defense.
This is Warner Robins
American’s first state-tour
nament appearance in this
Standing my ground that
Braves will lose theirs
My editor (Don
Moncrief in case
you had to guess)
gleefully pointed out to me
that the Braves have wort
four in a row (five as of this
writing).
He joyfully announced
their 15-3 victory over St.
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ious Leader delightfully
compared the records of the
teams Atlanta is defeating.
Here’s what he didn’t
acknowledge.
Braves pitchers are
allowing 5.08 runs a game
in July.
A team can go 10-2 for
the month, and win four
consecutive while they’re
averaging 9.5 runs a game.
Exalted One is right when
he says the Braves bats
come alive in the second
half of the season. Those
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several years.
Another Warner Robins
American club, the 10-11
boys baseball All-Stars,
was looking to rebound
from a loss on Monday by
taking on Buckhead Little
League on Wednesday in
the northeast Georgia town
of Lavonia. The 10-11 boys
lost to Columbus American
14-7 in a game that went
a long way in determining
the top seed in pool play.
It wasn’t all bad news
for the 10 and 11 boys,
for on Sunday they hand
ily defeated Peachtree City.
Five different pitchers took
the mound to combine on
a one-hit effort. Kendall
Scott pitched three innings,
then turned things over
to Jarred Hudson, Nick
Martens, Keaton Allen and
Zane Conlon. At the plate,
Micah Wells and Scott each
had three hits. Clint Wynn
and Nick Martens each had
two hits.
See WRALL, page 7A
in the post-season.
I’m saying the expira
tion date for scoring runs
is rapidly approaching.
Harold Reynolds, my
favorite baseball analyst,
says the Braves pitching
won’t hold up.
He’s right.
Only two starters have
ERAs below 4.00, Chuck
James and John Smoltz,
and Ken Ray and Kevin
Barry are the only pitch
ers on the staff with ERAs
below three at 2.47 and
2.61 respectively.
I’ll say it again. At his
age and with his arm histo
ry, Smoltz won’t be around
for the pennant run. He’ll
wear out.
More likely, the Braves
will be forced to trade
Smoltz to get some help in
the bullpen.
Earlier, Smoltz talked of
the possibility of a trade.
He definitely has the chops
to help another team get to
the playoffs.
James is 4-0 and has a
3.72 ERA.
See BRAVES, page 7A
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