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3Smtsitm Pailg djoimtal The Home Journal’s SANPLOT ON DECK Today Major League Baseball ■Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m., Fox Sports Network BRAVES CORNER Cards 8, Braves 3 By R. Travis Haney Morris News Service ST. LOUIS - Bound to hap pen. No way around it. Simply and logically, the Atlanta Braves weren’t going to score 10-plus runs every day and night until October. On a Thursday evening that will be best remembered for a violent, severe storm that delayed the game’s start by two hours and 12 minutes, the Braves’ his torical run of offense came to a predictable close in an 8-3 St. Louis victory. Cardinals ace Chris Carpenter limited the Braves, who had scored 65 runs in the past five games, to two runs in seven innings. And St. Louis shelled journeyman spot starter Jason Shiell for four runs in four innings, Jim Edmonds providing a key three-run homer in the third. Carpenter, the NL’s reigning Cy Young winner, helped to halt Atlanta's seven-game win streak and the team’s five-game run of scoring 10 or more runs. The last team to do that was the 1930 New York Yankees, led by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Brian McCann's solo home run in the seventh off Carpenter (9-4) was his fifth in five games after the 22-year-old All-Star hit six in his first 65 games this season. Chipper Jones stayed freak ishly hot, too, going 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 19 games and tie his career long, set in 2000. IN BRIEF Soccer association preps for its Fall session The Central Georgia Soccer Association is gearing up for its Fall session. All children 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 inter net 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 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 more. WR Rec Department sets softball signup dates The Warner Robins Recreation Department will hold team regis tration 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 regis ter 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 questions. HLCC to host clinic, Junior Club tourney Houston Lake Country Club will be holding a Junior Club Championship Thursday. 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 Rec begins signups for football, cheerleading The Warner Robins Recreation Department has begun football and cheerleading registration. Call 929-1916 for more. FRIDAY, JULY 21,2006 Columbus stops WRALL's Minor girls By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Even at the youngest level of softball competition, it’s hard to beat a team from Columbus. That’s what the All-Stars for Warner Robins American Little League Minor Girls softball found out Wednesday at the state tournament in Bogart. The Columbus Pioneer squad from District 8 defeated Warner Robins American 15-0 and thus ended the summer season. “It didn’t go the way we wanted it to,” said coach Ricky Albritton. “They have a tough team.” Warner Robins American had just one hit, that coming ’ 4 "' v . f Mfßt n Jjk ■ IB rjr f w m bl jgßyy. ririHr WMIIHBK’-' j W\ * Utl t WEmmk Of 'lfV' # m -■ 9 I & PP* PI „ Tr*i IwfcliL . 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It was the team’s second loss in pool play, the other being against Franklin County on Sunday. “We had a fun, great year,” said Albritton, whose team went to state after winning the District 5 tournament in Macon. “All the girls are stars. Everything just went (Columbus’) way.” In other state Little League tournaments involving the Warner Robins American pro gram, the 10-11 boys baseball All-Stars saw their season come to an end in a tough semifinals loss Tuesday, 5-3, to Buckhead Little League in Conditioning continues posted a final-round, one-over-par 73 to cruise to her second-straight win at the GSGA Senior Women’s Championship. Harvey’s final-round 73 tied the cham pionship record for lowest round and led her to carding the lowest overall score in the championship’s history, a five-over 148. Qualified players may enter online at the GSGA website (www.gsga.org) by clicking the Online Registration quick link. Paper entries are available by request and may also be downloaded as Lavonia. According to reports from wrall.org, Zane Conlon of Warner Robins American hit a solo home run in the first inning. The 1-0 lead held until the fourth when Buckhead scored the tying run. Keaton Allen, in the bot tom of the fifth inning, broke that tie with a two-out solo home run. But Buckhead came back in the sixth with a four-run rally. Things are still looking upward for the 9-10 base ball All-Stars. At Fayette County’s Brooks Area LL Park on Monday, Warner Robins American took its second win of state pool play jei* i O^r j _ 'p zr- m ' f 3 m IV t m jpsi Wr j. H r ■* Wi M t*jLM ■■,#l Hite had a fun, great year. AH the girls are stars. Everything Just went (Columbus') way - WRALL Minor Girts coach Ricky Albritton against one loss by blasting Toccoa 14-4 in four innings. Jason Gifford pitched a complete game with plen ty of run support. Payton Purvis hit a home run that, according to website reports, cleared a parked truck and numerous other ballpark structures. Hunt Smith con tributed three hits. In a strange turn of events on Monday, Belvedere, which a PDF file via the GSGA website. The deadline for entries is Wednesday at 5 p.m. Entry periods are also currently open for the Georgia Senior Championship (through Aug. 9) and the Georgia Public Links Championship (through August 23). Any questions regarding GSGA com petitions may be directed to the Rules and Competitions Department at 770- 955-4272 or 800-949-4742, or via email at info@gsga.org. SECTION 1B fell to the Warner Robins 9-10 team on Saturday, beat Columbus American, the team that topped Warner Robins on Sunday. Columbus needed just one out to secure a win, bbt two errors and a hit to right-center gave Belvedere the 4-3 win. Both Columbus and WRALL finished 2-1 and advanced to the champion ship rounds on Thursday. WR attends PC 7-m-7 league By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor Warner Robins High Schools secret to winning a state championship this year? Flag football. Ludicrous? Yes, it dis counts the other count less hours of sweat and plannihg that plays a much bigger role. Still, don’t discredit the behefits gained from attending a passing camp glorified “flag football,” said Demons head football coach Bryan Way - being held at Peach County and in which Warner Robins attended this past week and will “probably” go back again, said Way. “It’s just something to give the kids something where they can compete and work on things all summer against some one else,” he said. “It’s something where they can haVe a little fun but compete and go against somebody else.” He added there’s no “false sense of security” in it, “Nobody’s rushing the passer or things like that,” he said, but, “It’s a good chance to work on stuff against other people. “It cuts down on the amount of time you have to spend on it when you start for real.” The format for the camp is: Start on the 40- yard liiie and you get four downs to pick up “20” yards for a first down. If not, you turn the ball over to the opposition. You play 20 minutes Way said and added there was no scorekeeping - or at least hC said the Demons didn’t and that he didn’t see anybody else keeping score, either. He also said you get to pla>* however many teams show up, which Wednesday he said num bered six. This, attending the passing league, or “seven-on-seven” as Way described it, has been above and beyond what Warner Robins has been doing this summer to prepare for the upcoming season. Typically their work week/conditioning - all voluntarily of course so as not to violate GHSA policy, has been Monday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings. They’Ve been averag ing 150 attendees, he said, ninth-12th grade, of which only those in See LEAGUE, page 2B