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Major League Baseball
■ Florida at Atlanta, 7:35
p.m., Fox Sports Network
BRAVES CORNER
BRAVES 10, PHILLIES 8
PHILADELPHIA - Phillies
rookie Cole Hamels came up with
one of the quirkier pitching lines
you’re ever going to see Monday.
And although the bullpen made
it interesting, the Atlanta Braves
came up with their second win
in as many days without anyone
named Jones in their lineup.
Hamels struck out 12 in five
innings, but surrendered seven
runs to Atlanta's diluted batting
order in the Braves' 10-8 victory
at Citizens Bank Park.
The offense, powered by Adam
Laßoche’s pair of homers and four
RBIs, leapt out to leads of 7-1 and
9-3. But Ken Ray and Tyler Yates
gave up two-run homers to David
Bell and Ryan Howard - his 32nd
of the year - that cranked up the
late-inning drama.
Clinging to a one-run lead,
Wilson Betemit calmed things
down some with a two-out homer
in the following half-inning.
And as he was hired to do,
closer Bob Wickman took the pal
pable tension to zero in the ninth
by working a perfect ninth inning
for his first save as a Brave.
- R. Travis Haney
Morris News Service
IN BRIEF
Soccer association preps
for its Fail 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
Friday from 4-8 p.m., Saturday
from 9 a.m.-noon and Monday
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 Monday. Contact CGSA’s
Association Administrator, Bette
Dillon, at 987-2455 or email her at
playcgsa@alltel.net for more.
Jim Herrin Memorial
Stampede 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.
Entry fees are sls postmarked
on or before Aug. 7, $lO for par
ticipants 19 and younger (any
time), $lB for race day registra
tion from 6:15-7:15, and $lO for
the one-mile fun run (any time).
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 over
all top male and female runner in
the IMile 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.
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
WEDNESDAY,
JULY 26, 2006
PY to hold its annual 'Night of Champions'
Special to the Journal
The summer has been a
busy time for the Panthers
in preparation for the quick
ly approaching football sea
son.
The players, according to
a release, are “buying into”
Head Coach Andy Scott’s
program as attendance for
the summer weightlifting
workouts have been very
impressive, averaging more
than 80 players each night.
The responsibility for
the success of the program
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finale with the Eagles held at the Bibb County Sports Complex in Macon.
Hgers take MGBL title
Strike early then hold off Eagles in Rosenberg Series
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
The Tigers followed a sim
ple formula throughout the
Rosenberg Series, and on
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Tigers 10,
Eagles 6
enough to make the early
lead hold.
The Tigers were up 7-1 on
the Eagles after two innings
and held on for a 10-6 vic
tory in the deciding game
of the best-of-3 series held
at the Bibb County Sports
Complex in Macon.
The Eagles had a 1-0 lead
in the series after taking
the opener 13-11 on Sunday.
Game 2 also took place
Sunday due to Saturday’s
inclement weather.
The Eagles couldn’t hold
onto a last-inning lead after
a controversial safe call at
second base that, had it been
an out, would have meant
the end of the series.
The Tigers instead ral
lied to win that game and
carried the momentum into
Monday’s final.
Three of the first seven
Tiger runs came courtesy of
shortstop Scott Simpson.
As the visiting team, the
Tigers started the first two
was put upon the upcom
ing seniors. The team was
divided into six individual
teams consisting of 17-18
players and the seniors were
the team leaders responsible
for attendance and partici
pation in the program.
Scott and his staff have
decided to test the success
of the program as well as
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Monday it led
to the 2006
championship
of the Middle
Georgia
Baseball
League.
That formu
la was: score
early and
often, then
pitch just well
Ted Jones of the Eagles scores a run.
innings of the game with a
runner on base via an Eagle
error.
Troy Varnadoe had the
first hit of the game to plate
the first run then, after a
wild pitch, he scored on
Simpson’s sacrifice fly.
The Tigers loaded the
bases in the second inning
with one out.
Andrew Meredith had the
Sports
Night of Champions
■ Thursday: “The Grind,” 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
■ Friday: Night of Champions, 6 p.m.
reward the players for their
hard work over the off sea
son.
To that end, Perry High
School will host the sec
ond annual “Night of
Champions”. This will be a
two-day event that will test
not only the strength of the
players but speed and agility
as well. •
only hit among the three
baserunners when he found
a hole the opposite way.
Former Houston County
High Bear Mark Irwin drilled
a two-run single and, with
two outs, Simpson crushed
a two-run triple to the right
field fence.
As Simpson came home on
a wild pitch, the Tigers were
ahead 7-1.
The event is centered
around the team concept and
will be the highlight of the
team building attitude Scott
and his staff have developed
throughout the off season.
The individual teams
receive points for the overall
attendance of their team
mates.
The first day of the compe
tition begins Thursday at 9
a.m. at the Panther Pit.
The six teams will com
pete in “The Grind” which
is a sort of “tough man”
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The Eagles picked up its
run on three hits in the bot
tom of the first. Ted Jones
and Daniel Stokes got on
base with hits, and Justin
Hickman’s jam shot to the
opposite field brought in the
run.
That would be it, though,
as Irwin, the third baseman,
began a double play.
See STRIKE, page 6B
SECTION
1B
obstacle course designed
to test strength, condition
ing and agility. The players
will complete eight different
timed events - from carrying
weights in a wheelbarrow
to lifting an enormous trac
tor trailer tire - and receive
team points. The schedule is
set up in one and a half hour
intervals, with the first team
competing at 9 a.m. and the
last team at 4:30 p.m.
The event will wrap up
Friday at 6 p.m. at the
See NIGHT, page 3B
Fears first
after day 1
at challenge
From staff reports
Lacey Fears of Bonaire
scored a 41 Monday to
tie for the overall lead
in the girls 13-and
under division at the
GSGA Junior Sectional
Challenge Match being
held through Tuesday
(results of that day pend
ing) at Fields Ferry Golf
Club in Calhoun.
Fears is currently tied
with Caitlin Watts of
LaGrange.
In the boys 14-15 divi
sion, Tyler Erickson of
Bonaire shot a 75. That
put him in a tie for fifth,
seven shots behind leader
Collin Ho of Albany. He’s
also only five out from
second place’s Will Jones
of Rome.
Currently Sam Curtis
of Calhoun and Jason
Bennett of Valdosta each
fired a four-under par 68
to tie for the overall lead
in the boys 16-17 age divi
sion, while Alei Mitchell
of Waycross opened with
a 74 and holds a three
stroke lead over Buford’s
Jennifer Nam in the girls
14-17 age division.
Scott Wolfes of St.
Simons Island shot 75 to
tie for the lead of the
boys 12-13 division with
Austin Vick of Evans,
and in the boys 11-
and-under age division,
See FEARS, page 6B
2 WRALL
teams still
going strong
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
The sleepers of the
state Little League 9-
10 baseball tournament
woke up with a ven
geance and took Georgia’s
spot for a Tournament
of Champions starting
this weekend in West
Virginia.
That sleeper team
was the Warner Robins
American Little League
representatives. This
team of 9-10-year-olds
suffered one setback in
pool play of the state tour
nament to the defend
ing state champions,
Columbus American.
But according to coach
Tom Nauss, once cham
pionship play began, the
rest of the field was about
to see the real Warner
Robins club.
On Thursday, the
WRALL boys found
themselves taking on a
team that had given up
just 14 runs in 20 previ
ous games.
But Warner Robins
alone almost matched
that and got the win,
See WRALL, page 3B