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Mouskrtt Bailg The Home Journal’s SANPLOT ON DECK Today 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 1 1 I H " * ' ■' - „ ; 5 '*■ • . ■ ■■••• »’■ • > . 20, ... _ . . j.. INA *«• ' i -'-JewSt - j M I - ' David Chapman of the Tigers is forced out at second in a double play attempt in Monday night’s Rosenberg Series 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 <2* Rosenberg Championship Series 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 i gr jj, : *0 • 4 , .... -V*-* . * '•. xf&k - '• ' - •V', - a '■ " ‘ J . . i- 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” ENI/Gary Harmon ENl'Gary Harmon 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