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THURSDAY,
JULY 27, 2006
The Home Journal’s
SANPLOT
ON DECK
Today
Major League Baseball
■ Florida at Atlanta, 1:05
p.m., TBS
BRAVES CORNER
MARLINS 2, BRAVES 1
ATLANTA - Cody Ross hom
ered twice and Anibal Sanchez
won a matchup of unbeaten
rookie pitchers, lifting the Florida
Marlins over the Atlanta Braves
2-1 Tuesday night.
Sanchez (4-0) won his third
straight start, beating Braves left
hander Chuck James. Sanchez
allowed one run and seven hits in
seven innings. He struck out three
and didn’t walk a batter.
Sanchez’s streak of 23 con
secutive scoreless innings was
snapped when Marcus Giles
singled in a run in the sixth inning.
The right-hander’s streak still
broke the team rookie record of
19 innings by Dontrelle Willis in
June 2003.
James (4-1) struck out six and
walked one in seven innings. He
yielded seven hits, including the
homers by Ross in the second
and fourth innings.
- The Associated Pres
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
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.
Rec volleyball signups
set; cheerleaders needed
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will begin registra
tion for volleyball Aug. 14. It will
run from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and is
open to girls and boys 13-18.
The age control date is Aug. 31.
A birth certificate is required
upon registration unless it is cur
rently on file. Participants must
also have the required fee at the
time of registration. Registration
fees are as follows: $25 for city
of Warner Robins residents, SSO
for county residents and SBS for
out of county residents.
Call 929-1916 for more infor
mation.
Also, the department still has
openings for those interested in
cheerleading. Call the aforemen
tioned number for more.
Panther football season
tickets going on sale
Perry High School season foot
ball tickets are now on sale.
The cost of a season ticket is
$45 for six home games; tickets at
the gate will be SB. Season tickets
will be sold at the PHS office and
will also be available at the Night of
Champions event Friday (6 p.m. at
the Panther Pit).
For additional Panther Football
information, visit their website at
www.perrypantherfootball .com.
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 arid younger (any
time), $lB for race day registra
tion from 6:15-7:15, and $lO for
the one-mile fun run (any time).
See robinspacers.org for addi
tional race information and results,
or contact David Erpelding at
328-3208. Registration can be
done online at aaive.com.
WRALL 11-12-year-olds remain
confident in state title chances
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Middle Georgia isn’t the only part of
the state that’s been hit with severe
inclement weather in the past several
days.
In the city of Augusta, where a few
of the state’s best 11-12 Little League
baseball teams have gathered to deter
mine the 2006 state champions, rain
showers put a damper on the schedule
of tournament games.
So much so that the Warner Robins
American club had to wait until
Wednesday to try for the top seed from
its pool in the state championship
bracket.
Even with the outcome of Warner
Robins American’s last pool game
against Oconee American (originally
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'They didn’t play one of
their batters... he didn't
have a legal
at-bat.'
- Warner Robins American Little Leage 11-
12-year-olds head coach Barry Hattaway, on
the team’s win over Buckhead
scheduled for Tuesday) still pending
at the deadline for this edition of the
Houston Daily Journal , coach Barry
Hattaway was still confident that his
team, with two pool wins already under
its belt, would be playing in the semifi
nals on Friday.
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One of the wins so far for the 11-12
team came on the field, 11-0 against
Peachtree City. The second game for
Warner Robins American didn’t look
promising on the field as Buckhead had
a 1-0 lead at the end of regulation play.
But Buckhead was guilty of a rules vio
lation that one would think would be
protested by its own fan base.
“They didn’t play one of their bat
ters ... he didn’t have a legal at-bat,”
said Hattaway. “It was explained to us
at district, and it was explained to us
before the state tournament. You have
to get your subs in. They’re real strict
about that rule.”
As a result, Warner Robins American
was awarded the win 6-0.
“(Buckhead) had a good team,”
See STATE, page 2B
BGCTION
1B
Fears neb
third at
challenge
From staff reports
Lacey Fears couldn’t
quite hangon. The Bonaire
golfer shot a 42 the sec
ond and final day of the
GSGA Junior Sectional
Challenge Match, played
Monday and Tuesday at
Fields Ferry Golf Club in
Calhoun.
That gave her a two
day finish of 83 and
third place - following
a tie-breaker with sec
ond-place finisher Caitlin
Watts of LaGrange.
Judy Name of Buford,
who was third after the
first day, shot a 39 and
won the division -
13-and-under.
Fears did have a bit
of the “last laugh,” how
ever, as she won the long
drive competition held
later that day as well as
the putting competition.
She drove the ball 225
yards and rolled it 17
times while putting.
Another Bonaire golfer,
Tyler Erickson, stayed
the course and finished
fifth. He shot a 75 the
first day, and was in fifth,
and then a 74 the second.
His combined score then
was 149 and his overall
finish was fifth.
Collin Ho of Albany,
who led after the first
day, won that division -
the boys 14-15-year-olds.
The venue for the chal
lenge match was a state
wide competition that
brought together the top
performers from the sum
mer-long GSGA Junior
Sectional Program, which
was founded in 1974.
Participants earned the
opportunity to compete
and represent their sec
tion - Fears and Erickson
were both representing
the Middle section - in
the tournament by accu
mulating points in their
section’s four qualifying
events.
Each of the seven geo
graphic sections sends
their top four point earn
ers from each boys age
division and the top two
from each girls division
See FEARS, page 2B
Kishigian,
Kennedy
make cut
From staff reports
Thirteen golfers could
feel his pain - if that
were the right descriptor.
That’s how many
were tied with Ben
Kishigian after the first
day of contention at the
U.S. Amateur Sectional
Qualifying Tuesday at
Piedmont Driving Club
in Atlanta.
All shot a 72 - one
stroke over.
Steven Tiley of Atlanta
led the event - 54 of the
144 listed made the cut
for the next day - with
a score of 64 (seven
under).
Jon Kennedy of
Hawkinsville carded a 73
(two over), whereas Chris
Wolfe, also of Warner
Robins, shot a 78 - four
strokes short of what he
needed to make the cut.
The field is contending
for six qualifying spots
and two alternate posi
tions in the 106th U.S.
Amateur Championship.
That is scheduled to
be held at Hazeltine
National Golf Club
See CUT, page 2B