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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Nothing new under the sun Staff from The Landings golf course hosted a tournament Thursday pairing a junior player with an older player. f M J f\ v ' \ '■'• •■.'.••. jMk' - w. m Beverly Desileets hits her tee shot as Savanna Strunk observes. ENI/Gary Harmon Rachael Goggin hits her first shot. WRNL From page 1B struck out but with Sarah Purvis on the mound, it was enough. Purvis was “awesome,” said FLEX From page 1B the Panthers last year was rain on the Friday the weightlifting contest was scheduled. So, according to Scott, everything was moved to the basketball gym where, while it was indoors, was much hotter than the out doors would have been since the gym has no air condi tioning. Perry High does have an air-conditioned weight room, but it’s not big enough to hold all the players, coaches and spectators. “The biggest part is the opportunity for them to showcase all of their hard work,” said Scott. “They put in many hours this sum K %L m MNtfNtilMkcK W '<Mk : ' 1 ’j lWJfrrtf Perry assistant coach James Moss motivates one of the power clean par ticipants during Friday’s Night of Champions finale held ' in the Panther Pit. top power clean lift Friday. Journal/Matthew Brown WRNL coach Mark Goodman and if that wasn’t enough of a testa ment, h*e offered proof in the fact she struck out 17 batters in seven innings. As far as Mighty Casie, she not only didn’t strike out and didn’t just score the tying run, she earned mer.” On the bench press, senior Robby Taylor had the top lift at 350 pounds. Kanorris Davis, a rising junior who participated in the Georgia High School Association’s weightlift ing competition earlier this year at the Georgia National Fairgrounds, is Perry’s best in the power clean at 330 pounds. He tried a lift heavier than that, but couldn’t get the weight all the way up. The Perry Panther Touchdown Club had a booth set up and stayed busy sell ing memberships and season tickets. The Touchdown Club rais es funds to pay for the post season banquet and meals for the players during the regular season. ENI/Gary Harmon H t inn THE^RK w It LJ iIF ' f r# f/ |M , | ' '> > ~ <T * . ' , ■ ■; ’ 7/: ENI/Gary Harmon Landon Brahn attempts to sink his first putt on # l. the game’s most valuable player award for her play at third base. “She probably made three or four plays in the infield that really saved us,” Goodman said. Ditto for Katie Thornburg at catcher - although she didn’t receive any MVP honors this time. y ■■/ySpf J&Stk >- «H MKF - IiMP WmnM * w&m#' '- « «, * Jn WimW •***'£ J **.■*. 'WM&M IHiiP Sa SPORTS rr « 1 HHBBKm? \ iHr . w I ft k |9B' a > & ?^44 *hk 4 -IHHiH -ikj j rTi & Hkk \ \ ." *'?- J^ '■ -1 I ill Win II ill " ••■■',' ffln|HMK’ L > _ ' '■ Dre Armstrong lines up the putt for Strunk. r^v>^ ; H JlSMfa j ap f '~'’"**BM| - 1 fl^L Journal Matthew Brown Robby Taylor had a top bench press at the Night of Champions Friday with 350 pounds. vA< ,m 'raj si i *►■ fcf | ■BR^ Mm’ i w||£ • /*V '•’.Bp i^Hs* f jJ[ JjaMT i» ‘'Oe’Vw |HB jHj WBgJA - ENI/Gary Harmon Billie Gibson putts on the first hole. “She played an awesome game behind the plate,” Goodman said, “blocking balls and calling the right pitch at the right time.” Unfortunately for WRNL faith ful, the team wasn’t able to carry that momentum into its Sunday afternoon game against Tennessee, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1 ♦ a team that had nine that played in the World Series last year return. The WRNL lost 15-0. They were to play again at 8 p.m. against host Alexandria, La. Results were pending, but a loss would mean the end of WRNL’s World Series run. f J: •: m Journal Matthew Brown ABOVE: Casey Hayward, Perry High’s starting quar terback for most of the 2005 season, sets up for an outdoor bench press. LEFT: It’s not football sea son yet, but some Perry High fans turned out to get a look at the Panthers’ strength... literally. 3B ENI/Gary Harmon