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Today
Major League Baseball
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IN BRIEF
CGSA begins late
registration
Late registration for the Central
Georgia Soccer Association
began today. All children ages
4-19 are invited by the organiza
tion to, according to a release,
“join the 'spectacular' game of
soccer."
Online registration can be
found at www.gasoccer.org/cgsa
or those interested can go by their
office during the hours of 11 a.m.-
3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Contact CGSA Association
Administrator Bette Dillon, at
478-987-2455 or email her at
playcgsa@alltel.net for further
information.
Landings sets dates for
Linkup2golf program
The Landings golf course will
be holding its Linkup2golf pro
gram for new and re-newing
golfers Aug. 8-31. The group will
meet Tuesdays and Thursdays
9:30-10:30 a.m. for early classes
and 5:30-6:30 p.m. for evening
classes.
The cost is $129 which
includes clubs. Call Bill Goggin
at 923-5222. Or e-mail him at
Bill@goggingolf.com. Check out
website at www.goggingolf.com.
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 fol
lows: $25 for city of Warner
Robins residents, SSO for coun
ty residents and SBS for out of
county residents. Call 929-1916
for more information.
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 office. For
additional information, visit their
website at www.perrypantherfoot
ball.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 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).
See robinspacers.org for
additional race information
and results, or contact David
Erpelding at 328-3208.
WR Rec Department sets
softball signup dates
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will hold team regis
tration for the 2006 Fall Softball
League, Monday and Tuesday.
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.
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 2, 2006
Falcons edge 1C Warriors
Special to the Journal
Another weekend, anoth
er bit of inclement weather
for an International City
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Phenix City 20,
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City 14
threatening postponement
of the Warriors’ important
Southern Football League
divisional game against the
Phenix City (Ala.) Falcons at
Macon’s Central City Park.
But as the sun began to set,
the skies cleared up and the
rain ceased providing ideal
conditions for a hard-hitting
and close game.
With less than a minute to
go in regulation, the Falcons
scored their second touch
down and tied the score 14-
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ABOVE: Jeffrey Vanßrund takes the handoff from a youth coach during a camp hosted
by the Warner Robins Recreation Department and held at Perkins Field in Warner
Robins Saturday. For more pics, see Thursday’s Journal.
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14. Overtime was intense
and heated form the field to
the sidelines to the bleach
ers.
Approximately five min
utes into overtime, the
Falcons trudged into the
end zone winning the game
20-14.
The Warriors struck first
in the first quarter with
Ronaldo Solomon at the
helm. The quarterback
dropped a pass in with little
effort to Tony Mathis for
a 16-yard touchdown. The
subsequent PAT attempt
was unsuccessful.
Late in the second quar
ter fullback Tamarco Head
dodged traffic for the
Warriors’ second touchdown
of the night with a three
yard run.
Perry’s Donovan Kendrick
drove hard and plowed
into the end zone for the
See WARRIORS, page 10A
Warriors
home foot
ball game.
Rain
poured early
Saturday
afternoon
and thun
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lineman Gyasi Brown (75) team up on Phenix City’s runner Saturday in Macon.
in overtime
WRALL 9-10 team (alls
prey lo tie breaker rule
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
The fate of the Warner
Robins American 9-10
Little League baseball
team in reaching the
Tournament of Champions
Final Four came down to
the final inning ... of a
game in which the Georgia
boys weren’t even playing.
Warner Robins American
started Monday’s play at
Mitch Stadium in West
Virginia on a promising
note winning 5-1 against
the Indiana representa
tives from Greenwood
Little League. That win
put Warner Robins at 1-1
in the three-team C pool
and 2-1 overall in tourna
ment action.
The second win, a 7-5
triumph against Florida
(Pool B) on Sunday, was in
a wild-card game that put
Georgia’s team in a strong
position to earn the wild
card spot in the semifinals.
Later on Monday, coach
Tom Nauss and his players
watched North Carolina,
the team that handed
Warner Robins American
its only loss in the tourna
ment and that already had
a semifinal berth as win
ners of Pool C, carry a 1-0
lead into the final inning of
its wild-card game against
Tennessee of Pool B.
It was in the last inning
of that game, though, that
Tennessee (Lexington
Little League) had a walk
off three-run home run to
'Some of these kids had never been
out of Georgia. It was a week to
remember for the rest of their lives.'
- WRALL 9-10 coach Tom Nauss
Hendon, Lasseter miss
cut at amateur qualifier
Special to the Journal
Luke Hendon of Bonaire
needed three more strokes
to make the cut at the 2006
U.S. Amateur Championship
is currently taking place
at The Standard Club in
Atlanta.
Hendon shot a 79 at the
36-hole sectional Monday
at The Standard Club in
Atlanta. That was just
short of the six golfers tied
with 76.
Drew Lasseter of
Kathleen also failed to
make the cut at the quali
fier. He shot 85.
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win 3-1 and snatch away
Georgia’s semifinal bid.
Tennessee, which also split
its two pool games and had
a 2-1 overall record, took
an edge in the wild-card
tiebreaker over Warner
Robins American with only
four runs allowed in three
games to 12 surrendered
by Georgia’s team.
In the Warner Robins
American victory against
Indiana, Griffin Martin
pitched a three-hitter and
made two hits himself at
the plate. Hunt Smith also
had two hits.
Nauss’ team will fin
ish fifth in the final
Tournament of Champions
standings. He said it was
a fairly equal tournament
in terms of the caliber of
the teams. Warner Robins
American, in fact, had just
one costly inning in its
opening game with North
Carolina.
With a 3-1 lead, the
Georgia team gave up
a grand slam to Jacob
Kennedy, who pitched his
team to a 6-3 win.
“We competed well,” said
Nauss. “The kids had a
great time. We were near
the corner of West Virginia,
Ohio and Kentucky. Some
of these kids had never
been out of Georgia. It was
a week to remember for
the rest of their lives.”
The week included a
welcoming parade put on
by the towns of Ceredo
See WRALL, page 10A
The two, along with the
rest of the field of I£3 were/
are trying to secure one of
five qualifying spots and
two alternate positions for
the 106th U.S. Amateur
Championship, which will be
held at Hazeltine National
Golf Club in Chaska, Minn.,
Aug. 21-27.
The venue was one of
approximately 85 sectional
qualifiers nationwide which
are taking place July 24-
Aug. 7.
The Standard Club was
playing to 7,075 yards and
a par of 72.