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/Jlnustmt Tlourttal The Home Journal’s SANDLOT J "Tflfflnwnwrr~ ON DECK Today Major League Baseball ■ Atlanta at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m., Fox Sports Network 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 ©1 k Phenix City 20, International 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- Aj jlUUlttb. Jlfsk ■V. jf 0 Journal/Don Moncrief 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. BELOW: Jonathan Jenkins works on leaping tackling dummies - sideways. JSt yA HMn flßlfe. i-!- c ———a* •» •• ’ i fl _ fm. M 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 der clashed Cradle call Sports .jCdk -edBBBL M - !aT * J 'HHB »ft ■* * ■ ! International City Warriors defensive end Jonathan “J.J” Thomas (9) with defensive 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. PAGE 9A ENI/Gary Harmon 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.