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2B SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2006 STANDINGS, MORE CURTAIN CALL NY Yankees Boston Toronto Baltimore Tampa Bay Detroit Chicago Sox Minnesota Cleveland Kansas City Oakland LA Angels Texas Seattle NYMets Philadelphia Florida Atlanta Washington St. Louis Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Chicago Cubs Pittsburgh LA Dodgers Arizona San Diego Colorado San Francisco BROWN From page iB additional power sure has gone to your head. Just remember if it wasn’t for me ... “You were saying?” “Never mind. You want fries or chips with that lunch order.”) I do hope everyone enjoyed that little parody. It’s just my way of saying what a joy it is to work in an environment where good-natured sarcasm is still appreciated. And as a way of showing just how fast time flies, pretty soon I will be at my one-year anniversa ry working as sports reporter in Houston County. But I’ve already been told that there will be no flowers coming my way. One thing I won’t do is go through a big long review of the last 365 days. As the new school year begins and all those fall sports get rolling, it is a good time to recount some of the accomplishments of our high schools from the previous school year. Houston County High School was tied for second place as the most successful athletic program in Region 1- AAAAA (Lowndes was first; Tift County shared second place). It’s no surprise con sidering that the Bears swept the region tournaments in basketball and won the league in boys soccer. Perry High took three big “silver medals” as the Region 4-AAA runner-up in football, boys basketball and baseball. Northside of course came f PEE, IF YOU'RE GOIMG TO . /cMEcTtST THE BOUETTIErA PO6 I S6t TO WHERE YOU CAM EAT \ • ( OUT- I MOT POG EATIM6 \ WAYICOU.P / MOTTOS J 54 MOT POSE, IV) 12 MIMUTEE,, \ | C AMP IV) FLORIPA ) AMP GO J YOU'RE SOWS TO VIEEP V EXTRA mW6. i Y\ r ./ PEE, IF YOU'RE SOIVie TO SET TO WMERE YOU CAM EAT 54 MOT POSE, IV) 12 MIMUTE&, YOU'RE SOIV)6 TO VIEEP E*OM£ v EXTRA TRAIMIVX3. . Play Belter Golf with JACK NICKLAUS COMING: Football 2007 American League EAST W L PCT QB NOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO 67 44 .604 - 36-19 31-25 617 521 Lost 1 7-3 65 48 .575 3 35-17 30-31 618 563 Lost 5 3-7 61 54 .530 8 38-24 23-30 602 560 Won 2 4-6 51 64 .443 18 30-31 21-33 551 640 * Lost 1 4-6 47 68 .409 22 29-26 18-42 504 617 Lost 3 4-6 CENTRAL W L PCT QB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO 76 38 .667 - 37-19 39-19 594 447 Lost 2 6-4 67 46 .593 8.5 36-21 31-25 642 553 Won 1 6-4 67 47 .588 9 39-16 28-31 585 517 Lost 1 6-4 49 64 .434 26.5 28-30 21-34 616 572 Won 2 4-6 41 73 .360 35 26-33 15-40 522 684 Won 3 4-6 WEST W L PCT QB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO 62 52 .544 - 30-26 32-26 511 515 Lost 1 8-2 59 56 .513 3.5 27-28 32-28 559 541 Lost 2 5-5 58 58 .500 5 27-30 31-28 599 572 Won 2 6-4 56 58 .491 6 31-29 25-29 530 527 Lost 1 5-5 National League EAST W L PCT QB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO 69 44 .611 - 35-22 34-22 607 507 Won 5 7-3 55 58 .487 14 27-31 28-27 583 589 Won 1 6-4 53 61 .465 16.5 27-28 26-33 529 551 Won 1 5-5 52 61 .460 17 23-30 29-31 586 583 Lostl 4-6 50 64 .439 19.5 27-26 23-38 526 589 Lostl 4-6 CENTRAL W L PCT QB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LIO 62 52 .544 - 33-23 29-29 567 551 Won 1 4-6 59 56 .513 3.5 31-31 28-25 565 597 Lostl 4-6 56 58 .491 6 33-26 23-32 528 528 Won 3 7-3 54 60 .474 8 34-24 20-36 520 602 Won 2 5-5 48 66 .421 14 25-31 23-35 480 585 Lost 2 5-5 42 73 .365 20.5 28-28 14-45 506 590 Lost 5 3-7 WEST W L PCT OB HOME ROAD RS RA STRK LlO 59 56 .513 - 34-25 25-31 581 530 Won 1 9-1 58 56 .509 .5 29-29 29-27 572 574 Won 2 5-5 58 56 .509 .5 28-31 30-25 512 512 Lost 3 3-7 55 59 .482 3.5 28-26 27-33 514 501 Lostl 5-5 54 60 .474 4.5 31-28 23-32 525 533 Lost 2 3-7 close to taking it all in the sport of all sports (football), and Warner Robins High had a dominant track and field squad. Westfield had some Hornets who could take it to the wrestling mat and some softball players who could someday be seen on televi sion as collegians. Allow me to take this opportunity to give this newspaper’s congratula tions to all the youth base ball and softball teams who had successful state tourna ment and World Series runs. In my journeys around this county I have seen some fine youth facilities, including the Central Georgia Soccer Association park. So it seems our young folks are taken care of, and the building continues when you see what is going on at the various high school campuses. That said, I must concur with a topic breeched in a recent Houston Daily Journal editorial. It is sad when organizations like the Middle Georgia Baseball League and the International City Warriors cannot find a playing home in Houston County. Especially the Warriors, which carry the nickname of one of our towns. They had to jump from one practice location to another. Doesn’t really help in terms of moti vation to represent your home. Now, Middle Georgia Baseball League doesn’t nec essarily exclusively mean Houston County, but there are so many familiar names on the various rosters that Houston is definitely a factor. I certainly had no complaints about covering games at the Bibb County Sports Complex with the comfortable seating. But think about this: a cham pionship series is taking place in Macon and the only media in attendance? That’s right, the good old HDJ. There is room for improve ment in both of these orga nizations, but both can be a strong outlet for those who have that deep love for the game of football or base ball. (Guess what, nobody gets paid except the game officials.) So to anyone who holds the key to keeping them out of Houston County, remember that a lot of them are the same ones you prob ably rooted for as Demons, Panthers, Eagles, Bears ... you get the picture. (Now here are excerpts from a future conversation in the halls of the Houston Daily Journal: “Matthew, you said there wasn’t going to be a long, drawn-out review of your first year here. And what about that flowers comment? And, my goodness, you went all those inches without once mentioning the Georgia Bulldogs.” “Hey, it’s not easy to be witty week after week. I could have talked about how all those softball outlooks were basically the same story with only the names changed to fit the school.” “Is that what you did? That’s not fair. You know I don’t have time to edit each and every word. And if you ever slip vinegar and salt chips in here again ...”) SPORTS Thursday’s Sports Transactions By The Associated Press ■ BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Claimed RHP Anderson Garcia off waiv ers from the New York Mets and assigned him to Bowie of the EL. ■ MINNESOTA TWINS-Placed LHP Francisco Liriano on the 15-day DL. ■ ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS- Named Jerry Dipoto director of player personnel and A.J. Hinch director of player development. ■ CINCINNATI REDS-Optioned OF Chris Denorfia to Louisville. ■ NBA-Named Michael Curry vice president of basketball operations and Josh Wachs vice president of community relations. ■ MILWAUKEE BUCKS-Traded F Joe Smith to Denver for F Ruben Patterson ■ PHILADELPHIA 76ERS-Named Michael Preston director of pub lic relations, Scott Faust assistant trainer, Katie Rauchut game enter tainment manager, Amber Stuart community relations manager, Brent Rossi director of marketing, Darin Swartley box office manager, and World B. Free director of player development ■ CHICAGO BEARS-Signed DT Delbert Cowsette to a one-year contract. ■ KANSAS CITY CHIEFS-Agreed to terms with QB Jeff Smoker on a two-year contract. ■ NEW ORLEANS SAINTS-Signed DE Javon Nanton, G Stefon Wheeler and DT Josh Williams. Waived DE Tommy Davis, LB Cie Grant and FB Jamar Martin. WARRIORS From page iB include two division win ners and three wild card teams. International City, by the original schedule, has the two teams that defeated it back-to-back after this weekend. On Aug. 19 the Gadsden (Ala.) Avengers come to Macon, then the Warriors go to Phenix City on Aug. 26. International City basically cannot afford another loss. “We have to win all of our games by a certain mar gin,” said Johnson. “The first four weeks were kind of rocky. But I know the potential and I can see these guys putting up good numbers. “I feel we can win out, make the playoffs and make a statement in the EFA national champion ship.” TOURNEY From page iB The format of the event is one round of flighted, four-ball stroke play and one round in a scramble format. Qualified players may enter online at the GSGA website at www.gsga.org. Paper entries are avail able by request and may also be downloaded as a PDF file via the website. The deadline for entries is Sept. 13 at 5 p.m. The Georgia Wildlife Federation Presents The 2006 Perry Buckarama! The Georgia Wildlife Federation is proud to present the largest sportsmens’ show in the Southeast - the 2006 Perry Buckarama! Opening at 1:00pm on August 18, and running thru Sunday August 20, at s:oopm at the Georgia National Fairgrounds, the Buckarama will feature daily hunting seminars, door prizes, and the greatest collection of outdoor products in the South. Saturday, August 19 show hours will be 10:00am thru 8:00pm. Enjoy hunting, firearms and archery equipment demonstrations every day of the show. Other exciting events include the Bow Bender Open Weekend Shoot-out. the GWF Deer Head Contest, and the Deer Hunter's Showdown at high noon. The competitors entered in the Showdown are hunters who have taken some of the highest scoring deer in Georgia history and these famous deer will be on exhibit at the show. It will be the greatest exhibit of white-tailed antlers ever seen in one place. Don’t miss it! | tMAjaoi «w[»ii pi*QM >u| auaipiiXs wimtaj *3 9QOZC»' | Thursday’s Major League Linescores By The Associated Press Las Angeles 000 200 000- 213 0 Cleveland 210 721 10x-1417 0 ESantana, Gregg (1), Romero (4), HCarrasco (4), Donnelly (7) and JMolina, Napoli (6) ClLee, Carmona (8) and VMartinez. W-ClLee 10- 8. L-ESantana 12-6. HRs- Los Angeles, JRivera (20). Cleveland, Hafner (34), Garko 0). Seattle 001 010 000-2 51 Texas 000 003 50x-8 14 0 Pineiro, JMateo (7), Green (7) and Johjima Eaton, CJWilson (7) Bauer (8) and Barajas. W- Eaton 2-2. L-Pineiro 7-10. Toronto 000 020 300-5 8 0 Minnesota 000 000 000-0 4 0 Lilly, League (7), Tallet (9) and BMolina CSilva, Neshek (7), Crain (8), Guerrier (9) and Mauer. W-Lilly 10-10. L-CSilva 8-10. HR-Toronto, BMolina (10). Boston 001 000 300-4 8 0 Kansas City 000101 03x-511 0 Schilling, Timlin (8) and Mirabelli RuHernandez, Sisco (8) Burgos (9) and Buck. W- Sisco 1-2. L—Schilling 14-5. Sv-Burgos (18). HRs-Boston, WPena (8), Mirabelli (4). Kansas City, Brown (10). Now York 002 000 200-412 2 Chicago 040 001 00x-5 9 0 Mussina, MMyers (7), Proctor (7) and Posada JVazquez, Cotts (6) McCarthy (6), Thornton (7) Jenks (9) and Pierzynski. W-JVazquez 11-6. L-Mussina 13-5. Sv-Jenks (31). HRs-New York, Giambi (33), MeCabrera mm . . JKk.* 'WjU| I Wjr - y " ifeM «■* - IIP L__ , iSgJ Journal/Matthew Brown Jeff Ridley of Perry, an assistant coach who will also slip on the gear at game time, does some jumping jacks with the International City Warriors players. •Bait & Tackle •Deer Processing WE CLEAN FISH 6am-7pm • 7 days a week 333 Hwy 96 • Bonaire J l» 478-922-1819 Don’t Forget... August 18, 19, and 20 Georgia National Fairgrounds Perry, GA. I-75 Exit 135 Admission: Adults $8 Seniors $5 • Kids 6-12 $5 Kids Under 6 FREE FREE Parking! THE HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL (7). San Diego 200 000100-3 5 0 New York 030 000 40x-710 0 CYoung, Adkins (6), Brocail (7), Embree (7), Williamson (7) Thompson (8) and Bard OHernandez, Heilman (8), Feliciano (9) and DiFlce. W OHernandez 8-8. L-Brocail 2- 1. HR-San Diego, AGonzalez (20). St. Losis 101 030 001-8120 Cincinnati 000 000100-1 81 Reyes, Wainwright (6), Fiores (8) Thompson (8) and GBennett Arroyo, Coffey (8), Cormier (9) and Ross. W-Reyes 4-5. L- Arroyo 9-8. Chicago 100 020120-810 2 Milwaukee 402 200 00x-8 8 3 Prior, Mateo (4), Ohman (6), Aardsma (7), Howry (8) and HBlanco, Barrett (8) DDavis, Capellan (8), BShouse (8), FCordero (9) and Rivera. W DDavis 8-6. L-Prior 1-6. Sv- FCordero (5). HRs-Chicago, ARamirez (27), HBlanco (5). Florida 020110 221-914 0 Washington 000 020 400-810 0 ASanchez, Mitre (7), Moehler (7) Borowski (9) and Olivo Astacio, Hughes (7), RWagner (8) SRivera (9) and Schneider. W-Moehler 6-8. L-RWagner 0-1. Sv-Borowski (24). HRs- Florida, Uggla (18), Willingham (17). Washington, ASoriano (36). Pittsburgh 000 001 001-290 Houston 010100 30x-5 8 0 Gorzelanny, STorres (7), Grabow (7), Capps (7) and Paulino , Qualls (7), Wheeler (8), TreMiller (8), Lidge (9) and Ausmus. W-Clemens 4-4. vw Jr >