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The USTA Jr. Team Team Tennis 14-and-under squad placed second in the tournament
held July 29. Front row from left, Mikey Cantrell, Kamen Woolery, John Akridge and
Frank Massicotte. Back row, Taylor Williams, Rey Holcomb, Jessica Rigdon, Amanda
Shiver, Erin McLure and coach Jerry Rigdon. Not pictured: Judson Humphries.
EXUDE
From page iB
dig a ball off the serve and
get it to Morgan (Hollers
- more on her in a second).
Doebereiner, he said, he was
“excited about her return,”
and Pierce is just a good “all
around player. She can play
anywhere,” he said. “She has
good hands and hits well.
Her strength is probably in
her serve. I’ll probably use
her as a defensive specialist
and server.”
Williams, he said, is a good
outside liitter.
And then there’s Hollers,
Houston County
2006-07 volleyball schedule
Opponent Site Time
Jamboree Whitewater HS TBA
Mary Persons/WRHS MPHS 5 p.m.
East Coweta/Fayette Co. East Coweta 5 p.m.
North Cobb Tournament North Cobb HS TBA
Ola High/TBA Ola HS 5 p.m.
Lueila/Muridy’s/Union Grove Luella 11 p.m.
Pace/Grtr. Atlanta Chrstn. Pace 5 p.m.
Redan/Stephenson/Lithonia WRHS 11 a.m.
WRHS WRHS 5 p.m.
County Championship WRHS 10 a.m.
Perry/MPHS HCHS 5 p.m.
Raider Rally SE Whitfield HS 8 a.m.
Perry/LaGrange Perry 5 p.m.
MLK HCHS 11 a.m.
Ola HS/TBA Ola HS 5 p.m.
Morrow/WRHS HCHS TBA
Northside/Jackson Northside 5 p.m.
Area Tournament Union Grove TBA
Area Tournament Union Grove TBA
Area Final TBA TBA
Date
Saturday
Aug. 22
Aug. 24
Aug. 26
Aug. 31
Sept. 2
Sept. 6
Sept. 9
Sept. 12
Sept. 16
Sep. 19
Sept. 23
Sept. 26
Sept. 30
Oct. 3
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 13
Oct. 14
Oct. 17
Area Competions
Area 2 AAAAA:
Houston County, Lithonia, Leuila, MLK, Morrow, Mundy’s Mill, Redan,
Stephenson, Union Grove, Warner Robins
2006 Houston Co. Junior Varsity Voileybail Schedule
Ola HS/TBA Ola HS 5 p.m.
Pace/Hebron Christian Pace 5 p.m.
Ola HS/TBA HCHS 5 p.m.
Hardaway JV Playdate Hardaway TBA
Whitewater/Mill Creek Whitewater HS 5 p.m.
Ola HS/TBA HCHS 5 p.m.
Pace Academy/TBA Pace 5 p.m.
Last Year Teams not scheduled
Varsity
Fayette Co. & Starr’s Mill Starr's Mill 5 p.m.
Fayette Co. & Newnan Fayette County 5 p.m.
Northside/Jackson HCHS 5 p.m.
Columbia HS & TBA Columbia (Atlanta) 5 p.m.
Lovejoy & East Coweta Union Grove 5 p.m.
JV
Henry County JV Henry Co. 5 p.m.
Warner Robins WRHS 4 p.m.
Warner Robins HCHS 4 p.m.
Aug, 21
Aug. 31
Sept. 11
Sept. 16
Sept. 20
Sept. 27
Oct. 2
*Sept. 13
*Sept. 20
*Sept. 22
*Sept. 29
*Oct. 4
*Aug. 31
*Sept. 1
‘Sept. 8
QUESTION
From page ;B
NaDerris Ward has four
players ahead of him on the
depth chart at tight end and
much to absorb in Georgia’s
playbook in his first week of
college practices.
“He’s young, makes a lot
of mistakes, has a lot of tal
ent, but sometimes you just
don’t know which way he’s
going to go,” said Johnson,
the tight ends coach. “We’ve
installed just about 80 or 85
percent of the offense in five
days.
“That’s a lot for him.”
Senior Martrez Milner has
shown no ill effects on the
field since breaking his left
middle finger lifting weights
on Saturday, Johnson said.
“Trez has caught the ball
tremendous even with the
broken finger.”
Munsen fated far fear
dBCadBS: Longtime Bulldogs
Tennis stars
who has been with the pro
gram all three years. With
one exception - she got hurt
midseason and didn’t return
until late. She played and
will play a key role, Jones
said, as setter.
That’s five more reasons
for confidence.
If that’s not enough it could
simply be the fact, Jones said,
they play so well together.
“They stay positive and
upbeat,” he said. “They
know how to Cover. When
somebody makes a mistake
someone else will pick them
up and move on.
“They’re really strong that
way.”
radio play-by-play voice
Larry Munson will be
saluted in a sold-o'ut roast
Saturday night in Atlanta at
the Waverly Hotel at Cobb
Galleria.
Munson, 83, will start his
41st season this fall.
Richt remembers hear
ing Munson when he was
at Florida State and hearing
about his “doomsday” out
look on Georgia’s chances to
win a game.
“I think he keeps the fans
in the right frame of mind
not getting their expecta
tions too high,” Richt said.
This and that: About 1,000
single game tickets remain
on sale for the Western
Kentucky game on Sept. 2
at Georgiadogs.com, ticket
manager Tim Cearley said.
Tickets are $32 each plus
a processing fee. Season
tickets were mailed out on
Tuesday from the printers
in Fort Smith, Ark. Single
game tickets and out of town
The only thing tiny spot
on their confidence radar:
Serving. Jones said the Lady
Bears, who will be in an area
with some new faces - one
of them that is, is Warner
Robins (one of their goals,
Jones said, is to wrest away
the county championship
from the Demonettes), and
one that isn’t, is Union
Grove, which won the area
last year - had to be more
consistent with that part of
their game.
“That’s a key for us,” he
said. He also added, how
ever, it’s a part of their game
they’ve been working hard
on.
games are being mailed from
Athens this week. ... The
afternoon practice was short
ened because of nearby light
ning and ended with a bang.
Richt said Joe Tereshinski
hit Mohamed Massaquoi on
a touchdown pass of about
10 yards. Georgia practices
twice in one day only two
more times on Saturday and
Monday. ... Count on fresh
man strongside linebacker
Darius Dewberry play
ing this season. Richt said
the Fort Valley native who
played at Hargrave Military
last season looks like a con
tributor at least on special
teams and maybe at strong
side linebacker. ... Defensive
end Marcus Howard still
hasn’t practiced yet because
of a quadriceps injury, but
Richt said he could prac
tice some today. ... Fullback
Brannan Southerland sus
tained a minor ankle sprain
in a goal-line drill in the
morning practice.
SPORTS
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“Everyone’s going to
have their opinions; some
are going to say those three
weeks are what helped me,”
Saltalamacchia said. “Just
to step out and see what I
was doing definitely helped,
I think.
“But, eventually, would
I have gotten it without
that time off? Yeah, I think
so. I don’t think that’s the
main thing that helped me
out. That’s just the way the
game goes.”
And there it is. That stub
bornness, that unbridled
thoroughbred-like vigor
of youth running through
Saltalamacchia’s veins.
It’s that same sentiment
that has sometimes made
coaching and working with
him a challenge.
THE3B-YEM-OUPUEIan 11-
year vet, had his choice after
spring training of where he
wanted to rehab his surgical
ly repaired throwing shoul
der. He picked Mississippi
because of his former team
mate, Blauser. And because
of Saltalamacchia.
The pair work daily on
Saltalamacchia’s defense.
But both Perez and Blauser
alluded to the fact that
Saltalamacchia’s ears might
be partially open or, closed
altogether when it comes
to heeding Perez’s general
tips of how to make it as a
catcher in the majors.
“I think Eddie might be
a little frustrated with the
amount of teaching he’s
been able to do,” Blauser
said. “They’ve shared ideas.
But it has to be a two-way
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street. For someone to teach,
vou have to have a willing
pupil.”
In fairness, when previ
ously asked about Perez’s
help, Saltalamacchia said
he didn’t want to impede
the veteran’s road back to
the majors with his own
questions. But the point is
there. No one who’s seen
Saltalamacchia play an
inning ■behind the plate or
take an at-bat is doubting
him.
“If this guy can put it
together, he’ll be in another
league - bigger than the big
leagues,” Perez said.
But there’s a but. One
that goes right back to the
qualifier hanging over him.
“It’s all here,” Perez says,
pointing to his head. “He
needs to concentrate on
that. He needs to stop talk
ing sometimes and just lis
ten. He listens to me a lot,
he does. But sometimes he
wants to have excuses for
things.
“He’ll learn if he wants to
learn. But sometimes he’s
got to be quiet and listen.”
Blauser said he’s seen
improvement in that regard.
And he thinks the improv
ing numbers that are work
ing to salvage his season
indicate that.
“Salty doesn’t have all the
answers, and I think he’s
starting to realize that,”
Blauser said. “We all need
help.”
ITS TOO EARLY to tell, but
Picollo said don’t be sur
prised if Saltalamacchia
winds up beginning next
year with Mississippi. But
don’t read too much into
that, he said, because there’s
little difference in how the
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big-league club evaluates
both Class AA and AAA tal
ent. The callups last year of
McCann and outfielder Jeff
Francoeur illustrate that.
Ultimately, in so many
ways, this will wind up being
the most educational profes
sional season Saltalamacchia
will ever have. A year that
he very well might look back
at, as a major-leaguer, as his
real turning point.
Blauser thinks so.
“You never wish that on
anybody, but I can’t see how
that’s a bad experience,” he
said. “Any young player who
goes through this, it’s ulti
mately got to be good. You
do one of two things: You
can fold up and go home, or
you can work through it and
learn from it.
“You put a file in the back
of your brain and remember
this, remember how you get
out of situations like this
and remember how you get
into situations like this.”
His Class AA co-workers
think so.
“Obviously, Salty liked
that attention (coming
out of big-league camp),”
Blauser said. “His team
mates were very aware of
that. He’s been ribbed, no
doubt. He’s been toughened
in a lot of different areas of
his makeup, for sure.”
And Saltalamacchia
thinks so.
“Anybody hitting .197 or
.198, it makes you appreci
ate the game more,” he said.
“You’ve got to fail to learn,
I guess that’s how you can
take it.”
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letters aren’t going any
where, but maybe the quali
fier’s days are numbered.
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