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Major League Baseball
■ Milwaukee at Atlanta, 7:05
p.m., TBS
IN BRIEF
CGSA begins late
registration
Late registration for the Central
Georgia Soccer Association has
begun. It is open to children ages
4-19. 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 golf
ers now-Aug. 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.
Rec volleyball signups
set; cheerleaders needed
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will begin registra
tion for volleyball Monday. 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.
Jim Herrin Memorial
Stampede set
The 2006 Jim Herrin Memorial
Stampede takes place today. The
5K and 10K runs start at 7:30
a.m., and the 1 Mile Fun Run
starts 8:15 a.m. at the Galleria
Mall in Centerville.
Each year, the Robins Pacers
Running Club sponsors the race
as a memorial to the late Jim
Herrin, past president of the
Robins Pacers.
The proceeds, according to
a release, will be split evenly to
fund two annual one-time schol
arships for a senior boy and a girl
graduating from a high school in
Houston County who has had
significant track and field and/or
cross-country participation and
college ambitions.
Entry fees are $lB for adults,
$lO for participants 19 and
younger, and $lO for the One
Mile Fun Run.
Refreshments will be avail
able. There will be awards given
out for overall top three male
and female finishers in 5K and
10K, overall top male and female
masters in 5K and 10K, along
with awards given for a variety of
different age groups.
For further information, contact
David Erpelding at 328-3208.
Warner Robins chamber
to hold Playday Classic
The Warner Robins Chamber
of Commerce will hold the
Playday Classic 2006 Sept.
14, at The Landings Golf Club.
Registration deadline is Sept. 7.
Tee times available at 8 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m.
The registration fee of SBS
includes greens fees, a cart,
breakfast or lunch and admis
sion to the Celebration & Food
Festival. Prizes include a set
of tires, a Nissan truck from
Jeff Smith Nissan, a SIO,OOO
CD from Sun Mark Bank and a
Rolex watch from Satterfield &
Dempsey Jewelers.
For information on how to reg
ister, call 328-7745.
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 12, 2006
Lady Bears exude confidence
SEASON
PREVIEW
HOUSTON COUNTY
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
There is an unmistakable
air of confidence emanat
ing from within Houston
County volleyball circles.
It could be from a number
of things.
It could be the fact the
squad, for the first time since
its inception three years ago,
went to camp during the
offseason.
It could be the fact that
while at camp - which was
at the University of Florida
July 21-23 - part of the
girls’ instruction came via
Lynze Roos (an assistant
at Samford last year), who
was assigned as their “team
coach” and is head volleyball
coach at Lynn University in
Boca Raton, Fla.
“She did a really good job
Warriors make changes
Johnson takes over head coach role
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Coming off a bitter over
time loss at home at the end
of July, the International
City Warriors football fran
chise has undergone some
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International City
Warriors, today,
7:30 p.m, Central
City Park, Macon
Johnson has gone from
defensive coordinator to
head coach. He’s done what
he can in the past two weeks
to redirect the Warriors’
focus and desire on getting
back in the win column.
International City gets
back on the playing field
today (Saturday) at Central
City Park in Macon against
a team from Greenville,
S.C., with a 7:30 p.m. kick
off.
“Mainly, we needed to see
where our hearts are after
that loss,” said Johnson,
referring to a setback in
overtime to the Phenix City
Falcons. “We’re still in the
hunt for the playoffs. I hope
they’ve seen it as more of a
lesson and a learning pro
cess instead of a loss.
“Hopefully these guys will
come together, and I can try
to get their attitude back on
the right .track.” »
The Greenville club is not
on the original International
City schedule. The Southern
Football League as a whole
has undergone some mid
season changes. According
to the league’s website, cir
cumstances involving five
different teams have caused
the schedule adjustments
and the playoff structure.
“I haven’t heard too much
about (Greenville),” said
Johnson. “I just heard that
they’re a pretty good team
and they will come down
here ready to play. I haven’t
ever seen them play.
“Hopefully our guys will
come out ready to play and
adjust to whatever they
bring at us. We can’t worry
about how good they are.
Our guys need to be ready
to play.”
The Warriors already have
four games in the books
with a 2-2 record. Johnson
of working with us,” said
Houston County head vol
leyball coach Tony Jones.
“She helped us get into (each
of the players into) position
like we’re going to run (dur
ing the season).”
“When we got into the
tourney (portion of the
camp) we were able to put
that experience into place.”
And, come away first in
their conference and second
overall.
That could be a good rea
son for the confidence.
Or, it could be the fact
that four of the nine who
made the cut, are seniors,
and most of the entire nine,
Jones said, played for the
Lady Bears last year.
As far as seniors, there’s
Jennifer Doebereiner, back
row specialist Sam Moncada,
who Jones said will probably
play Libereo “floater” in
that back-row spot this year,
Britney Pierce and Nicole
Williams.
“Her strength,” Jones
said of Moncada is, “she can
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changes in
the hopes
of salvaging
w hat is left
of the 2006
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The ™° st
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change of
all is that
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Journal/Matthew Brown
Andre Carswell of Macon throws the football alongside head coach Jarrod Johnson
during warmups prior to International City Warriors practice Thursday in Warner
Robins.
"Mainly, we needed to see where our
hearts are after that loss. We're still in
the hunt for the playoffs. I hope they've
seen it as more of a lesson and a
learning process instead of a loss."
- IC Warriors head coach Jarrod Johnson, on the team's overtime
loss two weekends ago to Phenix City
hasn’t changed much as
far as the basic game plan
goes.
“I just want to get the
guys’ minds right playing
wise,” he said. “I know the
coaching change and the
loss are going to affect their
minds, like ‘I don’t want to
play anymore.’ I want to
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The Lady Bears dig for a ball during camp in Florida in July.
get the attitudes right, and
from there work our way
back into the system.
“We’re basically going
back to what we usually do.
We’re going to stick with
the same game plan and
have the attitudes a little
different than what we’ve
been playing. Have them
more fired up and more
focused. A lot of these guys’
heads are still not on the
right track.”
On a more positive note,
the Warriors are obtain
ing new personnel through
word-of-mouth. Johnson
said the nucleus of the old
Middle Georgia Stallions
team is still in tact.
“From the years when we
won the national champi
onship, we always had a
nucleus,” said Johnson. “I
have a nucleus I can work
with. These 10, 12, 15 guys
still stay together and focus
on what’s going on. That’s a
good start for me. There are
a couple of guys who have
my back.”
The playoffs will now
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discussions among staff
members at the Houston
Daily Journal.
“Well Matthew, we made it
through the
summer.
Now we
can coast
our way
through
the school
year.”
“That’s
right, Don.
No more
having
to wrack
Matthew Brown
HDJ Sports Writer
our brains for local sports
material. Now we can start
looking ahead to all the fall
seasons and get to work on
the big preseason football
edition.
“By the way, somebody
sent me another ...”
“Don’t even think about
it. I’ve got enough of those
as it is. What I need you to
do is take this and turn it
into a story.”
“Turn it into a story? What
am I, a magician?”
“And we’re going to need
all of those football stories
by Friday.”
“Gee, all of that
See BROWN, page iB
Entries open for
women's toorney
Special to the Journal
MARIETTA - Entries are
now being accepted for the
21st annual Georgia Women’s
Team Championship, which
takes place Oct. 17-18 at
The Hampton Club on St.
Simons Island.
This event is open to two
person teams of female ama
teur golfers who are GSGA
members and Georgia resi
dents, with a maximum
handicap differential of eight
strokes.
Players must also be 18
years of age by Oct. 17. The
field consists of 100 teams.
The 10 teams with
the lowest combined
See TOURNEY, page iB