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Hlmmutl The Home Journal’s SANDLOT • li wtwwwiffr~ ON DECK Today 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 njgSBEKL Greenvfeat 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 See EXUDE, page SB I ? I ■ 'it ’* ' /L* ■ \\ ' wm ijflg radical changes in the hopes of salvaging w hat is left of the 2006 geason The ™° st notable change of all is that Jar r o d 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 Sports SMHr! IfJSSS*' •• ..2 fog* iSsSff ill 88 M:'JrtMUB ’ ■ — wE ■ A « te l Submitted 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 See WARRIORS, page iB SECTION B Mtrsiry ■ears; some things staid ait ii memory / f H following is I I an excerpt from V JL private in-house 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