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The Home Journal’s
SANPLOT
ON DECK
Major League Baseball
Today
■ Washington at Atlanta, 7:05
p.m., Fox Sports Network
High school
Softball
Today
■ Westfield at Freedom Park
Tourney, teams and times to
be determined
Thursday
■ Westfield at Freedom Park
Tourney, teams and times to
be determined
Hawkinsville at Perry, 5 p.m.
Friday
Si Northside at Up the Creek
tourney at Sandy Creek,
teams and times to be deter
mined
■ Houston County at Jordan
tourney in Columbus, teams
and times to be determined
Bi Perry at Diamond Classic
in Griffin, teams and times to
be determined
Saturday
■ Northside at Up the Creek
tourney at Sandy Creek,
teams and times to be deter
mined
■ Houston County at Jordan
tourney in Columbus, teams
and times to be determined
■ Perry at Diamond Classic
in Griffin, teams and times to
be determined
High school
Football
Thursday
■ Peach County at Warner
Robins scrimmage, 7 p.m.,
McConnell-Talbert Stadium
Friday
■ Jones County at Houston
County scrimmage, 7 p.m.,
McConnell-Talbert Stadium
Saturday
Si Northside versus Perry
scrimmage, 7:30 p.m.,
McConnell-Talbert Stadium
BRAVES CORNER
BRAVES 10, Nationals 4
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The
Braves notched a 10-4 blowout of
the fast-sinking Nationals.
Monday’s win was everything
Atlanta needed. Not only did the
Braves keep pace in the wildly
competitive National League wild
card race, they got big hits in
key situations and a clutch effort
by starting pitcher Chuck James.
Atlanta needed some consistency
from the bottom-half of its starting
rotation, and James, if only for
now, gave it by scattering eight
hits and allowing two earned runs.
He also had five strikeouts and
two walks.
The Nationals roughed up
Atlanta starter Chuck James (5-3)
in the fourth inning for two runs.
After the rocky fourth, James
settled down to keep most of the
21,550 paying customers in their
seats. He gave up one harmless
single in the next three innings
to get the easy victory. Relievers
Chad Paronto and Wayne
Franklin combined to work the
last two innings, giving up one run
on one hit. The Braves are now
seven games under .500 and still
in the mix for the wild card.
- By Don Coble
Morris News Service
IN BRIEF
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, call 328-
7745.
WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 16, 2006
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Journal/Matthew Brown
Northside High School football’s annual Irvnman winners. In front, overall champion
Deonte Jordan; second row, Isaac Wilson and Darius Ivey; third row, Fred Ftuellen
and Robert Crawford; fourth row, Nick Bass and Mario Armstrong; and back row,
Marquez Ivory and Terry Walker.
NS crowns Ironman
Jordan takes title of ‘overall champion’
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
As a part of its annual preseason football
training regimen, Northside High School
held its annual Ironman competition
consisting of weightlifting and running
events.
Normally during this time, school
records are set and this year was no dif
ferent. There were a pair of record-set
ting performances by members of the
2005 Class AAAA state runners-up, one
of them coming from overall champion
Deonte Jordan.
A liqebacker who called the defensive
signals for the Eagles as a junior, Jordan
scored a total of 270 points.
He tied the school record for the power
clean at 305 pounds.
Also, he had the top power press at 295
pounds and won for bench endurance with
41 reps.
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Northside head coach Conrad Nix talks to Ironman participants Monday at the
school.
Sports
Marques Ivory, who was the backup
quarterback last season, set an incline lift
ing record at 310 pounds. He also turned
in a bench press of 350 pounds. He just
beat out Mario Armstrong in total points
at 223.
Jordan (linebacker), Ivory (quarterbacks/
receivers) and Armstrong (defensive backs,
220 points) all had the top score for their
positions.
Robert Crawford topped all offensive
linemen with 210 points. Running backs
and tight ends were combined, and Darius
Ivey won that group with 215 points.
Marcus Hill had 208 points to lead the
defensive line.
In other individual Ironman events,
Terry Walker and Isaac Wilson tied in the
squat at 485 pounds. The top runners were
Fred Fluellen in the 10-yard dash (1.53
seconds), Nick Bass in the 40-yard dash
(4.54) and Armstrong in the mile (4:50).
Westfield gets 2
for the price of 1
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Westfield softball and
coach Rodney Culverhouee,
though only playing one last
pool game Monday at the
Freedom Park Invitational
Tournament, scored two vic
tories to earn a good spot
in the double-elimination
championship bracket.
The first win was on the
field, 3-2 in walk-off fashion
against First Presbyterian
Day School. That gave the
Hornets a 2-1 record in the
pool round, which tied both
John Milledge and Tattnall
Square.
Though Westfield lost on
the field Saturday to John
Milledge, the Hornets and
JMA were put in a coin toss
situation. Westfield won that
toss to gain the No. 2 seed
and a first-round tourna
ment game with the No. 7
seed on Tuesday.
In the game against First
Presbyterian, things weren’t
looking good for the Hornets
with two unearned runs
allowed and numerous run
ners left in scoring position.
The Vikings scored once in
the top of the first on an
error in the outfield, then
they took advantage of
another hobbled softball to
take a 2-0 lead after three
innings.
Culverhouse saw one scor
ing chance after another
go wasted by his offense
until the sixth inning. The
Hornets finally got on the
board with some strong two
Feeling ‘brave’ I offer
my SEC predictions
Since I was so accu
rate with my Braves
prediction, I’m going
to push my luck and tell you
how the SEC is going to go
this year.
Florida is going to win the
Eastern
Division of
the SEC
and South
Carolina
is going to
finish sec
ond.
Coach
Steve
Superior
will have
his team
Joe Sersey
HDJ Correspondent
“From Left Field”
ready. The
Gamecocks have had a sea
son to get used to Spurrier
and if they want to keep
their scholarships, they’d
better play.
Spurrier made some excel
lent doormat choices that
will guarantee him at least
four wins.
The Gamecocks should
beat Wofford, Florida
Atlantic, Kentucky and
Middle Tennessee.
I expect them to beat
Tennessee, Clemson,
Vanderbilt, Arkansas and
Mississippi State. That means
the only teams that may give
them problems are Georgia,
Auburn, and Florida. They’ll
beat Georgia.
That means South
Carolina will finish 10-2
behind Florida’s 12-0.
I hate Florida, so it hurt
my fingers to type this, but
the Gators have everything,
including last year’s best
recruiting class.
All of their key players
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strike hitting by members of
his loaded sophomore class.
Sophomore Mason
Moreland
was on first
base and
took off
for a steal
with two
strikes on
sophomore
Daryl Ann
Thompson.
The batter
hit the ball
to the spot
vacated by
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Monday:
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Presbyterian
Day 2
the FPD shortstop in order
to cover second base.
Moreland would score on a
wild pitch and, after a Hanna,
Jones (sophomore) sacrifice,
Kelsey Gilliam (sophomore)
singled with two strikes and
the infield drawn in for the
tying RBI.
Culverhouse pulled a stra
tegic move from the experi
ence of his team camp held
late in July. In the seventh,
Sydney Smith singled and
took third on a throwing
error from the Viking out
field. With the infield and out
field playing in, Culverhouse
put Caroline Pfohl in as a
pinch hitter against the First
Presbyterian relief pitcher
whom Pfohl hit well against
in the camp.
The move resulted in a
first-pitch game-winning hit
to the fence.
Gilliam started her third
straight game at pitch
er, and Culverhouse said
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have returned. Plus, they do
have depth. Florida plays a
lot of people.
Why didn’t I pick Georgia
to be up there? The Bulldogs
have too many question
marks to suit me.
The newspapers spend too
much time bragging on play
ers’ practice performances
while Richt is often com
plaining about lackluster
efforts.
The first game is three
weeks away, and the quar
terback competition contin
ues. I expect Richt to create
continuity problems with his
offense because he’s going to
try to keep four quality play
ers involved.
That means the first time
the number one QB hits a
snag, in comes number two.
Richt might even make the
horrendous mistake of try
ing to use two or three quar
terbacks a game.
God forbid one of the bud
ding stars gets frustrated
with playing time and heads
for another college.
The Bulldogs have proven
that they play better with
one quarterback.
My heartfelt opinion is
that Georgia will be good
enough to beat Tennessee
(everybody is going to
beat Tennessee), Western
Kentucky, UAB, Mississippi,
Vanderbilt, Mississippi State
and Kentucky.
The Bulldogs won’t cfefeat
Florida, Colorado or Auburn.
That means a 9-3 record.
People who think
Tennessee has gotten bet
ter need to check the team’s
arrest record. Fulmer
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