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mau%mx iptmg jpur: tun 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 f . Ll m j&jj II % 3 j$H m SB 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. Lj H v. jUv h^ni l . Wgfcjgr' .- ■'-••'■Jr irm p»- *%. -fjw|| V ’., -A N? - §||| ..* . , . ” ' JouraaLMatiliew Brown 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 »TOe newniapm spend too much tone bragging on pfaysrs' practice performances vvhßs IticSit Is often complaining about lackfcistor efforts.” HN B 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 (%\ rreeOOfTi Karx Tourney Monday: Westfield 3, First 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 See WESTFIELD, page jB 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 See SERSET, page jB