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Major League Baseball
Today
■ Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 7:35
p.m., Turner South
High school
Softball
Today
■ Rutland at Warner Robins,
5:45 p.m.
■ Upson-Lee at Northside,
5:30 p.m.
Wednesday
■ First Presbyteriand Day at
Westfield, 5:30 p.m.
Thursday
■ Perry at Southwest, 5 p.m.
■ Westside at Northside,
5:30 p.m.
Friday
■ Warner Robins at Gwinnett
Tourney, times and teams to
be determined
■ Houston County at
Valdosta, 6 p.m.
Saturday
■ Houston County at
Lowndes, 11 a.m.
■ Warner Robins at Gwinnett
Tourney, times and teams to
be determined
High school
Volleyball
Today
■ Houston County and
Warner Robins at Mary
Persons, 5 p.m.
Thursday
■ Houston County at East
Coweta, 5 p.m.
■ Mary Persons at Warner
Robins, 5 p.m.
■ Perry at Americus, 5:30
p.m.
Saturday
■ Houston County and
Warner Robins at Morrow,
times and teams to be deter
mined
High school
Cross country
Saturday
■ Westfield at Viking Invite at
Georgia Children’s Home in
Macon, times and teams to be
determined
■ Warner Robins and
Northside at Spalding
Invitational, times and teams
to be determned
BRAVES CORNER
MARLINS 4, BRAVES 3
MIAMI - The Atlanta Braves’
hottest hitter took the bat out
of his own hands in the ninth
Sunday, and it punctured his
team’s chances of a win - and
a much-needed sweep - here in
South Florida.
Making the decision on his
own, Adam Laßoche bunted into
a double play with the potential
tying and winning runs on base
and none out against Florida
closer Joe Borowski, and the
Marlins hung on for a 4-3 victory
at Dolphin Stadium.
In the process, Atlanta ended
a rather blah 4-3 road trip against
Washington and Florida - the NL
East’s bottom two teams - that
essentially failed to advance the
club up the wild-card ladder any
more than when it left home.
Cincinnati’s victory Sunday
pushed the Braves (58-65) 5 1/2
games back in the pic
ture. They’re also back to ninth in
the standings.
Laßoche has 25 home runs
and 68 RBIs this season, 20 of
the homers and 52 of the RBIs
on the road.
Langerhans (.240) and Tony
Pena Jr. (.050) were the last avail
able bench players.
- By R. Travis Henry
Morris Nsws Service
IN BRIEF
Warner Robins Dome
tickets going on sale
Tickets for Warner Robins’
Georgia Dome game against
Parkview went on sale Monday.
They are being sold in the
school’s otfice from 8 a.m.- 3 p.m.
The game will be played on Sept.
2 at 2:45 p.m.
TUESDAY,
AUGUST 22, 2006
Bears' front-line players shine in scrimmage
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Playing essentially three
games in one, the Houston
County Bears found some
new potential weapons on
the football field Friday in
a scrimmage with Jones
County High at McConnell-
Talbert Stadium.
There wasn’t a point total
kept on the scoreboard, but
in an unofficial tally the
Bears had 37 points to 32 by
Jones County.
Most of the Jones County
scoring came against the
Houston County freshmen
and junior varsity units. In
fact, the visiting Greyhounds
didn’t score in the first half
when the front-line players
of the Bears dominated the
action.
Something that head
coach Doug Johnson hopes
becomes a trademark of the
Houston season happened in
the opening series.
ENI/Gary Harmon
Perry defenders close in on a Northside runner during the two teams’ scrimmage Saturday at McConnell-Talbert
Stadium.
NS, PY meet in preseason matchup
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Unlike the other high
school scrimmages this
past week at McConnell-
Talbert Stadium, the Perry
High School Panthers and
Northside Eagles lined up
for kickoffs and rushed the
punters.
Both Brandon Jordan
and Deonta Jordan scored
rushing touchdowns to lead
Northside to a 27-0 win
Saturday.
For the Eagles, senior
Jacobi Rodrigues and soph
omore Joe Scott split time
at quarterback.
Marques Ivory, a junior
who is projected as the start
ing Northside signal-caller,
sat out Saturday action with
shoulder concerns.
Perry had the first scoring
opportunity when Northside
had to fall on the opening
kickoff at the 3-yard-line.
Six plays later, Kanorris
Davis recovered a high
snap fumble on the 17. The
Panthers tried a field goal
of 32 yards, but came up
short.
Anthony Taylor’s pressure
led to a sack for Northside
on the Panther 43.
The Eagles took the ensu
ing punt and marched on a
nine-play drive of 78 yards.
Tijuan Green, the lead-
Sports
The Bears took eight min
utes off the clock in running
17 plays and scored a touch
down.
The drive had five first
downs, with senior DJ
Dodson converting a 3rd
and-6 on the ground, quar
terback Martrez King
sneaking on 4th-and-inches,
and Lydel Jones taking an
inside reverse and moving
the sticks. The touchdown
went to senior Eric O’Neal,
also on the ground.
“That’s what we have to
do,” said Johnson about the
time-consuming sequence.
The Bear defense, which
played its base sets, didn’t
give up a first down in the
first half. Kyle Griffin, a
senior, spent most of his
time running down the
Jones quarterback. Anthony
Harris made a head-on
hit while Gavin Whitfield
recorded a sack.
See SHINE, page j B
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ENI/Gary Harmon
Perry’s Kenny Davis looks for daylight as Eagle defenders close in.
ing candidate to take over
Byron Hunter’s old job as
starting tailback, brushed
off a tackle at the line for
an 18-yard gain to get the
series going!
Deonta Jordan, getting
** • *
ENI/Gary Harmon
A pair of Houston County defenders bring down a Jones County player during their
scrimmage Friday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium.
his first taste of offensive
play in high school to add
to his duties at linebacker,
carried a draw 19 yards to
the Panther 25.
On fourth down at the
22, Northside ran its first
spread play after a lot of
power I, the result being a
touchdown pass from Scott
to Kevin Gifford.
The next Eagle series also
ended in a touchdown.
See MA TCHUP, page 6B
SECTION
B
Lady Panthers
finish 3-3 at
Griffin tourney
By MATTHEW
BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Ashton Jones had a
walk-off home run and
Erica
Smith
pitched
two shut
out wins
during
Perry
High
A
PERRY
PANTMHta
Griffin School’s
Diamond run i n the
Classic Griffin
Perry 7, Griffin ~. ,
5; Georgia Diamond
Military College Classic
prep team 8, softball
Perry 4; Griffin event
5l Perry 4: this Dast
Perry 12, Dublin tms , P asl
0; Perry 11, weekend.
Peach County The
0; Griffin 11, Panthers
Perr V 5 split six
games in
the tour
nament, three of the con
tests coming against the
host Griffin High team.
In fact,
COMING
Northside
finished 1-4
at the Up The
Creek Tourney,
while Houston
County went
5-0 and wins the
Lead-off Classic
in Thomasville.
See Wednesday 's
Journal for more.
Perry
opened
with
Griffin on
Friday. It
was the
Jones
home
run that
gave the
Panthers
a 7-5
win. But
against
the Georgia Military
College prep team,
See TOURNEY, page 3B
Riley wins;
Ga doesn’t
Special to the Journal
Mary Riley of Perry
did what she was sup
posed to. She chalked up
the first win of the day
for Georgia in the final
day of the 26th Georgia-
Florida Women’s Team
Matches, which took
place Thursday-Friday at
Southern Dunes Golf and
Country Club in Haines
City, Fla.
Riley defeated Chris
Epperly of Lady Lake,
1 up, and earned a half
point by tying on the back
nine.
However, it came at a
time when Florida, which
ultimately won 30 1/2-23
1/2, was closing in on the
See RILEY, page 6B