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3Saustmt Patiy djmmtal The Home Journal’s SANDLOT gjjgjjgjWg ON DECK 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 V ***’' * BE. 1 uaji M:' 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