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Mnuston Pailg HJmmutl THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2006 The Home Journal’s SANDLOT wnm^'nnrrY ON DECK Major League Baseball Today ■ Atlanta - off High school Softball Today ■ 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 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 PIRATES 5, BRAVES 3 ATLANTA - This was a mon ster the Atlanta Braves hadn’t seen for some time, a beast they could have gone without being terrorized by for the remainder of the year. After a month of rela tive calm in the eighth and ninth innings, setup man Danys Baez renewed the Braves’ bullpen blues by surrendering four runs in the eighth to blow a one-run lead in Pittsburgh’s 5-3 victory Tuesday at Turner Field. Baez, acquired July 28 from the Dodgers, inherited a 2-1 lead as he entered for his designated inning to set up Bob Wickman’s 10th save try as a Brave. Wickman, who had converted his previous nine, never saw the field. Baez got pinch-hitter Joe Randa to fly out to start the inning, but then he walked Chris Duffy and Jack Wilson and then allowed seeing-eye opposite-field singles to the Pirates’ two best hitters, Freddy Sanchez and Jason Bay. With Ken Ray in to replace Baez (5-6), Xavier Nady and Ronny Paulino singled to drive in Sanchez and Bay with insur ance runs and more humiliation for Baez and Atlanta. Baez, who was hit with his first blown save in Atlanta after seven holds, had been steady in his time with the Braves, allowing two earned runs in 9 2/3 innings (1.86 ERA). - By R. Travis Henry Morris News Service IN BRIEF WR Rec holding volleyball signups The Warner Robins Recreation Department has begun registra tion for volleyball. Registration is open 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. Lady Bears roll in volleyball opener Special to the Journal The Houston County Lady Bears varsity volleyball team started their 2006-2007 campaign Tuesday with two, according to head coach Tony Jones, “very impressive wins.” The Lady Bears traveled to Forsyth to play a tri-match with Mary Persons and Warner Robins. In the first match Houston County needed all three games to win. They lost the first game 25-22. They rallied to win the second, ■ ; - HB : ’ HMHfI ' ‘li® jaiKV tr vfc >.? Aai'" _ mm M w Wk !' T ' f-'-v v >” ■ • f* , «r u • * **-fffißßt-'£«Praßßßi Journal/Don Moncrief Northside courtesy runner - she later got into the game - Sam Winans - slides in safely at second on a steal during the Lady Eagles home game against Upson-Lee Monday. A batter later she tried a different approach to the bag (plate) - sliding “head first ” and safely into home. NS puts an 'end' to Upson-Lee By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor When Upson-Lee finally stopped hitting the ball to Northside’s Cady Mcßight at short, they began to ... well, it at least scored a run in its 9-1, five inning loss at the home of the Lady NORTHSIDE EAGLES Northside 9, Upson-Lee 1 Eagles Tuesday. Mcßight recorded all three Graham leads Demonettes past Rutland By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Kristen Graham pitched through a lot of situations to help Warner Robins High win its first, varsity soft ball game of the season Tuesday. The first situation the junior thrower encountered occurred WARNER ROBINS Warner Robins 8, Rutland 3 about 24 hours before she was set to make her first pitch. With a large bandage on one side of her face, Graham pitched the Demonettes to an 8-3 win against the Rutland High Hurricanes of Macon at home. The ban dage was courtesy of her own little mishap with a ground skeeping tool she was using in the pitching area after See LEADS, page iB Sports however, 26-24. With the score in that one tied at 23, Jones said the Lady Bears lost the rally to go down 24-23. But, he added, they “rallied and put the game away on a kill by Jennifer Doebereiner.” Then Morgan Hollars served the final two points for the victory, he said. In the third and decisive game Jones said the Lady Bears jumped out and lead the entire match. outs in the second inning, hard-hit ground balls she easily scooped and fired over to first for the out, And then in the third, she notched the first otit to start that inning. The Lady Knights must have learned last year they couldn’t hit the ball to the human vacuum cleaner at third base, Allison Dickey, although they did try twice - once in the fourth and once in the fifth. All they had to show for thfeir efforts there was the last out to end the first of those innings and the first out tct start the ■■ , ;y: -if ;J§V- B -r,: i,,,’ , f _ * . ENI/Gary Hannon Warner Robins’ Kylee Barrett slides in safe at second after the throw goes over Rutland’s second baseman’s head Tuesday at Warner Robins. They were helped, he said, by the determined serving of Catherine Goodman, who scored four aces out of seven straight points. “This victory over Mary Persons was the first time the Lady Bears have beat the Lady Bulldogs in the program’s history,” Jones said. In the second match the Lady Bears jumped to the lead in each game and won 25-13 and 25-12. They were led, Jones said, by “consistent” serving by Catherine second. No, if Upson-Lee was going to break the one-hit shutout being tossed by Becky Studstill, who ended the game surrendering only two hits, they were going to have to find another route. And, they did - through Studstill herself. After Mcßight recorded the last of her outs, Studstill lost the plate a little bit. She walked two straight and gave up an infield single. The next batter drove home the runner on a field er’s choice. Studstill settled back down, set down seven of the next eight (another walk was the other) and that was that. As far as the Lady Eagles, they batted around and scored five in the first - on four singles. Kristen Smith started things off with a walk then Mcßight singled. Dickey turned her bunt into a single and thanks to a non-stop Smith - she ran from second to home - a RBI. Ashley Jackson then walked and Studstill reached on a fielder’s choice. With the bases loaded - a See END, page 2B Goodman, Devon Preston and Brittany Pierce. “The ladies were also led by some superior blocking by Doebereiner, Nicole Williams and Leah Justin,” said Jones. “These ladies and Goodman had multiple kills in both games.” Overall Goodman had 10 aces on 24 service points. Hollars had a total of 47 assists throughout See OPENER, page iB Riley notches fifth, Stafford first in flight at senior tourney By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor Mary Riley of Perry, fresh off contending at the Georgia-Florida championship, shot a two-day total of 162 to finish in a tie for fifth in the Championship Flight of the Georgia State Golf Association’s Senior Women’s Championship. The contest was held Monday-Tuesday at Mountain View course at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain. Riley shot an 83 the first day - good enough for eighth that day - and a 79 the second. Riley was far from being the only Houston County contender in the tournament. In order of the flights they were in, Sissi Gann of Kathleen was in the first flight. She shot an 88 the first day (was in ninth), carded a 90 the second and finished 11th. Sandra Lee of Perry was in Flight 2. She shot 85 and 87, respectively for a two-day total of 172. She was tied for seventh after day one and finished in a tie for second follow ing day two. Flight 4 was where another Kathleen resi dent Jean Davis did her work. She shot 84 both days, was in a tie for fourth after day one and finished in a tie for third following Tuesday. Brenda Duke of Perry was in Flight 7. She shot 104 and then 98, respec tively. She was 11th Monday and improved one spot at the end of play. Cheryl Stafford of Kathleen was in and fin ished in a tie for first in Flight 9. She carded 91 the first day and enjoyed a six-stroke lead. But, Nancy Huff, who had shot 96 Monday, then shot an 87 Tuesday. Stafford’s 92 gave both a two-day total of 183. Darla Stahl was in Flight 10 where she fin ished in a tie for third overall. She shot 103 the first day and was in sixth, then shot 94 the second to move up three spots. In the final flight, No. 11, was Patricia Bowlin. She finished seventh overall, carding 111 and 117, respectively. The overall winner was Claudeen Lindberg of Atlanta. She birdied the first playoff hole to hold off Lawrenceville’s Darlene Werhnyak. Werhnyak fired a four over 76 to Lindberg’s final-round 79 to force the playoff. Defending cham pion, Ena Harvey of See SENIOR, page iB SECTION B