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Mansion 3Jmmral The Home Journal’s SANDLOT " "mwwr ON DECK Major League Baseball Today ■ Washington at Atlanta, 7:35 p.m., TBS High school Softball Today ■ 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 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 - Several of the Atlanta Braves have been bat tling some sort of flu-like virus this week. Coughing, fever, et cetera. But that's good news com pared to what’s now making the entire team feel sick. That would be the fact that, with a 5-4 loss to Pittsburgh on Wednesday at more-sullen-by-the-day Turner Field, the Braves just dropped two of three to the worst team in the National League. For the second consecutive night, the Braves left the game’s fate in their bullpen’s hands. And for the second consecutive night, they lost. Danys Baez’s four-run eighth killed the team Tuesday. Chad Paronto’s sinker didn’t sink Wednesday, and the reliever gave up a deciding solo shot to Freddy Sanchez with two out in the sev enth inning of 4-4 game. Although he’s hit near .350 all year, it was just Sanchez’s sixth homer of the year. The Braves had just scratched back into the game with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. The lowly Pirates entered the week with just 47 victories - and 15 on the road. But they took the series from an Atlanta club that simply cannot string together wins - especially in its home park. The Braves (59-67) haven’t won three consecutive games at Turner Field since a four-game sweep of Florida in mid-May. They're 5-10 here since the All- Star Break. It’s been one step forward, four back for Atlanta, which had a chance to gain ground on Cincinnati and a couple of other wild-card leaders in the still-open wild-card debacle. Tim Hudson was 2-1 with a 2.30 ERA in his four previous August starts, but he didn’t find much of a rhythm Wednesday. Hudson battled to go six innings, but he gave up four runs and put the offense behind the 8- ball for the majority of the night. - 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. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2006 WR Rec seniors finish second at state By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor Warner Robins Recreation Department’s Senior League Boys All-Stars recently contended at the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association state tourna ment in Augusta and fin ished second. The team beat Savannah 12-8 in its opener and then cruised past Augusta 17-2 in the semifinals. That put them in a rematch against Savannah in the championship round, with the Warriors from the coast having to win twice. They did, first 9-1 in four innings and then 16-12 in a slugfest. Camel WR Rec 12, Savannah 8 Three Warner Robins pitchers, along with, accord ing to a release, “outstand ing hitting,” proved to be the difference in this one. For WR Rec, Matt Stoner started on the mound. He Htp in community support in order to nchiovo n successful prot|»am. We ntiM believe in tbnt ttutay^M ■.i-Uitty klifhjlKt- Wi /)(_-(*/ .jftil/pti,. iJjlei -hit i < «•' •*. (> Mr’’ *>* ‘.<n ■ hjtf*UJl li.l'f \liiri:£ ■ mm , ■ m """ ■ B i 'll "m r 1 ’ ( : 1 -^ti ■mm 'mmm f 1 f I w ■ i ; “fj 1 »* mtf.mskaNßtS ,111- ■ 1, .■4-■ R: WBWsK B § , S ■ ■ K ■ I : 1 'V'-' I ill | I mm Submitted Former coach/athletic director Ray Mims speaks during a ceremony in his honor at Perry Middle School Aug. 17. Peppy Middle School adds new tradition Special to the Journal Perry Middle School added a new tradition to its athletic program this past week with the establishment of the Ray Mims Student Athlete Award. “Coach Ray Mims and his wife, Margie Lou Mims, OMa)ifi£Sfk*9t9 fur the flay Mlm* Student Athlete Awoid ere an feNewn: • Favh yefi» omp eluhth tfiflfNi athlete will the awatds m i )<0 ethlete »*n««t he I’ttvelved Itt apiHh ■ t b*»V ttlHSl he in the ttfs* 16 pPU POt wf t h»«s« armlpoiiroily a i i|f»y will »hM only <p«thihlt qt»m| aj<»M hut ttStit WOfk plllfr, iHtetjtity rttiU heweaty >« all nualltle« fVlin*4* Sports allowed one run in three innings of work and struck out four. Josh Pisani was next. He lasted until there were two outs in the fifth and until errors paved the way for four Savannah runs. With the bases loaded, however, William Braswell came in and worked out of the jam - striking out the hitter to end the inning. He stayed in and fin ished the game while being charged with one hit and two runs. Offensively, the local squad pounded out 17 hits in the seven-inning contest. Brice Chatfield put WR Rec on board first when he led off the second with a home run to center. John Cater then dou bled, was pushed around and scored. Warner Robins added another run in the third, and then, with Jimmy Wilson standing on second, Chatfield hit another home run to make it 5-0. See STA TE, page 2B have been in Perry practi cally their whole lives,” said Perry Middle School athletic director Randy Moss. The Mims’ came to Perry in 1962, where he taught at PHS. From 1963-1970, he taught at Perry Junior High - where the Board of Education is located at this [Tv- W MjP IKpaPy* mm Jjf ift W liHK Jt (j I -JS| TSjm " nTi Hb 8 33 V., W •» .. ~&JF Sy \ : ' Jr M A Viji JR *'>yß jsmL :Jn| He I Sabmitted Warner Robins Recreation Department Senior League All-Stars look out from their dug out during the state tournament held recently. time, said Moss. While at Perry Junior, he coached football and girls and boys basketball with “no assis tant coaches,” Moss said. “Although Houston County did not have the Athletic Director title until 1970,” said Moss. “I would consider Ray Mims the AD during this time.” In 1970, Mims became the first official athletic direc tor at PJH. He held the title until his retirement in 1991. “Coach Mims established many traditions here at Perry Middle,” Moss said, “that we still uphold today. I am very fortunate to be a part of a program, which already had an upstanding name. “Coach Mims was, and still is, a prominent figure in the Perry community,” added Moss. “He believes in community support in order to achieve a successful See TRADITION, page lB A couple of things I found e-VENT-ful this past week Oh that was slick. What Ray Evernham lacks in loyalty to his drivers - or maybe that should be: Lacks in loyalty to drivers over the age of 26 (mean ing of course Chase-mak ing-the-past-two-seasons Jeremy Mayfield) - he makes up in busy savvy. Case in point: Elliott* Sadler takes over the 19 at Michigan and what does he do? Sits on the outside pole and posts the first Top 10 the team has had all year. Good for thein. Bad for Jeremy. Evernham makes a big deal of it - still making a big deal of it in Thursday’s weekly organizational Ayer notches first at Summer Fun tourney By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor The “fatted calf” approach didn’t work for Newberry horseshoe pitch ers when members of the Perry Horseshoe Pitcher’s Club contended in the Summer Fun Open last year in that particular South Carolina city - they still won a bunch of tro phies - and it didn’t work this time around ... mostly. In way of a wiay-too-long explanation, the “fatted calf” approach is not a reference taken from the Bible - even though one can jfl \WKaßtf. \ T ARmt f/ yjglg samoN B ■release. The media jump on board and do like wise. The fine print: It’s . . a BRAND NEW HDJ Sports Editor CAR, accord ing to a Dodge release, “designed “especially for Michigan.” The other cars I would venture should have said in prior releases: “Designed , especially for kiddie rides at the fair.” It - the new car - is the same car (the others, the See MONCRIEF, page zB be found regarding idols, Moses and all that - and it certainly isn’t to insinuate that anyone from the local club is overweight. It’s just the organizers’ standard operating proce dure of, according to Buddy Ayer of the Perry club, pre paring a large banquet for competitors. They then eat - and presumably eat and eat and eat; Ayer added he wasn’t complaining - and then are expected to go out approximately three hours later and throw horseshoes. The conspiracy theory See A TER, page iB Perry Horseshoe Pitcher’s Club mem ber Buddy Ayer shows off the trophy he won at the Summer Fun Open Horseshoe Tournament held this past week end in Newberry, S.C. Submitted