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High school volleyball
Saturday
North Cobb Invitational
■ Houston County 2 (match
wins), Grayson 0; Houston
County 2, North Cobb 1;
Houston County 2, Osborne
0; Houston County 2, South
Cobb 0; Chattahoochee 2,
Houston County 1. (Note: See
Wednesday’s Journal for com
plete writeup with pics)
High school cross-country
Saturday
Spalding Invitational
■ Northside girls 83 points
(second overall), Warner
Robins 90 (third overall);
Demons (fourth overall). (Note:
See Wednesday’s Journal for
more)
ON DECK
Major League Baseball
Today
■ San Francisco at Atlanta,
7:20 p.m., Turner South
High school
Softball
Today
■ Warner Robins at Coffee
County, 5:45 p.m.
■ Westfield at First Presbyterian
Day, 7 p.m.
■ West Laurens at Perry, 6:30
p.m.
■ Northside at Baldwin, 5:30
p.m.
Thursday
■ Northeast at Perry, 5 p.m.
■ Dutchtown at Northside,
5:30 p.m.
■ Houston County at Rutland,
5:30 p.m.
Friday
■ Warner Robins at Colquitt
County, 5:45 p.m.
Saturday
■ Valdosta at Houston County,
11 a.m.
High school
Volleyball
Today
■ Perry at Jackson (versus it
and Mary Persons), 5 p.m.
Thursday
■ Jackson and Americus at
Perry, 5 p.m.
■ Northside and Luella at
Warner Robins, 4 p.m.
■ Houston County at Ola
(against it and a team to be
determined), 5 p.m.
Saturday
■ Warner Robins at Mundy’s
Mill (against it, Luella and Union
Grove), noon
High school
Cross country
Wednesday
■ Westfield at Stratford, 4:30
p.m.
Saturday
■ Warner Robins at Valdosta
Invite, 10 a.m.
High school
Football
Friday
■ Perry at Hawkinsville, 7:30
p.m.
■ Northside at Houston County,
7:30 p.m.
■ Westfield at John Milledge,
7:30 p.m.
Saturday
■ Warner Robins versus
Parkview, in Georgia Dome,
2:45 p.m.
BRAVES CORNER
Braves 13, Nationals 6
With an easy 13-6 victory
Sunday againstthe Washington
Nationals at Turner Field, the
Braves put up 23 runs in two
games to once again provide
signs of life just as their last
rites were being relayed.
After trailing 3-0 Sunday
before their first at-bat, thanks
to a wobbly three innings from
spot starter Oscar Villarreal (4
runs, 6 hits), the Braves lashed
out against Washington starter
Billy Traber. The six-run third
was the deciding frame against
Traber (3-3) and the Nationals.
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John White from Kathleen wipes his face before teeing off for a few rounds at Perry Golf
Club this past week.
Simmer temps really put the
heat on golf courses
ByJOESERSEY
Journal Correspondent
As Jerry Reed sang, “When
you’re hot, you’re hot and
when you’re not, you’re
not.”
These days in Middle
Georgia that could mean the
difference between a good
day and a bad one at the cash
register for the county’s golf
courses.
One would think that with
all the sunny weather they
would be filled with happy
golfers.
One would be wrong.
Between the heat and the
drought, the dog days of sum
mer have taken their toll on
Houston County’s golf clubs.
“Most of our play is
seniors,” said The Waterford
owner Tommy Wood. “They
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pay attention to the heat
advisories, and the guys are
staying indoors.”
The drought has had little
affect physically on the cours
es themselves. For instance,
The Landings Golf Club
recently finished renovations
on 18 of its 27 holes.
Obtaining water has also
not been an issue for most of
the links because all but one
- that would be Pine Oaks on
Robins Air Force Base - has
its own sources for water.
Nobody, however, has
escaped the costs associated
with keeping the grass alive.
“Electricity bills are high
er because we’re watering
more,” said Perry Country
Club head golf pro and gen
eral manager Mike Baker.
And, everybody admitted
that watering hasn’t been
enough. *
“Water is usually not a prob
lem,” said Jarred Reneau,
head golf pro and general
manager of International City
Golf Club. “We have plenty
of water, but we still can’t
pump out enough. The water
evaporates too quickly.”
“Nothing’s as good as
mother nature,” added Steve
Fanucchi, head golf profes
sional and general manager
of the Landings.
Wood added that the
drought actually helped his
business.
“Our numbers go up,” he
said. “We don’t have those
afternoon thundershowers to
drive away golfers.”
It’s the heat, however,
that has affected attendance
said most of the golf course
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Maiden
voyage
Westfield run
ners contend
in the Viking
Invitational held
at the Georgia
Children’s
Home in Macon
Saturday.
Results as of
press time
Monday were
still to be
finalized, said
Westfield coach
Wendy Bryan.
Check out
Wednesday’s
Journal for
those results
as well as more
pictures.
ENI/Gary Harmon
Lady Beans pick oil
Valdosta, Lowndes
By MATTHEW
BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Valdosta High had the
tying run just one base
away in the
seventh
inning
Friday,
but that
was as far
as it went.
Houston
County
High soft
ball began
a little
two-day
journey
HOUSTON COUNTY
BEARS
Houston
County 2,
Valdosta 1;
Lady Bears 8,
Lowndes 3
to South Georgia with
a 2-1 win at Valdosta
High, then followed it up
Saturday with an 8-3 win
at Lowndes.
The Bears remained
undefeated in 2006 at’7-0.
The two games this past
weekend put Houston
County at 2-0 in Region
1-AAAAA.
Chelsea Burroughs
was the winning pitcher
in both games. Against
Valdosta, she struck out
four batters in seven
innings while giving up
five hits and walking
two.
Houston carried a 1-0
lead after the first inning
all the way to the seventh
Demonettes finish Gwinnett
County tournament strong
By MATTHEW
BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Warner Robins softball
coach Brenda Arnette
wasn’t much happy with
Friday’s pool play by
the Demonettes at the
Gwinnett
County
tourna
ment. But
her club
rebound
ed with
three wins
in three
games
Saturday,
two of
them com
ing in extra
innings.
The local
visitors
played five
games on
the field
this past
weekend
but left
the tour
nam e n t
WARNER ROBINS
DEMONS
Warner
Robins 1,
South Forsyth
1; Peachtree
Ridge 2,
Warner
Robins 0;
Warner
Robins
4, North
Gwinnett
1; Warner
Robins 1,
Central
Gwinnett 0;
WR 3, Roswell
2; Demonette
win by forfeit
with six decisions. That’s
because one of the teams
in their pool, Campbell
High, did not show up. So
Warner Robins received a
forfeit win.
Against South Forsyth,
PY volley squad opens with wins
From staff reports
In the case of one it was
close, but Perry’s girls vol
leyball team picked up two
wins to open its season
Thursday in Americus.
The Lady Panthers first
edged Early County 25-
23 in the first match and
then by the same exact
score in the second.
Then, in the sec
ond match against host
Americus, Perry won the
first match 25-12 and then
the second 26-24.
Some of the standouts
singled out by head coach
Brett Hardy were Ashley
West, Lindsay Tucker
SECTION
B
when it picked up a criti
cal insurance run in the
top half. Valdosta scored
its only run in bottom
half and had runners on
both first and third base
when the game finally
ended.
“That was too close for
comfort,” said coach Cristi
Griffin. “We didn’t hit too
good in that game.”
In fact, the Bears
had just three hits with
the bats against the
Wildcat pitching. Taylor
Fountain, Erica Vasquez
and Bethany Crenshaw
each had one safety.
The offense picked up
the next day at Lowndes.
Houston County had a
six-run fifth inning with
two extra-base hits to pull
away from the Vikings.
Ashley Burkett hit
a two-run triple while
Crenshaw doubled to
bring home two runs. Also
in the game Courtney
Thomas had two hits with
three runs batted in.
Burroughs struck out
five and walked one in
another complete-game
outing, but did give up
nine hits and three earned
runs.
Last year, Houston
County played
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the Demonettes c.ould
only manage a 1-1 tie.
Later on Friday, they lost
to Peachtree Ridge 2-0.
So Warner Robins settled
for third place in the pool
with a 1-1-1 record.
On Saturday, the
Demonettes took on all the
other third place teams
and came through with a
perfect 3-0 mark. Kristen
Graham, who pitched in
the tied game Friday, got
the win against North
Gwinnett 4-1. She would
later in the day get the
game-winning RBI at the
plate in the eight inning
against Central Gwinnett
as Warner Robins won 1-
0.
Cheri White also had
an eight-inning clutch
hit against Roswell. The
Demonettes took that
game 3-2.
Amber Conlon was the
winning pitcher against
Central Gwinnett while
Jansen Barrett, who took
the tough loss in Friday’s
2-0 game, earned the win
in relief against Roswell.
Graham led the Warner
Robins attack at the plate
with six hits - one a home
run - and five runs batted
in. White went 5-for-ll
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and J’Vonna Ragin in
the area of serving and
Brianna Brown, West
and Leigh Anne Fall in
regard to defense. Also,
Fall, Chastity Roberson
and Amber Ennis did a
“great job of setting our
attacker,” Hardy said.
“Of course, the offen
sive performance of the
day went to Ashley,” he
said. “(But) Lindsay and
J’vonna also did a good
job hitting. We are better
than last year,” he added,
“More hustle and a bet
ter understanding of the
game helps tremendously
... We still have a long way
to go.”-