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3&mstmt Patly The Home Journal’s SANDLOT ’"’H’fffTOWTfP""" SCOREBOARD 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. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2006 bkjli Rl JBflfHKp « -fA. '■ ■: v* JHhH • 'Trf ■ *€. ENI/Gary Hannon 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 | > : ' * ’.l.u " flj f mm % * JKyk|vß Jpg/-, ‘ «• i *£"£>>'Jit*-, * (jg. 4Mm. M M Sports 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 See TEMPS, page 3B 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 See PICK, page jB 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 See STRONG, page jB 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.”-