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PAGE 2 Eagles’ run at title highlights ‘OS By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer It was a year where people couldn’t wait for that Warner Robins-Northside game to get here, and when it did, it was a doozy. It was a year where the staff of the Hous ton Daily Journal again trav eled to Statesboro for a Class AAAA state championship game, only this time it was at GeorgiaSouthernUniversity, and it was Northside playing for the school’s first state title. 2005 s football season also saw Perry not only make the playoffs for the third year in a row, but gain a victory; Westfield advanced to the GISA semifinals after an up and-down regular season; and Houston County, despite having a future Georgia Bull dog in its midst, denied a playoff bid by the skin of the rulebook. The annual journey week by week through the time ma chine begins now: Week ena.Ano. 19 Andy Scott’s head coach ing career at Perry High gets off to a resounding start as Casey Hayward’s pass to Kenny Davis for a touchdown JONES SURVEYING & ENGINEERING, INC. m Brian C. Jones, P.E. Lee R. Jones, L.S. P.O. Box 1610 809 Carroll Street Perry, GA 31069 L.S. No.: 2680 1 1 I i Gail M. Greene REALTOR® LHetime Member Million Dollar Club S : northside HIGH SCHOOL 2006 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sep 01 Houston County (1-AAAAA) Away Sep 08 - 7:30 PM Warner Robins (1-AAAAA) McConnell-Talbert Sep 15 North Clayton (4A-AAAA) Away Sep 22 Jones County (48-AAAA)* Away Sep 28 Dutchtown (48-AAAA)* Home Oct 06 - 7:30 PM Stockbridge (48-AAAA)* McConnell-Talbert Oct 13 - 7:30 PM Baldwin (48-AAAA)* Away Oct 20 - 7:30 PM Upson-Lee (48-AAAA)* McConnell-Talbert Nov 03 Westside, Macon (48-AAAA)* Away Nov 10 Region Playoff Away \t Hwimw HtMrmcASJt pulls the Panthers over Ste phens County at home 10-7. Byron Hunter, with 110 rushing yards in the first quarter alone, started North side’s 14-game winning streak at Peach County by a final of 30-12. To start off what could be called a trilogy of local cross town rivalry football games, defending state champions Warner Robins kept Bryan Way’s winning ways going 14-7 against Houston Coun ty High. Brandon Anderson scored the game-winning touchdown on a 4th-and-1 call from the Houston 36- yard-line in the second half. Only prior to that, both teams exchanged jumping offsides. WestfieldoverpoweredFui lington 49-20 on the road as Andrew Arnold scored two touchdowns and picked off one pass. WBeknra.ADß.26 Two times, the Westfield Hornets had chances to get the early drop on 2004’s GISA AAA champion Stratford at home. Both chances went for naught, and the Eagles left Perry with a 20-6 win. The Perry Panthers jumped out to a 2-0 start. After hold ing a slim 7-0 lead for most Bus.: 478-987-2705 478-988-3402 Fax: 478-988-3400 RLS26Bo@aol.com Res.: 478-987-9324 leejones@samsorg.org Warmer Robins 921 Mwy 96 Warner Robins, GA 31088 Office: (478) 218-8080. ext. 39 Cellular: (478) 256-4476 Toll Free: (800) 542-5512 Fax: (478) 2 18-8070 Email: oail#r»«n*&r*max nat fl Mmisl Each Office te IrKtepervtertWy Ownml mvt CpevKtM* 00037040 Physicians Referral & Health information 478-923-9771 • www.hhc.org OutotMutiny People - EXir<urrdi*uiry Curt FOOTBALL 2006 of the game, Perry scored three times in the last 2:39 to put the contest away. Northside played the roll of steamroller at McConnell- Talbert and carved up Carver 42-0. Warnerßobinstookthe home field on Saturday and pounded Baldwin 31-7. The story of the game was junior quarterback Mark Wright Jr., the field general of the 2004 state title Demon club. After scoring a touchdown on the opening series, he ran about the same play on the next se ries, only this time the result was a serious knee injury. Shane Sams, a sophomore, took over and got the football into the right players’ hands to keep the winning ways go ing. Woe* 3. Soft 2 Houston County found its way into the win column by holding down Crisp County 28-7. In one of its bigger regu lar-season tests, Northside squeezed by Griffin in Grif fin 14-7. The difference here was a bad punt by Griffin that |l|B{ I /IU SI I AIK I’l lill HRS There’s nothing quite like walking outside and taking a deep breatk of fresh, clean air after a thuiulerstorm. Wouldn’t you like to be able to step back inside and enjoy that same fresh air all the time? We would like to introduce you to Fresh Air by Eco Quest: By duplicating the same processes nature uses to clean the air outside. Fresh Air by Eco Quest™ keeps indoor air fresh and clean-smelling day and night. 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Warner Robins again did its damage on a Saturday, and quite a bit oi damage it was. With 542 yards rush ing, the Demons ... it was Stockbridge, 0.K., and itwas 70-7. Week 4. Sept 9 Up and down ... up and down... up and down. That’s the way things went for the Westfield Hornets. Win the first week, drop the second game, win the third week, it must be time for ... Not even another big early touch down pass by Josh O’Neal, 45 yards to Brett Hill, would GO EAGLES! Thanks for Proudly Representing Northside High School! From the Coaching Staff of TV MS J 37131 be enough to keep Tattnall Square from rolling to a 42- 13 win. But something or some one was smiling on Perry as the Panthers took a long road trip to Carrollton to play Central High. The home team missed the chip shot of all chip shots, the PAT kick, with 1:16 left, giving Perry a 17-16 win. But the Panthers could relate as they too had a missed PAT in the game, it was another big night for Da vis with two touchdowns. 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