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FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 1,2006
The Home Journal’s
SANDLOT
ON DECK
Major League Baseball
Today
■ Atlanta at Philadelphia. 7:05
p.m., TBS
High school
Softball
Today
■ Warner Robins at Colquitt
County, 5:45 p.m.
Saturday
■ Valdosta at Houston County,
11 a.m.
High school
Volleyball
Saturday
■ Warner Robins at Mundy’s
Mill (against it, Luella and Union
Grove), noon
High school
Cross country
Saturday
■ Warner Robins at Valdosta
Invite, 10 a.m.
High school
Football
Today
■ Perry at Hawkinsville, 8
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
ATLANTA - Give Adam
Laßoche his due. Maybe it’s
just a hot streak. Maybe it's a
breakout year. Maybe it’s the
medication he’s taking to blunt
the effects of attention deficit
disorder.
Whatever the first baseman
has been doing since the All-
Star break, it’s working.
Laßoche smacked four
extra-base hits, driving in three
runs and scoring another as
the Braves beat the Giants 5-3
Wednesday in front of 24,952
fans. Chuck James picked up
his seventh win of the year, scat
tering six hits and two runs over
seven innings. Brad Hennessey
took the loss after surrendering
five runs in 5.1 innings. Despite
a shaky inning, Bob Wickman
picked up his tenth save in as
many tries since coming to
Atlanta on July 20.
It wasn't a bad night for
James, who struck out five
while walking two. He hit Barry
Bonds, who singled in his only
official at-bat after the bean
and two walks. It marked the
fourth straight win at home for
Atlanta during a season that
has seen the Braves struggle
at home. And it kept Atlanta
(63-68) four games behind the
San Diego Padres, also winners
Wednesday, in the free-for-all
that is the National League wild
card race.
IN BRIEF
The Robins AFB Bowling
Center will be holding regis
tration for youth bowlers ages
5 - 21 Sept. 9 from 10 a.m.
- 2 p.m. The cost is s2l which,
according to a release, includes
a bowling shirt. Registration
is open to any youth that have
access to Robins AFB. Bowling
will begin Sept. 16.
Call Marge Corzine, youth
coordinator at Robins, at 923-
5618 for more information.
Warner Robins chamber
to hold Playday Classic
The Warner Robins Chamber
of Commerce will hold the
Playday Classic 2006 Sept.
14, at The Landings Golf Club.
Registration deadline is Sept. 7.
Tee times available at 8 a.m.
and 1:30 p.m.
The registration fee of SBS
includes greens fees, a cart,
breakfast or lunch and admis
sion to the Celebration & Food
Festival. Prizes include a set
of tires, a Nissan truck from
Jeff Smith Nissan, a SIO,OOO
CD from Sun Mark Bank and a
Rolex watch from Satterfield &
Dempsey Jewelers. For informa
tion, call 328-7745.
Bears, Eagles start with a bang
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
A little momentum can go
a long way. That’s what the
coaches in
an opening
night rival
ry football
contest tak
ing place at
McConnell-
Talbert
Stadium
hope to
gain as they
guide their
respective
clubs into
the 2006
campaign.
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Northside
at Houston
County, today
7:30 p.m.
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It’s Northside High School,
with its sights set on another
run to the Class AAAA state
championship game, against
Houston County High, a
team hoping to crash the
party this year in the tradi
tion-rich Region 1-AAAAA.
Bragging rights may be the
prize for those filling the
Mac stands, but Conrad
Nix of the Eagles and Doug
Johnson of the Bears are
more interested in seeing
how their respective players
have progressed since the
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The Panthers work on special teams during practice at the school Tuesday. They will travel and play Hawkinsville
today.
Remember when...
In regard to Hawkinsville, Perry can hardly forget
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
It was three years ago, the last time
Perry High School hooked up with
Hawkinsville High on
a football field. Andy
Scott was the defen
sive coordinator and
witnessed one of the
more heartbreaking
losses in school his
tory.
The Panthers were
trailing 12-7, but stood
&
Perry at
Hawkinsville,
today, 8 p.m.
on the verge of snatching it away from
the Red Devils with just four second
left. It wasn’t to be though as Perry
lost a fumble just shy of the goal line.
Scott, three years later now the head
coach of this Panther program, said
there’s no doubt that was a devastat
ing loss to take on that night. Two
things he added, however: One, it was
only the first of a few other nailbiters
early in that season, and two, the
Panthers were able to rebound and get
into the playoffs.
With the postseason appearing to be
a regular thing for Perry High football,
it stands to reason that Scott would
want to test this club against the
best Middle Georgia has to offer. So
Sports
Tm sure they are
going to do some
wrinkles, some
different stuff.
We'll probably do
a couple of things
they haven't seen
before."
- Northside head football coach
Conrad Nix
2005 season ended.
And who really needs a
detailed scouting report
when you’re talking about
teams that play year after
year with players who may
have known each other since
childhood? Well, this is week
No. 1, so other than watch
ing one preseason scrim
mage, these staffs really
only have past experience to
draw on.
“Coach Nix and they do
a super job,” said Johnson.
“Their kids do a good job.
It’s a good rival game, a
good start-up game. It’s one
of those games where hope-
"Practice can only get
you so far. You need to
put it all together on
Friday night."
- Perry headfootball coach Andy Scott
after a scrimmage contest with a Class
AAAA contender from Northside High,
the Panthers are set to charge into
the regular season against that same
Hawkinsville Red Devil team, ranked
No. 2 in Class A.
“They have great players,” said Scott.
“They have probably more Division I
players out there than any other pro
gram in the state. They play all over
the Southeast.”
The first one to come to mind is
Charles Johnson, a defensive end at
the University of Georgia. Then there’s
Trey Dunmon, a center at Georgia
Tech who played on two state cham
pionship teams, the most recent being
the co-title season in 2004.
But you don’t play against a school’s
alumni squad. For Perry, this year’s
Red Devil team has two Division I
prospects, one of whom has already
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The Bears bring down a Jones County runner during their recent scrimmage. The next
task at hand: Bring down the Eagles.
fully both of us will get a lot
done and learn a lot, then in
the second week with what
ever you have, you can make
yourself better.”
“The only thing we can do
right now is speculate a bit,”
said Nix. “The scrimmage
they had was so controlled,
it was hard to get a real good
committed to Auburn. Daquan Bembry
is primarily a defensive back who will
see spot time on offense and make
plays as a kick returner.
The other is Sacoby Carter, a 220-
pound defensive end/linebacker. Scott
said the Red Devils, with this kind of
talent on defense, runs a pro style 4-3
set. He said the linemen surge off the
ball well and the inside linebackers are
good tacklers.
“On offense, they like to establish
the run, then beat you with the pass,”
said Scott. “The quarterback is a good
thrower, and they have a stable corps
of receivers.”
Scott does have his concerns going
into this game, particularly with his
young, rebuilt offensive line going
against the Red Devil defensive front.
In fact, the coach said there isn’t a part
of the game he’s completely comfort
able with judging just from practices
and the one scrimmage.
“You never know until you get into a
game situation,” said Scott. “Practice
can only get you so far. You need to put
it all together on Friday night.”
The Panthers didn’t score in the
Northside scrimmage, which was
played more like a real game than
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indication of what they’re
going to do. I’m sure they
are going to do some wrin
kles, some different stuff.
See BANG, page iB
Peppy's Hamrick
finishes second
in turkey shoot
Special to the Journal
Mike Hamrick of Perry
placed second at the Second
National Wild Turkey
Federation’s 13th annual
Turkey Shoot held Aug. 18
to Aug. 20 in Forsyth.
Hamrick broke 126 clay
targets while competing in
the NSCA Main Event and
Concurrents, E class at The
Meadows National Gun Club
in Forsyth
He was one of 600 shoot
ers that competed at one of
the premier sporting clays
tournaments in the country.
Shooters were separated
into two divisions - the
National Sporting Clays
Association Division for
competitive and profes
sional shooters and the
Hunters Division for rec
reational shooters - in the
200-target Sporting Clays
Championship, the 50-bird
Briley Sub-Gauge competi
tion and the Charles Daly
Side by Side.
“The Turkey Shoot is a
very competitive event that
brings shooters from all
across the country to see
See HAMRICK, page iB
Falcons still won't
win a Super Bowl
The Falcons are
already on the hot
seat. Sports report
ers are already counting
preseason
wins.
Just
think. One
more exhi
bition vic
tory and
the Falcons
will have
a winning
record.
That’s
the most
Joe Sersey
Journal
Correspondent
excited I’m going to get this
season.
Professional football’s pre
season isn’t something to
get excited about. It’s some
thing to ignore.
The Falcons beat a
depleted Titans team 20-6
this past Saturday night.
Whoopdeedo.
Who do the Tennessee
See SERSEY, page iB