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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Regional champs W ® 1 Submitted These Perry Taekwondo students recently won honors at the American Taekwondo Association Regional Championships held in Atlanta July. They are, front row (seated) from left, Tyler Hall, Paris Jones, Valencia Jones, Patience Hall, Laßyan Washington and Nathan Campbell. Second row: James Bolden, Taylor Maddux, J.T. Bonner, Jordan McGalliard and Rayven Armstrong. Third row: Rhett McGalliard, Phillip McGalliard, Katie Ferrell and Matthew Hart. Not pictured: Caleb Develle, Jamyra Bolden and Roderick Ricks. Georgia Hunters for Hungry to begin early Special to the Journal The Georgia Hunters for the Hungry is a program through which harvested deer become nutritious ven ison to benefit those who need it the most. Hunters donated more than 733 deer during the 2005 collection and in total, more than 170,000 pounds of venison have been donat ed since the program began in 1993, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Resources Division. Hunters can donate deer in one of two ways - at one of seven weekend collection sites that will be available on Nov. 25-26 and from Sept. 9 - Jan. 1, 2007 at seven addi tional collection sites hosted by deer processors. Hunters interested in par ticipating in GHFTH should bring field-dressed deer to DOMINATES From page iB eventually being ruled a safety. The Demons began on the Panthers’ 45 following the kickoff. The first play from scrimmage yielded little but on the second, quarterback Mark Wright Jr., connect ed with Antwan Hamilton to push it to the 14. Josh Carswell punched it in from there. David Clark’s second point WARRIORS From page iB “true Warrior fashion and gave 100 percent.” However, his height - 5-foot-7 - and the fact the Stars kept pen etrating the Warriors’ line didn’t bode well for him. “As quick and swift as he is,” Hamp said, at that height, “seeing over a defen sive line standing up to 6-foot-6 presented a prob lem.” To that end, Sturn threw three interceptions in the first half and the Warriors overall trailed 14-0. “This was the first time this season that the Warriors did not draw first blood and the first time this season that the ICW defense did not score,” Hamp said. Realizing the passing game was not going to work, Hamp said head coach Jarrod Johnson and staff revised their game plans and “started hammering their way through with what some call the biggest and toughest backs in the league.” Donovan Kendrick had a couple good runs, Hamp said, but couldn’t get the offen sive line to open the hole any of the drop-off locations (see below). All hunters who donate a deer during this collection period will be entered into a drawing for a deer rifle, sponsored by the Georgia Wildlife Federation. The following seven locations will be available between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. Nov. 25-26: ■ Social Circle - WRD Fish Hatchery on Hwy. 278 (1.5 miles north of Exit 101 off 1-20) ■ Lexington - Oglethorpe County Farmer’s Market on U.S. Hwy 78 ■ Newnan - Royal Baptist Church (Hwy. 34 bypass North to Royal Mayo Drive) ■ Pendergrass - Boy Scouts of America (Hwy. 129 North 1 mile from 1-85) ■ Rockmart - Lamar’s Sports Center (392 Atlanta Highway) after touchdown made it 16- 0. The Panthers kicked a field goal - only that thanks in great part to a Demons stop on third-and-two on the 9 - early in the second quarter to make it 16-3 and that’s how it stayed at the half. Parkview, with a little help from a major penalty, did make an attempt to get back in the ballgame in the third. After forcing Warner Robins to punt, it took over on the 32. After a couple of runs, Warner Robins’ Luke Waller needed to break through the line and pick up some seri ous yardage. At 5-foot-10, 185 pounds, Greg Williams played on both sides of the ball. When presented the opportunity to carry the ball, Hamp, who added Williams averages two-three yards per carry, said it took “two-three oppo nents to bring him to the ground.” Jerome Harris at 180 pounds and Daniel McClendon at 210 wreaked havoc, Hamp said, as they pushed their way down the field. “Fear,” Hamp said, pen etrated the hearts of the Stars’ defense when the big man, Tamarco Head charged toward them. Head at 6- foot-2, 250 pounds, led the "Have Cameras, Will Travel" ■ Rome - Lavender Mountain Hardware (4065 Martha Berry Hwy., NW) ■ Richmond Hill Plantation Lumber & Hardware (10829 Ford Ave.) The following seven loca tions will accept deer from Sept. 9 - Jan. 1, 2007 during business hours: ■ Hoboken - Big Creek Sausage Co., Inc., Rt. 1, Box 146-A, (912) 458-2120 ■Jefferson - Sealey’s Deer Cooler, 5675 South Apple Valley Road, (706) 335-9304 ■ Sparta - Garner’s Grinder, Rt. 3, Box 464-2, (706) 444-9228 ■ Columbus - Daffin’s Meat Processing, 4100 1/2 River Bend Road, (706) 322- 8848 ■ . Irwinton - Starley’s Deer Processing, 190 George Hatcher Road, (478) 946- 8976 ■ Vidalia - Stewart’s picked off a pass and ran it all the way to the Panthers’ 5. The problem: The Demons were flagged for roughing the passer. That gave Parkview a first down at the Warner Robins 17, which is where - despite the momentum shift - they held. On fourth down, the Panthers tried a field goal and missed. Both defenses then took turns holding the other for a pair of possessions until about four minutes were gone in the fourth. drive that helped position the Warriors for a touch down. From the 45, Sturn dropped deep in the pocket and found Robert George deep for the Warriors’ only TD of the night. Defensively, almost every one added to the night’s tally, Hamp said. DeFrance Leary and Darnell Webb led with six tackles each. Donte Holmes followed had five, Amaud McCants, Maurice Releford, Seanon Dinkins and Andre Carswell with four, while Greg Williams and Maurice McGriff both had two. Greg Howard, Michael Stewart, Mike Lawson, Kent Jones, Jr., JJ Thomas and Tamarco Head all added one tackle to the pile. Warriors, Lawson and Holmes also TURNER PUCTCGRARUy Aerial Photography trad i timer • t/V UJ-U U tr4/WI W«l SPORTS Quality Meats, 204 Washington Street, (912) 537-9888 ■ Tifton - Safety-Rite Foods, 147 South Rodge Avenue, (229) 382-1242 GHFTH Sponsors are: Georgia DNR/Wildlife Resources Division, Georgia Wildlife Federation, Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia’s Outdoor Adventures and the Georgia State Association of Food Banks. For more information on donating game to those in need during other times of the year, call the Atlanta Community Food Bank at (404) 892-FEED. For more information on the GHFTH program, visit www.gohuntgeorgia. com, contact a WRD Game Management Office or call 770-761-3044. Warner Robins took pos session at the Parkview 34. A run netted only three yards and on the second play from scrimmage, the Demons were flagged for a block in the back. But on the third, Wright found Vargas in what turned out to be a 38-yard touchdown pass. On their very next posses sion - this time with Shane Sams at the helm - Dewayne Jackson broke loose for a 39- yard touchdown run to fin ish up the scoring for both teams. picked off two of the Stars’ passes. Even with this loss, the Warriors, ending the regular season at 5-3 and secured second place in the SFL’s American Division West. They are now headed to the playoffs where they will take on the Phenix City (Alabama) Falcons Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Jones County South Recreational Complex on Highway 49 (just north of the Bibb County Line). Tickets are $5 with chil dren 8 and under admitted free. DONATE TO GOODWILL, i ♦ 2209 Moody Road M ♦ 115 Margie Drive M ♦ 1355 Sam Nunn Blvd m ♦ Gallena Mall - 2922 Watson Blvd www.goodwillworks.org Building lives, families, and communities TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2006 ♦ BROWN From page iB and think, ‘Man, this is nothing compared to playing all those guys in Williamsport.’ (I should continue talk ing about baseball and then jump into my University of Georgia football comments, right? WiU do.) Maybe this will be my way of lighting a fire under the Atlanta Braves. John Smoltz seems to have stopped making his weekly motivational addresses. So the streak of division championships is likely over. Not only that, but the Braves are close to not being in the postseason at all for the first time since 1991. In that same time span, I have gone from being a college student to a college graduate to work ing in Jesup for six years to working in Americus for six years to now working in Houston County. The only thing I can think of that’s lasted longer than the Braves playoff streak is my sister’s marriage, and that was in 1990. (Of course my folks have been together much longer, but that would be stretching the point). There is still a month to go, and the National League wild card is still up for grabs. But the Braves have so much ground to make up just to get to .500, and there are too many teams ahead of them in line already above the .500 mark. So what’s the problem? Well, there are no rookie sensations tearing up the league, no consistently dominant starting pitching, and the bullpen. Actually, the Braves made two good pickups with Danys Baez and Bob Wickman, two All- Star relievers, but probably too late to salvage this sea son. And Andruw Jones? Do they want him, or do they not want him? Here’s something that would be just as strange as not seeing the Braves in the postseason. Right now I would say the Boston Red Sox are a lock for missing out on the party. Yes, the Red Sox, World Champions two years ago, always play ing the New York Yankees in a big series, but not this time. Why is that so bizarre? Well, the Red Sox became one of those fran chises that looked like it could get anybody it wanted because it has everything a big-league player wants. There’s a rabid fan base, a classic ballpark in Fenway just loaded with tradition and mystique, and that Yankee rivalry that defines the sport. Now David Ortiz has seri ous health issues. Manny may decide to be Manny elsewhere in the offseason, and Curt Shilling’s tank may have run out. The Yankees pulled away again in the American oOvS M wHiv Hip Hop & Jap Class! 438 S. Pleasant Hill 81 ffarser Robias. GA IWT7B-922-6220, League East, and the AL wild card is a two-horse sprint between the Minnesota Twins and Chicago White Sox, last year’s champi ons. It, too, would be weird to not see the defending champs in the playoffs and all the potential headlines with fiery manager Ozzie Guillen. For a while there, the St. Louis Cardinals didn’t seem like a lock any more for the NL Central, not because the Cincinnati Reds were surging but that the Cards were slipping. ... Time for the Bulldog Talk. Love the Bulldog Talk. Someone tried to tell me there was some Georgia Tech Talk in here last week. Don’t believe it. I want to address the Bulldog Nation on the big gest subject of the discus sion ever since January. Who is going to be the start ing quarterback? Georgia has four quarterbacks, and only one can be the starter. Mark Richt says that is the senior, Joe Tereshinski, who now has two starts in his Bulldog career, one more than the other three com bined. What seems to be every one’s big worry and concern is not so much who is start ing, but who isn’t start ing. What about' Matthew Stafford? What about Joe Cox? Are any of them going to leave, transfer out, if they don’t get to play in the big games? You could say that either Richt is being loyal to the senior, or he truly believes Tereshinski has earned the starting job. If Stafford or Cox or even Blake Barnes had shown that he deserves to be No. 1, then you would think he would be No. 1. This isn’t the first time in recent Bulldog history such a logjam existed. There were guys who came in with all the credentials, but couldn’t get the job done at that level (Mike Usry). And there were those who found it better to take their game elsewhere and had good results (Daniel Cobb, Auburn; Nate Hybl, Oklahoma). Stafford looks to be the one everyone’s excit ed about, but unless he’s about to supplant Notre Dame’s Brady Quinn as the top Heisman candidate he should just wait his turn. Since Richt inserted him into the Western Kentucky game in the fourth quarter, there’s no red shirt in his immediate future. Not that it’s a major insult to save a year of eli gibility. David Greene did it. D.J. Shockley did it. Cox and Barnes did it. Logan Gray, you get ready to do it, too. Did Tereshinski look like a Southeastern Conference championship quarterback on Saturday? No, but he really didn’t have to against the Hilltoppers. I still carry visions of him as a punt-team protector. 0 a' i T J J * i * tit W m BL / * / SB ne led at a time! jj 3B