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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL Giles’ heart OK; just acid reflux NEW YORK - A day after Marcus stiles was warned by a Philadelphia physician that he might need surgery to repair a heart defect, the Braves sec ond baseman learned, after a battery of tests in Atlanta, that he has no problems with his ticker. Turns out, it’s just acid reflux. It’s some thing that can be con trolled by a pill. It’s a big-time false alarm. “The good news is he’s fine,” Atlanta GM John NOTEBOOK R. TRAVIS HANEY Morris News Service Schuerholz said, later showing his frustration with the two drastically different ends of the diag nosis spectrum. “I didn’t go to medical school,” he said, “but I can tell you there’s a big difference.” Giles, 28, rejoined the team just before Monday night’s game here against the Mets. He wasn’t available to reporters before the game because of his late arrival. Manager Bobby Cox didn’t start Giles, allowing him a day to clear his head. He should return to the lineup tonight. “He went through a hell of a scare,” Cox said. Giles missed Saturday and Sunday’s doubleheaders as he tried to determine what was wrong. It was a doctor at Philadelphia’s Methodist Hospital who told Giles that LABORS From page iB championship history than just last season. Scott said he didn’t see much differ ence in the game he saw Saturday and the game he saw last year. “They are very talented at the quarterback position,” he said. “Even though the young man’s a sophomore, he’s a very gifted player. They really like to get him into space, so we have to do a good job of containing him. “They have a running back (No. 9) who’s very talented. They have a kid who played last year, probably their lone returning starter, who is a tight end, wide receiver, punt returner, very good. We have to find out where he is on the field. “They like to run basic pro I formations, some trips and some twins to try to spread people out. The offensive line is big and athletic. We’ll have our hands full.” Like last week against Hawkinsville and in the Northside scrimmage, Perry is faced with a 4-3 defensive set. “They’ll roll the secondary down a little bit and play some cover 3 behind it,” said Scott. “They won’t always play a two-deep scheme. They run around real well.” But it still will be a young team when compared to last year’s runner-up. However, these players, while not as experienced as far as game time goes, were a part of the excitement of a winning season. “One thing that a lot of people don’t understand is that when you play for a state championship, that gives your ninth graders and 10th graders five more weeks of practice everybody else does not get,” said Scott. “When you throw in spring practice, they are seven weeks ahead. MILESTONE From page iB “We were up and cruising and we let them get back into the game and that gave Mundy’s Mill a lot of confi dence going into the third game. “It ended up being a nail biter that could have went either way. “Fortunately, it went our way. I am very proud of the team in spite of their fatigue and own mental mistakes, they persevered and won. The wins improved the Lady Bears’ overall record JASPER From page iB Ayer edged him out on ringers - by one. He had 46 to Howington’s 45. That was he might have an improperly function ing heart valve. “She indicated one of possibilities was this, as it was related to the heart,” Schuerholz said. “Then, it took on a life of its own - and unnecessar ily.” When Giles got back to Atlanta on Sunday, the Braves made spe cial arrangements for him to see the team’s cardiologist, Dr. John Cantwell. Cantwell informed Giles that he had no reason to worry, that medication could curtail the symptoms he was feel ing in his chest and abdomen. “Our doctors eliminated, unequivo cally, any heart defect and diagnosed it as acid reflux,” Schuerholz said. When asked by a New York Times reporter how Giles can now be treated, Schuerholz quipped, “I take antacid.” SIDING WITH CHIPPER: Chipper Jones said the aggravation of his strained left side is more serious than the initial injury he suffered more than a month ago. The stressed oblique muscle “bit him” during Saturday’s doubleheader in Philadelphia. The final straw came on a swing and miss in Game 2 of Sunday’s twin bill. “It buckled me good. I almost went down,” said Jones, who’s hitting .318 with 23 home runs and 79 RBIs in 101 games this year. “It took the breath out of me. I’ve just got to try to get better quickly as possible.” *W| a vv ,g? • g.- ,r'''- ' ■ ■ ■'';y . ' [&3&*A ■yfifl ’, •"V- ..* *». *■» - ;.y , 4 . : . Perry works on fundamentals during a recent practice. "Against Hawkinsville, as good as it was, we moved the ball pretty good up and down the field, we did a poor job of controlling it." -Perry head football coach Andy Scott Carrol Wright’s a great foot ball coach. He knows what he’s doing.” Scott’s focus on his own defensive side is not giving up the big plays, but instead making the tackles at the space where the plays begin. For the offense, which has yet to score, it’s a matter of holding on to the football. “Against Hawkinsville, as good as it was, we moved the ball pretty good up and down the field,” said Scott. “We did a poor job of control ling it. “Hindsight being 20/20, I felt like we won everywhere but the scoreboard. It was frustrating to turn the ball over as many times as we did. We had it inside the 10 twice and fumbled. to 11-3 and 2-1 in Area 2- AAAAA. Stats for the matches: HCHS vs. Luella / Devon Preston - seven aces / Jennifer Doebereiner - two kills / Catherine Goodman - two kills, three aces / Nicole Williams - one kill, two blocks / Morgan Hollars - eight assists, one block / Brittany Pierce - one assist, two digs / Dhwani Patei - four digs / Samantha Moncada - three digs out of 240 horseshoes pitched for both competitors. Clark, in third place, fin ished the event 2-2. He was also on the receiving end of a tiebreaker, edging out Howard Hawes in fourth. “Defensively, in the third quarter we allowed them to sustain some drives with big plays. Our offense wasn’t able to establish anything because defensively we couldn’t get off the field. Hawkinsville’s defense did a good job of controlling us.” To add to the frustration, allowing just 16 points to a state contender is as good a performance as any coach could ask for. Scott, though, said his concerns lie in the secondary, where big plays should be prevented. He liked the way the Panthers played near the goal line with two important stands. “I think (for the offense) it’s finishing what you start,” said Scott. “You take away four turnovers from us HCHS vs. Union Grove / Preston - one kill, one block / Doebereiner - two kills, one block / Goodman - two kills, one assist, one block / Hollars - two assists, one dig / Pierce - one kill, one dig ✓ Patel - two digs / Moncada - two digs HCHS vs. Mundy’s Mill / Preston - one kill, nine aces / Doebereiner - one kill / Goodman - three kills, three aces Clark’s ringer percentage was 42.78. He had 89 ringers out of 208 horseshoes pitched. Hawes had a ringer percent age of 39.50, albeit he only threw 200 horseshoes. SPORTS Jones said the first time he hurt the side, in mid-July, it took about 10 days to recover. He said he’d attempt to rush a return if Atlanta can hang around in the wild card chase. Otherwise, he would allow it to recover more fully. “Quite obviously, if we win some ballgames and get back in this thing and make it close,” he said, “it’s going to be tough to sit out when I want to contribute.” Jones, 34, has also missed time this year because of a bad foot and, the first week of the year, a sprained knee. WRIT AND SEE: The Braves still haven’t decided on a starter for Wednesday afternoon’s series finale here. Oscar Villarreal and Kyle Davies both threw in the bullpen before Monday’s game and Cox said he’d make a deci sion by today. If it’s Davies, there’s nowhere to go but up for the 22-year-old. In his first start back since groin surgery in May, Davies gave up seven earned runs on 10 hits in 2 1/3 innings Saturday against the Phillies. LEREW GONE: Evidently, Atlanta wasn’t all that impressed by Anthony Lerew’s outing Saturday. In relief of Davies, Lerew, who’d just been recalled from Triple-A Richmond, allowed five runs in two innings. He was sent back to Richmond on Monday, even though the R-Braves have no more games left and Atlanta can carry as many as 40 play ers on its roster. and we played a good offen sive game. I think coach Alligood had a good plan. We took away their best play ers ... they didn’t make a lot of plays. We did a good job controlling the line of scrim mage with a young group. But when we start a drive, we have to finish a drive strong.” What is also giving Scott good feelings about this weekend and the rest of the season is how much madder his Panthers got with each viewing of the Hawkinsville film. “They saw all the oppor tunities they missed,” said Scott. “That’s the beauty of having a team that’s eager to learn. “We practiced on Labor Day at 9 o’clock in the morn ing. Not one kid missed practice. That was really a big deal. To have 95 kids and not one miss or be late com ing off a loss, our kids under stand how good Hawkinsville was. They have a chance in single-A run the table. Hopefully we won’t say the same mistakes again.” / Nicole Williams - three kills / Hollars - 17 assists, one block / Pierce - two kills / Moncada - four assists / Adrienne Pate - one assist DONATE TO GOODWILL. ♦ 2209 Moody Road ♦ 115 Margie Drive ♦ 1355 Sam Nunn Blvd ♦ Galleria Mall - 2922 Watson Blvd vwvw.goodwillworks.org Building lives, families andcommumW HEIGHTS From page iB in last weekend’s 26-14 opening loss to Northside. He often talked about mak ing improvements from the first to the second week, and he said it’s important for the offensive line and the secondary on defense to step things up a notch. “We have to run the foot ball better,” said Johnson. “We threw the ball really well; that was a plus. But we didn’t control the foot ball. The offensive line has to do a better job. “Defensively, we played pretty good up front, but didn’t do well against the pass. That has to get bet ter. Those are two glaring spots ... hopefully we’ll get those corrected.” Quarterback Martrez King had 182 passing yards and two touchdowns. DJ Dodson had 45 rushing yards in the first half, but none in the second. The Bear team netted just 19 yards on the ground after halftime. From the standpoint of mistakes, it was a fairly even game. It was Northside, though, that had a major edge in points after opponent’s mistakes. The Eagles got a field goal after a roughing-the-kicker foul and a touchdown after a Houston fumble in the first half. The Bears had two takeaways (fumble recovery and interception) in the second half, but Teal, goose season under way Special to the Journal SOCIAL CIRCLE - The harvest for Canada geese began Saturday. Teal, both blue and green-winged, may be harvested begin ning Sept. 16. The early season was designed to take advantage of the flourishing teal and Canada geese population. 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Those things are big in a ball game, but when it’s us and Northside, you can’t make a lot of mistakes. We had 10 penalties way, way too many.” Linebacker Chris Prewett had both the fumble recov ery and interception for the Bears defense, which allowed about 120 rushing yards. But Houston gave up 162 yards through the air. “They had the one run right out of the shoot and scored, and after that our defensive front made it tough for them to run,” said Johnson. “Across the board most of those guys played pretty good. We just have to get our secondary more confident and to believe in themselves. We had three new guys and they might have been overwhelmed in that first game.” As for offensive improve ments, Johnson said it’s just a matter of better block ing. Eric O’Neal, a veteran back, was held in check most of the night except for a couple of swing-pass receptions. “We didn’t give him any where to go,” said Johnson. “You need a little bit of room. Our offensive line’s going to do it, or we’re in for a long season.” goose population also con tinues to increase in the state. There are special restrictions that apply for hunting waterfowl on the following Georgia Power lakes: Burton, Seed, Rabun, Tallulah Falls, Tugalo, Yonah, Oconee and Sinclair. Additionally, there are spe cial restrictions for hunting waterfowl on Lake Lanier, Lake Walter F. George and Lake Seminole. Visit www. gohuntgeorgia.com for more information on these special restrictions. For more information visit www.gohuntgeorgia. com or contact the WRD Game Management Office at 770-918-6416. 904 Jernigan St. Perry, GA 31069 478-987-2443 jmeiobatatlmelg 3B 00037836