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Mousimt Pailg
THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 7, 2006
The Home Journal’s
SANDLOT
ON DECK
Major League Baseball
Today
■ Atlanta - open
High school
Softball
Today
■ Sherwood at Westfield, 4:30
p.m,
■ Central at Perry, 5 p.m.
■ Stockbridge at Northside,
5:45 p.m.
Friday
■ Houston County and Warner
Robins at Evans tournament in
Augusta, teams and times to be
determined
■ Perry at Tiger Town Classic
in Adairsville, teams and times
to be determined
Saturday
■ Houston County and Warner
Robins at Evans tournament in
Augusta, teams and times to be
determined
■ Perry at Tiger Town Classic
in Adairsville, teams and times
to be determined
High school
Volleyball
Today
■ Perry at Warner Robins, 5
p.m.
High school
Cross country
Today
■ Northside at Peach County,
4:30 p.m.
Saturday
■ Westfield at Sherwood, 10
a.m.
■ Northside and Warner
Robins at Two-mile Invite in
Cochran, 9:30 a.m.
■ Perry at Tift Invite, 9:30 a.m.
High school
Football
Friday
■ Warner Robins at Northside,
7:30 p.m.
■ Mount de Sales at Westfield,
8 p.m.
■ Dougherty at Perry, 7:30
p.m.
Saturday
■ Windsor Forest at Houston
County, 7:30 p.m.
IN BRIEF
Tickets on sale for
Demons-Eagles game
Reserve seat ticket sales are
currently on sale for the Warner
Robins-Northside game Friday.
Reserve and general admis
sion tickets are on sale - unless
and until they run out - are
being sold at Warner Robins.
Reserved seat tickets are $8
and advance general admission
tickets are $7.
PY competition cheer
squad to hold clinic
Perry High School’s
Competition Cheerleaders will
be sponsoring a one-day cheer
clinic for children 4 years old to
sixth grade Sept. 16.
It will be held in the high
school’s multipurpose gym. The
cost is $35, with a $5 discount
given for each additional family
member. The cost includes an
event T-shirt, drinks and snack.
Registration and pictures for
those below third grade will be
from 7:30-8:15 a.m., with the
clinic running from 8:30-11:30
a.m. A performance for the par
ents is slated for 11:30 a.m.
Registration and pictures for
those third-sixth grade will be
from 7:30-8:15 a.m., with their
clinic running from 8:30 a.m.-
12:30 p.m. A performance for
those parents is set for 12:30
p.m. E-mail mlangston@hcbe.
net or jmashburn@hcbe.net for
an application or more informa
tion.
Central Georgia Soccer
Association sets opener
The Central Georgia Soccer
Association, in a release, would
like to “invite everyone to come
watch or participate in one of
the fastest growing sports in
America,” during their open
ing day is Sept. 9 (matches all
day).
ENI/Gacy Harmon
Houston County’s Ashley Burkette slides around the tag of Kim Ferranelli at second during their game Tuesday in
Warner Robins.
Heads-up play helps Lady Bears edge Demonettes
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Back up the throws. It’s
something softball teams
practice over
and over
again, but
never know
just when
such a situa
tion will arise
in a game.
Cri s t i
Griffin saw
the Houston
County High
Bears make
the play of
the game
Tuesday on
an errant
throw, and
with it the
visiting team
HOUSTON COUNTY
BEARS
Houston
County
1, Warner
Robins 0
WARNER ROBINS
DEMONS
at Warner Robins High
School came away with a
1-0 win in Region 1-AAAAA
action.
Houston County took
the 1-0 lead in the top of
6SGA courts new members
Special to the Journal
MARIETTA - From
now until the end of this
year, individuals who join
the Georgia State Golf
Association via its website at
www.gsga.org for 2007 will
receive membership benefits
for the remainder of 2006 at
no additional cost.
GSGA membership is open
to any resident of Georgia
and provides services for
anyone interested in the
game of golf, regardless of
age or skill level.
The key benefit of GSGA
membership, according to a
release from the organiza
tion, is the USGA Handicap
Index, a tool for tracking
and improving one’s game.
As an additional benefit of
the handicap service, mem
bers who join will automati
cally receive their handicap
revisions by e-mail every
four weeks, a service called
eßevisions.
In addition to the updated
Handicap Index, eßevisions
contain other information
such as scoring record, Index
Sports
Backup plan
"ITs seems that whenever you don't
back it up, that's when you need to. You
have to be there at all times."
- Houston County head fast-pitch coach Cristi Griffin
the second inning. Warner
Robins was batting in the
home half of the third when
the Bears missed a chance
at a double play that would
have put two outs on the
scoreboard.
Instead, with one out, the
Demonettes had two run
ners on base with Amber
Conlon at the plate. She
drilled the ball to right field
only to see Sarah Ling make
the catch while backing up.
The play wasn’t over
as Sam Snipes of Warner
Robins tagged up at sec
ond base to make a run
for third. Ling’s throw
deflected off Snipes’ helmet
towards the outfield. Here’s
history and GSGA news.
It also includes a printable
handicap card to cut out
and use as proof of one’s
Handicap Index.
GSGA members also have
the option of posting their
scores via the Internet. A
large percentage of GSGA
Member Clubs now allow
this service, offering a con
venient method to make
sure one’s scores get posted.
Membership in GSGA
also provides other benefits,
including:
■ A subscription to Golf
Georgia magazine, delivered
to the member’s home six
times a year
■ Eligibility for some of
GSGA’s 20 statewide com
petitions
■ Special recognition
for Club Champions, Most
Improved Golfers, holes-in
one and unique feats on the
course
■ Access to GSGA
Reward Links, a rewards
program featuring exclusive
discounts and opportunities
See GSGA page iB
where the backup was
handy as left fielder April
Collins grabbed the softball
at the fence, fired a strike
to catcher Ashlee Burkett,
who had plenty of time for
the tag and the third out.
“It’s seems that whenever
you don’t back it up, that’s
when you need to,” said
Griffin about the way soft
ball generally goes despite
a coach’s best efforts. “You
have to be there at all
times.”
That was the only time
the Demonettes made a seri
ous push against Houston
pitcher Chelsea Burroughs
until the seventh inning.
Kristin Graham, the pitch
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Perry volleyball players go head-to-head with Ola Tuesday at the school. The Lady
Panthers also hosted Eagle’s Landing. See Friday’s Journal for more.
er for the home club, led
off with a double to right
center. Her courtesy runner
only made it to third base
while Kaitlyn Carriker had
a pair of assists from third
base.
Burroughs had two strike
outs, walked two and scat
tered four hits. She also had
error-free defense.
The only run of the day
came courtesy of a passed
ball. Burkett led off the top
of the second with a double,
stole third base and scored
when the ball got away from
the Demonette catcher.
Burkett had another
hit - off Graham’s glove
- to get the Bears going
in the fourth inning. Erica
Vasquez also singled, and
an error put both in scor
ing position with one out.
Graham got one of her nine
strikeouts, then ended it
with a 1-3 assist.
Houston tried to take
advantage of another
See PLAY, page iB
BECTION
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Lady Hornets
start region
with a bang
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Westfield started region
softball play with a bang
by banging out 15 hits in
six innings
Tuesday at
Deerfield-
Windsor.
Kelsey
Gilliam
struck
out seven
Knights for
an 11-1 win
in Albany.
The Hornet
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offense start
ed a little slow, according to
coach Rodney Culverhouse,
as they could only scratch
across single runs in the sec
ond and third frames.
But in the fourth Westfield
erupted for five runs, then
followed it up with four in
the sixth.
The middle part of the
Hornet batting order had
10 of the 15 hits. Audrey
Clearman was a perfect 4-
for-4, and Gilliam also bat
ted 1.000 with three hits,
two for doubles.
Catcher Jennifer Wrye
had three hits to go with
two assists in throwing out
Deerfield-Windsor basesteal
ers.
Westfield, looking to repeat
as champions of Region 3-
AAA, will carry a 1-0 record
in the league today when
Sherwood Christian rides up
from Albany to Perry.
I sold my soul to
the editor (devil)
It used to be that when
ever I wanted to know
my opinion on some-
thing, I’d
check with
Muffin, but
there’s a
new power
in the
mix - The
Houston
Daily
Journal
managing
editor.
My sports
Joe Sersey
Journal
Correspondent
columns were labors of love -
meaning I did them for free.
Since tennis was Muffin’s
only interest in sports, I was
allowed free rein. I had an
opinion.
See SERSEY, page iB