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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 . Poland i —" jp m » ■i : jjl; M tW | M 1 tm :5 1 ENI Gary Harmon 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 B 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 A WESTFKLD • HORNETS WsstflcU 11, Daerflald- WMsorl 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