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SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 9, 2006
The Home Journal’s
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ON DECK
High school
Softball
Today
■ 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
Cross country
Today
■ 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
Today
■ Windsor Forest at Houston
County, 7:30 p.m.
Youth
Football
Today
Mini Mite Jamboree
at Tanner held
■ Saints vs. Seahawks, 9 a.m.
■ Saints vs. Roughriders, 9:30
a.m.
■ Seahawks vs. Jets, 10 a.m.
■ Roughriders vs. Chiefs, 10:30
a.m.
■ Jets vs. Buccaneers, 11 a.m.
■ Chiefs vs. Bears, 11:30 a.m.
■ Buccaneers vs. Wildcats,
noon
■ Bears vs. Ducks, 12:30 p.m.
Wildcats vs. Giants, 1 p.m.
■ Ducks vs. Giants, 1:30 p.m.
IN BRIEF
HoCo cheer boosters to
sponsor open house, BBQ
Houston County’s Cheer
Booster Club and Port-A-Pit
BBG will host a school Open
House/BBQ dinner Sept. 19
from 4-7 p.m. in the school caf
eteria.
Plates are $8 each, which
includes: 1/2 chicken, beans,
potato salad, Texas toast and
dessert. You can dine in or
carry out. Tickets are available
at Houston County High School,
which is located at 920 Highway
96. Tickets should be purchased
by Wednesday.
For more information call the
school or Cindy Smith at 478-
988-0409.
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 opening
day today (matches all day).
MGC women’s soccer
team to play Young Harris
Middle Georgia College’s Lady
Warriors soccer team will play
Young Harris College Sunday in
Cochran. The match begins at
2:00 p.m. For further information
call Coach Kevin Pych at 478-
934-3049.
Peppy dominates second half, beats Doughepty
By JOE SERSET
Journal Correspondent
In a complete reversal of second
half fortunes, Perry dominated vis-
iting Dougherty to
capture a 26-12 win.
But it was Perry’s
first offensive touch
down of the sea
son that gave the
Panthers the lead
for good, 18-12 at
the half.
Perry 26,
Dougherty 12
Casey Hayward hit Trey Smith on
a post for a 30-yard score to break
a tie and put Perry up after Kenny
Davis ran for the two-point conver
sion.
Perry jumped to a 4-0 lead in the
EAEIiS AGAIN
ENI/Gary Harmon
Warner Robins’ Antwan Hamilton fends off the pursuit of Northside’s Andrew Hackett during their game Friday in
McConnell-Talbert Stadium.
Northside defends city title
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
For one opening quarter,
it was all-out backyard-style
highlights. After that ...
Defense, defense, defense.
Northside High’s Eagles,
for the second year in a row,
claimed the city champion
ship of football. It was the
earliest meeting between the
Eagles and Warner Robins
High - campuses separated
by a few city blocks - but
Northside brought back the
spread offense that’s made
it famous and wore down
the crosstown rival Demons
for a 28-7 victory.
Warner Robins, after
crushing a perennial power
in Parkview 30-3 at the
Georgia Dome last weekend,
saw what it didn’t want to
see just two weeks back in
Class AAAAA. Not one but
two key starters had to be
tended to for injuries.
One of those was quarter
back Mark Wright Jr., the
senior who missed practi
cally all last year to a knee
injury. The other was line
backer Brian Buford. Both
Perry cheer program splits into two squads
Special to the Journal
The Perry High School
cheerleading program has
made some changes this
year, with two separate
squads - a game squad and
a competition squad.
Head coach Melissa
Langston and assistant
coaches Jennifer Mashbum
and Kre Finley said in a
Spopts
first quarter on a couple of safeties.
Taylor Payne tackled Dougherty’s
quarterback Felton Walls in the end
zone on the Trojans second play of
the game.
Panther Michael Walker set up
Payne’s stop by getting a hand on
Walls to disrupt his escape. Walker
received his reward later.
The Trojans’ next possession ended
in another safety when the center’s
snap sailed over Trojan punter Kirby
Love’s head and bounced through
the end zone for another two points.
With the Panthers leading 4-0, the
Trojans attacked Perry’s porous back
field, as Walls hit Michael Nelson for
a 14-yard touchdown pass. The extra
point kick missed, but Dougherty
Northside 28,
Warner Robins
7
injuries
took place
in the sec
ond half,
and only
Buford did
not return
to the con
test.
If not
for one of
the most
unlikely
plays one
will see in football, the first
half belonged to Northside
with a 21-7 lead after the
first two quarters.
Jacobi Rodrigues, no lon
ger playing quarterback for
Northside, is still a major
difference-maker for the
Eagles. He took the open
ing kickoff on his own 14-
yard-line, found one little
seam near the home side
line, then cut back in just a
little to go 60 yards.
From the Demon 24,
Rodrigues caught a 15-yard
pass from junior Marques
Ivory, the new quarterback.
If there was any wonder
if Rodrigues, with seven
release, they are “excited”
with the new setup.
The game squad is
focused solely on cheering
at the basketball and foot
ball games, pep rallies and
maintaining school sp'irit.
“The support they give
on the sidelines is a very
important tradition for
Perry High School and is
something the fans look for
was up 6-4 after the first frame.
The Trojans quickly put an end
to the baseball score with another
touchdown strike 18 seconds into the
second frame. This time Walls nailed
Nelson with a 19-yard homer. The
pass for the two-point conversion
failed, but Dougherty led 12-4 in the
second quarter.
That’s when Walker received his
just dues. He blocked a Dougherty
punt at the Trojans 10 and scooped
it up in time to score a touchdown.
Davis ran the three yards necessary
for the two-points that tied the game
at 12-12.
The Panthers had yet to score an
offensive touchdown until Hayward’s
pass to Smith broke the tie with 57
catches last week against
Houston County, would face
double-teams this week ...
well, it was like a no-team
as he was wide-open on the
outside and caught a nine
yard touchdown from Ivory.
Warner Robins tied the
score after the Northside
defense held the offensive
unit on the Demon 42.
Sophomore David Clark
was back to punt, but the
snap went over his head.
Clark managed to get
hold of the football and out
ran two Eagle on-rushers.
Instead of trying to kick,
he threw the football to an
open Laron Scott near the
visiting sideline. Scott had
plenty of room to give Clark
a 58-yard touchdown pass.
Northside called timeout
to argue possible infrac
tions. That gave Clark a
chance to catch a breather
and make the PAT kick. All
of this action for two touch
downs in just 3:15.
That was enough of the
bizarreness except for an
exchange of turnovers. The
Demon defense was tough
ward to as well,” the release
read.
The competition squad,
on the other hand, focuses
solely on competitive cheer
leading which has become
an increasingly popular
sport.
The team practices “long
hours” and “very hard” to
have a flawless routine.
The two and a half min
between the tackles with
Buford and Luke Waller
stopping inside plays and
forcing a punt. The Demons,
though, fumbled the return
on the tackle with the
Eagles retaining possession
on the WR 40.
Scott intercepted Ivory’s
pass on the first snap in the
end zone.
Two words then spelled
doom for Warner Robins
the rest of the first half
and beyond: Field posi
tion. Before intermission,
Warner Robins was called
for six offensive penalties
totaling 35 yards. All were
called inside the 30.
Deonta Jordan had six
tackles in the first quarter,
his last one ending the first
period when Warner Robins
passed on 3rd-and-9 from
the 18. Rodrigues started
the second quarter with a
punt return from midfield
to the Demon 38.
Buford and Sam Cowart
were still making stops at
the line for Warner Robins,
but Northside had counters
See DEFENDS, page ;B
ute routine consists of tum
bling, stunts and dance, as
well as a cheer and show
manship.
The team, under former
coach Love Burnsed, has
won a state championship,
second runner-up at state,
as well as several region
wins and second at the co
ed sectionals.
See CHEER, page jB
seconds left in the first half.
Panther’s head coach Andy Scott
insists his team always runs the
wishbone, but he opened the second
quarter with three running backs
behind the quarterback.
“We always run a wishbone, or bro
ken bone,” Scott said.
Whatever he chose to call the for
mation that dominated the third
quarter, it worked. Although Perry
didn’t score in the third quarter, its
offense held the ball for most of the
12 minutes.
Dougherty managed only four
offensive plays in the third.
Perry’s insurance touchdown came
early in the fourth quarter. Davis
See SECOND, page j B
Westfield
♦
rolls past
Cavaliers
By JAMES TIDWELL
Journal Staff Writer
After losing, the season
opener and All-State candi
date Austin Madruga to a
Ml
Westfield 23,
Mount de Sales
7
region encounter.
The Hornets, however,
proved ready to respond in
their home opener.
After opening with 10
unanswered points, Westfield
pulled away with its first
win with a 23-7 victory at
the Hornets’ Nest in front of
a near capacity crowd.
“It was a big win for us,”
Westfield head coach Ronnie
Jones said.
With the win, Westfield
evens its record to 1-1, while
Mount de Sales remains win
less at 0-2.
Senior running back Zach
Young led the Hornets with
138 rushing yards on 15 car
ries and one touchdown.
“Zach was hurt all week
and he came out and had
a big game for us,” Jones
said.
Not all the news was good
for Westfield as sophomore
quarterback Chase Ellis had
to be helped off the field
right before halftime with a
knee injury.
“I don’t know how bad it
is, I just know he is hurt,”
Jones said.
Sophomore quarterback
Casey Young guided the
Hornets to two second half
touchdown drives, including
scoring the final score of the
night on 19-yard run with
40 seconds left in the game.
The Hornets out gained
Mount de Sales on the ground
261 to 60 as the Westfield
defense limited the Cavaliers
to minus nine yards in the
second half. “Our defense
bent a lot, but only broke
once,” Jones said.
The lone offensive bright
spot for Mount de Sales was
senior quarterback Johnny
Walsh passing for 120 on
12-23 completions with one
interception.
Ahead by three at haftime,
the Hornets extended their
lead to 17-7 in the second
half as Zach Young exploded
for a 44-yard touchdown run
with 6:01 left in the third
quarter.
“I knew if we could get
See ROLLS, page
"Our defense bent
a lot, but only
broke once.”
- Westfield head football coach
Ronnie Jones
SECTION
B
knee iiyury,
questions
abounded
for Westfield
as Mount de
Sales rolled
into Perry
Friday night
in a GISA
AAA non-