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djmtnml SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2006 The Home Journal’s SANDLOT "WWWW** 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-