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Moustcm Patlg WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 The Home Journal’s SANDLOT —Tflnwww-’' ON DECK High school Softball Thursday ■ Tift County at Houston County, 4 p.m. ■ Coffee at Warner Robins, 5:45 p.m. ■ Southwest at Perry, 5 p.m. ■ Deerfield at Westfield, 4:30 p.m. ■ Northside at Upson-Lee, 5:30 p.m. Friday ■ Lowndes at Warner Robins, 6 p.m. Saturday ■ Lowndes at Houston County, 11 a.m. ■ Northside at Warrior Fast pitch Classic, teams and times to be determined High school Cross country Thursday ■ Perry at Mary Persons, 4:30 p.m. Saturday ■ Southland at Westfield, 9 a.m. ■ Warner Robins at Jekyll Island Invite, time to be announced High school Volleyball Saturday ■ Houston County, Northside and Perry at County champion ship at Warner Robins, 10 a.m. High school Football Friday ■ Berkmar at Houston County, 7:30 p.m. ■ Warner Robins at Central Gwinnett, 7:30 p.m. ■ Northside at North Clayton, 7:30 p.m. ■ Tattnall Square at Westfield, 8 p.m. IN BRIEF Perry teams to host golf tourney Perry High School’s fast-pitch and cross country teams will be hosting a two-man scramble golf tournament Saturday at Perry Country Club. The cost is SSO per player, which includes lunch, door prizes and more - first place gross and net teams each receive S3OO. Mulligans will be sold/strokes will be given. Contact Heather Sans at 971-1392 or Jeff Sans at 955-7550 to sign up or for more information. HoCo cheer squad to hold open house/barbecue Houston County’s Cheer Booster Club and Port-A-Pit BBQ 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. Tickets should be purchased by Wednesday. For more informa tion 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. HoCo has injuries, Berkmar to contend with By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Houston County High’s football Bears are trying to go 2-0 in this early little three-game stretch against non-region opponents in Class AAAAA. Head JK Berkmar at Houston County, Friday, 7:30 p.m. coach Doug Johnson and his staff not only have to wonder what Berkmar High - from the same 8-AAAAA region as Parkview and Brookwood - is all about, but what the condition of two offensive starters will be by kickoff Friday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium. The Bears scored an impressive 35-6 win on Saturday at the home stadi um against Windsor Forest of Region 3-AAAAA. But before the speeded-up sec ond half began, quarterback Martrez King walked to the b£nch on crutches. Senior guard Michael Cuppett also // Mum ib ■nwi Hf I me, M S Am v Be 4 K i Wkb fOB r mmkzs*— wt JHnr SM IV , M wmtw KNI (.ary Harmon Warner Robins assistant coach Richard Hodges greets Xavier Jackson on the sidelines during the Demons’ game against Northside Friday. The Demons will be on the road Friday at Central Gwinnett. And the good news is... Wright, Buford may be ready when Demons play Central Gwinnett By MA TTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Losing a football game is one thing, but losing two key starters after only two weeks gone in the season is another. Fortunately for Warner Robins fans, while the sight of a 28-7 loss on Friday to rival Northside was all too real, the conditions of two Demon players looked much worse than they turned out to be. One of the last lingering images the crowd of more than 17,000 witnessed was George Walton throws no-hitter at Westfield By MA TTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Westfield’s softball Hornets traveled a lot of miles Monday only to ride the same distance back to Perry without a hit in the scorebook. George Walton defeated Westfield in Monroe 5-0 in a non-region contest with seven hits to none for the Hornets. “We did not play well at all,” said coach Rodney Culverhouse. “We had about five or six errors. That didn’t Sports spent the rest of the game seated on the sidelines. Johnson said Kingsprained his ankle late in the first half Saturday, and his sta tus for Friday is uncertain. King spent Monday’s prac tice time in therapy, and the coach said he doesn’t expect him to miss more than one game if any. Cuppett, though, is defi nitely out for the Berkmar game with a slight concus sion, Johnson said. “It hurts us a little bit,” said Johnson. “Berkmar is an extremely quick team. Martez does a lot for us, and if he can’t play it will defi nitely change our plans.” For one thing, it would make sophomore Jeff Thompson the starter for the first time on varsity. Johnson said Thompson does have a grasp of the Houston County offense, but natural ly lacks the experience. The game plan, he said, would then center on the plays Thompson can make. “The matchup is not See HOCO, page 6B Warner Robins quarter back Mark Wright Jr. not once but twice needing help to get from the playing Warner Robins at Central Gwinnett, Friday, 7:30 p.m. field to the visiting side line. Demon supporters already saw that last year when Wright lost his junior season to a knee injury in week 2. On this occasion, after an help. “I don’t know if it’s that we’ve not been able to consistently play with all the rain outs. That can’t help. But I hope we got it out of our system.” Westfield was sup posed to play Sherwood Christian at home last Thursday, but that region tilt was called off due to inclement weather. The team vw yK-, v* mSESmtur % _ Bbßfaßa mm « WM HSm PWB W V l- ks vr Bl n i JKip m vjj mrm/Mr jAdstf pp jr MMfk sit l__. ■ UCJ——rafiiiaiffii'UMM——■— ——■ nb—mmm ENI/Gary Hannon Houston County assistant coach Chip Stuart goes over some adjustments with the players during their game Saturday. The Bears will host Berkmar Friday. injury early in the second half, Wright came back to play 15 more snaps. He was moving gingerly, though, and the 15th and final play of the night was a sack by the Northside defense. Come Monday, Wright was in full uniform and taking his usual repetitions with the Demon offense. “He’s a little stiff,” said head coach Bryan Way. “He twisted his knee a little bit. There’s the possibility of straining the LCL there, but nothing major. He’s day to-day, getting some rehab WESTFIELD HORNETS George Walton 5, Westfield 0 and doing what he can at practice. Hopefully it will get a little better each day, and maybe he’ll be ready on Friday.” For the 1-1 Demons, it’s no easy task after playing Parkview in the Georgia Dome and Northside in one of the state’s biggest games by far. Warner Robins now goes to Central Gwinnett High in Lawrenceville to face a team ranked in the top five of Class AAAAA in the preseason after reach ing the state quarterfinals See READY, page iB had back-to-back games washed out Aug. 22-23. The Hornets were set to continue Region 3-AAA competition Tuesday at Southland in Americus. Culverhouse said the team left George Walton disappointed in themselves at how that game went, and he hoped that fired them up for the game against the Raiders. As for a makeup with Sherwood, Culverhouse said the ten tative date is Sept. 26, but all details were yet to be worked out. SECTION B lady Bears earn 3 mere Brea wins Special to the Journal After losing two non-Area matches Wednesday to No. 4 ranked Greater Atlanta Christian (25-16 and 25-18 losses) and No. 10 ranked Pace Academy (a 25-19 loss, 25-18 win and 25-25 loss), Houston County’s volley ball team rebounded with a ven geance to win three Area match es Saturday. The squad traveled to Redan High School FT ladyA> WR AS} Match 1 - Houston County 26, Redan 10; Lady Bears 25, Redan 15 Match 2 - HoCo 25, Stephenson 13; HoCo 25, Stephenson 22 Match 3 - Houston County 25, Lithonia 6; HoCo 25, Lithonia 9 where it beat the host in two games 26-10 and 25-15. The Lady Bears See AREA, page jB Perry battles to third at Tiger Classic Special to the Journal Perry’s girls fast-pitch team traveled to Adairsville this week end where the Lady Panthers competed in the Tiger Classic and finished 4-2. That earned them third place overall in the Gold Division. The squad opened the tournament by beat ing Murray County 8-1 and then it beat Gordon \ PERRY PANTHERS Perry 8, Murray County 1; Perry 7, Gordon Central 3; Adairsville 6, Perry 4; Effingham County 4, Perry 3; Perry 4, Holy Innocence 3; Perry 9, Creekview 4 Central 7-3. The next two games were a case of See TIGER, page ill