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Westfield cross country runners are shown with awards they won Saturday in a meet
at Sherwood. They are, from left: Mallory Eubanks - (girls’ varsity) third in Region 3-
AAA, ninth overall with a time of 25:20; Jimmy Mehserle - (boys’ junior varisty) sixth
overall with a time of 12:20; Jacob Parnell - (boys’ varsity) first in Region 3-AAA, fifth
overall with a time of 19:55; Ellen Grier - (girls’ JV) seventh overall with a time of
13:08; and Caroline Amos - (girls’ JV) ninth overall with a time of 13:12.
Cross Country
Westfield Hornets @ Sherwood Invitational
Name Time Place
1 Jacob Parnell, VB 19:55 5
2 Hunter Wojohn, VB 23:03
3 Evan Grantham, VB 23:13
4 Thompson Way, VB 29:10
5 Hank McCord, VB 25:39
6 Will Walton, VB 24:43
7 Zack Hamsley, VB 24:44
8 Jared Howard, VB 27:08
9 Jeremy Stubbs, VB 29:10
10 Will O'Neal, VB 28:19
11 Cleve Cleveland VB
1 Leigh James-Artigas, VG
2 Mallory Eubanks. VG 25:20 9
3 Caliie Brown, VG 32:53
Falcons oust ICW from playoffs
Special to the Journal
Phenix City and
International City each beat
the other during the regular
season.
The two met in a decid
ing - and more importantly,
playoff - game Saturday
with the Falcons getting the
edge and an advance to the
next round. They beat the
Warriors 8-6.
It was, as Co-owner/
General Manager James
Hamp put it: “One of the
toughest games of the
year.”
In fact, the score was
knotted as goose eggs at
He said it...
“If we don’t win our ball games, it really doesn’t matter. If it’s four games, five
games or 10 games, if we don’t win, it doesn’t matter. We can’t start looking
where we’re at. We have to win or it doesn’t matter.”
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5 Morgan Irby, VG
1 Jimmy Mehserle, JVB 12:20 6
2 Karl Nelson, JVB 15:14
3 Trae Tolleson, JVB 16:05
4 Ryan Sichelstiel, JVB 14:10
5 Hamilton Way, JVB
6 Gabe Gattis. JVB 14:36
1 Ellen Grier, JVG 13:08 7
2 Caroline Amos, JVG 13:12 9
3 Courtney Hamsley, JVG 15:18
4 McKinley Walton, JVG 14:28
5 Caliie Ray, JVG 16:28
6 Sarah Johnson, JVG 16:54
7 Erin Walker, JVG 14:24
8 Elizabeth Stokes, JVG 15:05
halftime.
“The ball was carried back
and forth so many times
fans felt like they were on
a dingy in the middle of a
hurricane,” Hamp said, add
ing the Warriors’ defense
caused a few turnovers but,
they “they could not convert
on those turnovers.”
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to draw blood, that coming
with seven and a half min
utes left in the game.
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conversion and successfully
completed it off a sweep.
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receivers,” Hamp said. “Two
plays which would have
resulted in touchdowns were
called back on penalties,” he
said.
With less than three and
a half minutes left in the
game, the Warriors finally
scored.
They were penalized on
the 2-point conversion, how
ever. That in turn pushed
the ball back five yards.
They tried to connect in
the endzone from there,
Hamp said, but were unsuc
cessful. After two subse
quent possessions, the final
horn blew ending their
year.
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SPORTS
Bulldogs not taking UAB lightly
By Marc Weiszer
Morris News Service
It’s a showcase weekend
for SEC football with a pair
of heavyweight national
TV tilts between Florida-
Tennessee and LSU-Aubum.
Tucked away on pay-per
view, Georgia plays Alabama-
Birmingham at Sanford
Stadium. It’s the kind of
game that probably will be
an afterthought for many
unless the Blazers pull an
Akron or a Troy and topple
a team from a BCS confer
ence or at least scare the
daylights out of one.
UAB senior quarterback
Chris Williams knows it’s
possible.
He had his first college
start in place of injured
Darrell Hackney against
Georgia in 2003, a game in
which the 29-point under
dogs hung with the Bulldogs.
Georgia needed a 31-yard
Billy Bennett field goal with
12:47 to play to pull out a
16-13 victory.
UAB (1-1) pushed another
bigwig in its season opener
Sept. 2, losing at Oklahoma
21-14, and lost 17-10 last
season at Tennessee.
“It gives us a lot confi
dence knowing that we can
play with them, but we want
a chance to try and beat one
of them,” said Williams, who
came off the bench to com
plete 12 of 16 passes for 144
yards and two touchdowns
in a 17-15 victory over East
Carolina Saturday. “We play
close with every big team
we’ve played, but we haven’t
beaten them. That’s our
goal.”
Akron of the Mid-American
Conference did it over the
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in 2005.
There was another injury
of note for Warner Robins
Friday on the defensive side.
One of the school’s all-time
top tacklers, Brian Buford,
left the game early in the sec
ond half and didn’t return.
“He was dehydrated a
little bit and had to spend
the night in the hospital,”
said Way. Buford didn’t prac
tice Monday, but the coach
expected the linebacker to
be ready on Tuesday. So
neither Wright nor Buford
are listed as out for Central
Gwinnett.
“They have a good foot
ball team,” said Way about
the Black & Gold Knights.
“They got beat by Lowndes
(in the 2005 playoffs), but
they have 16 starters back
off that team. They are very
talented football players.”
The Demons should expect
a variety of odd-man front
defenses and a double-slot
formation on offense.
“They try to run the speed
sweep, the counter and the
trap off that,” said Way.
“They are primarily a run
ning team. We have to play
our best to win the game.
“The two slots have good
speed, and they like to get
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“oh-so-close” as the Lady
Panthers lost both in a tie
breaker.
First it was Adairsville.
Perry lost to it 6-4. Then it
was Effingham County. The
Lady Panthers lost to it 4-3.
Following that, Perry
got back on track and fin
ished out with wins, first
edging Holy Innocence 4-3
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we can play with them, but we want a
chance to try and beat one of them. We
play close with every Mg team we've
played, but we haven't beaten them. That's
our goal."
- UAB senior quarterback Chris Williams
weekend. The Zips went on
the road and upended ACC
member N.C. State 20-17
Saturday.
Sun Belt conference
member Troy, which upset
Missouri in 2004 and plays
at Georgia next season, was
tied with No. 9 Florida State
with under two minutes to
play until the Seminoles
pulled out a 24-17 victory.
“They really are good
football teams,” Georgia
coach Mark Richt said of
the UABs and Troys. “They
have talent. You watch and
see, they’ll have guys getting
drafted and guys getting
free agent shots. They’ve got
guys that can play. Both of
those programs are especial
ly tough because they usu
ally can run with you pretty
well.”
UAB had first-round picks
in 2005 in receiver Roddy
White by Atlanta and in
2002 in defensive end Bryan
Thomas by the New York
Jets. That’s two more first
rounders than Alabama had
in that stretch, but when
the Crimson Tide comes to
town, teams snap to atten
tion.
“Maybe we sneak up on
them, but we also have a
little bit of talent also,”
outside with those guys. We
have to contain that. The
fullback likes to run inside,
so our tackles and inside
linebackers have to be disci
plined and cut that off. When
they throw the ball, they
have a tall receiver, about
6-2, with good speed.
“They have good size (on
the line). They’re not real
quick ... hopefully we’re
quicker than they are. We’ll
have to hit them, get off
some blocks and pursue the
football.”
Way shouldered all of the
responsibility for the 28-7
loss to Northside that put
the Demons at 1-1. Warner
Robins’ only score came
on what could have been
a disastrous punting situa
tion. But David Clark ran
down the bad snap and
found Laron Scott open
down the sidelines for a 52-
yard touchdown pass in the
first quarter. After that, the
Demons gained just 63 yards
of offense.
“I did a very poor job of
getting us ready,” said Way.
“We didn’t play very well
once the game started. I
didn’t think we competed
very well. That’s a problem
and we’re trying to rectify
that this week, work on fun
damentals and try to get
better.”
One of the main lacks of
and then beating Creekview
9-4.
Leading the Lady Panthers
on defense were Erica Smith
and Jenna Clark, both from
the mound and both finish
ing 2-1.
“Both of them pitched
extremely well the whole
tournament,” said head
coach Jeff Sans.
At the plate, Perry had
plenty with multiple hits,
and several with home runs.
In fact Smith and Clarke
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Williams said. “Maybe it’s a
combination.”
UAB is just in its 11th sea
son playing on the Division
I-A level and its trip to the
2004 Hawaii Bowl is its lone
bowl appearance. The team
was picked fifth in the six
team Conference USA East
Division.
’’They’re well-coached.”
Richt said. “Those guys can
definitely beat you. Shoot,
it happens all the time, so
we’ve just got to be ready.”
So far the big upset
hasn’t happened this year
for Conference USA teams.
Florida pounded Central
Florida 42-0, BYU cruised
over Tulsa 49-24, UCLA
defeated Rice 26-16 and
Texas Tech ripped SMU 35-
3 and edged UTEP in over
time 38-35.
“We sure give it our best
shot because we play enough
of them,” UAB coach Watson
Brown said. “We got close. A
lot of our teams have, but we
still this year haven’t gotten
one of those. I think we do
need to do that. The percep
tion of the league is getting
better and better, but until
you get that true perception
that you want, you’re going
to have to knock off some of
those folks.”
discipline, Way said, was the
amount of penalties on the
offensive unit deep in their
own territory. It created
bad field position for them
and great position for the
Eagles.
“We have to focus bet
ter than we did,” said Way.
“(The defense) played fair, a
lot better than the offense.
When the opponent gets the
ball at the 50 or inside the
50, it’s hard to play defense.
They don’t have far to go
to score. We still made a lot
of mistakes and have a lot
of room for improvement as
well.”
Scott gave Warner Robins
an interception in the first
half, but there was also a
third-down interference
penalty that kept Northside
driving for the eventual
winning touchdown. In the
second half, down 21-7, the
Demons forced Northside
into three straight punting
situations, but the Eagles
would go ahead 28-7 with
2:47 remaining.
“We’ve talked about it,
and hopefully we realize we
still have a lot to play for,”
said Way about the impact
of the loss, this time as a
non-region game. “Down
the road, if we can work
hard, get better and make
some noise in the region (1-
AAAAA), we’ll be fine.”
both went deep, as did Crystal
Greer. Greer finished with
seven hits. Ashton Jones had
eight, which included four
doubles and Marla Patterson
had seven hits.
Patterson, Sans said,
was also feeling sick at one
point, so he had her sit out
a game.
She came back in just in
the nick of time to hit a sin
gle to left field that scored
the tying and go-ahead runs
against Holy Innocence.