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FRIDAY,
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006
The Home Journal’s
SANDLOT
ON DECK
High school
Softball
Today
■ 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
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
Today
■ 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 Tuesday
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.
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 Saturday.
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.
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.
Registration begins for
Upward Basketball
Registration has begun for the
2006-2007 Upward Basketball
season.
The cost per child is $65.
After Sept. 23, the cost goes up
to $75. Where you sign up and
register is where you practice
and play the games. You may
register at the following loca
tions in Warner Robins:
Second Baptist at 2504 Moody
Rd (923-7101), Friendship
Baptist at 1322 Feagin Mill
Rd. (953-9509) or Shirley Hills
Baptist at 615 Corder Rd. (923-
5571).
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Northside head coach Conrad Nix questions a call during the Eagles’ win over Warner
Robins this past Friday. Northside will travel and play North Clayton High today.
A Shock-er?
Northside, North Clayton a battle of unbeatens
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Thanks to the Northside
Eagles, there was no dra
matic finish to the annual
clash that
brings the
biggest
crowd by
far to a
high school
f o o t b a 11
game in
Georgia.
With the
4 A
Northside at
North Clayton,
today, 7:30
p.m.
28-7 win against Warner
Robins High last Friday,
the rest of the 2006 season
should be smooth sailing,
right?
Not when you look at
what Northside must con
tend with tonight. The
Eagles (sub-division B) are
getting a look at the other
end of Region 4-AAAA (sub
division A) with a rather
famous name in recent
Georgia football memory
attached.
It’s Northside against
North Clayton High - the
same school that produced
former Georgia Bulldog
quarterback D.J. Shockley
and is still coached by his
father, Don Shockley - in
College Park. Both schools
are nicknamed the Eagles,
and like the Eagles mak
ing the road trip, the host
Eagles are 2-0 and feature
a lot of big-play talent.
For one (and he wears
No. 1), North Clayton has
one of the Atlanta Journal-
Constitution ’s Super 11
players for this year in
Morgan Burnette.
“He plays everything,
all the time on defense,”
said Northside head coach
Conrad Nix. “He plays
quarterback on offense and
wide receiver.
“They have three dif
ferent guys who’s played
quarterback. They are all
obviously pretty talented. I
guess that’s from Shockley’s
son and the experiences he
had at Georgia, trying to let
Sports
"They are multiple, very multiple...
The beet thing they do is drop back and
throw it 40 to 50 yards down the lield.
I've seen two games, and they have
thrown at least four, maybe five long
touchdown passes. And they haven't
been challenged yet."
- Northside head football coach Conrad Nix
all those quarterbacks get a
shot at it.”
What concerns Nix the
most about this situation is
being the visiting team in
a place with limited facili
ties. It’s his hope that his
players can overcome that,
focus on football and come
out with a win.
“They are multiple, very
multiple,” said Nix about
the North Clayton offensive
attack. “They will be in a
no-back set with the gun.
They’ll be four-wide, in
trips, two-tight end wing,
the veer option, everything.
The best .thing they do is
drop back and throw it 40
to 50 yards down the field.
I’ve seen two games, and
they have thrown at least
four, maybe five long touch
down passes.
“And they haven’t been
challenged yet.”
Last Friday, North
Clayton beat Forest Park 42-
0 with all points coming in
the first half. The 42 points
matched the Eagles’ output
in their first game. Against
Forest Park, defense played
a big part in the offense as
Jenoris Darby ran back one
of his two interceptions (85
yards) for a score.
“They do a lot of stuff
(on defense),” said Nix. “A
3-3 thing, hot new defen
sive stuff. They stunt a lot
and try to get you out-num
bered, run around you and
all those things.”
Nix feels from a size
standpoint that most
ENI/Gary Harmon
teams will be bigger than
his Eagles. He gave North
Clayton a height advan
tage with the receivers and
defensive backs. In talking
about bulk, though, the
coach said the teams are
about the same.
But this could be a game
where the line of scrim
mage may not matter.
“They are going to run
the football and do a lot of
things, but the best thing
they do is get in the shot
gun, take one step back and
throw it down the field a
long way,” said Nix. “We are
not going to be able to put
pressure on them in that
situation. We have to make
sure we get a little contact
on the receiver and cover
them down the field.”
So a key for Northside
is to control the football
with its offense, which also
spreads the field, runs out
of the shotgun and gets its
passing yards 10 to 20 at
a time. That type of con
trol led to the win against
Warner Robins. After strik
ing quick for a 7-0 lead
less than a minute into the
game, Northside had two
other scoring drives in the
first half that saw had three
first downs before reaching
the end zone.
“Obviously we’re very
proud, thankful to God for
the way our guys played,”
said Nix about the Eagles’
second straight win against
the Demons. “Our guys
See BA TTLE, page iB
Tattnall threatens to
be AM title candidate
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Stratford and Southland
may have gone into the 2006
season with good feelings
about con
tending for
the GISA
AAA state
champion
ship.
Then they
ran into
Tattnall
Square.
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Tattnall at
Westfield,
today, 8 p.m.
Neither the Eagles nor the
Raiders did anything to
slow down the Trojans as
they storm towards Marvin
Arrington Stadium to take
on the 1-1 Westfield Hornets
tonight.
“Offensively, they have
everybody back from last
year,” said Westfield head
coach Ronnie Jones, who
affirmed that Tattnall
Square is so far looking
like a serious championship
threat. “The first two teams
they played haven’t slowed
them down at all. It’s just
because they have so many
weapons. They had close to
500 yards rushing last week
against Southland. That’s
the fullback, the tailback
and the quarterback.”
The Trojans beat Stratford
52-21 back on Aug. 31, a
Thursday, then eight days
later toppled the Raiders 48-
27.
Jones said it’s the same
option offense he’s always
seen out of Tattnall Square.
So like every year he tells the
defensive unit it’s all about
assignments. That’s easier
said than done when consid
ering that two of the Trojans
are averaging a first-down
gain every time they touch
the football.
Jimmy Intorcia is the lead
Perry Horseshoe Pitcher's Club
members run the gamut at Hull
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
Perry Horseshoe Pitcher’s
Club members observed a
lull at Hull.
Or, at least it would
appear that was the case as
out of five competing at the
Saturday event, none was
able to bring home a first
place trophy.
There was a second, how
ever. That belonged to Dane
Clark who competed in the
C Class. He finished with
a 4-2 record and connected
for 70 ringers out of 240
horseshoes pitched. That
also gave him a ringer per
centage of 29.17.
There was also a third,
fourth, fifth and sixth place
finisher from Perry.
Museum of Aviation
to host Georgia invite
Special to the Journal
Golfers are invited to play
in the 17th Annual Museum
of Aviation Foundation
Georgia Invitational Golf
Tournament Sept. 28-29 at
the Pine Oaks Golf Club at
Robins Air Force Base in
Warner Robins.
According to a release from
the museum, since 1990, the
mega tournament has raised
a total of more than $3.3
million for the entity - one
of the largest education
focused aviation museums
in the country.
The two-day tournament,
according to the release, is
the largest golf outing in
Middle Georgia each year and
is made up of three separate
SECTION
B
"The first two
teams they played
haven't slowed
them down at ah."
- Westfield head coach
Ronnie Jones
ing rusher so far in Class
AAA with 424 yards on 33
carries, which is an aver
age of 12.6 per tote. Brett
Layson averages 10.7 yards
a carry as he has 267 yards -
so far on 25 rushes. Darius .
Green isn’t far behind with
an 8.9 average (16-for-142).
“They haven’t even punt-.
ed a whole lot,” said Jones.
“We’re not going to com
pletely stop Tattnall. What
we have to do is keep the ball
away from them, move the.
ball on offense and just keep
it out of their hands. We can
slow them down some, but
not all the time.”
With Westfield’s offensive
approach, it’s not a stretch
to think the Hornets could
grind out some long drives
and shorten the game.
Tattnall Square does give
up some points as the scores
show, but Jones said the
Trojans don’t play a defense
that simply takes chances
and relies on out-scoring
people.
“They did lose some *
(seniors) like we did,” he
said. “Most of their expe
rience is on offense. What
helps them the most is they
don’t have but two kids who
play both ways. They play a
lot of folks. They do a lot of
things defensively and they
do it well.
“Southland has started
doing a lot of the stuff we
See THREATENS,page iB
Mary Ann Gibbs, pitching
in the A Class was the third
place finisher. She finished
with a record of 3-2. Also,
half of her 200 horseshoes
found the mark - 100 - for
a ringer percentage of 50
percent.
Fourth place went to
Buddy Ayer. He pitched in
the E Class and actually fin
ished in a four-way tie with
three other pitchers with a
3-3 record. (Bobby Arnold,
who finished first was 6-0.)
Ayer lost on a higher fin
ish via ringer percentages.
His, based on 43 ringers out
of 240 pitched, was 17.92.
Dixie Morris in second had a
ringer percentage of 20 and
Trace Mason’s was 18.33.
See CLUB,page iB
At A Glance
What: 17th Annual Museum of
Aviation Foundation Georgia
Invitational Golf Tournament
When: Sept. 28-29
Where: Pine Oaks Golf Course
on Robins Air Force Base
Cost: $250 per individual. Note:
Sponsorships also available
rounds - one that Thursday
and two that Friday - with
separate prizes for each
round. The total value of
Taylor Made golf equip
ment, other prizes and give
aways is more than $30,000.
Foursomes will compete in
a “scramble” handicapped.
See INVITE, page iB
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