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Mousitnt Pailg 3|mmtal 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). f f ill I I llmJl 1 i M E* * Ull f I lul # J mm ■ 111 ■ I I fj a m 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. JBl 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 9