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SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 16, 2006
The Home Journal's
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ON DECK
High school
Softball
Today
■ Lowndes at Houston County.
11 a.m.
■ Northside at Warrior Fast
pitch Classic, teams and times to
be determined
High school
Cross country
Today
■ Southland at Westfield, 9
a.m.
■ Warner Robins at Jekyll Island
Invite, time to be announced
High school
Volleyball
Today
■ Houston County, Northside
and Perry at County champion
ship at Warner Robins, 10 a.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 today 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.
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.
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 follow
ing locations 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).
Musuem to host Georgia
Invitational golf tourney
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 larg
est 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 rounds -
one that Thursday and two that
Friday - with separate prizes
for each round. The total value
of Taylor Made golf equipment,
other prizes and giveaways is
more than $30,000. Foursomes
will compete in a “scramble”
handicapped format. Tee times
are noon on Thursday and 8
a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Golfers receive a commem
orative golf shirt, a Thursday
night traditional “Plantation
Supper,” luncheon buffets and
a barbecue awards dinner on
Friday evening.
The single player fee is
$250. Sponsors and play
ers can sign up by calling the
Museum of Aviation at 478-
923-6600 or emailing june.
lowe@museumofaviation.org or
marylynn.harrison@museumofa
viation.org.
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Westfield’s Trent Usher (33) takes the handoff from Joel Revis (10) during the Hornets’ game against Tattnall
Friday at Marvin Arrington Stadium.
Tattnall turns back WF
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Only down by 12 points at half
time to a team already averaging
50 points a game, Westfield couldn’t
have felt too bad about its second
half prospects Friday night at Marvin
Arrington Stadium.
But Tattnall Square Academy had
the benefit of the first touch of the
half when the home Hornets took the
Bears baffle Berkmar
ByJOESERSEY
Journal Correspondent
Eric O’Neal scored four
touchdowns to lead Houston
County to a 27-7 win over
visiting Berkmar Friday
night at McConnell-Talbert
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Houston County quarterback Jeff Thompson hands off to D.J. Dodson (7) in the
Bears’ game against Berkmar Friday in McConnell-Talbert Stadium.
Barrett leads Demonettes
in shutout of Coffee County
Lady Bears blank
Tift County 2-0
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
First a note to the board of
education: Please add some
handicap parking to Warner
Robins High School’s softball
field.
That from a fan - one who
said she had to walk at least
200 yards and added she had
brought this issue up last year
- and not from Coffee County.
Although, Jensen Barrett
Sports
football first after
winning the coin
toss. All it took was
one beautiful fake
to the fullback and
Trojan quarterback
Brett Layson was off
to the races for a 71-
yard touchdown. It turned a 19-7
game into a 26-7 score.
When all the dust settled, Tattnall
Square left Perry 46-14 winners and
Stadium. O’Neal rushed for
165 yards on 21 carries.
Entering the game, the
Bears had a serious question
mark at quarterback, and
sophomore Jeff Thompson
had to fill in for injured
disabled the
Lady Trojans
plenty in a 4-
0 Demonettes
win.
In fact,
Barrett in
going the full
seven innings
Thursday, only
had two charg
es against her
WARNER** ROBINS
Warner
Robins 4,
Coffee County
0
and each could have just as
easily been ruled an error.
The first was a bunt that
dropped in front of the plate.
Barrett sprinted to it.
See SHUTOUT, page iB
A
Tattnall Square
46, Westfield 14
starter Martez King.
Thompson’s main job was
to hand off to either O’Neal
or D.J. Dodson who did the
grunt work up the middle
for 81 yards on 18 carries.
Thompson’s debut didn’t
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a perfect 3-0 for 2006. The Hornets
dropped to 1-2, but also saw two
senior starters added to an ever
growing injury list.
The first break of the night belonged
to the home Hornets, but only after
they saw senior running back Zach
Young re-injure an ankle on his first
carry- He started the contest with
a 38-yard kickoff return, a return
only stopped by a trip-up at the
See BACK, page jB
look prom
ising. His
first pass
was inter
cepted, but
the run
ning game
ran up
270 yards,
averaging almost six yards
a carry on 48 carries.
“Our offensive line did a
great job,” said Bears head
coach Doug Johnson. “They
took over the game.”
Houston County took
a 14-0 lead into the half.
Although both touchdowns
came in the second quarter,
O’Neal’s two-yard run for
the first score finished a 59-
yard drive that began in the
first frame.
O’Neal’s first touchdown
was set up by back-to-back
tosses by Thompson to
Craig Pressley for 14 and 17
yards to wipe out a second a
29 deficit.
“Jeff threw enough to
show (Berkmar) he could
pass,” Johnson said. “He
throws two good passes and
Craig makes good catches.”
O’Neal struck again
See BAFFLE, page jB
Panthers ol
'Bl to hold
reunion
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
With victories against the
likes of Americus High, Peach
County and Baldwin, 1981 was
a fun season for football at
Perry High School.
The Panther team that aver
aged giving up less than a
touchdown a game in 11 con
tests and won the regular-sea
son Region 3-AAA champion
ship is getting back together
for its 25-year reunion at Perry
High on Sept. 22.
When a football team records
six shutouts in 11 games, not
a lot of offense is required to
come out on top. The 1981
team had a scoring average of
18.3 points per game (201), but
managed to win eight times
with a defense that only allowed
5.6 (62) to the opposition.
The defensive numbers
weren’t surprising. Under head
coach Dave Crockett, Perry
High gave up 29 or more points
in a game three times out of 55
in five seasons.
The special teams even got
into the act with three blocked
kicks returned for touchdowns.
One of those was a field goal
block that Panther Rodney
Norwood took 76 yards to the
other end zone against Crisp
County. Rodney Bridges scored
twice that season on blocked
punts.
The season started Sept. 4,
1981, in Macon’s Henderson
Stadium. It was the first of
the six shutouts, 10-0 over
Northeast.
See REUNION, page iB
A
Houston
County 27,
Berkmar 7
SECTION
B
Lady Hornets get
back on track
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Kelsey Gilliam threw a two-
hit shutout,
and Westfield’s
offense solved
its run-scoring
dilemma in a
7-0 Region 3-
AAA softball
win against
Deerfield-
Windsor at
home Thursday.
In seven com
plete innings,
Gilliam struck
out nine, hit
one batter and
did not issue
a walk. The
Hornet defense
had an error
less game with
WESTFIELD
HORNETS
Westfield 7,
Deerfield 0
Inside
Lady
Panthers
stop
Southwest
- page 3B
a few plays of an unusual vari
ety. Second baseman Mason
Moreland had five putouts,
three of them while covering
the first-base bag.
But after a no-hitter
See BACK,page jB
ft
Warner
Robins’
Lauren
Graham
slides in
safely on
a steal
Thursday
in the
team’s
win at
home
over
Coffee
County.
Journal Don
Moncrief