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33ttustmt 33atItJ TJounml SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2006 The Home Journal's SANDLOT ""nfTO’x iMT 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. 1 H 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 JFI jnT i Jy# jr ! 11 t i Jv JIBuBI MI fa IH Mam t Ml ■.. Jj v jM --JI I*4 r . “figSE! ■' ft pHv HLI H Wa ... - I ... ENI/Gary Harmon 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 ' w mJ A 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