Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

Houston journal TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 The Home Journal’s SANDLOT wmmm ON DECK High school Softball Today ■ Northside at Westside, 5:30 p.m. ■ Westfield at Sherwood, 4:30 p.m. ■ Perry at West Laurens, 6 p.m. ■ Warner Robins at Tift County, 5:45 p.m. ■ Houston County at Coffee County, 5:30 p.m. Thursday ■ Baldwin at Northside, 5:30 p.m. ■ Southland at Westfield, 5:30 p.m. ■ Perry at Northeast, 5 p.m. Friday ■ Colquitt at Warner Robins, 6 p.m. Saturday ■ Valdosta at Warner Robins, 11 a.m. High school Cross country Thursday ■ Perry and Northside at Northeast, 4 p.m. Saturday ■ Westfield at Tiftarea, 9 a.m. High school Volleyball Today ■ Perry and Mary Persons at Houston County, 5 p.m. Thursday ■ Perry at Northeast, 4 p.m. ■ Northside at Northeast, 4:30 p.m. Saturday ■ Houston County at Raider Rally at Southeast Whitfield, 8 a.m. High school Football Friday ■ Beach at Warner Robins, 7:30 p.m. ■ Northside at Jones County, 7:30 p.m. ■ Houston County at Parkview, 7:30 p.m. ■ Westfield at Brentwood, 7:30 p.m. ■ Jackson at Perry, 7:30 p.m. IN BRIEF Registration begins for Upward Basketball Registration has begun for the 2006-2007 Upward Basketball season. The cost per child is $65. After Saturday, 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). Museum to host Georgia Invitational golf tourney The 17th Annual Museum of Aviation Foundation Georgia Invitational Golf Tournament will be held Sept. 28-29 at the Pine Oaks Golf Club at Robins Air Force Base. 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 Friday - with separate prizes for each round. The total value of prizes and giveaways is more than $30,000. Foursomes will compete in a “scramble” handi capped 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. I . I Jjj £ «’ m - — l —~~~ —. 17 j, Jmki Houston County’s Nicole Williams gets ready to return a ball against Warner Robins during the county champi onship Saturday at Warner Robins. Lady Beans win county volleyball championship By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Three goals down, only one more to go. Houston County High School claimed the 2006 county champion ship of volleyball Saturday by going 4-0 against the county’s other three public schools at Warner Robins High School. For head coach Tony Jones and the Bears, it was the third of four preseason goals met by the team. The first was to win an area match, the second was to secure a winning season. With a current record of 22-5, that is all but locked up. The third was to win the county championship tournament against Warner Robins, Northside and Perry. The Bears will have to wait another month on the fourth goal, which is making the state playoffs. “This is big,” said Jones after sev eral minutes of celebration with the Houston County players and sup porters. “Every girl on the floor came up big, from the two who were called up from the JV to the senior cap tains. They all had their moments of glory.” Jones also recognized the fact that, while Houston won the champion ship final 2-0 against Warner Robins, it was not an easy victory. “Warner Robins was great,” he said. “We played them four times (last week), and they took it to us each time. They have nothing to hang their heads about.” HOUSTON WINS 25-17,27-25 It was already a long day for the BL Jm « ||| ! fpBE i sjk m 1 M W jMmk TVS HBHfe Sports "This is big. Every girl on the floor came up big, from the two who were called up from the JV to the senior captains. They all had then* moments of glory." - Houston County girls head volleyball coach Tony Jones Bears and the Demonettes with three matches under their belts since 8 in the morning. Houston County won the preliminary meetings against all three other schools while Warner Robins was victorious 2-0 against Perry and Northside. Warner Robins grabbed a 6-1 lead in Game 1 with Katie Hotchkiss serv ing an ace. Houston County rallied for a 7-7 tie on kills in the middle by Nicole Williams and Morgan Hollars and an ace from Catherine Goodman. It was the first of three in a row for Goodman for a lead of 11-7. The Demonettes would never go completely away, winning points at the net to pull within one. Hollars served an ace only to see Catherine Causey score a hard kill for the home team (16-14). But as Devon Preston served two more aces, Houston was back in control at 19-14. Though Deanna Drain had an ace for Warner Robins late in the game, a diving dig from Samantha Moncada led to a point for the Bears that kept the lead at five. The Demonettes didn’t score again, and the 1-0 lead went to Houston 25-17. Game 2 was so dramatic that it needed the volleyball version of over time 'to decide it. That despite an opening run of 6-0 for the Bears with a sideline kill from Jennifer Doebereiner and ace from Preston. Warner Robins would close that gap to two, 9-7, on two scores in the mid dle from Tatianna Hill and another ace for Drain. Houston County stretched the lead back to five, 13-8, only to have Causey score a hard kill on a 4-0 run by the hosts. With the score knotted 14-all, the Bears were plagued by mistakes on Margarat Leon’s serve. It was another 4-0 Demonette run to go up 18-14. The momentum, though, never stayed on one side of the net for long. Soon Houston got an ace from Preston to trail by just one, 18- 17. Warner Robins pulled back even again, 20-20, on a Causey kill. She would serve four volleyballs in a row Houston couldn’t return, leaving Warner Robins one point away from a third game. The serve went back to the Bears needing at least six points for the championship. Goodman got two of those on aces, and there was one more tie 24-24. Williams was on serve at match point, hit a long ace, and the cup was on its way to Bear country. OTHER RESULTS Perry High won the consolation match against Northside 2-1 in See COUNTY, page 3B Stewart, Kushinka break team records at Jekyll Invitational Special to the Journal Warner Robins likes the sce nario. Or at least that would appear to be the case in regard to Brettney Stewart and Marc Kushinka. Both set a Warner Robins cross country record this past: weekend while leading their respective squads at the Jekyll Island Invitational. Stewart’s time was 19:32 and Kushinka came how in 17:31. Overall, “The competition was better this year,” said Warner Robins head coach David Erpelding. But, he added, the teams - girls and boys - showed improvement. “It was a good meet overall,” he said. The Demonettes were eighth overall with 281 points. Lassiter was first with 80, followed by Lexington with 160, Athens Christian 197, Riverwood 211, Roswekk 215, Fletcher 218 and Kell 226. ENI/Gary Harmon Follwing the Demonettes were Dunwoody (315), North Hall (356), Carrollton (368), South Effingham (384), Savannah Arts (419), Eastside (424), Druid Hills (426) Camden County (434), Savannah Country Day (454) Luella (499), Northgate (565), Jefferson (578), Newnan (504), Chestatee (579), St. Augustine (584), Glynn Academy (824), Douglas County (866), Salem (876), Ware County (900), Savannah Christian (976), St. Francis (1,092) and Ware Magnet (1,158). Other of Warner Robins’ top finishers for the girls were: Danielle Atkins, 16th with a time of 21:39, Brittney Hill, 40th with a time of 23:09, April Meeks, 104th with a time of 25:11 and Becky Atkins, 119th with a time of 25:43. For the boys, Warner Robins finished 15th overall with 379. Lassiter was first with 75, followed by North Hall with 78, Athens Christian, 123, Sandalwood, 235, North Cobb, 245, Roswell, 261, Luella, 263, Bendictine, 293, Northgate, 296, Lexington, 300, Dunwoody, 325, Riverwood, 329, Kell, 339 and Druid Hills, 359. Following the Demons were: Jefferson (431), Camden County (531), Newnan (553), Eastside (590), Fletcher (599), South Effingham (619), Savannah Christian (625), Savannah Country Day (670), Chestatee (688), Savannah Arts (755), St. Augustine See RECORDS, page jfl Henderson's actions a mirror ot society Georgia is 3-0 and Mikey Henderson didn’t embarrass himself the last two games. Did he play? Henderson reminds me so much of athlete’s today. His ego is so important to him that he can’t score the touch down before showboating. Look at me! Look at me! I’m going to score a touchdown! Whoops. Thank God, the Bulldogs were playing Western Kentucky, a tune up game to prepare the Dawgs for the coming season. Had they been playing Montana State, his gaff might have cost mighty Georgia the game. Instead of kicking Henderson from one end of the field to the other, coaches took turns walk ing up to him, giving him con soling pats on the back. His “See me!” behavior is See SERSEY, page 3B The Lady Bears’ Jennifer Doebereiner returns a ball to the Demonettes’ side of the court. ENI Gary Harmon SECTION B Joe Sersey Journal Correspondent