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Moustim Jjmmral THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 The Home Journal’s SANDLOT ON DECK High school Softball Today ■ 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 Today ■ Perry and Northside at Northeast, 4 p.m. Saturday ■ Westfield at Tiftarea, 9 a.m. High school Volleyball Today ■ 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 outing in Middle Georgia and is made up of three sepa rate 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” handicapped format. Tee times are noon on Thursday and 8 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Friday. Golfers receive a commemo rative golf shirt, a Thursday night traditional “Plantation Supper,” luncheon buffets and a barbe cue awards dinner. The single player fee is $250. Sponsors and players can sign up by call ing the Museum of Aviation at 478-923-6600 or emailing june. lowe@museumofaviation.org or marylynn.harrison@museumofa viation.org. Perry's boys track team to sell Fair tickets The Perry High School boys track team will be holding a fund-raiser. The group will be selling a three-day student pass (ages 11-18) for the Georgia Nationa Fair. The tickets are for gate admission and cost $lO (a savings of $8). The pass is good for Oct. ID -12. Tickets can be purchased at the Perry High School front office. The last day to buy will be Sept. 29. Money raised will help buy uniforms and equipment for the team. Contact Cassandra Dixon at 988-6299 for more. « w Hm* r 'lfl ■PMM flHKtk i f* <g - JfLf jS '■ m. Hi Ml Wr Jm JHjjfc «Hn wMMH Erf mu!* *j H IKnpP . 19* * j 99 Pjwgtj §|j| IV -10* M 4 mL 9 89.. 19 91 ■ wf ''f:Wl££*3 ENI/Gary Harmon Demons assistant coach Bob Davis and players look on from the sidelines against Northside Sept. 8. After being shut out at Central Gwinnett this past weekend, Warner Robins will look to rebound when it hosts Beach Friday. Unfamiliar territory Demons home but still in an unfamiliar place By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Finally. Enough with the state contenders already. Bring on the Bulldogs. It would be understandable of those are the thoughts of Warner Robins High football fans see ing what’s next on the schedule after Parkview, Northside and Central Gwinnett. All the Demons in uniform know, how- M Beach at Warner Robins, Friday, 7:30 pm ever, that at 1-2, they are not in a position to take anyone lightly. Not even the Beach High Bulldogs, a team that gave up 60 points last week to Charlton County High. Head coach Bryan Way first point ed out that Beach, from Region 3- AAAAA and the Coastal Empire town of Savannah, shares Warner Robins’ record at 1-2 so far in 2006. He also reminds everyone that Charlton Bears prep to take their shot at Parkview By MATTHEW BROWN Journal Sports Writer Is there ever a good time to catch a high school foot ball pro gram of such high renown as Parkview? Warner Robins High may have done it on Sept. 2 at the Georgia A* Houston County at Parkview, Friday, 7:30 p.m. Dome, leaving this team that’s always accustomed to being in the champion ship hunt with only one direction to go the rest of the season. Right in the path of the Panthers is Houston County High School. The Bears, with a 2-1 record, must go to the place called the Big Orange Jungle in Lilburn, where Parkview just last week blanked Union Grove 16-0. Houston County head coach Doug Johnson and staff took the opportunity to scout two future oppo nents, Warner Robins and Parkview, in the Dome on opening weekend. The Demons won with surpris ing ease 30-3. Johnson said Parkview did some lineup switching during a Sports "I'm sure (Beach) is coming hi here looking for a win. We have to make sure we get better. Than our main focus this week. If we do the little things better, we'll be OK." - Warner Robins head football coach Bryan Way County, a dominant program in the state’s lower classifications, has the talent to put big numbers up against anybody. “Charlton County’s probably a lot better than we are,” said Way after his team lucked out on avoiding heavy inclement weather at the prac tice field Tuesday. “I’m sure (Beach) is coming in here looking for a win. We have to make sure we get better. That’s our main focus this week. If we do the little things better, we’ll be OK.” The Demons find themselves in that uncharacteristic position of bye week after the Warner Robins game and it showed in the film against Union Grove. “They didn’t play too bad (against the Demons),” n ; —— V w zzjkjt Tter k ■ ■ lrtlliill^if ... : ' M ' . . ENI/Gary Harmon Houston County head coach Doug Johnson goes over last-minute details with the officials during the Bears’ game against Berkmar this past Friday. They will travel and play Parkview Friday. said Johnson. “They had some mistakes but moved the football some. They just dug a hole so quick ... being behind is not good for them because they are under .500, so the goal is to get back on the winning track Friday at McConnell-Talbert Stadium. That means studying the tendencies of Beach High with the same scrutiny of Warner Robins’ previous opponents. “They have an outstanding quar terback,” said Way. “He looks about 6-4, 6-5 and throws aspirin tablets. He really throws it. He has a couple of good receivers who scare us to death. We have to do a good job with our coverages and get some pressure on him. “They have good quickness See DEMONS, page 2B not a quick-strike group normally. They got out of what they wanted to do. “They beat Union Grove, who made the playoffs See BEARS, page 2B SECTION B Rain gets most but HaCo tails, IMide wins Roundup From staff reports Two escaped the weather. Several others didn’t. Perry, which was to play at West Laurens, Westfield, which was to be on the road to Sherwood and Warner Robins, which was scheduled to play at Tift County were the three latter. Their softball games were rained out - with reschedule dates yet to be determined for the Lady Hornets and Panthers, said their coaches, and the Demonettes reset for Oct. 2. Northside was one that didn’t - escape the weather - and made the most of it. The Lady Eagles traveled to Westside and beat the Lady Seminoles 12-2. Becky Studstill was the win ning pitcher for Northside, while Kim Dominy and Ashley Jackson led the team on offense. The team, according to head coach Mitch Horton, also ben efitted from “several stellar” plays at second base from Allison Dickey. And then there was the Lady Bears. They escaped the weather but probably wish they hadn’t. They lost 3-2 in extra innings to and at Coffee County. Houston County scored both of its runs in the third. The Lady Trojans scored one in the first, one in the seventh to tie it and then the go-ahead run in the eighth. Kuehn no longer lonely at the top By DON MONCRIEF Journal Sports Editor Howard Kuehn has a little company at the top. Kuehn, who finished the spring on top of the Perry Horseshoe Pitcher’s Club’s standings, had led the sum mer standings since it started Aug. 7. A couple of pitchers, Buddy Ayer and Dane Clark, began encroaching on his lead - one game back - following play Sept. 11, and now as of Monday, Kuehn has company. He hasn’t lost the lead but Ayer and Clark have come up to join him. All three are cur rently 12-9. Not only that but Larry Myers has joined in the fray. He had a record of 10-8 Sept. 11 but now he, too, is 12-9. Also in the mix is Mary Ann Gibbs. She is now 11-10 and in fifth. Rounding out the See TOP, page 2B Golf giveaway in full swing Special to the Journal The Georgia State Parks Golf website at GeorgiaGolf.com is currently offering the chance to win “Georgia’s Great Golf Getaway.” The prize package includes: Four two-day passes to the PGA TOUR Championship at East Lake in Atlanta taking place the first weekend in November, a round of golf for four at the Creek at Hard Labor, a round of golf for four at Highland Walk at Victoria Bryant and three nights lodging in a two bedroom cottage at Hard Labor Creek State Park, which is located 45 minutes from See SWING, page 2B