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SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 23, 2006
The Home Journal’s
SANDLOT
ON DECK
High school
Softball
Today
■ Valdosta at Warner Robins,
11 a.m.
■ Valdosta at Houston County,
3 p.m.
Today
■ Westfield at Sherwood, 4:30
p.m.
High school
Cross country
Today
■ Westfield at Tiftarea, 9 a.m.
High school
Volleyball
Today
■ Houston County at Raider
Rally at Southeast Whitfield, 8
a.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 today, however, 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 Thursday-Friday 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 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
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. 10-
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.
Houston County YMCA to
hold spruce-up day
The Houston County YMCA
has set a spruce-up day for
Sept. 30. During that time will
get together to update the inte
rior of the building. The time will
be from 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. and
the organization is looking for 50
volunteers to help out.
A continental breakfast will
also be provided. The facility is
located on the corner of Moody
Road and State Road 96.
Call 922-2566 for more infor
mation.
MGC soccer team to play
Georgia College
The Middle Georgia College
Lady Warriors soccer team will
host Georgia College & State
University's junior varsity team
Sunday at 3 p.m.
Warner Rollins halts skid; bounces Beach
By JOE SERSEY
Journal Correspondent
Warner Robins rejoined the
winning ranks with a 56-18
win over Beach High School
Friday
night at
McConnell-
Talbert
Stadium.
“We
haven’t been
playing well
the past two
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56, Beach 18
weeks,” said Demons head
coach Bryan Way. “I’m proud
of our kids. Last week, we
had the best week of prac
tice since I’ve been the head
coach.”
For the first five minutes,
Beach looked to make a con
test of the game.
Warner Robins took a 7-0
lead on its first possession,
but Beach responded with
an eight-play 55-yard drive
sparked by five straight com
pleted passes.
“I told everybody that
(Markeith Cummings) could
throw,” Way said.
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down but called back on a flag.
Jackson edges Panthers
By MA TTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
It all came down to one
little bit of movement. But
it was enough to keep the
Perry High Panthers two
points away from knocking
off Jackson High at home.
Instead, the Red Devils took
a 28-27 final in a battle of
Region 4-AAA schools from
separate sub-regions.
Kenny Davis scored his
second of two second-half
touchdowns with 45 seconds
remaining. Perry trailed
Westfield beats Southland; sets up showdown for first
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Kelsey Gilliam threw a four-hit shut
out with eight strikeouts Thursday at
home, and Westfield’s softball club set
up a home at-home showdown next
week with Sherwood Christian for
what will decide first place in Region
3-AAA.
Westfield earned revenge against
Southland Academy for a 2-0 loss
Sept. 12 in Americus by turning the
tables on the Raiders 3-0. Sherwood
defeated Deerfield-Windsor in their
game on Thursday, so the Hornets and
Sports
night completing 50 percent
of his passes for 178 yards
on 15 completions on 30
attempts with two intercep
tions.
The Demons’ defense
appeared in trouble, but
the Demons’ “D” held the
Bulldogs’ Cummings to
limited completions for the
remainder of the first half
while the Warner Robins “O”
racked up 35 unanswered
points.
The Demons led 42-6 at the
half. Jeremy Grant scored
three touchdowns on runs of
4, 21 and 11 yards. He fin
ished the half with 76 yards
on 10 carries.
Dewayne Jackson rushed
for 89 yards on nine carries.
His three-yard touchdown
run capped the Demons’
10-play, 91-yard drive in the
first quarter that made an
emphatic response to the
Bulldogs touchdown.
Warner Robins led 14-6
after the first quarter.
Antwan Hamilton made
the score 21-6 when he
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Jackson by
one, and
head coach
Andy Scott
had no hes
itation in
leaving his
hot offense
Jackson 28,
Perry 27
on the field to go for two.
Unfortunately, a tiny
procedure call on the line
moved the football from the
3 to the 8. It changed the
thinking on the sideline,
and a pass from quarterback
Casey Hayward was batted
Sherwood will enter
their back-to-back
meetings on Monday
and Tuesday with sim
ilar 3-1 records in the
region.
Monday’s game in
Albany is a make-up
from a rainout ear
lier in the week. The
rematch on Tuesday is
in Perry, and it too is a make-up when
a game scheduled for Sept. 7 was post
poned due to rain.
In Thursday’s game with Southland,
Westfield made sure there would be no
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Warner Robins’ Jeremy Grant drives for yardage against Beach Friday in McConnell-
Talbert Stadium.
away in the end zone.
Jackson also pounced on
the onside kickoff - which
everyone within earshot
knew was coming - and
escaped with the win.
Davis scored both his
touchdowns in the fourth
quarter. Perry was down 21-
13 at the half and survived
the third quarter with that
score in tact. But, it was
another untimely foul that
prevented the Panthers
from ending the third with
six points.
WESTFIELD
HORNETS
Westfield 3,
Southland 0
Jackson lined up for a
27-yard field goal try, but
Zetavius Cheatham came
through the line for the
block. Stephen Calhoun
scooped up the live foot
ball and sprinted down the
middle of the field.
Away from the action,
Perry was caught pushing
a Red Devil in the back, so
instead of a conversion play
the fourth quarter start
ed with possession on the
Jackson 48.
See EDGES, page
second shutout in a row with a run in
the first inning. Audrey Clearman led
off with an infield hit and stole second
base. She was still standing on second
with two outs when Mason Moreland
singled to right field.
The base umpire made an obstruc
tion call on the Raider shortstop who
blocked Clearman’s path to third base
after the hit. Though Clearman was
tagged out on the throw from the out
field before touching home plate, the
plate umpire awarded the home team
a 1-0 lead. *
Moreland, who made a mid-season
See SHOWDOWN, page iB
SECTION
B
limps a no-show
for Perry game;
Northside wins
By DON MONCRIEF
Journal Sports Editor
“Kill the umpire.”
OK, make that “find the
umpire.” Or, at least that
was the case for Perry
Thursday as it traveled to
Macon for a fast-pitch soft
ball game scheduled against
Northeast.
The Lady Panthers went.
The umpires didn’t, said
Perry head coach Jeff Sans
who in turn was trying
to get in touch with Bibb
County’s athletics director
for an explanation.
In a game where the
umpires did show up,
Northside beat Baldwin 10-
7 at home.
The Lady Braves broke
a scoreless tie over three
innings in this one with a
run in the top of the fourth.
Northside, however,
matched that with one in
the bottom of the inning.
With both teams appar
ently finding the measuring
stick, Baldwin then scored
three in the fifth. That trio
was countered with six by
the Lady Eagles in the home
half, and that was to prove
to be as close as Baldwin
would get.
It scored lone runs in the
See WINS, page iB
NS, Perry first
at Northeast
From staff reports
Northside’s girls and
Perry’s boys were the cream
of the crop at the Northeast
Invitational cross coun
try meet held Thursday in
Macon.
The Lady Eagles finished
first at the meet as did the
Panthers.
For the girls Houston
County wasn’t far behind -
at all. The Lady Bears were
second followed by Central
and Westside.
This was the second win of
the year for the Lady Eagles,
who also have two second
place finishes to their credit
from other meets.
Leading Northside indi
vidually was Janay Wilson,
who finished second,
Elizabeth Lambert, third,
See FIRST, page iB