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2B ♦ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2006 JWli SUB.'. x ~JL4* Js mk ißlilMi ' % N«t' v ,>lb r«B v #.jß j^H ,-x jffiS| jHj; Jfc ■» & ~ ill IB W v : -:-. BM| IBti S AW * jppsJUjjj^BAdpkjE'PyE^r. The Panthers prepare to run a play Monday at practice . FIRST From page iB Scott said Central may not have a leg up on all the schools that have been AAA for a while because each year gives you differ ent teams. “I think it gives their kids a lot of confidence,” he said. “And it gives their coaches something they can harp on. At the same time, they had a very successful team last year and right now they’re kind of struggling. 1 hope they can continue to strug gle.” Central did have a Division I prospect at wide receiver last year who signed with Georgia Tech. Scott said the big recruiters still have their eyes on some of the talent remaining on this campus. “They are very athletic,” said Scott. “They have a quarterback and a running back who are very, very good. They have an offen CLEATS ftPir/j fimr'j eutpe ro Fencing § fWS *>9~" * || m Wv\ /CrQiV ( goop for ;;::: 'pENCfcIG IG A VEJ?Y \ If V goop S.PORT pop j " £ jT jllwj \ —l, ' |, U BRAVE Front page iB And, the starting rota tion is strong, but forget Mike Hampton and John Thomson. The Braves will have Smoltz, Chuck James, and Tim Hudson. Forget Atlanta is sending Joey Devine to the Arizona Fall League. If he can show that his five and a third innings of no-run, three hit pitching in September was no fluke, he could be a strong addition to the 2007 bullpen. The Braves took him as the top pick in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. Joining him will be pitchers Anthony Lerew, Will Startup and Sean White and catch ers Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Yunel Escobar and Josh Burrus. As far as field personnel, Andruw Jones will likely be put on the trading block. With the likes of Matt Diaz, Jeff Francoeur, and Ryan Langerhans to pick up the slack, the Braves could get some quality players in exchange for Jones. If you look at their depith chart, the Braves already look solid for next year. In fact, maybe I’m just feeling generous, but I’m going predict that the Braves will win the World Series in 2007. The Original Solunar Tables® By Mrs. Richard Alden Knight Release week of Oct. 1-8, 2006 AM PM Date Day Minor Major Minor Major 10/1 Su 1:00 7:10 1:20 7:35 10/2 M 1:50 8:00 2:10 8:30 10/3 T 2:40 8:50 3:00 9:20 10/4 W 3:35 9:40 3:50 10:10 10/5 Th 4:25 10:30 4:45 10:55 10/6 F 5:10 11:15 5:25 11:40 10 n S 5:55 0 6:15 12:05 10/8 Su 6:45 12:30 7:10 1:00 C 3006 by King Feature* Syndicate. Inc sive lineman who is getting highly recruited. They have a couple of linebackers who are good athletes, and in the secondary they run real well. They have a lot of skill kids and coach (Anthony) Hines does a good job of get ting them prepared. “Offensively they run the split-back veer. They’re going to run some option, so we’re going to have to be real sound as far as taking the dive, taking the quarter back and taking the pitch. Defensively, they will line up in some 4-4, eight-man front type football, and a little bit of 50 front.” From Perry's side, Scott’s major concern is the sim ple fundamental known as tackling. The Panthers had a slew of missed tackles against Jackson, which was a spread-out passing team, but stopping people on the run is even more crucial against the option attack. “If we swarm the ball, we’ll be successful defensively,” A Baker’s dozen ... 13 ;v-'' | —m 7~ —"":" " M j£gHg|H|g; ■■ J ;y gL- % ■ f, || jpj| ' j m M ” t<.pf Jr 1 j f'■ >, 4. JRIBI I V .. § llr 'Ws&' ■ i£k • jjjf JjKi. jk t■? i mj^‘ m BSP if||j jjl ® | Submitted Clayton Baker, son of Robert and Erin Baker of Perry, stands in awe of the 13-pound catfish he caught Sept. 29. The 5-year-old’s response: “Oh gosh! Oh goshl" The fish was caught in a private pond in Marshallville. ENI/Gary Harmon said Scott. “Offensively, we have to do a better job of blocking, pass protecting and just controlling the foot ball. At times we’ve really been successful at that.” Perry and Central share another common early opponent in Henry County. Henry crushed Central 39-6, but the Panthers were able to slip out of McDonough last weekend with a 20-17 win. Quarterback Casey Hayward accounted for all of his team’s touchdowns with two runs and one pass. Scott’s main hope going in was seeing some steps in the forward direction after the disappointment against Jackson. What he saw was inconsistency. “We played a really good first and third quarter, but the second and fourth quar ters were very ugly,” he said. “We have to put four full quarters in. Against great teams we’re not going to be successful if we don’t play four full quarters.” SPORTS Hendon listed as Atlanta contender Special to the Journal Ltike Hendon of Bonaire is among the 144 names list ed to compete in the 85th Annual Atlanta Amateur Match Play Championship, which begins today and runs through Sunday at White Columns Country Club in Alpharetta. The field is slated to play 18 holes of stroke play qualifying, with the low 31 advancing to single-elimi nation match play. The entire schedule is as follows: Today, 18 holes of stroke play qualifying; Friday, low 31 and defending champion begin match play followed by a round of 16; Saturday, TIME From page iB The only touchdown came with 20 seconds to go until halftime. The only real scor ing chance in the second half for either side was a missed field-goal try of 37 yards by Lowndes. “Defensively, as we were looking at film, they have seven starters back,” said Johnson. “Which is a good place to start from, especially on the defensive line. They have a bunch of starters there back. They are very physical and hard to run the football on. “Offensively, they have some younger kids. They lost a running back, fullback and a quarterback. They lost I think three offensive line men. That hurts them, too. “But it starts on defense, especially in this league. It looks like everybody’s pretty good on defense. (Lowndes hasn’t) given up many points. In fact, in the game they got beat, they ended up with five fumbles, and two of them were inside their 10, which led to scores by Central Gwinnett. Other than that, they outplayed them.” Johnson added he has no doubts this will be another Lowndes team that makes a long playoff push. But if this is a Viking defense tough against the run, it would not bode well for Houston County, which focuses its attack around two solid backs in Eric O’Neal and DJ Dodson. The Bears’ game plan will center on ball con trol and keeping the defense off the field. “We have to do a better job of blocking than what we did last week,” said Johnson. “We have to somehow establish some running game. Then I think we can throw off of it. We have thrown the ball pretty well this year, and we will keep trying to. We would like to control the football more if we could.” Randy McPherson, the Lowndes head coach who has led the Viking program to its current run of unprecedent ed success in his four pre vious seasons, is known as a basic football coach when it comes to offense. It’s a wing-T offense that relies on execution and just enough throwing to keep opponents off-balance. In 2005, Lowndes had 52 touchdowns from the ground game. uuEElfioo.9/ Catch all of tonight's game highlights in \ WQA-FM f tomorrow's Mouaton Maily .Journal sports related information. at 7:30 Phil Clark and ffkfc /ofinsfone are the most experienced high school play-by-play announcers in middle Georgia, with over fifty years of combined time behind the sports mikes. Enjoy every game this season on ff/x 100.9, with each broadcast beginning thirty minutes before kickoff. Ifhx 100.9 encourages you to support the Hornets in person if possible, but if you can't, be sure to join us on game night. Take your transistor radio to the game and get the inside scoop on what's going on. quarterfinals with the semi final matches to follow; and Sunday, championship match. Entries were open to rpale amateur golfers who are GSGA members and Georgia residents. The field consists of the 144 entrants with the lowest USGA Handicap Indexes and the event’s defending champion. Originally known as the Atlanta Amateur Championship from 1919- 2001, it was open to golf ers in the Atlanta area. In 2002, the event combined with the Georgia Match Play Championship (which ran 1998-2001) and was then 'But it starts on defense, especially in this league. It looks like everybody's pretty good on defense.' -Houston County headfootball coach Doug Johnson “When it comes down to it, we have to stop the run,” said Johnson. “If we can force them to throw, we will probably be playing our type of ball game. If we let them control the football, it’s going to be tough.” Perhaps then Houston can take advantage of the fact that there are new starters at all the key offensive posi tions. Johnson said they do have half a season of expe rience and McPherson, through all the usual adjust ments a coach will make, has a good feel about who can produce at what spot. Houston County’s other key factor is shaking off the disappointment of going from a miracle last-second touchdown catch, pulling them within one point of the Demons, to a missed PAT that denied the Bears a chance at overtime. Tight end Ben Collins caught a pass from quarterback Jeff Thompson that was tipped a couple of times in the end zone before falling into his grasp. It was the only offen sive touchdown scored in the entire contest. Warner Robins’ only touchdown came on an Ivory Petties intercep tion return of a batted pass. Otherwise, David Clark of the Demons nailed a 41-yard field goal and Taylor Jones connected on a 46-yarder that set a Houston County school record. “It was very heartbreaking because it ended so sudden,” said Johnson. “What we ended up talking about was that we had several chances to do several things in that ball game just like (Warner Robins) did.” Johnson pointed out a Bear drive to the WR 30 in the third quarter that stalled due to a busted play, or a defensive breakdown prior to the Clark field goal when the Demons gained 17 yards on a trap on 3rd-and-15. The one who may have needed the most consoling was Jones, but Johnson said it wasn’t the one and only reason the Bears didn’t win. “Everybody had a chance to do something that would have turned that ball game HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL opened to entrants state wide. Former champions include Charlie Yates (1931), Tommy Barnes (1936), Dan Yates (1942), Gene Dahlbender (1946-47, 1957- 59, 1962), Bobby Jones’ son, Robert T. Jones, 111, (1948), Charles Harrison (1952-54, 1961,1965,1967-1969,1973, 1977), Larry Mize (1979) and Danny Yates (1981-82). Dalton’s David Noll Jr. defeated former Stanford University golfer Patrick Phillips of Athens, 5 and 4, to capture the 84th annual Atlanta Amateur Match Play Championship. Noll fired a 76 in the stroke play round to advance to match play. around,” said Johnson. “Taylor’s kicked good and he’ll continue to kick good. I think he’ll hold up pretty good.” Bears fans will also be interested in the quarter back rotation and how that stands going into Lowndes. Martez King, No. 1 on the depth chart at the start of the season, took the field first after missing the two pre vious games with an ankle injury. Thompson, who guid ed Houston to wins against Berkmar and Parkview, also had time under center last weekend. Johnson said there were still questions about King’s health before the Warner Robins game. He said he wasn’t 100 percent ready, but close enough to play. As for the Lowndes game, the coach said both quarterbacks will play, and who is out there the most will be determined by who is playing better and what plays are working best for the team. The new wrinkle the coach revealed this week is that King will be on the field somewhere, even if he isn’t the quarterback. The loss to Warner Robins snapped Houston’s three game winning streak, but those were non-region games. The Bears are 0-1 in 1-AAAAA, and while a loss to Lowndes would not end all playoff hopes, it would make about every game left on the schedule a must-win situation. “You could get in (the play offs) at 3-3, and you might even get in at 2-4,” said Johnson. “We just have to keep showing up every week. You might be 0-2 and win the next four and might end up winning (first place). I think after the fourth week is when things are going to shake down, you can see where you are, and some people will be better off than others.” People Pleasing! 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