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maintenance crew.
Chris Murman, owner and
Head Golf Professional at
Houston Lake in turn praised
Rumph’s work ethic. “We
have several young aspiring
golfers here at HLCC,” he
said. “Ryland has demon
strated the work ethic and
discipline to achieve great
things.
“We expect he will win
many club championships
and other tournaments in
the future. We are proud
to have his name on the
Tolleson Cup trophy”.
Senior competition:
Tom Toombs turned in a
gutsy performance to cap
ture the Houston Lake Men’s
Senior Club Championship.
Toombs, of Perry, played
nearly flawless rounds of 72
and 72 for an even par total
of 144 to edge out a late rally
from Bill Barbour and Joe
Pearson.
Toombs also added praise
for course superintendent
Scott Palmer. “Scott has got
this place looking awesome,”
Toombs said. “The greens
have never been better.”
In other competition Joe
Blackgrove won the Gold
Flight division with a two
round total of 157 defeating
Stan Gann by one stroke.
Ladies Club Championship:
Barbara Stuart held off a
late charge from Jean Davis
to secure a one-stroke vic
tory in the Women’s Club
Championship at Houston
Lake Country Club.
Stuart fired a “fantastic”
opening round of 75 to take
a commanding lead in the
two-day, 36-hole event.
Jean Davis won the Senior
division of the Women’s Club
Championship with a two
day total of 162. Twenty
time Club Champion Sissi
Gann finished second with a
total of 165.
Charlene Jennings shot
consecutive rounds of 97 to
win the Third Flight.
President's Cup winners.
HLCC awards a parking
place to the Low-Net cham
pion from each of the Men’s
and Women’s competition.
Joe Pearson won the Men’s
President Cup and Winnie
Goldston captured the park
ing place in the women’s
competition.
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SPORTS
WINS
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six-point run to highlight
the second game and Leah
Justin had one of four.
“This was a good night
all around for our serv
ing,” said Jones. “We had
several players have a
good night serving, which
is good for us as we enter
the area tournament next
week.
“I was especially pleased
with Jennifer who had the
best night I have seen her
have all season.”
REGION
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following a scoreless sixth,
Griffin notched the game
winner.
Mallory Brigman pitched
a “great game,” Horton
said, even though she was
saddled with the loss. Also,
OPENER
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paired with for that round
didn’t have enough teams
to give them somebody to
play.
Westfield coach Rodney
Culverhouse certainly had
his fill of off time between
games in the 2006 season
due to rainouts. Some of
those games were not made
up, so the Hornets have a
record overall of 10-7 going
into state play.
Saturday will also mark
the first time Westfield
has faced Stratford since
the Freedom Park tourna
ment in Macon back in mid-
August.
The Hornets and Eagles
played twice, splitting the
meetings (9-3 Westfield, 4-3
Stratford).
“Obviously they have
improved and gotten it
together,” said Culverhouse
of Stratford, which has a
9-11 record under former
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Brentwood 7-7 on the
road.
Ellis, a sophomore, was
part of a two-man rotation
at quarterback with fellow
sophomore Casey Young,
but he hasn’t played since
Sept. 8 against Mt. de Sales.
Jones said both will play
tonight.
Jones said all will be avail
able for the Stratford game,
which is the first of six
games in a row in a region
where only four teams will
advance to the state play
offs. The coach reiterated
that they aren’t 100 percent
back to where they were in
August, but it would be a big
boost of confidence for the
team as a whole if they are
able to produce.
If there was a proverbial
sliver fining to all the inju
ry problems, Jones said it
would be the varsity playing
experience earned by sever
al Hornet sophomores. Even
with some of the regulars
returning to the lineup, he
hopes these other kids who
filled in can use that experi
ence and help in terms of
adding depth.
“The biggest thing we
tried to do ... we don’t try
to do a bunch of things. We
just try to get some things
that we do well and work
on them,” said Jones about
the other accomplishments
during the bye week. “We
didn’t spend the time to put
in a lot of new stuff. We tried
to get better at what we do.
If wish we could have more
contact than what we do.
We’ve been banged up. We
did some last week, but not
Results of the CaSports.com Football
Coaches Poll for the week beginning
Monday
Class A
1 Emanuel County Institute
2 Turner County
3 Hawklnsvllle
4 Lincoln County
5 Wilcox County
6 Dooly County
7 Bowdon
8 Clinch County
9 Athens Academy
10 Commerce
Class AA
1 Charlton County
2 Biiford
3 Dublin
4 Calhoun
5 Fitzgerald
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Samantha Moncada 2 5 4
Devon Preston 12 4 1
Dhwani Patel 2
Brittany Pierce 2 2 2 1
Leah Justin 3 1
Morgan Hollars 2 1 8
Catherine Goodman 2 3 4 2 1
Jennifer Doebereiner 2 2
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teas Bigs Kills Blocks Assists
SamanthaMoncada 4
Devon Preston 2 5 1
Dhwani Patel 2
Brittany Pierce 2 2 1 5
Leah Justin 4 1
Morgan Hollars 2 2 13
Catherine Goodman 13 2 4
Jennifer Doebereiner 3 15 2 1
Cady Mcßight led the Lady
Eagles on offense with a
triple.
In the game against
Lovejoy, the Lady Eagles
once again took a 1-0 lead
after one. Lovejoy answered
with three in the third but
every other inning belong
to Northside, which outhit
the Lady Wildcats 8-2.
Atlanta Braves infielder
Jeff Treadway. “They were
in a showdown for the
region championship that
went down to the last game.
It’s going to be hard for us,
but in a state tournament it
should be hard.”
The series is likely to
swing on who can get to
the other’s main starting
pitcher. Stratford’s ace is
junior Laura Faulk, who
has 90 strikeouts and a
1.97 earned run average in
71 innings. Westfield coun
ters with sophomore Kelsey
Gilliam, who struck out 81
in 84 innings and sports a
1.17 ERA.
“(Faulk) has good velocity
and a couple of pitches to go
with it,” said Culverhouse.
“(Kelsey) had a great sea
son in her first year as the
No. 1 starter. I’ve always
said that if she were some
where else last year she
would have been the No.
1. Last year she did pitch
in a state game, so she has
the experience of being out
much this week.”
Holding back on the con
tact is indeed important for
a program like Westfield that
plays several starters both
ways. Stratford, however,
starts 11 people on offense
and 11 different people on
defense.
The Eagles won the AAA
state championship two
years ago but did not reach
the finals last year. So far in
2006 they are 3-2 with all
three wins shutouts against
teams - George Walton,
Mt. de Sales and Sherwood
Christian - they would be
favored to beat. The loss
es came against Tattnall
Square 52-21 and last year’s
state champions Riverside,
34-14.
Jones said the George
Walton score may be the
most impressive win
since George Walton beat
Brentwood soundly.
“Stratford has played a
tough schedule just like
we have,” he said. “They
haven’t been hit with the
injury bug like we have.
They have a lot of people
back from last year ... seven
or eight starters back on
each side of the ball.
“Everybody thinks about
FPD throwing the football,
but Stratford has thrown the
ball more times than FPD.
They have good receivers
and the quarterback’s got a
good arm. They spread it all
over the field and throw it
to different receivers. They
run a one-back set, a lot
of inside and outside zone
plays to the one back, but
what they do best is throw
ing the football.”
The quarterback is Colby
Collins. Right now he is 56-
for-103 passing with 877
6 Lovett
7 Greater Atlanta Christian
8 Greene County
9 Mclntosh County Academy
10 Swainsboro
Class AAA
1 LaGrange
2 Carrollton
3 Peach County
4 Chamblee
5 Thomson
6 Gainesville
7 Cartersville
8 Stephens County
9 Flowery Branch
10 Cairo
Class AAAA
1 Northside, Warner Robins
2 Griffin
3 Statesboro
HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
Mary Evans was the win
ning pitcher for the Lady
Eagles while Alison Dickey,
Taelor Bousman and Becky
Studstill were three of the
team’s stars on offense.
Dickey finished with three
hits, Bousman two and
Studstill didn’t waste any
time with formalities. She
hit a home run.
there.”
The first Westfield-
Stratford game is set to
Start at 10 a.m. with Game
2 set for 1 p.m. Culverhouse
said this is by far a better
format than last year, when
a No. 2 seed would play
a No. 3 seed. The winner
would have to immediately
play a No. 1 seed while the
loser was able to wait for its
next game.
Westfield is looking for its
first state championship in
softball since 2001, the first
year of fast-pitch in the
GISA. The Hornets made
the final four the next two
seasons, but haven’t gotten
that far the past two years
despite continuing to win
region championships.
For most of Culverhouse’s
starters, this will be their
first state experience in
high school.
“All they know is they’re
supposed to win,” said
Culverhouse. “Our attitude
is we want to go all the
way.”
yards, nine touchdowns but
also five interceptions. Ross
Rubin is the leading receiv
er with 21 catches, five for
touchdowns. That one back
is a familiar name, Michael
Meyer, from the state title
season.
Stratford’sdefense,accord
ing to Jones, has shown a
strong knack for stopping
the running game, particu
larly against George Walton
and Sherwood, which has
the south sub-region’s lead
ing rusher. He pointed out
to his players that two Eagle
linebackers seem to make
all the tackles and they need
to find ways to neutralize
them. He said they didn’t
do too well against Tattnall,
but nobody has stopped the
Trojans.
“We have to do a better job
of controlling the football
and keeping it out of their
hands,” said Jones. “They
can score so quick. At the
same time we can’t afford
to have turnovers. The last
game we played we had over
100 yards in penalties.
“If we have that this week,
we will not beat Stratford.
We have to play a mentally
sound game.”
Westfield is the only team
in the south sub-region that
hasn’t played a league game
yet. It’s a sub-region with
some balance, so a loss on
Friday would not put the
Hornets out of the race.
Still, Westfield doesn’t want
to put itself in must-win sit
uation later.
“I think there are a cou
ple of people on the (north
sub-region) who have good
football teams,” Jones said,
“and I think there are six
or seven in ours who are
capable of winning.”
4 Dacula
5 Dalton
6 Creekside
7 Baldwin
8 Westside. Macon
9 Southwest DeKalb
10 Mays
Class AAAAA
1 Tift County
2 Norcross
3 Colquitt County
4 North Gwinnett
5 Camden County
6 Central Gwinnett
7 Lowndes
8 Harrison
9 Roswell
10 South Cobb