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SATURDAY,
OCTOBER 7, 2006
The Home Journal’s
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SCOREBOARD
High school
Softball
Friday
■ Region 4-AAAA tournament
(elimination game) Stockbridge
3, Northside 1
High school
Football
Friday
Georgia High School Football
Scores
By The Associated Press
■ Appling Co. 41, Jeff Davis 20
■ Athens Academy 32, Whitefield
Acad. 9
■ Baldwin 27, Westside 24
■ Brunswick 48, Lakeside-
Evans 0
■ Buford 44, Decatur 0
■ Bulloch Acad. 21, Brentwood
School 20
■ Callaway 44, Pike Co. 7
■ Camden Co. 53, Johnson-
Savannah 0
■ Cario 31, Thomas County
Central 7
■ Carrollton 22, Cass 17
■ Carterville 31, Sandy Creek 0
■ Carver-Atlanta 8, Clarkston 0
■ Chamblee 56, Driud Hills 7
■ Charlton Co. 55, Long Co. 0
■ Creekview 53. Sonoraville 0
ON DECK
High school
Softball
Today
■ Warner Robins at Lowndes
and Valdosta, 11 a.m. and 3
p.m., respectively
■ Westfield at state tourney
at Southern Pines Complex
in Dublin and versus Stratford
(best two-out-of-three) to start,
10 a.m.
High school
Cross country
Today
■ Warner Robins and Northside
at Westover Invitational, time to
be determined
IN BRIEF
WR Rec to begin
basketball registration
The Warner Robins Recreation
Department will begin basketball
registration Oct. 21. It will be
held from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the
department's office off Watson
Blvd.
Fees are as follows: $25 for
city residents, SSO for county
residents and SBS for out of
county residents.
Participants must be at least
5 by Dec. 31 in order to partici
pate in the basketball program.
Registration will continue until
filled, during regular business
hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-
Friday,
In addition, coaches are also
needed. Call 929-1916 for more
information.
Registration begins for
Upward Basketball
Registration has begun for the
2006-2007 Upward Basketball
season. The cost per child is
$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).
Goggin to play 100 holes
of golf for charity
Each Fall Landings Golf Club
PGA Professional Bill Goggin
has played 100 holes of golf
in one day to benefit local
charities. This year's proceeds
will go to a new women and
children's homeless shelter in
Warner Robins, The Community
Outreach Service Center.
To that end, Goggin will
be playing “100 holes for the
Homeless” Oct. 23.
Call him with your pledge
today at 478-923-5222 Ext. 4
or e-mail your pledge to him at
Bill@goggingolf.com. Donations
are 100 percent tax deductible.
Late turnovers end Utestfield's rally
From staff reports
Westfield roared to life in
its home game and region
opener
against
Stratford.
The only
problem
was it was
short-lived,
came late in
A
Stratford 35
Westfield 7
the third quarter, and more
importantly, was followed up
by a pair of turnovers.
Those, the fumbles, ulti
mately resulted in Eagle
scores and helped lead to a
35-7 loss for the Hornets.
Westfield actually threat
ened to score first in the con
test first picking up a pair of
first downs on its opening
possession and then, after
holding the Eagles to three
and-out on its first touches,
driving down the field but
missing a field goal. That
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Panthers runner Brandon Golden (34) heads up field as quarterback Casey Hayward looks on and a Central
defender pursues, Friday in Perry.
Perry dominates Central
By MATTHEW BROWN
Journal Sports Writer
Casey Hayward had two rushing
touchdowns, but it was an extra-long
interception return by sophomore
Michael Walker in the fourth quarter
that shook off the sluggishness of the
second half Friday for Perry High’s
football Panthers.
Perry defeated Central High of
Macon 35-14 at home for the first
win in the south sub-region of 4-AAA.
Andy Scott’s charges improved to 3-2
overall, and will try to go 2-0 in the
sub-region on the road next Friday at
West Laurens.
HoCo gamble pays off against Lowndes
By JAMES TIDWELL
Journal Staff Writer
VALDOSTA - At some point in every
season, most football coaches face at
least one moment of truth.
For Houston County head coach
Doug Johnson, one of those moments
arrived Friday night against
Lowndes.
Clinging to a three-point lead, the
Bears were deep in Vikings’ territory
and faced with a fourth down and two
decision with 32 seconds left in the
third quarter. After losing a heart
breaking loss to Warner Robins in the
Region 1-AAAAA opener last week,
Houston County could not afford to
drop to 0-2 in the region.
With that in mind, Johnson opted
to go for the first down instead of a
Sports
drive featured a fourth-down
conversion by the Hornets,
but it was another fourth
down conversion that fell
short that ultimately turned
into a Stratford score and
the lead midway through
the second quarter.
Both teams took a few pos
sessions but that, 7-0, is how
things stood at the half.
Stratford, which won the
coin toss but deferred until
the second half, made that
pay off as if scripted. The
Eagles took the ball, drove
down the field and scored
- their drive also featured a
fourth-down conversion. The
extra point made it 14-0.
Westfield answered that
almost immediately.
Zach Young, on a reverse,
took the kickoff and sprinted
down the sidelines, finally
stepping out of bounds on
the 46. Two plays later, he
ran it to Stratford’s 12.
See RALLT, page jR
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Perry 35, Central
14
on the board in the
third with one touchdown before
Perry reasserted itself with a scoring
drive that ate up most of the fourth
quarter.
The Chargers had a nemesis, the
fumble, but Perry had one of its own
in the kickoff coverage game. Central
returned a kickoff into Panther ground
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Houston County
31, Lowndes 14
to pull away for a 31-
14 rout of defending Class AAAAA
state champions at Martin Stadium
in Valdosta.
Houston County improves to 4-2
overall and 1-1 in the region with the
victory, while Lowndes dropped to 4-2
overall and 1-1 in the region.
The Bears capitalized on the fourth
down conversion a couple plays
later as sophomore quarterback Jeff
Thompson scored on his second one
yard quarterback sneak with 10:33
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Westfield’s Trent Usher looks for running room in the Hornets’ game at home against
Stratford Friday.
The Panthers were
in command at half
time 21-0, but only
ran one three-and
out series inside their
own 20 in the third
quarter. Central got
field goal in a pivotal
region road battle.
The move paid off
handsomely as they
made the first down
and then rattled off
14 unanswered points
with the score 28-6, but the ensuing
drive ended on Walker’s interception.
Kenny Davis, Dexter Johnson and
Hayward each scored first half touch
downs as Perry introduced an I-for
mation look to the offense. Hayward
had 67 first-half rushing yards on
five carries while Davis gained 44 on
13 totes. Hayward would finish with
86 rushing yards and had two key
completions in the fourth period while
Davis had a defensive presence in the
second half.
The biggest problem for Central on
offense was the fumble.
See DOMINATES, page 3B
left in the fourth quarter for a 24-14
advantage.
Houston County finished off the
Vikings on the next possession as
senior running back Eric O’Neal
scored on a three-yard run with 4:07
left in the game for a 31-14 lead.
Lowndes tried to mount a late drive,
but Bears senior defensive back Kyle
Griffin sealed the deal with an inter
ception with under a minute remain
ing.
Trailing by 10 points, Lowndes
fought back to cut the lead to 17-14
as junior Darriett Perry scored on a
11-yard run with 1:46 left in the third
quarter.
Houston County extended its lead
to 17-7 with 5:34 remaining in the
See GAMBLE, page 3B
SECTION
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Northside
rolls past
Stockbridge
By JOE SERSEY
Journal Correspondent
Deonta Jordan scored
from every facet of the
game as Northside defeated
Stockbridge
43-6 Friday
night at
McConnell-
Talbert
Stadium.
The
Eagles
Northside 43,
Stockbridge 6
remained
undefeated at 5-0 and are 3-0
in 48-AAAA. Stockbridge fell
to 3-3 and 1-1 in 48-AAAA,
Jordan started the rout
with a 20-yard run and less
than two minutes later, he
was credited with a safety
after blocking a Stockbridge
punt that rolled out of the
back of the end zone.
Jordan added another six
points when he ran back a
Tigers’ fumble 24 yards for a
touchdown.
Sandwiched between
Jordan’s successes were three
other Northside scores.
Jacobi Rodriguez camped
in the left corner of the
Stockbridge end zone to col
lect a Marques Ivory 25-yard
touchdown pass.
Ivory added two more
touchdowns of nine and five
yards, and Torry Veal added
a touchdown in the third
quarter.
Devon Pike kicked four
of-four extra points and
Othman Falah kicked anoth
er to make the numbers
come out right.
Stockbridge’s lone score
came late in the second half
against Northside’s substi
tutes.
Tyler Bass hit Vance King
in the flat and he broke two
tackles to romp into the end
zone. The extra point kick
failed.
Northside was up 23-zip
after the first quarter.
When it comes to the
Eagles, it’s hard to define a
slow start.
Northside’s Ivory missed
on three straight passes and
the Eagles were forced to
punt on their first posses
sion.
Stockbridge began its exer
cise in futility against the
Eagles’ defense, also going
three and out, but Northside’s
Charles McKenzie blocked
the punt and Jordan covered
it on Stockbridge’s 29 yard
line.
Three plays later, Jordan
burst through the middle for
20 yards and a score.
Again, it was three and
punt for Stockbridge
See ROLLS, page jB